Honors Biology 181
Including Links to Winning Student Web Projects 2001
| Student Group |
Faculty Mentor
|
Title of Project
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| Group 1 |
Dr. Eugene Gerner
Dept. of Radiation Oncology |
Mutations in the APC tumour suppressor gene cause
chromosomal instability.
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| Group 2 |
Dr. Stephen H. Wright
Dept. of Physiology |
Inhibition of initial transport rate of basolateral
organic anion carrier in renal PT by BK and phenylephrine.
|
| Group 3 |
Dr. Doug Lake Microbiology and Immunology
|
Differential expression of a recombinant adeno-associated
virus 2 vector in human CD34+ cells and breast cancer cells.
|
| Group 4 |
Dr. Megan McEvoy
Department of Biochemistry |
Supramolecular assembly and acid resistance of Heliobacter
pylori urease.
|
| Group 5 |
Dr. Erik J. Henriksen
Dept. of Physiology |
Metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle overexpressing
GLUT4: effects on muscle and physical activity.
|
| Group 6 |
Dr. Robert L. Smith
Dept. of Entomology |
Sexual cannibalism and sperm competition in the
golden orb-web spider Nephila plumipes (Araneoidea): female and
male perspectives.
 |
| Group 7 |
Dr. Elliott Epner
Dept. of Internal Medicine |
Filippova et al. CTCF-binding sites flank CTG/CAG
repeats and form a methylation-sensitive insulator at the DM1 locus.
|
| Group 8 |
Dr. Anne Cress
Dept. of Radiation Oncology |
Deregulated expression of c-Myc depletes epidermal
stem cells.
 |
| Group 9 |
Dr. Nafees Ahmad
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology |
CC CKR5: A RANTES, MIP-alpha, MIP-1 beta Receptor
as a Fusion Cofactor for macrophage-tropic HIV-1.
|
| Group 10 |
Dr. Barbara Timmermann
Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology |
Phytochemistry and medicinal plants.
|
| Group 11 |
Dr. Alex Simon
Department of Physiology |
Conduction slowing and sudden arrhythmic death in
mice with cardiac-restricted inactivation of connexin43.
|
| Group 12 |
Dr. Michael Nachman
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and recombination
rate in humans.
|
| Group 13 |
Dr. Johnny Fares
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Rme-1 regulates the distribution and function of the endocytic recycling compartment in mammalian cells. Evidence that RME-1, a conserved C. elegans EH-domain protein, functions in endocytic recycling. |
| Group 14 |
Dr. Mark Riley
Assistant Prof. Agricutural and Biosys. Eng. |
Low-cost bioreactor for high-throughput bioprocessing.
|
| Group 15 |
Dr. Matthew Cordes
Department of Biochemistry |
Mapping the early steps in the pH-induced conformational
conversion of the prion protein.
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The University of Arizona
December 5, 2002
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