Who's Who in Bio 181




Group Member Profiles and Contributions

By his own admonition, " Jared C. Brandenberger , a fun luvin' libra with girls swooning at his every breath, is majoring in Microbiology in the College of Agriculture. He aspires to be a Vegas pimp when he grows up; or maybe a doctor..."
Jared spent hours on end creating animations for the page. While they were not used due to their unwieldy download times, it's the thought that counts.

"Heather Cavell is pursuing an undecided major at the moment, but hopes to one day make tons of money working for the FBI. She also has a Xenopus named Carnie"
Heather worked on the Perspectives section, hunted for links, and was a general help to the group.

"Amanda Eder is a freshmen at the U of A majoring in Animal Science. When not attending school she spends her time working at the U of A Dairy and running up her phone bill talking to her long distance love Bill in Midland, Pennsylvania, whom she misses very much."
Amanda conducted research for the page, worked on the Introduction section, and served as one of two group coordinators.

Cat Faris is "chillin' like a villain and always smilin'."
Cat was in charge of the kids page. We don't have one. Hmm...

Mark Fernandez is a pre-med mollecular and cellular biology major who enjoys rainy weather, web design, and writing in the third person. He aspires to be a world famous surgeon, an Ayurvedic shaman, or The Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Mark wrote the Methods, Links, and Perspectives pages, and he served as group coordinator / project editor / web page junkie.

"James (Chris) Matchison is a physiological sciences major with minors in chemistry and architecture. In his spare time he reads Nietzsche and Hempel."
Chris wrote the Results section and invested lots of time in this project.

"Carlos Michel is a guy from Nogales who loves Pearl Jam and partying. He also has soccer abilities that rival the legendary Pele."
Carlos worked on the Perspectives section.

"Evan Moss likes golf but hates Sunday mornings. While not thinking about biology, he aspires to grow a goatee-beard longer than that of Dr. C. Everett Koop."
Evan wrote a preliminary Introduction section and conducted research for the page.

"Juliet, oh Juliet. Where for art thou, Juliet?" That's the question we've been asking every Tuesday night for the past two months, since Juliet Speisman never materialized to work on our project.

Finally, the guidance of Dr. Steven Wright, who shared with us his enthusiasm for science, was integral to the successful construction of this stretch of the information superhighway.

Image Credits

The Aqpuaporin-1 image was created by Mr. Bernard Heymann, who genereously gave us permission to use it; it is displayed on the front cover of a special issue of The Journal of Structural Biology, volume 121, number 2, 1998. The image was minimally edited for use on this page, and the original may be found on Mr. Heyman's home page.

The Xenopus laevis oocyte image was created from data collected by Mr. Ray Fontanilla and Mr. Rich Nuccitelli at U.C. Davis. The original image is displayed at the page of Dr. John Pearson at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, who kindly allowed us to use it.

The Xenopus laevis image was provided courtesy of Ms. Lyn Duedall. She is the author of African Clawed Frog Facts, an informative web page for owners of Xenopus laevi.

The diffusion animation was provided by Ms. Denice Warren of the Biology Learning Center, Copyright © The Biology Project.

The acidification graph was created by Mark Fernandez from data presented in "Effect of expressing the water channel aquaporin-1 on the CO2 permeability of Xenopus oocytes", Nazih L. Nakhoul, Et Al., © 1998, The American Physiological Society.

All other graphics on this page were created solely by Mark M. Fernandez and may not be used without his permission.

Reference

"Effect of expressing the water channel aquaporin-1 on the CO2 permeability of Xenopus oocytes", Nazih L. Nakhoul, Et Al., © 1998, The American Physiological Society

Special Thanks

The help of Ms. Denice Warren enabled the successful completion of this page, and we are very grateful for her enthusiastic and friendly support.

Our Mentor, Dr. Steven Wright, was a guiding light throughout the project.

Finally, the generosity of Mr. Bernard Heymann, Dr. John Pearson, and Ms. Lyn Duedall were integral to the completion of this project.