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Biology

Undergraduates graduating with honors in biology
(program initiated in 1994)


1994  
Student Title Mentor
Jamie L. Barger Consumption of Endophyte-Infected and Uninfected Tall Fescue Seeds and Osmoregulation in the White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Michael G. Tannenbaum
Carlie J. Smith Pinus Pollen Cones from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert (Allenby Formation) of British Columbia, Canada. Jeffrey M. Osborn
1995    
Eldon L. Frazier Differential Harvesting of Cultured Lens Cells. Charles Fleschner (KCOM)
Lia M. Hechenlively Two Anti-Tumor Drugs Reduce Growth, Not Viability, of PC12 Cells. Cynthia Cooper
Jennifer L. LaBundy An Ultrastructural Study of the Enodphyte-Host Relationship of Epichloe Typhina and Elymus Virginicus . Jeffrey M. Osborn
1996    
Laura E. Foster and Angela Lohse Prey Capture and Swimming Behavior of the Arrowworm Parasagitta elegans (Phylum Chaetognatha). George Shinn
Michael Rothermich and Jim Kopp Evaluation of Bacillus Spores as Surrogate Organisms for the Detection of Giardia Cysts Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Drinking Water. Gary Sells                          (Off-campus project) 
1997    
Sara E. Brokaw The Effects of Methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone)(MGBG)and a difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) on Mitochrondrial Activity in Digitonin-Permeabilized. Cynthia Cooper
Maria Conley The Competitive Relationship Between the Perennial Cardaria draba and the Annual Lepidium virginicum. Steve Carroll
Ranessa Cooper Comparative Pollen Morphology and Ultrastructure of the Callitrichaceae. Jeffrey M. Osborn
Sara Dabrowski An in vitro study of the radioprotective properties of WR-1065. Nancy Sanders                  (Off-campus project)
Tracey A. Dowey Sequence Analysis of the Upstream Region of the y1 Gene of the Maize. Brent Buckner
Gretchen Krueger Genetically Manipulating the Population: The Common Goal of Margaret Sanger and Harry Laughlin. Philip Wilson
Kelly McConnell The Effects of Fire and Treatments that Mimic Fire on Phenology in the Florida endemic perennial, Eriogonum floridanum. Michael Kelrick
Jason McCoy Characterization of the Accumulation of L-Leucine by gut segments of the Black (largemouth) Bass, Micropterus Salmoides . George Schulte
Rachel Pawlitz Host Selection by a Mycophagus Fly. Tom Bultman
David Skibbe Examination of Microtubule Distribution in Maize Primary Roots by Using Transmission Electron Microscopy. Diane Janick-Buckner (Off-campus project)
1998    
John Alexander Development of a Cost Effective Assay for Chlamydomonas Phototaxis. David Howard
Gwen Habel Descriptions of Attack Behaviors Performed by Parasagitta elegans and Copepod Behaviors Eliciting These Attacks. George Shinn
Sarah Kreunen Pollen and Anther Development in the American Lotus ( Nelumbo lutea ). Jeffrey Osborn
Thomas Lancaster Controlling Malignant Melanoma Migration by Altering Ca2+ Influx: A Novel approach to preventing Metastasis. Janna McLean                   (Off-campus project)
Jennifer Littig Phenotypic Analysis of a Maternal Effect Lethal Mutation on Embryonic Development in Drosophila Melanogaster. Janna McLean
Hemal Patel Two Polyamine Inhibitors Alter Adenine Nucleotide Levels Differentially. Cynthia Cooper
Michael Watson Calcium-Dependent Flagellar Dominance is Apparently Not Modulated by Phosphorylation in Reactivated Chylamydomonas Cell Models. David Howard
Sarah Zapf Eugenics and Race in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Philip Wilson
1999    
Tim Geiger Porins and their relationship with Stunted Development in Maize. Brent Buckner
Brady Mattsson Effects of Flock Composition on Foraging Behavior of American Tree Sparrows ( Spizella arborea ). Nedra Klein
Kelly McGuire Imunocytochemical Techniques for Localizing Dynactin in Root Cells of Higher Plants. Dan Hite
Nathan McNeil Ectopic Expression of Notch in the Mouse Hair Follicle: The Construction of a LoxP/Cre Plasmid for Creating Transgenic Mice. Janna McLean                   (Off-campus project)
Ryan McWilliams Aerodynamic Features of Saccate Pollen: Evolutionary Implications for Wind Pollinated Plants. Jeffrey M. Osborn
2000    
Erin Hagen Nest site location as an extra-pair mating tactice in female Dark-Eeyed Juncoes ( Junco hyemalis ). Michael Kelrick
Jennifer Smart Activator Protein and Cross Strain Communication in Staphylococcus epidermidis .  Cynthia Cooper
Laura Walters Determination of Physiological Adaptation against Aflatoxin B1 in Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys spectabilis ). José Herrera
Jason Ward The Effects of Fire on the Microfungi Living in the Prairie Grass Andropogon Gerardii . Stephanie Foré & Jose Herrera
2001    
Walter Coats Determination of Physiological Adaptation to the Mycotoxin Sterigmatocystin in three rodent species. Jose Herrera
Tina Patel Localization of Actin and Tropomyosin Isoforms in Response to Manipulations of the Rho-regulated Pathway of Stress Fiber Formation in 132 1N1 and U373 Human Brain Astrocytoma Cell Lines. Diane Janick-Buckner             (Off-campus project)
Julie Thien Cultural Evolution in Yellow Warblers. Nedra Klein
Tara Thiemann Active water uptake and water loss in various developmental stage of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis . Laura Fielden
2002    
Sarah Davenport Antioxidant Enzyme Activities and Isozyme Patterns of Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase in Vicia faba L. Organs and Cell-Types. Dan Hite
Christine Gould Computational Analysis of the Determinants of PKA-PKI Recognition. Dan Hite (Off-campus project)
Elizabeth Hahn Sequence Diversity and the Molecular History of the y1 gene of Maize. Brent Buckner
Brittan Hallar Programmed Cell Death in the lethal leafspot1 Mutant of maize and the dropdead1 Mutant of Sorghum. Diane Janick-Buckner
Angela M. Ingraham Using a Bubble-PCR Strategy for Cloning Transposon-tagged Sequences and Discovering Genes in Maize. Brent Buckner
Susan Kartiko Localization of the Segregation Distorter Suppressor Su(SD) 2a-1 in Drosophila melanogaster. Janna McLean
Katherine Krueger Sequence Diversity at the y1 Locus of Maize. Brent Buckner
Claire Lay This Meadow Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us: The Potential Effects of an Introduced Plant Species ( Solanum rostratum ) Via Pollen Limitation on a Native Congener (Solanum carolinense ). Michael Kelrick
Colleen M. McDaniel Localization and Analysis of Su(SD)4a-2 , a suppressor of Segregation Distorter in Drosophila melanogaster . Janna McLean
Kerry Massman Sequence Diversity at the y1 Gene of Maize. Brent Buckner
Sarah Morehouse Influence of Flower Color on Pollinator Behavior in Viola pedata (birdfoot violet). Steve Carroll
Maria Piantek The Effect of Hermahrodite Density and Frequency at Three Spatial Scales on the Pollen Receipt and Seed Set of Gynodiouecious geranium richardsonii (Geraniaceae). Dan Hite (Off-campus project)
2003    
Rebecca Blue Hemoglobin Glycosylation and Sample Stability in an Animal Model of Diabetes. John Rutter
Tiffany Lucas Evaluation of the Entomopathogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana as a potential biological control agent of the Dermacentor variabilis . Laura Fielden
Lisa M. Knolhoff Underwater respiration in the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis . Laura Fielden
2004    
Shawna Cooper Determination of Hantavirus Distribution within Small Mammal Communites of Northeast Missouri, A Human Risk Assessment. Scott Burt
Robbi Kupfer Anaerobic Metabolism of the Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis). Laura Fielden
Stephanie Toole Distinguishing Species of Freshwater Snails: Do the Shells of the Offspring Resemble their Parents? George Shinn
Jacqueline Weiss Evaluation of a Novel Mixed Culture System. Cynthia Cooper
Kristen  Otten Morphological and Chromosomal Variation of the White-fotted Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, according to Geographic Variation in Missouri. Scott Burt
2005    
Emily Dunn Sequence Diversity at the Stowaway -Containing y1 locus of Maize and Teosinte. Brent Buckner
Kim Kennett Characterization of the Microbial Community Inhabiting Calliphoridae fly larvae. José Herrera
Julie Anderson A Behavioral Study of Swimming by Freshwater Snails ( Physa acuta and Physa gyrina).
 
George Shinn
Mackenzie Taylor Pollen and Anther Development in the Water Shield, Brasenia schreberi (Cabombaceae, Nymphaeales). Jeffrey Osborn