Name Carolina Alexander Faculty Mentor Dr. Irene Evans Project Title Genetic Expression Analysis of [psi-] and [PSI+] in strain L1763 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using Reverse Transcription Real Time PCR. Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Laura Birdsall Faculty Mentor Dr. Dina Newman Project Title Investigation of the Serotonin 2B Receptor for an Effect on the Risk of Developing Presbycusis Quarter began RSP Fall 2008 Name Kailyn Brand Faculty Mentor Dina Newman Project Title Investigation of the Mitochondrial Genome for Variants that Attribute to the Prevention of Presbycusis Quarter began RSP Spring 2009 Name Brittany Bourdon Faculty Mentor Christy Tyler Project Title The Effect of the Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, on Denitrification Rates in West Falmouth Harbor (WFH), Cape Cod, MA Quarter began RSP Spring 2009 Name Najmi Aliff Che Harun Faculty Mentor Jeff Lodge Project Title Effectiveness of the Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacterial Isolate CL-7 on the Degradation of Mixed Organic Waste at Small and Large Scale Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name John Dankert Faculty Mentor Bochiwe Hara-Kaonga, Ph.D. Project Title Gene Expression Changes in NIH3T3 Fibroblast Cells During Notch Mediated Cellular Transformation Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Kyle Dewey Faculty Mentor Dr. Michael Osier Project Title Web Interface Development for Mitochondrial Genome Variation Quarter began RSP Spring 2008 Name Laura Filkins Faculty Mentor   Project Title   Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Ahmad Suhail Khazali Faculty Mentor Dr. Irene Evans Project Title Gene expression analysis of different [psi+] and [psi-] yeast strains using microarray technology Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Mohamad Aimanuddin Mohtar Faculty Mentor Dr. Irene Evans Project Title Protein Expression Analysis of the [PSI+] and [psi-] Yeast Strains Using 2-D Electrophoresis. Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Jordan Myers Faculty Mentor Dr. Kate Wright Project Title Characterization of DBC1-Induced Programmed Cell Death Pathway Quarter began RSP Fall 2008 Name Christopher Ried Faculty Mentor Dr. Maureen Ferran Project Title Determining the Role of VSV M Protein on NF- k B Regulation in L929 Cells Quarter began RSP Fall 2008 Name Connie Rink Faculty Mentor Maureen Ferran Project Title Characterizing a Unique VSV Strain:  Are Inhibition of Host Transcription and IFN Gene Suppression Separable Functions? Quarter began RSP Spring 2009 Name Syafrul Azfar Rosly Faculty Mentor Dr. Dina Newman Project Title Development and Analysis of a Mitochondrial SNP-Haplogroup Database Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Joshua Travers Faculty Mentor   Project Title   Quarter began RSP Fall 2009 Name Arthur Totten Faculty Mentor Dr. Maureen Ferran Project Title The Effect of the VSV M Protein on IFN mRNA Production in Mouse L929 Cells Quarter began RSP Fall 2008 Name Kate Varandas Faculty Mentor Kate Wright, RIT and Burns C. Blaxall, University of Rochester Project Title Investigating modulation of Connexin 43 by the cytoskeletal protein Mena in heart failure Quarter began RSP Winter 2008 Name Charles Yarrington Faculty Mentor Christy Tyler Project Title Does Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity Enhance Nutrient Transformation and Removal? Quarter began RSP Spring 2009