March 6, 2000
VOL. 29, NO. 26
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Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards Fall 1999
Projects
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Vinay Kumar Aakalu, Suffern, N.Y.
senior, neuroscience
"How Does Shank's Ank Anchor Shank?"
Sponsor: Paul F. Worley, associate professor of
neuroscience and neurology, School of Medicine
Richard Burwick, Gardena, Calif.
senior, biology
"Analysis of RCN2, a Regulator of Calcineurin-Dependent Gene
Expression"
Sponsor: Kyle Cunningham, assistant professor of biology,
School of Arts and Sciences
Steven C. Chang, Ames, Iowa
senior, natural sciences/public health
"Determination of the Proteins Involved in the Early Steps in
Phytanic Acid
Alpha-Oxidation"
Sponsor: Stephanie J. Mihalik, assistant professor of
neurogenetics (KKI), School of Medicine
Seema Desai, Randolph, N.J.
senior, anthropology
"The Role of Gdr8 in the Radioactive Resistance of D.
radiodurans"
Sponsor: M.J. Bessman, professor of biology, School of
Arts and Sciences
Jamie S. Franco, San Diego, Calif.
junior, political science
"Levina Teerlinc and 16th-Century English Portrait
Miniatures"
Sponsor: Mark Blyth, assistant professor of political
science, School of Arts and Sciences
Sarah Friedenthal, Flushing, N.Y.
senior, anthropology
"Homeless Women's Health Care"
Sponsor: Sara Berry, professor of history, School of Arts
and Sciences
Bommy Hong, Carrollton, Texas
senior, natural sciences/public health
"Defects of Cholesterol Biosynthesis & Human Malformations"
Sponsor: Richard I. Kelley, assistant professor of
neurogenetics (KKI), School of Medicine
Jean Hudgins, Johnson City, Tenn.
senior, music performance/saxophone
"Avant Garde Musical Techniques and the Saxophone"
Sponsor: Gary Louie, Conservatory instruction faculty,
Peabody Institute
Owen N. Johnson III, Woodbridge, Va.
senior, biology
"The Effects of Extracellular pH on the Intracellular pH of Human
Leukocytes and Preventing Sexual Transmission of HIV"
Sponsor: Richard Cone, professor of biophysics and
biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Albert Jung, Wayne, Pa.
senior, biomedical engineering
"Alpha 1B Adrenergic Receptor and Orthostatic Intolerance"
Sponsor: Artin Shoukas, professor of biomedical
engineering and physiology, School of Medicine
Lucas Karaelias, Brea, Calif.
junior, neuroscience
"Effects of Norepinephrine on Synaptic Plasticity"
Sponsor: Alfredo Kirkwood, assistant
professor of neuroscience, School of Medicine
Ruby Eunkyeong Kim, Livingston, N.J.
senior, neuroscience
"Mapping the Interaction Region of Notch 1 and L119"
Sponsor: Paul Worley, associate professor of neuroscience
and neurology, School of Medicine
Michael Minh Pham, Honolulu
senior, biophysics
"Biodistribution of IgA and IgG Monoclonal Antibody Types"
Sponsor: Richard Cone, professor of biophysics and
biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Darwin D. Ray, Baltimore
nursing
"Perspectives on Parental Presence during Treatment of Pediatric
Patients in the Emergency Department Trauma Bay"
Sponsor: Linda A. Lewandowski, associate professor,
master's instruction, School of Nursing
Sashank Reddy, Eau Clair, Wis.
senior, philosophy
"Pleasure and Value in Hellenistic Ethics"
Sponsor: Richard Bett, associate professor of philosophy
and classics, School of Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Silva, Escondido, Calif.
senior, biomedical engineering
"Experimentally based Computational Model for Neonatal Cardiac
Rat Cells"
Sponsor: Leslie Tung, associate professor of biomedical
engineering, School of Medicine
Phillip Stripling, Dundalk, Md.
senior, English
"Research on Non-Western Rhythms and Musical Combinations of
Non-Western and Western Rhythms"
Sponsor: Susan Weiss, Conservatory instruction faculty and
chair of the Musicology Department, Peabody Institute
Alexandra Surcel, Arlington, Va.
senior, chemistry
"Characterization of Histidine Rich Proteins in Plasmodium
Falciparum and Their Role in Hemozoin Formation"
Sponsor: David Sullivan, assistant professor of molecular
microbiology and immunology, School of Public Health
George Y. Wang, Paramus, N.J.
senior, biophysics
"Understanding the Specificity of Protein-Ligand Interactions as
Seen in Sperm Whales' Myoglobin"
Sponsor: Doug Barrick, assistant professor of biophysics
and biology, School of Arts and Sciences
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