2008 - 2009

Melvin Baidya (M. Chao, advisor): Towards a study in signal integration in C. elegans chemosensation

Jessica Bennett (LLU): Research from the Loma Linda International Heart Institute Congestive Heart Failure Clinic

Darren Brockie (K. Middleton, advisor): Effects of a small-muscle mutation on femur anatomy in mice

Steven Bui (L. Newcomb, advisor): Vital role for host Nxf1 in nuclear export of select influenza mRNAs

Fady Boutros (L. Newcomb, advisor): Determining importance of influenza nucleocapsid protein interaction with host splicing factor UAP56

Leon Candara (M. Chao, advisor): Towards a study in signal integration in C. elegans chemosensation

Richard Fredendall (P. Orwin, advisor): Variovorax paradoxus resistance to predation from nematodes

Liane Greaver (M. Chao, advisor): Chemosensory responses of C. elegans to food sources: The hove/hate relationship of a nematode and its bacteria

Jessica Healy (P. Orwin, advisor): Role of pilY1 in surface behaviors of Variovorax paradoxus

Alyse Huisken (N. Bournias, advisor): Does mating in Drosophila melanogaster females reduce lifespan? - A transgenic model

Skyler Liatti (K. Middleton, advisor): The role of muscle loading in jaw shape in mice

Jacob McFarland (P. Orwin, advisor): The role of two genes in surface behavior of Variovorax paradoxus

Stacey Nerkowski (M. Chao, advisor): Chemosensory responses of C. elegans to food sources: The love/hate relationship of a nematode and its bacteria

Daniel Smith (L. Newcomb, advisor): Interrupting influenza nucleocapsid protein and viral RNA dependent RNA polymerase interaction

Tonya Sypolt (L. Newcomb, advisor): Development of influenza genetic screens in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Erin Uttke (N. Bournias, advisor): The stem cells of the Drosophila melanogaster ovaries

Miriam Wadie (L. Newcomb, advisor): Influenza protein-protein interactions: Yeast two hybrid analysis