Sampling of Projects: Faculty with Students
A SAMPLING of PROJECTS FROM DEPAUW BIOLOGY FACULTY & STUDENTS
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Dr. Lynn Bedard
Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology
Cloning of high copy suppressors of a mutant H4 protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Student: Jenna Whitbeck ‘11
Epitope tagging and localization of the chromatin assembly factor, Cac1p, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Student: JooYoung Park ‘11
Investigating the role of Hif1 in histone protein import in SaccharomycesCerevisiae
Student: Jessica Boyer
DR. JIM BENEDIX
Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology
The evolution of parachuting behavior in the arboreal frog Hyla chrysoscelis
Students: Luke Miller, Ashley Conard, Stephen Hesterberg
Male-male aggressive behavior in cricket frogs
Students: Stephen Hesterberg, Ashley Conard, Luke Miller
Can clover explain the patchy distribution of crickets in pastures and lawns?
Student: Bethany Buis
Directed seed dispersal of cedar trees in a disturbed environment
Student: Briana White
Songs of love: field research on frogs and crickets
Students: Amy Coleman, Steven Cudney, and Jessie Pa’ahana
Dr. Dana Dudle
Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Conservation Biology
Investigating the environmental induction of anthocyanin production in hemp dogbane
Student: David Furman ‘09
Nature, red in stem and leaf: plant ecology, physiology and evolution in an abandoned limestone quarry
Students: Ryan Edelen ’11, Matthew Howes ’11, Erica Ross '10
Stress in the weedy medicinal plant, Portulaca oleracea: a metabolomic and ecological study
Students: Tanner Miller ‘11, Courtney Brimmer,’12 Kelly Summers ‘11
The effect of climate change on the medicinal plant purslane (Portulaca oleracea).
Students: Elizabeth Botts, M. Keinsley, C. Brimmer, T. Miller, K. Summers; and Professor B. Hanson
The roles of light intensity and genetics in the synthesis of anthocyanins in Apocynum cannabinum.
Student: Erica Ross '10
Why are some stems red? Expression and function of anthocyanins in Apocynum cannabinum plants under stress.
Students: Erica Ross '10, Ryan Edelen '11, Matthew Howes '11
Examining the potential for local adaptation in populations of Apocynum cannabinum at an abandoned limestone quarry
Student: Bryan Helm
Dr. Vanessa Fox
Ecology
Where has all the leaf litter gone?
Students: Summer Drake '08, Chad Byers '08, Charlotte Buehler '08
Leaf litter, nutrient cycling, and forest ecology in the vicinity of an abandoned limestone quarry.
Students: Summer Drake '08, Chad Byers '08, Charlotte Buehler '08
Are there too many deer in the DePauw Nature Park?
Students: Kristen Frederick '12, Ryan Kelly '12, Emily Meadows '12
White-tailed deer movement patterns in the DePauw Nature Park.
Student: Mitch Strobl '12
Trees and vines: friends, foes, or indifferent?
Students: Scott Meyer '12, Dan Wetli '12
Dr. Chet Fornari
Molecular Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, Microbiology
Characterization of the homeobox gene #13 in salamanders and rotifers
Student: Amanda Meyer ’09
Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful: the role of hox genes in rotifer and salamander development and evolution
Students: Tia Malcom and Amanda Meyer
Computational analysis of new homeobox genes in rotifers
Student: Greg Dahman
Dr. Wade Hazel
Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
Analysis of COI sequence variation in Hawaiian aquatic insects
Students: Clinton Hasenour
Computer simulations of status-dependent selection
Student: Jyotishman Nag
The relationship between the timing of diapause and generation length in swallowtail butterfly species.
Student: K. Gagesch
Shifting diapause timing and incidence in swallowtail butterflies.
Student: M. Haag
Why germline filters out severe mtDNA mutations. Science. E-Letter response (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/319/5865/958) 24 June 2008.
Students: Alexander Berlin , Jacqueline Betsch, Tanya Corman, Ryan Ely, John Emhart, Dennis Fisher, Kyle Foster, Andrew Hadley, Lauren Huff, Brock Sishc, Brian Smith.
Interspecific comparison of pupation site preference in swallowtail butterflies: implications for evolution of plasticity in pupal color.
Students: Niki Stone, Andie Wyatt, Kate Marshall
The proximate control of pupal color in swallowtail butterflies: implications for the evolution of environmentally-cued pupal color in butterflies
Students: Lauren Rakes, Matt Jones
Dr. Kevin Kinney
Physiology, Immunology, Neuroimmunology
Preliminary investigation of the role of IL-1 in the behavioral fever response of the green iguana
Students: Dahlia Tawfik, Marisa Yochum
Effects of two different types of denervation on primary and secondary antigen-specific antibody response in mice.
Students: Marisa Yochum, Lauren Rakes, Phillip Mann, Jennifer Pasko, Emily Thornton
Effects of handling stress on primary and secondary antibody responses in the frog Xenopus laevis
Students: Chatel Bennet and Erin Wickerham
Evaluation of a colorimetric assay for in vitro proliferation of Xenopus splenocytes.
Student: Elias Oziolor
Dr. Pascal Lafontant
Biomedical Science, Physiology
The giant danio as a model of cardiac remodeling and regeneration.
Students: Alan R. Burns, Jamie A. Grivas, Mary A. Lesch, Tanmoy D. Lala, Sean P. Reuter, Loren J. Field, Tyler D. Frounfelter.
Apoptosis and remodeling in a zebrafish model of heart disease
Students: Ben Golden, Jamie Grivas
Structural and biochemical analysis of Danio rerio and giant danio adult hearts
Student: Adrienne Cobb ’09
DR. Henning Schneider
Molecular Neurobiology, Physiology, and Neuroethology
Mapping of serotonin type 1A receptor expression in the zebrafish
Student: Ashley Strahley
Identification of 5HT2C receptor expressing neurons in zebrafish
Students: Michael Forde and Kate Mittendorf
5HT2C receptor expressing cells in the olfactory organ of zebrafish larvae
Student: Kathleen Mittendorf
Cloning and characterization of a zebrafish 5HT7 receptor gene
Student: Danielle Brueck
Dr. Bruce Serlin
Cellular Biology, Plant Biology
Ramifications of nascent fungicides on local aquatic vertebrates
Students: Heather Jeffries and Dusty Kime
Dr. Janet Vaglia
Developmental Biology
The longer the better? Axial elongation and tail development in the two-lined salamander
Students: Kurt White and Alison Case
Secrets of salamander tail: A comparative study of posterior body axis development
Students: Noe Flores ’11 and Neil Fitzharris ’10