2000 Summer Undergraduate Research Programs, College of Basic Sciences, Louisiana State University 
Summer Undergraduate Research Forum
August 1, 2000, 10:00 am - 1:00 PM, Atchafalaya Ballroom, LSU Student Union
Support from the following agencies and programs is gratefully acknowledged:
     
  • LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant for Undergraduate Research Opportunities to the LSU College of Basic Sciences
  • Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LAMP) (a Board of Regents/National Science Foundation Program) grant to the LSU College of Basic Sciences 
  • Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation to the LSU Departments of Chem/Biochemistry and to the LSU and Southern University Departments of Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
  • National Science Foundation REU supplements to individual research grants

Sena Apewokin, Su-Seng Pang, Liangfeng Sun, Guoquiang Li, Mechanical Engineering. LSU. Research on Composites.    LAMP
Lisa M. Ballard, M.D. Boudreau, D.H. Ryan, R.B.S. Harris, LSU Biological Sciences and The Pennington Biomedical Research Center.  THE EFFECTS OF SERUM SOURCE AND STRESS ON SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION IN RATS FED LOW- OR HIGH-FAT DIETS.      HHMI
Darren J. Burkett, Sheri M. Dixon and Mohamed A. F. Noor, Biological Sciences. LSU. Consubspecific Sperm Precedence in Drosophila.    HHMI
Pedro Bustamante (Univ. Texas, Pan American) and E.K. Godeny, LSU Sch. Vet. Med. PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LOUISIANA ISOLATE OF EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS.     HHMI
Angela S. Byrd and Vince J. LiCata, Biological Sciences, LSU. Use of the Difference Sedimentation Velocity Method to Study Conformational Changes in Aspartate transcarbamylase.    LAMP
Amy J. Campbell (University of North Alabama), Les Butler, Anthony Morse, Chemistry, LSU. T1 rhorelaxation studies of methylaluminoxane.   Env. Chem. REU
Melissa Bailey Crawford, Brittany J. Holm and Patrick A. Limbach, Chemistry, LSU.  Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum Binding Compounds.          LAMP
Geetha Chockalingam, Sung Oui Suh, and Meredith Blackwell, Biological Sciences, LSU. Studies in Biodiversity: Where are the million missing fungi? Beetles and their endosymbionts from basidiocarp habitats.      HHMI
Aimee L. Cunningham, John C. Larkin, and Mohamed A.F. Noor, Biological Sciences, LSU. Regions of low recombination create genetic mapping sinkholes.     HHMI
Kristine Falcon and John Caprio, Biological Sciences, LSU. ODORANT SPECIFICITY OF A PUTATIVE GOLDFISH ODORANT RECEPTOR.     HHMI
Bryan Fillette and Evanna Gleason, Biological Sciences, LSU.  ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA AND THE PLASMA MEMBRANE Na+/Ca2+ EXCHANGER IN RECOVERY FROM GLUTAMATE-INDUCED Ca2+ ELEVATIONS IN RETINAL AMACRINE CELLS.     HHMI
R. Megumi Fujioka, Sergio L. Colombo, and James V. Moroney, Biological Sciences. LSU. Elucidation and preliminary characterization of a novel gene involved in the CO2 concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by random insertional mutagenesis.   HHMI
Melanie Gilliland (Hastings College), Erwin Poliakoff, Ed Doomes, and Jeff Rathbone, Chemistry, LSU. Molecular modeling for sulfur heterocycles and CO2 dispersed flourescence. Chem/Biochem REU
Roxanne E. Girod, H. R. Adams, J. Byrne, B. W. Ogden, and Vincent L. Wilson,  LSU and Women's Hospital of Baton Rouge. Breast and colon cancer risks associated with MTHFR genotype.  LAMP
Sonia M. Gonzalez (Univ. of Texas, Pan American) and E.K. Godeny, LSU Vet. Med. CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE SIMIAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS CAPSID PROTEIN.    HHMI
Kristy  Green (Southern University), Moustapha Diack, Cyprian Ofori, Chemistry, Southern University. Screening and Purification of Estrogen Receptor Type II from Rat Uterus.  Env. Chem. REU
Shalaney N. Green (Alabama State University), Moustapha Diack, Cyprian Ofori, Chemistry, Southern University. Screening and Purification of Estrogen Receptor Type II from Rat Uterus. Env. Chem. REU
DeAndra S. Hayes and Rajiv Kalia, Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science, LSU. Visualization  of Materials Simulation on an ImmersaDesk.      LAMP
Danielle Hazel (South Carolina State University), Steve Soper, Robin McCarley, Gloria Thomas, Shawn Lopis, Sean Ford and Alyssa Henry, Chemistry, LSU. Chemical and Biochemical Compatibility of Micromachined Polymers.   Chem/Biochem REU
Sarah Hickey (Harding University), Randall Hall, Chris Harwell, Chemistry, LSU. Quantum mechanical modeling of chlorinated hydrocarbons involved in incineration processes. Env. Chem. REU
Karen Jack (Dillard University), Mark McLaughlin and Lars Hammerstrom, Chemistry, LSU. Synthesis and characterization of a de novo alpha, alpha-disubstituted bifunctional analog of lysine.   Chem/Biochem REU
Tiffany Jeanminette, Markus Hardt, Bryan Perilloux ,Ryan Hay, Roger Laine, Biological Sciences, LSU.  Molecular Detectors.        LAMP
A. M. Joubert, J. M. Stephens, and V.J. LiCata, Biological Sciences, LSU. Studies of functional characteristics of adipocyte lipid binding protein.    Env. Chem. REU
Christi A. Kidd, R.J. Siebeling, E.C. Achberger, Biological Sciences, LSU. Distribution of Gentamicin Resistance Genes in Bacteria Isolated from Louisiana Turtle Farms.   HHMI
Shareen M. Lacy (Tennessee State University) and E. K. Godeny, LSU Vet. Med. PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF THE SIMIAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS RECEPTOR.   HHMI
Lynette Lim (North Central College) and Anne Grove, Biological Sciences, LSU. Unusual Characteristics Found in Bacterial Chromatin of Hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima      HHMI
Bethany Lyles (Fort Lewis College) and Paul Russo, Chemistry, LSU.  Characterization of Self-assembling Two-directional Arborol Gels And a Fluorescent Analogue.  Chem/Biochem REU
Jasmine Millican and Lowell Urbatsch, Biological Sciences, LSU. The Classification of Xylothamiausing the Polymerase Chain Reaction and ITS Sequence data.   LAMP
Branko Mitasev (Davis and Elkins College), Martha-Sibrian Vasquez, David A. Spivak, Chemistry, LSU.     Synthesis of novel cross-linking monomers for molecularly imprinted polymers.  HHMI
Janisha Musco (LSU, Shreveport), Brian Hales, Robin Broach, Chemistry, LSU. Protein structure of nitrogenase: a further understanding of its catalytic activity.     Chem/Biochem REU
Christy Ott, Serigne Thiam, James Robinson and Isiah Warner, Chemistry, LSU.  HYDROPHOBICITY STUDIES OF HOMOCYSTEINE AND ITS ANALOGUES USING SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS.  LAMP
Monique Pierre (Southern University) Lowell Urbatsch, Vesna Karaman and Roland Roberts, Biological Sciences, LSU. PCR Amplification and DNA Sequencing of Boltonia.  LAMP 
Candic Angelic Roberson (Southern University), Ahmed Suleiman, Chemistry, Southern University. Uptake and toxicity of Barium on Scenedesmus,Selenastrum,and Nannochlorismicrolagae.   Env. Chem. REU
Paul A. Rogers and Huangen Ding, Biological Sciences, LSU. In vivo kinetics of repairing damaged iron-sulfur proteins modified by nitric oxide in E. coli.   HHMI
Frost Rollins, Kevin G. Jones, and Meredith Blackwell, Biological Sciences, LSU.  Fungi associated with bark and ambrosia beetles diverge.    NSF REU
Tatiana C. Saavedra and Anne Grove, Biological Sciences, lSU. Charge Mutations at Three Sites in TF1Results in Unwinding of Bacterial Chromatin.  LAMP
Allyn Schoeffler and Vince LiCata, Biological Sciences, LSU.  Free Energy of Unfolding for Urea-Induced Denaturation of Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein and Klentaq and Klenow DNA Polymerases.   HHMI
Robin Smith (Xavier University), John Owens, Chemistry, Southern University. Utilizing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Cement Leaching.     Env. Chem. REU
Xiomara Soto (University of Texas-Pan American), Stephen Lee and David G. Baker, LSU Veterinary Medicine. In VitroCulture of Helicobacter spp.    HHMI
Daniel Southam (University of Oklahoma), Barry Dellinger, Lavri Khachatryan, Chemistry. LSU. The formation of olefins and alkalynes form interactions of ArF laser-generated OH radicals with carbonaceous material Env. Chem. REU
Robert Stephens, Jr. (Amarillo College), Andrew Maverick, Chemistry, LSU. Tantalum complexes as precursors in the chemical vapor deposition of Ta metal.  Env. Chem. REU
David J. Story and Jacqueline Stephens, Biological Sciences, LSU.  The Characterization of Negative Regulators of Cytokine Signaling in Adipocytes.   HHMI
Shane Trombley (College of the Ozarks), Frank Cartledge, Alison Naquin, Chemistry, LSU.  Absorption Affinity of Mesoporous Molecular sieves (HMS) for Heavy Metal Ions: An Analysis of Affinity with respect to pH variations. Chem/Biochem REU
Amanda Varnado and Huangen Ding, Biological Sciences, LSU. The Stability of the [2Fe-2S] Clusters in Redox Transcription Factor SoxR.   HHMI
Erin Weeden and Eric Achberger, Biological Sciences, LSU. The Association of a Novel Endonucleolytic Activity With mcrB.     HHMI
Wesley Wells, Twintillia Tate, Isiah Warner, Chemistry, LSU. Semi-volatile organic pollutants in selected Louisiana soils: The influence of chemical industries on soil quality.        LAMP
Emily E. Whitaker, K. R. Carman, R. N. Millward, Biological Sciences, LSU. The Effects of Metal and Hydrocarbon Contaminants on Salt Marsh Benthic Microalgae.       HHMI
Henry Wiggins (Nichols State University), Robin McCarley, Charles Noble, Chemistry, LSU. Indirect method for determining the location of end groups on diaminobutane core dendrimers.    Chem/Biochem REU
Alicia Williams (Xavier University), Isiah Warner, Bertha Cedillo, Janet Tarus, Chemistry, LSU. Chiral Separations Using Micellar Capillary Electrophoresis With A Mixed Polymeric Amino Acid Surfactant. Env. Chem. REU
Marcus A. Williams, Jimmy A. McGuire, LSU Museum of Natural Science. Phylogeography of Southeast Asian lizards of the genus Bronchocela (Agamidae).     HHMI
Johnna Womack, and Terry Bricker, Biological Sciences, LSU. Isolation and Characterization of Proteins from SynechocystisThylakoid Lumen.     NSF REU
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