2001 Summer Undergraduate Research Forum, College of Basic Sciences, Louisiana State University 
July 30, 2001
Atchafalaya Room
LSU Union
Support from the following agencies and programs is gratefully acknowledged:
  • 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 
  • National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants and supplements to the Department of Chemistry; Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Biochemistry; the LSU and Southern University Departments of Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry 
  • LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi Scientific Society
  • The research grants of many individual researchers

LaToya Barber (Xavier University), Ning Zhang and Meredith Blackwell, Biological Sciences, LSU. INVESTIGATION ON THE PATHOGENICITY OF DOGWOOD ANTHRACNOSE FUNGUS. LAMP
Lisa A. Bertucci and Mohamed A. F. Noor, Biological Sciences, LSU. GENETIC MISEXPRESSION IN THE SPERMATOGENIC PATHWAY OF F1 HYBRID MALES OF DROSOPHILA SIMULANS AND D. MAURITIANA. M. Noor REU
Kamel Brakta, Linda Shaffer, and Sue Bartlett, Biological Sciences, LSU. CHARACTERIZATION OF A PETITE MUTANT OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. HHMI
Diana L. Calcote, Michele L. Rankin, and Richard C. Bruch, Biological Sciences. LSU. IDENTIFICATION OF FULL-LENGTH RGS CLONES FROM ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM USING RACE. HHMI
Roosevelt V. Campbell (University of Texas-Pan American), and Mohamed A. F. Noor, Biological Sciences, LSU.  ASSESSING MALE FERTILITY IN DROSOPHILA SPECIES:  CORRELATION BETWEEN SPERM MOTILITY AND PRODUCTION OF OFFSPRING. HHMI
Jason Churchman, Matthew Brown, Jason Walker and John Larkin, Biological Sciences, LSU IDENTIFCATION OF NEW MUTANTS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRICHOMES IN ARABADOPSIS THALIANA. HHMI
Becca Cross, Gregg Henderson, Lara Maistrello, Biological Sciences, LSU. BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF FIPRONIL AND IMIDACLOPRID ON COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS. HHMI
Chris Davis and John Battista, Biological Sciences, LSU. GENETIC INACTIVATION OF UVRD REDUCES DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS’ ABILITY TO SURVIVE IONIZING RADIATION.          HHMI
D'Andra Davis, Martha Vasquez, and David Spivak, Chemistry, LSU. SYNTHESIS OF N, O-BIS-METHACRYLOYL, L-SERINE FOR MOLECULAR IMPRINTING OF BIOTIN. Env. Chem. REU
Dishili Davis, Carlos Stewart and Dr. Guogiang Li, Mechanical Engineering, LSU. THE EFFECTS ADHESIVES AND NUMBER OF PRE-PREG WRAPS HAS ON COMPOSITE PIPE BONDING STRENGTH. LAMP
Sheri M. Dixon, Darren J. Burkett, and Mohamed A. F. Noor, Biological Sciences, LSU. CONSUBSPECIFIC SPERM PRECEDENCE IN DROSOPHILA. M. Noor REU
Ijeoma L. Ejigiri (Xavier University), Xin Gao, and Ding S. Shih, Biological Sciences, LSU.  COMPARING CHITINASE ACTIVITY IN STRAWBERRY PLANTS IN RESPONSE TO COLLETOTRICHUM FRAGARIAE AND C. ACUTATUM INFECTION. HHMI
Ashley C. Godfrey, Sergio L. Colombo, and James V. Moroney, Biological Sciences, LSU. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF BLER LINKAGE IN HIGH CO2 REQUIRING CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII MUTANTS. HHMI
Jamaal Granger, April Dennis (Dillard University) and Anthony Hurst, Southern University. OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDE FABRICATION USING PMMA DOPED WITH DCM.  Dillard University LAMP
Danielle Gray (Augustana College), Lee Ann LeTard (Southeastern Louisiana University) and Julia Chan, Chemistry, LSU. SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LN2M2O7 (LN = GD, ER; M=TI, ZR, SN) COMPOUNDS FOR APPLICATION IN THE MICROWAVE FREQUENCY RANGE. Env. Chem REU/Chem/Biochem REU
Thomas S. Guillot, Robin McCarley and Paul Russo, Chemistry, LSU. FIBRILLOGENESIS OF BETA AMYLOID. Chem/Biochem REU
Analice Hosey (Christian Brothers University), Lavrent Khachatryan, and Barry Dellinger, Chemistry, LSU. KINETIC MODELING ANALYSIS AND LOW TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS MATRIX SET-UP FOR 2,4,6-TRICHLOROPHENOL AS A DIOXIN PRECURSOR. Env. Chem. REU
Ken Hsu and David J. Longstreth, Biological Sciences, LSU.  IDENTIFYING SOLUBLE PROTEINS INDUCED BY HIGH SALINITY IN ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES, A SALT TOLERANT PLANT SPECIES. HHMI
Laurie Kane (King’s College), John R. Battista, Miejung Park, and  Andrew E. McLemore, Biological  Sciences, LSU.  EVIDENCE FOR  HOMOLOGOUS SPLICING IN D.  RADIODURANS.  HHMI
Jessica F. Kapusta (Mercyhurst College), Leah Brown and Greta Flowers, Southern University. COMPARISON OF COMMERCIAL AND LABORATORY FABRICATED MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES.  Env. Chem REU
Andrea J. Kelley (Alcorn State University) and Chandra S. Theegala, Civil Engineering, Southern University. COMPARING METHODS OF ASSESSING TOXICITY TESTING OF LEAD AND ARSENIC IN WATER.  Env. Chem REU
Rhet R. Langley (East Stroudsburg University), Asako Kageyama, Haruaki Kageyama, Yuri Ishihara, David A. York, George A. Bray, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU. THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM’S ROLE IN THE MEDIATION OF NPY-INDUCED FOOD INTAKE. HHMI
Yanci O. Mannery (Dillard University), David E. Pruett (University of Louisiana at Monroe), and Nicholas Slade Smith (University of Louisiana at Monroe), Mary Ellen Fontenot and Dr. James Miller, School of Veterinary Medicine, LSU. NEMATODE INFESTATIONS IN CROSSBRED EWES. HHMI
Karwin McCain and Dr. Ann Grove, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. ENGINEERING A BACILLUS SUBTILIS HU PROTEIN WITH A LONGER BINDING SITE. LAMP
Thomas M. Mendler, David D. Pollock, Biological Sciences, LSU. EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF PHOTOLYASE, A DNA PHOTOREACTIVATION PROTEIN. HHMI
Mame Khouredia Niang, Christopher R. Magliolo, Roger R. Laine, and Marianne L. Mckee, Biological Sciences, LSU. STUDY OF INHIBITORS FOR THE GDP-MANNOSE 4,6-DEHYDRATASE ENZYME INVOLVED IN THE GDP-FUCOSE SYNTHESIS PATHWAY. HHMI
Zakiya Nicks (Alcorn State University) Slawomir Lomnicki, and Barry Dellinger, Chemistry, LSU. CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION OF PCDD/F. Env. Chem. REU
Christy L. Ott, Serigne Thiam, Sibrina Collins, James Robinson, Isiah M. Warner, Chemistry, LSU.  SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CALCIUM AMINO ACID COMPLEX MODEL COMPOUNDS. LAMP
Delaina R. Pitre and Gregg S. Pettis, Biological Sciences, LSU. MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CIS-ACTING LOCUS OF TRANSFER (CLT) OF STREPTOMYCETE PLASMID PIJ101. HHMI
Davey L. Prout Jr., Sergio L. Colombo, and James V. Moroney, Biological Sciences, LSU. SCREENING OF THE INDEXED COSMID LIBRARY AND SUBCLONING OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE. HHMI
Prince E. Robinson Jr., Chandra Theegala, Southern University. BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND OF WATERBODIES IN BATON ROUGE. Env. Chem. REU
Brant Segura and Jacqueline Stephens, Biological Sciences, LSU.  THE EXPRESSION AND SECRETION OF CYTOKINES FROM FAT CELLS. HHMI
Arsham Sheybani, Hannah D. Farquar, and Robert P. Hammer , Chemistry,  LSU. ALTERNATIVE SYNTHESIS FOR THIAZOLE N-OXIDE AND OTHER N-OXIDE NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGS. HHMI
Rashmi Sreenivas (University of Texas Pan American), Gloria A. Thomas, Steven A. Soper, Chemistry, LSU, and Diana L. Williams, Hansen's Disease Center at School of Veterinary Medicine, LSU. RAPID SCREENING OF MULTIPLE POINT MUTATIONS USING CAPILLARY AND MICROCHIP ELECTROPHORESIS. HHMI
Christopher Stevenson, and John Owens, Southern University. LEACHING OF PHENOXYETHANOL FROM A PORTLAND CEMENT MATRIX. Env. Chem REU
Camille Tallini, Hannah D. Farquar, and Robert P. Hammer, Chemistry, LSU. FACILE SYNTHESIS OF 4-(2-THIAZOLYL) PYRAZOLE FOR PROBING DNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION. HHMI
Alejandro Vega, Qisheng Le, and Gerald Knapp, Industrial Engineering, LSU. THE USE OF AI TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE INTELLIGENCE OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES. LAMP
Deborah Vinson (Charleston Southern University), Sue Chin, and Maria Ngu-Schwemlein, Chemistry, Southern Univ. HPLC ANALYSIS OF PACLOBUTRAZOL FROM PLANT EXTRACTS. Env. Chem REU
Martin Warioba and S. S. Iyengar, Computer Science, LSU. FUTURE OF COMPUTING: PATTERN CLASSIFICATION AND DATA MINING. LAMP
Dilan Weerakoon, Sehee Park and Huangen Ding, Biological Sciences, LSU. IN VIVO SENSITIVITY OF IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS TO NITRIC OXIDE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI.  HHMI
Alicia A. Williams (Xavier University), Janet J. Tarus and Isiah Warner, Chemistry, LSU. EFFECT OF MIXED MICELLES IN CHIRAL SEPARATIONS USING MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY. LAMP
Nathan Wilmot  (Kutztown University of PA), Cevdet Akbay, and Isiah M. Warner, Chemistry, LSU. CHARACTERIZATION AND USE OF SODIUM DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHOSPHATE AND SODIUM DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL SULFOSUCCINATE IN MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR SEPARATION OF SELECTED BENZENE DERIVATIVES. Env. Chem. REU
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