Undergraduate Studies in Cell Biology (Prior Years)


Independent Study Students
Spring 2005

Independent Study Students
Summer 2005


Independent Study Students
Fall 2005


Independent Study Students
Spring 2006


Independent Study Students
Summer 2006


Anna Hoffus
Processing speeds in DAT and VMAT2 mice. Instructor, William Wetsel.

Megan Marshall
Development of an assay for identifying trans-acting signal binding proteins which target mRNA to the ER. Instructor, Christopher Nicchitta.

Brian McEllin
Localization of aquaporinO in bylayer microdomains . Instructor, Tom McIntosh.

Lam Nguyen
Mechanisms of lipid/peptide sequestration to bilayer rafts. Instructor, Tom McIntosh.

Jung Eun Park
Myosin diversity in a basal chordate. Instructor, Fred Schachat.

Alexie Riofrio
An examination of OCD-like behaviors in DAT knockout mice. Instructor, William Wetsel.

Brian Sellers
Effects of variable osmotic conditions on aquaporin and gene regulation in leishmania donnovani. Instructor, Ann LeFurgey.

Ripal Shah
Calcineurin, a calcium regulated serine threonine phosphatase, modulates profiles of gene expression in skeletal and cardiac muscle associated with fiber determination and cardiac hypertrophy. Instructor, Tony Creazzo.

Kevin Su
MCAK motor protein - its role in microtubule dynamics during meiosis. Howard Hughes Biology Forum Student. Instructor, Sharyn Endow.

Mariam Totonchy
The role of CD91 in receptor-mediated endocytosis of GRP94 in murine macrophages. Instructor, Christopher Nicchitta.

Susan Bai
Role of Tbx-18 in cardiomyocyte regeneration in Danio rerio. Howard Hughes Research Fellow. Instructor, Ken Poss.


Jianghai Ho
-tubulin in the mitotic spindle. Howard Hughes Research Fellow. Instructor, Sharyn Endow.

Mark Jelly
Nonsense-mediated alternative splicing. IGSP Summer Undergraduate
Program. Instructor, Jun Zhu.


Ripal Shah
Evaluation of transient recept potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) channels' surface expression through live cell imaging. Instructor, Tony Creazzo.

Susan Bai
Role of Tbx-18 in cardiomyocyte regeneration in Danio rerio. Howard Hughes Research Fellow. Instructor, Ken Poss.

John Webster Gilbert
OCD in DAT-KO Mice. Instructor, William Wetsel.


Jianghai Ho
-tubulin in Drosophila embryos. Howard Hughes Research Fellow. Instructor, Sharyn Endow.

Mark Jelly
Molecular mechanism of nonsense-mediated alternative splicing. Instructor, Jun Zhu.

Felina Kostova
Leishmania Tarentolae. Instructor, Ann LeFurgey.

Ann Koulova
Wnt signaling in the stomach. Instructor, Brigid Hogan.

Erin McClellan
Behavioral psychiatry individual study. Instructor, William Wetsel.

Maria Mikedis
Model for Sertoli cell development. Instructor, Blanche Capel.

Kevin Su
The role of MCAK motor protein. Howard Hughes Biology Forum Student. Instructor, Sharyn Endow.

Mariam Totonchy
Trafficking of GRP94 and HTPG. Instructor, Christopher Nicchitta.

Susan Bai
Role of Tbx-18 in cardiomyocyte regeneration in Danio rerio. Howard Hughes Research Fellow. Instructor, Ken Poss.

Riva Das
Effects of blood sugar and cholesterol on Atherosclerosis in the aorta. Instructors, Pascal Goldschmidt and David Seo.


Jonathan Fay
Different classes of proteins and lipids cluster into certain regions in the cell plasma membrane. Instructor, Tom McIntosh.


John Webster Gilbert
OCD in DAT-KO Mice. Instructor, William Wetsel.


Jianghai Ho
-tubulin localizes to Drosophila mototic spindle. Howard Hughes Research Fellow. Instructor, Sharyn Endow.

Ann Koulova
Wnt signaling in the stomach. Instructor, Brigid Hogan.

Daoxun Lin
Cloning small RNAs that interact with Drosophila PIWI. Instructor, Haifan Lin.


Erin McClellan
Behavioral psychiatry individual study. Instructor, William Wetsel.

Maria Mikedis
Model for Sertoli cell development. Instructor, Blanche Capel.

Bolin Niu
Creation of deletional mutation in Drosophila gene cg7082 using P-element excision. Instructor, Haifan Lin.


Kevin Su
The role of MCAK motor protein. Howard Hughes Biology Forum Student. Instructor, Sharyn Endow.

Mariam Totonchy
Trafficking of GRP94 and HTPG. Instructor, Christopher Nicchitta.

Rebecca Dodd
Stress responses in glioblastomas. Instructor, Christopher Nicchitta.


Olessia Zorina
TA1 receptor ligands . Instructor, Marc Caron.

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