2009-2010 Award Recipients
Summer 2010 Award Recipients
- Abi-Karam, Andrea
Grid Cell Realignment in the Rodent Entorhinal Cortex During Exploration of Spatial Tasks
Professor: Hasselmo, Michael - Agarwal, Ankit
Health Costs and Quality: Influence on a Physician’s Clinical Decision Making Process
Professor: Davidson, Stephen - Ahmed, Samir
Fabrication of Durable Graphene Based Pressure Sensors
Professor: Swan, Anna - Baral, Amy
Understanding the Debate Surrounding the British Reform Acts of the Nineteenth Century Through Parliamentary Rhetoric
Professor: Reeves, Andrew - Barrette, Kevin
Isolation and Characterization of Cognition Binding Proteins and Determination of Cell Binding Motif
Professor: Hausman, Robert - Bartram, Chelsea
Neutrino Simulations at CERN for Experimental Detector Design
Professor: Kearns, Ed - Batchelder, James
Dinah Clark and the Victorian Woman Writer
Professor: Bourrier, Karen - Batoha, John
Examining the Effects of LRRK-2 on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Morphology
Professor: Wolozin, Benjamin - Bearelly, Priyanka
The Effects of Polyphenols on Atheroscierotic Lesions and the Role of SIRT1/LKB1/AMPK/eNOS Signaling on Atherogenesis
Professor: Cohen, Richard - Beglova, Ekaterina
The Role of Mitochondrial Connexin43 Down-regulation on the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy
Professor: Roy, Sayon - Blair, Christopher
A History of the German Jewish Bible, 1780-1937
Professor: Gillman, Abigail - Boyle, Matthew
Security on Android-Based Smart-Phones: Creative Authentication Methods
Professor: Trachtenberg, Ari - Braff, Pamela
Effect of Ammonia on Sea Anemone Development, Reproduction, Survival and Behavior
Professor: Finnerty, John - Brierly, Britni-Lynne
An Investigation of Physiological Responses to Mood States
Professor: Otto, Michael - Brogle, Kyle
The Racer X Project: Developing Autonomous Navigation and Decision Making Techniques in Land Vehicles
Professor: West, Richard - Buonanduci, Michele
The Effect of Urbanization on Vegetation Structure and Function
Professor: Phillips, Nathan - Chandra, Ankush
Involvement of Clathrin-Mediated Membrane Endocytosis in Axon Growth
Professor: Man, Hengye - Cheng, Tully
Time Series Analysis of Cortical Voltage Data Recorded from Epileptic Subjects
Professor: Kramer, Mark - Chitre, Monika
Analysis of Place Cell Firing in the Rat Hippocampus with a Rotating Treadmill
Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard - Cho, Min
MEF2A and STAT1 Cooperatively Regulate the Xirp2 Gene Downstream of Anglotensin II
Professor: Naya, Frank - Chow, Carmen
Characterizing the S349L Mutation in Non-heme Iron Phenylalanine Hyrdroxylase (PAH)
Professor: Caradonna, John - Clark, Alexandra
A Comparative Study of Craft Production for Ceramics from Central Lydia
Professor: Luke, Christina - Connerney, Michael
The Effect of Direct Medial Septal Pharmacology on the Place Cell Spiking in Region CA1 and CA3 of the Dorsal Hippocampus
Professor: Hasselmo, Michael - Connors, Edward
Biochemical Identification of Aldolase Isozymes from Crude Protein and cDNA Samples
Professor: Tolan, Dean - Dahl, Eric
Building Heterobimetallic Lantern Complexes for New Conductive Pathways
Professor: Doerrer, Linda - Devitt, Caitlin
Molecular Pathways Underlying Age-Related White Matter Pathology in the Normal Aging Rhesus Monkey: Localizing and Quantifying Damage with Immunohistochemical Markers
Professor: Rosene, Douglas - Dhima, Kaltra
Longitudinal Analysis of Vision, Visuospatial Cognition, and Daily Function in Parkinson’s Disease
Professor: Cronin-Golomb, Alice - Dorfner, Walter
Synthesis and Diversification of 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-1,5-Naphthyridines
Professor: Snyder, John - Enzer, Katelyn
The Role of SIRT1 in Prostate Cancer Drug Resistance
Professor: Dai, Yan - Evans, Ryan
Development of a Silicon Mediated Oxa-Pictet-Spengler Reaction Towards the Synthesis of Pyranonapthoquinone Natural Products
Professor: Panek, James - Facendola, John
Library Synthesis of 5, 6, 7, 8-Tetrahydro-1,6-naphthyridines through Intramolecular [2+2+2] Cyclizations
Professor: Snyder, John - Farahat, Navah
Investigation of Hotspot Drift Associated with Ridge Capture
Professor: Hall, Paul - Feng, Jiazuo
Photo-sensitive Polymeric Nanoparticles Encapsulating siRNA: Synthesis, Characterization and In-Vitro Evaluation for Applications in Photodynamic Therapy
Professor: Grinstaff, Mark - Fillingeri, Domenic
Differential Binding of Mint1 PDZ-binding Proteins through Auto Inhibitive C-Terminus
Professor: Ho, Angela - Flynn, Lucy
The Link Between Transcription Factor LSF and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Does LSF Alter the Expression of Key Cell Cycle Regulatory Genes?
Professor: Hansen, Ulla - Fomina, Jane
Characterizing Electron Transfer Pathway of the Triheme Cytochrome c Peroxidase from E. coli
Professor: Elliott, Sean - Forcucci, Alessandra
Characterization of FluoroBancroft Algorithm
Professor: Andersson, Sean - Fountoulakis, Nicholas
Fabrication of Polyolefin Microchip Arrays using MAS Technology
Professor: Smith, Cassandra - Garber, Laurel
FACS Analysis of CFSE Labeled Porphhyromonas gingivalis in Mice
Professor: Genco, Caroline - Garland, Megan
Structure Determination of the Protein Phosphatase Dullard via X-Ray Crystallography
Professor: Allen, Karen - Gersten, Zachary
Ammodytes and Cyprichromis leptosoma
Professor: Kaufman, Les - Gillet, Shea
The Role of the Place and Grid Cell Firing in Spatial Remapping and Theta Phase Procession
Professor: Hasselmo, Michael - Gillman, Katherine
Monitoring Summer Maternity Colonies of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) in Massachusetts to Analyze the Impacts of White-Nose Syndrome
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Girourd, Peter
Electrostatic Charging and Deposition of Nanoparticles
Professor: Mazumder, Malay - Godfrey, Jason
Determining the Role of the Arabidopsis SAL1 Gene in Tryptophan Metabolism
Professor: Celenza, John - Goel, Anurag
Sugar on a Stick in Delhi, India
Professor: Stefanakis, Evangeline Harris - Gomes, Christopher
The Racer X Project: Developing Autonomous Navigation and Decision Making Techniques in Land Vehicles
Professor: West, Richard - Greco, Alison
Organic Carbon Root Exudations in Relation to the Rates of Rhizospheric Enzyme Activity for Temperate Forest Trees with Differing Mycorrhizal Fungal Association
Professor: Finzi, Adrien - Greenberg, Alex
Culture, Technology, and Southern Development and Reconstruction
Professor: Ferleger, Louis - Gupta, Apar
The Association between Hypertension and Qualitative Measures of Memory: A More Sensitive Approach
Professor: Au, Rhoda - Haghighi-Mood, Nima
Automated LED Wavelength and Calibration Control System
Professor: Ruane, Michael - Han, David
Sugar on a Stick and Improved Student Learning in Delhi, India
Professor: Stefanakis, Evangeline Harris - Hanrahan, Brian
Applying the Ertan-Putterman Framework for the Determinats and Effects of Colonization at the Regional Level of Central Asia
Professor: Ertan, Arhan - Hede-Brierley, Leif
Pharmacological Enhancement of Drug Cue Extinction in Learning in Rats
Professor: Kantak, Kathleen - Heinz, Nicole
Identifying the Role of Neuropeptide PACAP in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in the Behavioral Response to Stress
Professor: Sabino, Valentina - Hermann, Jacob
Developing Efficient Methods for Creating Polyacrylamide Gels and Incorporating Elastin into the Simulated Extracellular Matrix
Professor: Nugent, Matthew - Hicks, Jennifer
Investigation of Compulsions, Social Anxiety, and Central Coherence in Sperger Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Professor: Harris, Catherine - Hill, Vanessa
Localization of the Adrenomedullin/Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway in Diabetic Retinopathy
Professor: Eldred, William - Hu, Ke
Founding/Team, Corporate Governance and Financial Fraud: Evidences from a Unique Chinese Data Set
Professor: Wang, Yanbo - Huckle, David
Search for Evidence of Primordial Mantle Source of Ralatea Volcano
Professor: Jackson, Matthew - Hunter, Clayton
Modeling Natural Pest Control Services Provided by Bats in Pecan Agroecosystems
Professor: Bauer, Dana - Hunter, Ryan
Massively Parallel Implementations of Bayesian Occupancy Grids for Use in Heavily Populated Distributed Sensor Networks
Professor: Baillieul, John - Jativa, Sofia
Mathematical Analysis and Modeling of Intrinsically Bursting Neuron’s Spiking Behavior and Transitions
Professor: Kopell, Nancy - Johnson, Adam
Comparing the Role of the Main Versus Accessory Olfactory Systems in their Ability to Stimulate Neural Reward Pathways Governing Sexually-Motivated Behavior in Male Mice
Professor: Baum, Michael - Joshi, Arjun
The Newfound Trophic Role and Population Characteristics of Sand Lance (ammodytes spp.) in a Gulf 0f Maine Ecosystem
Professor: Kaufman, Les - Joynt, Patrick
Characterization of Animal Cell Mutants Defective in Lipin 1 and Piogenesis Due to a Lesion in Glucose-6-phosphate Isomerase
Professor: Zoeller, Raphael - Juncaj, Anton
Neuropharmacology of Relapse to Cocaine Abuse
Professor: Kumaresan, Vidhya - Kanner, Gary
The Effect of Guano Dispersed by Foraging Insectivorous Bats on Nutrient Cycling in a Native Pecan Agroecosystem
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Karahalis, Gregory
Photoredox Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Electron Rich Arenes and Heteroarenes
Professor: Stephenson, Corey - Keen, Clarissa
Inorganic Chemistry: Modeling of Intra- and Extradiol Catacholase Enzymes
Professor: Caradonna, John - Keller, Lauren
Persistent Spiking Activity During A Task of Short-Term Memory in a Trace Conditioning Paradigm
Professor: Hasselmo, Michael - Kim, Anna
Asian American Women’s Sexual Health Initiative Program: Effects of Stress and Depression on Sexually Transmitted Infections
Among Asian American Women
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Klein, Francine
Development of a Semiconductor Nanochannel Sensor for Detection of Novel Melanoma Biomarker TROY
Professor: Mohanty, Pritiraj - Knowlton, Marcus
Development of Water Soluble Cycloparaphenylenes as Novel Biological Dyes
Professor: Jasti, Ramesh - Kraminitz, Alix
Predicting Elements of American Sign Language Classifier and Verbs f Motion and Location on Learning English Through Print
Professor: Hoffmeister, Robert - Kwan, Christopher
Camera Canvas: Extending Image Capabilities for People with Severe Disabilities
Professor: Betke, Margrit - Lalwani, Prakash
Computer Systems Perspective on the Design of Large-Scale Coordinated Urban Traffic Networks
Professor: Matta, Abraham - Lee, Amanda
Inhibition of Diet Induced Atherogenesis in LDLR Null Mice by AA Mediated Expression of Mutant Myostatin Inhibitory Propeptide
Professor: Guo, Wen - Lee, Debbie
Effects of Dieldrin and p,p’-DDE on Endocrine Signaling in the Zebrafish Whole Embryo Model
Professor: Callard, Ian - Lee, Kristen
How Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation is Affected by Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 as a Function of Substrate Stiffness
Professor: Wong, Joyce - Leung, Alexander
Plasma Expanders Stabilize Engineered Human Microvessels In Vitro
Professor: Tien, Joe - Lever, Anthony
Habitat Preferences of Belizean Cleaner Gobies, and Effect of Habitat Reduction on Colony Size
Professor: Lobel, Phil - Libby, Christopher
Neuro-modulation of Grid Cells in Layer 2 of the Entrhorinal Cortex
Professor: Hasselmo, Michael - Luhar, Riya
Isolation and Analysis of Plant IspG Enzyme in the Deoxyxylulose Phosphate Pathway
Professor: Liu, Pinghua - MacDonald, Robert
Identification of Binding Pockets of the Truncated B Light Chain of Botulinum Neurotoxin for the Development of Small-Molecule Inhibitors Against this Toxin
Professor: Allen, Karen - Maouyo, Stephen
Margaret Atwood: An Orwell for the 21st Century
Professor: Preston, Carrie - Markle, Michelle
Towards the Total Synthesis of the Natural Product Pycnanthuquinone A, a Potential Blood Glucose-Lowering Drug for Diabetes Therapy
Professor: Schaus, Scott - Mataga, Megan
Exploration of a Combination Therapy on Breast Cancer Cells by HDAC Inhibitors and Calpain Inhibitors
Professor: Sarkar, Sibaji - Matthews, Steven
Deficits of Visually Guided Activities in Stroke Patients and Their Rehabilitation
Professor: Vaina, Lucia - Mathiyazhagan, Vidhya
Integrated Fundamental and Applied Studies of Nanoparticles to Probe Reservoir Rock
Professor: Wong, Joyce - Milosevic, Marko
Implementing Goppa Codes on Elliptic Curves
Professor: Previato, Emma - Mock, Jee Young
Electrochemical Investigation of the Tetraheme Cytochrome CymA
Professor: Elliott, Sean - Moreau, Julie
Micro-GPIPS (Galactic Plane Infrared Polarization Survey)
Professor: Clemens, Dan - Moriarty, Peter
Gator Wave Research Project
Professor: Holt, Glynn - Musgrave, Shawn
Middleman Margins, Credit and Information Constraints: Potato Markets in West Bengal, India
Professor: Mookherjee, Dilip - Nero, Noelle
Strong Families Strong Forces
Professor: Paris, Ruth - Nishtala, Arvind
The Relationship of Qualitative Measures of Executive Function to Cardiovascular Risk
Professor: Au, Rhoda - Obrecht, Richard
Development of a Semiconductor Nanochannel Sensor for Detection of Novel Melanoma Biomarker TROY
Professor: Mohanty, Pritiraj - Patel, Prayag
Role of p130Cas SD Phosphorylation on BCAR3 Mediated Rac Activation in ER+ Breast Cancer Cells that Are Hormonal Therapy Resistant
Professor: Lerner, Adam - Pepin, Lesley
Invertebrate Communities of Cave Bat (Myotis velifer) Guano; Are Cave Ecosystems Threatened by White Nose Syndrome?
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Poole, Barish
Auditory Feedback-Independent Recovery of Transectional Perturbation to Zebra Finch HVC
Professor: Gardner, Timothy - Raj, Mamtha
An Investigation of the Effects of Polymorphisms on Transcription of the Adolase B Enzyme
Professor: Tolan, Dean - Rayburn, William
Active Touch During Rodent Spontaneous Exploration
Professor: Ritt, Jason - Renno, Maggie
Young Childrens’ Use of Verbal Testimony to Update Mental Representations
Professor: Ganea, Patricia - Repina, Nicole
Characterization of a Protein, nvp63, That May be Involved in Environmental Stress Responses in a Simple Marine Organism, the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis
Professor: Gilmore, Thomas - Richards, Claire
Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Aging on the Neuronal Arrangement in the Healthy Brain
Professor: Inglis, Andrew - Robertson, Michael
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Professor: Previato, Emma - Rothenberg, Katheryn
Microcontact Printing on Polyacrylamide Hydrogels
Professor: Smith, Michael - Rusakov, Adina
Senescence in Ants: A Study of the Relationship between Caste, Lifespan, Specialization and Neurodegeneration
Professor: Traniello, James - Sancho, Lauren
Can You Raed Tihs Qiuclky?
Professor: Liederman, Jacqueline - Schiller, Andrew
Impact of Predictec Changes in Winter Precipitation on Soil Fauna Populations in Hardwood Forests of the Northeastern United States
Professor: Templer, Pamela - Segawa, Mayuko
Development and Phenotyping of Inducible iPLA2b Knock Out Mice Model
Professor: Bolotina, Victoria - Selbach, Matthew
Modeling the Auditory Nerve Pathways in Humans and Animals
Professor: Mountain, David - Shah, Nikhil
Application of the Double-Lanthanide-Binding Tag to Improve Protein Crystallization and Structural Determination
Professor: Allen, Karen - Shah, Pinkey
Visible Light Activation of Heterogeneous Catalysts to Develop New Methods of Organic Transformations
Professor: Stephenson, Corey - Shi, Dorothy
Effects of Synthetic and Natural Extracts from Boesenbergia pandurata on Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer Cells
Professor: Weber, Christian - Simmons, Dana
The Role of Human apoE on Synapse Formation
Professor: Ho, Angela - Simunovic, Michelle
A Historical Fiction: The 19th Century American Sideshow
Professor: Adair, Allison - Snyder, Tracy
Dimerization of Ortho-Alkunul Adehyde Rings to Access Complex Caged Molecules
Professor: Beeler, Aaron - Spezzano, Laurence
Wagner’s Parsifal through the Twentieth Century
Professor: Peattie, Thomas - Spiller, Kimberly
Understanding Interactions Between Root Carbon Exudation and Microbial Processes under Elevated CO2: A Meta-analysis
Professor: Finzi, Adrien - Stein, Evan
Does Contextual Retrieval Support the Disambiguation of Well-learned Overlapping Navigational Routes?
Professor: Stern, Chantal - Su, Alexander
A Rodent Model for the Study of the Relationship between Binge Eating and Compulsive Behavior
Professor: Cottone, Pietro - Sun, Huan
Synthesis of Bicyclic Core of Mulberrofuran F via a Dimerization Reaction
Professor: Schaus, Scott - Thole, Jason
Protein-Ligand Kinetics of RET with GDNF/GFR-alpha1 and ART/GFR-alpha3
Professor: Whitty, Adrian - Towne, Gordon
Computer Vision Approach to Track Running Performance
Professor: Betke, Margrit - Traniello, Ian
A Neuroimmunolgic Study of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Professor: Bauman, Margaret - Tumber, James
Structural Analysis of Thin-Film Iron Oxide
Professor: Zhang, Xin - Van Epps, Rebekah
Archaeological Analysis and Illustration of Archival Data from Hasanlu Tepe, Iran
Professor: Danti, Michael - Velazquez, Tessa
Autism and Religion Project at Boston University: Understanding the Religious Belief Systems and Special Interests of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Professor: Harris, Catherine - Venegas, Gabriel
Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Kidney Stones
Professor: Cleveland, Robin - Vermillion, Paul
Developing an Enhanced Algorithm for the Sonographic Determination of Body Fat
Professor: Szabo, Thomas - Villarreal, Marcos
Experimental and Computational Studies of GABA_A Receptor Pharmacology of Neural Coding in Hippocampal Place Cells
Professor: Farb, David - Wan, Man Yeung Angus
Tissue Specific Regulation of Glucosinolate Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
Professor: Celenza, John - Ward, Anna-Marie
Asian-American Women’s Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP)
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Welsh, Andrea
Calibration and Monitoring of Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS Muon Spectrometer
Professor: Sulak, Lawrence - Wilson, Anne
The Moderating Effect of Individualism-Collectivism on Post-Event Rumination and Social Phobia
Professor: Hofmann, Stefan - Wizon, Lauren
Networks and Rhythm Characteristics of the Infant Central Rhythm
Professor: Kramer, Mark - Wong, Vanessa
Play Opportunities for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Exploration on Barriers and Facilitators, the Characteristics of Play and the Context of Play
Professor: Wang, C. Jason - Woo, Jiyeon
Lewis Acid Catalzyed [5+2] – Annulation for Stereoselective Formation of Functionalized Azapines
Professor: Panek, James - Woodson, Sarah
The Role of Transcription Factor LSF in the Cell Cycle
Professor: Hansen, Ulla - Yee, Steven
Boston University’s Near Space Project
Professor: Wroblewski, Donald - Yeo, Alan
Identification of Sequences Required for Inhibition of Specific NF-kB Transcription Factor Subunits by Parthenolide, a Natural Product with Medicinal Activity
Professor: Gilmore, Thomas - Yin, Yuan
Matrix Remodeling of Fibronectin Protein Invitro and Within Extracellular Matrix Invivo on Glass, Soft Patterned Substrates and Stiff Patterened Substrates
Professor: Smith, Michael - Young, Valerie
Investigation of Tunable Metamaterials in Terahertz Frequencies due to SRR Coupling
Professor: Averitt, Richard - Zalkind, Susan
The Peasant Breach and the Internal Market in the British West Indies around the Time of the American Revolution
Professor: Thornton, John - Zatkovich, Joseph
A Computer Systems Perspective on the Design of Large-Scale Coordinated Urban Traffic Networks
Professor: Matta, Abraham
Spring 2010 Award Recipients
- Anderson, Christine
Leave Space for Goslings
Professor: Fulweiler, Robinson - Antonoplos, Rebecca
The Effects of Winter Climate change on the Belowground Productivity of a High Elevation Spruce/Fir Forest
Professor: Templer, Pamela - Bartram, Chelsea
Neutrino Stimulations at CERN for Experimental Detector Design
Professor: Keams, Ed - Beglova, Ekaterina
Role of ABC-me in Apoptosis in Diabetic Retionopathy
Professor: Roy, Sayon - Cattry, Deepika
The Study of Sleep Patterns in Elementary Age Children
Professor: Au, Rhoda - Celnick, Mollie
An Analysis of Xenoliths to Better Understand the Seismic Structure of the Upper Mantle
Professor: Dalton, Colleen - Cheng, Tully
Time Series Analysis of Cotical Voltage Data Recorded from Epileptic Subjects
Professor: Kramer, Mark - Chiem, Fiona
Treatment of Sepsis with a Truncated Chemokine, KC
Professor: Kim, Jiyoun - Cho, Min
Generation of a Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 Knock-in Mutation in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Professor: Naya, Francisco - Clark, Alexandra
The Preservation of the Central Lydian Landscape
Professor: Luke, Christina - DiBiasi, Madeleine
Picturing Preah Khan Kampong Svay: How Digital Conservation Can be Used to Protect One of Cambodia’s Most Endangered Archaeological Sites
Professor: Murowchick, Robert - Donegan, Macayla
Reward, Learning, and the Hippocampus: Exploring How Reward Modulates the Formation of Hippocampal Neural Representations During Reinforcement Learning
Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard - Doyle, Erin
The Inhibition of Ketohexokinase as a Treatment for Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
Professor: Tolan, Dean - Eriksen, Ryan
Out of Cell Measurement of the Hydrogen Diffusitivity of the Anode with the Active Layer and the Oxygen Diffusitivity of the Cathode with the Active Layer Used in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Professor: Gopalan, Srikanth - Evans, Anna
Properties of Aged High Temperature Superconductors
Professor: Zimmerman, George - Fraine, Andrew
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy in the Infrared
Professor: Sergienko, Alexander - Garland, Megan
Expression and Crystallization of the Protein Phosphatase Dullard
Professor: Allen, Karen - Gau, Victoria
Effects of CK2 on Xenopus Heart Development
Professor: Dominguez, Isabel - Ghalili, NIkka
Novel Micro-fluidic Reaction Cell for the DNA “Maskless Array Sythesizer”
Professor: Cerrina, Franco - Ghidei, Luwam
The Role of Serum Amyloid A in Regulation of Smooth Muscle Cell Lipid Biosythesis
Professor: Ghidei-Schreiber, Barbara - Gifford, Samantha
Using Bottom-dweller and Stable Isotopes to Investigate the Sources of Nitrogen Fueling the Food Chain in Narragansett Bay
Professor: Fulweiler, Robinson - Graves, Ana
Examining the Nutritional Content of Foods Craved During Pregnancy
Professor: Laird, Lance - Hand, Jeffrey
Computational Modeling of an Acoustic Igniter
Professor: Grace, Sheryl - Hartkopf, Alessandra
A Photographic Exploration of Parisian and New York Architecture
Professor: Dziamba, John - Heinz, Nicole
Role of the Neuropeptide PACAP in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in the Behavioral Response to Stress
Professor: Sabino, Valentina - Herwig, Kelsey
Determination of the Importance of Sleep in Neural Plasticity of the Zebra Finch
Professor: Gardner, Timother - Ingraham, Kaitlin
Centrifugal Inputs from the Medial Amygdala Transmit Information to the Accessory Olfactory Bulb About Volatile Odors in Mice: a Behavioral and Neuro-anatomical Study
Professor: Cherry, James - Jeon, Sae-Mi
Understanding the Mentoring Process
Professor: Spencer, Renee - Jiang, Ning
Identification of a Second Residue that Affects DNA Binding in the NF-kB Protein of the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis
Professor: Gilmore, Thomas - Kanter, Benjamin
The Role of NMDA Receptor Hypofunction in Schizophrenia
Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard - Kay, Janet
Domestic Life at L’Anse aux Meadows
Professor: Beaudry, Mary - Kelman, Olivia
Heritage and Diplomacy: The Politics of Funding
Professor: Luke, Christina - Kim, Ok Jung
Identification of Chemical Inhibitors of the Plant Cytochrome P450 79B2, an Enzyme Involved in Plant Secondary Metabolism
Professor: Celenza, John - Kumar, Ramya
Innovative Techniques for Cervical Priming at 14-16 Weeks of Pregnancy
Professor: Borgatta, Lynn - Ledoux, Daniel
Polystyrene Chemistry: Using Modified Phenyl Substituent Polystyrene to Enhance Chain Cleavage and Oxidation
Professor: Snyder, John - Leung, Alexander
Plasma Expanders Stabilize Engineered Human Microvascular Tubes in Vitro
Professor: Tien, Joe - Long, Adra
Characterization of Kisspeptin and GPR54 in Placental Development and Function
Professor: Kuohung, Wendy - Maksimenko, Yevgeniy
Generating MEF2D-specific Short Hairpin RNAs for Identifying the Transcriptional Profile Regulated by MEF2D in Striated Muscle
Professor: Naya, Francisco - Mangipudi, Vikas
Investigating the Relationship Between Social Network Size in Adolescents and Future Sexual Risk Behaviors and STDs
Professor: Kolaczyk, Eric - McKeen, Seth
Computational Modeling of an Acoustic Igniter
Professor: Grace, Sheryl - Mock, Jee Young
Characterization of the Electron Pathway in the Multiheme Cytochrome CymA from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Professor: Elliott, Sean - Mondonedo, Jarred
The Effects of Pulmonary Arterial Banding on the Mechanical Behavior of Arteries
Professor: Zhang, Katherine - Moore, Katherine
Therapeutic Approaches for Extinction of Conditioned Drug Reward
Professor: Kaplan, Gary - Moreau, Julie
A Direct-Imaging, Multi-Band Photometric Survey of Two Inner Galaxy Star Clusters
Professor: Clemens, Dan - Mountain, Rebecca
Analysis of Ancient Cordage
Professor: Borojevic, Ksenija - Mroszczyk, Keri
Comparison of Calcium Receptor Antagonist and Parathyroid Horomone Treatments on Bone, Cartilage, and Adipose Tissue Formation by Way of Histomorphometric Analysis
Professor: Morgan, Elise - Nabhan, Morgan
Are Hibernating Bats Affected with “White Nose Syndrome” Immunocompromised?
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Nero, Noelle
Strong Families Strong Forces
Professor: Paris, Ruth - Octeau, J. Christopher
Bilateral CA1 Responses to Unilateral Hippocampal Separation in Rattus norvegicus
Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard - Park, Chris
Bubble-Enhanced Heating: The Role of UCAs in HIFU Therapy
Professor: Porter, Tyrone - Patel, Hiren
Mechanism of Envelope Glycoprotein Independent Interactions of Enveloped RNA Viruses with Dendritic Cells
Professors: Gummuluru, Suryaram - Pian, Rachel
Antioxidant Defensive Systems in the Temperate Bat Species Myotis lucifugus and Eptesicus fuscus: Correlations between Total Antioxidant Capacity and White-Nose Syndrome, Rabies Exposure, Mercury Contamination, and Life History
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Porter, Elizabeth
Correlates of Lifetime Suicidal Ideation and Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Among Asian American Adolescents and Young Adults: Perceived Discrimination, Family Cohesion, and Coping Skills and API Women’s Sexual Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP)
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Rusakov, Adina
Behavioral Diversity of North American Pheidole
Professor: Traniello, James - Schwartzman, Jacob
Effects of Rhizome Extracts from Boesenbergia pandurata and Related Compounds on Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Professor: Weber, Christian - Shah, Rima
Enzymatic Assay of Fructose-1.6-Bisphosphate Activity to Determine Target of Alpha-Methyl-Glucoside in E. coli‘s Metabolic Pathway
Professor: Kornberg, Hans - Shastri, Nishita
Characterization of the Structure and Function of Human Aldolase A Mutants
Professor: Tolan, Dean - Sheridan, Victoria
Reconstructing Past Human-Plant Relationship from Archaeological Sites of Vinca, Kadesh, and the Region of Kolubara
Professor: Borojevic, Ksenija - Shoucair, Olivia
Archaeological Management and Illustratiton
Professor: Roosevelt, Christopher - Shukla, Anant
Investigation of Fructose Utilization by FruK E. Coli
Professor: Kornberg, Hans - Stackley, Scott
Mock Setup and Testing of the Mini-CLEAN Data Acquisition System
Professor: Kearns, Ed - Stecker, Lindsey
Transport of Fatty Acids by Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Professor: Widmaier, Eric - Trivedi, Neha
Center for Addiction Research and Services-Evidence Based Treatment in Community Organizations Providing Substance Abuse Treatment
Professor: Lundgren, Lena - Turturro, Natalie
“What Lies Ahead” a Site Specific Art Installation with South Boston’s Under served Youth at Ellis Memorial
Professor: Fargo, Diane - Ward, Anna-Marie
Asian-American Women’s Health Initiative Project
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Welsh, Andrea
Calibration and Monitoring of Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS Muon Spectrometer
Professor: Sulak, Lawrence - Wong, Anna
Aging and Neural Apoptosis in the Ant Pheidole dentata
Professor: Traniello, James - Yeo, Alan
Identification of Amino Acid Residues in NF-kB Required for Inhibition by the Chemical Compound Epoxyquinone A Monomer
Professor: Gilmore, Thomas
Fall 2009 UROP Award Recipients
- Bartram, Chelsea
Extending our Knowledge of Carbon with Miniaturized Graphene Bridges
Professor: Goldberg, Bennet - Baudrand, Nathalie
Amazons and Parthenoi: Nobility, Masculinity, and Subjugation as Domestication
Professor: Westervelt, Hilda - Bene, Nicholas
Distinguishing Flavin and Disulfide Contributions to Redox Chemistry of Thioredoxin Reductase
Professor: Elliott, Sean - Brova, George
Query by Humming
Professor: Kollios, George - Chiem, Fiona
Treatment of Sepsis with a Truncated Chemokine, KC
Professor: Kim, Jiyoun - Chu, Emma
The Effect of Interactivity and Social Interaction on Foreign Language Learning
Professor: Harris, Catherine - Clark, Alexandra
Lydia and the Antiquities Market
Professor: Luke, Christina - Davidoff, Katie
Dissecting the Interaction between STAT1,MEF2A and Angiotensin II on the myomaxin Promoter
Professor: Naya, Francisco - Dimitriyev, Michael
Search for Exotic Particles at the Large Hadron Collider
Professor: Bose, Tulika - Djermoun, Anisa
The Influence of Age, Experience, and Neurochemistry on the Development of Brood Care in the Ant Pheidole dentata
Professor: Traniello, James - Dombek, Michael
Cognitive Outcomes Following Minimally-invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Professor: Jefferson, Angela - Donegan, Macayla
Reward, Learning, and the Hippocampus: Exploring How Reward Modulates the Formation of Hippocampal Neural Representations during Reinforcement Learning
Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard - Doyle, Erin
The Inhibition of Ketohexokinase as a Treatment for Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
Professor: Tolan, Dean - Eriksen, Ryan
Out of Cell Measurement of the Oxygen Diffusion of the Anode with the Active Layer Used in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Professor: Gopalan, Srikanth - Ford Dacus, Molly
High Surface Area Nano-Whiskers for Hydrogen Storage
Professor: Sarin, Vinod - Fraine, Andrew
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy in the Infrared
Professor: Sergienko, Alexander - Garay, Darrien
Possible Roles of Mirror Neurons and Mu Rhythm Desynchronization in Progressive Imitation Learning
Professor: Bullock, Daniel - Gau, Victoria
Effects of CK2 on Heart Development
Professor: Dominguez, Isabel - Gaumond, Jillian
Asian Women’s Sexual Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP)
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Girouard, Peter
Electrostatic Charging and Deposition of Nanoparticles
Professor: Mazumder, Malay - Grunenfelder, Denise
Studies Towards the Synthesis of the Antileukemic Agent Sorbicillactone A
Professor: Porco, John - Herwig, Kelsey
New Neuronal Interaction with Post-Mitotic Cells for Integration
Professor: Gardner, Timothy - Hidlay, Doug
Site Selective Protein Modification using Photoredox Catalysis
Professor: Stephenson, Corey - House, David
Automated Tracking of Cell Populations: Understanding and Modeling Behavior in Response to Physical Stimuli
Professor: Betke, Margrit - Hunter, Ryan
Massively Parallel Implementations of Bayesian Occupancy Grids for Use in Heavily Populated Distributed Sensor Networks
Professor: Baillieul, John - Ingraham, Kaitlin
Centrifugal Infuts from the Medial Amygdala Transmit Information to the Accessory Olfactory Bulb About Volatile Odors in Mice: A Behavioral and Neuro-anatomical Study
Professor: Cherry, James - Jeon, Sae-Mi
Understanding the Mentoring Process
Professor: Spencer, Renee - Jiang, Ning
Use of Site-directed Mutagenesis to identify Residues the Influence DNA Binding in Two Naturally Occurring Alleles of NF-kB in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis: Implications for Natural Selection
Professor: Gilmore, Thomas - Kaplan, Miriam
Effect of Infant Feeding Pattern on Weight Status at Two Years of Age
Professor: Merewood, Anne - Kay, Janet
Archaeobotanical Analysis of the Padelford Privy, Boston, MA
Professor: Beaudry, Mary - Klein, Sarah
Green Innovations within the Hospitality Industry
Professor: Joglekar, Nitin - Lanier, Lawrence
Investigating Aridity and Climate Desiccation in a Marginal Syrian Settlement of the Late Early Bronze Age
Professor: Danti, Michael - Leung, Alexander
Oncotic Pressure Stabilizes Engineered Human Microvascular Tubes In Vitro
Professor: Tien, Joe - Maksimenko, Yevgeniy
Generating MEF2D-specific Short Hairpin RNAs for Identifying the Transcriptional Profile Regulated by MEF2D in Striated Muscle
Professor: Naya, Francisco - Mammadyarov, Rufat
Bouncing Room
Professor: Betke, Margrit - Mangipudi, Vikas
Investigating the Relationship Between Social Network Structure and STD Transmission in Asian/Pacific Islanders
Professor: Kolaczyk, Eric - Mathur, Monika
Effects of Winter Climate Change on Belowground Productivity and Forest Nutrient Retention in a Northeastern Hardwood Forest
Professor: Templer, Pamela - Mock, Jee Young
Exploration of Electron Pathway in CymA using Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Protein Film Voltametry
Professor: Elliott, Sean - Moreau, Julie
Mercer 17: Star Cluster in the Inner Milky Way
Professor: Clemens, Dan - Mountain, Rebecca
Analysis of Ancient Cordage
Professor: Borojevic, Ksenija - Nabhan, Morgan
Are Hibernating Bats Affected with ‘White Nose Syndrome’ Immunocompromised?
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Naftulin, Jason
Epilepsy: Automated Statistical Algorithms for Identifying Ichtal Spikes and Characterizing Seizure Dynamics
Professor: Eden, Uri - Necib, Lina
Quantum Field Theory and Non Cummutative Geometry: Symmetries and Visualization
Professor: Previato, Emma - Nicholls, Lucille
Physiological Consequences of Early Emergence from Hibernacula of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) Affected by White Nose Syndrome
Professor: Kunz, Thomas - Nirankari, Vir
Corrosive and Temperature Resistant Coating for Engines
Professor: Basu, Soumendra - Patel, Vishal
The Molecular Characterization of the Thread1 Mutation using Recombinant Lines
Professor: McCall, Kim - Pease, Michael
The Nathanael Seidel Translation Project
Professor: Thornton, John - Petrocelli, Robert
Fatty Acid Induced AMPK Signaling Causes Insulin Resistance in Rat Skeletal Muscle
Professor: Saha, Ashish - Poole, Barish
Perturbation and Recovery of Zebra Finch Song After Transections Through HVC
Professor: Gardner, Timothy - Porter, Elizabeth
API Women’s Sexual Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP)
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Rai, Arun
Np63 Regulates GM-CSF Expression to Effect Cell Proliferation and Migration
Professor: Xiao, Jim - Rattehalli, Vieshnavi
News-makers and Opinion-shapers: Public Relations’ Influence in the Health Care Reform Debate
Professor: Lambert, Cheryl Ann - Rose, Dylan
Continued Program Effectiveness Analysis for a Community Health Provider
Professor: Lundgren, Lena - Schwartzman, Jacob
Effects of Rhizome Extracts from Boesenbergia pandurata and Related Compounds on Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Professor: Weber, Christian - Segawa, Mayuko
Development of Inducible iPLA2b Knock Out Mice Model
Professor: Bolotina, Victoria - Shastri, Nishita
Characterization of the Structure and Function of Human Aldolase A Mutants
Professor: Tolan, Dean - Sheridan, Victoria
Reconstructing Past Human-Plant Relationship from Archaeological Sites of Vinca and Kadesh
Professor: Borojevic, Ksenija - Shoucair, Olivia
Archaeological Management and Illustration
Professor: Roosevelt, Christopher - Shukla, Anant
Investigation of Fructose Utilization by fruKdelta E. coli
Professor: Kornberg, Hans - Sperry, Megan
Characterization of the Mechanical Properties and Molecular Response of Healing Tissues through Nanoindentation and In Situ Hybridization
Professor: Morgan, Elise - Stackley, Scott
Development and Testing of the Mini-CLEAN Electronics and Data Acquisition System
Professor: Kearns, Ed - Stowe, Danielle
Fungal Decomposition of Dead Tsuga Canadensis Tree Boles Killed by the Invasive Insect Adelgis tsugae
Professor: Finzi, Adrien - Ward, Anna-Marie
Asian-American Women’s Sexual Health Initiative Project
Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris - Wong, Alia
Film and The Mexican Revolution: Legacy, Mythification, and Transnational Politics
Professor: Pineda Franco, Adela - Yin, Yuan
Manipulation of the Extracellular Matrix Dynamics to Induce Mechanotransduction In Vitro
Professor: Smith, Michael