The types of research that CBU students conduct

The types of research that CBU students conduct (and you can do it, too)

2004-2005
Name of student			Title of Research		Name of Mentor			Location of Research
David Tran			Synthesis and characterization of a series of iron chloride layered perovskite		Dr. John Wiley			University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Sally Lynch			Maned-wolf ecology and conservation in Emas National Park		Drs. Leandro Silveira and Anah Jacomo			Emas National Park, Emas, Brazil
Sally Lynch			Comparing data collection protocols of multi-weekly activity budgets of Memphis Zoo male panda for Winter 2005		Meghan Carr			Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN
Jennifer Bernard			Respiration study of Memphis Zoo’s giant pandas		Meghan Carr			Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN
Kelley Ward			Adrenergic modulation of the rat’s avoidance response in the elevated plus maze.		Dr. Antonio Carobrez			Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Whitney Appling			Examination of the role of growth factor receptors and the integrin α5β1 in CD9 mediated cell motility.		Dr. Lisa Jennings			University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Manish Patel			Engineering a C-1 mutation in the prestin gene of outer hair cells		Dr. Jian Zuo			St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Adriane Wilkinson			AMPA-type glutamate receptors in the oculomotor nuclei of rat and pigeon brain.		Dr. Claudio A.B. Toledo			City University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Amar Bhula			The glutamic-384 and glutamine-384 variant of the beta 1 adrenergic receptor exhibit constitutive activity and differentiate coupling of G-protein.		Dr. Noel Delos Santos			University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Carrie McIvor			Renal disease affecting pregnancy complicated by lupus		Dr. Lucinda Delmar			University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Christen Gregory			Irinotecan pharmacogenetic studies in pediatric cancer patients		Dr. Kristine Crews			St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Andrew Kovacs			A study of the pharmacokinetic effects of cyclophosphamide on medulloblastoma patients		Dr. Burgess Freeman			St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Cynthia Caceres			The effects of SXR RNA expression in CD4+ cells.		Dr. Richard T. D’Aquila			Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Christopher Sage			Role of membrane synthesis in macrophage function		Dr. Suzanne Jackowski			St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Vaishali Patel			Mitochondrial generation of oxygen radicals by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PMBC’s) in a model of chronic heart failure.		Dr. Robert A. Ahokas			University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
2003-2004
Name of student		Title of Research				Name of Mentor			Location of Research
Ashleigh Frith		Forced expression of activated MAP kinase kinase 3(MKK3) enhances the expression of muscle-specific promoters in normal skeletal myoblasts but not in rhabdomyosarcoma-derived cell lines.				Dr. S. Skapek			St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Cynthia Caceres		AMPA-type glutamate receptor subunit distribution in oculomotor and facial motor nucleus in rat and chicken brain				Dr. Claudio A.B. Toledo			Laboratòrio de Neurociências, Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Xuandao L. Nguyen		LOCALIZATION OF POLYAMINES DURING ATTACHMENT AND SPREADING OF RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELLS.				Dr. Dianna A. Johnson			Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Janet Eichholz		The Involvement of MAC-1 in Gamma Delta T Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity				Dr. Rupert Handgretinger			Division of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Cristina Martinez		AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TO REVIEW A NONINVASIVE CARDIOVASCULAR RECORDING TECHNIQUE IN PRETERM CONTRACTING PATIENTS.				Drs. Lucinda Del Mar and Rosianne Mattar			Universidade Federal de Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Patrice M. Driscoll		INTRALYMPHOCYTE FREE MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM IN RATS TREATED WITH ALDOSTERONE.				Dr. Robert Ahokas			Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Manish Patel		ANXIOLYTIC EFFECTS OF 8 OH-DPAT IN TEST-EXPERIENCED RATS ARE ABOLISHED WHEN SUBMITTED TO THE ELEVATED PLUS MAZE.				Drs. Leandro J. Bertoglio and Antonio P. Carobrez			Department of Pharmacology: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC Brazil.
2001-2002
Name of student	Title of Research			Name of Mentor			Location of Research
Justin Deaton	Gene Identification in the lamination of the Hippocampus of mice			Dr. Dan Goldowitz			Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Jason Higdon	Mapping the pcd (Purkinje Cell Degeneration) locus in mutant mice			Dr. Jian Zuo			St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis
Reem Awwad	Heat Shock Protein 70 in Pregnancy and Preeclampsia			Dr. Robert Ahokas and Dr. Jeff Livingston			Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Shay Carter	The Role of PKC-beta in Cellular Resistance to AD 445			Dr. Len Lothstein			Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Patrick D. Briese	The Role of Polyamines During Apoptosis in Human Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cell Lines			Drs. Dianna Johnson and Rajesh Sharma			Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Lawrence LeBlond	Comparison of Camps Hayo-Went-Ha and Arbutus/Hayo-Went-Ha Health Center Activity			Dr. Elizabeth Tolley			Department of Biostatistics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Shanna Wall	Social Behavior in an All-Male Gorilla Group at the Memphis Zoo and Aquarium.			John Ouellette			Memphis Zoo
Jana Pierini	The Relationship of Smoking History with Health Status of Black and White Nursing Home Residents			Drs. V.F. Engle, J. Graneyand, M.E.C. Fitzgerald			University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Janelle Meeks	Creating an Anatomical Model of LP Premotor Networks in the Rat Brain by Defining First, Second, and Higher-Order LP Afferents With Transneural Tracers			Dr. Mark LeDoux			University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Rebekah K. Meadows	Leucocyte Adhesion Molecules in Women with Preeclampsia			Drs. Jeffrey Livingston and Robert Ahokas			University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Tiffany Baldi	Affinity of High Mobility Group Protein 1 to Modified and Natural DNA			Drs. Natalia Krynetskaia, Eugene Krynetski, W.E. Evans			University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Elizabeth Lendermon	Evaluation of Magnesium Sulfate Efficacy for the Prevention of Eclamptic Convulsions in Mild Preclamptic Women			Dr. Jeffrey C. Livingston			University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Dayan Perera	Drosophila melanogaster as a model for fetal alcohol syndrome			Dr. Stan Eisen			Biology Department, Christian Brothers University
Jennifer Hoskinson	Evaluation of Kordon Breathing Bags for the Transportation of Fish			Dr. Bill Simco			Biology Department, University of Memphis
Tenitia Hobson	Effects of chytrid fungus on life history traits in larval Hyla versicolor			Dr. Matthew Parris			Biology Department, University of Memphis
Jennifer Tzefakes	Rapid Decalcification of Vertebrate and Intervertebral Disks Providing Improved Morphology and Antigenicity			Sharon Frase			Integrated Microscopy Center, University of Memphis

1995-1996
Name of student	Title of Research			Name of Mentor			Location of Research
Thomas R. Grant	Corticothalamic Neurons…Who Knew?			Dr. Andrea Elberger			Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Charlotte Hyman	Expression of HIV Envelope Proteins from Recombinant Semiliki Forest Virus (SFV) Vectors			Dr. Randall J. Owens			Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Center
Crystal Keeney	Eye Preference in the Small-Eared Bushbaby, Otolemur garnettii			Dr. Jeannette Ward			Department of Psychology, Memphis State University
Duyen Thuy Nguyen	Mechanisms Involved in the Regulation of Cell Proliferation			Dr. Shirley McCormack			Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Emily Anne Oliver	The Effectiveness of Antigen Versus Antibody Testing in Detecting HIV-1 in Peripheral Whole Blood Samples Obtained from Clinical Testing Centers			Dr. Linda Pifer			Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jodi Rump	Minimizing Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Replication by the Use of Synthetic Derivatives of Human Endogenous Compounds			Dr. Linda Pifer			Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Carolyn Waits	Plasma Nitrite-Nitrate Changes During Hemodialysis in End-State Renal Disease			Dr. Ellen Kang			Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

1993-1994
Name of student	Title of Research			Name of Mentor			Location of Research
Dawn Tooley	Tumor Necrosis Factor-Binding Protein Suppresses Slow-Wave Sleep in Rabbits			Dr. James M. Krueger			Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

1989-1990
Name of student	Title of Research			Name of Mentor			Location of Research
Edgar B. Barnard	Non-hybridization of GAL4 Gene to Azobacter vindelandii			Dr. T.Y. Wong			Department of Biology, Memphis State University
Linda J. Barnes	An Epidemiological Study of Memphis Health Care Workers' Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes about AIDS			Dr. Linda Pifer			Department of Virology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Albert L. Bean, Jr.	Determination of a New Hemagglutinin Subtype (H14) in Influenza A Viruses			Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka			St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kelvin Brown	A Closer Look at the Differences in Foot Structure						Christian Brothers University
Kathleen M. Campbell	Classification of Cold-Sensitive Mutants of Bacteriophage OX174 Into Defects in "Early", "Intermediate", or "Late" Functions			Dr. Nino Incardona			University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mitchell Dhority	The Use of the Russell-Taylor Interlocking, Intramedullary Nail in the Treatment of Open Femoral Fractures			Dr. David G. LaVelle and Beverly Walker, R.N.			Richards Medical Company and Campbell Clinic of Orthopaedics
Michael Hans	Atempted Hybridizations of Host Killing (HOK) Gene to Yeast Mitochondrial DNA			Dr. Steve Ellis			School of Medicine. University of Louisville
Angela Richardson	Altered Hepatic Clearance and Killing of Candida albicans in the Isolated Perfused Mouse Liver			Dr. Richard T. Sawyer and Dr. Michael Horst			School of Medicine, Mercer University
Christine Stelling	The Factors Influencing Sugar Transport in Azobacter vinelandii			Dr. T. Y. Wong			Department of Biology, Memphis State University
Angela Rhea Surgenor	The Effects of the Hydric and Thermal Environments on Eggs and Hatchlings of Painted Turtles			Dr. William Gutzke			Biology Department, Memphis State University
Mary Elizabeth Trouy	The Application of the ELISA Technique for Measuring the Specific IgG Immune Response to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide After Faccination with PNEUMO-VAX			Dr. Henry G. Herrod			Department of Pediatrics, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
Jennifer C. White	Age and Sex Differences in Exploration in Pre-Adult Rattus norvegicus			Dr. Michael Renner			Department of Psychology, Memphis State University
1988-1989
Name of student	Title of Research			Name of Mentor			Location of Research
Timothy Baker	Human Recombinant Interleukin-1 Increases Stromeylsin in Bovine Chondrocytes			Dr. Karen Hasty			University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Anthony Moretta and Chistopher Gafford	The Effect of Ascorbic Acid on the Firing Rate of Single Units in the Nucleus Accumbens			Dr. Thomas Gardiner			University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Frederic L. Hammond	Wild Rodents as Reservoirs of Pneumocystis carinii			Dr. Linda Pifer¹ and Dr. Stan Eisen²			University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ²Christian Brothers College Biology Department
Budd Jackson	Plasticity in the Somatosensory Cortical Barrels in Reeler Mutant Mice			Dr. Dennis A. Steindler			University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Bradley K. Jones	The Effect of Oleic Acid on 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzymes A Reductase in Rat Hepatocytes			Dr. Lauren Cagen			Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Tamela Powell	The Regulation of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase in the Presence of Mevinolin			Dr. Dennis M. Peffley			Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Marsha L. Raus	Smoking: How Heritable is the Habit?			Dr. Stan Eisen			Biology Department, Christian Brothers College
Bert Russell	Hepatic SGOT and AGPT Blood Levels Following an Increase in Dosages of Radiation to a Liver Volume Greater Than Two-Thirds			Dr. Larry E. Kum			Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Samantha Anne Tysz	Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in the Isolated Rabbit Heart During Condition of Hypoxia			Dr. Margaret T. Weis			Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Fernando A. Zepeda	Eclipse Kinetics of a Temperature-Sensitive Mutant in the F Capsid Protein of Phage Phi-X 174			Dr. Antonino Incardona			Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center