Student: Lisa Berman
Title of Project: Characterization of the Role of Intestinal Epithelial Cells in the Regulation of CD4+T Helper Cell Responses Following Gut Nematode Infection.
Mentor: David Artis
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Megan Brace
Title of Project: Multi-Drug Resistant Slmonella Newport in Equine Colic Patients: Can Outcomes and Cluster Analysis Aid in the Development of Better Infection Control and Therapeutic Strategies.
Mentor: Helen Aceto
Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Cara Catanese
Title of Project: Studies on Binding and Invasive Properties of Yersinia pestis Autotransporters.
Mentor: Dieter Schifferli
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Jennifer Dietz
Title of Project: Longevity of Motility of Spermand Bacteria Present in Equine Semen Stored in Semen Extender Containing Pipercillin.
Mentor: Patricia Sertich, Charles Benson
Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, Veterinary Medicine and Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Carrie Ellis
Title of Project: Expression and Identification of Yersinia pestis Surface Proteins for Future Vaccine Development Against Plague
Mentor: Dieter Schifferli
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Jennie Kim
Title of Project: The Effects of L-NAME and Hypoxia on Drosophila Melanogaster.
Mentor: Cindy Otto
Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Melissa King
Title of Project: An Analysis of the Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) Program in New York State.
Mentor: Gary Smith
Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Diana Knight
Title of Project: Assessing the Effects of Cued Fear Conditioning and the Role of the Amygdala in REM Sleep Patterns of Male S-D Rats.
Mentor: Adrian Morrison
Department: Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Catherine Kusiak
Title of Project: Lysosomal Storage Diseases: An Evaluation of Cardiovascular Function.
Mentor: Meg Sleeper, Mark Haskins
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Simon Long
Title of Project: The Functional Role of the Membrane Glycoprotein and Small Envelope Protein in the Mouse Hepatitis Virus.
Mentor: Susan Weiss
Department: Microbiology, Medicine
Student: Katherine McKeown
Title of Project: Utilizing cDNA Subtraction to Examine the Effects of MacroH2A Deletion in a Colony of Knockout Mice.
Mentor: John Pehrson
Department: Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Catherine Morrow
Title of Project: Factor XI Deficiency in Kerry Blue Terriers: Frequency and Impact of SINE Insertion.
Mentor: Urs Giger
Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Diana Niculescu
Title of Project: Gene Expression in Cone Photoreceptors of Normal Dogs with Achromatopsia.
Mentor: Andras Komaromy
Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Sharon Parker
Title of Project: Meloxicam Use in Avian Rehabilitation: Dosage Requirements and Efficacy, as Compared to Aspirin and Butorphanol.
Mentor: Erica Miller, Lisa Murphy
Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine, and Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Maria Raymond
Title of Project: Effects of Co-Engagement of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) and Complement Receptors.
Mentor: Oriol Sunyer
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Michael Reese
Title of Project: Assessment of Cryocapacitation and Its Relation to Fertility of Frozen Bovine Sperm.
Mentor: Ina Dobrinski
Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Brigid Reilly
Title of Project: Use of a Novel Yeast Two-Hybrid System to Identify Homotypic and Heterotypic Interactions of Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoproteins.
Mentor: Roselyn Eisenberg, Gary Cohen
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student:
Title of Project: Cell fate of Notochordal Cells During Late Embryonic and Postnatal Life in Rodent Model.
Mentor: Tom Schaer
Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Miriam Sadek
Title of Project: Role of Mitochondrial Stress Signaling in the Pancreatic Tumor Invasion.
Mentor: Narayan Avadhani, Gopa Biswas
Department: Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Lindsay Thalheim
Title of Project: Transcriptional Regulation of the Intra-S-Phase Regulator of CDC7 in Human Myeloid Leukemic Cells: A New Downstream Target of the C-Myb Protooncogene.
Mentor: Alan Gewirtz
Department: Hematology-Oncology, Medicine
Student: Amanda Theodore
Title of Project: The Role of Regulatory T Cell Function in Leishmania mexicana Infection.
Mentor: Phil Scott
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Rachel Toaff-Rosenstein
Title of Project: Evaluation of the Insulin Gene and DLA-DRB2 Alleles as Genetic Markers for Diabetes Mellitus in Samoyed and Australian Terrier Dogs.
Mentor: Rebecka Hess, Paula Henthorn
Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Angharad Knight Waite
Title of Project: Molecular Cloning of Canine OX40L and Functional Evaluation of its Co-Stimulatory Effects on Canine T Cell Subsets.
Mentor: Nicola Mason
Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine
Student: Connie Yeh
Title of Project: Functional Study of the Insulin Receptor Kinase IRK-1 from Strongyloides stercoralis Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Genetic Surrogate.
Mentor: James Lok
Department: Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine