2004 Senior Thesis Titles
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- The Identification of Host Factors Involved in Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Stop Codon Readthrough by Imran Ahmad
- Gene Overexpression and Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus-Programmed Stop Codon Readthrough in Yeast by Anees Muhammed Ahmed - Abstract
- Isolation of Non-H-NS Negative Regulators of Virulence Genes of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Alexander G. Beebe - Abstract
- Isolation of the 5 ' end of Xenopus tropicalis TRF1 mRNA by Royd Litanu Carlson - Abstract
*[supported by a grant from the HHMI Undergraduate Research Program] - The Migration and Developmental Plasticity of Neural Crest Cells in the Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, and the Long-Toed Salamander, Ambystoma macrodactylum by Jenny Lauren Carwile
- Ecophysiology of Brachypodium sylvaticum: Innately Invasive or Child of Circumstance? by Gina Veronica Collignon
- Cloning of the Promoter of the Xenopus Laevis Telomerase Catalytic Subunit by Marisa S. Connell
- Evidence for Post-Transcriptional Regulation of TRF1 in Xenopus laevis by Nathaniel Lawrence Crumet
- Geographic Variation in American Robin Song: An Oregon Field Study by Molly Amanda Conway Dodge
- Vesicle Recycling at the Axon Terminals in the Neuroendocrine Cells of Aplysia californica by Thea Simone Doidge - Abstract
*[supported by a grant from the HHMI Undergraduate Research Program] - The Origins of the Adrenal Gland in Bombina orientalis by Danielle Josselyn Flam
- Survey of Glutathione S-Transferase Expression in Soybean (Glycine max) Root Nodules by Lisa Marie Fuller - Abstract
*[supported by a grant from the HHMI Undergraduate Research Program] - Relative Size and Escalation of Fights in the Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) by Rebecca Owen Gucciardi
- Grouse, Grazing, and Grange: Is Agricultural Intensification in the Sagebrush West Linked to Bird Population Declines? by Slayde Amanda Sarah Cheyenne Hawkins
- The Absence of an H-NS Predicted Silencing Domain May Affect the Ability of Ler to Regulate Virulence Operons in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Marisa Hemungkorn
- Programmed Readthrough of a TMV Stop Codon in Yeast by Crystal Marie Hervey
- Peptidergic Vesicle Structure by Michael Blake Hoppa - Abstract
*[supported by a grant from the HHMI Undergraduate Research Program] - Colonization of Caenorhabditis elegans by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Andrew Steffes Korson - Abstract
*[supported by a grant from the HHMI Undergraduate Research Program] - Density Studies of Brachypodium sylvaticum: Understanding the Spread of a Potential Super Weed by Edward Kepford Martin
- A Comparative Study of Cancer Reports in Fish and Amphibia by Syeda Fahmena Nahar-DeShaw
- Deducing the JNK MAPK Pathway Using RNAi in Drosophila Cells Exposed to Oxidative Stress by Molly Marie Ross O'Quinn - Abstract
- The Effects of Salmon Carcass Enrichment on Macroinvertebrate Drift in Western Oregon Streams by Elizabeth Katharine Simpson Perkin - Abstract
- Investigating Polyploidy and Genetic Variation in Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata, Brassicaceae), an Invasive Species by Micha Louise Rahder - Abstract
*[supported by a grant from the HHMI Undergraduate Research Program] - Early Spider Development and the Role of Extracellular Matrix in Major Cell Movements by Mercedes Bridie Ramirez - Abstract
- Constraining the Cruciferae: Stasis, Canalization, and the Tetradynamous Condition in Raphanus raphanistrum (Brassicaceae) by Allison Lorraine Roach
- What is the G-matrix? Evolution of Tetradynamy in the Brassicaceae by Zygy Roe-Zurz
- Host Factors Involved in Stop Codon Readthrough on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus RNAs in the Model Host Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Jonathan Charles Rupp - Abstract
- Response of the Soybean (Glycine max) Root Nodule Antioxidant System to Exogenous Hydrogen Peroxide Application by Laura Clare Shaffer - Abstract
- Genetic Analysis of Dopaminergic Neurons in the Zebrafish Danio Rerio by Alison Dawn Sheridan
- Ins-1 Cell Processing and Secretion of GFP-Tagged ELH Prohormone by Daniel Elias Tinker