John McLarney
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Estelle Hrabak
Research Topic: Identification of Protein Acyltransferase Substrates in Arabidopsis thanliana
Protein Acyltransferase14 (PAT14) targets in Arabidopsis thaliana
Juan Yang
Faculty Advisor: Xuanmao Chen
Research Topic: acid sensing ion channels (ASICs), primary cilia
Yuxin Zhou
Faculty Advisor: Xuanmao Chen
Research Topic: Neuronal Primary Cilia, cAMP Signaling, Brain Ciliopathies
Christopher Nordyke
Faculty Advisor: Krisztina Varga
Research Topic: The structural and functional studies of the Polar Organizing Protein Z from Caulobacter crescentus.
Ian Mills
Faculty Advisor: Kevin Culligan
Research Topic: The role of RPA1 subunit paralogs on the repair of double stranded DNA breaks in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Jennifer Nance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Feixia Chu
Research Topic: The function of acetylation for lineage specific differentiation of embryonic stem cells
Jennifer Spillane
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Matthew MacManes and Dr. David Plachetzki
Research Topic: Poriferan genomics and phylogenetics
Ashley Sterpka
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xuanmao Chen
Research Topic: Astrocytic Primary Cilia
Matt Strobel
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xuanmao Chen
Research Topic: The role of primary cilia signaling in major depression disorder
Mona Karbalivand
Faculty Advisor: Sherine Elsawa
Research Topic: Characterization of MLL1 role as an effector of TLR-MyD88 induced gene expression in Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) cancer
Cooper Park
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Andam
Research Topic: Determine the distribution and origin of accessory genes found in Streptomyces that are associated with different species of earthworm
Jonathan Sreter
Advisor: Dr. Krisztina Varga
Research Topic: Protein Structure and Function- Antifreeze Proteins
Erik Swanson
Faculty Advisor: Louis Tisa
Research Topic: Bioremediation of dioxin-like compounds by Frankia and the actinorhizal symbiosis
Ryan Wilmot
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Louis Tisa
Jennifer Calawa
Faculty Advisor: Cheryl Whistler
Research Topic: Evolution of beneficial symbiosis using the Vibrio fischeri model system and increasing utility value in learning microbiology for undergraduate nursing students
Megan Worth
Faculty Advisor: Louis Tisa
Research Topic: Studying the possible impacts of environmental stress on the typical specificity observed during the actinorhizal symbiosis, as well as on the community composition within the resulting nodules
Sydney Birch
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Plachetzki
Research Topic: Investigating Sensory Integration and Settlement Responses to Sensory Stimuli in the Hydrozoans Ectopleura crocea and Hydra vulgaris
Haley Nolen
Faculty Advisor: Anissa Poleatewich
Research Topic: Assessment of molecular relationships among Peronospora variabilis isolates in New Hampshire and investigation of the Chenopodium microbiome for sources of beneficial microbes for use in space agriculture
Richa Gupta
Faculty Advisor: Rick Cote
Research Topic: Allosteric regulation of PDE6 induced by binding of Pg and cGMP
Weiyuan Wang
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Barth
Research Topic: Epigenetic regulation of sphingolipid metabolism in acute myeloid leukemia
Joshua Smith
Faculty Advisor: Cheryl Andam
Research Topic: Understanding population diversity of pathogenic bacteria based on their ecological niches