Undergraduate Research Awards 2004-2005

Awarded by the Miami University Senate Committee for Undergraduate Research plus Additional Awards*

(by Student Last Name)

Student Name(s)	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Faculty Department	Project Title	Award
Abejuela, Vanessa	Isaacson, Lori	Zoology	Regulation of Single Sensory Neurons by Multiple Neurotrophins: Effects of Nerve Growth Factor Administration	400
Abtahi, Amir	Haynes, Tracy Del Rio Tsonis, Katia	ZoologyZoology	The Role of BMPs in Retinal Regeneration	400
Agee, Lindsay Ring, Christine	Beilock, Sian	Psychology	Working Memory and Test-Taking Performance	300
Baker, Rebecca	Alessio, Helaine	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies	Upregulation of Sleep Genes Due to Varying Amounts of Physical Activity	400
Bell, Aaron	Thomas, Robin	Psychology	Does the Name Fit the Face?	169
Benight, Nancy	Berg, David	Zoology	Genetic Diversity and the Implications of a Host Fish Relationship in Reproduction of the Genus Quadrula (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)	800
Berkowitz, Joshua	Wilson, David	Zoology	The Effects of SIN-1 in the Presence of DPCPX on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	300
Black, Lesley	Shore, Cecilia	Psychology	Theory of Mind and Altruism	400
Blevins, Dustin	Wilson, David	Zoology	The Effects of Linopirdine on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	400
Bradley, Mike	Dockendorff, Thomas	Zoology	The Role of an Alternative 3' End Cleavage Site Determinant in D. melanogaster Embryogenesis	300
Collins, Kimberly	Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia	Zoology	Characterization of the Process of Retina Regeneration in Xenopus	400
Dishong, Brian	Lee, Richard	Zoology	Overwintering Energetics in the Hatchling Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta	300
Drummond, Justin	Wilson, David	Zoology	The Effects of S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine in the Presence of DPCPX on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	400
Dumford, Elizabeth Kelley, Jennifer	Callahan, PhyllisJanik, James	ZoologyZoology	Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on the Sensitivity of the Anterior Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus in Prepubertal Rats: Role of Nitric Oxide and Dopamine	800
Folz, Hillary	DeVito, Jill	Zoology	Effects of Complexity of Rearing Environment on Activity Level and Foraging Behavior of Hogna helluo	500
Gibbons, Patrick	Rech, Jason	Geology	Radiocarbon Dating of Potentially the Oldest Synagogue in Northern Israel	450
Gifford, Ryan	DeVito, Jill	Zoology	Aggressive Behavior and Neighbor Tolerance in Wolf Spiders	101
Gittinger, Matthew	Stevenson, John	Microbiology	The Effect of Increased Levels of IL-10, Induced by the Presence of Corticosterone, on Macrophage Activation	600
Gonso, Sara	Beilock, Sian	Psychology	A Closer Look at the Imagery-Performance Relationship: Does Imagery Impact Performance Differently as a Function of Skill Expertise?	300
Haar, Kelly	Hagerman, Ann	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress	300
Haky, Jennifer	Hooke, Anne	Microbiology	Studies of Virulent Burkholderia cepacia	300
Heltzel, Elizabeth Yazdani, Montra	Rypstra, Ann	Zoology	Mate Searching Based on the Location of Silk Draglines in the Wolf Spider Hogna helluo	320
Hodel, Scott	Moller, James	Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering	The Effect of Cutting Fluid Velocity and Direction on Tool-Chip Interface Temperature	446
Hoffman, Erin	Thomas, Robin	Psychology	Categorical Representation of Foods by Normal and Obese Individuals	325
Jerome, Alexander	Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia	Zoology	Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Retina Regeneration through the Process of Transdifferentiation	400
Johnson, Jessica	Ward, Rose Marie	Psychology	Prevalence of Disordered Eating Habits in Students at Miami University	245
Kelbley, Jennifer	Callahan, Phyllis	Zoology	The Role of Orphanin FQ (OFQ/N) in Mediating Adaptation to Chronic Stress: Studies Using OFQ/N Transgenic Mice	300
Kocher, Alysha	McGrew, William	Anthropology	Observations of Manual Laterality in Two Species of Apes	600
Koenig, Carrie	Fields, Matthew	Microbiology	Cicada Input Effects on the Bacterial Community of an Aquatic Ecosystem	300
Lazowski, Ryan	Liu, Xiuwu	Interdisciplinary Studies	Political/Economic Globalization and its Relationship to Democracy in China	150
Lockett, Krystal	Lee, Marcia	Microbiology	Does Quorum Sensing Play a Role in the Regulation of Bacterial Ice Nucleation Activity?	729
McCartney, Thomas	Caffrey , Christine	Sociology and Gerontology	The Effects of Societal-Level Variables on Obesity Rates	300
Middleton, Katherine	Rech, Jason	Geology	Determining the Potential of Using Minute Gastropods to Date the Ice Ages	500
Morsch, Amy	Crist, Thomas	Zoology	A New Approach to Understanding Species Distributions	175
Morton, Elizabeth Anderson, Jennifer	Schwartz, Tammy	Teacher Education	Urban Appalachian Boys: The Struggle to Stay in School	300
Nagy, Rachel	Cummins, R.	Interdisciplinary Studies	The Crises of Coral Reefs in Manzanillo, Costa Rica	300
Naples, Scott Tolle, Kathryn Quinn, Andrew	Killian, Kathleen	Zoology	The Effect of Fighting on Neuronal Activation as Identified by c-Fos Expression in the Nervous System of the Cricket, Acheta domesticus	500
Nellums, Elizabeth	Stevens, Martin Henry	Botany	A Test of the Keystone Predation Hypothesis in a Laboratory Microcosm	300
Niese, Kathryn	Vaughn, Jack	Zoology	Regulation of Gene Expression by Naturally-Occurring RNAi During Development in Drosophila	500
Okamoto, Jill Stevic, Celinda	Ward, Rose Marie	Psychology	Long-Term Effects of Bullying on Interpersonal Relationships and Self Esteem of College Aged Women	300
Pagan, Jasmine	Actis, Luis	Microbiology	Iron Acquisition in the Dental Pathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans	600
Patel, Jimisha	Carlin, Joseph	Microbiology	TLR-Ligand Enhancement of IFN-Induced IDO Activity in Epithelial Cells	500
Polin, Michael	Lee, Richard	Zoology	Membrane Cholesterol Content Influences Cell Survival to Environmental Stresses	600
Reed, Grant	Wilson, David	Zoology	The Effects of Cyclic 3', 5' -Adenosine Monophosphate (cAMP) on Neurotransmitter Release at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction	500
Richmond, Ashley	Solomon, Nancy	Zoology	A Spatial Analysis of Home Range Overlap in Wandering Male Prairie Voles (Microtus ochragaster)	200
Rorick, Anna	Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia	Zoology	The Role of MEK in Chicken Retinal Regeneration	450
Seaborn, Craig	Cheng, Xiao-Wen	Microbiology	Quantitative Analysis of SV40 pA on the Gene Expression in AcMNPV	400
Shaw, Maureen	Isaacson, Lori	Zoology	Localization of Preganglionic Neurons in the Spinal Cord: Determining Age-Related Changes	400
Simmering, Tyler	Gonzalez, Maria	Zoology	Effect of Atrazine on Daphina Reproductive Strategies	300
Truelove, Jessica	Gung, Benjamin	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Synthetic Studies on Diplyne E	300
Unger, Katie	Cheng, Xiao-Wen	Microbiology	Investigation of Ascovirus Replication Location	300
Vandenbroucke, Emily	Simson, Peter	Psychology	Effect of Kava (Piper methysticin) on Locus Coeruleus Electrophysiology	400
Vigil, Andrea	Fernandes, Joyce	Zoology	The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila Muscle Development	400
Voris, Douglas	DeVito, Jill	Zoology	Factors Associated with Mating and Sexual Cannibalism in a Wolf Spider	400
Weilnau, John	Ward, Rose Marie	Psychology	The Quarter Life Crisis for College Students	300
Welch, Adam Arens, David	Killian, Kathleen	Zoology	Is the Birth of New Neurons Responsible for the Memory of Social Rank in the Male Cricket?: PCNA as a Marker of Brain Neurogenesis	400
Wolski Jr., Thomas	Stevenson, John	Microbiology	The Synergistic Role of Corticosterone and Interleukin-6 on Macrophage Activation	500

(by Faculty Department)

Faculty Department	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Student Name(s)	Project Title	Award
Anthropology	McGrew, William	Kocher, Alysha	Observations of Manual Laterality in Two Species of Apes	600
Botany	Stevens, Martin Henry	Nellums, Elizabeth	A Test of the Keystone Predation Hypothesis in a Laboratory Microcosm	300
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Gung, Benjamin	Truelove, Jessica	Synthetic Studies on Diplyne E	300
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Hagerman, Ann	Haar, Kelly	Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress	300
Geology	Rech, Jason	Middleton, Katherine	Determining the Potential of Using Minute Gastropods to Date the Ice Ages	500
Geology	Rech, Jason	Gibbons, Patrick	Radiocarbon Dating of Potentially the Oldest Synagogue in Northern Israel	450
Interdisciplinary Studies	Cummins, R.	Nagy, Rachel	The Crises of Coral Reefs in Manzanillo, Costa Rica	300
Interdisciplinary Studies	Liu, Xiuwu	Lazowski, Ryan	Political/Economic Globalization and its Relationship to Democracy in China	150
Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering	Moller, James	Hodel, Scott	The Effect of Cutting Fluid Velocity and Direction on Tool-Chip Interface Temperature	446
Microbiology	Actis, Luis	Pagan, Jasmine	Iron Acquisition in the Dental Pathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans	600
Microbiology	Carlin, Joseph	Patel, Jimisha	TLR-Ligand Enhancement of IFN-Induced IDO Activity in Epithelial Cells	500
Microbiology	Cheng, Xiao-Wen	Seaborn, Craig	Quantitative Analysis of SV40 pA on the Gene Expression in AcMNPV	400
Microbiology	Cheng, Xiao-Wen	Unger, Katie	Investigation of Ascovirus Replication Location	300
Microbiology	Fields, Matthew	Koenig, Carrie	Cicada Input Effects on the Bacterial Community of an Aquatic Ecosystem	300
Microbiology	Hooke, Anne	Haky, Jennifer	Studies of Virulent Burkholderia cepacia	300
Microbiology	Lee, Marcia	Lockett, Krystal	Does Quorum Sensing Play a Role in the Regulation of Bacterial Ice Nucleation Activity?	729
Microbiology	Stevenson, John	Wolski Jr., Thomas	The Synergistic Role of Corticosterone and Interleukin-6 on Macrophage Activation	500
Microbiology	Stevenson, John	Gittinger, Matthew	The Effect of Increased Levels of IL-10, Induced by the Presence of Corticosterone, on Macrophage Activation	600
Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies	Alessio, Helaine	Baker, Rebecca	Upregulation of Sleep Genes Due to Varying Amounts of Physical Activity	400
Psychology	Beilock, Sian	Agee, Lindsay Ring, Christine	Working Memory and Test-Taking Performance	300
Psychology	Beilock, Sian	Gonso, Sara	A Closer Look at the Imagery-Performance Relationship: Does Imagery Impact Performance Differently as a Function of Skill Expertise?	300
Psychology	Shore, Cecilia	Black, Lesley	Theory of Mind and Altruism	400
Psychology	Simson, Peter	Vandenbroucke, Emily	Effect of Kava (Piper methysticin) on Locus Coeruleus Electrophysiology	400
Psychology	Thomas, Robin	Bell, Aaron	Does the Name Fit the Face?	169
Psychology	Thomas, Robin	Hoffman, Erin	Categorical Representation of Foods by Normal and Obese Individuals	325
Psychology	Ward, Rose Marie	Johnson, Jessica	Prevalence of Disordered Eating Habits in Students at Miami University	245
Psychology	Ward, Rose Marie	Okamoto, Jill Stevic, Celinda	Long-Term Effects of Bullying on Interpersonal Relationships and Self Esteem of College Aged Women	300
Psychology	Ward, Rose Marie	Weilnau, John	The Quarter Life Crisis for College Students	300
Sociology and Gerontology	Caffrey , Christine	McCartney, Thomas	The Effects of Societal-Level Variables on Obesity Rates	300
Teacher Education	Schwartz, Tammy	Morton, Elizabeth Anderson, Jennifer	Urban Appalachian Boys: The Struggle to Stay in School	300
Zoology	Berg, David	Benight, Nancy	Genetic Diversity and the Implications of a Host Fish Relationship in Reproduction of the Genus Quadrula (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)	800
Zoology Zoology	Callahan, Phyllis Janik, James	Dumford, Elizabeth Kelley, Jennifer	Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on the Sensitivity of the Anterior Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus in Prepubertal Rats: Role of Nitric Oxide and Dopamine	800
Zoology	Callahan, Phyllis	Kelbley, Jennifer	The Role of Orphanin FQ (OFQ/N) in Mediating Adaptation to Chronic Stress: Studies Using OFQ/N Transgenic Mice	300
Zoology	Crist, Thomas	Morsch, Amy	A New Approach to Understanding Species Distributions	175
Zoology	Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia	Jerome, Alexander	Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Retina Regeneration through the Process of Transdifferentiation	400
Zoology	Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia	Rorick, Anna	The Role of MEK in Chicken Retinal Regeneration	450
Zoology	Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia	Collins, Kimberly	Characterization of the Process of Retina Regeneration in Xenopus	400
Zoology	DeVito, Jill	Folz, Hillary	Effects of Complexity of Rearing Environment on Activity Level and Foraging Behavior of Hogna helluo	500
Zoology	DeVito, Jill	Gifford, Ryan	Aggressive Behavior and Neighbor Tolerance in Wolf Spiders	101
Zoology	DeVito, Jill	Voris, Douglas	Factors Associated with Mating and Sexual Cannibalism in a Wolf Spider	400
Zoology	Dockendorff, Thomas	Bradley, Mike	The Role of an Alternative 3' End Cleavage Site Determinant in D. melanogaster Embryogenesis	300
Zoology	Fernandes, Joyce	Vigil, Andrea	The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila Muscle Development	400
Zoology	Gonzalez, Maria	Simmering, Tyler	Effect of Atrazine on Daphina Reproductive Strategies	300
Zoology	Haynes, Tracy Del Rio Tsonis, Katia	Abtahi, Amir	The Role of BMPs in Retinal Regeneration	400
Zoology	Isaacson, Lori	Abejuela, Vanessa	Regulation of Single Sensory Neurons by Multiple Neurotrophins: Effects of Nerve Growth Factor Administration	400
Zoology	Isaacson, Lori	Shaw, Maureen	Localization of Preganglionic Neurons in the Spinal Cord: Determining Age-Related Changes	400
Zoology	Killian, Kathleen	Naples, Scott Tolle, Kathryn Quinn, Andrew	The Effect of Fighting on Neuronal Activation as Identified by c-Fos Expression in the Nervous System of the Cricket, Acheta domesticus	500
Zoology	Killian, Kathleen	Welch, Adam Arens, David	Is the Birth of New Neurons Responsible for the Memory of Social Rank in the Male Cricket?: PCNA as a Marker of Brain Neurogenesis	400
Zoology	Lee, Richard	Dishong, Brian	Overwintering Energetics in the Hatchling Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta	300
Zoology	Lee, Richard	Polin, Michael	Membrane Cholesterol Content Influences Cell Survival to Environmental Stresses	600
Zoology	Rypstra, Ann	Heltzel, Elizabeth Yazdani, Montra	Mate Searching Based on the Location of Silk Draglines in the Wolf Spider Hogna helluo	320
Zoology	Solomon, Nancy	Richmond, Ashley	A Spatial Analysis of Home Range Overlap in Wandering Male Prairie Voles (Microtus ochragaster)	200
Zoology	Vaughn, Jack	Niese, Kathryn	Regulation of Gene Expression by Naturally-Occurring RNAi During Development in Drosophila	500
Zoology	Wilson, David	Berkowitz, Joshua	The Effects of SIN-1 in the Presence of DPCPX on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	300
Zoology	Wilson, David	Blevins, Dustin	The Effects of Linopirdine on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	400
Zoology	Wilson, David	Drummond, Justin	The Effects of S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine in the Presence of DPCPX on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	400
Zoology	Wilson, David	Reed, Grant	The Effects of Cyclic 3', 5' -Adenosine Monophosphate (cAMP) on Neurotransmitter Release at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction	500

*ADDITIONAL AWARDS for Academic Year 2004-2005 included:

Crannell Grants (with grants selected by the Department of Psychology)
Fisher Awards (with awards selected by the Department of Microbiology)
Maher Grants (with grants selected by the Department of Political Science or the Department of Zoology)