Undergraduate Research Awards 1998-1999

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

(by Student Last Name)

Student(s)	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Faculty Deparment	Project Title	General Award	Additional Award*
Anuj Agarwala Dang-Khoa Nguyen	Jack C. Vaughn	Zoology	Molecular Analysis of the Natural Substrate for DRADA RNA Editing Enzyme in the Fruit fly Drosophila	$500.00	-
Neale E. Bachmann	Karen M. Schilling	Psychology	The Effects of Transcendental Meditation Techniques of Children	$450.00	$50.00
Paul A. Bertin"Rhett R. Klein	Richard T. Taylor	Chemistry	Organically Modified Silica Gel	$500.00	-
Krista A. Birnbaum	Dennis E. Tobin	Art	Installation of Interactive Environment in Hiestand's Lee Gallery	$290.00	-
Jill M. Brannock	Robert H. Findlay	Microbiology	The Effects of Autochthonous Microorganisms on the Transport of Allochthonous Bacteria	$600.00	-
Aimee R. Brickner	Gary M. Shulman	Communication	An Empowering Environment and Creativity: A Correlational Study	$100.00	-
Amanda K. Brickner	Richard E. Lee	Zoology	Mechanisms of Inoculative Freezing in Overwintering Insects	$400.00	-
Abbey L. Carr	John R. Stevenson	Microbiology	Apoptosis in Protein Deficient Mice Due to the Externalization of Phosphotidylserine in the Plasma Membrane	$500.00	-
Tamuna Chadashvili	J. K. Bhattacharjee	Microbiology	Cloning and Characterization of the LYS7 Gene of the Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe	$600.00	-
Lisa L. Chatwood	Michael W. Crowder	Chemistry	Characterization of VanX, An Enzyme Conferring Antibiotic Resistance	$600.00	-
Jeremy C. Dees	Orie L. Loucks	Zoology	The Channelization of Upper Twin Creek and Subsequent Recolonization of Invertebrates	$400.00	-
Garth F. Essig Adam C. Schaaf	Richard T. Taylor	Chemistry	Divergent Synthesis of Polyurethane Dendrimers	$555.00	-
Katie L. Fairbank	Marcia R. Lee	Microbiology	Comparative Inhibition of Fungal Conidial Germination by Antifungal Agents	$450.00	-
Rebecca A. Finley	Michael W. Crowder	Chemistry	Probing the Reaction Mechanism of Metallo-B-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis by Site-directed Mutagenesis	$600.00	-
Katherine L. Fox Jennifer L. Gillis	Stephen D. Berry	Psychology	Effects of Medial Septal Infusion of Scopolamine on Behavioral and Hippocampal Responses During Jaw Movement Conditioning in the Rabbit	$450.00	$300.00
Adam J. Gehring	Joseph M. Carlin	Microbiology	Investigation of Interleukin (IL-10) Production in Immature Monocytic and Epithelial Cell Lines in Response to a Chlamydial Infection and the Effects of IL-10 on the Induction of Indoleamine Dioxygenase	$590.00	-
Brett L. Geissler Michelle S. Hamilton	Anne Morris Hooke	Microbiology	Quorum Sensing in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae	$400.00	-
Kimberly B. Gill	Karen M. Schilling	Psychology	Rape and Its Relationship to Sexuality	$0.00	$300.00
Joshua D. Grill	Phillip J. Best	Psychology	Analysis of the Dose and Time-Dependent Effects of Alcohol on Hippocampal Place-Cell Activity	$500.00	$250.00
Sunny A. Grosz	Anne Morris Hooke	Microbiology	An Examination of the Role of Quorum Sensing in the Expression of the Enzyme Lipase in Burkholderia cepacia	$500.00	-
Deanna D. Hall	Luis A. Actis	Microbiology	Identification and Characterization of Virulence Genes Associated with the Brazilian Purpuric Fever Clone Haemophilus aegyptius	$800.00	-
Jennifer M. Hunter	Marcia R. Lee	Microbiology	Morphologic Analysis of the Antifungal Drug Echinocandin's Effect upon Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum Strains	$500.00	-
Ryan C. Jay	Gae E. Kovalick	Zoology	The Role of Antigen 5 Related and Antigen 5 Related 2 Gene Products within the Midgut of the Fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster	$500.00	$200.00
Alison Johnson Karrie Goglin	David Pennock	Zoology	The Role of the Y Heavy Chain in the Assembly of Dynein Outer arms in Tetrahymena thermophila	$450.00	$200.00
Alicia R. Jordan	Phyllis A. Callahan"James M. Janik	Zoology	Antagonism of Orphanin FQ Induced Prolactin Secretion in Female Rats: Time Course Study	$400.00
Emily K. Keeker	Phillip J. Best	Psychology	Tolerance to the Effects of Ethanol On Ataxia	$500.00	$300.00
Ryan G. King	Phyllis A. Callahan	Zoology	The Effects of Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Versus a Synthetic Analog on the Release of Prolactin from the Perfused Rat Anterior Pituitary	$400.00	$250.00
Lesley B. Knoll	Michael J. Vanni	Zoology	Phytoplankton Productivity and Diversity Along a Nutrient Gradient in Twelve Ohio Reservoirs	$500.00	-
Maria A. Kriz	Bruce L. Hardy	Sociology and Anthropology	Plant Foods in High Latitude Environments: Implications for Neanderthal Subsistence	$490.00	-
Dawn M. Leeper	John R. Stevenson	Microbiology	Quantification of Apoptotic DNA Fragmentation in T Cells	$400.00	-
Keri E. Lunsford	Christopher A. Makaroff	Chemistry	Determination of Steroid Dehydrogenase Protein Involved in the Brassinosteroid Biosynthetic Pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana	$575.00	-
Jason C. McGahan	Hugh Morgan	English	Residual Doubt: The Capital Murder Case of Anthony C. Apanovitch	$500.00	-
Jennifer E. Nathan	Gae E. Kovalick	Zoology	Characterization of the Factors Required for Midgut Unfolding and Peritrophic Matrix Formation in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster	$500.00	-
Jacqueline K. Nooker	Sheldon I. Guttman	Zoology	Genetic Determination of the Winter Diet of Merlins (Falco columbarius) in Wisconsin	$800.00	$225.00
John A. Occhino	Joseph M. Carlin	Microbiology	Immunologic Enhancement of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Human Epithelial Cells	$400.00	-
Angela V. Olson	Nancy G. Solomon	Zoology	Is Age Difference Between Mothers and Daughters a Determinant of Dominance Interaction?	$400.00	-
Matthew R. Price	Jack Vaughn	Zoology	Analysis of Edited 4f-rnp mRNAs During Development in Drosophila	$500.00	-
Jennifer E. Pyzoha	Bruce A . Steinly"Donald G. Kaufman	Zoology	Comparative Study of the Central Nervous System of the Closely Related Species of Drosophila melanogaster and Ochthera mantis	$400.00	-
Michael P. Royalty	David G. Pennock	Zoology	Expression of Two Putative Inner Arm Dynein Heavy Chain Genes in Tetrahymena thermophilia	$400.00	-
Cynthia K. Sagel	Jon P. Constanzo	Zoology	Regulation of Glucose Transport in the Wood Frog Urinary Bladder	$400.00	-
Andrew M. Schumacher	David J. Berg	Zoology	Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Amblema plicata	$400.00	-
Andrea N. Shealy	Lori G. Isaacson	Zoology	Investigation of Perivascular Axons Following Infusion of the Neurotrophin Nerve Growth Factor: Comparison of Nerve Growth Factor Uptake with Receptor Localization	$600.00	$200.00
Brittany N. Smith	David J. Berg	Zoology	Characterization of Unionid Bivalue Diets	$600.00	$200.00
Katarina Sprung	Robert H. Findlay	Microbiology	The Natural Variation in Sedimentary Microbial Communities of Dry Fork River	$600.00	-
William I. Towler	Sheldon I. Guttman	Zoology	A Genetic Key for Species Identification within the Mayfly Genus Stenonema: Mitochondrial DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis	$400.00	-
Douglas G. Weaver	Allan M. Winkler	History	World War II and the Miami University Homefront	$200.00	-
Camron L. Whitacre	David F. Wilson	Zoology	The role of N-type Calcium Channels in the Inhibitory Action of Adenosine at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	$400.00	-

(by Faculty Department)

Faculty Department	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Student(s)	Project Title	General Award	*Additional Award
Art	Dennis E. Tobin	Krista A. Birnbaum	Installation of Interactive Environment in Hiestand's Lee Gallery	$290.00	-
Chemistry	Michael W. Crowder	Lisa L. Chatwood	Characterization of VanX, An Enzyme Conferring Antibiotic Resistance	$600.00	-
Chemistry	Michael W. Crowder	Rebecca A. Finley	Probing the Reaction Mechanism of Metallo-B-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis by Site-directed Mutagenesis	$600.00	-
Chemistry	Christopher A. Makaroff	Keri E. Lunsford	Determination of Steroid Dehydrogenase Protein Involved in the Brassinosteroid Biosynthetic Pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana	$575.00	-
Chemistry	Richard T. Taylor	Paul A. Bertin"Rhett R. Klein	Organically Modified Silica Gel	$500.00	-
Chemistry	Richard T. Taylor	Garth F. Essig"Adam C. Schaaf	Divergent Synthesis of Polyurethane Dendrimers	$555.00	-
Communication	Gary M. Shulman	Aimee R. Brickner	An Empowering Environment and Creativity: A Correlational Study	$100.00	-
English	Hugh Morgan	Jason C. McGahan	Residual Doubt: The Capital Murder Case of Anthony C. Apanovitch	$500.00	-
History	Allan M. Winkler	Douglas G. Weaver	World War II and the Miami University Homefront	$200.00	-
Microbiology	Luis A. Actis	Deanna D. Hall	Identification and Characterization of Virulence Genes Associated with the Brazilian Purpuric Fever Clone Haemophilus aegyptius	$800.00	-
Microbiology	J. K. Bhattacharjee	Tamuna Chadashvili	Cloning and Characterization of the LYS7 Gene of the Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe	$600.00	-
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Adam J. Gehring	Investigation of Interleukin (IL-10) Production in Immature Monocytic and Epithelial Cell Lines in Response to a Chlamydial Infection and the Effects of IL-10 on the Induction of Indoleamine Dioxygenase	$590.00	-
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	John A. Occhino	Immunologic Enhancement of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Human Epithelial Cells	$400.00	-
Microbiology	Robert H. Findlay	Jill M. Brannock	The Effects of Autochthonous Microorganisms on the Transport of Allochthonous Bacteria	$600.00	-
Microbiology	Robert H. Findlay	Katarina Sprung	The Natural Variation in Sedimentary Microbial Communities of Dry Fork River	$600.00	-
Microbiology	Marcia R. Lee	Katie L. Fairbank	Comparative Inhibition of Fungal Conidial Germination by Antifungal Agents	$450.00	-
Microbiology	Marcia R. Lee	Jennifer M. Hunter	Morphologic Analysis of the Antifungal Drug Echinocandin's Effect upon Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum Strains	$500.00	-
Microbiology	Anne Morris Hooke	Brett L. Geissler"Michelle S. Hamilton	Quorum Sensing in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae	$400.00	-
Microbiology	Anne Morris Hooke	Sunny A. Grosz	An Examination of the Role of Quorum Sensing in the Expression of the Enzyme Lipase in Burkholderia cepacia	$500.00	-
Microbiology	John R. Stevenson	Abbey L. Carr	Apoptosis in Protein Deficient Mice Due to the Externalization of Phosphotidylserine in the Plasma Membrane	$500.00	-
Microbiology	John R. Stevenson	Dawn M. Leeper	Quantification of Apoptotic DNA Fragmentation in T Cells	$400.00	-
Psychology	Stephen D. Berry	Katherine L. Fox"Jennifer L. Gillis	Effects of Medial Septal Infusion of Scopolamine on Behavioral and Hippocampal Responses During Jaw Movement Conditioning in the Rabbit	$450.00	$300.00
Psychology	Phillip J. Best	Joshua D. Grill	Analysis of the Dose and Time-Dependent Effects of Alcohol on Hippocampal Place-Cell Activity	$500.00	$250.00
Psychology	Phillip J. Best	Emily K. Keeker	Tolerance to the Effects of Ethanol On Ataxia	$500.00	$300.00
Psychology	Karen M. Schilling	Neale E. Bachmann	The Effects of Transcendental Meditation Techniques of Children	$450.00	$50.00
Sociology and Anthropology	Bruce L. Hardy	Maria A. Kriz	Plant Foods in High Latitude Environments: Implications for Neanderthal Subsistence	$490.00	-
Zoology	David J. Berg	Andrew M. Schumacher	Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Amblema plicata	$400.00	-
Zoology	David J. Berg	Brittany N. Smith	Characterization of Unionid Bivalue Diets	$600.00	$200.00
Zoology	Phyllis A. Callahan"James M. Janik	Alicia R. Jordan	Antagonism of Orphanin FQ Induced Prolactin Secretion in Female Rats: Time Course Study	$400.00	-
Zoology	Phyllis A. Callahan	Ryan G. King	The Effects of Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Versus a Synthetic Analog on the Release of Prolactin from the Perfused Rat Anterior Pituitary	$400.00	$250.00
Zoology	Jon P. Constanzo	Cynthia K. Sagel	Regulation of Glucose Transport in the Wood Frog Urinary Bladder	$400.00	-
Zoology	Sheldon I. Guttman	Jacqueline K. Nooker	Genetic Determination of the Winter Diet of Merlins (Falco columbarius) in Wisconsin	$800.00	$225.00
Zoology	Sheldon I. Guttman	William I. Towler	A Genetic Key for Species Identification within the Mayfly Genus Stenonema: Mitochondrial DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis	$400.00	-
Zoology	Lori G. Isaacson	Andrea N. Shealy	Investigation of Perivascular Axons Following Infusion of the Neurotrophin Nerve Growth Factor: Comparison of Nerve Growth Factor Uptake with Receptor Localization	$600.00	$200.00
Zoology	Gae E. Kovalick	Ryan C. Jay	The Role of Antigen 5 Related and Antigen 5 Related 2 Gene Products within the Midgut of the Fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster	$500.00	$200.00
Zoology	Gae E. Kovalick	Jennifer E. Nathan	Characterization of the Factors Required for Midgut Unfolding and Peritrophic Matrix Formation in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster	$500.00	-
Zoology	Richard E. Lee	Amanda K. Brickner	Mechanisms of Inoculative Freezing in Overwintering Insects	$400.00	-
Zoology	Orie L. Loucks	Jeremy C. Dees	The Channelization of Upper Twin Creek and Subsequent Recolonization of Invertebrates	$400.00	-
Zoology	David Pennock	Alison Johnson"Karrie Goglin	The Role of the Y Heavy Chain in the Assembly of Dynein Outer arms in Tetrahymena thermophila	$450.00	$200.00
Zoology	David G. Pennock	Michael P. Royalty	Expression of Two Putative Inner Arm Dynein Heavy Chain Genes in Tetrahymena thermophilia	$400.00	-
Zoology	Nancy G. Solomon	Angela V. Olson	Is Age Difference Between Mothers and Daughters a Determinant of Dominance Interaction?	$400.00	-
Zoology	Bruce A . Steinly"Donald G. Kaufman	Jennifer E. Pyzoha	Comparative Study of the Central Nervous System of the Closely Related Species of Drosophila melanogaster and Ochthera mantis	$400.00	-
Zoology	Michael J. Vanni	Lesley B. Knoll	Phytoplankton Productivity and Diversity Along a Nutrient Gradient in Twelve Ohio Reservoirs	$500.00	-
Zoology	Jack C. Vaughn	Anuj Agarwala"Dang-Khoa Nguyen	Molecular Analysis of the Natural Substrate for DRADA RNA Editing Enzyme in the Fruit fly Drosophila	$500.00	-
Zoology	Jack Vaughn	Matthew R. Price	Analysis of Edited 4f-rnp mRNAs During Development in Drosophila	$500.00	-
Zoology	David F. Wilson	Camron L. Whitacre	The role of N-type Calcium Channels in the Inhibitory Action of Adenosine at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	$400.00	-

*ADDITIONAL AWARDS for Academic Year 1998-1999 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)
Interdisciplinary Awards (supplemental funds provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE 9652063)