Summer 2008 Scholars
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Beckman Scholars Program |
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Emily Buckhouse Kalispell, MT |
Biochemistry
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| Mentor: | Trevor Douglas, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Characterization of the effect of Gd-Chelator rigidity in a protein cage based MRI contrast agent | |||||
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Kevin Harlen Helena, MT |
Cell Biology and Nueroscience
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| Mentor: | Trevor Douglas, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Exploring the properties of heme groups as electron shuttles in bacterioferritin using biomemetically synthesized platinum nanoparticles | |||||
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Julianna Morley Missoula, MT |
Cell Biology and Nueroscience
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| Mentor: | Mary Cloninger, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | The role of galectin-3/glycodendrimer interactions in cancer cell aggregation | |||||
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Luke Oltrogge Absarokee, MT |
Chemistry
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| Mentor: | Trevor Douglas, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Mechanistic analysis of an antioxidant protein cage from a hyperthermophilic archaeon | |||||
Global Scientists, NORWAY |
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Kelly Alsup Spearfish, SD |
Applied Mathematics
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Jackson Chief Elk San Jose, CA |
Chemistry
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Bovard Tiberi Helena, MT |
Computer Science and Mathematics |
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Whitney Treadway Helena, MT |
Geohydrology
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INBRE Scholars |
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Natalie Brandsma Durango, CO |
Biochemistry
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| Mentor: | Mary Cloninger, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
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The Synthesis and study of LacNAc functionalized dendrimers |
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Robert Frost Rapid City, SD |
Microbiology
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| Mentor: | Marcella McClure, Microbiology | |||||
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Global analysis of retroid agents in insects and detailed interspecies Drosophila analysis |
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Kyle Halliwill Bozeman, MT |
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
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| Mentor: | Roger Bradley, Cell Biology and Neuroscience | |||||
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Tracking the expression of chicken Protocadherin-1 in chicken embryos |
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Lim Kien Seng Malaysia, Johor Bahru |
Biotechnology |
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| Mentor: | Barry Pyle, Microbiology | |||||
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Pasmid stability of Streptomyces lividans in response to spaceflight |
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Jennene Lyda Billings, MT |
Microbiology
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| Mentor: | Sandra Halonen , Microbiology | |||||
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IGTP/host cell interactions with the parasitophorous vacuole of Toxoplasma gondii |
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Lena Petersen Polson, MT |
Biochemistry and Dietetics
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| Mentor: | Brian Bothner, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Proteomic analysis of the effects of the MNV-1 on murine cells | |||||
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Courtney Reichhardt Butte, MT |
Chemistry |
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| Mentor: | Trevor Douglas, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Mark Young, Plant Science | |||||
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The synthesis of a hydrogenase model through the use of biominmetic mineralization of Ferritin and Dps proteins |
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Elizabeth Stoller Bozeman, MT |
Plant Science
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| Mentor: | Edward Dratz, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: |
Immobilized Trypsin reactor for improved peptide recovery in global proteomic analysis: Development and fabrication |
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Michelle Wilkison Helena, MT |
Cell Biology
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| Mentor: | Katherine Gauss , Veterinary and Molecular Biology | |||||
| Project: | Characterization of the NOXOI and NOXAI promoters | |||||
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Trevor Zuroff Glendive, MT |
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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| Mentor: | Ross Carlson, Chemical and Biological Engineering | |||||
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The effect of quorum-sensing knockouts on Escherichia coli K-12 biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance and architecture |
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Undergraduate Scholars Program |
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Elliott Barnhart Broadus, MT |
Environmental Microbiology
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| Mentor: | Tim Ford, Microbiology | |||||
| Project: | Community analysis of methanogenic archaea within underground coal beds | |||||
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Tim Brox Fresno, CA |
Earth Sciences
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| Mentor: | Mark Skidmore, Earth Sciences | |||||
| Project: | Evaluating the impacts of crystal and liquid vein sizes on microbial survival in ice | |||||
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Krysta Buska Helena, MT |
Biochemistry
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| Mentor: | Trevor Douglas, Chemistry and Biochemistrty | |||||
| Project: | Investigation of catalase activity in a Dps like protein from a hyperthermophillic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus | |||||
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Jennifer Creamer Charlo, MT |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Mentor: | Joan Broderick, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Investigation of flavodoxin, flavodoxin reductase, and MioC as the physiological reducing agent for pyruvate formate lyase activating enzyme | |||||
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Hilary Fabich Livingston, MT |
Chemical Engineering
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| Mentor: | Sarah Codd, Mechanical Engineering | |||||
| Project: | Magnetic resonance microscopy study of water absorption into pharmaceutical tablets and development of a hands-on outreach activity | |||||
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Carol Froseth Bozeman, MT |
Agroecology
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| Mentor: | Alice Pilgeram, Plant Science | |||||
| Project: | Field evaluation of Camelina sativa meal as mulch | |||||
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Kathleen Hansen Bozeman, MT |
Industrial Engineering and Economics |
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| Mentor: | Florence Dunkel , Plant Sciences | |||||
| Project: | Indentifying inefficiences and potential improvements in Malian shea processing | |||||
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Laura Hanson Missoula, MT |
Cell Biology and Neuroscience |
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| Mentor: | Cliff Montagne, Land Resoursce and Environmental Science | |||||
| Project: | Improving knowledge of nutrition through community invovlment and participation in the Darhad Valley, Mongolia | |||||
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Amy Hartman Golden, CO |
Media and Theater Arts |
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| Mentor: | Cindy Stillwell, Media and Theater Arts | |||||
| Project: | Experiments in exposure | |||||
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Isaiah Helm Jordan, MT |
Mechanical Engineering |
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| Mentor: | Douglas Cairns, Mechanical Engingeering | |||||
| Project: | Multi-purpose UAV | |||||
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Malcolm Herstand Orwell, VT |
Environmental Science, Soil and Water
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| Mentor: | Brian McGlynn, Land Resources and Environmental Science | |||||
| Project: | Drainage network complexity controls on water and nutrient fluxes | |||||
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Jennifer Johnson Kenmore, WA |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Mentor: | Jospeh Shaw, Electrical Engineering | |||||
| Project: | Construction of subsystem of the second-generation arctic-deployable, wide-angle, infrared cloud imager | |||||
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Sabindra Katila Pokhara, Nepal |
Biotechnolgy
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| Mentor: | Marcella McClure, Microbiology | |||||
| Project: | The retroid perspective | |||||
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Leslie Kirkpatrick Great Falls, MT |
Elementary Education
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| Mentor: | Alice Pilgeram, Plant Science | |||||
| Project: | Increased Omega-d in animals fed camelina meal | |||||
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Benjamin Krajacich Great Falls, MT |
Biochemistry
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| Mentor: | Edward Dratz, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Seekina a novel screen for the human disease: Fluorescnce lifetime monitoring of thermals denaturation and fatty acide characterization of human blood plasma | |||||
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Rachel Lange Racine, WI |
Environmental Biology |
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| Mentor: | Mark Skidmore, Earth Sciences | |||||
| Project: | Nitrification process in permanently-cold glacial sediments | |||||
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Taylor Moorman Glasgow, MT |
English Literature
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| Mentor: | Cliff Montagne, Land Resources and Environmental Science | |||||
| Project: | Nutrition in the Darhad Valley: Exploring vitamin C resources in modern Mongolia | |||||
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Marci Mudd Bridger, MT |
Media and Theater Arts |
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| Mentor: | Theo Lipfert, Media and Theater Arts | |||||
| Project: | Pour L'Amour D'Art (For the Love of Art) | |||||
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Lily Peterson Helena, MT |
Chemistry
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| Mentor: | Martin Teintze, Chemistry and Biochemistry | |||||
| Project: | Detection of CNBr fragment from CCR5 and CXCR4 by mass spectrometry | |||||
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Greg Reed Tucson, AZ |
Fish and Wildlife Management
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| Mentor: | Michael Frisina, Animal and Range Sciences | |||||
| Project: | Effects of rotational grazing on small mammal communities at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | |||||
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Peter Ruzevich East Helena, MT |
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
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| Mentor: | Jovanka Voyich Kane , Veterinary Molecular Biology | |||||
| Project: | Assessing genes under the direct influence of the SaeR/S regulatory system of Staphylococcus aureus | |||||
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Rebecca Sobin Livingston, MT |
Liberal Studies
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| Mentor: | Kristin Ruppel, Native American Studies | |||||
| Project: | Tinsley House Mandan Garden Watercolors | |||||
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Benjamin Staal Manhattan, MT |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Mentor: | Joseph Shaw, Electrical Engineering | |||||
| Project: | Manufacture, thermal optimization and operational testing of the Arctic-deployable, wide-angle, infrared cloud imager | |||||
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Rhiannon Wilson Bozeman, MT |
Horticulture Science |
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| Mentor: | William Hoch, Plant Science and Plant Pathology | |||||
| Project: | Identification and characterization of steril, non-invasive clones of Japanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica) | |||||