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| Beckman Scholars Program |
Emily Buckhouse
Kalispell, MT |
Biochemistry |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Global Scientists, NORWAY |
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 |
Natalie Brandsma
Durango, CO |
Biochemistry |
| Mentor: |
Mary Cloninger, Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Project: |
The Synthesis and study of LacNAc functionalized dendrimers |
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Robert Frost
Rapid City, SD |
Microbiology |
| Mentor: |
Marcella McClure, Microbiology |
| Project: |
Global analysis of retroid agents in insects and detailed interspecies Drosophila analysis |
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Kyle Halliwill
Bozeman, MT |
Cell Biology and Neuroscience |
| Mentor: |
Roger Bradley, Cell Biology and Neuroscience |
| Project: |
Tracking the expression of chicken Protocadherin-1 in chicken embryos |
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Lim Kien Seng
Malaysia, Johor Bahru |
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| Mentor: |
Barry Pyle, Microbiology |
| Project: |
Pasmid stability of Streptomyces lividans in response to spaceflight |
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Jennene Lyda
Billings, MT |
Microbiology |
| Mentor: |
Sandra Halonen , Microbiology |
| Project: |
IGTP/host cell interactions with the parasitophorous vacuole of Toxoplasma gondii |
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Lena Petersen
Polson, MT |
Biochemistry and Dietetics |
| 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 |
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| Mentor: |
Trevor Douglas, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Mark Young, Plant Science |
| Project: |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mentor: |
Ross Carlson, Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Project: |
The effect of quorum-sensing knockouts on Escherichia coli K-12 biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance and architecture |
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| Undergraduate Scholars Program |
Elliott Barnhart
Broadus, MT |
Environmental Microbiology |
| Mentor: |
Tim Ford, Microbiology |
| Project: |
Community analysis of methanogenic archaea within underground coal beds |
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Tim Brox
Fresno, CA |
Earth Sciences |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Mentor: |
Cindy Stillwell, Media and Theater Arts |
| Project: |
Experiments in exposure |
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Isaiah Helm
Jordan, MT |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mentor: |
Marcella McClure, Microbiology |
| Project: |
The retroid perspective |
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Leslie Kirkpatrick
Great Falls, MT |
Elementary Education |
| Mentor: |
Alice Pilgeram, Plant Science |
| Project: |
Increased Omega-d in animals fed camelina meal |
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Benjamin Krajacich
Great Falls, MT |
Biochemistry |
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mentor: |
Kristin Ruppel, Native American Studies |
| Project: |
Tinsley House Mandan Garden Watercolors |
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Benjamin Staal
Manhattan, MT |
Mechanical Engineering |
| 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 |
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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) |
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