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Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Department of Biological Sciences has hosted the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) each spring beginning in 1991.

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Year Speaker Title Advisor(s)
1991 Sophy Jancich Nonhydrogenated versus hydrogenated soybean oil effect on atherogenesis. Tish Beard
1991 Cherie Montero Effect of heated soybean shortenings on rabbit atherogenesis. Tish Beard
1991 Leo Seone A safer approach to molecular probe analysis of algal chloroplast DNA. James Wee
1991 Fred Defrancesch Chromosomal and allozyme variation in Phragmites australis (marsh reed) from the Mississippi River delta. Don Hauber
1991 Patricia Miller Chromosomal and allozyme variation in Phragmites australis (marsh reed) from the Mississippi River delta. Don Hauber
1991 Jennifer Miles Social behavior of the free ranging peacock, Pavo cristatus. Evan Zucker
1991 Chris Buddendorff Phytosociological study of the Oak River forest. David White
1991 Mike Bossier Occurrences of silica-scaled chromophyte algae from southeastern Louisiana: the genus Mallomonas. James Wee
1991 Dennis Booth Occurrences o f silica-scaled chromophyte algae from southeastern Louisiana: the genus Synura. James Wee
1991 Sam Khalaf Neuropeptide modulation of lymphocyte proliferation. R Beuerman
1991 Brian Poindexter Functional morphology of the tongue in nectar-feeding bats a test of the muscular hydrostat model. Craig Hood
1991 Colette Falcon Scanning electron microscopic study of gustatory papillae in phyllostomid bats. Jay Upadhyay
1991 Laura Trunk Enzymatic study of starved versus unstarved cells of a psychrophilic marine bacterium ANT-300. Jay Upadhyay
1991 Michelle McClure Enzymatic study of starved versus unstarved cells of a psychrophilic marine bacterium ANT-300. David White
1992 Charles E. Metzger Population dynamics in four Salix nigra (black willow) communities of different ages within the Mississippi River delta. David White
1992 Franklin J. Bordenave Il Cranial morphometrics of the Louisiana muskrat: sexual dimorphism and geographic variation. Craig Hood
1992 Richard A. Bafford  Isozyme electrophoresis of the aquatic angiosperm Lemna minor: technique development and analysis of genetic variation. Don Hauber and James Wee
1992 Jeff D. Hoene Staining and differentiation of Tradescantiachromosomes. Don Hauber
1992 Richard A. Bafford Intracellular localization of photosynthetic enzymes and off-flavor metabolites in the Oscillatoria limosa. Dave Millie and Bob Seagull
1992 James P. Smith Production of the taste and odor causing compound trans-2,cis-6 nonadienal in the chromophyte genus Synura. James Wee and Dave Millie
1992 Timothy J. Dozier Quantitative analysis of nectar production in the cultivated banana, Musa sapietum. Craig Hood
1992 Roger M. Alvarado Discrimination and behavioral choice in nectar quality by the nectarivorous bat Erophylla sezekorni. Craig Hood
1992 Tristanne M. Spottswood Kinematic analysis of feeding in Erophylla sezekorni:test of the muscular hydrostatic model. Craig Hood
1993 Jeff Schmidt Role of sulfhydryls in microtubule polymerization. Paul Azari
1993 Valerie Bodet Development of an organellar DNA isolation protocol for the Synurophyceae. James Wee
1993 Chris Danner Comparisons among synurophycean organellar genomes. James Wee
1993 Jeffrey Metts PCR performance and efficiency on arachnid mitochondrial DNA. Victor Fet
1993 Dana Pelligrin Isozyme variation among U.S. coastal and inland populations of Phragmites australis. Don Hauber
1993 Pat O'Connell Isozyme variation in Phragmites australis from the Mississippi River delta: Unexplored subdeltas and a new phenotype. Don Hauber
1993 Rama Rao Differentiating autopolyploidy from allopolyploidy in Tradescantia. Don Hauber
1993 Nina Skinner A comparative seed bank study of Scirpus- or Sagittaria-dominated mudflats within the Mississippi River delta. David White
1993 Joshua Reece Physiological adaptations to nectarivory in Puerto Rican bats. Craig Hood
1993 Clay Hellner A preliminary survey of silica-scale bearing protists in warm-water habitats in Honduras and Puerto Rico. James Wee
1993 Vince Goux Enzyme profile in psychrophilic bacterium, Ant-300. Jay Upadhyay
1993 Kristen France Computer-measured cell sizes in brainstem tissue slides of deaf dalmation dogs. John Niparko
1993 Don Auzine Investigations of the ATI receptor antagonist DuPont 532 on the hindquarter vascular bed of the cat. Kwame Osei
1993 Hema Edupganti The effects of Enalapril in the hindquarter vascular bed of the cat. Kwame Osei
1994 Jeanette Hinchey Development of PCR primers and sequencing of the psbA gene from chlorophyll a,c containing algae. James Wee and Dave Hurley
1994 Michel Guerín Historical changes in wetland vegetation in the active Mississippi River delta (1940-1990). Craig Hood and David White
1994 Thao Luu Morphological differentiation in the clones of Phragmites australis within the Mississippi River delta. David White and Don Hauber
1994 Kenneth Lefevre Comparison of the composition of mudflat seed banks within three Sagittaria-dominated communities and one Scirpus-dominated community in the Mississippi River delta. David White
1994 Edgar Belardo Effect of garlic on tissue fatty acids of atherogenic and non- atherogenic rabbits. Tish Beard
1994 Tiffany Loomis Synurophycean species obtained from Bayou Lacombe, a naturally occurring pH gradient. James Wee and Bob Seagull
1994 Tim Murray Physical mapping and cloning experiments of chloroplast DNA from Synurophycean algae. James Wee
1994 Renee Fortier Environmental factors affecting microhabitat roost selection in Pipistrellus subflavus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Craig Hood
1994 Josefina Caleon Fluctuating asymmetry in the cranium of the Louisiana muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus rivalicus. Craig Hood
1994 Anna Dean Differential splicing in xanthine oxidase. Richard Wright
1995 Catie Breithoff Dendrochemical analysis of cypress tree cores: natural environmental remediation in Bayou Trepagnier. Shane Latimer
1995 Thao Luu Clonal differences among Phragmites australispopulations within the Mississippi River delta and nearby regions. David White
1995 Warren Fournier II Sexual propagation of Phragmites in the Mississippi River delta. Don Hauber
1995 Fred J. Rambeau Morphological differences within the marsh plant Sagittaria in the Mississippi River delta. Don Hauber
1995 Mary Ellen McHargue Factors influencing roost selection and use in the eastern pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus subflavus, in Southeastern Louisiana. Craig Hood
1995 Miguel Aguillera Population dynamics and structure in the eastern pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus subflavus: a 3-year mark and recapture study. Craig Hood
1995 Amy Lobrano Fluctuating asymmetry in the Louisiana muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus: geographic and sexual variation and its correlation with environmental quality, Part II. Craig Hood
1995
Quang Vu Analysis of synaptonemal complexes of B-chromosomes. Don Hauber
1995 Kim Nguyen A phylogenetic analysis of four species of Synurophyceae inferred from ITS 2 and 5.8S DNA sequences. James Wee and Dave Hurley
1995 Robert M. Vezzetti Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene as a PCR marker for molecular evolutionary studies. Victor Fet
1995 Aravinda Rao PCR and speciation: analysis of two possible sibling species of scorpions. Victor Fet
1997 Kim Powers Seasonal variability in the brood cell provisioning of sphecid wasp (Chalybion zimmermani). Terry Christenson and Todd Bukowski
1997 Michael Nystrom Foraging behavior of striped bass larvae (Morone saxatilis). Ed Chesney
1997 Juan Carlos Vargas In vitro cultivation of the mosquito stages of the Plasmodium parasite. John Beier
1997 Debra M. Engelke Comparison of microscopy and PCR in detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in vector samples. Patricia Dorn
1997 Greg Hansen Primed in situ labelling (PRINS) for genetic diagnosis. Lee Rickords
1997 John Prpich  Development of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) methods in  search of potential markers of genetic variation within isozymically identical populations of Phragmites australis. Don Hauber
1997 Lori A. Dunne Phylogenetic analyses of selected members of the Synura petersenii species complex (Synurophyceae) using ITS/5.8s sequences and scale morphology. James Wee
1997 Andrea Bourgeois A study of roost site selection in relationships of the eastern pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus subflavus) in southeastern Louisiana. Craig Hood
1997 Lauren M. Smith Contractile mechanisms in ß-escin permeabilized airway smooth muscle. Susan Gunst
1997 Daniel Salmeron Differential responses to nitric oxide synthesis blockade on renal regional blood flows in the anesthetized dog. D.S. Majid
1998 Bridget Brahney Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in vector samples from Guatemala. Patricia Dorn
1998 Juan Flores Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli parasites in fecal drops of vector Rhodnius prolixus. Patricia Dorn
1998 Michael Termini A PCR analysis for morphologically similar species of Ascogregarina in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Patricia Dorn
1998 James Fee Investigating the function of H2A phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through a mutational analysis. Ray Green
1998 Mary C. Willis Histone isolation and analysis of phosphorylation in the C-terminal region of histone H2A in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Ray Green
1998 Gregory S. Herbert The systematics and evolutionary history of the Neogene gastropod genus Eupleura H. and A. Adams, 1853 (Family Muricidae). Craig Hood
1998 Alane E. Furlotte A floristic survey of Synurophyceae from southeastern Australia. James Wee
1998 William Starks Phylogenetic analyses of Synura, section Synura(Synurophyceae) using ITS/5.8s sequences and scale morphology. James Wee
1998 Stephanie J. Authement Abundance and distribution of woody species in remnant bottomland forests of extreme southeastern Louisiana. David White
1998 Tiffany E. Crane The effects of habitat on vertical accretion on natural crevasse splays at Delta National Wildlife Refuge. David White
1998 Melissa E. Kay Evaluating the effects of salinity and feed type on growth rate and feed conversion of juvenile Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus. Ed Chesney
1999 Nga T. Vu Fluctuating asymmetry in Louisiana muskrats: comparison of traditional and geometric morphometric methods. Craig Hood
1999 Sarah E. Pivach Analysis of histone modification in Tetrahymena thermophilia. Ray Green
1999 Vita Venezia DNA bands reveal genetic patterns of spontaneous polymorphisms in clonal populations. Don Hauber
1999 Brian Mailey DNA bands reveal genetic patterns of spontaneous polymorphisms in clonal populations. Don Hauber
1999 Candice Millro Population genetics of a Chagas disease vector in Guatemala. Patricia Dorn
1999 Danny Gantzer Habitat use, risk of predation, and distribution of grass shrimp within a Louisiana salt marsh. Frank Jordan
1999 Joanna DeSalvo Distribution and habitat use of damselfly larvae in the estuarine portion of the St. Johns River, Florida. Frank Jordan
1999 Melissa Bossetta Histone changes in cell cycle-arrested Saccharomyces cerevisae cultures. Ray Green
1999 Sheri Brewer Histone changes in various strains of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cultures. Ray Green
1999 Joseph Fair Isolation of the cell-surface receptor for Human T-Lymphotropic Virus l. Tish Beard and Marion Freistadt
1999 Eunice Blackmon Fishing for phosphoproteins. Ray Green
2000 Laura Toups Geographic variation in the colubrid snake Manolepis putnami. Bob Thomas
2000 Maha Y. Askar Sexual dimorphism in size and shape within Miopithecus talapoin (Primates, Cercopithecidae). Craig Hood
2000 Cerinda Morales Foraging efficiency of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in introduced and native submerged aquatic vegetation. Frank Jordan
2000 Orlena Tampira Habitat selection of brittlestars in Seahorse Key, Florida. Frank Jordan
2000 Gianna Rossi Effects of estrogen on working memory performance assessed in the water maze in middle-aged female rats. Patricia Dorn and Gary Dohanich
2000 Russell Ferlita The physiochemical effect of linker DNA on higher order chromatin structure. Ray Green and Bill Walkenhorst
2000 Melissa Burmeister Identification of phosphorylated Tetrahymena H2A histone Variants in Tetrahymena and transgenic S. cerevisiae. Ray Green
2000 Angela Molinario Phosphorylation of Tetrahymena H2A histone variants in transgenic yeast. Ray Green
2000 Virginia Burmeister Phosphorylation of H2A histone variants during germination in wheat. Ray Green
2000 Margaret Couvillon Histone phosphorylation during the cell cycle: western analysis of H2A and H3 histone phosphorylation in temperature-sensitive cell cycle mutants of yeast S. pombe. Ray Green
2000 Elizabeth Moore The common uses of medicinal plants in the Maya village of San Miguel, Belize. Bob Thomas
2000 Laura Lee Wilkinson The annual sediment accretion and plant biomass accumulation in different habitats of the Mississippi River delta. David White
2001 Adam Oliver Biochemical characterization of western cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivores leucostmna) venom. Bob Thomas
2001 Shawn Vincent The Induction of Ovulation in the Anuran Eleutherodactylus coqui. Scott Michael
2001 Lisa Badon Cardiovascular and Cardiac Responses Elicited by "Binge" Administration of 3,4-Methylenedioxymetham phetamine (MDMA). Kurt Varner
2001 Kelly Gabler Detection of mouse mammary tumor virus-like sequences human chromosomes using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Roberty Garry
2001 Astrid Gutierrez Population genetic analysis of Triatoma dimidiata by RAPD-PCR among three houses in Guatemala. Patricia Dorn
2001 Sarah Kott Population genetic analysis of Triatoma dimidiata by RAPD-PCR among houses in a village in Guatemala. Patricia Dorn
2001 Olivia Erin Ledee The Status of Lichens on Santa Cruz Island of the Galapagos Archipelago: Thirty Years after the Initial Survey. David White
2001 Michelle Martinez Swimming performance in the golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas. Craig Hood
2001 Bridget Ory Life history characteristics of two populations of the blackbanded darter (Percina nigrofasciata). Frank Jordan
2001 Kristen McCreary Physical structure and zonation of seagrass beds of Seahorse Key, Florida. Frank Jordan
2001 Courtney Siems Structure of fish communities in seagrass beds of Seahorse Key, Florida. Frank Jordan
2001 Rachel Delatte Relative importance of adjacent seagrass beds to the Florida Blenny (Chasmodes saburrae). Frank Jordan
2001 Simone Pitre Ontogeny of habitat selection by pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum). Frank Jordan
2002 Olivia Erin LeDee Avian Risk Assessment in Three Dimensions. Dan Blumstein
2002 Gianna Griffth Habitat Selection and Reproductive Life History of Pipefishes at Seahorse Key, Florida. Frank Jordan
2002 Tabitha M. Quebedeaux Neuroprotective Effects of Estrogen on Middle-Aged Female Rats with Beta-amyloid and Ibotenic Acid Hippocampal Lesions. Gary Dohanich and Don Hauber
2002 Catherine DiGiorgio Identification of Novel Integrations in Murine T-cell Lymphomas Induced by a Recombinant Retrovirus Containing Sequences from Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus and Feline Leukemia Virus. Laura Levy and Patricia Dorn
2002 Jessica Landry The Regulation of the Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway by the Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type I. Maureen Shuh
2002 Mehul Sheth Glycyl-tRNA Synthetase and Transcription Termination in Yeast: Investigation into a tRNA-like structural motif at the mRNA 3' end. Maureen Shuh
2002 Debra Salvia Chgas' disease vector, Triatoma dimidiata, is panmictic among two villages In Guatemala. Patricia Dorn
2002 Crescent Combe Chgas' disease vector, Triatoma dimidiata, is panmictic among two villages In Guatemala. Patricia Dorn
2002 Linh Nguyen ISSR/ RAPDs Variation in Sagittaria platyphylla. Don Hauber
2002 Thanh Nguyen ISSR/ RAPDs Variation in Sagittaria platyphylla. Don Hauber
2002 Deepthi Lingam Isozyme analysis in common Salvinia. Don Hauber
2003 Philip Bucolo The influence of fluctuating salinity on phytoplankton assemblages in the Lake Ponchartrain Basin. James Wee
2003 Alicia James Investigations of palmelloid stage formation in the life history of Synura and Mallomonas (Synurophyceae). James Wee
2003 Myra Hughey Reproductive life history of blackbanded darters (Percina nigrofasciata) in Northwest Florida. Frank Jordan
2003 Melissa Kaintz Microhabitat use of blackbanded darters (Percina nigrofasciata) in Northwest Florida. Frank Jordan
2003 Sarah Frost Effects of fish body size and sex on swimming performance in Notemigonus crysoleucas (golden shiner). Craig Hood
2003 Rachel Foley An alternative diagnostic technique for patients with kidney disease. Stephen Ramee
2003 Victoria Solderich The structure and stability of a synthetic variant of an egg white protein. Bill Walkenhorst
2003 Katherine Watts The structure and stability of a synthetic variant of an egg white protein. Bill Walkenhorst
2003 Richard Imsais Comparison among three different types of stents in the normal porcine trachea. Zhong Qian
2004 Miriam Ducruet Genetics of a Chagas Disease Vector in Central America. Patricia Dorn
2004 Raquel Barrera Genetics of a Chagas Disease Vector in Central America. Patricia Dorn
2004 Caroline Champagne Survival of the finless: Effects of Finclipping on Brown Darters (Etheostoma edwini). Frank Jordan
2004 Lillian Zamora Reproductive Life History of Fat Sleepers (Dormitator maculatus) in the Mississippi River Delta. Frank Jordan and Michael Guill
2004 Christopher A. Gabler Dynamics of the Mississippi River Delta: Wetland Accretion and Productivity. David White
2004 Misty Cook Opioid Receptors in the Medial Preoptic Nucleus Regulate Sexual Receptivity in Rats. Kevin Sinchak
2004 Christine Brownyard Cadherin 11 Expression in the Developing Chick Limb using In Situ Hybridization and RT-PCR. Rosalie Anderson
2004 Katherine M. Smith The Role of HTLV-I Tax in cell Transformation. Maureen Shuh
2005 Michele Abbene A Preliminary Assessment of the pH Status of Mill Pond, Long Island, New York. James Wee
2005 Bronwyn Welsh Biodiversity and Activity Patterns of Bats Populating Bayou, Swamp, and Marsh Habitats of Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana Craig Hood
2005 Marisa Gibb Effects of Habitat Complexity of Predator Foraging. Frank Jordan
2005 Lauren Wheeler Habitat Selection by Juvenile Pink Shrimp. Frank Jordan
2005 Dan Holt Marking Studies of Brown Darters and Endangered Okaloosa Darters. Frank Jordan
2005 Juan Calix Preliminary Assessment of Gene Flow among Triatoma dimidata Populations across Central America. Patricia Dorn
2005 Sarah Kohler The Significance of CEACAM1 and Annexin VI to Liver Cancer. Douglas Hixson
2005 Sarah Happe Palladin Influence on IA-1-Controlled Gene Expression. Mary Breslin
2005 Juan Calix Involvement of Autophagic Processes in Anthrax Lethal Toxin Mediated Cell Killing. Jurgen Brojatsch
2006 Lauren R. Galmiche A Study of Astroglial Glutamate Transporters in Alcoholic Rats.
2006 Brian T. Hess Epitope mapping in Leishmania proteins for vaccine development. Patricia Dorn
2006 Ryan M. Ivie HTLV-I: The Viral Protein Tax and Lymphoid Transformation.
2006 Kendle N. Pryor Identification of Tax regions of protein interaction with ternary complex factor (TCF) and SRF.
2006 Erin C. Cunningham The Regulation of the Inhibitor Id By HTV-I Tax.
2006 Rachel A. Pastorek Trichomonas vaginalis recurrence among HIV+ women.
2006 Sam J. Gentle RANKL plus AZT treatment significantly increases mitochondrial DNA integrity in osteoclasts.
2006 Ava S. Coleman A Preliminary evaluation of microsatellite loci variation within Echinacea.
2006 Yandace K. Brown Field Anesthesia and Surgical Implantation of Radiotransmitters into Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus).
2006 Mary Jane Maher Effects of alcohol storage on eggs of three darter species (Etheostoma zonale, E. flabellare, and E. caerulem) Michael Guill
2006 Elizabeth Hoy Effects of Diadema antillarum on Belize reef recovery.
2007 Rachel Nuwer Domestication of three indigenous fish species in the South of Lao PDR: Experiments on the propagation of two catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus and Hemibagrus wyckioides) and one carp (Cirrhinus microlepis). Philippe Cacot
2007 Rebecca Baggott Androgen Activity on the Mosquitofish, Gambusi holbrooki, in the Fenholloway River, FL. Ronald Jenkins
2007 Jordan Ferrage The Developing Vertebrate Limb and Protease Treatment: Gene Expression and Morphological Changes. Rosalie Anderson
2007 Amanda Rodrigue Associative Concept Formation in Chimpanzees using a Habituation Learning Model. Daniel Provinelli
2007 Annie McBride The Epidemiology of Health Care in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Nancy Mock
2007 Thomas H. Shoultz Mitochondrial translocation in hypoxic pulmonary artery endothelial cell. Mark Gillespie
2007 Kelsey Eliasson Identification of fungal species in a Hurricane Katrina flooded home using internal transcribed spacer regions 4 and 5. Michael Ferris
2007 Ashley Tate Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi circulating in Southeast Louisiana. Patricia Dorn
2007 Leon Perniciaro High rates of the Chagas parasite in Louisiana insect vectors and the state's first human case of vector-borne transmission. Patricia Dorn
2008 Randy Englert Genetic monitoring of an invasive reed in the fragile Mississippi River delta marshes. Don Hauber
2008 Mary Nicholson A survey of Heterosigma strains (Raphidophyceae) for an inversion in the chloroplast genome between the xerC and tRNA-Ser genes. RoseAnn Cattolico
2008 Nicholas Parchim The ZPA signal, protease treatment and Hoxd13 expression. Rosalie Anderson
2008 Emily Stefanov The developing vertebrate limb and protease  treatment: Fgf8 expression. Rosalie Anderson
2008 Nicholas Parchim The functional interaction between Bin 1 and Trp2 and their roles in tumor suppression. Daitoku Sakamuro
2009 Meagan Relle Experimental kinetic focusing on the Markov model. Rosalie Anderson
2009 Sahar Talebloo Elbow joint regeneration following excision: histological evidence.  Rosalie Anderson
2009 Kristen Thomas Fgf8 and Fgfl0 expression during elbow joint regeneration.  Rosalie Anderson
2009 Phuong Vo Investigating the effect of pH on the activity of membrane active antimicrobial peptides.  Bill Walkenhorst
2009 Danish Siddiqui Effects of oxidized cholesterols on cell death and activation of endoplasmic reticulum stress response in macrophages/foam cells. Hamid Boulares and Hans Chetan
2009 Mary Nicholson The effects of American beaver dams on endangered Okaloosa darters. Frank Jordan
2009 Melissa June Sammy Spatial analysis of population growth in Phragmites australis in the Mississippi River delta. David White
2009 Tuc Le Microsatellite genotyping of Phragmites australis populations in the Mississippi River delta. Don Hauber
2009 Laura Duncan Chagas serosurvey in southeast Louisiana reveals no Trypanosoma cruzi transmission despite vector prevalence. Patricia Dorn and Dawn Wesson
2009 Jonathan Kurtz Chagas Disease - an emerging infectious disease in the United States? Patricia Dorn
2010 Ashley Melancon Female Reproductive Life-history Traits of Blackbanded Darters, Percina nigrofasciata. Frank Jordan
2010 Annelise Hernandez Female Reproductive Life-history Traits of Sailfin Shiners, Pteronotropis hyselopterus. Frank Jordan
2010 Danielle Montgomery Cloning the Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGFs): A First Step Toward Characterizing FGF's Role in Joint Regeneration.  Rosalie Anderson
2010 Jaren Kennedy Large Scale Restructuring of Neuronal Architecture in Response to Chronic Variable Stress. Fiona Inglis
2010 John Nguyen Microsatellite analysis of P. australis berlandieri: a Gulf Coast population study. Don Hauber
2010 Gabriela Estrada Renteria Infection Status and Strain Typing of Trypanosoma cruziin Triatoma dimidiata Across Its Geographic Range.  Patricia Dorn
2010 Nicholas de la Rua Genetic Diversity of a Highly Infected Triatoma sanguisuga Population in New Orleans.  Patricia Dorn
2010 Nicholas de la Rua Phylogeny of Central and North American Chagas Disease Vectors. Patricia Dorn
2011 Mariana Zapata Characterization of Fibroblast Growth Factors in the Embryonic Chicken: A Path to Regeneration? Rosalie Anderson
2011 Milad El Hajj Identification and Characterization of Neurosensory Structures in Intact and Regenerating Sea Urchins. Judith Venuti
2011 Jihan Shami Taxonomic Subdivision of a Chagas Disease Insect Vector Inferred by Ribosomal DNA. Patricia Dorn
2011 Sarah Burst Effect of Solar UV-B on Standing Dead Litter Decomposition in Southern Marshes. Paul Barnes
2011 David Reeves Response of Endangered Okaloosa Darters to Restoration of Stream Habitat. Frank Jordan
2012 David Reeves Response of Imperiled Okaloosa Darters to Restoration of Stream Habitat.  Frank Jordan
2012 Lauren Auer The Identification of Arachnid Species in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. Aimée Thomas
2012 Megan Chevis Spiders of Riparian Communities within the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize.  Aimée Thomas
2012 Kim Nguyen The Effects of Light Slop Crude Oil on the Growth of the Diatom Skeletonema costatum. James Wee and Marla Calzada
2012 Michael Kammer A Genetic Algorithm for Determining the Markov Conformational States of ShakerlR-K+ Ion Channels. Armin Kargol
2012 David Vumbaco A Genetic Algorithm for Determining the Markov Conformational States of ShakerlR-K+ Ion Channels.  Armin Kargol
2012 Bethany Richards Novel RFLP Assay to Determine ITS2 Group in the Chagas Insect Vector, Triatoma dimidata (Latreille, 1811). Patricia Dorn
2012 Lauren Fereday Preoperative and Postoperative Microperimetry Evaluation of Retinal Sensitivity in Patients with Clear or Blue-Blocking Intraocular Lenses. Michael Smolek and Neil Notaroberto
2012 Linh Tran Establishment of in vitro and in vivo Experimental Models for Lymph Node Microenvironment Influence on Bladder Cancer Cells. Li Li
2012 Eli El Hajj Tube Foot Neural Regeneration in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.  Judith Venuti
2012 Daniel Frugé Characterization of FGF Gene Expression and Cell Migration During the Early Events of Joint Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2012 Keegan S. McCauley Regulation of Gene Expression by NURR1. Kimberlee Mix
2013 Jordan Harbaugh-Williams Analysis of Fgf’s Role in Regeneration Using Section In Situ Hybridization. Rosalie Anderson
2013 Jeffrey Coote Characterization of Cell Migration and Fgf-8 and -10 Expression During the Early Events of Joint Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2013 Sarah Trahan Maturation of the Regenerated Joint: An Immunohistochemistry Study. Rosalie Anderson
2013 Julio Vega Regulation of Agouti-related Peptide Expression in Chromaffin Cells of the Mouse Adrenal Medulla.  Matthew Whim
2013 Khaled Badr Cellular mechanisms of activity dependent regulation of CPEB3 expression in mouse cerebellar stellate cells. June Liu
2013 Kristen Wood Chymase Protein Expressed in Principal Cells of Inner Medullary Collecting Ducts in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Lisa Harrison-Benard
2013 Carissa Marston Effect of pH on Activity of Membrane Active Antimicrobial Peptides. Bill Walkenhorst
2013 Chloe Thomas Studies of Intercellular Trafficking of Ricin and Anti-Ricin Antibodies Detected With Chemical Flours and Quantum Dots. Seth Pincus
2013 Katrina Bandeli Product Connectivity Indices of Single Cyclohexane Compounds.  Aihua Li
2013 Shelly Wu Assessing Periphyton Accumulation on Human Hair Submerged in Aquatic Environments for Determining Postmortem Submersion Interval (PMSI). James Wee and Craig Hood
2013 Amy Ellis Morphological differences in Phragmites australis in the Mississippi River delta. David White
2013 Tom Sevick Post-disturbance Abundance and Diversity of Marsh Nekton in the Mississippi River Delta.  Frank Jordan
2013 Lee Chedister Characterizing the spatial and temporal variability in solar UV exposure of surface litter In a desert shrubland.  Paul Barnes
2013 Julianna Suarez Blood meal analysis of a local Chagas vector (Triatoma sanguisuga) population to determine host-feeding preferences and important reservoirs in Louisiana. Frank Jordan
2013 Johanna Maradiaga The discovery of a new cryptic speces of Triatoma dimidiata in Rio Frio, Belize based on ITS-2 analysis. Patricia Dorn
2014 Madison Stark Rapidly Colonizing Cattails in the Mississippi River Delta.  Don Hauber
2014 Jennifer K. Austiff The Expression of Early Embryonic Genes in the Regenerating Joint: Evidence for a Blastema?  Rosalie Anderson
2014 Tiffany Holden Evidence for the Regeneration of a Functional Joint.  Rosalie Anderson
2014 Justine Sundrud Additivity and Synergy Between an Antimicrobial Peptide and Inhibitory Ions.  Bill Walkenhorst
2014 Anne Barkley The Role of Solar Ultraviolet Light in Okra Leaf Chemistry.  Paul Barnes
2014 Jordan Everett NR4A2 expression patterns in mouse models of rheumatoid arthritis.  Kimberlee Mix
2014 Kathleen Kramas Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The Case for Latrines in Kato, Guyana. Patricia Dorn
2014 Justine Sundrud The Ecohealth Approach to Controlling Chagas Disease and Improving Rural Health (Educational video).  Patricia Dorn
2015 Jackeline Araujo Regulation of Gene Expression by NR4A2 in Osteoarthritis.  Kimberlee Mix
2015 Caroline Stallard Morphological, Physiological, and Environmental Variability in Nine Phragmites australis Populations in the Mississippi River Delta. David White
2015 Isabelle Bottger Influence of Ambient Solar UV on the Growth and Morphology of Plants Differing in Diurnal UV Sunscreen Protection.  Paul Barnes
2015 Talita Antunes Maia Acclimation to IV Radiation in Genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana Differing in UV Photoreceptor Composition.  Paul Barnes
2015 Taylor Burns Body-trait Mediated Movements of Fish Across Fragmented Landscapes.  Frank Jordan
2015 Mallory Hirschler Effects of Sampling Duration on Estimation of Abundance of Blue Crab Larvae.  Frank Jordan
2015 Andrea A. Dantin Echocardiography Research of Rheumatic Heart Disease.  Andrea Beaton
2015 Yunuen Cacique Borja Role of CD45RO Signaling in Modulation of HIV Infection.  Seth Pincus
2015 Daniel Francis Using Immunohistochemistry to Assess Joint Functionality.  Rosalie Anderson
2015 Luiza Nascimento Analysis of the Regenerated Joint: Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments.  Rosalie Anderson
2015 Harley Augustine Is Msxl Expression a Prerequisite for Regeneration?  Rosalie Anderson
2015 Troy Thayer Characterizing Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling during Joint Development and Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2015 Kevin Kim Characterizing Fibroblast Growth Factor Expression during Regeneration and Failed Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2015 Michelle Huezo Development changes in the Limb and the Loss of Regenerative Potential. Rosalie Anderson
2015 Brooke Bullock Insect Pollinators in Urban Parks and Community Gardens. Aimée Thomas
2015 Courtney Slugher Insect Pollinators in Urban Parks and Community Gardens Aimée Thomas
2015 Annie McClure Chagas Parasite Strains Present in Kissing Bugs from Mexico to Ecuador. Patricia Dorn
2015 Meghan Gallaspy Chagas Parasite Strains Present in Kissing Bugs from Mexico to Ecuador. Patricia Dorn
2015 Rafaela Pessoa Is Triatoma dimidiata a Species Complex? Clarifying Phylogenetic Relationships using a Mitochondrial Gene. Patricia Dorn
2015 Blenda Dias Sousa What is the Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the Chagas Disease Parasite, in Pack Rats (Neotoma fuscipes) in Arizona? Patricia Dorn
2016 Fayola King-Lawrence A Histological Analysis of the Process of Joint Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2016 Gabrielle Espiritu Examining the Roles on FGFs 8 and 10 in Development and Regeneration of the Elbow Joint. Rosalie Anderson
2016 Ilyes Benslimane Simulation of Ionic Currents through Shaker K+ Channels Using Genetic Algorithms. Armin Kargol
2016 Yunuen Cacique-Borja Plasmid Transformation in HIV Double Variable Domain Immunoglobulins Binding, Both Gp41 and Gp120, for Targeted Delivery of Immunoconjugates. Tish Beard and Seth Pincus
2016 Alexis Vega Neutralizing Antibodies in SIV-Infected Rhesus Macaques Exposed to Chronic Binge Alcohol.  Don Hauber and Angela Amedee
2016 My-Hanh Truong Structural Optimization of Lennard Jones Cluster and Amorphous Graphene.  Katja Schaefer
2016 Sara Lockwood Structural Optimization of Lennard Jones Cluster and Amorphous Graphene.  Katja Schaefer
2016 Richard Bustos Constraining Theories of Gravity from Light Deviation Experiments.  Tirtho Biswas
2016 Rebecca Urquhart Seasonal Bat Activity and Ecology at Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana. Craig Hood
2016
Allison Davis
Variation in Recruitment of Larval Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) Along a Salinity Gradient in the Mississippi River Delta.  Frank Jordan
2016 Patrick Connor Microsatellite Variation in Local Populations of Phragmites australis berlandieri.  Don Hauber
2016 Jeanette Zavala Impact of Vitamin B12 and Nitrate Availability on the Concentration of Particulate Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSPp) in Phytoplankton.  Jim Wee and Peter Lee
2016 Ryan Miller Modular Arithmetic – An Alternative Number System.  Ralph Tucci
2017 G. Conway LeBleu Mycorrhizal Association in Okra: Influences on Growth, Morphology, and Leaf Chemistry.  Paul Barnes
2017 Blake Battle Exploring Miltefosine Targets in Cryptococcus neoformans, the Pathogenic Fungus.  Tish Beard and Ping Wang
2017 Katherine Ruddy A Mathematical Way of Understanding Evolutionary Relationships of Chagas Disease Vectors.  Patricia Dorn and Aihua Li
2017 Melanie Sferrazza Use of Invasive Plants by Honeybees in an Urban Setting.  Aimée Thomas
2017 Michael Pashkevich Indirect Effects of White-Tailed Deer on a Southeast Louisiana Spider Community.  Aimée Thomas
2017 Ricardo Rivera The Breakdown of Southern Cattails.  Don Hauber
2017 Alexis Hazard The Breakdown of Southern Cattails.  Don Hauber
2017 Cody Smith Spooky Action at a Distance: Quantum Entanglement.  Martin McHugh
2017 Kate O’Leary Molecular Basis of Chronic Nerve Injury and Repair; Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 and Forskolin Growth-Supportive Effect on Delayed Nerve Repair.  Patricia Dorn and Doan Nguyen
2017 Annalisa G. Sega Pericyte-Endothelial Cell Crosstalk in the Brain; VEGF and TGFß Pathways.  Kimberlee Mix and Daniel Grief
2017 Quyen Nguyen Examining Muscle Regeneration in a Chick Joint Regeneration Model.  Rosalie Anderson
2017 Mindy Ngo Histological Progression of Arthritis in the hTNF-alpha Transgenic Mouse Model.  Kimberlee Mix
2017 Cullen Lilley Nuclear Receptor 4A Gene Expression in the hTNFalpha Transgenic Mouse Model.  Kimberlee Mix
2017 Andrea Alarcon Uquillas Localization of Nuclear Receptor 4A2 (NR4A2) Protein in Joint Tissues from hTNF-alpha Transgenic Mice.  Kimberlee Mix
2018 Victoria Odom Synthesis of Chiral Molecular Probes.  Kimberlee Mix and CJ Stephenson
2018 Finn McCants De Novo Transcriptome Assembly of Newly Described Chagas Vector, Triatoma mopan (Hemimptera: Reduviidae).  Patricia Dorn
2018 Adrienne Ingram Effects of Riparian Canopy Cover on the Imperiled Okaloosa Darter.  Frank Jordan
2018 Diella Packman Effect of Experimental Canopy Removal on Freshwater Stream Macroinvertebrates.  Frank Jordan
2018 Sarah E. Lubow Zero Divisor Graphs of Upper Triangular Matrix Rings over Z mod n.  Ralph Tucci
2018 Archie Whelan Examining the Effectiveness of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Lung Carcinoma.  Paul Monsour and Tish Beard
2018 Jensen Tran A Novel Study Toward Prevention of Disseminated Candidiasis in Humans.  Don Hauber and Hong Xin
2018 Michael Dubic Tendon and Muscle Development in a Joint Regeneration Model.  Rosalie Anderson
2018 Kayla Noto Fentanyl Toxicity Deaths Surge as Opioid Epidemic Reaches Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.  Don Hauber and Dana Troxclair
2019 Shannon Hester Impact of Urban Park Management on Ground Dwelling Spider Communities.  Aimée Thomas
2019 Andrew Harper Urban Park Management Effects on Odonate Communities.  Aimée Thomas
2019 Claire Commagere Green Infrastructure: Living with Water Sustainably.  Aimée Thomas
2019 Ella Hall Effect of Urban Park Management on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities.  Aimée Thomas
2019 Leslie Galvez The Effect of Vertical Gardens on Invertebrate Biodiversity within an Urban Environment.  Aimée Thomas
2019 Margaret Adams Palatability of Invasive Plant (Myriophyllum spicatum) to Local Mud Crab (Rhithropanopeus harrisii).  Phil Bucolo
2019 Julia Racine Collagen II Expression in the Regenerated Joint of Gallus gallus during Articular Cartilage Development.  Rosalie Anderson
2019 Kyle Cleveland Ideal Movements for Optimal Muscle Growth and Development.  Rosalie Anderson and Karen Rosenbecker
2019 Kristen Williams The Synergistic Effect of Drugs on Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines.  Suresh Allahari, Shengli Dong, and Don Hauber
2019 Robert Mipro A Survey: Student Knowledge and IJse of Opioids  Susan Chiasson
2019 Sandrine Ferrans Characterizing Mirror Figure Error in LIGO with In-Situ Laser Modo Spectroscopy.  Rana Adhikari and Martin McHugh
2019 Coleman Green The Effect of Geometry on Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Light-Harvesting Nanotubular Complexes.  Luca Celardo and Armin Kargol
2019 Anna Smith Dynamic Modeling of Photoreceptors: Peak Responses and Adaptations to Varying Stimuli.  Tirtho Biswas
2019 Kennedi Turner Dynamic Modeling of Photoreceptors: Peak Responses and Adaptations to Varying Stimuli.  Tirtho Biswas
2019 Arden LaGrone Using Bioacoustics Data to Determine the Effects  Aimée Thomas
2020 Mariana Kendall 2,4-D or 2,4-Don’t? The effects of 2,4-D on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities.  Aimée Thomas
2020 Kyle Whitfield Effects of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and herbicide 2,4-D on algal communities.  Phil Bucolo
2020 Dahlia Martinez Discovery, abundance, and distribution of Asian swamp eels in Bayou St. John.  Frank Jordan
2020 Coleman Green The effect of geometry on macroscopic quantum coherence in light-harvesting nanotubular complexes.  Armin Kargol
2020 Ariel Hall Exploring the effects of nanoparticle exposure on voltage-gated ion channels in HEK cells.  Armin Kargol
2020 Alexys Wright Joint regeneration and the expression of tissue-specific markers in the chicken embryo.  Rosalie Anderson
2020 Joussette Alvarado Molecular profiling of racial and ethnic minorities with breast and colorectal cancer.  Jovanny Zabaleta and Rosalie Anderson
2020 Jared Chan Quantifying primary productivity of subtidal riverene microenvironments exposed to varying light regimes.  Phil Bucolo
2020 Addison Ellis Mud crab feeding preference between invasive Myriophyllum spicatum and native Ceratophyllum demersum.  Phil Bucolo
2020 Sidney Williams Effect of silicate concentrations on diatom Skeletonema costatum in a defined media.  Phil Bucolo
2020 Sofia Giordano Quantifying microplastics in the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.  Aimée Thomas
2020 Katie Rompf Natural history and cannibalism in Latrodectus geometricus spiders.  Aimée Thomas
2020 Abigail Perez De novo assembly and analysis of the Triatoma mopantranscriptome.  Patricia Dorn
2020 John Tarpey De novo assembly and analysis of the Triatoma mopantranscriptome.  Patricia Dorn
2020 John Tarpey A biosurveillance of Ugandan ticks and pathogens.  Yvonne-Marie Linton and Patricia Dorn
2020 Razan Badr Biosurveillance of ticks and associated pathogens in Belize. Yvonne-Marie Linton and Patricia Dorn
2020 Chloe Dupleix DNA barcoding for assessment of wolf spider diversity in New Orleans.  Patricia Dorn and Aimée Thomas
2020 Johnathan Baudoin Improved methodologies to resolve telomere length quantification in HIV-infected individuals.  Liz Simon and Rosalie Anderson
2021 Payton Alexander Gene expression patterns of Fgf 10 in a joint regeneration model of Gallus gallus.  Rosalie Anderson
2021 Yasmeen Khan Structure-guided bioinformatic analyses of KsgA methyltransferase elucidate determinants of rRNA binding specificity.  Allyn Schoeffler and Donald Hauber
2021 Vy Nguyen Bioinformatic identification of clinically and functionally important sequence elements in Erm proteins.  Allyn Schoeffler
2021 Megan Adamson Hysteresis in potassium ion channels.  Armin Kargol
2021 Yasmeen Magharehabed Temporal and spatial expression of Collagen IIa in the regenerating joint.  Rosalie Anderson
2021 Adelia Obioha The origin of joint regenerative muscle progenitor cells  Rosalie Anderson
2021 Glory Tomi John Is normal tendon and ligament development independent of regeneration?  Rosalie Anderson
2021 Ghinna Fondinka Application of SIB-Similarity and molecular docking computational tools for COVID-19 drug discovery.  Rosalie Anderson, Elahe Mahdavian, and Jeremy Thibodeaux
2021 Stephanie Hoang Assessing the roles of Col III and IX using IHC in the joint regeneration model of Gallus gallus.  Rosalie Anderson
2021 Olivia Mipro Impact of price and region on health care attitudes.  Don Hauber
2021 Ann-Marie Pham Genetic engineering of Apilactobacillus micheneri to express lux genes on Helianthus annuus.  Hunter Cole
2021 Tori Rodrigues Ecology of recently introduced population of the Asian swamp eel, Amphipnous cuchia.  Frank Jordan
2021 Susan Thomassie Ecology of recently introduced population of the Asian swamp eel, Amphipnous cuchia.  Frank Jordan
2021 Amanda Snyder Environmental education in New Orleans City Park.  Aimée Thomas
2021 Amanda Tang Nian Informal teaching: bridging the gap between theory and the real world.  Aimée Thomas
2021 Vanessa Sotres Ecohealth to address health challenges in Guatemala: the Chagas example.  Patricia Dorn
2021 Gabby Terranova Phenotypic growth variations as implications of genetic variation in Salvinia plants.  Don Hauber
2021 Mikaela Vanek The innovation of a quantitative scoring method for skin regeneration.  Don Hauber and Jeffrey Gimble
2021 Gabriella Weiss BMP9, a regeneration marker: RT-PCR analysis in the chicken embryo.  Rosalie Anderson
2022 Susan Thomassie Update on Early Invasion Dynamics of Cuchia in Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Louisiana. Frank Jordan
2022 Skylar McLeod Water Quality Monitoring in an Urban Lagoon, Audubon Park Lagoon, New Orleans, LA, USA. Phil Bucolo
2022 Vairleene Einstein Utilizing Green Infrastructure in New Orleans to Mitigate Stormwater Management. Aimée Thomas
2022 Isabel Becdach Response of Stream Invertebrates to Removal of Overhead Canopy. Frank Jordan
2022 Leslie Kennedy A Temporal Analysis of Bmp-9 Expression in the Regenerating Chicken Embryo Elbow. Rosalie Anderson
2022 Elizabeth Odynocki Regulation of Fibroblast Phenotype by O-GlcNAcylation. Santosh Yadav
2022 Rachel Ramos In silico allosteric network predicts variation in response for drugs against human kinesin. Sunyoung Kim
2022 Sallie Fell Investigating the role of lncRNA RBM5-AS1 in glioblastoma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Muralidharan Anbalagan
2022 Haley Hill Identification of Isoform-Specific Intersectin Mutants in Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Ping Wang
2022 Mickey Murphy Assessing Place for Permiculture Planning. James Inabinet
2022 Gabriela Alexandra Carballo  Media as an Advocacy Tool in Environmental Policy. Marianne Cufone
2023 Valeria Bermudez Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience  Aimée Thomas
2023 Taiyah Murphy Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience  Aimée Thomas
2023 Jacqueline Mutter  Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience  Aimée Thomas
2023 Jackson Courville  Cataloging the Flora and Fauna of Loyola's Peace Quad.  Aimée Thomas
2023 Sydney Lowman  Effects of Canopy Removal on Subtidal Primary Production in a Florida River.  Phil Bucolo
2023 Regina Coeli Campion  Characterization of the Lightscape of Okaloosa Darters (Etheostoma okaloosae).  Frank Jordan
2023 Olivia Guerra  Continued Monitoring of Invasion Dynamics of Amphipnous cuchia in New Orleans.  Frank Jordan
2023 Baouyen Nguyen  Immunohistochemistry of Collagen IX in Developing and Regenerating Embryonic Chicken Limbs.  Rosalie Anderson
2023 Katiria Aponte  Protective Effects of Novel Anti-Inflammatory agents in arthritis. Kimberlee Mix and Charles Nichols
2023 Fabiana Garcia  Regulation of the Orphan Nuclear Receptor NR4A2 by Oxidative Stress in Human Chondrocytes.  Kimberlee Mix
2023 Isabella Elias  An Investigation of Novel FAT Cadherins in Prostate Cancer. Amrita Datta, Hogyoung Kim, and Christopher Williams
2023 Megan Sumera  Investigating Novel FAT Protocadherins in Breast Cancer. Amrita Datta, Hogyoung Kim, and Christopher Williams
2023 Larissa Cortes Morales  Using Protein Phase Separation to Examine the Performance of the MTAC Method. Lucy Bai and Don Hauber
2023 Jacinta Bacot Muscle Development in Early Embryonic Chicken Limbs. Rosalie Anderson
2023 Stormie Crowell  Muscle Development in Early Embryonic Chicken Limbs. Rosalie Anderson
2023 Mallory Lewis  The Nutritive Properties of Mushrooms that Treat Diet-Related Illnesses. Rosalie Anderson
2023 Gabrielle Morvant  The Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor-10 During Joint Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2023 China Dix  Can Genetics Influence Social Behavior With Age? Laurie Earls
2023 Alexis Baptiste  Understanding the Correlation Between Negative Emotional Stimuli and Neuroplasticity in Varying Ethnicities. Kate Yurgil
2023 Baylee Robichaux  Determinants of Erythromycin Resistance Methyltransferase Specificity Investigated Using Bioinformatics and Random Mutagenesis. Allyn Schoeffler
2023 Sebastian Torres  Searching for Synergistic Antimicrobial Activity Between Toxic ions and Silver Nanoparticles. Bill Walkenhorst
2023 Alexandra Mahler  An Analysis of the Inorganic Components of Cosmetics as Trace Evidence. Anna Duggar
2024 Taiyah Murphy  Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience. Aimée Thomas
2024 Jacqueline Mutter  Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience. Aimée Thomas
2024 Katie Buc  Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience. Aimée Thomas
2024 Hilary Nguyen   Loyola Scholars for Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience. Aimée Thomas
2024 Leah Brazan Association between STEM Attitudes, Growth Mindset, and Math/Science Performance. Madison Silverstein
2024 Hilary Nguyen Food Market Opinions of Loyola University New Orleans Students: A Comparative Study. Aimée Thomas
2024 Anne Suchan Interactive Effects of Solar UV and Herbivory on Flavonoid Levels in Okra. Mark Tobler
2024 Miranda Buckheit Life in the Slow Lane: An Update on the Abundance and Distribution of Asian Swamp Eels in Bayou St. John, Louisiana. Frank Jordan
2024 Tyler Buhler Monthly Assessment of Nitrogenous Compounds in Audubon Park Lagoon, New Orleans, LA. Phil Bucolo
2024 Zoe LaField Assessment of Phytoplankton Community Abundance of Audubon Park Lagoon, New Orleans, LA Phil Bucolo
2024 Isabella Ramos Phytoplankton Primary Production in Audubon Park Lagoon, New Orleans, LA Phil Bucolo
2024 Abigail Rae Reviel Methodology for Separation & Quantification of Lake Pontchartrain Basin Algal Communities via LCMS. Phil Bucolo and CJ Stephenson
2024 David Engelhardt DiMethyl Sulfoxide Prevention of Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation in Rat Hemorrhage Lung Model. Phil Bucolo and Olan Jackson-Weaver
2024 Kathleen Coolidge The Role of Fat Protocadherins in Metastatic Breast Cancer. Amrita Datta, Hogyoung Kim, and Christopher Williams
2024 Ka’Yah Morris Exploring Cognitive Impacts of Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis. Deidre Devier
2024 Gillian Decossas Somites, Muscle, and Regeneration of Chicken Joints. Rosalie Anderson
2024 Bailee Nguyen Muscle Migration during Regeneration. Rosalie Anderson
2024 Anna Hernandez Testing for Synergy in Antimicrobial Activity between Silver Nanoparticles and Toxic Ions. Bill Walkenhorst
2024 Anna Upman Beyond Trauma: Examining the Psychosocial and Neural Correlates of Emotional Processing. Kate Yurgil
2024 Viviana Nieto Priming Effects on Motor Learning: An EEG Analysis on Readiness Potential and Event-Related Desynchronication. Kate Yurgil
2024 Trinity Martin Testing the Importance of Local Amino Acid Enrichmnets in Extremophilic Homologs. Allyn Schoeffler
2024 Isabella Leano Extremophilic Protein Adaptation Analysis via Local Enrichments Using Model System DNA Gyrase. Allyn Schoeffler
2025 Madison Roig Regulation of orphan nuclear receptor 4A2 (NR4A2) in human chondrocytes. Kimberlee Mix
2025 Hooreya Abbas Histological analysis of joint inflammation and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. Kimberlee Mix
2025 Nina Ratusznik Method development for the quantification of herbicide pollutants in dragonfly nymphs Aimée Thomas, C.J. Stephenson, and Anna Dugar
2025 Lucy McCain Designing species-specific eDNA protocol for detectingAmphipnous cuchia in Bayou St John. Frank Jordan and Susan Thomassie
2025 Paola Ameglio Don’t touch my Pants: a lesson in protein-protein interactions. Laurie Earls
2025 Rowan Sawyer Investigation of supercoiling activity by a mesophilic gyrase variant with a psychrophilic modification. Allyn Schoeffler
2025 Lily Manzi Creating a python linear extrapolation fitting code to analyze protein denaturation data. Amrita Datta
2025 Aimee Martin The role of fat cadherins in breast cancer. Amrita Datta
2025 Honora Sullivan Measuring antibody mediated rejection in post-xenotransplant nonhuman primates. Laurie Earls and Tatsuo Kawai
2025 Jinnah Parrish Enhancing latent fingerprint detection: investigating the performance of the Full Spectrum Imaging System. Anna Duggar
2025 Owen Taylor Modeling hysteric conductance to extrapolate shaker potassium ion channel gating behavior. Armin Kargol and Anat Burger
2025 Elysse June Correlation between alkali metal acetate precipitating salts and ligand capped gold nanoclusters. Christine Heinecke
2025 Andre Hoyuela Synthesis and characterization of organometallic complexes via spectroscopic techniques for material design. Shane McGlynn
2025 Delaney Mathis Searching for synergistic antimicrobial activity between silver nanoparticles and toxic ions. Bill Walkenhorst