Stevenson University Biology

Andy Vallade – Fall 2009

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Junior Andy Vallade recently presented his fall research to visitors at the 12th Annual Fall Research and Internship Poster Session. Andy worked with biology faculty member Joe Matanoski, studying invasive species at the Soldier’s Delight Nature Area. His work has implications for the management of these species [...]

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Kristyna Hnizda – Fall 2009
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Hearing is what biology senior Kristyna Hnizda studied for her research capstone in Dr. David Ryugo’s laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. Kristyna worked to map the pathways between neurons in the rat brain that are activated upon stimulus with sound waves. The work [...]

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Fall 2009 Science and Math Capstone Students
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Over 50 students presented their research and internship work from the Fall 2009 semester at the 12th Annual Fall Research and Internship Poster Session today. The biology, chemistry and math students included senior capstone students, sophomore and junior research and internship students and Summer Science [...]

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Dr. Andy Kreuz
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Dr. Andy Kreuz recently took some of his work to the National Drosophila Conference in a poster presentation. The poster, entitled “Analysis of mutants in Strn-mlck and CG1776, two Drosophila myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) genes” described work he and his students have done in collaboration with Dr. [...]

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Jillian Kline
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Junior biology major Jillian Kline is studying the metabolism of yeast using different sugars as energy sources this semester. She’s working with Dr. Hildy Sanders in an independent research course. Jillian is shown here analyzing data from microarray experiments in which she can determine the expression [...]

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Biology senior Rachel Bullock is shown here presenting her senior capstone poster at the May poster session. She worked with chemistry faculty member Dr. Tracey Mason, studying crosslinks in DNA and how they are repaired. The work has implications in cancer treatment, because many of the current [...]

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Jinaya Beatty (BIO ‘09) is shown here in front of her senior capstone poster at the May poster session. She completed her research in the laboratory of Dr. Andrei Medvedev at the University of Maryland Medical School, where she studied the function of Toll-like receptors in the [...]

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Biology senior Stephanie Bryson completed her senior capstone research with biology faculty member Dr. Susan Youngren. Stephanie and Dr. Youngren studied the genetics of the Tobiano coat pattern in horses. Tobiano horses must exhibit a very specific pattern of white spots in order to be registered as [...]

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Biology senior Laura Dize presented her work with biology faculty member, Dr. Wendy Kimber, at the recent Science and Math Spring Research and Internship Poster Session. Laura studied gene expression patterns in mouse embryonic stem cells. The overall goal of the work is to determine which genes play a role in [...]

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Senior biology major Stephanie Bryson is shown here using the newest piece of equipment in the biology department – a Nanodrop spectrophotometer. The device enables researchers to accurately measure the concentration of very small quantities of nucleic acids. It was purchased with NIH seed grant funds received by biology faculty member [...]

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