Stevenson University Biology

Spring 2010 Poster Session
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Twenty-five sophomores, juniors and seniors presented their spring research and internship at the annual School of the Sciences Spring 2010 Poster Session. Topics ranged from DNA cross-linking studies and embryonic stem cell development to an analysis of the NFL draft and psychiatric evaluation in [...]

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Josh Vogel at NCUR 2010
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Biology senior Josh Vogel recently presented his senior capstone research on the Rift Valley Fever Virus at the 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the University of Montana. Josh’s poster described his work studying the proteins with which the virus interacts during [...]

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SU at the University of Montana
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Biology students Josh Vogel and Leah Griffith and faculty Steve Mrozinski and Merrie Durmowicz recently traveled to the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana to attend the 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Leah and Josh both presented posters of their [...]

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Jaquelia Conley

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Sophomore Amanda Hieatzman will travel to Colorado with biology faculty member Wendy Kimber this month to present her research at the Keystone Symposium on Stem Cells. Amanda studied the expression of ubiquitin-related genes during the early development of mouse embryonic cells. She will present her work as a poster at the 3-day [...]

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Jillian Kline – Fall 2009
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Biology junior Jillian Kline is shown here presenting her research poster at the recent Science and Math Fall Research and Internship Poster Session. Jillian worked with biology faculty member Hildy Sanders to study gene expression in the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under different [...]

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Josh Vogel – Fall 2009
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Biology senior Josh Vogel is shown here at the Fall Research and Internship Poster Session, presenting his work on the Rift Valley Fever virus. Josh investigated protein interactions between viral and host proteins during the infection process with Dr. Lou Altamura at USAMRIID Fort Detrick. Josh will [...]

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Melissa Betz
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Biology junior Melissa Betz worked with math faculty member Dr. Christopher Barat to analyze data from a collaborative study of heart failure. Working with scientists at Johns Hopkins, Melissa studied predictors of natriuretic peptide levels in a canine model of induced heart failure. She presented her [...]

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John and Zach
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Biology major John Amoroso is completing his senior capstone research in the laboratory of Dr. Geoffrey Schoenbaum at the University of Maryland Medical School. John is studying neuronal activity during learning processes in rats. He’s currently spending much of his time making microelectrodes which he [...]

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Matt Bramble
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Biology major Matt Bramble completed his senior research capstone this summer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, in a competitive summer research program. Matt used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to study the structure and folding of the protein dihydrofolate reductase, an important metabolic [...]

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Dr. Hildy Sanders, Professor of Biology
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Dr. Hildagarde Sanders has been teaching at Stevenson University for over 25 years. A biochemist, Dr. Sanders studies the metabolism of the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. She and her students use microarray technology to study gene expression in the yeast when it [...]

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