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University of Kentucky

2010 - 2011 Beckman Scholars

Philip Houtz
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/houtz,philip.html
Title of Research: Novel Role of a Cypovirus in Polydnavirus-Parasitoid-Host Relationship
Email: plhout2@uky.edu

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholars

Laura Crawford
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/laura3.php
Title of Research: A Novel Methodology to Identify Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Microstructures that Inhibit Neuronal Regeneration
Email: laura.crawford@uky.edu

Jessica I. Houtz
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/1jessica.php
Title of Research: Characterization and Computational Modeling of Sarcomere Structure in the Muscle Specific Bmal1 knock-out Mouse
Email: jessica.houtz@uky.edu

Marti Robinson
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/martha2.php
Title of Research: The role of olfaction: Comparison of the autonomic response of multiple sensory modalities across species
Email: martha.robinson@uky.edu

2008 - 2009 Beckman Scholars

Lesley Mann
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/mann.php
Title of Research: Gene Expression of Endophytic Fungi during Benign Plant Colonization and Stromata Development
Email: lesley.mann@uky.edu

Clay Turner
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/turner.php
Title of Research: The Effects of an Altered Dopaminergic System on Behavior, Development and Physiology in Drosophila Melanogaster
Email: ashby.turner@uky.edu

Eddie M. Kobraei
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/kobraei.php
Title of Research: Quantification of Neuronal Growth Cone Responses to Specific Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Motifs
Email: eddie.kobraei@uky.edu

Andrew L. Lynch
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/scholars/lynch.php
Title of Research: Optimization of Hydroxyl-Based Fenton's Reaction for Chloro-organics Detoxification and Grondwater Remediation Applications
Email: andrew.lynch@uky.edu

Megan Culler
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/badre/index.htm
Title of Research: Identification of Novel Interactions Between Cellular Proteins and the Cytoplasmic Tail Region of the Fusion Proteins from the SV5 and Hendra Virus
Email: megan.culler@uky.edu

Kathryn Schweri
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/passafiume/index.htm
Title of Research: Investigating the Modular Nature of a Cyclic Peptide Synthetase Required for Production of Pharmaceutically Important Ergot Alkaloids
Email: Kathryn.Schweri@uky.edu

Nicolas Badre
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/badre/index.htm
Title of Research: Reduced Calcium Channel Function on Vision, Olfaction and Regulation of the Heart in Drosophila
Email: nick_badre@hotmail.com

Jason Michael Passafiume
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/passafiume/index.htm
Title of Research: The Restorative Effects of Sleep and Meditation
Email: jmpass2@uky.edu

Stephanie L. Logsdon
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/logsdon/index.htm
Title of Research: Differentially Regulated Pools of Synaptic Vesicles within Motor Nerve Terminals
Email: stephanielogsdon@hotmail.com

Brandon M. Sutton
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/sutton/index.htm
Title of Research: Development and Analysis of an Astrocytic Scar in Vitro
Email: bmsut2n@uky.edu

Elizabeth Megan Flynn
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/flynn/index.htm
Title of Research: Functional Characterization of SET domain protein eN-methyltransferases
Email: emflyn1@uky.edu

Anna Margaret Rothert
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/rothert/index.htm
Title of Research: Whole-cell based assay for arsenite and antimonite on a compact disc centrifugal microfluidics platform for field sensing applications
Email: amroth0@uky.edu

Robin Theresa Petroze
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/petroze/index.htm
Title of Research: Amyloid Precursor Protein and Presenilin-1 Double Mutant Mice as a Model for Alzheimer's Disease
Email: rtpetr0@uky.edu

Garrett Matthew Sparks
http://www.uky.edu/Beckman/sparks/index.htm
Title of Research: The Role of the Sodium/Calcium Exchanger (NCX) in Synaptic Transmission