Research Opportunities
Many of our students are actively engaged in research projects in the Biology and Chemistry Departments. A few examples of the student research projects are:
- genetic mechanisms of retinal development and regeneration in zebrafish (Dr. Bailey)
- gene comparisons in Antarctic sea stars (Dr. Bosch)
- transposable elements (Dr. Jamburuthugoda)
- infectious diseases (Dr. Jamburuthugoda)
- influence of cell junctions on cancer (Dr. Lewis)
- genetics of the biosynthetic pathway for the biosynthesis of lycopene in the plant Elaeagnus umbellata (Dr. Helms)
- synthesis of biologically active molecules using green chemistry (Dr. Helms)
- genetic analysis of sexual development in the fungus Neurospora crassa (Dr. Hutchison)
- chromosome organization in the giant bacterium Epulopiscium sp. type B (Dr. Hutchison)
- mechanism by which small molecules such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons bind to DNA (Dr. McKnight)
- the presence and function of modified bases in DNA and RNA (Dr. Militello)
- bioinformatics - study of mitochondrial DNA sequences (Dr. Pogozelski)
- design and testing DNA strands for use in biomolecular computing and nanotechnology (Dr. Pogozelski)
- real-time PCR quantification of mitochondrial DNA deletions in the disease Pearson's Syndrome (Dr. Pogozelski)
- DNA damage induced by radiation (Dr. Pogozelski)
- molecular and Biological functions of Selfish Genetic Elements (SGEs) and novel genes (Dr. Reinhardt)
- how proteins fold (Dr. Yokoyama)
- Alzheimer's disease (Dr. Yokoyama)