The H-SC Biology Class of 2015 has been especially productive when it comes to original research. \u00a0Below are a list of the topics covered by this class in their Departmental Honors and Senior Fellowship projects that gives a flavor for the wide array of research opportunities for present and future students in the Biology Department.<\/p>\n
Departmental Honors<\/span>:<\/p>\n “Effects of herbicides and ranavirus, an emerging infectious disease, <\/i>on juvenile Red-Eared Slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans)\u201d–<\/i>Davis Carter ’15<\/p>\n “Analysis of substrates on growth performance of Centaurea stoebe <\/i>ssp. micranthos <\/i>(Asteraceae) using field and lab studies\u201d–Erik Kellogg ’15<\/p>\n \u201cGreenhouse and Field Studies of the Invasive Aster Centaurea stoebe (Asteraceae) and a Native Competitor Lespedeza capitata (Fabaceae)\u201d–Sean Kellogg ’15<\/p>\n \u201cRNAi analysis of Lag-1 Isoform D in Caenorhabditis elegans<\/i>, a homolog of Suppressor of Hairless (Su(H))\u201d–Daniel Osarfo-Akoto ’15<\/p>\n \u201cGenetic Engineering of the Murine Melanoma D5.1G4 to Express a Model Antigen for Evaluation of Anti-tumor CD8+ T Cell Responses\u201d–Stephen Woodall ’15<\/p>\n Senior Fellowship<\/span>:<\/p>\n \u201cSynthesis and Application of Small Cationic Peptides as Potential Antibiotics\u201d–Jay Brandt ’15 and Christopher Ferrante ’15 (in cojunction with the Department of Chemistry)<\/p>\n \u201cThe Generation of Trichromatic Vision via Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vector Expressing Red-Shifted Channelrhodopsin (ReaChR)\u201d–Aaron Gilani ’15 (in conjunction with the Department of Psychology)<\/p>\n \u201cEvolution of the Eye and its Extreme Capabilities\u201d–Jeffrey Gray ’15 (in conjunction with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The H-SC Biology Class of 2015 has been especially productive when it comes to original research. \u00a0Below are a list of the topics covered by this class in their Departmental Honors and Senior Fellowship projects that gives a flavor for … Continue reading