Students participate in an ongoing research program with the support of an experienced scientific mentor. They develop an independent project, implement their plan, analyze the data, and report the results. At the end of the summer, they present their findings to researchers, other students, and parents.
Submissions from 1977
The effects of age on alcohol and sweet preference behavior in mice., Douglas W. Schwartz
An investigation of the hypothesis that juvenile diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease., Douglas Simon
A comparison of cell growth in delipidized and whole serum: and the effect of 25-hydroxycholesterol on the cell growth of resistant and wild-type cells., Richard E. Sutton
Serological and clinical study of autoimmune disease in BXSB mice., Kathleen B. Wallace
Perifusion studies on normal and diabetic (db/db) endocrine tissues., Christopher R. Watters
Effects of paracentric chromosomal inversions on spermatogenesis., Michael A. Werner
Factors contributing to the parturition defect in Hertwig's anemic mouse., Mary B. White
The effect of NIH-31 diet and standard production diets on the growth rates of BALB/cJ, DBA/2J, and C57BL/6J mice., Eric N. Wiebe
Submissions from 1976
Studies on the transmission of the pneumonia virus of mice., Alice C. Androkites
Meiotic pairing and testis weight in T6 heterozygote mice., Peter E. Barker
Hormonal and gonadal defects in Hertwig's anemic mouse., Frederic C. Blow
Correlations of collagen aging and abnormal metabolic function in mice., Frederick M. Boyce
Differences in responses to ethanol in BALB/cJ, BALB/cBy and C57BL/6J mice., JoAnne Burger
Biochemical mechanism(s) of zymogen granule destabilization in the EPI syndrome in CBA/J mice., Edward C. Dempsey
Genetic control of the timing of H-2 antigens., Karen Gershman
Intestinal isozyme variation in Mus musculus., Philip Francis Giampietro
Studies in vitro of the effects of varying conditions on erythropoiesis in mouse bone marrow., Nicole Gibran
Feeding behavior in diabetic and obese mutant mice under operant conditions., Robert Hallstrom
The effects of cofactors and inhibitors on murine liver alkaline phosphatase., Lisa Hirschhorn
Investigation of tail lesion induction in C3H/HeJ and DBA/2J mice., Jeffrey D. Kuller
The effects of castration on aggression and social dominance in two lines of BALB/c mice., Jeffrey D. Kuller
The effect of the mutation diabetes on glucagon biosynthesis and secretion by pancreatic tissue cultured in vitro., Frank J. Malinoski
Cell to surface attachment., Nancy Marble
The effects of various parameters on intracellular pressure in rabbits., Mark M. Margolies
The role of olfaction upon the social relationships of the laboratory rabbit., Jennifer Mollach
The role of dominance and olfaction in the social behavior of rabbits., Johnny Pomfret
Cell-mediated lympholysis by HLC and LLC mice., Charles Rabkin
Detection of sister-chromatid exchange within murine lymphocytes., Melinda Randall
Enzymatic activity in murine deciduomata., Melinda Randall
Feeding behavior of obese and lean mice under ad, lib, and derived conditions., Wanda J. Ratliff
Effect of specific media and variables on murine bone marrow cultures., Ann E. Reuman
Modification of male specific antigen response by the H-2 locus in mice., Thomas C. Reynolds
Mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activity in the spontaneous mouse hepatoma BW7756., Debbie Richards
The effects of cortisone on the lymphoid organs, bone marrow and levels of recirculating lymphocytes in mice., Margaret S. Rudolf
Immunocompetence in hair and skin mutants of the mouse., Cynthia L. Sammis
Bone marrow replacement therapy in the treatment of hemolytic disease in mice., Julio Sanchez
Cellular influences on murine leukemia virus growth restriction in mouse cells., Mark Edward Savich
Cytogenetic analysis of hermaphrodite mice., Lester R. Schwartz
The effect of ingested silicon dioxide on mouse growth, reproduction, and appearance., Amy Sherman
Glucose tolerance tests on mice of varying genotypes with correlations to collagen age., Douglas Simon
Attempted stimulation of RNA polymerase activity in rabbit pancreas with dexamethasone., Evan K. Sohm
Inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis by polar sterols in serum and bile., Timothy T. Soncrant
The effect of cupric ions on the fertilization of mouse ova., Richard Valente
Relationship between sterol synthesis and DNA synthesis in mixed lymphocyte cultures., Effie Wang
Transport studies of cholesterol-depleted membranes., Alan Westheim
Submissions from 1975
Electrophoretic studies of mitochondrial enzyme variants in the mouse., Adriane M. Antler
Consistancy of asymmetries of audiogenic seizures and laterality in C57BL/6J and B6D2F1 mice., Leila M. Azar
The effect of anemia producing genotypes on male reproductive capacity., Francesca Bannerman
The effect of three autoclaved diets on the growth of mice in six inbred strains., Christopher R. Barnhart
Development of a possible in vitro model of senescense based on studies of mouse skin fibroblast cultures: I. Methodology for optimal culture establishment., Harris D. Bernstein
Specific gene expression in monolayer tissue culture., Shaun D. Black
The effects of serum cholesterol on leukemia., Rachel Buchsbaum
Inhibition of PHA-induced lymphocyte stimulation by liposome incubation., John R. Carlson
The effects of three parameters on intraocular pressure in rabbits., John F. Coco
Genetic control of the immune response in inbred strains B and C rabbit to bovine serum albumin., David S. Cohen
A developmental study of early parthenogenetic stages in LT mice., Martha S. Cyert
Premature activation of acinar zymogens as a mechanism for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in CBA/J mice., Edward C. Dempsey
Genetic host cell restriction of murine leukemia virus., Barbara Anne Dennison
The effect of endogenous sterol depletion on K+ transport in mouse L cells., Edward Diao
Ectodermal cell expansion in chimeric mice., Dianne Durham
Hormone deficiencies of the Hertwig's anemic mouse., Denise Faustman
Phermone induced puberty in WB/Re females., Denise Faustman
The incidence of spontaneous and induced parthenogenesis in three strains of mice and the growth of these parthenotes in an extra-uterine site., Barbara L. Frankowski
Genetic control of the timing of H-2 antigens., Karen Gershman
The effects of D-amphetamine on open-field behavior in inbred strains of mice., Marc Gourevitch
Pregnancy rate and intrauterine death in A/HeJ, A/J, C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice., Anthony Helstosky
Autoimmunity as an assay for aging., Gerald Zachary Hertz
The effect of genetic background on meiosis in T6-translocation heterozygous male mice., Carolyn Adele Josepho
Quantitative analysis of ammonium chloride lysis of mouse erythrocytes including applications to primary tissue culture., Barbara J. Kamicker
The activities of four mitochondrial membrane-bound proteins from hepatoma BW7756., Roger Karess
A linkage study of four isozyme loci in the mouse: Got-1, Amy-1, Gdc-1, and Np-1., Debra A. Kendall
The effect of three pasteurized diets on the weight gain of several inbred strains of mice., Donna A. King
The site of action of the depilated locus (dep) in the mouse, as determined by dermal-epidermal recombination., Norman J. Kleiman
Analysis of an induced recessive lethal mutation in the mouse., Lynn J. Manseau
The site of action of the crinkled locus (cr) in the mouse, as determined by dermal-epidermal recombinations., Cynthia K. Miller
The Gal-1 locus in the mouse., Jonathan Mishkin
The effect of castration or prevention of coprophagy in vitamin-A antagonism in laboratory mice., Daniel S. Ojserkis
The effect of prepuberal and postpuberal olfactory bulb removal on the mating activity of male mice., Michael Pearson
The relationship of stress and the level of corticosterone to learning., Joanne Prusiecki
Amylodosis in mice., Robin Randall
Immunoglobulin levels in inbred mice., Carol J. Roberts
The effect of activity and temperature on the corticosterone level of three strains of mice., Alan Rosenwasser
The effect of the hour of pairing on the day of estrous synchrony and on the clutch size., Alicia G. Simard
Erythrocyte survival and stem cell viability in peripheral blood following X-irradiation., Barbara Spector
A possible assay for measuring sterol receptor binding., Eric D. Spitzer
The effect of thyroparathyroidectomy on various strains of mice., James Unger
The kinetics of antibody presence in congenic resistant strains of mice with respect to an H-2 locus., Judith Veis
The effects of various stresses on PMSG-induced ovulation in immature mice of the strains BALB/cBy, C57BL/6J and DBA/2J., Nina Vogelfanger
Genetic and environmental variables which affect avoidance learning., Christopher C. Wellman
The effect of the histocompatibility-2 locus of the mouse on tumor transplantation acceptance., Alan Wells
The effect of a latent Pasturella pneumotropica infection on mouse fertility., Beth Wilkening
The effects of d-amphetamine on the circling preferences of C57BL/6J mice., Neil D. Yelsey
An analysis of renal function in mice in relation to age., Peter Eric Zelz
Submissions from 1974
A genetic analysis of tryptophan hydroxylase activity in forebrain and hindbrain and the effects of fenfluramine on tryptophan hydroxylase activity in these same brain regions., Helen A. Baghdoyan
Variance in immune response with increasing age in rabbits., Bonnie Baranyi
A genetic analysis of female pheromonal effects on PMSG-induced ovulation in immature mice., Mary C. Beckerle
Electrophoretic studies of acid phosphatase, B-D-N acetyl hexosaminidase and arylsulphatase in the mouse., Sandra M. Belsky
The effects of age and strain on the learning ability of mice in the water maze., Gregory B. Bither
Analysis of a new mutation at the microphthalmia locus: a comparison with its alleles., Calhoun Bond