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 1974
The role of cytoplasmic proteins in the transport and synthesis of sterols., Lawrence Borish
Isoenzymes of cytoplasmic L-glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoglycerate mutase in developing and dystrophic mice., Cheryl M. Coffin
The effect of inter-trial intervals on the passive avoidance performance on inbred mice., Denice Dumas
Development of a test-battery to determine the physiologic age of a mouse., Patricia M. Foster
The effects of methylcholanthrene on the demethylation of dimethylnitrosamines in two mouse strains., Stephen S. Gottlieb
Nonspecific stimulation of the immune response by the methanol extraction residue fraction of tubercle bacilli., Mitchell M. Grandi
Determination of specific activity of acrosin, a trypsin-like enzyme, in epididymal and capacitated mouse sperm., Rebecca E. Gray
The effects of intact and castrate BALB/CBy on PMSG-induced ovulation on immature females., Lynne A. Harrigan
Cyclic AMP induction of tyrosine aminotransferase., David Alan Harris
Effects of age and strain on the learning ability of mice., Susan E. Henkel
The influence of tumor membrane preparations on tumor development., Melody B. James
The immune response to sheep red blood cells in inbred rabbit strains., Michelle Josephson
A biochemical study of the mitochondrial proline oxidase complex in normal and hyperprolinaemic mice., Philip W. Kantoff
The transfer of handedness in C57BL/6J mice., David M. Keller
The effects of alcohol consumption on liver aldehyde-oxidase and on behavior., Martha A. Koutsos
Phytohemagglutinin stimulated lymphocyte cultures: distribution and dose-response levels in ten strains of mice., James G. Krueger
Spontaneous transplantable polycythamia in mice., Angel W. Lee
Tests to define physiologic age in mice., Dana Lieberman
A preliminary investigation of presensitization using allogeneic skin grafts., Kim E. Lovejoy
Concepts regarding the origin of teratomas in mice., Valerie Jean Macko
Isolation and identification of natural heterohemagglutinins in mice specific to chicken erythrocytes., Jeffrey M. Melin
Effects of verying the distribution of practice trials on the active avoidance performance of inbred mice., Janet Munro
The influence of several variables on the triflouroacetic acid macromethod for the determination of serum vitamin A., Peter A. Netland
The effect of sterol composition on the activities of membrane-bound enzymes in mouse L cells., Bennett E. Ojserkis
Stress and aging in mice: performance and learning in a water maze using cold water and reversal learning as stresses., Clyde A. Pentz
An histologic study of the response kinetics of the immune system of W/Wv anemic mice by examining mitotic index., Steven Rauch
The effects of autoclaved diets and vitamin K on hypoprothrombinemia in the laboratory mouse., Gail Richmond
Observational learning of left-right: a model of cultural inheritance., Lulu Roberts
The effect of erythropoietin upon home synthesis in vitro in bone marrow cells from WBB6F1-+/+, WCB6F1-+/+, WBB6F1-w/wv, and WCB6F1-S1/S1d mice., Carl R. Schwartz
Characterization of a cell line established from (C57BL/6J x DBA/2J) F1 embryos., Rosalind A. Segal
Electrophoretic studies of -hydroxyacid oxidases, xanthine dehydrogenase and serum ceruloplasmin., Mark Sharp
Association between leukocyte levels and isozyme variations., Samuel Singer
An assay for the olfactory preference of female mice to the reproductive pheromone in male mouse urine., Ronald I. Slade
The effect of fullspectrum light on the reproduction of inbred strains of mice., Martha Soucy
The effect of thyroxine and growth hormone on urinary cycle 3', 5'-guanosine monophosphate levels., Bryan J. Sutula
The role of Hexamita muris in intestinal disease in mice., Alice S. Thomsen
Parthenogenetic activation of mouse eggs with sodium periodate., Margaret S. Trotzky
The effect of chemotherapy on hexamita muris infected mice exposed to X-irradiation., Christine S. Tyndall
Pharmacogenetics of aplastic anemia in mice., Beth E. Warach
Development of an artificial insemination technique for use in the study of pregnancy block in mice., Laurence O. Whiteley
Effects of deprivation and restoration of single essential amino acids on cell proliferation, viability, and mitotic synchrony., Ruth A. Williams
Submissions from 1973
Experimental analysis of the site of action of the ichthyosis locus in the mouse., Barbara Naomi Alpert
The teratological effect of acetazolamide in six inbred strains of mice., Catherine A. Azar
An assay for the male mouse reproductive pheromone., Michael Cain
An animal model of cystic fibrosis: testing three different mutations from the C57BL/6J strain., Gordon C. Cappelletty
The effects of varying the social environment on the number and quality of mouse eggs., Pamela A. Chisholm
Tissue specific accumulation of thermolabile phosphoglycerate kinase in aging mice., Richard Douglas
The effect of cage height on the growth rate and weight gain of male AKR/J, BALB/cJ, and C57BL/6J mice., Russell W. Faria
The reproductive impairment of the Hertwig's anemic mouse., Denise Faustman
Androgen sensitivity on C57BL/6By, CXBI and CXBG male mice., Sarah Jane Fels
An association of the degree of hand preference in learning performance., Charles B. Fenster
Culture of pancreatic islet cells from normal and diabetic mice., Jane Ellen Fisher
Effect of Hexamita muris on mortality of irradiated mice of various inbred strains and ages., Peter W. Forbes
A study of the alloantigenic specifities of the lymphocyte., Judith A. Fox
Biochemical characterization of receptor sites on normal and leukemic lymphocytes., Clair A. Francomano
Evidence for the affirmation of the putative W allele, W39, as a W allele; the gametogenic and erythropoietic defects of mice of the genotype S1/S1d., Edwin N. Geissler
The effects of age, strain, and practice condition on the perfomance of mice in the water maze., Amy Jean Goebel
Growth of NCTC clone 929 (strain L) mouse cells in a glutamine- free system containing various concentration levels of 5- carboxypyrrolidone., Florence E. Gutowski
Methods for studies on differentiation in the preimplantation mouse embryo., Reid Hardenbergh
Formation of social attachments in C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ inbred lines., Kathryn G. Heald
Gamete aging in vitro., Carole A. Heath
Genetic contro of carbon clearance., Peter J. Horneffer
The relationship between sterol synthesis and the cell cycle in synchronized L cells., Edwin N. Hughes
Growth stimulation in the female mouse., Debora Jerrard
The use of radiation-induced paracentric inversions to determine the frequency of somatic crossing over in the mouse., Sally G. Kaplan
A screen of mouse culls for inherited metabolic disorders., Judith A. Ladd
Characterization of the gene effect in hyperprolinemic PRO/Re inbred mice., Robert P. Lanza
Effects of aging on the glycolytic enzyme glucose phosphate isomerase in mouse erythrocytes., Keith Lerner
Genetic controls of lysozyme activity., Michael A. Lynes
The serum cholesterol level of leukemic mice and the effect of several sterol inhibitors on leukemic lymphocytes., Nancy Maguire
Induced parthenogenesis and teratocarcinogenesis by shock stimuli., Ronald Joseph Midura
The site of action of the mutant gene fuzzy, as determined by dermal-epidermal recombinations., James A. Mittelberger
The uptake and intracellular distribution of 7-ketocholesterol and cholesterol in cultured cells., Joyce Moscowitz
Alkaline phosphatase in normal and teratomatous tissues., Helen Muhlbauer
Inherited skeletal diseases in mice., Allen Natow
Effects of genotype and social experience on the development of aggressive behavior in mice., Howard Reid
Histocompatibility testing in a hybrid population of rabbits., Paul M. Rudolf
A study of the homology between the mouse mutation hypophosphatemia and human familial vitamin D resistant rickets., Elizabeth M. Seifel
Pharmacological differentiation of +/+ and +/anemic WBB6 littermates., Donald Stern
Micromethods for biochemical tests., James S. Sullivan
Nerve growth factor: its effect on TT2466 testicular teratoma C1300 neuroblastoma, and superior cervical ganglia in vitro., Karen Swanson
A search to find animal models of inherited human metabolic diseases., Lynne Sweet
The effects of age and prior learning experience on performance of C57BL/6J male mice on the rotorod., Howard W. Telson
Nutritional factors affecting prothrombin times., Joshua D. Warach
Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and induction of tyrosine aminotransferase in obese mutant mice., Cathy Wheeler
Measurement of granulocyte chemotaxis in the Chediak-Higashi mouse., Joan Whitehouse
Effects of photic prestimulation on acoustic startle in seizure prone mice., Charles J. Wysocki
Variation of serum alpha1-antitrypsin concentration as a factor of aging in the rabbit., Gerald Yutrzenka
Submissions from 1972
The effects of age and sex on the relationship between previous experience on the rotorod and exploratory behavior in the open field in DBA/2J mice., Lynn S. Arenella
The effect of cage population size on the adrenal, testicular, and splenic weights of three strains of mice which differ in susceptibility to tail lesions., Trudie L. Blackwell
Induction of murine leukemia virus in DW/J and SWR embryonic cultures by chemical and hormonal compounds., Lisa Buchanan
A new method of hemagglutination inhibition for detection of cell surface antigens., James A. Collins
Sequential and interactional analysis of aggressive behavior in five inbred strains of mice., James Curtsinger
Induction of liver tyrosine aminotransferase isozymes in C57BR/cdJ-Ay mutant mice: variable effects of age and spontaneous hepatoma., Susan B. Davis
A quantitative assay of the participation of alloantibody immunoglobulin fractions in enhancement and rejection of tumor allografts., Alexander M. Dlugi
Studies on mitochondrial RNA synthesis in DW/J., William Earnshaw