The Summer Student Program began in 1924 when University of Maine President C.C. Little (our founder) brought six undergraduates to Mount Desert Island for a summer of biological field studies. The Summer Student Program officially became a part of the Jackson Memorial Laboratory's operation in 1931.

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.

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Submissions from 1972

Genetic analysis of behavioral and skeletal differences using recombinat inbred lines., David L. Edelman

Lactic dehydrogenase virus in transplanted and spontaneous tumors., Jeff Everitt

Attempts at detection of linkage between the Hba locus and the my, fz, and bf loci., Nancy Forrester

Disorders of amino acid metabolism in neurological mutant mice: studies of the lethargic (1h/1h)., Luis Ricardo Fraga

Animal model of cystic fibrosis., Barry R. Ganong

Nerve growth factor, insulin and high potassium levels: their effect on TT2466 teratoma, C1300 neuroblastoma and spinal ganglia in vitro., Jeff Gumprecht

The effects of anosmia on the reproductive behavior of mice., Melissa Guthrie

Do yolk sacs contain precursor cells which are capable of producing adult-type red blood cells?, Mary E. Haverinen

The effects of dietary states on the lipogenic enzymes of diabetic and obese mice., Martha P. Hedden

Mutagenesis studies in DBA/2J mice injected intratestis with isoproterenol sulfate and alloxan., Kathleen J. Henderson

The rate of extinction of a conditioned aversion to sodium saccharin in obese mice., James A. Hroncich

A search for an animal model of cystic fibrosis morphological screening., Stephen M. Hughes

Aspects of respiration in a recessive mutation causing runting., Carolyn L. Jahn

The effects of light cycles on the feeding habits and body weights of mice., Johhny Johnstone

Some aspects of the pharmacologic effects oon normal and mutant mice., Joseph A. Kamara

Histochemical studies in the endocrine system of Snell's dwarf mouse (DW/J)., Michael S. Kaplan

The differential susceptibility of the embryos from four inbred strains of mice to cadmium chloride., Roger E. Karess

A comparison of thymic weights in (WC/Re x C57BL/6J)F1-S1/S1d and normal mice., Barney Linn

Determining the rate of somatic crossing over in mice by the use of paracentric inversions., Kimberly R. Long

Is the C57BL/6J "fear pheromone" response age dependent?, Karen Manning

An examination of the glycolytic enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase., Gordon K. McLean

Activity of ornithine transcarbamylase in mouse fetal liver cell line FL83B., Carolyn A. Merrifield

Culture of mouse fetal liver cell line FL88 on low-glutamine- free media., Carolyn A. Merrifield

The effect of cadmium on inbred strains of mice., Joseph Nadeau

An investigation of ribosomal RNA hybridization to mitotic chromosomes of the mouse., James R. Nechols

Low temperature effects on the viability of mouse sperm., Judith Nickolls

A search for the male reproductive pheromone in mice., Gary J. Noel

Gonadotrophin content of ovariectomized mice after exposure to males and grouping., Andrew H. Ritter

Are adult erythrocyte precursors in mice descended from yolk sac cells?, Alice R. Roy

A genetic study of natural anti-chicken erythrocyte agglutinins employing recombinant inbred mice., Lee S. Shapiro

Sensitivity of Hexamita muris infected mice to X-irradiation., Saren L. Spicer

Determinants and effects of altering hand preference in BALB/cJ mice., Alan Steele

An attempt to determine the chromosome of linkage group VII in the mouse., Nancy L. Stover

The hemolysis of mouse erythrocytes with tris-buffered isotonic ammonium chloride., Susan P. Torrey

Hematological and gonadal studies in AN/AN mice using a viable anemic strain., Jacquetta Trasler

Postnatal neurological development in the obese mouse, ob/ob: relationship to the obese syndrome., M. Elaine Traynor

A study of 7 alleles of the W-locus in C57BL/6J mice: linkage characteristics and pleiotropic effects on erythropoiesis, gonad development and pigmentation., Katherine C. White

Establishment and applications of a micromethod for lymphocyte culture., Jane M. Wolf

Submissions from 1971

The thyrotrophic cells of mice bred for differing thyroid function., Burt Alan Adelman

A study of the poschiavina metacentric chromosomes in incipient inbred lines derived from a cross of mus m. musculus and mus m. poschiavinus., Frederick R. Bieber

Placental iron transport to normal and sex-linked anemic fetal mice., Laurie B. Botie

The effect of ethyl methanesulfonate on the induction of chromosomal aberrations in DBA/2J male mice., Ralph A. Boucher

Overall rate of cell proliferation in inbred strains of mice with different genetic backgrounds and tumor incidences using per cent incorp. of 125UdR into DNA,, Barry Evan Brenner

Investigation of H-6 hepatoma and embryoid bodies as mouse tissue models for the study of tyrosine aminotransferase regulatory mechanisms., Susan I. Bromberg

Chemotherapy and immunotherapy for treating Hodgkin's-like lesions in SJL/J mice., Pamela I. Brown

The transfer of cellular immune responses., Jacqueline Carter

Hematopoietic responses of the microcytic anemic mouse., Deborah K. Drayna

A quantitative bioassay for the male pheromone., Jeremy S. Dugan

Reversal learning following amygdaloid lesions in two strains of inbred mice., Marguerite Dupree

The formation of lipid peroxides and antioxident levels as relating to susceptibility to hepatomas and aging in the C3H/HeJ-AvyA mouse., Howard J. Entin

The effect of two dose levels of dextro-amphetimine sulfate on activity level and learning ability of C57BR/cdJ and C57BL/6J mice., Richard M. Fox

Immunoflourescent studies on lymphoid tissue in mice., Clair Francomano

Strain differences in the development of aggressive behavior in mice., Alan Goldin

The similarities between the clinical effects of chronically- injected isoproterenol and cystic fibrosis., Jeffrey Gustavson

Prolactin action on hepatic RNA synthesis in dwarf mice., Dean H. Hamer

Postnatal maternal effects on the development and behavior of C57BL/6 and DBA/2J mice., Margot H. Hottum

The migration of melanocytes in the skin of mice embryos., Danna Huthsteiner

The effects of PHA stimulation on the lymphocytes and thymocytes of normal and leukemic mice., Merrie M. Johnson

Characterization of isozyme alleles in two subspecies of mus musculis and their use in locating linkages of chromosomal inversions., Philip Kantoff

Isolation of viable adult mouse liver cells., Carolyn M. Kercsmar

Ontogeny of steroid inducible isozymes., Maureen L. King

Polyribosomes of mouse liver cells., Eileen Kladivko

Behavioral characteristics in recombinant inbred lines., Jane Lanphear

Determination of ornithine transcarbamylase in fetal mice livers and tissues in cell line FL83-B., Francis Lee

Cellular immunity of hairless and normal types of strain HRS/J mice., Janet L. Lynds

The reactivity and aversion threshold of diabetic, obese, and viable yellow mice to quinine in their drinking water., Mariana S. Markell

Nutritional and technique problems associated with the hand-rearing of rabbits., Larry F. Martin

The levels of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in developing fetal livers in in vivo, in 16-day-old fetal livers in vitro, and in fetal liver cell line FL-83B., Marian Mehegan

Mesoderm -- ectoderm interaction in the production of the agouti pigmentation pattern in mice., Thomas C. Meyer

Purification of alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase., David H. Miller

The effects of latent pasteurella pneumotropica and hexamita muris infections on murine response to lethal whole body x-irradiation., Gary H. Miller

Hematopoietic regeneration by marrow of Hertwig's anemic mice in lethally irradiated recipients., Michael R. Payne

Biochemical genetics of d-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase in developing mice brain., Deborah J. Peters

In vitro fertilization of mouse ova., Susan Pitts

Electrophoretic determination of genetic variance in the serum proteins of inbred rabbits., Deborah N. Plachta

A study of the characteristics and causes of tail lesions of C3H/HeJ mice., Laurie A. Putscher

A study of latent infections of hexamita muris and pasteurella pneumotropica in inbred strain sof laboratory mice., Katherine Richardson

Genetic and pharmacological aspects of "jumpy stage" behavior in mice., Jane C. Sanford

The effect of the removal of gonads upon the time of appearance of the hematological manifestations of auto-immune hemolytic anemia in the NZB/B1 strain of mice., Carl Robert Schwartz

The experimental induction of superfetation during the first 7 days of pregnancy., Peter Schwarz

Preliminary investigations of the dwarf mouse., Virginia Shepard

Osmotic properties of the red cell membrane in different anemic mutants of C57BL/6J mice., Donald Stern

The production of lymphoid colonies on the spleens of lethally x-irradiated mice., Peter J. Wettstein

Ammonia levels in mouse cages: a comparison of two types of bedding., Scott M. Wheeler

A study of the causes of conjunctivitis in several strains of inbred laboratory mice., Herbert E. Whiteley

The flecked translocation in the mouse: determination of inversion or non-inversion of the autosome I insertion in the X chromosome., Margaret J. Zwerling

Submissions from 1970

The effects of three pesticides (vapona, omite 30W, and trichlorfon with atropine) on the serum cholinesterase levels of four strains of mice (A/J, BALB/cJ, C3HeB/FeJ, and SWR/J)., Ellen Akeson

Neoplastic potential of primordial germ cells in 11 day fetuses of the reciprocal crosses of strain 129/Sv and A/Hej., Kamlesh N. BajPai

Spatial discrimination reversal learning for blind and sighted mice genetically selected for differing brain weight., Susan A. Brady-Wood

Electrophoretic studies of mouse liver tyrosine aminotransferase in C57Bl/6J and C57Bl/6J-ob inbred mice., Jeremy Broner

Polycythemia and hepatoma in mice., Anne Burgess

Staining of mouse spermatozoa with the Bryan stain: possible influence of sperm maturity on staining pattern., Rebecca Chagrasulis

Ventilation rate of cages with filter hoods., Cris Cioffi

Effects of Tolbutamide on fetal pancreatic explants of the mouse., Leslie A. Dach

Choline acetylase activity in specific brain areas of male mice after neonatal and adult hormone treatment and exposure to aggression., Catherine L. Dobson

Self-selection of ethanol and acetone in mice., Leone Donovan

Purification of the "Y" base from yeast and mouse liver tRNAphe and related fllourescence studies., David Dougan

Purification of the "Y" base from yeast sRNA and related flourescence studies., David Dougan

Attempts to develop an experimental model of suppressed tumor cell multiplication., Wolcutt Dunham

Haemopoietic studies of young and old sec/1Re (mk/mk)., Catherine A. Emond