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 1959
The phenomenon of secondary reinforcement as effected by learning condition variability., Susan L. Andrews
Discrimination learning in a water maze., Lynn Allison Brewster
Pen changing as psychological stress in obese and normal shetland sheep dogs., Monte Buchsbaum
The effects of recorded fighting sounds on the latency to fight in mice., Monte Buchsbaum
The effect of certain genes on pigment forming abilities in mouse skin., Merrill Burr
The effect of chronic whole-body irradiation on weight and survival in mice., Barbara L. Chandler
Effects of irradiation on growth rate of progeny in two inbred strains of mice., Barbara Gay Chernov
Combination of different germ layers from transplantable testicular teratomas of strain 129 mice., Michael Collins
Determination of the sex of a transplantable testicular teratoma in strain 129 mice., Michael Collins
The effect of X-irradiation upon the incidence of embryonic death in mice., Percival W. Davis
Nesting habits and mate selection in two sub-species of deer mice (Peromyscus Maniculatus) in a semi-natural environment., Gerald A. Doyle
Fibroblasts of short ear mice (se se) and normal mice (Se se) in tissue culture., Johannes Gaillard
Resistance to Salmonella typhi-murium in DEA/2 and C57B1/6 mice raised on five different foods., Joseph Robert Godzik
The measurement of locomotor activity as a possible indication of genetic radiation damage., Barbara S. Hart
An exploration of techniques for the instrumental conditioning of very young puppies., Eric Holman
The effects of the achondroplasia (ac) gene on the skull development in the rabbit., Diane Hoof
Some factors affecting the concentration of skin sterols in the mouse., Ira S. Jaffrey
The effect of immunization on migration of homografted tumor cells into the host's lymph nodes., Sharon L. Kaufman
Individual motivation and social dominance in Basenjis., Pearl Knobe
Adenosine monophosphatase levels in mice with hereditary muscular dystrophy., Lewis Mantel
The effect of prenatal irradiation on the homograft reaction in mice., Miriam Anne Moulton
The effects of antiserum on regional immunity in mice., Stephen Jay Parker
Detection of the S.E. polyoma virus in tissue culture by hemagglutination inhibition., Helga E. Rothmann
Induction of Leukemic AKR brain extracts in newborn AKR and DBA/2 strain mice., Helga E. Rothmann
Studies on complement., Margaret Sheridan
Muscle cultures in synthetic media., Hyun S. Shin
Histocompatibility determined by skin grafts between mice in a random bred population., Ralph G. Somes
Teratogenic effects of 5-fluorouracil on hybrid offspring of BALB/C and 129 mice., Marion Steven-Hubbard
Heterosis in crosses between RX mice populations., Barbara Turner
The effect of defeat on trained fighting mice., Evelyn Wernham
The effect of diet, litter size, and a goitrogenic agent on superovulation in BALB/C X129 F1 and BDF1 hybrids., Everett D. Wilson
Submissions from 1958
The genetic effect of radiation on the locomotor activity of mice., Frank Bardacke
On the biosynthesis of sterols form acetate-C14 by cell free homogenates of a preputial gland tumor., Thomas Peter Bennett
Sialic acid determinations., Linda Suzanne Berkof
The effects of estrone in drinking water., Arthur Boylston
A determination of the antigenic differences or similarities of C57Bl/6 and WB and WC mice by reciprocal skin transplantation., Bruce Camitta
A study of the possible pleiotropic effects of the gene for maltese dilution in the mouse., Bruce Camitta
The effects of radiation on total growth rate, by weight, of progeny of RX mice., Peter E. Carey
Chlorpromazine and form discrimination., William D. Chapple
Grooming behavior in two subspecies of Peromyscus maniculatus., William D. Chapple
A study of the possible pleiotropic effects of the gene for maltese dilution in the mouse., Douglas Chessen
Determination of the antigenic relationship between C57B1/6 and WB or WC mice., Douglas Chessen
An investigation of the nature of sexual dimorphism of the submaxillary glands in the mouse., Susanne Coates
A study of ascites form of testicular teratomas in strain 129 mice., Socrates O. Constantinou
Investigation of a new tail abnormality in strain 129., Socrates O. Constantinou
Investigations of Y-linked histocompatibility gene in strain 129 mice, thru skin grafts., Socrates O. Constantinou
Study of malfunction of pituitary gland in diminutive (dm) mice thru use of growth hormone., Socrates O. Constantinou
A comparison of the relative rates of myelinization in two subspecies of the peromyscus maniculatis., Ellen S. Dickinson
Effects of chlorpromazine upon acquisition of a conditioned response., Joanne Ellsworth
Effects of infantile handling upon timidity., Joanne Ellsworth
Comparison of behavioral effects of machine feeding vs. hand feeding in young dogs., Allen Feider
The effect of chlorpromazine on discriminative responding in the beagle dog., Ellen Carol Gower
The detection of visible point mutations in an irradiated population of mice., David J. Harris
Comparison of effects of 100% and 50% reinforcement and extinction on C57BL/6 and DBA-1 mice., Margaret Coleman Hof
Sialic acid determinations., H. Clement Jurgeleit
A biochemical study of the differences in atpase activity in normal muscle and hereditary muscular dystrophy in mice., Jonathan Kamin
Determination of a base line for use in comparative biochemical studies of muscular dystrophy in mice., Jonathan Kamin
Comparison of growth rates of a homotransplant with an isotransplant., James Larsen
Examination of enzymatic activity in skin and liver following treatment with carcinogens and transplanted tumors., Barry A. Maxwell
The number of erythrocytes in the progeny of mice exposed to low levels of radiation., Monica Minyard
A project designed to determine how the mouse typhoid bacillus is transmitted in the mouse rooms., Barbara Jean Mitchell
A study to determine the transmissibility of a papilloma found on the ear of a BALB/C mouse., Barbara Jean Mitchell
A titration of the mouse polio virus., Barbara Jean Mitchell
The effects of thyroxin on audiogenic seizures in three inbred strains of mice., Margaret Ruth Moore
Individual differences, developmental homeostasis, and the use of inbred strains of mice for psychological research., Arnold M. Mordkoff
The separation of serum proteins by zone electrophoresis on a starch gel., Richard Moskowitz
Comparison of the growth rates of a homotransplant with an isotransplant., Linda Nims
The growth of a heterologous transplant., Linda Nims
Effect of various stressors on serotonin and norepinephrine levels in selected brain areas of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice., Reid L. Norman
A study of the erythropoietin factor in the hypothysectomized and W-gene anemic mice., Angelo C. Notides
A study of the rate of growth and differentiation of teratoma cells in different nutrients., Jane Ottwell
A study of cellular immunity in regional lymph nodes of enhanced and unenhanced mice receiving tumor and tumor plus donor-strain lymph nodes: II., Stephen Jan Parker
Conditioning in young pups., Constance A. Poggiani
Chondrodystrophic effects on the skull, atlas, and axis induced by the DA gene in Dachs rabits., Mary Ranlett
A preliminary investigation of the possible pleiotropic effects of the dilute gene., Ilsa Joan Roslow
Determination of the antigenic differences or simularities between C57/B1 6 and WB and WC mice by reciprocal skin transplants., Ilsa Joan Roslow
A study of adolescent sterility in tri-hybrid and strain 129 mice., Yvonne Schaelchlin
A comparison of the growth rates of sarcoma I in enhanced and normal C57BL/Ks and A/Ks mice., Marjorie Scott
The relationship of mouse embryo age to the subsequent pattern cell differentiation., Robert Kirk Seaton
Study of normal and dystrophic muscle in tissue culture., Hyun S. Shin
Histochemical and cytological studies of normal and dystrophic muscle from dystrophia muscularis of mus musculus., Linda Short
A study of the antigenic relationship between mice of the C57Bl/6 and WB or WC strains., Bob Smith
Determination of a splenic humoral factor effecting radiation injury., Bob Smith
Possible pleiotropic effects of the gene for maltese dilution in the mouse., Bob Smith
Histochemical and cytological studies of normal and dystrophic muscle from dystrophia muscularis of mus musculus., Richard Henry Soucie
A study of the effect on tail length in Danforth's short tail and brachyury by the gene disorganization., Ann M. Tompkins
The social responses of young peromyscus maniculatus., Penny White
Submissions from 1957
An attempt to discover behavioral effects of single-gene differences in mice., Robert F. Ashman
A strain survey of centrum development in the inbred mouse., Joseph H. Asling
The isolation of intracellular particulates from ascites tumor cells and the distribution of hexosamine among these particulates., Thomas Peter Bennett
The bioassay of thyrotrophic hormone in C57BL/6 and DBA/2 inbred mice., Elizabeth Bernhard
The response of goitrogen treated inbred and F1 hybrid mice to triiodothyronine., Elizabeth Bernhard
A Comparative survey of centra development in four inbred strains of mice., James L. Cavanaugh
Determination of the time lapse between premorula cleavage stages in the mouse egg., Margaret Eve Crawford
An in utero study of the viability and combined effects of the anemia of the W-series gene and the flexed gene., Joan R. Dembinski
A preliminary investigation into the histocompatibility reactions of AKR and DBA/1 mice., Harold F. Dvorak
The effect of testosterone propionate on the learning ability of male C57BL/6 mice., David W. Ehrenfeld