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 1956

 

A study of the effects of a vitamin B12 deficient diet in three strains of mice., Margaret C. Jacks

 

Skin homografts and histocompatibility., Elaine Jevely

 

Degeneration and regeneration following unilateral crushing and sectioning of the sciatic nerve in the C3H/JAX mouse., Meta L. Kaplan

 

A study of peripheral regeneration in the sciatic nerve of the C3H/Jax mouse., Christopher Lange

 

A study of the degeneration and regeneration of the sciatic nerve., R.E. Lynch

 

A study of the posture, coordination, and reflexes of mice exhibiting neuromuscular abnormalities., Lewis Mantel

 

The effect of Hemophilus pertussis Phase I cells on the histamine sensitivity and anaphylaxis in BD mice and ASW x BD F1 hybrid mice., Sam Aaron Margolis

 

The effects of some variables on audiogenic seizures in rabbits., Antoinette Martti

 

A study of the effect of heterozygosity at the H-2 locus on body weight in mice., Margaret Miller

 

A study of glucose consumption and protein nitrogen content methods of estimating proliferation in cell cultures., Dennis Wilson Moore

 

An investigation into the biochemical pathways of morphogenesis in the mouse (strain 129)., Harold C. Neu

 

A study of enhanced mice simultaneously immunized with lymphoid and normal tissue., Stephen Jan Parker

 

The effects of the Dachs gene on the skeleton of rabbit newborn., Suzanne Rafferty

 

Behavioral and histological aspects of degeneration and regeneration of the sciatic nerve., Jonathan Rosner

 

A Quantitative study of the spotting effects of W, Wj, and a combination of W-series and steel genes on coat-color in the house mouse., Gretchen Schabtach

 

Some factors affecting deciduomal formation in the castrate mouse., Thomas C. Snell

 

A study of the effects of an inositol deficiency upon three inbred strains of mice., Cynthia L. Thompson

 

A study of the effects of vitamin B12 upon growth and hematopoiesis in three inbred strains of mice., Cynthia L. Thompson

 

An experimental study of genetic hairlessness in Mus musculus., Paul Trachtman

 

Avoidance conditioning in C57BL/10 and Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii mice at three age levels., Ann Williams

 

Visual discrimination learning in C57BL/10 and C-albino mice., Ann Williams

 

Methodological studies of dominance in a flock of goats., Jeanne Richards Zeisel

Submissions from 1955

 

A preliminary report on the histology of 2 to 21 month old ovaries from A, C and K WWv mice and from C3H-C57 WvWx mice., Gail M. Adams

 

A study of the effects of the Dachs gene in 22-day rabbit embryos., Nancy W. Atkinson

 

Degeneration and regeneration phenomena after a sciatic nerve trunk crush in mice - strain dba/1., Kay M. Badovinac

 

Determination of the hypostatic genes in ND/EMV, RFM, MA/JAX, and SWR., David Baltimore

 

The change in bone size of two strains of mice over a period of 400 days of aging., David Baltimore

 

The effect of the W-locus on the blood picture of old mice., David Baltimore

 

The behavior and fate of skin homografts and autografts in the mouse as affected by the degree of genetic difference between the donor and host., Rolf Frederick Barth

 

The enhancement of growth of skin homografts in mice pretreated with a lyophilized tissue extract., Rolf Frederick Barth

 

The lymph node as an agent in invoking acquired immunity to foreign tumor cells in mice., Rolf Frederick Barth

 

The possible inhibition of leukemias in mice pretreated with a lyophilized tissue extract., Rolf Frederick Barth

 

An analysis of mouse liver extract by the use of the precipitation reaction in semi solid media., Charles Brill

 

Hemoantibody response in one hybrid stock and three inbred strains of mice., Catherine Brown

 

Incidence of supernumerary and deficient mammae in various inbred strains of mice., Catherine Brown

 

Blood changes in the aging Wvw and WvW anemics with the normal ww as a control., Michael Bucklin

 

Bone changes in mature mice of the large and small strains., Michael Bucklin

 

The inheritance of coat color in the house mouse, and the discovery of the underlying coat color of some of the albino strains of inbred mice., Michael Bucklin

 

The effect of a pteroylglutamic acid deficiency during gestation on the morthogenesis of the embryo in strain 129 mice., Nancy Burton

 

A study of audiogenic seizures in rabbits., Eunice Carlson

 

The influence of various factors on dominance in goats., John J. Coffey

 

The effect of ethanolamine on regenerating liver., Robert W. Colman

 

Degeneration and regeneration in the sciatic trunk of the DBA/1 mouse., Paul C. Dinu

 

Structure of the circulatory system in relation to the occurrence of spontaneous testicular teratomas in an inbred strain of mice., Bill Elieson

 

A Histochemical assay for phosphatases., John R. Esterly

 

Audiogenic seizures in rabbits., John R. Esterly

 

The degeneration and regeneration of the sciatic nerve trunk of the dba/1 strain mouse., Ann Ewalt

 

Natural and immune agglutinins and hemolysins for sheep red blood cells in certain strians of mice., Frederic Freilicher

 

Supernumerary and deficient mammae in mus musculus., Frederic Freilicher

 

The effects of mouse sarcoma 37 on the growth of embryonic mouse lung in vitro., Frederic Freilicher

 

An analysis of humerus and innominate measurements on small and large strains., Roberta Frogel

 

An analysis of the hypostatic genes of eye and cpat color in five minor albino strains: determined by crosses with three inbred strains of mice., Roberta Frogel

 

An analysis of the intensity of inherited macrocytic anemia as the function of age in the house mouse., Roberta Frogel

 

Experimental attempts to determine differences between sublines of a transplantable testicular teratome, 402A., Thomas D. Gelehrter

 

Experimental attempts to determine the effects of pretreatment upon host response to a tumor isograft., Thomas D. Gelehrter

 

The search for vascular correlates to teratoma and small testes in the inbred strain 129 mice., Hannah Jane Gould

 

The effect of castration, adrenalectomy, and a combination of the two on artificially induced pregnancy in prepuberal mice of the strain C57 Br/cd., Carolyn M. Hansen

 

The effect of castration on the second and eighth day of gestation on the mouse., Carolyn M. Hansen

 

The effect of various hormones on the uterine weight of prepuberal mice., Carolyn M. Hansen

 

The effects of various hormone combinations on the preparation of uteri of prepuberal C57 Br/cd mice for the reception of foreign fertilized eggs., Carolyn M. Hansen

 

Insulin, Trypan blue, and folic acid deficiency as teratogens in the C57BR/cd strian mouse., Paul A. Hargrave

 

Fractionation of ribonucleoprotein by isoelectric precipitation and analysis of the components in the fractions., Nancy Ann Hodgkins

 

Avoidance learning to three qualities of one stimulus., Elizabeth Kononen

 

An attempt to establish a clone of a sarcoma ascites tumor., Loretta Lambert

 

The effects of reserpine on the extinction of a conditioned fear response in inbred strains of mice., John Adam Lang

 

Visual discrimination learning in an inbred strain of mice., John Adam Lang

 

The effects of hormonal imbalance upon subcutaneous tumor growth and a study of hydrouterine fluid activity in mice., Erney Maher

 

The effects of weight and age on dominance in a herd of goats., Dale W. Matheson

 

A study of the effects of the gene disorganization as modified by different genetic backgrounds., Dorothy A. McMurphy

 

An attempt to study the differentiation of reaggregated, embryonic tissues of the mouse., Mary B. Meader

 

A study of supernumerary mammae in the mouse., Mary B. Meader

 

Strain differences in response to testosterone stimulation, as indicated by the percentage of mitotic cells found in the epithelium of the seminal vesicle., Ora Mendelsohn

 

A discussion of the development of sensory, motor and social behavior in two breeds of kittens., Paul D. Meyer

 

An analysis of nest building behavior in rabbits., Paul D. Meyer

 

A preliminary study of a sex-linked lethal gene, tortoise shell., Mary Joan Olsen

 

Embryonic skin homografts and histocompatibility., Samuel N. Rosen

 

A study of the bone growth in the humerus and innominate and a determination of the significance of strain and age., Schabtach

 

A study of the changes in the erythrocyte and leucocyte blood counts and the granulocyte-agranulocyte relationship during aging in the house mouse., Gretchen Schabtach

 

Determination of the hypostatic genes present in six minor strains of mice., Gretchen Schabtach

 

Avoidance learning in two strains of mice and their hybrids., Clayton C. Stenberg

 

Effects of reserpine on conditioned temperature responses in dogs., Clayton C. Stenberg

 

Escape learning in obese and non-obese mice., Clayton C. Stenberg

 

Physiological responses to emotional stimuli: thermal adjustment to stress., Clayton C. Stenberg

 

Attempts to activate the corpus luteum of ovulation in prepuberal mice., Jacquelyn Tessaro

 

Agressiveness of C57BL/10 mice toward strangers and siblings., Janet Tollman

 

The effects of testosterone propionate on aggression in male and female C57Bl/10 mice., Janet Tollman

 

Degeneration and regeneration of interrupted peripheral nerve fibers in DBA/1 mus musculus., P.K Trachtman

 

A correlation of gonadal vascularization with the occurrance of teratoma testis and small testis., Evelyn Wernham

 

An analysis of the various factors influencing dominance in a herd of goats., Barbara West

Submissions from 1954

 

Nucleic acid changes in lymph nodes responding to foreign tumor transplants as studied in the first and second set reactions of genetically resistant strains of mice., Paul Andreini

 

Estrus behavior in rabbits. Effects of lyophilized tissue on ovary transplants. To determine kidney degeneration by urinanalysis. Effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle of mice. Bone measurements. The effects of varying concentrations of ashed American asbestos on total leukocyte, eosinophil, and mast cells in the peritoneal fluid of mice., Patricia Ann Barnes

 

Estrus behavior in the female rabbit. The histocompatibility of ovaries transplanted from one strain of mouse to another. The detection of renal disorder in the A/Jax and Dba/2 strain of mice by means of urinanalysis. The effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle of the female mouse. Bone measurement. The effects of injections of ashed American asbestos fibers on the total leukocyte, eosinophil, and mast cells in the peritoneal fluid of mice. sponsor, Rolf Frederick Barth

 

The effect of varying concentrations of asbestos fibers on the numbers of total leukocytes, eosinophils, and mast cells in the peritoneal fluid of mice., Norman E. Beisaw

 

The effects of treated and untreated asbestos fibers upon the peritoneal fluid cells., Beisaw. Norman E

 

Estrus behavior. Reciprocal ovarian transplants. Urine analysis. Effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle., Joyce Elaine Bennet

 

To study oestrous behavior in ten races of inbred rabbits; to attempt to correlate the oestrous cycle of these rabbits to their behavior; and to compare racial and individual differences in the response of the rabbits to injections of estrogen; to study the possibility of reducing histocompatibility resistance to reciprocal transplants of ovaries homogenized tissue which had been lyophilized; to study the progress of renal disorders in the A/Jax and dba/2 strains of mice by urine analysis to study the estrous cycle of dba/1 and dba/2 female mice of vaginal smears, and to note the effects of estrogen and testosterone on the cycle; to compare the cephalic index and the lengths of the long bones of mice of the dba/2. C57BL/6, Swiss and Balb/c strains; to study the effects of ashed American asbestos, injected intra- peritoneally, on the total leucocytes, eosinophils, and mast cells of the peritoneal fluid of mature male dba/1 mice., Paul David Berk

 

Estrus behavior of the female rabbit; to study the possibility of reducing histocompatibility resistance to reciprocal ovarian transplants between strains of mice following the injection of homogenized tissue which had been lyophilized; the estrus cycle of the mouse; to compare the length of the long bones and the cephalic indices of the mouse., Fischer S. Black

 

To study the estrus cycle and the estrus behavior in the rabbit and also to compare individual and racial differences in response to estrogen in rabbits; to determine whether ovaries from one strain of mice can be transplanted successfully into another strain of mice, if the histocompatibility resistance can be reduced by the injection of lyophilized homogenized tissues; to study the progress of renal disorder in the A/Jax and dba strains of mice; to determine the effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle of the mouse, three month old dba1 and dba2 females were used for the experiment; to determine strain differences in the length of long bones and cephalic indices of the mouse strains dba, Swiss, Balb/C, and C57BL/6., Barry Robert Bloom

 

Observations on the survival of ovarian grafts., Charles Brill

 

Long bone measurements., Coburn Britton