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 1954

 

Mouse vaginal smears and injections of estrogen and testosterone., Coburn Britton

 

Reciprocal ovary transplantation., Coburn Britton

 

Renal disease and urinanalysis., Coburn Britton

 

The effect of ashed American asbestos on the eosinophils, leukocytes and mast cells in the peritoneal fluid of mice., Coburn Britton

 

Rabbit behavior., Coburn Haskell Britton

 

Bone measurement., W. Dilworth Cannon

 

Effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrous cycle of a female mouse., W. Dilworth Cannon

 

Estrus behavior in the rabbit., W. Dilworth Cannon

 

The detection of degeneration of the kidneys of the A/Jax strain of mice in old age., W. Dilworth Cannon

 

The effects of varying concentrations of asbestos fibers on the total leukocytes, eosinophils, and mast cells in the peritoneal fluid of mice., W. Dilworth Cannon

 

The histocompatibility of ovarian transplantations between C57Bl/6's and Balb/c's after lyophilized tissue injections., W. Dilworth Cannon

 

Latent learning with guinea pigs., Winifred Dickinson

 

Vaginal smears in the rabbit., Donald P. Doolittle

 

The effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrous cycle of the mouse., Eliot Elson

 

The follow the progress of developing kidney degeneration in the A/JAX and DBA strains of mice., Elliot Elson

 

To study strain differences in the estrus behavior of rabbits., Elliot Elson

 

To study the possibility of reducing histocompatibility resistance to reciprocal transplants of ovaries between strains after the injection of homogenized tissue which had been lyophilized., Elliot Elson

 

Preliminary study of the interaction of the growth processes influencing the ossification patterns of the vertebral column of the rabbit., Helen Ruth Fox

 

Studies upon the relationship of fighting dominance to sexual behavior in male C57BL mice., Joan F. French

 

The survival time of ovarian homografts. Recovering offspring from ovarian homografts. Actively acquired tolerance of ovarian, splenic, and skin homografts., Tom Gelehrter

 

The influence of various traumatic situations on ovarian activity in line 129 mice., Joyce G. Gellhorn

 

Serological analysis of normal mouse organs by specific precipitation in gels., Rose J. Goldman

 

Maternal and fetal effects of insulin administration during the eighth day of pregnancy in the mouse., Robert I. Hamby

 

The effect of nutritive dilution on the food intake of obese and nonobese mice., George A. Jacoby

 

The effects of hypoxia on congenital defects in the DBA/2 strain of mice., Betsy W. Johnson

 

Uterine sensitivity to estrogen as related to spontaneous mammary tumor susceptibility in four strains of mice., Betsy W. Johnson

 

Attempt to establish a clone of the teratoma ascites tumor., Janet Reid Kauderer

 

Secondary school report., Gretchen Lange

 

Secondary school report., John Adam Lang

 

Enhancement of normal skin homografts by pretreatment of the hosts with a supernatent of sarcoma I., John K. Laverty

 

Secondary school report., Wendell W. Leavitt

 

Differences in response of inbred strains of mice to gonadotropic hormones., Joan I. Leopold

 

Correlation of estrus behavior in pregnant, pseudo pregnant, and estrogen treated rabbits. Cross strain ovary transplantation in mice. Urine analysis of the A-Jax and DBA strain mice. The effects of estrogen and testosterone injections on the estrus cycle of mice. Strain comparison of bone lengths. Effects of asbestos injections on the total leukocyte, eosinophil, and mast cell counts of the peritoneal fluid of mice., Edward W. Lollis

 

The effect of castration and the administration of thiouracil and thyroid on the age level threshold of young DBA/2 and C57BL/10 mice., Jean MacMillan

 

A study on the barrier effect of the ground substance in estrone treated swiss and hairless mice., Dorothy M. McMurphy

 

Individual and racial differences in response to estrogen in the rabbit. The effect of lyophilized injection on ovarian transplant between strains. Urine analysis. The effect of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle of the mouse. Long bone measurement. Reaction of the total leukocyte, eosinophil and mast cell of the peritoneal fluid of mice to varying solutions of ashed American asbestos., Mary B. Meader

 

Funny-foot: a neuromuscular anomaly in the 129 inbred strain; with histological study of the central nervous system., Ann M. Michelson

 

Hormonal effects of teratoma., Lynn Virginia Moorhead

 

The effects of intraperitoneal injections of a lipid and lipid-components on the mast cells in the peritoneal fluid and mesentery of mice., Maurice Albert Mufson

 

Estrus behavior of the female rabbit. Ovary transplantation between two strains of mice. Urinanalysis. Effect of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle of female dba mice. Long bone measurement. Effect of various concentrations of ashed American asbestos of the total leukocyte, eosinophil, and mast cell in the peritoneal fluid in mice., Jerome Murphy

 

Secondary school report., Sara Jane Platzman

 

Effects of nutrient renewal at a series of different time intervals on strain L mouse cells cultivated in vitro., Frances E. Roderick

 

Observations on the genetics of a dog blood group., Samuel Morton Rosen

 

The relationship between somatotype and the plasma proteins., Samuel Morton Rosen

 

Effects of hot and cold environmental temperatures on some physical and behavioral patterns in the dog and mice., Diane Sheaffer

 

Secondary school report., David B. Shear

 

Effects of hypoxia on congenital anomalies in the C3H strain., Mary Stewart Skinner

 

Physiological bases of hunger drive reduction and primary reinforcement., Mary Stewart Skinner

 

Summer student report., Wade Kilgore Smith

 

The effects of estrogen and progesterone on the vaginal smear of spayed rabbits., Arnold Starr

 

Some effects of audiogenic seizure, glutamic acid and anoxia on learning in DBA/1 mice using a Hebb-Williams maze., Martha Stauffer

 

To observe the estrus cycle of female rabbits by behavior studies with male rabbits and by means of vaginal smears. Ovary transplantation. Urinalysis. Estrus cycle with hormone injection. Bone measurement. Effects of American ashed asbestos on the total leucocyte,, Lida Inge Swafford

 

Attempts to induce and maintain pregnancy in immature female mice by injections of hormones., Jacquelyn Tessaro

 

Individual and racial differences in response to estrogen in the rabbit. Ovarian transplants. Urinanalysis of A/JAX and Dba mice. The effects of estrogen and testosterone upon the estrus of mice. Bone measurement. The effects of ashed American asbestos on the total leukocyte, eosinophil and mast cell counts in the peritoneal fluid of a mouse., Terry Thomas

 

The oestrus behavior of rabbits. Reciprocal ovarian transplants. To follow the progress of kidney disorders in the A/Jax and dba strains of mice by means of urinalysis. The effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrous cycle of female mice. Bone measurements. The effects of asbestos on the eosinophils, total leukocytes, and mast cells in the peritoneal fluid of mice., Janet Tollman

 

Estrus behavior of female rabbits. The effects of lyophilized homogenized tissue on reciprocal ovarian transplants. The effects of estrogen and testosterone on the estrus cycle of female mice. Bone measurement. The effects of varying concentrations of ashed American asbestos on the total leukovytes, eosinophils, and mast cells of peritoneal fluid in mice., Carolyn R. Walch

 

Individual and racial differences in response to estrogen in the rabbit. The effect of injections of lyophilized tissue upon the transplantation of ovaries between strains of mice. Urine analysis of the A/Jax strain of mice which development hydronephrosis. Effects of testosterone and estrogen on the estrus cycle of the mouse., Joan White

Submissions from 1953

 

Secondary school report., Charles Philip Abbott

 

Some aspects of audiogenic seizures in the rabbit., Pamela L. Alexander

 

The effect of previous auditory stimulation on the rate of incidence of audiogenic seizures in the DBA/1 male mouse., Pamela L. Alexander

 

The effect of repeated trials on the rate of incidence of audiogenic seizures in the DBA/1 male mouse., Pamela L. Alexander

 

Secondary school report., Ann Grace Alpher

 

Student report., Norman E. Beisaw

 

Some effects of audiogenic seizures on learning in DBA/1 mice using a Hebb-Williams maze., Richard Alan Blasband

 

The effect of food and water deprivation in BALB/c mice and forced activity in DBA/1 mice on audiogenic seizure incidence., Louis L. Brossard

 

Comparative anatomy; bone measurements; estrus cycles; blood report; glucose determinations on pregnant and pseudopregnant rabbits; urine analysis; fighting mice; dominance in goats; physiological psychology., Arthur D. Colman

 

An attempt to produce ectopic pregnancies in the lung and oviduct., Robert W. Colman

 

Comparative anatomy; bone measurements; estrus cycles; liver catalase; the effects of anesthesia on the blood; lyophilized tumors; glucose determination; urine analysis; superovulation; fighting mice; a study of dominance in goats., Stanley Strock Conner

 

Some aspects of reproductive physiology in females of four inbred strains of mice., William L. Elkins

 

Secondary School Report, Christopher Frederick Ellis

 

Secondary school report., Ernest W. Franklin III

 

Secondary school report., Priscilla Ruth Everett

 

The effect of intraperitoneally placed dialyzing sacks, containing normal mouse tissues, on the growth of mouse tumor homografts., David S. Friendly

 

The effects of cortisone and different eosinophil levels on antibody production in the mouse., Richard A. Gams

 

Growth of a strain of tumorous mouse cells cultivated in vitro., Milton J. Glasser

 

The effect of subcutaneous injections of foreign cells on the skin of haired and hairless mice., Peter J. Hamre

 

Student Report., Norris H. Hoyt

 

Student Report., Betsy W. Johnson

 

Comparative anatomy; weight curves; estrus cycles; blood analysis; glucose; superovulation., Howard E. Kulin

 

Social selection by C57BL/10 male mice., Joel Levy

 

The effects of testosterone propionate on young male C57BL/10 fighting mice., Joel Levy

 

A decrease in liver catalase activity caused by injection of lyophilized tumor., Jason B. Lipkind

 

A kinetic study of liver catalase activity in mice., Jason B. Lipkind

 

A Preliminary experiment showing the difference in normal catalase activity between inbred strains of mice., Jason B. Lipkind

 

The culturing of mouse eggs in vitro., Janet Loring

 

Secondary school report., Lynn Virginia Moorhead

 

The effect of thyroid treatment and of adrenalectomy on mice of three inbred strains in relation to their audiogenic seizure susceptibility., Catherine M. MacLellan

 

Funny foot: a neuromuscular anomaly in the 129 inbred strain., Ann M. Michelson

 

Preliminary attempts to grow explants of embryonic mouse gonads in tissue culture., Ann M. Michelson

 

Secondary school report., Alfred J. Morin

 

The effect of 24-hour periodicity and cortisone acetate on normal dogs., Maurice A. Mufson

 

Comparative anatomy; long bone measurement; weight curves in unweaned mice; the estrus cycle;liver catalase; the effects of ether and nembutal on the blood; lyophilized tumor; glucose level in the blood of rabbits; urine analysis; superovulation of immature female mice; mammary tumors; response latency in fighting mice; dominance in goats; emothional learning in dogs; the study of conditioned responses in human beings., Suzanne U. Murray

 

Comparative anatomy; long bone measurements; weight curves; estrus cycle; liver catalase; blood analysis; lyophilized tissue; glucose; urine analysis; superovulation; mammary gland; dominance in goats; autonomic, responses in dogs., Barbara A. Parker

 

A preliminary study on the vertebral ossification patterns of embryos of races III and X at twenty-one days + or - twelve hours., Alice Helen Parsons

 

The effect of placental activity on uterine growth in mice., John T. Porvaznik

 

Attempt to recover the giant in the C57L/He mice., Nancy Raney

 

The growth of normal embryonic gonads in vitro., Nancy Raney

 

Attempts to grow xanthium apices in vitro., Fay L. Richardson

 

The effect of certain steroids on flowering in xanthium plants., Fay L. Richardson

 

Inert substrates for tissue culture., Anne Elizabeth Schwarz