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 1953

 

Comparative anatomy; long bone measurement; weight curves; estrus cycles; liver catalase; blood; lyophilized tumor; glucose; urine analysis; stilbestrol; fighting mice; jumping box; dominance in goats., Mary Stewart Skinner

 

An immunological study of the production and nature of hemagglutinating antibody in the rabbit., Arlene Small

 

Secondary school report., Joan E. Smith

 

The effect of adrenal transplantation to the kidney and spleen upon the regeneration of a second transplant., Roger Felix Spencer

 

Systemic differences; bone measurements; weight curves; estrus cycle; liver catalase; effects of nembutol and ether on blood; lyophilized tissue; glucose determination of pregnant and pseudopregnant rabbits; urine analysis; superovulation; stilbestrol; fighting mice; producing a conditioned stimulus in a dog., Daphne Kimball Stillman

 

Preliminary report of a study of the hormonal and reproductive capacities of reconstituted ovarian fragments in mice of strains 129 and C-Scott., Patricia Ann Tomlin

 

Secondary school report, Robert A. Weisberg

 

Comparative anatomy; bone measurement; weight curves; estrus cycles; liver catalase; the effects of anesthesia on normal blood counts in Swiss mice; lyophilized tumor; glucose in pregnant and pseudopregnant rabbits; urine analysis; mammary glands; fighting mice; dominance in goats; autonomic responses in dogs, James E. Wheeler

 

Competition of tumor and litter in uterus., Darcy B. Wilson

 

Contributions to the disclosure of the mechanism of gene action in determining resistance of C57BL/10-H-2d mice to neoplasms indigenous to the C57BL/6 strain. \ sponsor, Eleanora Marie Woloy

 

Hypoxia; the purpose of the experiment was to test the effects of a reduced amount of oxygen on the foeti of a pregnant mouse., Bonnie Gay Wood

 

Immunology; the purpose of the experiment was to discover the rate of antibody production in mice of genetically pure strains., Bonnie Gay Wood

 

Tumor implants; the purpose of this experiment was to determine whether the presence of tumor in a previously ligated horn of the BAF1 hybrid uterus will cause an abnormal gestation period or abnormal weight differences of sex tatios in young delivered from the other horn., Vernon Powell Woodward

Submissions from 1952

 

Secondary school report., Ann Grace Alpher

 

Effects of certain drugs on audiogenic seizures of mice., James H. Armstrong

 

Aspects of audiogenic seizures in mice., James H. Armstron

 

A discussion of routine tissue culture procedures learned at the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory., Mary E. Bartlett

 

An attempt to establish a homogeneous strain of mouse cells., Mary E. Bartlett

 

The effect of 6-n-propyl thiouracil on the development of transplanted mammary tumors in C3H and DBA mice., Barbara Beaman

 

Secondary school report., Joel E. Berne

 

Summer student report., Joel E. Berne

 

Effects of ultra-violet radiation on fertilized mouse ova., Joan Bolsterli

 

Student report., Henry Wade Bookout

 

Student report., Robert P. Broughton

 

Effect of nembutal on the leukocyte count of seven inbred strains of mice., Olga C. Budds

 

none listed., Jean V. Davis

 

Methods of preparing mouse chromosomes for cytological staining., Jean B. Dolloff

 

Student Report., Priscilla Ruth Everett

 

A histological study of ovarian development in the Axtest race of rabbit., Jean Bryce Felty

 

Student Report., Richard Alan Gams

 

Purpose and technique of gonadectomizing mice at two to three days post-partum., Richard F. Grochocki

 

Factors influencing the success of skin transplantation in mice., Helen Paders Halpern

 

Student Report., Lisa Hamilton

 

The effect of hypoxia on the blood picture of 5 pregnant rabbits., Peter Jay Hamre

 

The effects of nembutal on the glydemia level of various strains of mice., Hawley Jackson

 

The conditioning of a lever touching response in the albino mouse using a dim light as a reinforcing stimulus., George Bela Kish

 

Preliminary report of a simple method of bio-assay for placental gonadotrophins., Leida Klaar

 

The separation of the free amino-acids in plant tissue by paper chromatographic methods., Patricia A. Lambert

 

Student report., Philip E. McCurdy

 

Secondary school report., Alfred Joseph Morin

 

Aggressive behavior as observed in the C-57 female and C-albino female mice., John D. Peltz

 

Technique for preparing and embedding Spalteholtz type preparations in bio-plastic to show bone development., Frances Marie Pickle

 

The normal blood chemistry of rabbits as determined by clinical methods., K. Joyce Prestwidge

 

Student report., Fay Louise Richardson

 

Secondary school report., Sheila Roche

 

A behavioral study of male baby guinea pigs raised apart from their mother., Richard W. Sales

 

A study of domestic guinea pigs under semi-natural conditions., Richard W. Sales

 

The interactions between a small group of organized Basenjis and strange dogs., Richard W. Sales

 

Student report., Robert A. Shore

 

Student report., Joan E. Smith

 

None listed., David Solley

 

Effects of adrenal autotransplantation to the spleens of bilaterally and unilaterally adrenalectomized female mice., Roger Spencer

 

Secondary student report., Katherine Hereford Stoddert

 

Student report., Daniel Thau Teitelbaum

 

Genetic determinants of congenital anomalies induced in mice by hypoxia., Howard M. Temin

 

Secondary school report., John Kent Whiting

 

Student Report., Bruce Brighton Wilson

 

Student Report., Darcy Benoit Wilson

 

Secondary school report., Bonnie Gay Wood

 

Secondary school report., Vernon Powell Woodward

 

Tumors caused by intrasplenic and subcutaneous ovarian grafts in Leaden/RIII male mice., Claudine Zighera

Submissions from 1951

 

Studies in the experimental determination of the differential reaction of 24 and 120 hour old mice to 50 roentgen units of x-radiation., Blair Rice Behringer

 

Student report., Margolia Cohen

 

Student reports., Robert Wolf Colman

 

Student report., William L. Elkins

 

Secondary school report., Lisa Hamilton

 

Toxicity of progesterone on new-born mice from 0-168 hours of age., Peter Jay Hamre

 

Secondary school report., Philip E. McCurdy

 

Abnormalities in the mammae of certain inbred strains of mice., Francis E. Moore

 

Secondary school report., J. Gerald Needleman

 

Secondary school report., Donald Remsen Payne

 

Secondary school report., Fay L. Richardson

 

Secondary school report., Sandra Beth Rosenthal

 

Secondary school report., Roger Spencer

 

Student report., Daniel Teitelbaum

 

Development of a technique for and study of quantitative and qualitative variation in cell content of the caudate nuclei of a unilaterally decordicated monkey., Howard Temin

Submissions from 1950

 

Effects of environmental differences during the critical period on a litter of beagle dogs., Barbara Arndt

 

Effects of early weaning on sucking behaviorin dogs., Betty Bates

 

Effects of interstrain contact on the competitive behavior of C Bagg Albino mice., Ann Birnbaum

 

Development of a test of reasoning ability for the dog., Edward F. Bridges

 

A behavioral analysis of the effects of prolonged frustration., Barbara Brush

 

Some effects of (+) glutamic acid, and audiogenic seizures on maze learning in the dba-1 strain of mice., Kenneth Cohen

 

Secondary school report., Barry D. Coletti

 

Determination of the hemolytic titers of various inbred rabbit strains., Helen E. Fisher

 

Studies on the estimation of gonadotrophin in the plasma of mice., Frances Gamble

 

A study of follicular development in the immature female rabbit induced by post-menopausal urine., Richard N. Goldman

 

Observations of endocrine influence on mating behavior in the rabbit., Richard N. Goldman

 

A study of the W and Wv alleles using paper chromatography., Reba M. Goodman

 

Student report., Nancy Russell Grinell

 

A study of the metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid., Lloyd Guth

 

Secondary school report., Peter Jay Hamre

 

Effects of preweaning disturbance on growth in rabbits., Mary Elizabeth Haskell

 

A study in small animal census technique., A. Dexter Hinckley

 

Possible effects of extracts of mouse organs and hormones on growth of adventitious plantlets of Kalenchoe daigremontiana., David Ingall

 

Effect of estrogen on bony development., Lois Johnson

 

Endocrine relationships in the WvWv homozygote., Elaine C. Jones

 

A study concerning some general effects of adrenalectomies on the aggressive behavior of C57 black male mice., Myron B. Laver

 

Secondary school report., Frances E. Moore

 

Determination of the antigenic relationships of snuffle-causing organisms., Louise M. Moore

 

Secondary school report., George M. Pitkin