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

 

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

 

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