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Former
Students (Year Graduated)
Graduate Students
Karissa Braaten (2010) - Broad specturm antibacterial property of oil smoke vapors.
Jason Elrod (2004) - Competition studies of B. japonicum strains based
on autoinducer production. Characterization of autoinducer production
in selected strains.
Jason now does water testing for Rolla Municipal Utilities.
Aruna Lamba (2007) - Ames testing of soybean oils and soy based obscurrant smoke.
In collaboration with Dr. Subhen Kapila, UMR Chemistry department.
Jiyeon Park (2005) - Regulation of B. japonicum hemA and sdhCDAB
gene expression in response to heme, iron and oxygen.
Jiyeon completed her PhD at the University of Illinois and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis..
Sangeetha
Ramamurthy (2006) - Ames testing of soybean oils and
soy based obscurrant smoke. In collaboration with Dr. Subhen Kapila,
UMR Chemistry department. Sangeetha is now a research assisitant at
the University of South Alabama.
Undergraduate Students
Tina Andrews (2000) - Ames testing of experimental plant hormones.
Tina is currently working for the FBI and studying for her Masters
degree at George Washington University.
C. Robyn Bartosik (1998) - Cloning and sequencing of the B. japonicum
nuo operon
Robyn went to Graduate school at Northern Illinois University.
Christina
Bockman - Testing antifungal coatings.
Ashley Boudria - Characterization of autoinducer production in Bradyrhizobium
japonicum
Ashley is the recipient of a 2006 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Nicole Brossier (2004) - Germination studies of various Bacillus species.
Nicole is an MD/PhD candidate at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Nicole Buxton (2010) - Antifungal properties of commercial coatings
Richard Campos (2010) - Isolation and characterization of PCB degrading bacteria from contaminated soils. Richard is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award
Helen Cardwell (2011) iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens.
Cory Cheatham (2009) -Cory is the recipient of a 2006 ASM Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship (co-advised with Dev Niyogi) and a 2007 OURE Fellows award and 2008 OURE award. Development of a biological ethanol sensor for the 2007 and 2008 iGEM competition. Cory is currently a medical student and Saint Louis University..
Michael Deblois - Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass
Michael is the recipient of a 2006 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Meghan Donnellan-
Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass.
Meghan is the recipient of a 2004 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Sara Ellebracht (2006) - Testing antifungal coatings.
Jessica Fazio - Characterization of autoinducer production in Bradyrhizobium
japonicum
Shannon Franks (2011) - Carboxin resistant strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
Shannon is the recipient of a 2010 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Vickey Gulley (2002) - Construction of an sdh deletion strain
of B. japonicum. Regulation of the B. japonicum sdh operon.
Vickey went to medical school at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic
Medicine and is now in residency in Jefferson City, MO.
Adam Guss (2000) - Structure and function of B. japonicum succinate dehydrogenase.
Adam was the recipient of a Sustaining Members Undergraduate Research
Fellowhip from the American Society for Microbiology. Check out the
following link to get information on this and other ASM fellowships
- ASM Fellowhips.
Adam competed his PhD in Microbiology at the University of Illinois
and is now a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Labs..
Suzanne Hagan (1999)- Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass.
Suzanne earned an Outstanding Undergraduate Research Presentation
award at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Missouri Branch of the ASM.
Suzanne completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Missouri
- Columbia.
Robert Hail - Isolation of native B. japonicum species and characterization
of their autoinducer production.
Crystal Halloran (2011) - The role of endosymbiotic bacteria in protecting poplar from contaminated waters.
Crystal is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award and earned first place for best poster in the Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Symposium. Crystal is now studying to become a physician assistant.
Ben Heiman (2010) - iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens .
Kristen Hinton (2010) - Isolation and characterization of TCE degrading endosymbiotic bacteria. Kristen is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award
Nichole Hurd (2011) - iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens . Nichole is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award and a 2010 OURE Fellows award. She earned first place for best poster in the 2010 Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Shamim Jaleel (2007) - Characterization of autoinducer production in Bradyrhizobium
japonicum
Shamim is the recipient of a 2006 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Amy Johnston - Screening for Autoinducer molecules in B. japonicum.
Regulation of the B. japonicum sdh operons.
Rachel Klapper (2010) - Development of a biological ethanol sensor for the 2007 and 2008 iGEM competition. Rachel is the recipient of a 2007 and 2008 OURE award
Jen Kresse (2009) -Identification of bph degrading bacteria from the rhizosphere. Jen is the recipient of a 2008 OURE award
Andy Laegeler (2001) - Construction of carboxin resistant strains
of B. japonicum. Andy went to graduate school at Rice University.
Kyle Lampe (2004) -Regulation of the B. japonicum sdh operons by
carbon source, heme, iron and oxygen. Kyle is now a graduate student
and the University of Colorado.
Tara Maassen (2002) -Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass.
Tara was the recipient of a 2001 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
Experience award.
Patrick Martin (2011) iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens .
Shilpa Mathkar (2003) - Ames testing of soybean oils and soy based
obscurrant smoke. Shilpa now works for DuPont in Delaware.
Dustin Miller (2003) - Cloning
of NADH dehydrogenase genes. Dustin is in medical school in Florida.
Marcie Moore (1999) - Cloning and sequencing of the B. japonicum
nuo operon
Marcie is now working at Monsanto.
Ashley Mueller (2011) - The role of endosymbiotic bacteria in protecting poplar from contaminated waters.
Ashley is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award and earned first place for best poster in the Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Symposium. Ashley is a graduate student at Washington University..
Eziamaka Okafor - Construction of an sdh deletion strain of B. japonicum. Ezi was a high school student doing a summer
project in the lab. She is currently a student at Stanford University
Brian Pink (2010) Development of a biological ethanol sensor for the 2007 and 2008 iGEM competition.
Brian is the recipient of a 2007 and 2008 OURE award.
Rebecca Prewett (2003) - Characterization of autoinducer molecules in B. japonicum.
Rebecca is in medical school at Des Moines University
Meghan Ray (2011) - iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens . Daniel is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award and a 2010 OURE Fellows award. She earned first place for best poster in the 2010 Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Kirsten Reynolds (2003) - Characterization of autoinducer molecules
in B. japonicum. Kirsten
was the recipient of a 2002 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
Experience award.
Daniel Roush (2011) - Quorum sensing in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Also a member of the iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens . Daniel is the recipient of a 2009 OURE award and a 2010 OURE Fellows award. She earned first place for best poster in the 2010 Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Dee Scheman (1998) - Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass
Dee attended Medical School at the University of Kansas.
Jackie Schneider (2010) -Development of a biological ethanol sensor for the 2007 and 2008 iGEM competition. Jackie is the recipient of a 2007 and 2008 OURE award
Matt Seelke (2000)- Screening for Autoinducer molecules in B.
japonicum Matt is currently applying to Medical Schools.
Darla Severin (2001) - Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass
Darla is the recipient of a 2000 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
Experience award.
Darla is a medical student in Arizona.
Deborah Shannon - Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass
Deborah is the recipient of a 2006 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Sooyoung Shin - iGEM team - Cloning outer membrane cytochrome genes from Geobacter sulfurreducens . Sooyoung was a visiting student from Korea.
Erin SInd (2010) - Identification of bph degrading bacteria from the rhizosphere. Erin is the recipient of a 2008 OURE award
Lauren Sisel - Construction of autoinducer deficient strains of B. japonicum.
Elizabeth
Smith - Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass
Elizabeth is the recipient of a 2006 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Sandy Smith (2002)- Screening for Autoinducer molecules in B.
japonicum.
Jaime Statler - Characterization
of autoinducer production in Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Crystal Thomas (2004) - Use of DNA in glass beads as a taggant. Crystal was
the recipient of a 2002 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience
award.
Melinda Tierney (2003) - Screening for autoinducer molecules in B. japonicum and cloning of genes involved in autoinducer production. Melinda went
to graduate school at the University of Tennessee.
Andrew van
Brundt (1999) Regulation of the B. japonicum nuo and sdh operons.
Andrew is in graduate school at the University of Missouri Saint Louis.
Ravi Viswanathan (2000)- Effectiveness of antimicrobial glass
Ravi was the recipient of a 1999 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
Experience award.
Ravi went to medical school at the Rush School of Medicine in Chicago.
Mark Waites (1998) - Regulation of the B. japonicum nuo and sdh operons.
Mark was the recipient of a 1998 Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
Experience award.
Mark went to Graduate school at the University of Illinois.
Michelle Windsor (2004) - Biofilm inhibition by antimicrobial glass.
Michelle was the recipient of a 2002 Opportunities for Undergraduate
Research Experience award.
Kaitlyn Wong (2010) - Identification of bph degrading bacteria from the rhizosphere.
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