Department of Biology

CHERINE A. ABU-EID

A Light and Electron Microscope Study of the Proventriculus and Ventriculus of the Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica virginica
George B. Chapman, Ph.D., Georgetown University Biology Department

FAHD AMJAD

Inhibition of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus by Tau-interferon.
Douglas Sobel, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center
George B. Chapman, Ph.D., Georgetown University Biology Department

R. AIMEE ANDO

The Immunology of the Maternal-Fetal Relationship: The Role of Cytokines in Pregnancy Maintenance and Labor
Diane W. Taylor, Ph.D., Biology Department, Georgetown University

DAVID M. ANTONETTI

The Physiological Effects, Biochemical Mechanisms, and Pathogenesis Associated with Angiotensin II
Thomas O'Keefe, MS, VM, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Biology Department

SITHARA BATCHA

Distinguishing between the febrile and the Immune Response Pathways
Barbara M. Bayer, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine

JOYCE CHIU

Factors Controlling the Toxic Behavior of Pfiesteria piscicida and the Implications of Its Presence in Estuaries and Coastal Waters
Professor Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

DAVID M. COGNETTI

The characterization of the growth regulatory gene, CaBMH, of the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans.
Joy E. Sturtevant, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Thomas A. O'Keefe, Department of Biology, Georgetown University.

CAROLINE COLUMBRES

Searching for the puzzling origins of schizophrenia: a neurobiological and genetic perspective.
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

LAURA A. COTTAM

Congenital red-green colorblindness is an X-linked trait that interferes with the normal perception of color in the human eye.
Ronda J. Rolfes, Ph.D., Department of Biology Georgetown University

RANDALL O. CRAFT

Do cytokines cycle?: profiles of LIF, HB-EGF, and G-CSF in human plasma and non-pregnant endometrium (a suggested role in blastocyst implantation).
Helen J. Mardon, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU

MICHAEL TRI H. DO

The Tyrosine Kinase Syk Abates Malignant Behavior in Human Breast Carcinoma Cells by Increasing ECM-Dependence and Suppressing Phagocytic Activity
Susette C. Mueller, Department of Cell Biology and Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical School
Ellen J. Henderson, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

CHARLES FERGUSSON

DNA Fingerprinting
Ronda Rolfes, Georgetown University

JENNIFER FETNER

The Effects of The Ketogenic Diet on Kainic Acid Induced Seizures on Seizure Onset, Duration, And Intensity
Dr. Douglas Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

DANIELLE JOANNE GERALDI

The dual nature of the botulinum neurotoxin with respect to human physiology
Professor Thomas O'Keefe, Georgetown University Department of Biology

KELLY GOODWIN

The Absence of Fibronectin Expression in Tumorigenic HPV-Immortalized Keratinocytes is Due to a Translational Block
Richard Schlegel, M.D./Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Georgetown University

KAREN M. HALLERMEIER

Mutational Analysis of the Human Luteinizing Hormone/Chorionic Gonadotropin Receptor Gene in Leydig Cell Hypoplasia
Dr. Wai-Yee Chan, Departments of Pediatrics and Cell Biology
Ronda Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

AIMEE L. HANSON

The Influence of Infant Position on Mortality in the First Year of Life in Tursiops truncatus.
Janet Mann, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

JANINE N. HILL

The Physical Nature of the BAS1-BAS2 Regulatory Complex
Ronda Rolfes, Georgetown Biology Department (Genetics)

MOLLY E. HILLIS

The Female Athlete Triad: Eating Disorders, Amenorrhea and Osteoporosis
Dr. D. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

KRISTIAN W. HONEY

Nucleus Ambiguus Vagal Input into the Cranial Medial Ventricular (CMV) Ganglion Plexus Mediates Selective Parasympathetic Effects on Ventricular Contractility in the Dog
Dr. Richard Gillis & Dr. Linda Dickerson, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine

ROBERT HOYER

Identification of a Null HLA-B Allele in a Caucasian Family
Carolyn Hurley, Georgetown University Medical Center

EILEEN HSU

HLA-A*28 Allele Frequency in the Five Major U.S. Ethnic Groups
Carolyn K. Hurley, Ph.D., C.W. Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University

MARGARET KEMPER

Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Developing Liver, Kidney and Heart
Dr. Margit Hamosh, Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

ANDY KLEIN

Comparison of Hypertrophic and Resting Chondrocytes
Dr. Underhill, Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Henderson, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

JEFFREY KRYGIER

Marked Sensitization of Breast Cancer Cell Lines to Taxol Treatment by HER-2 Antisense Oligonucleotides In Vitro and In Vivo.
Esther H. Chang, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Lombardi Cancer Center
Ellen J. Henderson, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Biology
* Jeff was awarded the Chapman Medal from the Department of Biology for this thesis research project 

RYAN LE VASSEUR

Maternal and Infant Activity Budgets in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus.
Professor Janet Mann, Biology Department, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

ELIZABETH M. LILLIS

Dynamic Flowers: Ontogenetically Variable Floral Communication Mechanisms
Dr. Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

ERIC M. LIND

Good Housekeeping: Shelter-Building and Frass Ejection Behaviors in Larvae of Epargyreus clarus, the Silver-spotted Skipper (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Professor Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University.

GINA MAGISANO

P-Glycoprotein: Multidrug Resistance, Modulation, and Potential for Clinical Application in Cancer Therapy
Ellen J. Henderson, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair, Biology Department, Georgetown University

ALEJANDRA M. MAYORGA

The Neurophysiology of Sleep and Dreaming
Dr. D. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

PATRICIA M. MITCHELL

The Impact of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on the Seabird Populations Contrasted with Changing Environmental Conditions.
Philip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

KRISTEN MARY NIENHAUS

The functional significance of mother-infant separations in wild bottlenose dolphins, (Tursiops ssp.).
Dr. Janet Mann, assistant Professor of Psychology and Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

MASON W. OLTMAN

A study of the time-course of seizure protection following initiation of a ketogenic diet in Sprague-Dawley rats.
Dr. Douglas Eagles, Assistant Professor of Biology, Georgetown University

MICHAEL P. O'REILLY

Parametric Mapping of Magnetic Relaxation for the Optimization of Functional Brain Imaging
James Pekar, Ph.D. Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences
Joseph Neale, Ph.D. Georgetown University Department of Biology

MARENA PATRONAS

A Light and Electron Microscope Study of the Abdominal Ganglia, Interganglionic Connectives and Peripheral Nerves of the Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica virginica.
George B. Chapman, Ph.D., Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Georgetown University Biology Department

NEIL G. RELLOSA

Defining the Term Animal Language for the Study of Animal Communication Systems: Investigating the Possibility of Nonhuman Language.
Dr. Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

ANNE RIFKIN

Male Mate Choice in Macaca mulatta
Professor Janet Mann, Biology Department, Georgetown University, Washington D.C

PADMA SHAH

The Kinetics of the Humoral Response to Plasmodium Yoelii
Diane W. Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University

TOLINA TINA SON

Investigation of Global Amphibian Decline as an Indicator of Environmental Deterioration
Professor Sze, Biology Department, Georgetown University

NITIKRAI J. SUWANGONSAKUL

The Cooperative Hunting in Wolves
Janet Mann, Biology and Psychology Department, Georgetown University

SCOTT THOMAS

The Role of Constitutive MEK Activity in the Induction of Estrogen-Independent Growth and Apoptosis of Breast Cancer Cells
Dorraya El-Ashry, Ph.D., Lombardi Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center

DEIRDRE E. VALENTINE

The foraging behavior of rehabilitated California sea lions, Zalophus californianus
Dr. Philip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Michelle Lander, The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA

MICHAEL VARDARO

Biodiversity in the Marine Abyss
Dr. Philip Sze, Georgetown University, Biology Department

DEIRDRE WARDE

Immunohistochemical Study of AMPA and NMDA-Selective Glutamate Receptor Subtypes in the Hippocampal Formation of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
David M. Armstrong, Neuroscience Research Center,
Allegheny University Hospitals
Joseph Neale, Georgetown University

PAUL E. ZAREK

Drug Protocol for Renal Allograft
Dr. Diane Wallace Taylor, Georgetown University

AREZOO ZOMORRODI

Relative Roles of Lens Protein Glycation and Polyol Accumulation in Cataractogenesis of Galactose-fed Rats
W. Gerald Robison Jr, Jorge L. Jacot, and Joel P. Golver , National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Kennan V. Kellaris and Ronda J. Rolfes, Georgetown University
* Arezoo was awarded the Chapman Medal from the Department of Biology for this thesis research project