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VGN Funded Student Academic Research Grants
at
Baccalaureate Partner Institutions, INBRE 2005




Rebecca Drapp
Rebecca Drapp, Undergraduate
Saint Michael's College
rdrapp@smcvt.edu

Research Title:
"Genetic diversity of eastern lampmussel,
Lampsilis radiata, populations in Lake
Champlain and its tributaries"



Jennifer Higgins
Jennifer Higgins, Undergraduate
Department of Biochemistry
Middlebury College
jhiggins@middlebury.edu

Research Title:
"The Isolation of Possible Antimicrobial and Anticancer Drugs from Marine Sponges"



Aaron Kraut
Aaron Kraut, Undergraduate
Department of Biology
Middlebury College
akraut@middlebury.edu

Research Title:
"The effect of oxidative stress on in-vitro
bovine oocyte maturation"



Melanie Lussier
Melanie Lussier, Undergraduate
Johnson State College
lussierm@jsc.vsc.edu

Research Title:
"Effects of Ginkgo biloba on Oxidative Stress"



Michelle Miaskiewicz
Michelle Miaskiewicz, Undergraduate
Saint Michael's College
mmiaskiewicz@smcvt.edu

Research Title:
"Frameshift Mutations in a Reversion Assay of
the LYS2 Gene with high and low levels of
Transcription in Yeast"



Jessica Mollmark
Jessica Mollmark, Undergradute
Saint Michael's College
jmollmark@smcvt.edu

Research Title:
"Transcription-Associated Mutation Rates and spectra at the lys2[delta]A1835 allele in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"



Suzanne Nagi
Suzanne Nagi, Undergradute
Department of Biology and Environmental Studies
Middlebury College
snagi@middlebury.edu

Research Title:
"Past and present migration patterns in P.
mariana at their northern limit in the Brooks
Range: evidence from mitochondria and
nuclear DNA variation"



Stephanie Pritchard
Stephanie Pritchard, Undergradute
Middlebury College
spritcha@middlebury.edu

Research Title:
"Studying uppP and pap2 in Streptococcus mutans bacitracin resistance"



Adam Swick
Adam Swick, Undergradute
Department of Molecular Biology/Biochemistry
Middlebury College
aswick@middlebury.edu

Research Title:
"Characterization of a Novel Quinone
Oxidoreductase (qor) in Streptococcus
mutans"



Sarah Vensel
Sarah K. Vensel, Undergradute
Department of Environmental and Health Sciences
Johnson State College
Sarah.Vensel@jsc.vsc.edu

Research Title:
"Functional expression of CFTR and ENAC in normal and cystic fibrosis mouse airway epithelia"



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