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March 2003 Institution

Grants from the March 15, 2003 Deadline
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College/ University Subject Title Student Mentor
Albertson College of Idaho Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
The Effects of Cadmium on Apoptosis in Cultured Rainbow Trout Gill Cells Lindsay Rachel Barclay Sara Heggland
Arizona State University Behavioral
Ecology
Visual Evaluation of Male Age and Female Choice in the Sulphur Butterfly, Colias eurytheme Nathan Isaiah Morehouse Ronald Rutowski
Arizona State University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
Size-dependent selection on vision in insects Justin William Merry Ronald Rutowski
Auburn University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Differential Allocation of Yolk Content in Birds: Do Females Play Favorites? Kristen Jean Navara Mary Mendonca
Auburn University Tectonics /
Geophysics
Assessing geophysical methods to track electrochemical changes catalyzed by sulfate-reducing bacteria Stephanie Eliesa Park Lorraine Wolf
Auburn University Petrology /
Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry of Naturally Occurring Arsenic in the Groundwater from Alluvial Aquifers in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A. Shahnewaz Mohammad James Saunders
Baylor College of Medicine Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Effects of HTLV-I Tax on cellular mutation frequency and tumorigenesis in vivo Michael Lawrence Gatza Susan Marriott
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus Ecology Nutritional Ecology of the Fat Sand Rat (Psammomys obesus): dealing with oxalate Niv Palgi Berry Pinshow
Boise State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
OSM-Induced Endothelial Cell Tube Formation Alexander Everett Ide Cheryl Jorcyk
Boise State University Behavioral
Ecology
Sex ratio variation: a confirmatory test of the Trivers and Willard hypothesis Nicole Angeleen Taylor James Belthoff
Boston University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Functional Analysis of Hox Genes in Cnidaria: Diced vs Large dsRNA Patrick Michael Burton John Finnerty
Boston University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
VOCALIZATION ANALYSIS OF THE SRI LANKAN RADIATION OF DIRECT-DEVELOPING RHACOPHORID FROGS Madhava Priyantha Meegaskumbura Christopher Schneider
Calfornia State University, Fullerton Paleontology /
Sedimentation
An Initial Multi-Proxy Study of Paleoprecipitation and Drainage Basin Dynamics (Crystal Lake, Southern California) DeRose B Margie Matthew Kirby
California State University, Chico Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Characterization of Microbial Eukaryotes in Hydrothermal Environments from Lassen Volcanic National Park Patricia Bitterman Brown Gordon Wolfe
California State University, Long Beach Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Age and growth of the round stingray, Urolophus halleri at Seal Beach, California. Loraine Frances Hale Chris Lowe
California State University, Long Beach, California Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Growth rates of the weedy sea dragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Kristy Lynne Forsgren Christopher Lowe
California State University, Northridge Behavioral
Ecology
Is Diurnal Aggregation Socially Mediated in Nocturnal Lizards? Jennifer R Weist Robert Espinoza
Catholic University of America Anthropology Potters and Prestige in the Early Middle Horizon: Craft Specialization during the Emergence of the Huari Empire as Seen from Conchopata, Ayacucho, Peru Barbara Lee Wolff Anita Cook
Central Michigan University Ecology Genetic analysis of Michigan's bobcat populations Devin Garth Millions Bradley Swanson
Central Michigan University Ecology Genetic Analysis of Black-Footed Ferret for Reintroduction Purposes Cynthia K Maddox Bradley Swanson
Central Washington University Tectonics /
Geophysics
Geologic Evidence for Distributed Slip across the Owens Valley, California Kimberly Nguyen Le Jeff Lee
Central Washington University Ecology An estimate of the contribution of anaerobic bacteria to the secondary productivity in haloalkaline, Soap Lake (WA.) Melissa Ann Elizabeth Sakaley Holly Pinkart
Clemson University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
The Role of EhRab11 in the Protozoan Parasite, Entamoeba histolytica Glen Chapman McGugan Temesvari Lesly
Clemson University Behavioral
Ecology
Effect of stand-level manipulations of woody debris on daytime refuge selction by cotton mice Travis Marc Hinkelman Susan Loeb
Colgate University Petrology /
Geochemistry
Mafic Intrusions of the Dinkey Creek Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, California Evan B Goldstein William Peck
College of Wooster Behavioral
Ecology
Behaviors associated with contact calls in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) Melissa Ann Reisland Vikram Iyengar
Colorado School of Mines Petrology /
Geochemistry
Petroleum System of the Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, Eastern Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming and Colorado Ira Pasternack John Curtis
Colorado State University Behavioral
Ecology
The impact of obligate (Polyergus breviceps) and facultative (Formica sanginea) slave-making ants on their Formica fusca host Jeremy Matthew Bono Michael Antolin
Cornell University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Envenoming, digestion, and nutrition in captive pitvipers. Jason Ortega Harry Greene
Cornell University Ecology Testing species distribution patterns: comparative population genetic structure of Costa Rican glass frogs Jeanne Marie Robertson Kelly Zamudio
Cornell University Ecology The effect of host population genetic structure on patterns of disease in the Gorgonia ventalina-Aspergillus sydowii pathosystem Jason Phillip Andras C. Harvell
Cornell University Behavioral
Ecology
Causes and consequences of divorce in Swallows Paulo Emilio Llambias David Winkler
Cornell University Ecology Bamboo Specialization Among Amazonian Birds Daniel Jason Lebbin John Fitzpatrick
Cornell University Behavioral
Ecology
Sexual selection of marine bioluminescence ostracods Trevor J Rivers James Morin
Cornell University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
Phylogeography of the Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum): Testing Hypotheses about the Origin of Central Highlands Fauna Brian Jay Stewart Kelly Zamudio
Drake University Ecology The effects of habitat quantity and quality on the abundance of savanna remnant-dependent lepidoptera Michelle Nicole Lewis Keith Summerville
Duke University Ecology Stable isotope analysis of avian diet Jessica Lanzl Hardesty John Terborgh
Duke University Behavioral
Ecology
Inferring patterns of cultural evolution from patterns of song dialects in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha). Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry Stephen Nowicki
Duke University Behavioral
Ecology
Avian nest defense at high elevation: life history trade-offs and energetic constraints Renee Ann Duckworth Stephen Nowicki
Duke University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
Genetics of adaptation in Mimulus guttatus Megan Christine Hall John Willis
Duke University Ecology Forest Tree Fecundity: Community diversity and response to global change. Shannon Lea LaDeau James Clark
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Ecology Identification and Quantification of the Macroalgal epiphytes of the seagrass Zostera marin in the Chincoteague Bay Virginia Elaine J Moyer Jerilyn Jewett-Smith
East Tennessee State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Cloning, Expression and Characterization of a putative Glucosyltransferase from Grapefruit leaves(Petunia hybrida) Tapasree Roy Sarkar Cecilia McIntosh
Fairfield University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Prevention of Apoptosis in Articular Chondrocytes by Metallothionein Andrea Christina Bazos Glenn Sauer
Florida Institute of Technology Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Temperature Differential as a Detector of Thermal Contrast in the Infrared Imaging of Crotaline Snakes James Urban Van Dyke Michael Grace
Florida International University Behavioral
Ecology
Costs and Benefits of Male and Female Parental Investment in Eleutherodactyus johnstonei, a Frog with Amphisexual Parental Behavior Steven McKinley Whitfield Maureen Donnelly
Fordham University Psychology Measurement Equivalence of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire: An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory Methods Brett David Thombs David Bernstein
Georgetown University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Investigation of sterile transcripts in Giardia lamblia Smilja Teodorovic Heidi Elmendorf
Harvard University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
The effect of turbulence on natural fish distributions: exploring mechanisms of energy economy James C. Liao George Lauder
Harvard University Anthropology Deciphering Ancient Maya Political Hierarchy: an Integrated Study of the Non-Royal Elite Sarah Elizabeth Jackson David Stuart
Harvard University Psychology Is dog social cognition a product of selection for cognition or an accidental byproduct of domestication? Brian Alexander Hare Wrangham Richard
Harvey Mudd College Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Identification of Proteases Responsible for Processing of the Sperm Surface Protein Fertilin Beta Kevin Michael Esvelt Hal Van Ryswyk
Idaho State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Effects of Lipoic Acid on Insulin Stimulated Glucose Transport in Primary Adult Human Skeletal Muscle Cells Tracy Ann Becker Cindy Wilson
Illinois State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Kinetic Evaluation of Coproporphyrinogen Oxidase Using an Isomer of the Natural Substrate Christopher Langston Cooper Marjorie Jones
Illinois State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
The effects of aging on memory B cells. Kiley S McGlauchlen Laura Vogel
Immaculata University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Lung protective ventilatory strategies and antioxidative therapy to reduce lung matrix and surfactant dysfunction in the neonatal lung. Stephenie Rebecca Fleegle Marla Wolfson
Indiana State University Anthropology Determining Familial Relationships Using Ancient DNA from Urban and Rural Historic Burials Michelle Diane Sivilich Elaina Tuttle
Indiana University - Bloomington Behavioral
Ecology
Sexual Selection and the Good Parent Process Joel William McGlothlin Ellen Ketterson
Indiana University - Bloomington Ecology Ecological and evolutionary implications of rodent-mediated spore dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Scott Alan Mangan James Bever
Iowa State University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Does DNA oxidative damage increase with age in birds? Wei Liu Carol Vleck
James Madison University Psychology The effects of social housing and environmental enrichment on the development of stereotypies in laboratory housed deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus Jessica Violet Sewald Suzanne Baker
Johns Hopkins University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
The effect of exercise on the morphology of muscle attachment sites Ann Christine Zumwalt Christopher Ruff
Kansas State University Behavioral
Ecology
FACTORS AFFECTING NEST DESERTION BY BELL’S VIREOS IN RESPONSE TO BROOD PARASITISM Karl L Kosciuch Brett Sandercock
Kent State University Hydrology / Geomorphology numerical simulation of groundwater movement in a basin under compressional tectonics in NW Himalayas Muhammad Asim yoram eckstein
Kenyatta University Chemistry Bioavailability of beta-carotene from solar-dehydrated dark green leafy vegetables among preschool children Mildred Pauline Oyugi Hudson Nyambaka
Kenyatta University Chemistry Synthesis and characterization of vanadium-iron-sulphur complexes as possible models for nitrogenase Evans Ogwagwa Changamu Naftali Muriithi
Loma Linda University Behavioral
Ecology
ADULT MENTORING OF CAPTIVE-REARED CALIFORNIA CONDOR FLEDGLINGS, Gymnogyps californianus, SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE INTO THE WILD Amy Christina Utt Nancy Harvey
Long Beach State Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Standard and Routine Metabolism of the kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus) Kimberly Kaye Johnson Christopher Lowe
Louisiana State University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
Testing the Faster X Theory in Lepidoptera Brian Alan Counterman Mohamed Noor
Louisiana State University Chemistry Understanding Structure-Property Relationships of Heavy-Fermions Robin Tran Macaluso Julia Chan
Louisiana State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Isolation and Characterization of Phenotypic Modifiers of Siamese Remmy Wekesa Kasili John Larkin
Marshall University School of Medicine Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
INVOLVEMENT OF THE MOUSE BICC1 GENE IN BODY PLAN ASYMMETRY Sarah Jane Price Elizabeth Bryda
Memorial University of Newfoundland Ecology Terrestrial- and marine-based food sources for zooplankton on the Beaufort Sea Shelf Tara N. Businski Donald Deibel
Miami University - Ohio Behavioral
Ecology
Condition-Dependent and Delayed Reproductive Benefits of Sexual Cannibalism Shawn Michael Wilder Douglas Meikle
Miami University - Ohio Ecology Genetic Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation Karen Lynn Mumy Robert Findlay
Miami University - Ohio Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Role of antisense RNA in control of Drosophila 4f-rnp expression Janaki Rangarajan Jack Vaughn
Miami University - Ohio Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Retina Regeneration at the Molecular Level Jason Robert Spence Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
Miami University - Ohio Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Mechanisms Regulating Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in Rat Sympathetic Neurons Lance Miles Maynard Lori Isaacson
Michigan Technological University Physics / Astronomy Multispectral Analysis of the August 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima, Japan Emily Booth McCarthy Gregg Bluth
Middlebury College Physics / Astronomy Probing Shocks in the SN 1006 Supernova Remnant Katherine Anne Brutlag P Winkler
New Mexico State University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
Ecotones or Refugia: A GIS and stress measurement approach to determine historical processes from current geographic locations of hybrid zones Nathan Garrick Swenson Daniel Howard
New York University Anthropology Pastoral Economies in Early Cities and States: Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from Transcaucasia Jennifer J Piro Rita Wright
North Carolina State University Psychology Emotion and Self Concept Influence Children's Reports of A Salient Experience Kimberly Linhart Eaton Lynne Baker-Ward
North Carolina State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Bridging the Gap: Could Connexins Be the Key to Rapid Sex Change in a Coral Reef Fish? Kathryn Anne Coulombe John Godwin
North Carolina State University Physics / Astronomy Vertical Modes in Accretion Disks in Close Binary Stars Michael Parker Owen John Blondin
Northern Arizona University Petrology /
Geochemistry
An analytical approach to the interpretation of complex dome evolution: Cerro Pizarro, Mexico Siobhan Roberta McConnell Nancy Riggs
Northern Illinois University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Characterization of Antizyme-1 in Mammalian Cells Carrie Lynn DeBlecourt John Mitchell
Ohio State University Anthropology Evolutionary Association of Hominid Crania and Eye Orbits Michael Paul Masters Jeffrey McKee
Ohio University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Immunolocalization of the binding site of the release-inhibiting antibodies in Trypanosoma cruzi infected cells. Jaime Alfredo Costales Edwin Rowland
Ohio University Paleontology /
Sedimentation
Environments of the early terrestrial biota in the Massanutten Sandstone (Early Silurian, Virginia) Alexandru Mihail Florian Tomescu Gar Rothwell
Oklahoma State University Psychology Bilingualism and the Tip-of-the-Tongue Experience Elaine Chantal Fernandez Shelia Kennison
Oregon State University Systematics /
Evolutionary
Biology
THE ROLE OF CHEMICAL SIGNALING IN THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL ISOLATION IN TERRESTRIAL SALAMANDERS Catherine Anne Palmer Lynne Houck
Pennsylvania State University Tectonics /
Geophysics
Active Normal Faulting in the Searles Valley: Contributions to Late Quaternary displacement within the Eastern California Shear Zone. Tye Numelin Eric Kirby
Pennsylvania State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Adding a Twist to Breast Cancer Skeletal Metastasis Robyn R Mercer Andrea Mastro
Pennsylvania State University Hydrology / Geomorphology Occurance, Fate, and Transport of Pharmaceuticals at Penn State's Living Filter Project Jennifer Lynn Nemitz (nee Aring) Richard Parizek
Pennsylvania State University Hydrology / Geomorphology Refining complex spatial distribution of Hydrogeologic variables by the integration of engineering site investigation and construction data Tyrone O. Rooney Richard Parizek
Pennsylvania State University Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
MCP-1 in Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis Michelle Kinder Andrea Mastro
Princeton University Ecology Temporal community dynamics of blood parasites (Plasmodium spp.) in a tropical passerine population: Clay-colored robin (Turdus grayi). Andrea Burrowes Gager Barbara Grant
Princeton Unversity Ecology Population Dynamics of Hendra Virus in Australian Fruit Bats Juliet Rachel Crowder Pulliam Andrew Dobson
Purdue University Psychology The Effectiveness of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for Children with Autism: A Meta-Analysis of Intervention Outcomes Oliver Wendt Lyle Lloyd
Purdue University Ecology POPULATION DYNAMICS OF BIRDS AND AMPHIBIANS OVER TIME IN LARGE-SCALE PRESCRIBED BURNS Kathryn Crawford Lester John Dunning
Purdue University Ecology Testing a model of developmental thresholds in a caddisfly Jason Earl Jannot Richard Howard
Purdue University Ecology Beta Diversity and Endemism: Implications for Tropical Reserve Design Jill Emily Jankowski Kerry Rabenold
Purdue University Ecology Effects of field quality on dispersal rates of Bobolinks: A metapopulation approach Daniel Matthew Scheiman John Dunning
Purdue University Calumet Chemistry Synthesis of Organic Compounds for Nanocircuitry Regina Jane Strug Libbie Pelter
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Annexin 4 Distribution: A Comparison of Healthy and Alzheimer’s Diseased Human Brain Tissue Elizabeth Jean Cozzie Margaret Moga
Russian Peoples' Friendship University Ecology Avifauna of Northwest Manabi Luis Alberto Madrid Alexander Nikol'skii
School of Medicine - Buenos Aires Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Effect of luteinizing hormone (LH) and of stress conditions on MAP kinase phosphatase (MKP)-1 expression in MA-10 Leydig cells Alejandra Beatriz Gorostizaga Cristina Paz
School of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Buenos Aires Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Expression of functional leptin and leptin receptors during ovulatory process. Analía Gabriela Ricci Alicia Faletti
Simmons College Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Can Alzheimer's peptide inhibit transmitter release from purified cultures of ciliary ganglion neuron?Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease? Dimitra Pirperis Bruce Gray
Southern Illinois University Anthropology Assessing the Role of Ramey Incised Ceramic Vessels in the Development of Chiefly Power in the American Bottom Richard Lawrence Herndon Prudence Rice
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Behavioral
Ecology
Reproductive Ecology of a Stream Dwelling Eleutherodactylus Frog in Central Panama Mason J Ryan Karen Lips
Southwest Missouri State University Ecology Spatial Ecology and Habitat Use of the Western Fox Snake (Elaphe vulpina vulpina) at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Justin John Shew Brian Greene
Stanford University Ecology Ecology and demography of Amazonian ant-plants Megan Elizabeth Frederickson Deborah Gordon
Stanford University Ecology Causes of rarity in Bahamian corals and implications for conservation Carrie Vanessa Kappel Fiorenza Micheli
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Ecology Seed dispersal and the ecological implications of harvesting Geochelone carbonaria and Geochelone denticulata in northwestern Brazil Joel Nathanael Strong Jose Fragoso
SUNY - Albany Paleontology /
Sedimentation
The Lower-Middle Ordovician transition on the east Laurentian margin: the first stratigraphic synthesis of the Providence Island Formation (New York, Vermont, Quebec) Elizabeth Kirstin Erickson Landing Ed
SUNY Stony Brook Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Dynamics of cell-matrix adhesions in cultured cardiac myocyte on 3D elastic scaffold Lihong Yin emilia Entcheva
SUNY-Binghamton University Anthropology Intrapopulation Variation among the Hominins of the Plio-Pleistocene site of Dmanisi Alexander J. Nevgloski, Jr G. Rightmire
SUNY-Binghamton University Anthropology Early Modern Humans and the Problem of Diagnosing Homo sapiens Julia Blake McCausland Gaines G. Rightmire
Swarthmore College Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
An Investigation of the role of Silicon in Preventing Parasitism of Plants by Dodder Emily Catherine Pollina Colin Purrington
Texas A&M University Physics / Astronomy Light Pollution: A detailed study Casey Patrick Deen William Henchel
Texas A&M University Physiology /
Functional
Morphology
Regulation of the vitellogenin receptor during fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren oogenesis Mei-Er Chen Larry Keeley
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Cell Biology /
Biochemistry
Kinetics of Macrophage Cell Death after Encounter with Neisseria meningitidis Melissa Dawn Ross Lillian Waldbeser
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Tectonics /
Geophysics
Soil Radon Exhalation within the Context of a Decommissioned Uranium Mine Brion Andrew Dolan Philippe Tissot
Texas Tech University Psychology Increasing Situation Awareness for Aircraft Pilots Andy Dattel Frank Durso
Texas Tech University Psychology Long-Term Working Memory and Expertise John David Norris III Francis Durso
Thomas Jefferson University Cell