The 2008 Research Grant Awards Recipients
(not pictured in any particular order)
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Chase Beck |
M.S. Biology; Paleobotany |
"Fossil Analysis on the Cumberland Plateau"
Advisor: Dr.Mike Zavada
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Grant Boardman |
M.S. Biology, Paleontology |
"Characterizing vertebral variation in mole salamanders"
Advisor: Dr. Blaine Shubert |
Keila Bredehoeft |
M.S.Biology; Paleontology |
"Landmark and linear morphometrics of the Pleistocene, Cryptobranchus guildayi" Advisor: Dr. Blaine Shubert |
Patricia Cross |
M.S. Biology;Microbiology |
"Expression of the Ca2+ -selective cation channels TRPV5 and TRPV6 in human breast cancer" Advisor: Dr. Allan Forsman
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Jala Daniel |
M.S.Biomedical Sciences; Physiology |
"Determining secondary product glucosyltransfearase expression during Citrus paradisi growth and development" Advisor: Dr. Cecilia McIntosh |
Alexander Eddo |
M.S. Biology |
"Characterization of the pathways leading to synthesis of salicylic acid in plants resisting pathogen infection" Advisor: Dr. Dhirendra Kumar |
Puja Karki |
M.S. Biology |
"Cloning and identifying the diapause-regulated candidate genes of the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis" Advisor: Dr. Karl Joplin |
Abigail Mabe |
Ph. D. Biomedical Sciences; Pharmacology |
"Diabetes-induced parasympathetic remodeling mediates chronotropic dysfunction" Advisor: Dr. Donald Hoover |
Tammy Mercure |
M.A. Art & Design;Studio Arts |
"The Blue Ridge: Photographs of Appalachian Tourism" Advisor: Mike Smith
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Heather Sharp |
M.S Technology; Engineering Technology |
"Examining critical health inspection violations" Advisor: Dr. Andrew Clark |
Rebecca Steagall |
Ph. D. Biomedical Sciences;Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
"HSPA12B interacts with and down-regulates AKAP12, an angiogenesis inhibitor" Advisor: Dr. Zhihua Han |
Jeremy Stout |
M.S. Biology; Paleontology |
"Cranial Morphology and Systematics of Late Pliocene Alligator from the Haile 7G Site of Florida" Advisor: Dr. Blaine Shubert |
Tess Svoboda |
M.S. Clinical Nutrition |
"Use of omega-3 fatty acids to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in Hispanic type 2 diabetes in Northeast Tennessee" Advisor: Elizabeth Lowe |
Jing Ru Sun |
Ph. D. Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
"The host adherens junction molecule nectin-1 is down-regulated in Chlamydia trachomatis-infected genital epithelial cells" Advisor: Dr. Robert Schoborg |
Liang Wang |
M.P.H Public Health; Epidemiology |
"An epidemiological study of maternal depression in East Tennessee" Advisor: Dr. Tiejian Wu |
Stacie Woolard |
M.S. Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology |
"In vivo projects implicating TRAIL-mediated NK cell antigen presentation in Herpes Simplex viral infection" Advisor: Dr. Uday Kumaraguru |
