DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS
SENIOR RECOGNITION CEREMONY
Welcome, Opening Remarks,
Dr. Jay Tischfield, Chairman, Department of Genetics
Distribution of Certificates Recognizing the Completion of the Requirements for an Undergraduate Major in Genetics
Dr. Terry R. McGuire, Vice Chairman, Department of Genetics
2010 Graduating Seniors
(Student Name/ Research Mentor/ Project Title)
Andrew S. Chiromeras (Mentor: Dr. Amrik Sahota)
"Obstructive Uropathy in Cystinuria Mice"
Jessica A. Conklin (Mentor: Dr. John Glod)
"Effect of the Chemotherapeutic Agent Octreotide on U87 Glioblastoma Cells in the Presence and Absence of Macrophages"
Gregory M. Coughlin (Mentor: Dr. Tara Matise)
"Gene Therapy and Theology: A Brave New World?"
Shreemayee De (Mentor: Dr. Gary Brewer)
"Posttranscriptional Regulation of Human Cardiac Gene Expression by AUF1"
Prium J. Deshmukh (Mentor: Dr. Judith Storch)
"Structural Studies of the NPC2 Protein"
Camille D. Fineza (Mentor: Dr. George Wagner)
"Social Reward in BALB/c and GSTM 1-/- mice in a VPA Model of Autism"
Olivia L. Friebely (Mentor: Dr. Gleb Shumyatsky)
"Molecular Mechanisms of Fear Extinction"
Arlene Gil-Moleiro (Mentor: Dr. Lei Yu)
"Endogenous Opioid System Involvement in Autism"
Fulvia M. Giraldi (Mentor: Dr. Arnold Rabson)
"Analysis of induced Protein Production in the HTLV-1 virus Tax Gene"
Alejandra M. Gomez (Mentor: Dr. Linda Brzustowicz)
"Association between NOS1, DTNBP1 and 22q11 deletion in Schizophrenia"
Christina M. Gomez (Mentor: Dr. Jay Tischfield)
"Effect of GFP-Chk2 Expression on Cell Cycle Progression in Mouse ES Cells Exposed to Ionizing Radiation"
Andrew M. Harrison (Mentor: Dr. Kim McKim)
"Microtubule Depolymerizing Kinesin Klp10A Restricts Microtubule Growth in Drosophila Female Meiosis"
Omar F. Hashmi (Mentor: Dr. Li Liang)
"Creating a Cell-based Assay of Microhomology-Mediated End Joining"
Andrew R. Hogrogian (Mentor: Dr. Linda Brzustowicz)
"Phenotype Definition of Genetics Studies for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder"
Katelyn J. Hughes (Mentor: Dr. Karl Kjer)
"Phylogeny of Limnephilidae (Insecta, Trichoptera), and the Adaptive Radiation into still waters"
Steven C. Huhn (Dr. Irina Tereshchenko)
"Characterization of the ETS Family of Transcription Factors in Normal Prostate Cells."
Mohammed Hussein (Mentor: Dr. Amrik Sahota)
"One-step and selective Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) of Mitochondrial DNA for high-throughput Sequencing Applications"
Poonam H. Kothari (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Leustek)
"Producing Pure Enzymes that serve as Thermal-Stable Aryl-Sulfatases"
Rachel A. Mikida (Mentor: Dr. Lei Yu)
"Generation of a plasmid vector for in vivo expression of candidate genes in rodent central nervous system"
Julia L. Moon (Mentor: Dr. Kim Hirshfield)
"Role of Polymorphic Variants in BCCIP on Breast Cancer Phenotypes"
Sarah M. Mourad (Mentor: Dr. Linda Brzustowicz)
"Genetic Association of a microRNA Target Site Polymorphism in H3F3B with Schizophrenia"
Mehreen R. Mughal (Mentor: Dr. Jody Hey)
"The Validity of the Stepwise Mutation Model"
Laryssa A. Patti (Mentor: Dr. George Wagner)
"Gene-Environment Interaction in GSTM1 Null Mice as a Model of Autism"
Lisa N. Prevedel (Mentor: Dr. Isaac Edery)
"Role of Phosphorylation in the Drosophila Circadian Clock"
Heta D. Shah (Mentor: Dr. Lei Yu)
"Seeking Candidate Genes and Gene Expression within Cocaine-Induced Rats: Dissection of the Mesolimbic system"
Amy B. Sharma (Mentor: Dr. Lena Struwe)
"Genetic Diversity of the federally endangered plant Helonias bullata in New Jersey"
Victoria Shklar (Mentor: Dr. Mary Konsolaki)
"Using Drosophila to Test a Possible Interaction of the FKBP/β-amyloid Pathway with Copper"
Maureen A. Simons (Mentor: Dr. Lei Yu)
"Construction of a Plasmid Vector for Gene Expression in Mouse Spinal Cord"
Mariya Y. Skvortsova (Mentor: Dr. Eric Lam)
"Genetic and Cytological Characterization of Arabidopsis Metacaspase Mutants"
Kristina M. Slivinski (Mentor: Dr. Pal Maliga)
"Selectable Spectinomycin Resistance Gene confers Aurea Phenotype to Tobacco Leaves"
Agnieszka
Sowinska (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Buckendahl)
"Gene
Expression and Protein Characterization of Osteocalcin in Mouse Neural
Tissues"
Paddy Tung (Mentor: Dr. Lourdes Serrano)
"The Histone Code of DNA Recombinational Repair"
2010 GENETICS HONORS STUDENTS
|
NAME |
LEVEL OF HONORS |
|
Shreemayee De |
High Honors |
|
Andrew M. Harrison |
Highest Honors |
|
Rachel A. Mikida |
Honors |
|
Mehreen R. Mughal |
High Honors |
|
Kristina M. Slivinski |
Highest Honors |
|
Agnieszka Sowinska |
Highest Honors |
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
The Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Award for Research Excellence
Andrew M. Harrison
The Howard C. Passmore Academic Achievement Award
Shreemayee De
Prium J. Deshmukh
The Department of Genetics Award for Excellence in a Research Presentation
Kristina M. Slivinski
2010 Genetics Students: Members of Honors Societies
Phi Beta Kappa
Prium J. Deshmukh (elected as a junior)
Alejandra M. Gomez
Andrew R. Hogrogian
Rachel A. Mikida (elected as a junior)
Mehreen R. Mughal
Agnieszka Sowinska
Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society
Andrew M. Harrison
Kristina M. Slivinski
Agnieszka Sowinska
Alpha Epsilon Delta Honors Society
Andrew S. Chiromeras
Andrew M. Harrison
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Prium J. Deshmukh
Omar F. Hashmi
Steven C. Huhn
Laryssa A. Patti
Other Honor Societies
Mohammed Hussein Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
Kristina M. Slivinski Psi Chi Psychology Honors Society
2010 Genetics Seniors who have been on the Dean’s List
Andrew Chiromeras
Jessica Conklin
Shreemayee De
Prium Deshmukh
Camille Fineza
Alejandra M. Gomez
Christina Gomez
Andrew M. Harrison
Omar F. Hashmi
Andrew R. Hogrogian
Katelyn Hughes
Steven Huhn
Mohammed Hussein
Poonam H. Kothari
Rachel Mikida
Julia L. Moon
Sarah M. Mourad
Mehreen R. Mughal
Laryssa A. Patti
Lisa N. Prevedel
Victoria Shklar
Maureen Simons
Mariya Skvortsova
Kristina Slivinski
Agnieszka Sowinska
Paddy Tung