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Hannah Croze Undergraduate Student 2017

Comparison of early cellular development within endosperms of large and small maize kernels

Judith Gulian Undergraduate Student 2017

Does Early Development of Kernels Influence Mature Kernel Size in Divergently Selected Maize Lines?

Jenna Barnes Undergraduate Student 2015

Cell Size and Number in the Endosperm of Diverse Select NAM founder lines of Zea mays

Kirsten Ferguson Undergraduate Student 2015

Characterization of Early Endosperm Development in Zea mays Nested Association Mapping (NAM) lines, NC 350 and NC358

Casey TenBrink Undergraduate Student 2015

Nuclei Size Changes Across the Nucellus Tissue of Zea mays

Bryan Reatini Undergraduate Student 2015

Genetic analysis of Populus tremuloides populations in alvar and forest ecosystems on Drummond Island, MI

Austin Goodyke Graduate Student 2014

The role of opaque2, auxin biosynthesis, and defense genes in Zea mays endosperm development

Elise Becker Undergraduate Student 2014

A comparison of YUC1 and TAR1 spatial expression in B73 Zea mays endosperm through in situ hybridization

Danny DeSantis Undergraduate Student 2014

Ultrastructural analysis of basal intermediate zone cells and conducting zone cells in the endosperm of Zea mays using Transmission Electron Microscopy

Holt Schock Undergraduate Student 2013

Microtubule arrangement during the coenocytic stage of maize endosperm

Kristen Eavey Undergraduate Student 2013

Visualization of tubulin in developing endosperm of Zea mays

Emilie Jordao Undergraduate Student 2012

Populus tremuloides branch, crown and trunk growth in grassland alvar compared with forest ecosystems on Drummond Island

Chelsi Abbott Undergraduate Student 2012

Analysis of genetic diversity in a population of Hill’s (Cirsium hillii) thistle on Drummond Island

Chris Hippensteel Undergraduate Student 2012

An Investigation of the Growth Patterns and Longevity of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) on a Grassland Alvar

Brian Leroux Undergraduate Student 2012

Analysis of the Coenocyte and Cellularization Stages in Zea mays Endosperm

Hillary Tazelaar Undergraduate Student 2012

Endosperm Development in Zea mays Line Ohio43

Daniel Funkle Undergraduate Student 2008

Determining the production site of pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor within the phloem tissue of Curcurbita maxima using in situ hybridization

Leah Bauer (co-advisor) Undergraduate Student 2007 (co-advisor)

Attachment Mechanisms of Escherichia coli in Freshwater Beach Sand

Jonathan Knapp (co-advisor) Undergraduate Student 2008

The New Haybridge and Ionia Formations: Toward the resolution of the “red bed problem” in Michigan, Geology Senior Thesis

Andrea Calhoun - Undergraduate Student - Spring 2007

Localization of Zinc in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Determined by Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

Neil Schock - Spring 2007

Development of sieve elements and companion cells within fascicular and extrafascicular phloem.

Ellen Flannery - Undergraduate Student – Spring 2006 – Spring 2007

Phloem Development and Differentiation in Pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima

Samantha Yaroch - Undergraduate Student – Spring 2006 – Spring 2007

Life and Semi-Death of Phloem Cells in Pumpkin

Amy Gursky - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

Emerald Ash Borer: Attacking the Phloem of Fraxinus

Abbey Conley - Undergraduate Student – Summer – Fall 2007

Localizing Tubulin in Phloem Cells of Cucurbita maxima

Suzanne Alan - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2005 – Fall 2006

In-situ hybridization used to locate PFTI (Pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor) protein of Cucurbita maxima

Aaron Walworth - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

Where is the Pumpkin Fruit Trypsin Inhibitor Synthesized?

Corey Noyes - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

Pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor mRNA localization in the common pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima

Ashlie Simons - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

Analyzing the growth habit of Populus tremuloides in an alvar ecosystem

Tami Curtis - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

Autophagasomes inArabidopsis thaliana Protoplasts Induced by Stress Conditions

Jessie Snay - Undergraduate Student – Summer and Fall 2005

Danielle Miller - Undergraduate Student – Fall 2005

Analysis of the Floral Anatomy of Peperomia caperata

Mena Valiket - Undergraduate Student – Spring 2005

Localization of Pumpkin Fruit Trypsin Inhibitor in the Sieve Elements and Companion Cells of Cucurbita maxima

Erika Schmidt - Undergraduate Student – Spring 2005

Is there a correlation between wood anatomy and staining patterns of wood paneling?

Angela Donatelli Dugger - Undergraduate Student – Spring 2005

Autophagy in Arabidopsis thaliana: ultrastructural characteristics of the Apg4A, Apg6, and PEX14 mutants

Mandy Deering - Graduate Student - 2004

Development of bundle and extrafascicular sieve elements in phloem tissue of pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima

Angela Donatelli - Undergraduate Student – 2004 Summer Research Scholar

Autophagy in Arabidopsis thaliana: ultrastructural characteristics of the Apg6 mutant

Jon Langworthy - Undergraduate Student – Spring 2004

Analysis of Cytoskeletal Components in Developing Sieve Elements of Cucurbita maxima

Evan Wright – Undergraduate Student – Spring 2004

“A Comparison of the Wild Type and atg4A Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana”

Kelly McCann - Graduate Student -2003

Reproductive Biology of Cirsium hillii

Deanna Martin – Undergraduate Student – Spring 2003

Autophagy in Plants

Amanda Deering and Jason Hampton - Graduate Students - Fall 2002

Developing probes for localization of mRNA Expression of a Trypsin Inhibitor (PFTI)

Using In situ Hybridization Techniques

Sarah Eikelberg - Undergraduate Student - Fall 2002

Genetic variation in Hill’s thistle

Debra Konar - Undergraduate Student - Spring 2001

"Localization of pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor (PTFI) in Cucurbita maxima Duch.

Amanda Deering - Undergraduate Student - Fall 2000

"Comparison of protein bodies from wild type and opaque2 maize"

Joseph Harris - Undergraduate Student - Fall 1999

Immunocytochemical localization of pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor in the phloem of Cucurbita maxima.

Renee Suhr - Undergraduate Student

1999 Council on Undergraduate Research - Summer Research Scholar

"Where and when does the pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor accumulate in phloem tissue?"

Darcy Schiller - Undergraduate Student

1998 CMU Summer Research Scholar

"Using mosaic kernels to study maize endosperm structure"

David Yang - Graduate Research Assistant

"Protein bodies and the ultrastructure of mutant and wild type maize kernels."

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