Student Directed Studies (click on student name for the study
description)
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Jose Baquerizo (Summer 2010 – present) – TOPO Cloning nNOS cDNA
into the pET151 Vector and Examination of Expression
Kirsten Bell, Kristen Rose, Kim Akridge (Summer 2009) – Site
directed mutagenesis of eNOS and nNOS cDNA for use in studies of
NOS function and regulation
Laura Couser, Natalie Dinsmore, Isaac Mensah (Summer 2008) –
Expression and isolation of neuronal and epithelial nitric oxide
synthase from E. coli transformants
James Wright and Charles Simpson (Spring – Summer 2008)
Blake Smith (Spring – Summer 2007)
Deborah Gaddis (Summer 2006) – A Comparison of HPLC and TrisTricine SDS-PAGE Methods for the Detection and Quantification of
Phytochelatins in C-Fern
Deserah Strand (Summer and Fall 2005; Spring 2006) – Selection and
preliminary ion analysis of Ceratopteris richardii mutants tolerant to
toxic levels of cadmium; 2-D PAGE Analysis of Proteins in the Wild
Type Strain of Ceratopteris richardii In Response to Cadmium Stress
Saman Namatbakhsh (Spring and Summer 2005) – Analysis of
Phytochelatin Accumulation in the Sensitive Wild Type Strain of
Ceratopteris richardii Exposed to Cadmium Stress
David Clements (Summer and Fall 2004) – Selection of Cd Tolerant
Mutants of C-Fern and a Preliminary Ion Analysis of The Wild Type
Strain and Mutant Cdt1
Patrick Shaw (Fall 2003) - An Assessment of Available Molecular
Approaches For Use in a Population Genetics Study of KSU's Pink Lady
Slipper Population (Cypripedium acaule)
Alicia Saran (Spring and Summer 2002) - Selection of Cadmium
Tolerant Mutants of C-Fern
Kathy Diehl (Summer and Fall 2001) – SDS PAGE Analysis of Light
Induced Proteins in Pea Seedlings: A Laboratory Exercise for Plant
Physiology
Michelle Hall (2000 - 2001) – Determination of Abscisic Acid Content
in Water-Stressed Plants Using an Immunoassay: Development of a
Laboratory Exercise for Plant Physiology
Dominika James and Jason Welch (2000) – The Use of PCR to
Generate Molecular Fingerprints of Daylily Cultivars
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Marc Hogan (1998 – 1999)– Cloning the Betty L. Siegel Daylily
Ken Rogers (1998) – The Effects of Mechanical Pruning on
Transpiration Rates in Boltonia asteroids Using a Sap-Flow Sensor
Andrew Norman (1997) – Assessment of Differential Display PCR To
Identify Biomarkers Produced in Response to Permethrin Stress by
Coral Reefs
Mariam Yazdani and Amber Love (1995) – Documenting the Effect of
Cadmium Chloride on Ceratopteris richardii Spore Germination and
Gametophyte Growth