Biology

In its Honors Program the Biology Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2019-2020

Danielle Barnes, "Predator-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity Across Life History Stages in Echinoderms" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Orissa Moulton, Rowan Lockwood
Catherine Burgess, "Two Component System Independent Acid Response in Helicobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Shanta Hinton, Kurt Williamson
Nakul Dar, "Investigating the Genetic Diversity of Viruses in Soil Using a Marker Gene Approach" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Shanta Hinton, Henry Hart
Matthew Dungan, "Evolutionary Dynamics of Alzheimer's-linked Prion Conformers in Yeast" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Kurt Williamson, Mark Forsyth
Evan Lawrence, "Impacts of Spatial and Temporal Variation on the Benthic Nitrogen Cycle in the York River Estuary" (Honors)
Iris Anderson + Rachel O'Brien, Doug DeBerry
Carolina Lopez-Silva, "Characterization of TRα1 Mutants Associated with Metabolic Disorders and Cancer" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Laurie Sanderson, Diane Shakes
Jerry O'Dwyer, "Probing the Localization Patterns and Selectivity Filter of Thyroid Hormone Receptor alpha 1 Mutants" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta Hinton, Diane Shakes
Olivia Spencer, "Five-year study highlights that variation in weather relates similarly to prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in adult and nymph lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum)" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oliver Kerscher, Brent Kaup
Ian Wilenzik, "Inferring Diet of Clidastes liodontus through Comparative Skull and Pterygoid Tooth Morphology of Toxicoferan Squamates" (Honors)
Laurie Sanderson + Rowan Lockwood, John Swaddle
Emily Xu, "X Chromosome Segregation During Spermatogenesis in Auanema rhodensis XX Males" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Shanta Hinton, Matt Wawersik

2018-19

Maliha Ahmad, "The Genetic Basis Underlying the Evolution of Commensal Microbes to Opportunistic Pathogens"
Helen Murphy + Joshua Puzey, Gregory Hunt
Nana Amoh, "Cloning and Characterizing Nrf2-Antioxidant Pathway Gene Expression During Embryonic Neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis."
Margaret Saha + Shanta Hinton, Jennifer Bestman, Mark Forsyth, Jorge Terukina
Emma Arents, "Sketching to Learn in High School Biology Classrooms"
Paul Heideman + S. Laurie Sanderson, Diane Shakes, Meredith Kier
Jill Ashey, "Effect of environmental history on the physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)"
Emily Rivest + Paul Heideman, Jonathan Allen, Rowan Lockwood
Matthew Baker, "Light Limitation of Eelgrass, Zostera marina, by The Egg Capsules of The Mud Snail Tritia obsoleta" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen, Randolph Chambers, Mark Brush
Sabrina Bracero, "An investigation of the role of Ttyh1 in neuronal development via CRISPR/Cas9 genetic knockouts in Xenopus Laevis"
Margaret Saha + Robin Looft-Wilson, Jennifer Bestman, Paul Heideman
Courtney Check, "Annual Movement Patterns and Microhabitat Use of Two Anaxyrus Species in the Southeastern Coastal Plain" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Randolph Chambers, Linda Morse
Zeyi Han, "The Effects of Intra- and Interspecific Phenotypic Variations for Competition in Freshwater Zooplankton"
Jelena Patel + Leah Shaw, Randolph Chambers
June Kim, "The Contact Dependent Nature of the Expression of Outer Membrane Protein Genes in Helicobacter pylori"
Mark Forsyth + Shanta Hinton, Diane Shakes, Ryan Fletcher
Emma Lather, "Bird response to prairie wetland loss and to adjacent land-cover change differs depending on conversion type and spatial extent" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Robert Rose, Daniel Cristol
Sri Harshini Malapati, "The Impact of Cancer-associated Mutations in Thyroid Hormone Receptor on Its Localization"
Lizabeth Allison + Patty Zwollo, Kurt Williamson, Jordan Walk
Alexandra Payne, "Cryptic Viral Infections In Benthic Biofilm Communities" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Mark Forsyth, Douglas Young
Xiaopeng Sun, "Thyroid Hormone Receptor and Coregulators: A Dynamic Model"
Lizabeth Allison + Michael LaMar, Mainak Patel, Shanta Hinton
Elizabeth Trampenau, "Mutations in Thyroid Hormone Receptor Alpha 1 and Their Implications for Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Alpha" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Diane Shakes, Patty Zwollo, Randolph Coleman
Olivia Windorf, "Nighttime Habitat Use and Movement of Two Anaxyrus Species in Southeastern Virginia"
Matthias Leu + Randolph Chambers, Robert Rose
Rui Yin, "The SUMO-Stress Response (SSR) in Normal and Cancerous Cells"
Oliver Kerscher + Diane Shakes, Pheobe Williams, Douglas Young

2017-18

Hannah Bruzzio, "Particle Interactions with the Gill Rakers in the Filter-Feeding American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)" (Honors)
Laurie Sanderson + Jonathan Allen, Eric Hilton, William Soto
Anna Chahuneau, "Pursuing the Monarchs" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Joshua Puzey, Tanya Stadelmann
Jiajia Chen, "The Acid Response in Helicobacter pylori via the Two Component System ArsRS" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Matthias Leu, Paul Heideman, Shuyin Jiao
Ronald Cutler, "Homeolog Gene Regulation in the Developing Allotetraploid Frog, Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Joshua Puzey, Alban Guillaumet, Peter Kemper
Chen Dong, "Anterior-Posterior Neural Axis Plasticity in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Diane Shakes, Mark Forsyth, Jonathan Scheerer
Kexin Fan, "The Virulence Factor OipA in Asian Isolates of Helicobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Beverly Sher, Helen Murphy, Aiko Kitamura
Danting Jiang, "The Role of Protein-coding and Regulatory Evolution in Speciation of Wild Yeast" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Mark Forsyth, Ross Iaci, Joshua Puzey
Devin Jones, pH Tolerance and Luminescence in Vibrio fischeri" (Honors)
William Soto + Helen Murphy, Mark Forsyth, Peter Vishton
Likhitha Kolla, "Exploring Nucleophagy and Inflammation in the Tumor Microenvironment" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + William Buchser, Paul Heideman, Oliver Kerscher, Leah Shaw
Adam Lenhart, "Investigating Phenotypic and Genetic Variation in Quorum Sensing in Natural Isolates of the Model Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Simon Joyce, Oliver Kerscher, William Soto
Sri Harshavardhan Malapati, "The Evolutionary and Genomic Analysis of the Axon Degeneration Gene SARM1 and Use of Similar Genomic Techniques on the C9ORF72 Gene" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Josh Puzey, Robert Hinkle
Zachary Oppler, "The Genetic Basis of Social Behaviors in Yeast: An Investigation into FLO11" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Joshua Puzey, Jelena Pantel, Leah Shaw
Sophia Terese Palia, "Effects of Traffic Noise on Foraging, Vigilance, and Aggression of the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu, Brent Owens
Elena Parcell, "Characterizing the Role of spe-6 in C. elegans spermatogenesis" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Matthew Wawersik, Oliver Kerscher, Robert Scholnick
Kristin Passero, "Characterizing the Intracellular Distribution of Mutant Thyroid Hormone Receptor α-1 A382PfsX7" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shantá Hinton, John Lee, Nicole Santiago, Diane Shakes
Jennifer Peek, "The Role of RNF4 in Stripping Transcriptionally-Active Huntingtin" (Honors)
Oliver Kerscher + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Lisa Landino
Mark Pownall, "Compensatory Responses to Notch Signaling Perturbation in Polyploid Vertebrates, Xenopus laevis and Xenopus borealis, During Embryonic Development" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Randolph Coleman, Shantá Hinton, Joshua Puzey
Elizabeth Ransone, "Exposure to Environmentally-relevant Levels of Ultrasound has Biological Effects: Reduction in the Cellular Growth of Yeast Colonies" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Helen Murphy, Rowan Lockwood
Isabel Ritrovato, "Ultrasound Noise Pollution and the Potential for Chronic Human Exposure" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu, Randolph Chambers
Michael Salomon, "Mutant Thyroid Hormone Receptors and the Potential Effects on Cancer" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Kurt Williamson, Lisa Landino, Shantá Hinton

2016-17

Amanda Back, "Characterization of the Role of the Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier (SUMO) on Nuclear Localization and Proteolysis of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor (TR)" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Matthew Wawersik, William Buchser, Jennifer Stevens
Michelle Barbeau, "Receptor Gone Rogue: Investigating Localization of a Cancerous Thyroid Hormone Receptor" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Margaret Saha, Harmony Dalgleish, Tyler Meldrum
Lyuba Bolkhovitinov, "Anterior-Posterior Axis Plasticity in the Developing Nervous System of Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Randolph Coleman, Mark Forsyth, Oliver Kerscher
Jacob Brammer, "Are You What You Eat? Selective Sequestration of Toxic Milkweed Cardenolides in the Monarchy Butterfly" (Honors)
Joshua Puzey + Harmony Dalgleish, John Poutsma
Yuming Cao, "The Effects of Pseudophosphatase MK-SYTX on Histone Deacetylase 6" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Patty Zwollo, Dana Lashley
Patrick Christian, "Beyond "Self-Eating": The Role of the Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX in Regulating Autophagy" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Diane Shakes, Lisa Landino
Arya Dahal, "Regulation of Neurite Outgrowths by the Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX in PC12 cells and Primary Neurons" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + William Buchser, Robert Scholnick, Matthew Wawersik
Bernadette Deschaine, "The Fitness Effects of Biofilm Formation and Toxin Production in Natural Yeast Isolates" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Mark Forsyth, Beverly Sher, Camilla Buchanan
Kaitlyn Dorst, "The Neural Basis of Breathing Rhythm: TRPM4 and TRPC3 Ion Channels Contribute to Inspiratory Burst Generation in Dbx1-derived Interneurons of the preBotzinger Complex in Mice" (Honors)
Christopher Del Negro + Margaret Saha, Eric Bradley, Diane Shakes
Logan George, "A Novel Method for Quantifying Spatial Patterns in Plants" (Honors)
Josh Puzey + Helen Murphy, Matthias Leu, Jordan Walk
Stephen Gurley, "Cytological and Bioinformatical Analysis of SPE-26, a C. elegans Kelch-like Protein that Functions during the Karyosome Stage of Spermatogenesis" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Lizabeth Allison, Shanta Hinton, Robert Scholnick
Erin Hennessey, " ..."
Patty Zwollo + Lizabeth Allison, Drew Lamar, Thomas Marshall
Danielle Horridge, "An Analysis of Outer Inflammatory Protein A in cag Pathogenicity Island Negative and Positive Strains of Helicobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Oliver Kerscher, Lisa Landino, Kurt Williamson
Xiaoxue Lin, "A Study of a Novel Self-fertility Mechanism in the Hermaphroditic Nematode Rhabditis sp. SB347" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Patty Zwollo, Matthew Wawersik, Dana Lashley
Caroline Martin, "Unraveling the Cellular Origins of Breathing: Dbx1-derived Neurons and Glia in the preBotzinger Complex of Neonatal Mice" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Christopher Del Negro, Joshua Puzey, Margaret Saha
Daniel Rosenberg, "Modulating Intra-Nuclear LC3 with Small Molecules Rescues Cells from an Aneuploidogen-Induced Phenotype" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Lisa Landino, Helen Murphy
Kharis Schrage, "Hemichordates as a Model System for Investigating Intertidal Zonation in Soft Sediments" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Doug DeBerry, Matthias Leu, Debbie Steinberg

2015-16

Eileen Ablondi, "The Role of Spontaneous Intracellular Calcium Transients in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Peter Kemper, Diane Shakes, Gregory Smith
Catherine Acio, "Mechanisms of Helicobacter pylori Adhesion Regulation and Impacts on Host Immune Response" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Kurt Williamson, Shanta Hinton, Lisa Landino
Cyril Anyetei-Anum, "Acetylation Controls the Subcellular Localization of Thyroid Hormone Receptor α1" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta Hinton, Peter Vishton, Matthew Wawersik
Aaron Bland, "Investigating Dispersal of Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Acorns by the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Randolph Chambers, Doug DeBerry, Gul Ozyegin
Hannah Brooks, "Physical Modeling of Vortical Cross-step Filtration in the Oral Cavity of American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, William Buchser, James Perry
Kristin Edwards, "Ingestion of Low Density Food Particles by Suspension-Feeding Goldfish" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, John Graves, Randolph Chambers
Emily Harmon, "Plasticity in Egg Placement in Response to Predator Cues in the Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Helen Murphy, Rochelle Seitz
Waverly McClusky, "Keeping Birds Away from Food using Sonic Technology: A Potential for Protecting Crops" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Dana Moseley, Joanna Schug, Daniel Cristol
Emma McGregor, "Characterizing Importin Binding to Thyroid Hormone Receptor α1" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton, Julie Galambush
Veronica Nagle, "The Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX Colocalizes to Aggresomes" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + David Aday, Lizabeth Allison
Erin Roberts, "Modeling the Fluid Dynamics of Filtering Structures in Suspension-Feeding Fish" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, William Buchser, Eric Hilton
Morgan Thompson, "The Effect of Climate on Population Dynamics of Butterfly Species across Southeastern Virginia" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Joshua Puzey, Brad Lamphere, Leah Shaw
Stacy Trackenberg, "Effects of Changes in Egg Size and Larval Food Supply on the Development of Two Species of Seastars" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Mark Forsyth, Elizabeth Canuel
Olivia Trani, "Implications of Mycorrhizae and Seedling Competition for American Chestnut Restoration" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Randolph Chambers, Doug DeBerry, Andrew Fisher
Cheyenne Williams, "Characterization of Novel Export Sequences in the Thyroid Hormone Receptor" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Patty Zwollo, Dana Lashley
Sivan Yair, "Connecting Herbivore Effects to Population Dynamics of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Using an Integral Projection Model" (Honors)
Drew LaMar + Harmony Dalgleish, Joshua Puzey, Leah Shaw

2014-15

Salma Abdel-Raheem, "Developmental Responses to Fluctuations in Environmental Conditions in Echinoid Echinoderms" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randy Chambers, Shanta Hinton and John Brubaker
Vollter Anastas, "Anterior-Posterior Neural Axis Plasticity in the Developing Central Nervous System of Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Shanta Hinton, Oli Kerscher and Lisa Landino
Dallas Banks, "Characterization of Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX-Induced Neuronal Differentiation in PC12 Cells" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Beverly Sher and Randy Coleman
Lauren Canestrini, "A Test for Heritable Variation in Reproductive Response to Bisphenol A in a Population of White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus)" (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Dan Cristol, Beverly Sher and Randy Coleman
Akshay Deverakonda, "Determining Space Use of Breeding Wood Thrush (Hylocichla musteline) Pairs in Southeastern Virginia" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Rowan Lockwood, John Swaddle
Melissa Hey, "To Grow or Defend? Effects of Competition and Herbivory on Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Randy Chambers, Oli Kerscher and Jonathan Scheerer
Tyler Jones, "Chinmo Function During Cyst Stem Cell Establishment in the Drosophila Testis" (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Margaret Saha, Paul Heideman and Carey Bagdassarian
Scott Nordstrom, "Spread of Adaptation and Migration Load in a Spatially Structured Population" (Honors)
Drew LaMar + Dan Cristol, John Swaddle and Leah Shaw
Jackson Peterson, "Genetic and Cytological Analysis of SPE-6, a C. Elegans Tau Tubulin Kinase" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Shanta Hinton, Liz Allison and Douglas Young
Payton Phillips, "The Impacts of Fire on the Home Range and Social Connectivity of a Tropical Passerine" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu and Brent Kaup
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Mark Forsyth + Oli Kersher, Kathy Miller and Randy Coleman
Katherine Shipman, "Measuring Cannibalism Rates in the Zooplankton Copepod Species, Acartia tonsa" (Honors)
Drew LaMar + Jon Allen, Harmony Dalgeish and Sarah Day
Monika Stanciauskas, "The Effects of Methylmercury on Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis During Zebra Finch Neural Development" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Dan Cristol, John Griffin and Randy Coleman
Mary Stern, "The Impact of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway and CRM1-Independent Exportins on Thyroid Hormone Receptor Localization and the Expression of T3-Responsive Genes" (Honors)
Liz Allison + Shanta Hinton, Diane Shakes and Randy Coleman
Molly Teague, "Modeling Tick Borne Diseases in the Virginia and Middle Peninsula" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oli Kerscher and Brent Kaup

2013-14

Elise Elwood, "Population Matrix Model for American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and the Implications for Re-Introduction" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Matthias Leu, Guilia Pacini, Drew LaMar
Ashley Fidler, "BMP Regulation of Stem Cell Development During Drosophila Testis Formation" (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton, Douglas Young
Sarah Gilliand, "Population Modeling of Diamondback Terrapins" (Honors)
M. Drew LaMar + Randolph M. Chambers, Harmony J. Dalgleish, Rex K. Kincaid
Hwa In Han
Wendy Herbst, "The Role of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels and Spontaneous Calcium Activity in the Developing Nervous System" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Christopher Del Negro, Seth Weinberg
Kathrynlynn Jenkins, "Functional Role of an Epifaunal Grazer (Ampithoe valida) in Eelgrass Communities: A Comparative Study Between Native and Invasive Ranges" (Honors)
Emmett Duffy + Jonathan Allen, Matthias Leu, Harmony Dalgleish
Alexander McFarland, "The Role fo MK-STYX in the eIF2α Stress Response Pathway" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth A. Allison, Randolph Coleman, Oliver Kerscher
Christina Moore, "The Effect of Sub-Lethal Methylmercury Exposure on Corticosterone Hormone and the Glucocorticoid Receptor in the Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Daniel Cristol, Elizabeth Harbron
Kelly O'Toole, "An Environment Up in Smoke?: Evaluating the Effects of Fire Management Practices on Red-Backed Fairy-Wren Habitat Usage" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu, Dan Cristol, Jennifer Kahn
Mohima Sanyal, "Modeling Drosophila Stem Cell Development Through Ex Vivo Live-Cell Imaging Studies" (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Daniel Cristol, Mark Forsyth, Elizabeth Harbron
Ethan S. Winter, "Evolutionary Conservation of a Modified Spermatogenesis Program in Rhabditis Nematodes with Skewed Sex Ratios" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Jonathan Scheerer, Shanta Hinton, Oliver Kerscher

2012-13

Sarah Bornbusch, "Exploring Eusociality and Reproductive Output in Marine Shrimp: A Comparison of Allometric and Colony Characteristics of Four Species in Genus Synalpheus" (Honors)
J. Emmett Duffy + Jonathan Allen, Randolph Chambers, Matthias Leu
Aidan Sena, "Organochlorine Pesticides in the Pantanal: A Qualitative and Semi-Quantitative Water Analysis" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Gary Rice, Randolph Chambers, Douglas DeBerry
Brittany Flowers, "The Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX Induces Neuronal Differentiation in PC12 Cells" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Randolph Coleman
Katherine Hoptay, "Analyzing Ancient Mitochondrial DNA from Fontabelle Emergency Excavation Site Remains" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta Hinton, Chelsey Johnson, Kurt Williamson
Angela Ives, "Combinatorial Contributions of Immunoreactive Kisspeptin and RFamide-related Peptide Neurons to Male Infertility in a Peromyscus leucopus Population" (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Margaret Saha, Diane Shakes, Randolph Coleman
Jessica Murray, "Embryological Staging of the Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata, and the Effect of Methylmercury on the Expression of Song-Learning Genes, FoxP2 and CNTNAP2, during Zebra Finch Development and the Song Learning Period" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Dan Cristol, Mark Forsyth, Lisa Landino
Hallie Nelson, "Characterization of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Export Pathways" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton, Dennis Taylor
Katherine Nolan, "Ultrastructure of the Gill Rakers in American Shad, Alosa sapidissima (Clupeidae)" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, Matthias Leu, Eric J. Hilton
Brian Rabe, "The Effect of Calcium Activity Perturbation on Gene Expression in the Developing Nervous System of Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Deborah Bebout, Mak Forsyth, Oliver Kerscher
Lindsay Schleifer, "How Neural Cells Acquire an Identity: the Role of Calcium Activity and Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Gregory Smith, Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman, Joshua Burk
Eva Szymanski, "A Tale of Two Proteins: The Budding Yeast STUbL Subunit Slx5 Functionally Interacts with the SUMO Ligase Siz1" (Honors)
Oliver Kerscher + Mark Forsyth, Diane Shakes, Robert Hinkle
Seth Theuerkauf, "Development of a Habitat Suitability Index for the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in Great Wicomico River, Virginia" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Romuald Lipcius, Jonathan Allen, Sarah Glaser
Kelly Watson, "Reducing the Costs of Bird Sampling: A Comparison of Single-Day Versus Multiple-Day Sampling Designs Using Occupancy Modeling" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Dan Cristol, Harmony Dalgleish, Rowan Lockwood
Joanna Weeks, "Modeling Nymph Lone Star Ticks in the Changing Landscape of the Virginian Peninsula: A Tool for Urban Planning in the Context of Human Health" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oliver Kerscher, John Swaddle, David Aday

2011-12

Matthew Badgett, "Cyst Stem Cell Development During Drosophila Testis Morphogenesis" (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Katherine Guthrie, Oliver Kerscher, Diane Shakes
Justinn Barr, "The Role of MK-STYX in Stress Granule Assembly/Disassembly" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Amy Oakes
Simone Giovanetti, "Life History Trade-offs Between Growth and Reproduction in Wild Yeast" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Oliver Kerscher, Jonathan Scheerer, Kurt Williamson
Samuel Harvey, "Transcriptional Regulation of the Acetone Carboxylase Operon via Two-Component Signal Transduction in Helicobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Randolph Coleman, Oliver Kerscher, Kurt Williamson
Kaitlin Helsley, "Impacts of Phage Predation on Microbial Dynamics in Temperate Ecosystems" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Bevery Peterson
Molly McDonough, "The Role of Notch Signaling in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification and Secondary Neurogenesis in X. laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman, Mark Forsyth
Albert Ng-Sui-Hing, "Analysis of Calcium Activity and Neurotransmitter Phenotype of Developing Retinal Neurons of Xenopus laevis Embryos" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + John Griffin, Margaret Saha, Gregory Smith
Luke Reding, "Can Sexual Selection Drive Extinction and Speciation? A Case Study in Yeast" (Honors)
Matthias Leu, Rowan Lockwood, Helen Murphy, John Swaddle
Kathryn Rehain, "A Comparative Study of Feminine Reproduction in a Rhabditis Clade" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Jonathan Allen, Oliver Kerscher, Rowan Lockwood
Daniel Schwab, "Maternal Effects on Reproduction and Development in the Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Rowan Lockwood, Helen Murphy
Kathryn Swanson, "Variation in the Number of Kisspeptin Neurons in a Population of Wild Mice (Peromyscus leucopus)" (Honors)
Paul Heideman + John Griffin, Margaret Saha, Jianjun Tian
Anikó Tóth, "A Tale of Two Species--Species Distribution Models for Two Cryptic Cricket Frog (Acris) Species in Syntopy" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Carey Bagdassarian, Randy Chambers, Paul Heideman
Chris Tyson, "Species Distribution Model for the Invasive Plant Japanses Stiltgrass" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Martha Case, Randolph Chambers, Stuart Hamilton

2010-11

Anne Armstrong, "The Effects of Temperature and Salinity Fluctuation on the Early Life History Stages of Echinoid Echinoderms" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Margaret Saha, Laurie Sanderson, Debbie Steinberg
Carolyn Ayers, "A Population Model for the Diamondback Terrapin: Implications for Conservation Management" (Honors)
Randy Chambers + Matthias Leu, Jianjun Paul Tian
Amber Bruce, "A Quantitive Analysis of the Alternative Splicing of Pax5 in Teleost Fish During Spawning" (Honors)
Patty Zwollo + Lizabeth Allison, Eric Bradley, Tun-Jen Cheng
Alexander Chalphin, "Functional Characterization of GAD67 Transcriptional Regulation in Xenopus Laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Kurt Williamson, Christopher Abelt
Nicole Forrester, "Inside the Trap of a Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium ParviflorumVar. Pubescens): The Effects of "Light Windows" and Flower Orientation on the Behavior of a Native Bee (Andrena Macra) (Honors)
Martha Case + Norman Fashing, Barbara King, Matthias Leu
Dolores Huberts, "Whole Transcriptomatic Expression Differences in EBV Immortalized versus Primary B-cells" (Honors)
Lizbeth Allison + Matthew Wawersik, Drew LaMar, Beverly Sher

2009-10

Caitlin Bovery, "Habitat Preferences and Predation of the Soft-Shell Clam, Mya arenaria, in the Lower Chesapeake Bay" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Rochelle Seitz, Randy Chambers, Jonathan Allen
Stephen Chi, "Mapping a Mutation: Characterization of the ax941 Mutant" (Honors) Diane Shakes + Mark Forsyth, Matthew Wawersik, Robert Orwoll
Cecilia Esteban, "Lost and Found: Localization of the Ubiquitin Ligase Slx5 to the Yeast Bud Neck" (Honors) Oliver Kerscher + Lizabeth Allison, Lisa Landino, Matthew Wawersik
John Giddens, "Studying the Nuclear Import of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Alpha using a Mammalian Two-Hybrid System" (Honors) Lizabeth Allison + Oliver Kerscher, Eric Engstrom, Lisa Landino
Christopher Givens, "A Physiological and Evolutionary Study of the Plant Hormone Ethylene" (Honors) Eric Engstrom + Lizabeth Allison, Oliver Kerscher, Carey Bagdassarian
Dustin Glasner, "The Optimization of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis for Use with Profiling the Freshwater Viral Community" (Honors) Kurt Williamson + Mark Forsyth, Robert Hinkle, Oliver Kerscher
Miram Gleiber, "Time Series of vertical flux of zooplankton fecal pellets on the continental shelf of the Western Antarctic Peninsula" (Honors) Randolph Chambers + Deborah Steinberg, Jonathan Allen
Erica Hart, "The Role of Lysogeny in the Microbial Ecology of Lake Matoaka" (Honors) Kurt Williamson + Randy Chambers, Mark Forsyth, Rowan Lockwood, Jorge Terukina
Charlotte Ivey, "Genetic variation of GnRH mRNA in a population of white-footed mice" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Paul Heideman, Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman
Gwendolyn Kaeser, "Early Embryonic Expression of Ionotropic and Metabotropic GABA receptors in Xenopus laevis" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman, John Griffin
Lauren Miller, "Calcium Channel Alpha1 Subunits and Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Joshua Burk, Paul Heideman
Andrew Morris, "A Test of By-catch Reduction Devices on Commercial Crab Pots in a Tidal Marsh Creek in Virginia" (Honors) Randy Chambers + Eric Engstrom, Jonathan Micancin, John McGlennon
Katrina Mott, "Identification of Developing and Mature B Cell Populations and Population Dynamics Along the Kidney Gradient of Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout)" (Honors) Patty Zwollo + Matthew Wawersik, Mark Forsyth, Louis Rossiter
Laura Odorizzi, "The Influence of Calcium Activity on Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Christopher Del Negro, John Griffin
Laura Parente, "The Important Importins: Nuclear Import of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor a" (Honors) Lizabeth Allison + Patty Zwollo, Diane Shakes, Rowan Lockwood
Marc Presler, "A novel C. elegans gene interfaces cell cycle and development in spermatogenis" (Honors) Diane Shakes + Lizabeth Allison, Oliver Kerscher, Monica Potkay

2008-09

Meghan Cavanaugh, "Analyzing Mitochondrial DNA from Ancient Colonial Cattle" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Matt Wawersik, Joanne Bowen
Rachel Fovargue, "The Integration of Metapopulation Dynamics into Habitat Equivalency Analysis" (Honors)
Daniel Cristol + Kerri Duerr, John Swaddle, Rob Hicks
Kelly Hallinger, "Survival of Adult Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at a Site Contaminated by Mercury" (Honors)
Daniel Cristol + Kerri Duerr, John Swaddle, J.C. Poutsma
Rebecca Lowdon
Margaret Saha + Liz Allison, Paul Heideman, Christopher Del Negro
Timothy Storm, "Oral Morphology of the Suspension-feeding American shad, Alosa sapidissima" (Honors)
Laurie Sanderson + Greg Capelli, Paul Heideman, Jim Perry

2007-08

Abigail Brunner, "Targeting of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Variants to Aggresomes" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Oliver Kerscher, Eric Engstrom, Lisa Landino
Amy Dapper, "The Effects of Selection for Thermotolerance on the Cost of Mating in Drosphilia melanogaster" (Honors)
George Gilchrist + Chris Funk, Matt Wawersik, Randy Coleman
Connie Gibbons, "The Effect of Diet on Reproduction of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus)" (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Eric Bradley, Lizabeth Allison, Randy Coleman
Andrew Hughes, "The role of Ca2+ activity in neurotransmitter phenotype determination" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Christopher Del Negro, Dennis Manos
Morgan Johnson, "The Role of Calcium Channels in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Paul Heideman, Christopher Abelt
Kristin Mahalak, "Use of Non-Native Macroalgal Habitat by Hatchery-Reared and Wild Blue Crab Juveniles" (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Randy Chambers, Rom Lipcius, Rochelle Slitz
Tara Mahoney, "Genetic Variation in Food Intake and GnRH Neurons in Female White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) (Honors)
Paul Heideman (Spring-Fall 2008)
Sajithya Perera, "The Impact of Ambient Noise on Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Nestling Begging" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Dan Cristol, Randy Chambers, Marlene Davis
Stephen Schworer, "Correlation of NIS mRNA levels with radioiodide uptake in mammary tumors and non-tumor mammory glands of MMTV-infected mice" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Patty Zwallo, Lisa Landino
Andrew Speidell, "The Effects of Cirazoline and Clonidine on the Firing Rates of Thermally Classified Neurons in the Anterior Hypothalamus of the Rat" (Honors)
John Griffin + Ashley Haines, Paul Heideman, Carey Bagdassarian
Daniel Teasley, "Transcription factor coexpression with GABAergic and glycinergic terminal differentiation genes" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Oliver Kerscher, Lizabeth Allison, Robert Hinkle
Benjamin Winer, "Development of Time of Flight Second Ion Mass Spectroscopy as a Technique to Investigate Biological Tissue Samples" (Honors)
Matt Wawersik + Paul Heideman, Oliver Kerscher, Bill Cooke

2006-07

Stephanie Byers, "Characterization of selected genes and neurotransmitters of the developing central nervous system in the Xenopus laevis emryo" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Matthew Wawersik, Elizabeth Harbron
Kenneth DeFontes, "Effects of Slip-Strand Mutations in the Histidine Kinase arsS of Heliobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Diane Shakes, Beverly Sher, Lisa Landino
Alicia Frame, "The Effects of Feather Pigmentation on Bacterial Degradation Rates" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Mark Forsyth, Dan Cristol, Greg Smith
Stefanie Gera, "Animal size and radula morphetric characters of the carnivorous gastropod Rapana venose (Murcidae) from the Chesapeake Bay" (Honors)
Julianna Harding + Randy Chambers, Greg Capelli, Roger Mann
Natalia Golub, "Specification of Neurotransmitter Phenotypes in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Patty Zwollo, David Armstrong
John Seeley, "Analysis of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene and one of its Primary Transcription Factors, Nurr1, in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, John Griffin, Rob Hinkle
Christopher Seibert, "A shRNA, Dual Flurorescent Protein Strategy to Determine Hormone Receptor Nuclear Import Mechanisms" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Diane Shakes, Oliver Kerscher, John Swaddle, M. Melfi
Alexandra Sledd, "Genetic Variation within the ArsRS Two-Component Signal Transduction System of Heliobacter pylori Relative to Disease Outcome and Geographic Origin" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Diane Shakes, Paul Heideman, Ismail Abdalla
Jamie Underdown, "Molecular charcterization of a fungus infecting the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus brevior" (Honors)
Ryan Carnegie + Cindy Van Dover, Lizabeth Allison, Patty Zwollo

2005-06

Mark Astoria, "Caenorhabditis elegans cell division mutant 1115" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Joe Scott, Matt Wawersik, Lisa Landino
Benjamin Atkins, "Segregation Defects in APC/C Mutant Caenorhabditis elegans Spermatogenesis" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Margaret Saha, Mark Forsyth, Robin Looft-Wilson
Jeffrey Burket, "Phase variation in cgtA (HP0217) of Heliobacter pylori and Lewis-antigen expression in lipopolysaccharide"
Mark Forsyth + John Swaddle, Beverly Sher, Sherree Davis
Nicole Cameron, "Nuclear Export of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Patty Zwollo, Margaret Saha, Clay Clemens
Jennifer DeCuir, "Identification of Autoinducer-2 Regulated Genes in Helocobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Misty McPhee, Beverly Sher, Michael Leruth
Ryan Fame, "Role of BMP-4, FGF-8b, and Retinoic Acid in the Specifications and Differentiation of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neural Phenotypes" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Paul Heideman, Mark Forsyth, Debbie Bebout
Katherine Fisher, "An Analysis of the Early Stages of Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specifications" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Paul Heideman, Sebastian Schreiber
Christopher Ford, "Investigating the Role of TCST system jhp0151-0150 in Heliobacter pylori adhesion" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Joe Scott, Matt Wawersik, Lisa Landino
Carol Logan, "Comparative Ultrastructure of the Digestive Diverticula in Bathymodiolin Mussels from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Sites" (Honors)
Cindy Van Dover + Joe Scott, Diane Shakes, Ryan Carnegie
Christopher Muir, "Ecological Speciation in Drosophila" (Honors)
George Gilchrist + John Swaddle, Donna Folk, Sebastian Schreiber
Laura Page, "The Effect of Ambient White Noise on Female Zebra Finch Preference for Extra-Pair Mates" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Stan Hoegerman, George Gilchrist, Sebastian Schreiber
Lamia Wahba, "Cell Cycle Modeling and Chromosome Segregation Defects in Caenorhabditis elegans" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Patty Zwollo, George Gilchrist, Sebastian Schreiber
Matthew Wester, "The Effects of Early Cell Cycle Cessation on Neurotransmitter Specifications in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Matt Wawersik, Diane Shakes, David Armstrong
Heather Wiseman, "The Abundance of Cyanolichens in the College Woods, Williamsburg, Virginia" (Honors)
Martha Case + Stewart Ware, Mark Forsyth, Junping Shi

2004-05

Krishna Dondeti
Mark Forsyth + Margaret Saha, George Gilchrist, Sebastian Schreiber
Megan Evans
Cindy Van Dover + Joseph Scott, Mark Forsyth, Ryan Carnegie
Marion Harris
Margaret Saha + Paul Heideman, Diane Shakes, Elizabeth Harbron
Brendan Hodkinson
Martha Case + Joseph Scott, Stewart Ware, Brent Owens
Lisa McGinnis
Mark Forsyth + Patty Zwollo, Beverly Sher, Lisa Landino
Katie Provost
George Gilchrist + John Swaddle, Paul Heideman, Sebastian Schreiber
William Tarantino
Stewart Ware + Margaret Saha, Randy Chambers, Anne Reilly
Michael Weston
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Laurie Sanderson, Lisa Landino