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Student Research in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

There are many opportunities for students who wish to incorporate research experience into their undergraduate curriculum at Kenyon. Students may enroll in either Research Strategies (Biology) or Independent Study (Chemistry) for formal course credit. Junior and Senior students often enroll in our Honors Program in Biology or Chemistry and engage in a long-term collaborative research project with a faculty mentor. Our Summer Science Scholar Program funds students to work collaboratively with research mentors for up to 10 weeks during the summer months. Some students choose to go off campus for research experiences at a number of other institutions.

Below is a partial list of research projects that Biochemistry and Molecular Biology majors have undertaken in the past as an independent study, summer research or honors research.
 

Biochemistry majors

Jessica Carney '00: Photooxidation Using Transition Metal Complexes. Honors project. Scott Cummings, advisor.

Marla Fiorelli '99: Synthesis of 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine derivatives. Independent study. Scott Cummings, advisor

Kamille Johnson '99: Synthesis of ICRF dimer comeplexes. Independent study. Rosemary Marusak, advisor
 

Molecular Biology majors

Kathryn Anderson '97: The distribution of injected, labeled bcd mRNA in Drosophila oocytes. Honors project. David Marcey, advisor.

Brian Becknell '97: An investigation of calmodulin in Phycomyces blakesleeanus and differential gene expression during the gravitropic response. Honors project. Kathryn Edwards, advisor.

Jessica Chew '98: Effects of microinjected cytotskeletal inhibitors on the gravitropic response of the Phycomyces sporangiophore. Honors project. Kathryn Edwards, advisor.

Wendy Beyer '98: Erythropoiesis and Friend Virus Induced Erythroleukemia: Characterization of the Functional Interaction Between the Erythropoietin Receptor and the SFFV Envelope Protein, gp55. Honors project. David Marcey, advisor.

Dan Bowles '00: Functional characterization of Manduca sexta Na-K-Cl cotransporter. Honors project. Chris Gillen, advisor.

Daniel Denning '98: Investigations into the Transcriptional Responses and Signalling Pathways Induced by Reactive Oxygen Species in Kc167 Drosophila Tissue Culture Cells. Honors project. David Marcey, advisor.

Brian Gibney '99: Isolation and characterization of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides dnaKJ operon. Honors project. Ted Lee, advisor.

Michael Gilbert '97: Isolation of a putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase "DEAD-box" gene from Manduca sexta. Honors project. David Marcey, advisor.

Erin Mehlhop '99: Strategies for cloning the K-Cl cotransporter from fiddler crab gills. Honors project. Chris Gillen, advisor.

Elizabeth Millard '98: Cloning of a Calmodulin cDNA Fragment from Phycomyces blakesleeanus and Examination of Differential Gene Expression During the Gravitropic Response of the Sporangiophore. Honors project. Kathryn Edwards, advisor.

Grant Schulert '00: Role of Sigma-37 in Rhodobacter sphaeroides protein expression and photosynthetic growth. Honors project. Ted Lee, advisor.

Katie Temple '99: Isolation and characterization of the hrcA gene in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Research Strategies project. Ted Lee, advisor.

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