Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research
 

Summer 2005 Research Projects

(Click on the name of the project for the research description)

Positions are for 8-10 weeks; stipends are $3,500, plus $500 housing allowance

Projects funded by PLU’s Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Endowment:

BIOL
 Ann Auman Molecular and Biochemical Analyses of Microbial Communities in Olympic Rain Forest Tree Canopy Soils
BIOL Tom Carlson Effects of bisphenol A on Development of the Toad, Bombina orientalis
BIOL
 Dana Garrigan Using Butterfly Distributions to Address Conservation Issues
BIOL/CHEM   Ann Auman & Myriam Cotten Interdisciplinary Research: Structure-Function Relationship Studies in Antimicrobial Peptides from the Hybrid Striped Sea Bass
CHEM Myriam Cotten Investigating Molecular Recognition and Biological Function at Interfaces: A Study Featuring Piscidins, Peculiar Antimicrobial Peptides from Fish
CHEM Paul Davis Detection of Performance-Enhancing Drugs via Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) from Gold Nanoparticle Aggregates
MATH Mei Zhu Mathematical modeling of biological problems

Projects funded by Individual Grants

BIOL               Matt Smith Neural Circuitry Involved in the Regulation of Reproductive Function in the Female Rat
CHEM Dean Waldow Compatibilization Effects of Copolymers on Blends of Polystyrene and Polybutadiene

Place completed applications in box outside room 159. Contact Angie Alexander, NSCI Dean, at alexanag@plu.edu or 535-7545 with questions. Due Friday, February 25, at 5 p.m.		 Downloadable Forms
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