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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research and Active Learning

Students



Entela Nako, Julie Mazeika and Nora Mineva discuss their genetic research under the mentorship of Professor Thomas Leonard.

Honors Theses, 2005

Elysia Alvarez   Honors advisor: D. Nelson
"Computational Analysis of the Interaction of the Anthrax Lethal Factor Exotoxin with Peptide Substrate Analogs and with the anthrax Protective Antigen 'Pre-Pore'"

Mary Badon   Honors advisors: D. Larochelle (Clark), C. Field and T. Mitchison (Harvard Medical School)
"Analysis of Centrosome Function in Cell Division and Characterization of Small Molecule Inhibitors"

Kim Leblanc   Honors advisor: UMass
"Attachment of the Lyme Disease Spirochete to Mammalian Host Cells as Mediated by BBK032"

Adam McPherson   Honors advisor: UMass
"Analysis of factors associated with Pbp1p in the post-transcriptional control of gene expression"

Nicole Mills   Honors advisor: J. Thackeray
"Knocking out a Potential Tyrosine Phosphorylation Site in Drosophila PLC-gamma"

James Vecchione   Honors advisor: D. Larochelle
"Understanding the Pats1 Gene and its Involvement in the Molecular Regulation of Cytokinesis"

Boyan Yordanov   Honors advisor: S. Huo
"Initial conformational changes of transthyretin triggering amyloid formation: Molecular dynamics simulation under low pH conditions"

Academic Spree Day 2005

"Prediction and Analysis of Complexes Formed Between the Anthrax Protective Antigen Heptameric 'Pre-Pore' and the Anthrax Lethal Factor and MAPKK-2 Peptide Substrate Models." Elysia Alvarez '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Nelson)

"Assessing Polyribosome Association of the Yeast Protien Lsm12." Adam D. McPherson '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"The Investigation and Characterization of the Myotubularin-Related Domain of Pats1." Jesse Davis '06 (sponsor: Professor D. Larochelle)

"Identification of Spirochetal Surface Proteins that Function in Adhesion to Mammalian Cells" Kimberly LeBlanc '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

Faculty

Read about the work of some of our faculty:

David S. Hibbett

Denis Larochelle

Thomas J. Leonard

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Mary Badon '05 completed an honors thesis titled "Characterization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Cytokinesis."



Nicole Mills '05 completed an honors thesis titled "Knocking out a Potential Tyrosine Phosphorylation Site in Drosophila PLC-gamma." The top photo shows her displaying her research at Academic Spree Day.

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