Arya Rao – 2018-2021. BIOLUN3500: Independent Biological Research, Epistasis in protein evolution. Columbia U class of 2021.
Logan Blaine, MOL Senior Thesis Research, , Princeton University 2016-18. The role of epistasis in the clustering of amino acid substitutions during protein evolution.
Erica Swartwout, EEB Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2016-18, Quantifying larval foraging behavior polymorphism by unsupervised learning.
Daniel Pan, EEB Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2016-18. The effect of engineered nanoparticles on human health.
Caroline Griffin, EEB Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2016-17. Fish conservation policy in Florida.
Karen Zhang, Sophomore, Summer Research, , Princeton University 2017. The molecular basis of toxin resistance in vertebrates
Regina Visconti, Princeton Biophysics REU Program. 2016. “The chemistry of cardenolides and bufodienolides sequestered by plants and animals”.
Minjia Tang, EEB Sophomore, Princeton University, 2016 “Genetic basis of adaptive phenotypes in Drosophila”.
Mariana Wu, EEB Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2016-18. Adaptive gene expression regulation in milkweed bugs.
I’ran James, Princeton Summer Undergraduate Research Program, “Hunting for SNPs: The genomic distribution of false positive and negative variant calls”
Adam Rosenstein, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2015-17, “Parallel evolution of cardenolide resistance across insect orders.”
Christopher D. Patacsil, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2015-17, “The impact of the 2008 Farm Bill on pollinators in the United States.”
Megan S. Abbott, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2015-17, “The evolution of the sword edge trait in Xiphophorus birchmanni – malinche hybrid populations”
Sanna Edwin, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Karolinska-Princeton Undergraduate Exchange Program. “Patterns of codon usage bias in Lepidoptera” 2014-5.
Rebecca Dresner, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University 2013-15. “Behavior and genetics determining hybridization: Studying Xiphophorus malinche and birchmanni in the Calnali and Tlatemaco hybrid zones in Mexico.”
Rachel Zambrowicz, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2013-15. “Filling in the missing heritability of complex disease: Exome sequencing identifies DNPEP as a novel potential risk gene for type-II diabetes.”
Elizabeth Cutting, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2013-15. “Differential responses to environmental stress and arsenic exposure in two populations of Fundulus heteroclitus.”
Lucy Cobbs, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2013-15. “Adaptive changes in Lampyridae illuminate evolutionary trends: A study of toxin resistance in sodium-potassium pumps.”
Loren Castellon, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2012-14. “The spotted-caudal project: Examining the genetic basis of a sexually selected trait in Xiphophorus fish.”
Jamie Ding, Molecular Biology, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2012-14. “Na+/K+-ATPase substitutions that confer cardenolide resistance in insects.”
Jesse Fields, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2012-14. “The evolution of convergence: From morphological similarities to predicting molecular adaptations.”
Nicole Chu, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2012-14 “Mate choice and behavior of Xiphophorus hellerii and X. maculatus in a sexual selection system.”
Benjamin Burton, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2010-12. “The evolution of the Na+/K+ ATPase gene in the milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis).”
Michael Cheng, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2010-12. “SNP density and gene function in Danaus plexippus: a preliminary study.”
Virginia Byron, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2009-11. “Evolution of gene in Drosophila sister species: a closer look at the t_MSE cis-regulatory enhancer region in yakuba and D. santomea.”
Jerry Nnanabu, EEB, Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University, 2009-11. “The creation of a new genome-wide system to study fine-scale genetic recombination variation in Drosophila melanogaster.”
Linda Boettger, 2005, University of California San Diego, “Inferring deleterious mutation parameters for the human mitochondria using an approximate Bayesian approach.”
Clinton Edwards, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2005, University of California San Diego. “Population genetics of female reproductive genes in Drosophila.”
Elah Feder, NSERC Undergraduate Research Project, 2004, University of Toronto. “Population genetics of cardenolide resistance in the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).”
Atosa Mehrfar, Undergraduate work-study project, 2003, University of Toronto. “The congruence of mtDNA and W-linked genealogies in the silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina.”
Adriana Puentes, Undergraduate project, 2003, University of Toronto. “mtDNA introgression in the yakubaspecies group.”
Robert Watt, Undergraduate Genetics Honors Project, 2002, University of Edinburgh. “The signature of natural selection at cyp6g1: a gene underlying DDT resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.”
Alexie Papanicolou, Undergraduate Genetics Honors Project, 2002, University of Edinburgh. “The evolution of regulatory miRNAs in Drosophila and ”
Manolia Vougioukalou, Undergraduate Genetics Honors Project, 2000, University of Edinburgh. “An unusual pattern of genetic variation in Drosophila melanogaster.”
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