Vol. 1, No. 3  Academic Year 2001-2002 

Search for potential replication origins in Borrelia burgdorferi. 
Daniel Belz (Dr. Scott Samuels)

Inhibition of a-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase due to Arsenite Exposure.
Erik Bergquist (Dr. Brooke Martin)

Effects of vegetation and ramp modification on small- and medium- sized animal use of culverts as travel corridors.
Erin Bohman (Dr. Kerry Foresman)

Effects of Aphthona species and integrated management on leafy spurge and native plant communities of Mount Sentinel.
Cynthia Buckalew (Marilyn Marler)

Analysis of Red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, Movement Patterns in Relation to Grounded and Elevated Fallen Logs.
Heather Davis (Dr. Don Christian)

Analysis of a New Selectable Marker for the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi
Kristi L. Frank (Dr. Scott Samuels)

Monitoring and Prediction of Malaria Outbreaks
Jennifer Harlow (Dr. Steve Running)

Antenna morphology and pheromone-based mate location in Polyphemus moths.
Erin Heydenreich (Dr. Doug Emlen)

Bacterial Fingerprints from the Feces of Snowshoe Hare Represent

A Non-Invasive Sampling Technique and a Tool for Conservation Biology.
Erin Inkley (Dr. William Holben)

System for Genetic Manipulation of ialB promoter from Bartonella bacilliformis, a regulator associated with virulence.
Chad Lang (Dr. Mike Minnick)

Soil Aggregate Formation: determining the timeline for aggregate formation using a glacial chronosequence.
Jacqueline Papez (Dr. Matthias Rillig)

Investigation of Microbial Transport in Subsurface Aquifers.
Mike Reed (Dr. William Holben)

The Quantification of Microbial Communities in Soils Associated with Centaurea maculosa Lam (Spotted knapweed).
Alex Rodriguez (Dr. William Holben)

Structure and Function of a Surface Protein on Bartonella quintana.
Kate Sappington (
Dr. Mike Minnick)

Testing for Differences in Newborn Snowshoe Hare Survival.
Kevin Sterling (Dr. Scott Mills)

PCR Amplification of Eukaryotic DNA from Snow: Developing Tools for Phlylogenetic Analysis of the Geographic Distribution of Snow Algal Populations.
Nathan Stevens (Dr. William Holben)

Effects of Nucleocapisid and Gag Protein on HIV-2 dimerization.
Colby Stoddard (Dr. Stephen Lodmell)

Characterization of the changing antibody response in wild cougars infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV).
Jesse Thompson (Dr. Mary Poss)

Movement and Behavior of Long-Toed Salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum).
Andrew Van Eck (Dr. Colin Henderson)

Floral Wetness as a Source of Selective Pressure.
Chelsea Vollmer (Dr. Carol Brewer)