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Successful CFANS UROP Projects
Spring 2007

Carlyle Burd
The Effects of High Fiber Diets on Gut Hormone Ghrelin
Faculty Sponsor:  Joanne Slavin

Benjamin Clasen
Genetic Analysis of Invasive Tanacetum Vulgare Using ISSR Molecular Markers
Faculty Sponsor:  Alan Smith

Janelle Frick
Heritability of Cold Tolerance in Gladiolus
Faculty Sponsor:  Neil Anderson

Kyle Gill
Abies Balsamea Seed Viability and Germination Following Wildfire
Faculty Sponsor:  Roy Rich & Peter Reich

Natalie Hanson
Analysis of Sex Hormones in a Human Feeding Study
Faculty Sponsor:  Mindy Kurzer

Elizabeth Hoel
High Omega-3 Fatty Acid Bakery Products
Faculty Sponsor:  Susan Raatz

Katrina Klett
Do Honey Bees Use the Waggle Dance to Recruit Other Bees to Resin Secreting Plants?
Faculty Sponsor:  Marla Spivak

Daniel Kohn
Comparing Two Population Indices to Estimate Sambar Deer (Cervus Unicolor)
Abundance in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Reserve Thailand
Faculty Sponsor:  James Smith

Shalini Latchman
Louse Flies on Minnesota Raptors
Faculty Sponsor:  Roger Moon

Angela Miner
Identifying  Species-Specific Genetic Markers for Game Fish in Minnesota Using Mitochondrial or Microsatellite DNA Loci
Faculty Sponsor:  Loren Miller

Patrick Nelson
Germination and Seedbed Diversity in Boreal Forests Following Wildfire
Faculty Sponsor:  Reich

Sarah Oppeneer
Effects of a High Fiber Breakfast on Satiety and Impact on Overall Food Intake in Hispanics
Faculty Sponsor:  Joanne Slavin

Joe Reisdorf
Diet Comparison of Double Crested Cormorant Juveniles and Adults on Leech Lake Minnesota
Faculty Sponsor:  Andrew Simons

Nissa Rudh
Determining Suitable Fish Hosts and Brooding Behavior of Minnesota Threatened Butterfly Ellipsaria Lineolata (Mollusca: Bivalvia) Part II
Faculty Sponsor:  Mark Hove

Christopher Smith
The Phylogenetic Relationships of Gecko Lizards
Faculty Sponsor:  Andrew Simons

Fall 2006

Mike Boerboom
Ethanol's Potential Impact on Livestock
Faculty Sponsor:  Brian Buhr

Shanda Fisher
Elm Creek TMDL Project
Faculty Sponsor:  Dean Current

Luke Kusilek
Stream Survey of Habitat for Slimy and Mottled Sculpin
Faculty Sponsor:  Bruce Vondracek

Holly Lahd
A Comparative Environmental and Economics Systems Analysis of New Transportation Technologies
Faculty Sponsor:  Sangwon Suh

Megan Mathey
Intergeneris Hybridization within the Onagraceae
Faculty Sponsor:  Neil Anderson

Andres Morantes
Fish Host Suitability Analysis Using Elktoe (Alasmidonta marginata) Glochidia
Faculty Sponsor:  Mark Hove

Lauren Quast
Do the Cells of Leydig in the Testes Produce a Substance that Affects Sperm Production in Rams
Faculty Sponsor:  Jonathon Wheaton

Justin Reeck
Evaluation of Field Instrument for Determining Free Air Space in Composted Dairy Barns
Faculty Sponsor:  Jeff Reneau

Donelle Scaffidi
Can Goldfish Tell Time?
Faculty Sponsor:  Jeff Reneau

Caitlin Smith
Chemoreception in Chironmidae and Megaloptera
Faculty Sponsor:  Leonard Ferrington

Toria Waldron
Relationship Between Ram Testicular Cell Androgen Receptors and Daily Sperm Production
Faculty Sponsor:  Jonathon Wheaton

Neng Xiong
Studying Walleye Consumption to Understand the Population Dynamics Between Double-Crested Cormorants and Walleye
Faculty Sponsor:  Andrew Simons

Spring 2006

Andrew Bents
Using the Tol2 transposon for Pig Cell Transgenesis
Faculty Sponsor:  Scott Fahrenkrug

John Berini
Avian Diversity and the Impacts of Exotic Earthworms
Faculty Sponsor:  Robert B. Blair

James Klovstad
Time Budget Analysis of Double-crested Cormorants on Leech Lake, Minnesota
Faculty Sponsor:  Andrew Simons

Nissa Rudh
Determining Suitable Fish Hosts and Brooding Behavior of Minnesota Threatened Butterfly, Ellipsaria lineolata (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Kayla Vettling
Effect of fiber supplements on glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity
Faculty Sponsor:  Joanne Slavin

Carrie Grummer
Vitamin D Analysis of Milk Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Faculty Sponsor:  Lloyd Metzger

Rebecca Beduhn
Erosion Effects on Soil Organic Carbon in Soils in Minnesota
Faculty Sponsor:  William Zanner

Adam Mayer
Measurement of Soybean Composition using NIRS
Faculty Sponsor:  James Orf

Lucas Sjostrom
Systematic Evaluation of the Aegiolops tauschii for resistance to Fungal Diseases of Wheat
Faculty Sponsor:  Brian Steffenson

Benjamin Jordan
Biodiversity of Macroscopic Fungi of the MNVNWR
Faculty Sponsor:  Bud Markhart

Intersession 2006
Jennifer Bennett
The effect of the gonadal hormone inhibin on the negative feedback regulation of pituitary lutenizing hormone secretion in rams
Faculty Sponsor:  Jonathon Wheaton

Luz Mirabal
Efficiency of fumaric Acid in Killing E. coli 0157:H7
Faculty Sponsor:  Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

Bryan Peterson
Asexual propagation of Dirca palustris using a variety of hormone treatments
Faculty Sponsor:  Jeff Gillman

Liz Sarto
Determining Amounts of Plant N in Alfalfa Roots and Soil Using stable 15N Isotope Techniques
Faculty Sponsor:  Michael Russelle

Lisa Kissing
Pathogen suppression in a cola-rye-dry bean crop rotation
Faculty Sponsor:  Linda Kinkel

Fall 2005

Jamie Butterfass
Homeless Mothers:  How Shopping Habits Influence Dietary Intake
Faculty Sponsor:  Chery Smith

Alyssa Covelli
The Acceptability of Dinner Rolls Made with White Whole Wheat and Added Dietary Fiber
Faculty Sponsor:  Len Marquart

Armen Czepyha
Evaluation of the Physical Chemical Textural Differences in Regular and Gluten-free Bread
Faculty Sponsor:  Ted Labuza

Kristen John
Production of Non-invasive Cultivars of Buddleja davidii
Faculty Sponsor:  Alan G. Smith

Kathryn Johnston
Impacts of Eco-Labeling for Food at the Retail Level
Faculty Sponsor:  Robert P. King

Summer Kluck
Investigating the Genetics of Resistance to Net Blotch and Spectoria Speckled Leaf Blotch in Barley
Faculty Sponsor:  Kevin Smith

Reza Serajzadeh
Biotechnology Approach for Producing Shorter Height Syringa Vulgaris for Landscaping
Faculty Sponsor:  Alan G. Smith