20 | School of Arts & Sciences
Student Research & Honors
Michael Kaplan, 12: "von Willebrand Factor and
Coagulation Factor VIII are protective in an animal
model of Multiple Sclerosis."
Kyle Alpha, '14: "CH310T½ Cells Treated With
PTHrP Show Altered Expression of microRNAs
that May Target Cdh11."
Neil Batta, '12: "Searching For an Ion Channel to
Reduce Intrinsic Excitability of Stem Cells" (Hon-
ors Project).
Rebecca Hartnett, '12, and Amit Singal, '12: "Sonic
Hedgehog Promotes Hippocampal Excitability
Through Activation of Canonical Pathway."
Alvin Kim, '12: "Analysis of Miniature Synaptic
Events of Mouse Hippocampal Neurons Treated
with SHH." The research was performed under a
Borer Fellowship during the summer of 2011.
Francisco Nieves, '12: "Measuring the Fitness of a
Soccer Team: A Proposed Maximal Lactate
Steady-State Protocol."
Katrina Teeter, '14: "Analyzing protocadherins
using bioinformatics to determine protein func-
tions and interactions."
Sarah Van Remmen, '14: "The Effect of Lortab®
on Early Sea Urchin Development."
Kyle Klosowski, '12 (missing), and Katie Krisko, '12
(pictured with Dean Wolfgang Natter and Fr. Peter
Schneible, O.F.M.): "Functional Characterization of
Cadherin-11 in the Murine Mammary Gland."
Garima Agrawal, '12: (1) "Danio rerio Zebrafish de-
velopmental defects induced by LiCl and Tylenol
Cold"; and (2) "CTGF expression during mammary
gland development."
Projects not pictured ~
David Samuel, '12: "Singlet Oxy-
gen Addition to the Vitamin B6
Ring."
Kelly Morrison, '13: "Synthesis of
Maleamic Acid Amidinohydrolase
Small Molecule Analogs."
Hannah Walker, '14: Emotional
Expression in Portraits
(watercol-
ors and drawings).
Some 61 students exhibited projects in the
School of Arts and Sciences' 2012 Student Research
& Creative Endeavors Exposition