Former Research Students in Prof. Holliday's Lab
1987-1997
1987-88:
Thesis Students:
Martin A. Connaughton ('88). A year-round study of the mud fiddler crab, Uca pugnax : branchial Na, K-ATPase activity in the wild.
Susan F. Law ('88). Branchial Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum .
Kevin M. McGrath ('88). Nephridial Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the earthworm, Lumbricus sp.
Independent Study Students:
Cheryl L. Foy ('88). An ultrastructural study of the gills of the marine isopod, Idotea wosnesenskii .
Ignatius S. Hneleski, III ('88). Na, K-ATPase activity in the gills of the pill bug, Armadilium , and the sow bug, Porcellio scaber.
John B. Tedeschi ('89). Rehydration of desiccated fiddler crabs,Uca minax, on sand and mud substrata.
1988-89:
Thesis Students:
Christopher M. Gillen ('89). An investigation of the hormonal control of gill Na,K-ATPase in the green crab, Cancer irroratus.
Valerie J. Patman ('89). Gill Na,K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the isopod, Ligia exotica.
Independent Study Students:
Dean P. Boorujy ('89). Temperature effects on gill Na,K-ATPase in the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax (two semesters).
Lauren K. Canady ('90). A critical review of the literature on the physiological effects of DMSO (one semester).
Nicholas C. Dorion ('89). The roles of different gill pairs in osmoregulation in the green crab, Cancer irroratus (two semesters).
Erik J. Nuveen ('89). Gill Na,K-ATPase in the woodlice, Porcellio and Armadillium (two semesters).
John S. Petrides ('89). Renal Na,K-ATPase activity in the earthworm
(two semesters).
1989-90:
Independent Study Students:
Clodualdo S. Orquiza, III ('90). The effects of assay conditions on the activity of the sodium pump in the gills of the crab, Hemigrapsus nudus.
Joseph A. Cribbins, III ('91). Gill Na,K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus.
1990-91:
Independent Study Students:
Thomas H. Burrows ('92), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the guppy, Poecelia reticulata.
Joseph A. Cribbins ('91), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the sow bug, Porcellio scaber.
Lara Diamond ('92), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the isopods, Lircaeus louisanae and Caecidotea communis.
Tammy L. Jenkes ('92), Localization of gill Na, K-ATPase in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
Thomas F. Muller ('92), Renal Na, K-ATPase and urine dilution in the clam, Anodonta grandis.
Summer:
Gemma L. Salt ('92), Ecology of the cicada-killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. EXCEL Scholar.
1991-92:
Thesis Students:
Thomas H. Burrows ('92), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the guppy, Poecelia reticulata.
Lara Diamond ('92), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the clam, Corbicula fluminea.
Richard McLaughlin ('92), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the fresh water Thai crab, Sesarma mederi.
Gemma L. Salt ('92), Ecology of the cicada-killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus.
Independent Study Students:
Sharon A. Aufox ('92), Enzyme polymorphism in the yellow jacket.
Christine Dornbosch ('93), A portfolio of biological illustrations (joint project with the Department of Art & Music).
D. Scott Hursh ('93), Gill Na, K-ATPase and salt transport in the killifish, Fundulus grandis.
Robert A. Marshall ('92), Determination of sugars in the crop fluid of the cicada-killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus.
Tammy J. Mcveigh ('92), Gill Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the platy fish, Xiphophorus maculatus.
Thomas F. Muller ('92), Renal Na, K-ATPase and urine dilution in the clams, Anodonta grandis. and Unio crassus.
Cathleen M. O'Shea ('93), Gill and kidney Na, K-ATPase in a fresh water clam.
Christine Y. Yang ('93), Gill and kidney Na, K-ATPase in the fresh water snail, Goniobasis sp.
1992-93:
Thesis Students
D. Scott Hursh ('93), Gill and kidney Na, K-ATPase and salt transport in the killifish, Fundulus grandis.
Kathleen M. O'Shea ('93), Gill and kidney Na, K-ATPase in the euryhaline flagfish, Jordanella floridae.
Christine Y. Yang ('93), Gill and kidney Na, K-ATPase in the fresh water snail, Viviparous sp.
Independent Study Student:
Brian J. Cuiffreda ('94), Development of a microplate version of an Na, K-ATPase enzyme assay.
Summer:
Kareema J. Levetter ('94), Life cycle of the cicada-killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. HHMI Grant funding.
Amith K. Majumdar ('95), Laboratory-rearing of the cicada-killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. Nalven Fellowship funding.
1993-94:
Thesis Student:
Brian J. Cuiffreda ('94), A study of gill Na, K-ATPase activity in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, using microplate enzyme assay analysis.
Independent Study Students:
Nilofar Firooznia ('94), The effect of buffers on gill Na, K-ATPase activity in the goldfish, Carausius auratus.
Jane Oh ('95), The effect of buffers on gill Na, K-ATPase activity in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator.
Rakesh Patel ('95), Gill Na, K-ATPase activity in the pillbug, Armadillidium vulgaris.
Fall, 1994:
Independent Study Students:
Amy Aiken ('95), Gill Na, K-ATPase in the anomuran crab, Emerita talpoida.
Jason Causa ('95), Renal Na, K-ATPase in the black molly, Pocelia lattipinna.
Leslie Magnuson ('95), Branchial Na, K-ATPase in the freshwater clam, Margaritifera sp.
Kaylin Mordock ('95), The effects of metabolic inhibitors on ion transport in crab gills.
Jane Oh ('95), Branchial Na, K-ATPase in the black molly, Pocelia lattipinna.
Rakesh Patel ('95), Gill Na, K-ATPase activity in the pillbug, Porcellio scaber.
Spring, 1995:
Independent Study Students:
Jason Causa ('95), Renal Na, K-ATPase in the black molly, Pocelia lattipinna.
William Forbes ('95), Function of the hindgut of the mole crab,Emerita talpoida.
Deborah Markowitz ('95), Function of the midgut caecum of the crab, Emerita talpoida.
Kaylin Mordock ('95), The effects of metabolic inhibitors on ion transport in crab gills.
Jane Oh ('95), Branchial Na, K-ATPase in the black molly, Pocelia lattipinna.
Fall, 1995:
Independent Study Students:
William Forbes ('96), Function of the hindgut of the mole crab, Emerita talpoida.
Deborah Markowitz ('96), Function of the midgut caecum of the crab, Emerita talpoida.
Summer, 1997:
Amanda T. Parton ('98). Factors affecting mate choice by female cicada-killer wasps, Sphecius speciosus. EXCEL Scholar.
Fall, 1997:
Independent Study Student:
Amanda T. Parton ('98). Gill Na, K-ATPase in the estuarine crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis.
Fall, 1998:
Independent Study Student:
Jennifer Rogers ('99). Gill sodium pump activity and ion transport mechanisms in crab gills: a review of the literature since 1990.
Spring, 2002:
Independent Study Student:
Katherine Markey ('03). Manatees and Dugongs - their biology and conservation.
Spring, 2004:
Independent Study Student:
Joseph Oliver ('06). Na, K-ATPase in the gills of the land hermit crab.
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