Lab Members

St. Mary’s Project Students

 

2015 – 2016

Kylie Curtis: Climate-related range shift: A meta-analysis of terrestrial and aquatic species’ rate of range shift.

Megan Gerdes: Diapause termination and metabolic rate in the pitcher-plant mosquito (Wyeomyia smithii).

Evan Harris: Comparative genomics of predatory bacteria Ensifer adhaerens and non-predatory bacteria Sinorhizobia fredii.

Gabby Leather: Genomic assembly and comparative analysis of the facultative predatory bacteria Aristabacter necator.

Maureen Monk: Genetic variability in natural and transplanted populations of the purple pitcher-plant Sarracenia purpurea.

Bradley Power: A comparative genomic analysis of the predatory aquatic bacteria Micavibrio aeruginosavorus and the non-predatory aquatic bacteria Candidatus puniceispirillum marinum.

2014-2015

Mary Addison: How long is a blood-meal detectable in the Asian Tiger Mosquito?

John Allyn: The use of technology as an aid in understanding statistics topics in relation to biological concepts.

Collin Brown: Mosquito Immune Response to Paramecium falciparum; Combatting Malaria within the Vector

Matt Fowler: Comparative genomic analysis of neotropical malaria vectors.

Derrick Fyfield: Analysis of Genetic Variation in the Neotropical Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi: Determining Genetic Correlates of Plasmodium Infection Susceptibility.

Leslie Sepaniac: Expression of carbohydrate metabolism genes surrounding diapause in Wyeomyia smithii, the pitcher plant mosquito.

2013-2014

Rachel Allen: Evaluation of the role of methoprene-tolerant in diapause via gene expression analysis in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii.

Daniel Harris [website]: Primate epigenetic evolution: An analysis of CpG island evolution in the human, chimpanzee, gibbon, and rhesus monkey genomes.

Jake Quaytman: Analysis of population genomic structure in natural populations of the major neotropical malaria vector Anopheles darlingi.

Johanna Rambo: The effect of speciation on the population genomic structure of Ipomopsis aggregata and Ipomopsis tennuituba.

2012 – 2013

Brodie Morris: Genomic analysis of vitellogenesis genes in autogenous, nonautogenous and non-bloodfeeding mosquitoes.