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Research Students

Millersville University

Jillian Reese (Summer 2007), " Turtle homologues of cranial NCC markers, Id-2 and noelin-1"

Jeremy Vogelsong and Anne Terrell (Summer 2007), "Identification of migrating neural crest cells from turtle neural tube cultures"

 

Swarthmore College

Kirstin Knox (Spring 1996), "Injection of Fgf-3 and Fgf-4 antisense RNA into the tailbuds of stage 12-13 chicken
embryos"

Hillary Sheipe (Spring 1996), "Ketatinocyte growth factor and acidic fibroblast growth factor induction of epithelial
branching in embryonic mouse lung"

Rachel Brakke (Spring 1998), "The presence of delta in 24 hour chick embryos: the proposed affiliation of delta
and notch with the inhibition of myogenesis in chick epiblast cells"

Jason Bromer (Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Honors thesis, with Scott Gilbert),"Characterizing the expression of the
chick Tbx5 gene and its role in lung epithelial branching"

Fraser Tan (Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Honors thesis) Carapacial ridge and costal bone formation in the carapace of the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

Michael Cho (Summer 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004) BMP inhibitors in Trachemys scripta

Paul Riccio (Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Honors thesis) Paracrine signaling in the carapacial ridge of the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

Jacqueline Simonet (Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005) The effects of fibroblast growth factors on rib development in embryonic chicks

Brian Hwang (Spring 2004) The expression of BMPs and their inhibitors during the ossification of the carapace of the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

Katherine Lewis (Summer 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Honors thesis with Scott Gilbert) The early development of the carapacial scutes of the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

Erin Betters (Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Honors thesis with Scott Gilbert) The contribution of neural crest cells to the formation of the plastron of the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

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