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for pre-service and in-service biology teachers (7-12 grades) in Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Genomics

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2009 Participants and Mentors

Teacher Name	Teacher School	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Dieter Gregory	Boone High School	Adam Bogdanove	Tos-ing at Target Genes
Howe Sara Kate	Johnston High School	Thomas Baum	Nematode SPIT Regulates Plant Gene Expression
Humston Jon	Iowa City High School	Steve Whitham	Walking into post-genomics era --Virus-induced gene silencing for soybean gene function--
Kite Amanda	Van Buren Community Schools	Don Sakaguchi	Potential Cellular Mechanism of Interleukin-6-Enhanced Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells
Kollman James	Denison High School	Jonathan Wendel	Evolution of duplicate pathways in polyploid Gossypium
Maffin Lance	Bondurant-Farrar Junior Senior High School	Roger Wise	Cosegregation of Phenotypes with Genotypes in OWB
Manternach Tanya	Hempstead High School	Nicole Valenzuela	Differential Evolution of Regulatory Gene Networks in the Sex Determination of Turtles
Mesick Spencer	Iowa State University	Jonathan Wendel	Evolution of duplicate pathways in polyploid Gossypium
Peterson Alan	Laurens-Marathon CSD	Steve Whitham	Walking into post-genomics era --Virus-induced gene silencing for soybean gene function--
Price III Lawrence	Clarinda High School	Thomas Baum	Detecting Mobile RNA Complexes in Potato and Pumpkin
Schiller-Holland Alicia	Central Lee High School	Don Sakaguchi	Effects of Varying Calcium Concentrations on Differentiation of Adult Neural Stem Cells
Wolken Courtney	Newton High School	Anne Bronikowski	Population genetics in western garter snakes
Yoder Erin	Maple Valley High School	David Hannapel	Detecting Mobile RNA Complexes in Potato and Pumpkin

2008 Participants and Mentors

Teacher Name	Teacher School	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Hansen Jill	Bay High School, Panama City, Florida	Jeanne Serb	Molecular Phylogeny of the Pectinidae Family
Hewitt Courtney	Newton High School	Anne Bronikowski	Sequence Evolution of IGF-1 in Snakes
Howe Sara Kate	Johnston High School	Steve Whitham	Study of plant pathogen responsive genes in Arabidopsis to further knowledge of gene function
Hurst Brad	Johnston High School	Thomas Baum	Manipulation of miRNA396 Target Sites in Arabidopsis thaliana
Jacobson Amy	East High School, Des Moines	Diane Bassham	Stress Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana wrky65 Knockout Plants
Kollman James	Denison High School	Jonathan Wendel	Identification of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Promoters in Gossypium hirsutum
Maffin Lance	Bondurant-Farrar Junior Senior High School	Gwen Beattie	Fitness and Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae Bacteria
May Diane	Beckman High School	Thomas Baum	Manipulation of miRNA396 Target Sites in Arabidopsis thaliana
Oltrogge Kim	North Polk High School	Don Sakaguchi	The Effects of Blocking a Potassium Ion Channel on Brain Progenitor Cell Differentiation
Peterson Alan	Laurens-Marathon CSD	Don Sakaguchi	The Effects of Blocking a Potassium Ion Channel on Brain Progenitor Cell Differentiation
Riddle Amanda	Wartberg College (pre-service)	Diane Bassham	Study of Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wrky65 Knockout Plants
Taborga Karen	Love Joy Elementary, Des Moines	Nicole Valenzuela	Turtle Power!
Upah John	Valley Southwoods Freshman High School	Roger Wise	Cosegregation of CAPS with Disease Phenotypes in Barley
Whigham Ehren	Roosevelt High School DSM	Roger Wise	Cosegregation of CAPS with Disease Phenotypes in Barley
Wilcox Jesse	Valley Southwoods Freshman High School	Steve Whitham	Study of plant pathogen responsive genes in Arabidopsis to further knowledge of gene function
Yoder Erin	Maple Valley Anthon Oto High School	Gwen Beattie	Fitness and Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae Bacteria
Young Laura	Iowa State University (pre-service)	Jonathan Wendel	Phylogenetic Studies of Gossypium

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2007 Participants and Mentors

Teacher Interns	School	Faculty Mentor / Department	Research Project
Pam Brewer-Michael	Marshalltown High Scool	Martha James	A Study of Starch Metabolizing Proteins
	Marshalltown , Iowa	BBMB
Julie Bullinga	Marshalltown High Scool	Diane Bassham	Stress Responses in Arabidopsis thalianawrky65 Knockout Plants
	Marshalltown , Iowa	GDCB
Anita Dutta	Scavo Campus High School	Kan Wang	Effects of seed sterilization treatments on seedling vigor and in vitor callus induction of four maize inbred lines.
	Des Moines , Iowa	Agronomy
Eric Hall	Hoover High School	Dan Voytas	A Comparative Study of Zinc Finger Nuclease Activity
	Des Moines , Iowa	GDCB
Garrett Hall	SE Polk Senior High School	Steve Whitham	Study of Oryza Sativa genes in Arabidopsis To advance understanding of pathogenic defencese in barley.
	Pleasant Hill , Iowa	Plant Pathology
Jill Hansen	Bay High School	Allen Miller	Global BYDV/CYDV Genome Sequencing Project
	Panama City , Florida	Plant Pathology
Gene McClugage	Ames Middle School	Jonathan Wendel	Comparison of DNA Sequence of H3 (Histone) and Centromere H3 (Cen H3) in Memebers of the Gossypium (Cotton) Genus
	Ames, Iowa	EEOB
Kimberly Oltrogge	North Polk Hight School	Lynn Clark	Evidence of natural hybridization and introgression among Arundinaria species (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) in the southeastern U.S .
	Alleman, Iowa	EEOB
Chris Siguenza	Iowa State University	Allen Miller	Global BYDV/CYDV Genome Sequencing Project
	Pre-service teachers	Plant Pathology
John Upah	Valley Southwoods Freshman HS	Roger Wise	Identification of Pathogen Defense Genes In Cereal Plants
	West Des Moines , Iowa	Plant Pathology
Ehren Whigham	Iowa State University	Roger Wise	Identification of Pathogen Defense Genes In Cereal Plants
	Pre-service teachers	Plant Pathology
Jesse Wilcox	Valley Southwoods Freshman HS	Steve Whitham	Study of Oryza Sativa genes in Arabidopsis To advance understanding of pathogenic defencese in barley.
	West Des Moines , Iowa	Plant Pathology
Laura Young	Iowa State University	Dan Voytas	A Comparative Study of Zinc Finger Nuclease Activity
	Pre-service teachers	GDCB

		BBMB: Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
		GDCB: Genetics, Developmental and Cellular Biology
		EEOB: Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

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2006 Participants and Mentors

Teacher Interns	Faculty Mentors	Research Project
Anita Duta (2003) Scavo Alternative HS Des Moines, IA	Dr. Eve Wurtele Dept. GCDB	Metabolic Networking in Plants
Eric Hall (2003) Hoover HS Des Moines, IA	Dr. Jonathan Wendel Dept. EEOB	Quantification of AdhA transcript expression levels in cotton fibers
Mike Lawler (2003) Nevada HS Nevada, IA	Dr. Volker Brendel Dept. GCDB ISU ( High School extension project)	Gene Annotation with GeneSeqer
Terri Pond (2003) Valley HS Wes Des Moines, IA	Dr. Steve Whitham Dept. Agronomy	Optimization of estradiol-inducible expression of GUS in Arabidopsis leaves
Craig Walter (2003/05) Lincoln HS Des Moines, IA	Dr. Adam Bogdanove Dept. Plant Pathology	Generation of mutated bacterial pathogen effector gene constructs for functional analysis in soybean
Bacon, Steve (2004) SE Polk MS, IA	Dr. Steve Whitham Dept. Agronomy	Screening of virus challenged Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
Bourque, Joel (2004) Estes Park MS, CO	Dr. Roger Wise - Department of Plant Pathology	Obtaining promoter sequences of barley genes involed in defense pathways
Creason, Christopher (2004) Perry HS, IA	Dr.Paul Scott - Deptartment of Agronomy	Characterization of the promoter sequence of c1 gene in maize
Edgar, Matthew (2004) Ballard HS, IA	Dr.Diane Bassham - Dept of Botany	Screening of Arabidopsis thaliana to increase high school student understanding of the nature of science
Haila, Stephanie (2004) Gilbert MS, IA	Dr. Volker Brendel Dept. GCDB ( High School extension project)	Bioinformatics and gene annotaion
Hudson, Kathleen (2004) Blue Hills MA, ME	Dr.Kan Wang - Deptartment of Agronomy	Creation of a cloning friendly Agrobacterium plasmid
Robison, Brian (2004) SE Polk MS, IA	Dr. Jonathan Wendel Dept. EEOB	Expression of duplicated genes in cotton
Pond, Terri (2003-4) Valley West HS, IA	Dr. Steve Whitham Dept. Agronomy ISU	Screening of virus challenged Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
Snyder, Steve (2004) Whiting HS, IA	Dr. Eve Wurtele Dept. GCDB	Metabolite profiling of Echinacea plants and supplements
Walter, Craig (2003-4) Ames HS, IA	Dr.Coralie Lashbrook - Dept. of Horticulture	Establishing ethylene sensitivity variation in Arabidopsis seedlings
Grim Lynette (2005) - Ames MS, IA	Dr.Coralie Lashbrook - Dept. of Horticulture	Natural genetic variation in ethylene sensitivity
Paulson, Jim (2005) - Boone HS, IA	Dr. Adam Bogdanove Dept. Plant Pathology	Using the yeast two hybrid system to detect gene interaction
Rogalla, Paul (2005) - Indianola MS, IA	Dr. Jonathan Wendel Dept. EEOB	Exploring the genome of cotton
Ruby, Doug (2005) - Carlisle MS, IA	Dr. Thomas Baum - Dept of Plant Pathology	Expression analysis of Arabidopsis AUX1, BGL2, and EIN3 promoter :: GUS constructs upon infection with Pratylenchus penetrans and Meloidogyne Incognita
Schulte, Kevin (2005) - SE Polk HS, IA	Dr. Pat Schnable - Dept of Agronomy	Using PCR to identify elite germplasm in maize
Siewert, Christopher (2005) - Johnston HS, IA	Dr. Eve Wurtele Dept. GCDB	Tools and techniques in molecular biology
Vaughn, Dennis (2005) Baxter Community, IA	Dr. Roger Wise - Dept. of Plant Pathology	Mapping new genes in gene for gene specified basal defense to powdery mildew disease in barley
VandeLune, Teresa (2005) - West Central HS, IA	Dr. Steve Whitham Dept. Agronomy ISU	Screening Arabidopsis mutants for enhanced diseases susceptibility Phenotypes
Craig Walter (2005) Ames HS, IA	Dr. Volker Brendel Dept. GCDB	Bioinformatics and gene annotation

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