Claudia Ayala, MSc Candidate (B.S.
San Francisco State University)
Project Topic: Sensory
responses during ecdysis in Manduca
sexta
Anna
Drexler, MSc Candidate (B.S.
UC Berekeley)
Project Topic: Characterization of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone in Manduca
sexta: molecular sequencing and
expression patterns
Abstract
| Poster
Ian
Kimball, M.S. Candidate (B.S.
UC Davis)
Project Topic: RNAi “knock-down” of ETH in Manduca
sexta
Arthur Salmon (B.A. San
Francisco State University)
Project Topic: Electrophysiological characterization of the ecdysis
motor program in Manduca sexta
Abstract
| Poster
Hani el Shawa
Project Topic: in progress.
Alexander Vaughan
(B.A. CornellUniversity)
Project Topic:
a) Electrophysiological
characterization of fictive ecdysis patterns in the Manduca
sexta CNS
b) Video analysis of ecdysis
behaviors in Manduca sexta
c) Identification of inhibitory
modulators of ecdysis in Manduca
sexta using intracellular
electrophysiology
Ari Zadel, Student Research Assistant and Insect Care Technician (B.S.)
Project Topic: In vitro analysis of cGMP immunoreactivity in the CNS of
Manduca sexta after application of ETH analogs
Kristen
Pomeroy, Student Research Assistant and Insect Care Technician (B.S.)
Project Topic: Preparation of midgets homogenates for Human Physiology
Labs
Marilyn
Asuncion-Uchi, PhD candidate UC Davis, (M.S. San Francisco State
University; B.S. SFSU)
Thesis Title: Regulation of ecdysis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca
sexta: Adding to the current model
Christina Harris, PhD Candidate, Tulane University (B.S.)
Project Topic: Characterization of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone in
Manduca Sexta: distribution and molecular sequence
Abstract
| Poster
Cornell Wells, PhD Candidate, Stanford University (B.S.
San Francisco State University)
Project Topic: Structure-Function Analysis of Ecdysis Triggering
Hormone Activity in Manduca
sexta.
Abstract
| Poster
Joshua Standig
Project Topic: Retention
of olfactory learning through metamorphosis in a moth
Laura
Modilevsky, Optometry Student (B.S.
San Francisco State University)
Project Topic: Effects of Isolation and Crowding on Nociceptive
Sensitization in the caterpillar, Manduca
sexta
Christina
Orchanian, Denistry Candidate, UCSF (B.S. San Francisco State University)
Project Topic: Effects of Isolation and Crowding on Nociceptive Sensitization in the caterpillar, Manduca sexta
Genevieve Leist, Insect Care Technician (B.S. San Francisco State University)
Project Topic: Cataloguing Manduca sexta dissections and anatomy
Holly Beale, Phd candidate, Cal Tech (MSc,
2003)
Project topic: Computer
analysis of whole animal behaviors: A novel method of analyzing insect
ecdysis
Heather Moore, Research Technician
