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The Ohio University
College of Osteopathic Medicine provides a wide
variety of summer research opportunities for
undergraduate students interested in careers in
medicine or biomedical research. Participants in
this program work in an active research laboratory
under the guidance of a faculty member. The program
is deliberately flexible, so that students may
combine work with other educational experiences. The
goal of the program is to expose students to the
challenges, excitement and satisfaction of research.
Selection is based on
academic records and the appropriateness of the
applicant’s scientific interests. Students about to
begin their senior year of college studies are
preferred, but promising juniors and recent
graduates will be considered.
Participants are
provided with room, board and $1,750 for living
expenses. Eight undergraduate credit hours in
biology are also available tuition-free to all
program participants. In addition those program
participants who meet minimum requirements for
admission to OU-COM, including having taken the MCAT,
will be offered an opportunity to interview during
the summer. |
Bonita Biegalke, Ph.D.
Molecular studies of regulatory mechanisms critical
for replication of the herpes virus,
cytomegalovirus.
Mark Berryman, Ph.D.
Cellular and molecular aspects of a new family of
human chloride channel proteins.
Jack Blazyk, Ph.D.
We discovered a new design for antimicrobial
peptides that can selectively kill bacteria by
disrupting the cytoplasmic membrane. By
understanding how these peptides function, we hope
to produce sufficiently potent and selective
compounds for clinical use against
antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.
Brian Clark, Ph.D.
The research focus of
my laboratory is on determining the mechanisms of
neuromuscular adaptations associated with both acute
and chronic alterations in muscle activity level
(i.e. disuse, exercise training, muscle fatigue) and
under pathophysiological conditions. For more
information visit
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-clark/.
Karen Coschigano, Ph.D.
Elucidation of
genes involved in the development of or
protection from kidney damage either as a
result of diabetes or over expression of
growth hormone.
Peter Coschigano, Ph.D.
Genetic and molecular studies of natural
biodegradation processes, such as microorganisms
that can degrade toxic compounds, and development of
techniques that can exploit them for environmental
clean-up purposes.
Kenneth Goodrum, Ph.D.
Immune responses during infections with the Group B
streptococcus, the leading cause of bacterial sepsis
and pneumonia in newborns, are studied. Bacterial
stimulation of inflammatory cytokine and nitric
oxide production, which may be either protective or
harmful to the infected host, are examined in tissue
culture systems.
Mario Grijalva, Ph.D.
Tropical
Disease Research in Ecuador: Epidemiological,
entomological and clinical studies in rural
communities. Activities will focus on collection and
analysis of biological material in the field (mobile
laboratory) and further analysis of samples and data
at the Infectious Disease Research Laboratory in
Quito, Ecuador as well as back in Athens. For more
information, visit
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/tdi/ or contact
grijalva@ohio.edu.
Donald Holzschu, Ph.D.
Role of retroviruses in tumor induction and
regression.
Frank Horodyski, Ph.D.
Structure, synthesis and mode of action of insect
neuropeptides.
Sharon Inman, Ph.D.
I am a renal physiologist interested in renal
transplantation and diabetic kidney disease. My
current projects include delineating the mechanisms
of ischemia/reperfusion injury which can occur in
donor kidneys prior to transplantation and studying
the renal microvascular dysfunction associated with
diabetes.
John Kopchick, Ph.D.
Molecular basis for obesity and diabetes.
Donald Miles, Ph.D.
Adaptive significance of variation in morphology and
locomotion; comparative methods in ecology and
evolutionary biology.
Molly Morris, Ph.D.
Sexual selection, alternative mating strategies and
the evolution of communication in swordtail fishes.
Felicia Nowak, M.D., Ph.D
Regulation of gene
expression and mechanism of action of neuropeptides
in brain development, function and aging; impact of
gender and sex steroids on brain development;
transgenic models.
Steve Reilly, Ph.D.
Functional morphology (electromyography, kinematics,
anatomy) of vertebrate locomotion.
Ed Rowland, Ph.D.
Biology of Trypanosoma cruzi infections in tissue
culture cells, with emphasis on immune inhibition of
intracellular parasite growth.
Allan Showalter, Ph.D.
Molecular and cellular biology approaches to the
structure and function of plant cell surface
proteins, including the use of genetic mutants and
RNA interference in Arabidopsis. (see
www.plantbio.ohio.edu/epb/faculty/faculty/am.htm)
John Zook, Ph.D.
Touch receptors on the bat wing as a potential
model for human Merkel-cell carcinomas. Mammalian
auditory brainstem structure, function and
development. |
