Past Students:

Heidi Beining, MS I, Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellow, summer 2000, “Sequence Analysis of the PORF-1 Gene”.

Shannon Gilham, MS I, Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellow, summer 2000, “Growth Effects of PORF-2 in vitro”.

Martin Schmerr, M.S. candidate (Biological Sciences/MCB), June 2001-July, 2002, “Isolation and Characterization of the Mouse PORF-2 Gene”.

Cotteka Johnson, Ph.D. candidate (Biological Sciences), July 2001-March 2003, “Physiological and Behavioral Effects of a Mouse PORF-2 Gene Knockout”.

Kimberly Nemeth MS I, Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellow, Summer 2002, and medical student research elective, Fall 2002 through Summer, 2003. "Expression of PORF-1 and PORF-2 in FRTL-5 cells."

Present Students:

Ning Yuan, Ph.D. candidate (Biological Sciences), September 2002-present, Expression of the PORF-1 Protein in Mammalian Cells".

Shuang Ma, Ph.D candidate (Biological Sciences), September 2003-present, "Characterization of the PORF-2 Gene in the Mouse".

Past Students:

Alisha Ketner, undergraduate research fellow from Capital University, summer 2000, “Isolation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell DNA for Genomic Library Construction”. She published her findings in the National Coalition for Undergraduate Research Proceedings and gave oral presentations at the NCUR Convention and the Ohio Academy of Sciences.

Justin Brown, undergraduate research elective, Bios 493 (2cr.), winter 2001, “Screening a Mouse Genomic Library for PORF-2 Clones.”

Meghan Walsh, undergraduate research fellow from Mt. Saint Mary's College, summer 2001, “PCR-Based Sequence Analysis of the Rat PORF-2 Gene”.

David Schleter, PACE student, 2001-2002, "Phylogenetic Distribution of the PORF-2 Gene".

Ben Albrecht, Neuroscience Program Honors thesis student, September 2002-present, "Expression of the PORF-1 Protein in an Archaebacterium, Methanococcus maripaludis".

John Ross, HTC research apprentice, September 2002-present, "Cloning of the 5' Regulatory Region of the Rat PORF-2 Gene".

Julia Hegarty, PACE student, 2002-2003, "PCR Amplification of the PORF-1 Gene".

Present Students:

Kristina Cesa, PACE student, 2003-2004, “Expression of PORF-1 mRNA in Glial and Thyroid Cells in Culture”.