Missouri Miners Team

Instructor:

Dr. David Westenberg

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Education:

University of CA - Los Angeles, Doctor of Philosophy, 1991

Research Interests:

• Regulation of the bradyrhizobium japonicum sdh operon encoding succinate dehydrogenase
  
• Evidence for AHL autoinducer production by the soybean symbiont bradyrhizobium japonicum
  
• High efficiency separation of microbial aggregates using capillary electrophoresis
  
• separating microbes in the manner of molecules. 1. Capillary electrokinetic approaches
  
• Succinate dehydrogenase (Sdh) from Bradyrhizobium japonicum is closely related to mitochondrial Sdh
  

Advisor:

Dr. Katie Shannon

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Education:

Harvard Medical School, Doctor of Philosophy, 2000

Research Interests:

• Cytokinesis
• Cell Cycle
• Cytoskeleton
• Nanoparticle uptake and transport

Students:

Erica Shannon	Amanda Foster	April Pummill
President Major: Biological Sciences	Vice-President Major: Biology & BiochemE	Public Relations Major: Biochemical Engineering
Blythe Ferrier	Brice Curtin	Lou Harmon
Treasurer Major: Chemical Engineering	Secretary Major: Chemistry	Webmaster Major: Computer Science
Alie Abele	David Pohlman	Erica McFarland
Major:	Lab Manager Major: Biochemical Engineering	Major:
Hannah Frye	Beth Wilkins	Emily Puleo
Major: Biochemistry	Major: Biology & Chemistry	Major: Biochemistry
Scott Hack	Logan Sauerbrei	Chester Gregg
Major: Biology & EnvE	Major: Biological Sciences	Major: CompSci & Physics
Amber Kreps	Christy Kwon	Gavin Pringle
Major: Biological Sciences	Major:	Major:
Greg Niles	Tyler Robinson
Major: Mechanical Engineering	Major: