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Missouri Miners Team


Instructor:

Dr. David Westenberg

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences


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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


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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
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President Vice-President Public Relations
Major: Biological Sciences Major: Biology & BiochemE Major: BiochemE
Blythe Ferriere Brice Curtin Lou Harmon
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Treasurer Secretary Webmaster
Major: Chemical Engineering Major: Chemistry Major: Computer Science
Alie Abele David Pohlman Erica McFarland
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Major: EnvironmentalE Lab Manager Major: Biological Sciences
Major: BiochemE
Hannah Frye Beth Wilkins Emily Puleo
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Major: Biochemistry Major: Biology & Chemistry Major: Biochemistry
Scott Hack Logan Sauerbrei Chester Gregg
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Major: Biology & EnvE Major: Biological Sciences Major: CompSci & Physics
Amber Kreps Christy Kwon Gavin Pringle
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Major: Biological Sciences Major: Biological Sciences Major: Computer Science
Tyler Robinson Thomas Congdon
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Major: Biological Sciences Major: BiomedE