Noble Summer Research Scholar Program: Results and Presentations

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Noble Summer Research Scholar Program: Results and Presentations


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2007 Program Information
Gender composition:	two male and three female
Average GPA:	3.80/4.00
Average major GPA:	3.82/4.00
Scholars' universities:	Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Oklahoma Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Scholars' majors:	Biology (2) Biological Engineering Biochemistry Biology/Chemistry
Presentations:
	"Disruption of nonhomologous end-joining machinery to facilitate homologous recombination in Epichloë endophytes" Size: 43.5MB
	"Viruses of Mutualistic Endophytic Fungi" Size: 5.2MB
	"Cytological phenotyping of a novel symbiotic mutant and identification of fast neutron deletions using the Medicago gene chip" Size: 1.7MB
	"Transcript Analysis Under Drought Stress in Tall Fescue" Size: 24.8MB
	"Metabolomics of Medicago truncatula roots and border cells in response to symbiotic bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti" Size: 28.1MB

2006 Program Information
Gender composition:	three female and one male
Average GPA:	3.85/4.00
Average major GPA:	3.86/4.00
Scholars' universities:	Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (2) University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Scholars' majors:	Biology Plant Science: Plant Genetics and Breeding Biology and Psychology Biological Sciences - Molecular/Cell Biology
Presentations:
	"Expressing UDP-Glycoslytransferases from Medicago truncatula in the yeast Pichia pastoris" Size: 3.3MB
	"Candidate gene analysis for drought tolerant tall fescue" Size: 3.7MB
	"Identification and characterization of DNA repair components involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation" Size: 58.8MB
	"Characterization of a fungal endophyte present in Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye)" Size: 38.7MB

2005 Program Information
Gender composition:	three female and one male
Average GPA:	3.76/4.00
Average major GPA:	3.93/4.00
Scholars' universities:	Cornell University, Ithaca, New York North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Scholars' majors:	Plant Sciences Biological Sciences Botany/Plant Science Zoology/Biomedical Sciences
Presentations:
	"Transcript profiling of lignin biosynthesis pathway genes from the different developmental stages in the stem of Medicago" Size: 10.8MB
	"Transferability of tall fescue SSR markers across sixteen grass species" 10.5MB
	"Identifying epidermal specific promoters and cuticular wax production genes to improve drought tolerance in white clover" 48.4MB
	"Monitoring in planta growth and movement of GFP labeled bacteria to better understand nonhost resistance" 9.3MB

2004 Program Information
Gender composition:	three female and one male
Average GPA:	3.60/4.00
Scholars' universities:	University of Rochester (2), Rochester, New York University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Scholars' majors:	Molecular Genetics General Studies (Natural Sciences) Biochemistry Biology
Presentations:
	"Expression analysis of legume-specific genes in Medicago truncatula"
	"EB1 proteins in Arabidopsis: a colorful overview"
	"Overview of stolon and cotyledon transformation in white clover"
	"Study on the potential function of tomato/tobacco BAG-like genes in plant cell death regulation"

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