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Noble Summer Research Scholar Program: Results and Presentations

 
2011 Program Information
Gender composition: one male and three female
Average GPA: 3.81/4.00
Scholars' universities: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Scholars' majors: Agronomy & Genetics
Biology
Plant Biology
Plant & Environmental Soil Science
PDF Presentations:  
Hayley "Investigations into the Epichloe: characterizing a gene of interest"
  Size: 2MB
Lynn "Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mapping in diploid alfalfa"
  Size: 1MB
Pierce "Metabolomics of a Nicotiana host pathogen in suppressing early plant defense responses"
  Size: 2MB
 
2010 Program Information
Gender composition: one male and four female
Average GPA: 3.62/4.00
Scholars' universities: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Scholars' majors: Chemistry
Microbiology
Plant Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Environmental Science
PDF Presentations:  
halli "Melanin Production and Plant Thermotolerance"
  Size: 1.5MB
jared "Brachypodium - A New Model Species for Genetic Mapping"
  Size: 1.4MB
jennifer "Diversity of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobia Isolated from Warm Season Legumes in Oklahoma and Texas Regions"
  Size: 3.2MB
kathie "Molecular Characterization of a Medicago tnt1-insertion symbiotic Mutant"
  Size: 1.3MB
michelle "Effects of Different N-acylethanolamines on Growth and Signaling in Arabidopsis Due to Variations in the Carbon Chain"
  Size: 1.2MB
 
2009 Program Information
Gender composition: two male and three female
Average GPA: 3.71/4.00
Scholars' universities: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
New York University, New York, New York
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Scholars' majors: Agronomy-Plant Science
Biology
Chemistry/Psychology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant Genetics and Breeding/Horticultural Science
PDF Presentations:  
Craig "Aluminum Tolerance in Alfalfa: Phenotyping with a Callus Bioassay and Candidate Gene Marker Screening"
  Size: 3.5MB
David "Role of proline in bacterial pathogen-induced disease progression in Nicotiana benthamiana"
  Size: 1MB
Jennifer "Identification of Preferentially Expressed Genes of Curvularia protuberata in Response to Viral Infection and Heat Stress"
  Size: 1.9MB
Mayya "Isolation and Identification of Flavonoid and Proanthocyanidin Compunds from Desmodium uncinatum"
  Size: 1.2MB
Rhonda "Isolation and Functional Characterization of three Switchgrass ALDH2C4-like Genes"
  Size: 1.2MB
 
2008 Program Information
Gender composition: two male and two female
Average GPA: 3.63/4.00
Average major GPA: 3.79/4.00
Scholars' universities: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Scholars' majors: Genetics/Biotechnology
Horticulture Science
Plant Biology/Plant Genetics & Breeding
Plant Science
PDF Presentations:  
Isaac "Identification and characterization of genes involved in non-host disease resistance: An approach based on virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS)"
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Carla "Drought Tolerance in a Medicago truncatula Core Collection"
  Size: 1.1MB
Mason "Early transcriptional events of endophyte - tall fescue symbiosis"
  Size: 2.9MB
Elizabeth "Sequencing and Reconstruction of Evolutionary Patterns of Endornaviruses"
  Size: 1MB