2010 International Scholar Research Summaries

• Miriam Arrueta, Entomology (Bolivia) and Baleshka Brenes, Entomology (Nicaragua)
  Manipulating soil invertebrate communities through agroecosystem management practices
  Faculty Mentor: Casey W. Hoy


• Heiko Becker, Comprehensive Cancer Center (Germany)
  Prognostic Gene Mutations in Older Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Associated Biologic Implications
  Faculty Mentor: Guido Marcucci and Clara D. Bloomfield


• Riccardo Biasini, Automotive Engineering (Italy)
  Modeling and Control of Regenerative Braking Strategy
  Faculty Mentor: Giorgio Rizzoni


• Astrid Bonnegarde-Bernard, Veterinary Biosciences (France)
  Role of gastro-intestinal tract in food allergen induced asthma
  Faculty Mentor: Prosper N. Boyaka


• Juan Carlos Cabrera, Entomology (Honduras) and Diego Orellana, Entomology (Ecuador)
  Management to improve the crop health and baking functionality of organic Midwestern Spelt
  Faculty Mentor: Larry Phelan


• Alvaro Castro Aranguiz, Geography (Chile)
  Space Temporary Analysis of Tawahka Asangi Biosphere Reserve (RBTA)
  Faculty Mentor: Kendra McSweeney


• Anping Chen, Economics (China)
  When are cities engines of growth in China? Spread and backwash effects across the urban hierarchy
  Faculty Mentor: Mark D. Partridge


• Samuel A. Discua Duarte, Entomology (Honduras)
  Effects of sugar addition on plant growth and defense
  Faculty Mentor: Dan Herms


• Kiran Kumar Doddapaneni, Biochemistry (India)
  Structural and Mechanistic Studies of a Novel Nucleotide Hydrolase, RCL
  Faculty Mentor: Zhengrong (Justin) Wu


• Varun Dwivedi, Food Animal Health Research Program (India)
  Mucosal immunization with biodegradable PLG- nanoparticles elicits effective anti-PRRSV immune responses in pigs
  Faculty Mentor: Renukaradhya J. Gourapura


• Kasturi Ganesh, College of Medicine (India)
  PGE2 Mediated Induction of Oncostatin M Production in Human Chronic Wounds
  Faculty Mentor: Sashwati Roy


• Fei Gu, Biomedical Informatics (China)
  Tumor specific methylation profile of endometrial cancer
  Faculty Mentor: Victor Jin


• Naohisa Hashimoto, Electrical & Computer Engineering (Japan)
  Fault Detection and Fault Tolerant System for Automated Mobile Systems
  Faculty Mentor: Ümit Özgüner


• Eun Kyoung Kim, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (South Korea)
  Ternary Diagram Modeling of Soil Texture Data for Predicting Subsurface Fracturing in Glacially Related Fine-grained Materials
  Faculty Mentor: Ann D. Christy


• Wei Li, Plant Pathology (China)
  Arabidopsis AtSPL11, a novel U-box/ARM E3 ligase, is involved in the regulations of cell death, defense and flowering time
  Faculty Mentor: Guo-Liang Wang


• Antonio Manenti, Mechanical Engineering (Italy)
  Battery modeling of the Peukert Effect for PbA batteries
  Faculty Mentor: Yann Guezennec


• Klaus H. Metzeler, Comprehensive Cancer Center (Germany)
  Novel genetic changes in acute myeloid leukemia – uncovering the biology and advancing personalized treatment strategies
  Faculty Mentors: Guido Marcucci and Clara D. Bloomfield


• Suvra Prakash Mondal, Chemistry (India)
  Potentiometric nitric oxide gas sensor for human breath analysis
  Faculty Mentor: Prabir K. Dutta


• Matteo Muratori, Energy Engineering
  Understanding the Influence of the Temperature on Li-Ion Batteries
  Faculty Mentor: Marcello Canova


• Yuese Ning, Plant Pathology (China)
  The E3 ligase OsNDS1 negatively regulates drought and salt stresses in rice
  Faculty Mentor: Guo-Liang Wang


• Reynaldo Núñez Salazar, Horticulture and Crop Science (Peru)
  Unilateral Incompatibility – QTL mapping approach
  Faculty Mentor: Esther van der Knaap


• Myriam Oger, Biomedical Informatics (France)
  Image processing and analysis in histopathology: Follicular lymphoma grading
  Faculty Mentor: Metin N. Gurcan


• Kandy de Lourdes Rojas Tirado, Entomology (Guatemala)
  Flight behavior of an invasive insect: the emerald ash borer
  Faculty Mentor: Robin A. J. Taylor


• Sebastian Schwind, Comprehensive Cancer Center (Germany)
  The expression of microRNA-181a in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Biologic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications
  Faculty Mentor: Clara D. Bloomfield, Guido Marcucci


• Yongqiang Tian, School of Environment and Natural Resources (China)
  Development and Utilization of Composts Made of Waste Paint Sludge Containing Melamine Resin
  Faculty Mentor: Warren A. Dick


• Kagan Topalli, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Turkey)
  A THz Focal Plane Array for Excised Tissue Imaging
  Faculty Mentor: Kubilay Sertel


• Rongrong Wan, Geograhpy (China)
  Linking land-use and land-cover changes to watershed-level hydrological processes
  Faculty Mentors: Darla Munroe and Desheng Liu


• Dan Wang, South Centers (China)
  Identification and analysis of microsatellites containing ESTs from yellow perch Perca flavescens
  Faculty Mentor: Hanping Wang


• Hong-yi Zhang, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (China)
  Heparin-Binding EGF-Like Growth Factor Preserves Gut Barrier Function by Blocking Neutrophil-Endothelial Cell Adhesion after Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation in Mice
  Faculty Mentor: Gail E. Besner


• Guohui Zhao, Biochemistry (China)
  In Vitro Reconstitution of a Bacterial Polysaccharide Biosynthetic Pathway
  Faculty Mentor: Peng George Wang