Homepage for BIO 391 - Senior Projects at Wilkes University

Course instructor:  Dr. Kenneth M. Klemow


Announcements (last updated 6:30 P.M., 8 September 2008):

Class information (click for course syllabus).


Primary Course Objective:

Detailed Objectives:

Current Course Calendar:

Week
Topic
1
No class
2
Course introduction
3
Forming the teams, Q&A session
4
Refresher on how to search and read scientific literature
5
Student presentations: team goals
6
How to prepare a proposal
7
Proposal workshop
8
Student presentations: progress report
9
Student presentations: progress report
10
TBA
11
TBA
12
TBA
13
Student presentations: final semester report
14
Student presentations: final semester report


Projects

Title (click for description (.pdf format))
Mentor(s)
Students
Genes and germs on inflammatory bowel disease
Gutierrez, Pidcock
Griesemer, Olsen
Investigations into the role of nitric oxide in planarian regeneration
Biggers
Nothstein, Bookwalter, Nighbert
Seed caching and seedling establishment in forests
Steele
Julian, Stark, Reigel
Resveratrol and biomass production in Japanese knotweed
Klemow, Terzaghi
Bauman, Mancuso, Perini
Carbon sequestration on Wilkes properties
Klemow, Terzaghi, Fetcher
Longenberger, Abdulhassan, Reschauer
Urbanization and birds
Stratford
Barry, Wright, DellaFortuna, Haleem
Birds and bear oaks
Stratford, Klemow
Ryan, Miller, Phillips
Cell signaling and genetics in animal development
Kadlec
Shah, Kormanik, Sutaria
Genetic structure of Escherichia coli
Pidcock
Papayannakos, Velez
The Role of Thrombospondin in Mouse Brain Development
Kalter
Bucher, Jones, Creque



This page posted and maintained by Kenneth M. Klemow, Ph.D., Biology Program, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766. Phone: (570) 408-4758, FAX: (570) 408-7862, email: kklemow@wilkes.edu.