Past Members and Theses


PhD/Masters

Honors Theses

Other
Anandita Seth
Ph.D. Sept. 2005
Cloning and Functional Characterization of the zebrafish belladonna mutation.
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Jochebed Pink
Honors Thesis (May 2006)
Pituitary Development: The Role of the Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway




Jen Sbrogna
Ph.D. August 2004
Multiple Roles for Hedgehog Signaling in Zebrafish Pituitary Development


Crina Boeras
Honors Thesis (Jan 2005)
Developing New Genetic Tools to Directly Test the Hedgehog Signaling Requirement in Zebrafish Pituitary Development

Michael Barresi: Postdoc
Current Position:
Tenure Track Faculty
Smith College, Northampton mbarresi@email.smith.edu
Oksana Tyurina:
Ph.D. Sept. 2003
OVERLAPPING AND DISTINCT FUNCTIONS FOR GLI PROTEINS: KEY MEDIATORS OF HEDGEHOG SIGNALING IN CELL SPECIFICATION DURING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

Annita Achilleos
Honors Thesis (April 2005)
Identifying Novel Mutations Affecting Hedgehog Signaling in Zebrafish


Marcie Osgood:
Masters Thesis (Sept. 2006)
DYNAMIC GLI1/GLI2 FUNCTION DURING HEDGEHOG MEDIATED PITUITARY FORMATION


Honors Thesis (May 2004)
Watching Axon and Glial Interactions at the Midline: Generation of a GFAP-GFP/RFP Transgenic Zebrafish

Emily Miller:
Honors Thesis (May 2003):
The Molecular Characterization of the Zebrafish Axon Guidance Mutant
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Rotation Students

Marianne Seney: NSB rotation

Kim Bell: NSB rotation

Ekatarina Boudanova : Fish Tech

Candace Guiducci: Undergrad

Mitch Walkowicz: Postdoc

Kausalya Murthy : MCB rotation

Krishna Melnattur: MCB rotation

Joe Bengiovanni: MCB Rotation

James Culverwell
Masters Thesis (Dec. 2001):
THE ZEBRAFISH belladonna MUTATION SPECIFICALLY AFFECTS AXON GUIDANCE ACROSS THE VENTRAL MIDLINE OF THE FOREBRAIN

Honors Thesis (May 2000):  The belladonna Mutation Specifically Affects Axon Guidance in the Zebrafish Forebrain

Rebecca Bromberg:
Honors Thesis (May 2002)
The role of Hedgehog signaling in the development of the zebrafish pituitary gland.


Evgenya Popova:
research technician
eyp@psu.edu

Hattie Wilder Karlstrom: Honorable Thesis (ongoing)
How to feed fish and use microscopes to see cool things.

Noel Watkins:
research technician
noelw@bio.umass.edu

Brendan Delbos: Fish Facility Mgr.