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THESES/RESEARCH PROJECTS

(Updated 8/29/2001)

  STATUS

I = In  Progress
T = Thesis
P = Research
    Project
 

 DATE

 STUDENT

RESEARCH ADVISOR

RESEARCH TOPIC

 I

n/a

BRODSKY, JAY 
 
H.MEHTA, AVIRON

 

 

INVESTIGATION OF THE SEROPREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO THE M1 AND M2 MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS OF INFLUENZA VIRUS

 I

n/a

CHANG, CHI

M. GRIFFLESS, UCSF

 THE ASSOCIATION OF POLYLACTOSAMINE GLYCOSYLATION OF PROSTATE DENOCARCINOMA AD TUMORE METASTIC POTENTIAL

 I

n/a

DAROOGHEH, KOOROSH

J.ROMEO, SFSU

 QUANTIFICATION OF HIV-1 PROVIRUS BY DROP-OUT DROP-IN HEMINESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (HN-PCR)

 I

n/a

DUTT, ANITA

A COMPUTER BASED, SELF DIRECTED TRAINING MODULE FOR NUCLEIC AMPLIFICATION TESTING

 I

n/a

FISHER, BUNNY

T. MCHUGH, UCSF

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ERYTHROCYTE EXPRESSION OF TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR (CD71) AND RETICULOCTYE MATURITY INDEX

 I

n/a

FUNG, KIT

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

ALTERED EXPRESSION OF OVARIAN EPITHELIAL PROTEINS IN FAMILIAL OVARIAN CANCER CELLS

 I

 n/a

HAN, NING

J. ROMEO, SFSU

THE EFFECT OF STEN-LOOP STRUCTION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF APPLIFICATION BY PCR

I

N/a

HO, JAIME

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

DETECTION OF ELASTIN AND PLASMA PEPTIDES FOR DIAGNOSING ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM DISEASE

I

n/a

HOMPANUR, GEETA

B. YEN, VETERANS ADMIN MED CENTER

HOST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR INTERACTIONS AT THE HEPATITIS B VIRUS SURFACE ANTIGEN PROMOTER

 I

n/a

KEEFE, JEANNINE

L. BLACKWOOD, SFSU

A SCID MOUSE MODEL TO EVALUATE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO BOVINE COLLAGEN

 I

 n/a

LE, PHUONG-HA

K. HADLEY, SFGH

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF BARTONELLA HENSELAE AND BARTONELLA QUINTANA

I

n/a

LIN, SHOU-YEAN

E. DESMOND, DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES

DECTECTION OF DRUG RESISTANCE  IN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS BY MOLECULAR BEACON TECHNOLOGY

 I

n/a

LOBO, MARGARET

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

CHARACTERIZATION OF ALTERED RAS-RELATED PROTEINS IN WILD-TYPE AND RCEL KNOCKOUT MICE

 I

 n/a

MANGROBANG, JEANETTE

M. GREEN, STANFORD UNIV

USE OF CARDIAC MARKERS IN TRIAGE OF PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA

 I

n/a

MESTAYER, JORGE

J. YOUNG, MEDICAL DIRECTOR

METHOD COMPARISON OF BILIRUBIN SAMPLES ON THE OLYMPUS AU 600 AND THE ADVANCE BILIRUBINOMETER MODEL BR2

 I

n/a

MOSAIE-AFZALI, AMIR

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

IDENTIFICATION OF UNSELECTED ENDOTHELIAL CELL MEMBRANE SURFACE PROTEINS INDUCED BY THROMBIN

 I

n/a

NAYAK, PRATIMA

T. ELBEIK, UCSF

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII IN HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS

 I

n/a

NEWTON, NICOLAS

S. WILL

A STUDY OF PRIMER-DIMER FORMATION IN PCR

I

n/a

NGUYEN, TUAN

C. SCHMELZER, GENENTECH

PURIFICATION OF FULL-LENGTH HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI

I

n/a

NORELIUS, LAURA

M. COX, ANAEROBE SYSTEM

TECHNIQUES AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OF MICROBROTH ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA

 I

n/a

NORONA, WILMA

A. MCDONAGH

POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF C-MOAT IN HEPATIC EXCRETION OF CONJUGATED BILIRUBIN DERIVATIVES

 I

n/a

POURVATAN, ROGHAYYEH

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

INVESTIGATION OF GLYCOSYLATED ISOFORMS OF ACETYLCHOLI-NESTERASE AS DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

I

n/a

QIAO, YANLI

R. GIFFARD, STANFORD

OVER EXPRESSION OF HDJ-2 PROTECTS ASTROCYTES FROM ISCHEMIA LIKE INJURY IN VITRO

I

n/a

ROCA, MEL

J. HAMBLETON, UCSF

IMPACT OF A FINGERSTICK PROTEIM TECHNOLOGY ON AN ANTI-COAGULATION CLINIC

 I

 n/a

RAOUFI, FAHIMEH

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

IMMUNOBLOT DETECTION OF RAS PROTEINS IN WILD TYPE AND RCE-1 KNOCKOUT MICE

 I

n/a

SAMANT, MADHURI

W. BIGLER, SFSU

EVALUATION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RELICENSURE OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS

I

n/a

SEE, WENDY

K. SHANNON, UCSF

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR SIGNALING IN JUVENILE MYLOMONCYTIC LEUKEMIA

I

n/a

SUN, YAN

L. CHEN, SFSU

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TAT AND CYCLIN

 I

n/a

TAKAHASHI, TRACY

M. BROWN, PALO ALTO VA

IMMUNOASSAY EVALUATION OF CARDIAC MARKERS IN MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

 I

n/a

TAM, ERIC

J.ROMEO, SFSU

QUANTITATION OF PLATELET ASSOCIATED HIV RNA

I

n/a

TAYLOR, TIMOTHY

D. INLOW, CHIRON

TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF HYBRIDOMA CULTURES IN SERUM FREE MEDIA

I

n/a

TOUSSI, SHEIDA

L. CHEN, SFSU

LONG TERM STABILITY OF PATIENT BLOOD SAMPLES FOR USE ON HEMATOLOGY ANAYLZERS

I

n/a

VILLACARILLO, EMILIANA

D. SHIELDS, ELAN PHARMACEUTICALS

ACCELERATED STABILITY STUDY OF ZICONOTIDE DRUG PRODUCT AT 25 ug/mL CONCENTRATION

 I

n/a

YEUNG, IVY

H. TAKAHASHI, KAISER REG LAB

DIRECT SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING WITH BACTEC BLOOD CULTURES USING MICROSCAN OVERNIGHT PANELS

I

n/a

YI, SAILI

M. GONZALES-ZULUETA, AGY THERAPEUTICS

CHOLRIDDE CHANNEL’S ROLE IN NEURONAL DEATH INDUCED BY ISCHEMIA AMYLOID B AND EXCITOXICITY

I

n/a

ZENG, LUCY

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

IMMUNOANALYSIS OF OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIAL PROTEINS AFFECTED BY FAMLIAL OVARIAN SYNDROME

 

 

 

 

T

Aug 01

ROBINSON, YOLINDA

C. GOODMAN, UC BERKELEY

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DROSOPHILIA NETRIN GENES

T

June 01

EMMER, SUE

L. CHEN, SFSU

MULTIPLE GENETIC TESTING FOR THROMBOPHILIA ON A SINGLE DNA ISOLATE

T

May 01

DIAZ-SOLA, JAIME

R. VANGRONINGEN

COMPLEXED PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSING PROSTATE CANCER

T

Mar 01

LEW, RICHARD

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

M-PROTEIN DETECTION IN MONOCLONAL GAMMAPATHIES USING SEMI-AUTOMATED AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS

T

Jan 01

JIN, XIA

T. NGUYEN, UCSF

CHARACTERIZATION OF TIGR GENE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR

T

Dec 00

PECKHAM, GABRIEL

S. WEINSTEIN, SFSU

INVESTIGATION OF THE MACROPHAGE RESPONSE TO LIPOPOLYSACCHARRIDE IN L-SELECTIN KNOCKOUT MICE

T

Sept 00

ELSHEIKH, MOUTASSEM

R. CROOK, UCSF

 

IMMUNOLOGICAL DECTECTION OF CHLORIDE CHANNEL PROTEINS IN OCULAR CILIARY EPITHELIUM

T

Jul 00

JAMISON, BERTHA

L. CHEN, SFSU

CHARACTERIZATION OF BIV W AND Y OPEN READING FRAME GENE PRODUCTS

T

Jul 00

GADZINSKI, MARIA

L. CHEN, SFSU

IDENTIFICATION OF PUTATIVE CYCLIN PROTEIN THAT INTERACTS WITH BIV TAT PROTEIN

T

Jul 00

YAN, WEI

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

CREATION AND APPLICATION OF ANTIBODIES FOR MEMBRANE-TYPE SERINE PROTEASE 1

T

May 00

SHEN, YUN

H. BERNSTEIN, UCSF

HUMAN CDC5 IS ASSOCIATED WITH RANBPM IN A YEAST TWO-HYBRID ASSAY

T

May 00

YAN, WEI

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

CREATION AND APPLICATION OF ANTIBODIES FOR MEMBRANE-TYPE SERINE PROTEASE 1

T

May 00

YAGHMAI, MITRA

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

CHARACTERIZATION OF ADHESION PROTEINS IN SICKLED ERYTHROCTYE ADHERENCE TO THROMBIN TREATED ENDOTHELIUM

T

May 00

FERRO, MARIA

L. BLACKWOOD, SFSU

CD4 AND CD8 COUNTS IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS CO-INFECTED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

 T

Jan 00

HSIA, EDWARD

L. BLACKWOOD, SFSU

OPTIMIZATION AND VALIDATION OF A POTENCY BIOASSAY FOR RECOMBIANT HUMAN RELAXIN

T

Jan 00

MA, XIAOHONG

L. CHEN, SFSU

EFFECTS OF THE HBV LARGE SURFACE PROTEIN ON HEPATOCYTE PROLIFERATION

 T

Dec 99

MEYER, JON

J. ROMEO, SFSU

THE INFLUENCE OF AGONIST CHOICE ON PTH RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST POTENCY

 T

Nov 99

SAVOOR, AARATHI

J. MAA, SFSU

DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) USING PCR-ELISA

 T

Nov 99

DAWES, GLENN

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

CHARACTERIZATION OF PRENEOPLASTIC OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIAL PROTEINS OF FAMILIAL OVARIAN CANCER SYNDROME

 T

Nov 99

HART, MICHAELA

J. ROMEO, SFSU

 A RECOMBINANT PROTEIN ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY FOR REOVIRUS ANTIBODY DETECTION IN MICE

 T

Sept 99

RAJYAGURU, SONAL

L. BLACKWOOD, SFSU

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST HEPATITIS C VIRUS E2 ENVELOPE PROTEIN EPITOPES

 T

Aug 99

PENN, DEREK

C. NEYER, BAYER

ANALYSIS OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN FACTOR VIII AND POSSIBLE NEOANTIGENICITY DUE TO PROTEIN ALTERATION

 T

July 99

ALAJEZ, NEHAD

G. VYAS, UCSF

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF IGA CLASS SWITCHING INDIVIDUALS WITH ABSENT-IGA

 T

July 99

LONGONE-MILLER, ALCIRA

Z. SHI, ZYMED LABS

MAXIMIZING IMMUNOSTAINING FOR PROGNOSTIC TUMOR MARKERS USING ANTIGEN RECOVERY TECHNIQUES

 T

June 99

WONG, CHRISTINE

J. ROMEO, SFSU

THE ROLE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) TAT PROTEIN IN TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROCESSIVITY

 T

May 99

ZHANG, YONGMEI

C. BARGMANN

INVESTIGATION OF SEVEN TRANSMEMBRANE G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS CHEMOSENSORY NEURONS

 T

May 99

WONG, PIN YEE

L. BLACKWOOD, SFSU

PROBING THE C1Q BINDING SITES IN RITUXAN(TM) VIA IN VITRO SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS

 T

May 99

ROJANALA, SANGEETA

G. FRANTZ, GENENTECH

OPTIMIZATION OF NON-ISOTOPIC WHOLE MOUNT IN SITA HYBRIDIZATION IN MOUSE EMBRYO

 T

May 99

FROHLICHMAN, RACHEL

Y.R. KIM, ABBOTT LABS

FLOW CYTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF DNA CONTENT AND PROLIFERATIVE FRACTION IN ACUTE LEUKEMIA

 T

May 99

CHEU, MELISSA

I. KLJAVIN

CHRONOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL APOPTOSIS MARKERS IN RAT RETINAL CELLS

 T

April 99

BUDKER, OLGA

J ROMEO, SFSU

NON-TEMPLATE DIRECTED 3'-EXTENSION OF BLUNT-END DNA DUPLEXES BY TAQ DNA POLYMERASE

 T

Dec 98

CHEN, YING-YAN

D. SMITH, SFSU

ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF FOLATE BINDING PROTEIN

 T

Dec 98

JAVIER, JACQUELINE

L. BLACKWOOD, SFSU

STRAIN DIVERSITY AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE PATIENT ISOLATES

 T

Mar 98

KOUDSSI, FARID

C. LONG, UCSF

INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA BLOCKS CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS FROM ENTERING THE CELL CYCLE IN CULTURE

 T

Mar 98

ABTAHI, SIMIN

S. KRAMS, CAL PAC MED CTR

EFFECTS OF CYCLOSPORIN A AND FK~506 ON HUMAN IL~2 AND IL~5 PRODUCTION

 T

Feb 98

LANDSKRONER, KYLE

C. JESMOK, BAYER CORP

EVALUATION OF LYS-PLASMINOGEN SUPPLEMENTATION WITH RT-PA IN A RABBIT MODEL OF THROMBOLYSIS

 

 

 

 

P

Aug 01

LUO, XIAO YING

H. SUSSMAN, M.D.

 

CLONING OF FULL-LENGTH cDNAs OF THREE DIFFENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES IN CERVICAL CANCER

P

Aug 01

CHAN, SHIAO-WEI

L. CHEN, SFSU

DEVELOPMENT OF A SELECTIVE MEDIUM AND TEST KIT FOR LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILIA AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING

P

Feb 01

ZHANG, ERICA

L. CHEN, SFSU

RAPID DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE USING A PCR-IMMUNOGOLD METHOD

P

Jun 00

SHEN, SANDY

T. WU, KAISER

EVALUATION OF COMMERCIALLY PREPARED MEDIA FOR OPTIMAL EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND SPERM SURVIVAL

 P

Dec 99

VERGARA, JAMIE

D. SMITH-BECKERMAN, SFSU

METHOD EVALUATION OF A DIRECT LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN-CHOLESTEROL ASSAY 

 P

 Oct 99

 CAI, COLIN

J.ROMEO, SFSU

MOLECULAR CLONING AND PURIFICATION OF THE PUTATIVE NTPASE/HELICASE DOMAIN OF HEPATITIS G VIRUS

 P

Nov 98

WANG, DAN

J. ROMEO, SFSU

TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROCESSIVITY IN HIV-INVECTED INDIVIDUALS

P

May 98

TAGGAR, NINA

S. WISE, GENENTECH

EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

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