| Student | Mentor | Research project |
Olutokumbo Adebusuyi,
Florida A&M
| Will Hueston | Veterinary public health |
Laura Aylesworth,
First year
| Micky Trent | Antibiotic use and pathogenic organism distribution within the animal services building at Como Zoo |
Alexandra Bianco,
First year
| Stephanie Valberg | Epidemiology of a perplexing neuromuscular disorder in horses |
Greg Closter,
First year
| Catherine St. Hill | The role of carbohydrates in carcinoma metastasis |
Amalie DiMiceli,
Second year
| Vicki Wilke | Analyzing candidate genes for association to the cranial cruciate ligament rupture in Newfys |
Kaitlyn Dynes,
First year
| Mark Rutherford | Equine recurrent uveitis |
Melissa Erickson,
Second year
| Maxim Cheeran | Examing the role of T-regulatory cells on the neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation |
Kaitlyn Inhoff,
First year
| Pam Skinner | Surrogate markers in blood to diagnose prion disease prior to onset of clinical symptoms |
Mackenzie Leigh Jones,
Second year
| Cindy Wolf | Validation of ELISA in the detection of Coxiella burnetii and application to the seroprofile of sheep |
Kelly Keating,
First year
| Ned Patterson | Genetic basis of canine neurological disease |
Derek Korpela,
First year
| Catherine St. Hill | The role of C2-O-sLex in selectin binding and metastatic activity of canine carcinoma cells |
Angela Lockhart,
First year
| Jim Mickelson | The genetic basis of polysaccharide storage myopathy in diverse horse breeds |
Kate O'Conor,
Second year
| Bert Stromberg | Anthelmintic resistance in sheep and goats in Minnesota |
Andrea Parrish,
Second year
| Jeff Bender | The role of therapy dogs in the transmission of methicillin resistant Staph aureus in hospital settings |
Jill Schappa,
First year
| Jaime Modiano | Targeting VEGF receptors in hemangiosarcoma |
Megan Schrupp,
First year
| Sandra Godden | Effect of vaccinating pre-weaned dairy calves on cell-mediated immune function |
Sara Shepard,
First year
| Timothy Johnson | Characterization of bacterial plasmids encoding multidrug resistance in production animals |
Kara Theis,
Second year
| Tom Molitor | In vivo imaging of the effects of pro-biotics and herbal extracts on the immune system |
Michelle Verant,
Second year | Katey Pelican | Developing non-invasive steroid monitoring in raptors |
