2010 Summer Scholars

	Name: Matt Brewer Mentor: Steve Carlson Dept: BMS Title: Eimeria macusaniensis mediates conjugation and antibiotic resistance gene transfer in Salmonella
	Name: Megan Bullis Mentor: Suzanne Millman Dept: VDPAM Title: An investigation of the behavior of racehorses at the starting gates, and effects on racing performance
	Name: Cole Burrack Mentor: Suzanne Millman Dept: VDPAM Title: Investigations into the reliability of a sow lameness scoring tool
	Name: Chad Clancy Mentor: Jesse Goff Dept: BMS Title: Protective Role of Calcium and a Novel Vitamin D Compound on DSS Induced Colitis in Mice in Defined and Whole Grain Diets
	Name: Kristin Frank Mentor: Christine Petersen Dept: VPATH Title: Control of Infectious Diseases in Shelters Using a Biologic Risk Management Tool
	Name: Amanda Gerard Mentor: Greg Phillips Dept: VMPM Title: Development of Dictyostelium Discoideum as a Model Host for Bacterial Pathogens
	Name: Laura Hamelin Mentors: Peter Nara, Jessie Trujillo Dept: BMS Title: Serological Epidemiological Study of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Companion Animals
	Name: Lindsay Junk Mentor: Cathy Miller Dept: VMPM Title: Development of Mammalian Orthoreocirus as an Oral Vaccine Vector for Infectious Diseases of Animals
	Name: Stephanie Klein Mentor: Jesse Hostetter Dept: VPATH Title: Early Antibody Detection in Calves Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis
	Name: Sarah Kumpula Mentor: Holly Bender Dept: VAPTH Title: Extending the Functionality of ThinkSpace
	Name: Alejandro Larios Mentor: Peter Nara, Jessie Trujillo Dept: BMS, VMPM Title: Development of a Rapid, Low Cost Protocol for Optimal Growth of Field Strains of Porcine Respiratory Reproductive Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) for Basic and Applied Research
	Name: Mandy Larson Mentor: Christine Peterson Dept: VPATH Title: Utilizing Maddie's' Animal Shelter Infection Control Tool and Asilomar Accords in Animal Shelters to Reduce Infectious Diseases and Concentrate on Behavioral Disorders
	Name: Mark Madsen Mentor: Holly Bender Dept: VPATH Title: ”Houston…we had a problem!"
	Name: Alex Miller Mentor: Cathy Miller Dept: VMPM Title: Investigation of the Impact of Mammalian Orthoreovirus Infection on Hypoxic Tumor Cells
	Name: Blaine Nicks Mentor: Patrick Gorden Dept: VDPAM Title: Comparison of Lameness Detection Methods on Dairy Cows
	Name: Jessica Noble Mentor: Sinisa Grozdanic Dept: VCS Title: Thalamic Oxidative Stress after Traumatic Brain Injury
	Name: Michelle Rutz-Mendicino Mentor: Steve Carlson Dept: BMS Title: Potentially Confounding Coat Colors in a Feline Glaucoma Breeding Colony
	Name: Kimberly Schultz Mentor: Erin Strait Dept: VDPAM Title: Optimization of an Antibiotic Sensitivity Assay for Mycoplasma hyosynoviae and Susceptibility Profile of Recent Field Isolates
	Name: Dimitar Spasov Mentor: Suzanne Millman Dept: VDPAM Title: Investigation of Bovine Stress Associated with Tilt Table and Lift Restraint Devices for Hoof Trimming
	Name: Nicholas Sterner Mentor: Sinisa Grozdanic Dept: VCS Title: Immune Cell Infiltration in Canine Patients with Neoplastic and Non-paraneoplastic Autoimmune Retinopathies (AIR)
	Name: Lisa Trout Mentor: Sinisa Grozdanic Dept: VCS Title: Systemic Organ Changes in Canine Patients with Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic Autoimmune Retinopathies (AIR)
	Name: Kelsey Vinnedge Mentor: Jessie Trujillo, Peter Nara Dept: VMPM Title: A Novel Real-time PCR Detection and Differentiation Assay for Mycoplasma Species in Biological Samples
	Name: Sarah Vitosh Mentor: Greg Somerville Dept: UNL Title: Identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia isolates that are impaired in tricarboxylic acid cycle activity
	Name: Jared Voge Mentor: Douglas Jones, Jesse Hostetter Dept: VPATH Title: In Vivo Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Immunoglobulins within Matrix Biopolymers Containing Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis in Antigen Sensitized Calves
	Name: Sarah Wiechert Mentor: Brett Sponseller Dept: VMPM Title: Equine Pulmonary Cytokine Environment Characterization and Corresponding Assessment of Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophage Peroxynitrite Production from Neonate to Adult