Student Training
SIPTI provides funds to support graduate students
Currently-supported students
Eric van Fleet
Eric
is investigating the interactions between aphids and their bacterial
endosymbionts, to determine the effects of endosymbionts on the aphid
immune system.
Eric is working in the lab of Angela Douglas. He received a B.S. in Biochemistry at Ithaca College,
Ithaca N.Y.
Previous recipients of SIPTI support
George Guan-Hua Lin
George is researching the molecular mechanism of cytochrome P450
mediated-resistance in the house fly, in the lab of Dr Jeff Scott.
George received his B.S. and M.S. in Entomology from the National Taiwan University at Taipei, Taiwan.
Frank Rinkevich
While supported by SIPTI funds, Frank discovered that the expression patterns of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes in Tribolium castaneum are far more diverse than previously realized, with important implications for receptor function and interactions with insecticides. This research has been published: Rinkevich FD & Scott JG. 2009. Transcriptional diversity and allelic variation in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Insect Molecular Biology 18, 233-242.
Frank received his B.S. in Environmental Studies at Millersville University (PA) in 2002 and an M.S. from Cornell University in 2005 before enrolling as a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jeff Scott.
Xiaozhao Song
While
supported by SIPTI funds, Xiaozhao demonstrated that the midgut of
caterpillars of the cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni produces a protease
inhibitor of low molecular weight (<3 kDa) that likely contributes
to the capacity of these caterpillars to overcome the deleterious
effect of proteases in their food plants.
Xiaozhao received her B.S.
in Biological Sciences from the Shanghai Fisheries University of China
and her M.S. in Biological Sciences from Bowling Green State University.
Adam Chin Nin Wong
Adam
is investigating the impact of resident microorganisms on the
physiology of Drosophila, working in the lab of Dr Angela Douglas.
Adam
received a B.Sc. in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of
York, UK, and his M.Phil in Pathology at the University of Hong Kong.
Multi-compartment metabolic model of the aphid-bacterial symbiosis, showing flux of metabolites among aphid organs
Concentration-mortality lines of parental strains (SLAB and ISOP450) and the F2 generation of the reciprocal crosses of Cx. p. quinquefasciatus. Vertical dashed lines indicate the diagnostic concentrations used to distinguish the SS, RS and RR genotypes [Hardstone et al. 2009. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, 42]
Variable exon isoforms of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit a6 from Tribolium castaneum. [Rinkevich FD & Scott JG. 2009. Insect Molecular Biology 18, 233-242]