School of Arts and Sciences Review Winter 2014 | Page 30

Research & Publications Biology Under the direction of Xiao-Ning Zhang Cecilia Mo, ’13 Artificial MicroRNA Knockdown of HAP1 Disturbs Pollen Formation and Sperm Development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Rijo Maracheril, ’14 Effects of A New Mutation, oif-3, on ABA and Glucose signal sensing During Early Seedling Development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Meera Babu, ’14, Puja Chabra, ’14, Chey Ranasinghe, ’14, and Jonathan Pierce, ’14 Characterization of two Arabidopsis oif Mutants through Analysis of Phenotypic Changes Observed during Vegetative Development. Heather Richardson, ’14, Lisa Gardiner, ’14, Robert D’Cruz, ’14, and Andrew Walsh, ’14 Reproductive Phase Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Double Mutants. 30 Timothy Quan, ’13 Effect of hap1-2 Mutation on Centromere Positioning in Arabidopsis Flower Development. Asha Matthews, ’15, Kate Timony, ’15, Robert Drozynski, ’13, and Philip Odien, ’13 Determining OIF Gene Characteristics Through Various Environmental Cues and Their Effect on Signaling Pathways. School of Arts and Sciences Review