Former students in Sokolova's lab
Graduate
Anton Cherkasov (Ph.D.)
2004 - 2007
Physiological adaptations to heavy metal and temperature stress at cellular,
tissue and whole-organism levels
Supported by NSF
Currently at St. Petersburg State University (Russia) preparing his thesis for
defense.
Snimar Grewal (Master's)
2005-2007
Role of apoptosis in host-parasite relationships
Supported by UNC Charlotte and NC Sea Grant
Graduated in December 2007
Undergraduate
Kristen Reynolds (Honors)
2007-2008 Energetic costs of P-glycoprotein expression induced by cadmium
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program, UNCF SEEDS program and American Physiological Society.
Kimberly Williams
2007-2008
Effects of cadmium exposure in vivo on mitochondrial aconitase activity
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program.
Courtney Taylor
2007-2008
Temperature-dependent rates of cadmium accumulation in oysters from different
latitudes
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program.
Kanan Patel
2007
P-glycoprotein expression and function in oyster mitochondria
Judah Dice
2007
Effects of trace metals on apoptosis and disease resistance in oysters
Huy To
2007
Effects of temperature and cadmium on mitochondrial enzyme activities
Hiep Tu
2007
Effects of temperature and cadmium on mitochondrial enzyme activities
Basharat Sanni (Honors)
2006-2007 Role of cadmium and uncoupling proteins in ROS-induced inactivation of
mitochondrial aconitase
Sponsored by the American Physiological Society.
Christina Sims
2006-2007 Effects of cadmium on key enzymes of mitochondrial ETC
Supported by NSF-REU program
Edna Zamparelli (Honors)
2006-2007 Effects of heat-induced expression of HSPs on resistance to cadmium in
oysters
Tahani Farah
2006
Effects of cadmium exposure and temperature stress on protein content of tissues
and blood of oysters
Robert A. Overton Jr. (Honors)
2005-2006
Mechanisms of cadmium-induced ROS production
Sponsored by the American Physiological Society.
Kavita Ponnappa (Honors)
2004-2005
Effects of cadmium exposure on mitochondrial function in oysters.
Sponsored by the American Physiological Society.
Paige Waymer
2004
Subcellular distribution of cadmium in oysters
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program.
Melanie Harrison
2004-2005
Using AFLP fingerprinting to identify markers of disease resistance in oysters.
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program and SEEDS program of the United Negro
College Fund.
Patricia Gillespie (Honors)
2003-2004
Protozoan parasite infection in the eastern oysters from polluted and unpolluted
sites in North Carolina estuaries.
Sponsored by the SEEDS program of the Ecological Society of America.
Chalita Johnson (Honors)
2003-2004
Subcellular distribution and uptake of cadmium in the eastern oyster.
Sponsored by the SEEDS program of the Ecological Society of America
Neema Shah
2003
Cadmium-induced oxidative stress in oysters.
Sponsored by the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems.
Emily Habinck (Honors)
2002-2003
Effects of cadmium exposure on activities of key mitochondrial enzymes in
oysters.
Partially sponsored by the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental
Systems.
Sarah Evans
2002-2003
Role of mitochondria in cadmium-induced apoptosis of oyster immune cells.
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program.