Recent Undergraduate Achievements
2009
McNair Symposium - 1st place Winner Elizabeth Patterson
All-USA College Academic Team
Three Southern Illinois University Carbondale undergraduates have won national acclaim by being selected to the 2009 All-USA College Academic Team. Lisa Furby of Carbondale, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering; Sean Goodin of Red Bud, a senior majoring in physiology and philosophy; and Joe Batir of Channahon, a senior majoring in geology, were among 60 students nationwide selected to the team.
The team was published in the Wednesday edition of USA Today.
SIUC was one of only five universities with three students on the team, outperforming other prestigious schools such as Brown, Northwestern, North Carolina and Yale - all of which placed two students on the team.
SIU Alumni Council's 25 Most Distinguished Seniors
Physiology students Amanda Rabideau and Sean Goodin were chosen to receive this award for 2009. The SIU Alumni Association honors a few exceptional seniors, naming them one of the 25 Most Distinguished Seniors. Students selected to receive the award excel in all areas of University life: scholarship, community service, University service and extracurricular activities. In order to be elligible for the award, the undergraduate student must be a senior graduating in May, August, or December. The student must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
Service to Southern Award
Sean Goodin received the Service to Southern Award for 2009. The service to Southern Award is presented annually to an outstanding graduating senior for his/her participation and service contributions to SIUC. This is the highest honor awarded to a student leader at our campus. The award is in the form of a monetary gift of $1000, which is supported and funded by the Inter-Greek Council.
2008
Amanda Rabideau and Sean Goodin both received the super student award. The Student Alumni Council honors two outstanding junior students with a $500 scholarship. Recipients are honored for enhancing the University with their involvement in various facets of campus life.
Currently employed, junior status students with a minimum of 70 completed hours, earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and actively involved in at least two Registered Student Organizations, are eligible to apply. Amanda is a student in Dr. Prema Narayan's lab and Sean works in Dr. April Strader's laboratory.
Amanda Rabideau received a Summer Research Fellowship from the Endocrine Society. The Endocrine Society offers Summer Research Fellowships to encourage promising undergraduate students, medical students and first year graduate school students to pursue careers in endocrinology. The Society provides a stipend of $4,000 to each student award recipient to participate in research projects under the guidance of a Society member for 10 to 12 weeks during the summer. Amanda will perform her research in Prema Narayan's laboratory for the summer of 2008. It also will pay for her to attend the Endocrine Society Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Brian McConomy and Amanda Rabideau received 1st and 2nd prize respectively in the poster competition at the Undergraduate Research Forum. The Undergraduate Research Forum is part of the Reach (Research-Enriched Academic Challenge) Program at SIU. The forum is help each spring semester. Undergraduates who have conducted an original research, scholarly, or creative project under the guidance of a facilty mentor are invited to display an informational poster at the forum's poster session. Brian works jointly with Dr. Ron Browning in the Physiology department and Dr. Doug Smith in the Psychology department.
Amanda works in Dr. Prema Narayan's lab in Physiology.
2007
Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently honored eight undergraduates for their research projects showcased in the University's annual Undergraduate Research Poster Forum.
The event, held at the SIUC Student Center, featured 52 posters from 49 students from various departments around campus. The competition is open to all undergraduates.
Sean Z. Goodin, sophomore in physiology, philosophy and political science and son of William V. and Loretta G. Goodin. "Gender Differences in the Central Melanocortin System Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure."
Amanda C. Rabideau, sophomore in physiology and philosophy and daughter of Thomas E. and Ruth Ann Rabideau. "Immunohistochemical Analysis of Steroidogenic Enzymes in the Testes and Ovaries of Mice Expressing a Constitutively Active Luteinizing Hormone Receptor."
Undergraduate research students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale cleaned up at the annual St. Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, taking home half of the prizes awarded there.
SIUC students won four of eight awards for their research presentations at the daylong competition, held April 21 at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand & Suites Hotel. Washington University sponsored the two-year-old event.
The wins come on the heels of similar success during last year's inaugural competition, during which SIUC students won three prizes, the most of any public institution. This year, SIUC won the most of any institution, public or private.
Sean Z. Goodin, sophomore from Red Bud in physiology, philosophy and political science, won first place and a $500 cash prize in the oral presentation competition. April D. Strader, assistant professor of physiology, acted as mentor.
Life Sciences Research Symposium
Touch of Nature
October 13-14, 2006 |
Sean Goodin |
Amanda Rabideau |
Sara Reardon |
Physiology 491, 492
As an undergraduate student majoring in Physiology, you are strongly encouraged to undertake laboratory research under the supervision of departmental faculty. It is suggested that you initiate this research activity early in your undergraduate career. In this way, you will have several semesters to exploit the techniques that you have learned. Many of our students have made such significant contributions that they have been listed as authors on scientific publications, and have even attended scientific meetings to present their results to a national audience.
PHSL 491 Students enrolled in the University Honors program may register for PHSL 491 (Independent Research for Honor) listing and may count up to 8 hours towards their degree requirements and the required 14 hours of Physiology 300 or 400 level electives.
PHSL 492 Students may register for PHSL 492 (Special Problems in Physiology) and can count up to 8 hours of credit towards their degree requirements, 3 hours of which will be credited towards the required 14 hours of Physiology 300 or 400 level electives.
Students are responsible for contacting faculty members to determine if they are willing to function as their research supervisor and how many credits to register for. Most faculty will consider 3-4 hours per week in the lab working to be worth one credit hour and some will require a written report at the end of the semester. Do not register until you have found a faculty member willing to function as your supervisor. Physiology faculty willing to supervise undergraduate research are showing on the right.
| Faculty sponsoring undergraduate research
Lydia Arbogast, PhD.
Neuroendocrinology; hypothalamic control of prolactin secretion; cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of hypothalamic neuronal activity
Brent Bany, PhD.
Uterine physiology of early pregnancy; Embryo regulated expression of genes in the endometrium during implantation using molecular, genetic, and genomic approached. Molecular and cellular biology of decidual cell differentiation. Decidual differentiation bioinformatics project.
Michael Collard, PhD.
The molecular basis of cancer: Transciptional regulation by oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Mechanisms of genomic imprinting, chromatin remodeling, and gene silencing. Gene knockouts in mice. Interaction of testicular germ cell transciption factors with DNA response elements. Cyclic AMP signal transduction.
Buffy Ellsworth , PhD.
Forkhead transcription factors implicated in tumor formation,
chromatin remodeling and cell fate determination. Role
of forkhead factors in the pituitary during development and in the adult.
James Ferraro, PhD.
Physiological, behavioral, and reproductive aspects of circadian rhythmicity; mate selection and human sexuality.
Kanako Hayashi, PhD.
Mechanisms regulating uterine development and ovarian cancer. Prevention and clinical treatment of infertility and pregnancy loss involving uterine dysgenesis, dysplasia, and dysfunction.
Jodi Huggenvik, PhD.
Signal transduction mechanisms and transcriptional regulation in mammalian cells; characterization of transcription factors using molecular techniques.
James Maclean , PhD.
Role of the Rhox homeobox gene cluster in establishing and supporting reproduction. Identifying downstream targets of the Rhox genes and examining how changes in their expression influence germ cell survival.
Laura Murphy, PhD.
Drug abuse (marijuana), and neuroendocrine/reproductive function in female rats; American ginseng inhibition of human breast and prostate cancers.
Prema Narayan, Ph.D.
Role of gonadotropin hormones and receptors in reproductive physiology and pathophysiology. Defining signaling pathways using biochemical, molecular and cell biological approaches.
Peter Patrylo, PhD.
Plasticity of local neuronal networks during aging and following injury; impact on seizure susceptibility and learning and memory dysfunction.
April Strader, Ph.D
Obesity; Mechanisms underlying bariatric surgery. Central melanocortin system; Determining downstream targets of their actions
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