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Student research supervised by Dr. Chang during 1994-1997

Biology Research (B), Biology Honors Research (H), Graduate Library Research (G),
Master's Thesis Research (M), Visiting Scholar (V), and Others (O)
including Research Assistant, and research projects for
the students from other schools.

Student	Date	Project Abstract presented, Paper published, **Research award granted
Jennifer Chu^a (I)	Spring > 94	The effects of oleic acid on the expression of opiate receptors in a neuroblastoma cell line
Nilesh A. Patel^b (I)	Spring > 94	Chronic exposure to substances of abuse affects the neuro-endocrine system
Alejandro A. Romero^b (I)	Spr 93 - Spr 95	Chronic exposure to substances of abuse affects the neuro-endocrine system
Nilesh A. Patel^c (O)	Fall > 94 - Spr > 95	Effects of chronic exposure to morphine on the expression of interleukin-1ß in the rat brain **
Nilesh A. Patel^d(O)	Sum > 96	UMDNJ-Robert Woods Johnson Medical School 1996 Summer Research Fellowship: Glucocorticoid affects the adhession of HL-60cells to cultured human endothelial cells *
Nilesh A. Patel^d(O)	Sum > 96	UMDNJ-Robert Woods Johnson Medical School 1996 Summer Research Fellowship: Expression of mu opioid receptor in endothelial cells in disease *
Jenny Liao^e (O)	Sum > 94	FOS activation induced by an opiate modulating peptide, Tyr-W-MIF-1 **
Jessica Samit^f (O)	Sum > 94	FOS activation induced by an opiate modulating peptide, Tyr-W-MIF-1 **
Suzanne Quercia^a (M)	Sum > 94 - Fall > 95	Attenuation of FOS expression in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus of the rat brain using a selective antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to c-fos mRNA **
Dino Espineli^a (M)	Sum > 94 - Pres	The effects of systemic administration of interleukin-1b on mesenteric leukocyte- endothelial adhesion in rats receiving chronic treatment with morphine *
Didem Yazgan^b(I)	Spring > 95	Chronic exposure to morphine affects the differentiation of T lymphocytes in the rat
Jennifer Graf^a (M)	Spr > 95 - Sum 97	Chronic exposure to morphine attenuates the expression of interleukin-1b converting enzyme , , **
Sahba Kianifard^a(G)	Spring > 95	Administration of oleic acid induces FOS activation in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells
Rujita Mokashi^a(G)	Spring > 95	Influence of stress and corticortropin releasing factor on c-fos expression in brain
Erich L. Vidal^a(M)	Spr > 96 - Pres	Interleukin-1 induces the expression of mu opiate receptors in cultured human endothelial cells , *
Jessica Mitchell^g(O)	Spring > 96	Delta⁹-Tetrahydrocannabinol induces FOS activation in the rat brain
Jitesh A. Patel^b(H)	Sum > 96 - Pres	Effects of chronic administration of ethanol liquid diet on the brain-immune axis , *
Immanuel Leung^h(O)	Summer > 96	Chronic ethanol liquid diet affects the expression of FOS protein in the rat brain
Angela Shihⁱ (O)	Fall > 96 - Pres	The effects of garlic juice on human promyelocytic leukemia cells , **
Kunal Gupta^j (O)	Sum > 97 - Pres	Effects of cocaine on plasma cytokine in rat
Erich L. Vidal^a(G)	Spr 96 - Spr 98	Interleukin-1 induces the expression of mu opioid receptors in cultured human endothelial cells , *
Jitesh A. Patel^b(H)	Sum 96 - Spr 99	Effects of chronic administration of an ethanol liquid diet on the brain-immune axis , *
Nilesh A. Patel^d (O)	Sum 99	LEA adhesion to endothelial cells , , **
Rong Kong^a(M)	Fall 96 - Spr 99	Expression of mu opioid receptors in health and disease using an animal model, **
Kunal Gupta^j (O)	Sum 97 – Fall 98	Effects of lipopolysaccharide on FOS activation in the rat brain
Wendy Zambrana^b (B)	Spr 98	Chronic exposure to morphine affects plasma cytokines
Hang-hwa Cheng^k (V)	Fall 98 - Sum 99	Morphine potentiates cytokine induction of HL-60 cells *
Gina Cavalchiree^a (M)	Spr 98 – Spr 00	Transfection of mu opioid receptors into MDCK cells
Bernado Felix^a (G)	Fall 97 - Spr 00	Morphine affects permeability of vascular endothelial cell barriers in vivo and in vitro , **
Terry Moran^b (B)	Spr 98 – Spr 00	Animal model of chronic infection with lipopolysaccha-ride
Yuhui Jiang^l (O)	Fall 98 – Fall 00	Neuronal activation of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in the rat brain , , **
Frank Ocasio^b (B)	Fall 99 - Spr 00	Techniques of FOS immunocytochemical staining , *
Paul Lagonigro^b (B)	Fall 99 - Spr 00	Intravital microscopy of leukocyte-endothelial interactions in the rat mesentery *
Tezeta Roro^m (O)	Sum 00	Induction of multiple antibiotic resistant in bacteria **
Jessica Mitchell^c (O)	Sum 00	Drugs of abuse affect microbial antibiotic resistance
Jose Beltran^b (B)	Spr 01 - Sum 01	Cell culture techniques
K. Kolodziejska^b (H)	Sum 99- Spr 01	Ethanol induction of FOSir in mu opioid receptor knock out mice , *
Xin Mao^k (V)	Fall 00 - Sum 01	Quantitative competitive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction of mu opioid receptors, **
Jenine Anday^a (M)	Sum 99 - Sum 01	Study of morphine’s effects on the permeability of endothelial cells using an in vitro model ,,**
Debbie Balkaran^m (O)	Sum 01	Apoptosis of endothelial cells affects HL-60 adhesion **
Xin Yu^a (M)	Fall 00 - Pres	Lipopolysaccharide affects the expression of mu opioid receptors in vivo
Frank Ocasio^a (M)	Fall 00 - Pres	IL-1 affects leukocyte-endothelial interaction in morphine addicts using an animals model
Jose Beltran^a (M)	Fall 01 - Pres	Lipopolysaccharide induction of FOS immunoreactivity in the rat brain
Rabih Kashoutdy^b (H)	Sum 01- Pres	FOS immunocytochemical staining techniques and rat brain anatomy

^a Biology graduate, Seton Hall University
^b Biology undergraduate, Seton Hall University
^c Biology research assistant, Seton Hall University
^d UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
^e Penn State University and Jefferson Medical School
^f Purdue University
^g Dartmouth College
^h Livingston High School
ⁱ Millburn High School
^j RPI at Troy, New York
^k Life Science faculty of Wuham University, China
^l Post-Doc fellow
^m SEED project high school student