Principal Investigator:

Olav Rueppell

  Dr. Olav Rueppell
  Associate Professor
  Department of Biology 
  University of North Carolina
  105 Eberhart Bldg.
  Greensboro, NC 27403
  phone (336) 256-2591
  fax (336) 334-5839
  email: olav_rueppell
         !at! uncg.edu

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LAST UPDATED Oct. 2009

Current Lab Members (listed with their favorite project):

Laura Willard (MSc candidate): Intestinal Stem Cell Culture

Ashley Hayes (BSc, volunteer): Population Structure of A. cerana

Dawit Adnew (Math-Bio fellow): Comparative Genomic Analyses

Luke Dixon (REU fellow): Worker Lifespan without a Queen

Ellen Lonon (BSc candidate): Pleiotropic Aging Effects of QTL

Michelle McQuage (BSc candidate): Aging QTL in Worker Bees

Danielle Lucas (Postbac student): Genetic Structure of Physocephala

 

 

Laura Willard

 

Ashley Hayes

 

Dawit Adnew

 

Luke Dixon

 

Ellen Lonon

 

Michelle McQuage

 

Danielle Lucas

 

Past Members:

Post-Graduate:

Kristin Ward: M.S. (2004-2006): “A study of cellular proliferation and apoptosis in short- and long-lived honey bees, Apis mellifera.” è Medical school

Emily Meznar: M.S. (2007-2009): “Genomic Synteny and Comparison of Recombination between Apis mellifera (the European Honey Bee) and Apis florea (the Red Dwarf Honey Bee)..” è Secondary Degree Studies

Allie Graham: M.S. (2007-2009): “The Genetic Architecture of Reproductive Differences in Workers of Africanized and European Honey Bees, Apis mellifera.” è Research Technician

Luen-Hsien Chang (2008-2009): “Sublethal effects of pesticides on intestinal stem cells.” è PhD program at Macquarie University (Australia)

Jackie Metheny: Research technician (2006-2007) è PhD program at the University of Maryland

Stephanie Christine: Research technician (2003-2004) è Research Technician at Wake Forest University

 

Undergraduate:

Rex Kirkman (2003 – 2004), Ant behavior and demography under starvation è Research Technician

Oumar Seck (2003 – 2005) Genetics of aging è Unknown

Robyn Douglas (2004) Honey bee biodemography è Science Education

Caroline Mulcrone (2005) Behavioral senescence è Pharmacy School

Preston Gardner (2005 – 2006) Honey bee biodemography è Medical School

Kari Fine (2005 – 2006) Genetics of aging and biodemography è Veterinary School (VMD-PhD)

Akuabata Kerns (2005 – 2006) Genetics of aging è Unknown

Anny Pena (2005 – 2006) Quantitative trait genetics è Medical School (Germany)

Dominique Buehler (2005 – 2006) Genetics of aging è M.S. program in Environmental Protection (Switzerland)

Lauren Groves (2006 – 2007) Behavioral senescence è Unknown

Jennifer Coleman (2006 – 2008, Honors thesis) Intestinal stem cell proliferation è Research Technician

Megan Wallrichs (2006 – 2008 Honors thesis) Reproductive ground plan hypothesis è not graduated yet

Michael Munday (2006 – 2009, Honors thesis) Fine-scale QTL mapping è not graduated yet

Robert Gove (Math-Bio Fellow 2007) Division of labor simulation è M.S. program at University of Maryland

Miranda Hayworth (Math-Bio Fellow 2007-2008) Queen mating behavior, social apoptosis è Medical School (MD-PhD)

Nels Johnson (Math-Bio Fellow 2007) Genetic diversity benefits è PhD program at Virginia Tech

Megan Leagon(Math-Bio Fellow 2007) Queen mating behavior è Secondary degree at Appalachian State University

Matthew Wilhelm (Math-Bio Fellow 2007) Honey bee mating behavior è PhD program at Columbia University

Javier Luzon (2007 – 2008) Genetics of aging, bee parasitoidsè NIH Research Internship

Kaitlin Clinnin (2007 – 2008) Intestinal stem cell biology è International Studies

Nathan Ross (Math-Bio Fellow 2008) Epidemiological models in of honey bees è High School Teaching

Stephen Brown (2009) Population genetics of Apis cerana è Missionary Work

 

 

Kristin Ward

 

Emily Meznar

 

Allie Graham

 

Jennifer Coleman

 

Luen-Hsien Chang

 

Nathan Ross

 

Jackie Metheny

 

Oumar Seck

 

Miranda Hayworth

 

Michael Munday

 

Anny Pena

 

Megan Wallrichs

 

Akuabata Kerns

 

Kari Fine

 

Robert Gove

 

Stephanie Christine

 

Nels Johnson

 

Robyn Linford

 

Matthew Willhelm

 

Preston Gardner

 

Dominique Buehler

 

Future Lab Members: Please Contact Me!