Do you want to work in a research laboratory where you will get research experience, a research project that will result in your name on a research publication, and an excellent (superior, if deserving) letter of recommendation from Dr. Stoffolano. If so, contact Dr. Stoffolano via email or phone 413-545-1046 or stop in Fernald Hall, Room 204A.
Following are students that did just that and here are the publications and where they are now at or doing__:
Ria Lim was a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at the Univ. of Pennsylvania
Stoffolano, J.G., Jr., M.A. Lim and K.E. Downer. 2007. Clonidine, octopaminergic receptor agonist, reduces protein feeding in the blowfly, Phormia regina (Meigen). Jour. Insect Physiol. 53: 1293-1299.
Awilda Acaron and Mirela Conway are both in Veterinary School at Cornell University
Stoffolano, J.G., Jr., A. Acaron and M. Conway. 2008. Bubbling” or Droplet Production in Both Sexes of Adult Phormia regina Meig. (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Fed Various Concentrations of Sugar and Protein Solutions. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 101(7): 964-970.
Kristin Larson is working at an Environmental Firm in Washington and getting her master’s degree while working at John’s Hopkins (and the company she works for paid for her to get a masters degree at John’s Hopkins
Kristin Larson and John G. Stoffolano, Jr. In press. 2011. Effect of High and Low Concentrations of Sugar Solutions Fed to Adult Male, Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae), on ‘Bubbling’ Behavior. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
Laura Danai got her master’s degree in biology at UMass Med. School in Worcester, MA and is now working in a lab.
Stoffolano Jr. JG, Danai L, Chambers J. 2013. Effect of channel blockers on the smooth muscle of the adult crop of the queen blowfly, Phormia regina. Journal of Insect Science 13:97. Available online: http://www.insectscience.org/13.97
Joanna Fitzpatrick is in veterinary school at Ohio University
Solari, P., J. G. Stoffolano Jr., J. Fitzpatrick, A. Gelperin , A. Thomson, G. Talani, E. Sanna, A. Liscia. 2013. Regulatory mechanisms and the role of calcium and potassium channels controlling supercontractile crop muscles in adult Phormia regina. Journal of Insect Physiology 59: 942–52.
Sarah Gibbons is in her second year at Tuft’s Dental School
Anna Liscia, Paolo Solari, Sarah T. Gibbons, Alan Gelperin and John G. Stoffolano, Jr. 2012. Effect of serotonin and calcium on the supercontractile muscles of the adult
blowfly crop. Jour. Insect Physiology 58: 356-366.
Katherine Croke Accepted to Umass Med. School in Worchester. Worked on her project during the summer of 2012 and finished academic year 2012-13. Effect of adipokinetic hormone on both the lobes and pump 4 of the adult crop of Phormia regina.
Stoffolano, J. G., Jr., K. Croke, J. Chambers, G. Gade, P. Solari, A. Liscia. 2014. Role of Phote-HrTH (Phormia terraenovae hypertrehalosemic hormone) in modulating the supercontractile muscles of the crop of adult Phormia regina Meigen. Journal of Insect Physiology 71: 147–155.
I like to have students that are now juniors and want to stay and do the majority of their honors thesis during the summer between their junior and senior year. This way they can have an excellent experience and project. I pay the students during the intersession/summer if they decide to stay on campus. I also will accept other interested students seeking research, laboratory experience.
Tyler Godek is a senior researching the mechanisms regulating regurgitation in the house fly.
Nick Ravelli is a junior researching the mechanisms regulating droplet formation in D. subobscura.