Research
Juniata students have excellent opportunities to engage in research, both with faculty members and off campus. On-campus research courses are sponsored by the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departments, with opportunity to present in a professional format at annual NCUR (National Conference on Undergraduate Research) meetings. In addition, the Juniata chapter of Beta Beta Beta hosts an annual research symposium on campus. These activities, as well as our Summer von Liebig Scholar positions for students, are generously supported by the William J. von Liebig Foundation.
Regularly offered summer off-campus experiences have been made possible by three alumni, Gregory Stahl, Ph.D. ('84) at Harvard, Steven McElroy, M.D. ('95) at Vanderbilt, and Ronald Blanck, D.O. ('63), former Surgeon General of the United States Army and past President of the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Our annual Harvard Summer Research Scholar and Vanderbilt Summer Reseach Scholar positions are available exclusively for Juniata College students. The SMART and McNair Programs at the University of North Texas Health Science Center are nationwide opportunities, but qualified Juniata students are given preference.
The list below gives the names of Juniata students (in bold) who have co-authored papers as a result of their experiences as Harvard Summer Research Scholars.
Collard CD, Väkevä AP, Büküsoglu C, Zünd G, Sperati CJ, Colgan SP, Stahl GL. Reoxygenation of hypoxic human umbilical vein endothelial cells activates the classic complement pathway. Circulation 1997; 96:326-33
Stahl GL, Morse DS, Martin SL. Eicosanoid production from porcine neutrophils and platelets: Differential production with various agonists. American Journal of Physiology (Cell Physiology) 1997; 272:C1821-
Agah A, Montalto MC, Kiesecker CL, Morrissey M, Grover M, Whoolery KL, Rother RP, Stahl GL. Isolation, characterization and cloning of porcine complement component C7. Journal of Immunology 2000; 165:1059-65
Agah A, Montalto MC, Young K, Stahl GL. Isolation, cloning and functional characterization of porcine mannose-binding lectin. Immunology 2001; 102:338-43
Montalto MC, Collard CD, Buras JA, Reenstra WR, McClaine R, Geis D, Rother RP, Stahl GL. A keratin peptide inhibits mannose-binding lectin. Journal of Immunology 2001; 166:4148-53
Zhao H, Wakamiya N, Suzuki Y, Hamonko MT, Stahl GL. Identification of human mannose binding lectin (MBL) recognition sites for novel inhibitory antibodies. Hybridoma and Hybridomics 2002; 21:25-36
Zhao H, Montalto MC, Pfeiffer KJ, Hao L, Stahl GL. Murine model of gastrointestinal ischemia associated with complement dependent injury. Journal of Applied Physiology 2002; 93:338-45
Zhao H, Miller M, Pfeiffer K, Buras JA, Stahl GL. Anoxia and reoxygenation of human endothelial cells decreases ceramide glucosyltransferase expression and activates caspases. FASEB Journal 2003; express article 10.1096/fj.02-0806fje. Published online February 5, 2003. FASEB Journal 2003; 17:723-4
Buras J, Rice L, Orlow D, Pavlides S, Reenstra WR, Ceonzo K, Stahl GL. Inhibition of C5 or absence of C6 protects against sepsis mortality. Immunobiology 2005; 209:629-35
Rice L, Orlow D, Ceonzo K, Stahl GL, Tzianabos AO, Wada H, Aird WC, CpG oligodeoxynucleotide protection in polymicrobial sepsis is dependent on IL-17. Journal of Infectious Disease. 2005; 191: 1368-76
Hart ML, Ceonzo KA, Shaffer LA, Takahashi K, Rother R, Reenstra WR, Buras JA, Stahl GL.
Gastrointestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury is lectin complement pathway dependent without involving C1q. Journal of Immunology 2005; 174:6373-80 (cover issue)
Ceonzo K, Gaynor A, Shaffer L, Kojima K, Vacanti CA, Stahl GL. Polyglycolic acid-induced inflammation: Role of hydrolysis and resulting complement activation. Tissue Engineering 2006; 12:301-8