Summer Student Fellowships for cancer research have been awarded to 19 Louisiana college and university students by the American Cancer Society, according to the Louisiana division of the society.
Each student will receive at least $600 for basic experimental work in cancer work. The 1963 fellowships totaled $11,640. Purpose of the program is to interest young scientists and potential doctors in cancer research. Students receiving the grants
are Richard A. Rudman, Louisiana "State University Medical School; Joe G. Hollyfield, LSU; Amanda Beck, Fortune A. Dugan and Robert Towns, all Louisiana State University in New Orleans; Max Buja, Anna Marie Cassagne, Margaret R. Fanning, Elbert H. Goodier III, F. J. Malveaux, Theresa R. Mascaro and Anne Smith, all Loyola University. Estrogenic Hormones
Roger N. Klam, Kent Seale and Shed Robinson, Tulane University; Gayle Guenther, New-comb College; Eugene C. Hein-bert, Tulane Medical School; Julius Charba, University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Rel L. Gray, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.
Rudman will study the specific influence of estrogenic hormones on the production of glaycopro-teins. He will work under Dr. Gerald S. Berenson of LSU meSE cal School.
Working under Dr. W. M. Reams Jr. of LSU in Baton Rouge, Hollyfield will do research on transplants in the mouse and the Silver Campine fowl.
Miss Beck, under the super-
vision of Dr. A. K. Mukherji at LSUNO, will undertak e the evaluation and development of sensitive and specific analytical methods for the detection and determination of carcinogenic aromatic amines. Iodine Complexes
Dugan will study a number iodine complexes and their behaviors at various temperatures. His faculty adviser will be R. G. Satterfield of LSUNO.
The spatial analysis and mole-cuar parameter determination of an aziridine compound will be studied by Towns, who will work
under Dr. Louis Trefonas LSUNO.
Max Buja, under the supervision of Dr. Edward J. Feeley, will investigate the effect of IDU on DNA viruses.
Miss Cassagne and Miss Fann- | ing will work together on basic i studies for the determination of a i ratio for the protein factors in \ nor m a 1 saliva in order to \ establish more accurate cancer^ diagnostic differences. They will \ work under Timothy L. Dugganf at Loyola. . I
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Goodier will investigate the synthesis of specific sulfur-containing compounds during the formation of spores and cysts. His work will be directed by Dr. J. J. Cooney.
F. J. Malveau, also under Dr. Cooney, will attempt to obtain basic information concerning the biochemical mechanisms of bac-
terial endospore formation.
Working under Dr. K. Wright Kemmerly, Miss Mascaro will do a comparative eytologieal study of vaginal smears using the standard Papanicolaou stain procedure and the acridine orange fluorochrome stain procedure.
Miss Smith, supervised by Dr. E. J. Feeley, will do research in the use of 5-Bromo-Deoxyuridine as an antiviral agent against Rous sarcoma inoculations in the chorioallantoic membrane of 10-day old embryonated chick eggs. Study Effects
Klam will study the effects of carcinolytic drugs upon anesthetic and adunctive drugs. His adviser will be Dr. John Adriani.
Robinson will work with Dr. Robert F. Ryan in an experiment on dogs with the standard techniques worked out previously by
Tulane medical school. if
Miss Guenther will study the chromosomes of Rana aerolata circulosa (Davis). A study of the action of ethionine as an inhibitor will be undertaken by Heinberg with supervision from Dr. Otto Sellinger.
Charba's experiment will be an investigation in the extent of the influence of endogenous respiration of the growth and survival of ultraviolet irradiated bacterial cells Dr. J. M. Sobak will supervise his work. Work In Lake Charles
Seale will work in Lake Charles on a study of the lump in the neck and its clinical significance.
Gray will work with L. & Kil-gore on a study of the determination of ration of cell growth rate decrease to radiogold dossage increase the chick embryo.
