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Biosymposium 2012

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Session 1.  Oral Presentations.  Thursday 3:30 – 4:15.  Burruss 238.
3:30 A. The Synergistic Interaction of Rana muscosa Antimicrobial Peptides and the Bacterially-produced Metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol on the Mortality of the Zoospores of a Lethal Amphibian Fungal Pathogen                                                                                          
Jillian Myers and Reid Harris                                                                                                              
3:45 B. Role of Interleukin-3 in Mouse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Geoffrey Miles, Bryan Saunders, and Chris Lantz
4:00   C. Effect of Air Deprivation on Lung Development and Swimming Behavior in Frogs       Brandon James and Chris Rose    
                                                                                            
4:15 D. The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on the Transcription of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Cerebral Cortex. 
Nora Tractman, Divya Trehan, Terrie Rife, and Cheryl Talley

Session 1.  Oral Presentations.  Thursday 3:30 – 4:15.  Burruss 238.

 

wrap;">3:30 A. The Synergistic Interaction of Rana muscosa Antimicrobial Peptides and the Bacterially-produced Metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol on the Mortality of the Zoospores of a Lethal Amphibian Fungal Pathogen                                                                                          

Jillian Myers and Reid Harris                                                                                                              

 

3:45 B. Role of Interleukin-3 in Mouse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Geoffrey Miles, Bryan Saunders, and Chris Lantz

 

4:00   C. Effect of Air Deprivation on Lung Development and Swimming Behavior in Frogs       Brandon James and Chris Rose    

                                                                                           

4:15 D. The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on the Transcription of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Cerebral Cortex.

Nora Tractman, Divya Trehan, Terrie Rife, and Cheryl Talley

Session 1.  Poster Presentations.  Thursday 1:00 – 2:30.  2nd Floor Hallways.

 

1.               Ferns of the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum

            John Bickel, Katy Holmes, Hunter Kiser, and Conley McMullen

 

2.               Confocal Imaging of Mitosis Defects in Living Arabidopsis Plants: The Role of Kinesin-5

                        Pete Foster and Alex Bannigan

 

3.               GIS Analysis of Shifaka Lemur Territory Area in Beza Mahafaly Reserve, Madagascar

                        Sarah Lott, Bruce Wiggins, and Roshna Wunderlich

 

4.               Primitive Digging Strategy in an Expert Burrower: Sequential and Kinematic Analysis of Digging in

                        Oryctolagus cuniculus

                        Katy Holmes, Kelly Stark, Deborah Stratton, and Katrina Gobetz

                 

5.               Role of Brainstem Serotonin in the Mediation of the Thermoregulatory Response to 6% Oxygen Hypoxic Stress.

                        Chelsea Cockburn, Ben Boward, Michael Ferras, Katie Nowell, and Justin Brown

 

6.               Generation of Double T-DNA Mutant Knockouts of β-Amylases in Arabidopsis thaliana

                        Samantha Platt, Emily McGlone, and Jonathan Monroe

 

7.               The Effect of Diet on Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Midbrain of Diabetic Rats

                        Samantha Wood and Terrie Rife

 

8.               Role of Interleukin-3 in Blood-stage Plasmodium berghei Infection

                        Kathryn Ogborn, Amelia Tavangar, Abdalla Shiekh, Sarah Auclair, Dorottya Boisen, Kenneth Ross, and Chris Lantz

 

Session 2.  Poster Presentations.  Thursday 2:30-4:00.  2nd Floor Hallways.

 

9.               Expression and Analysis of Enzymes Involved in Leaf Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis

Craig Howser and Jonathan Monroe

 

10.            Secondary Sex Ratios in Diverse Populations after Unemployment “Events” in Twelve Virginia Counties

                         John Simpson and Elizabeth Berkeley

 

11.            A Comparative Stream Water Quality Survey of Smith Creek Using Benthic Macro-invertebrates

                         Margaret King, Andrew Nguyen, Pauline Fotopoulos, Mycah McNett, and Bruce Wiggins

 

12.           Research Experiences and Group Stream Analysis of the Trelawny Learning Community 2011-2012

                         Rebecca Collins, Rebecca Dickey, Benjamin Holland, Rebecca Sanders, Brooke Sauder, Kevin

                         Tomlinson, and Katrina Gobetz

 

13.           Quantitative Behavior of DNA during Development in Mesocyclops edax (Crustacea: Copepoda)

                          Rebecca Turner, Navid Attayan, and Grace Wyngaard

 

14.       The Effect of Kalmia latifolia and Rhododendron maximum on Regeneration Following Infestation by Adelges tsugae in the Southern Appalachians

                          Taylor Evans and Heather Griscom

 

15.           Behavior Correlates of Estrus in Captive Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

                         Cassandra Strickland and Elizabeth Berkeley

 

16.            Characterization of Catalytically Inactive BAM9 from Arabidopsis and Identification of its Ligands

 Nurlybek Mursaliyev, Craig Howser, and Jonathan Monroe


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