Friday's Schedule                                                            

Session 3.  Oral Presentations.  Friday 8:30 – 10:15.  Burruss 238.

8:40               WELCOME

8:45         A.  Characterizing Apoptosis and Necrosis Rates of Freshly Isolated Rabbit Corneal Keratocytes

                        Miranda Sowder, Ben Williamson, Lina Chhuy-Hy, Michael Yeager, and Marta Bechtel

9:00         B.  Analysis and Characterization of Amylase Activity in Arabidopsis β-amylase Insertion Mutants

                        Michael Lehman and Jonathan Monroe

9:15         C.  Reclaiming Lost Ground for American Chestnuts: Growth Rate and Survivorship Comparison between Castanea dentata, Castanea Hybrids, Liriodendron tulipfera, and Quercus prinus

Allison Scire, Michael Belovitch, and Heather Griscom

9:30        D.  Methods for Isolation of Keratocytes from Rabbit Cornea Stromal Tissue

                        Ben Williamson, Miranda Sowder, Michael Yeager, Lina Chhuy-Hy, and Marta Bechtel

9:45     E. Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Drosophila melanogaster RhoA Developmental Mutants

                Kathryn Sinclair and Susan Halsell

10:00   F. The effect of diet on Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in the Kidney in Diabetic Rats

                Rebecca Smith and Terrie Rife

Session 4.  Oral Presentations.  Friday 10:30 – 12:00.  Burruss 238.

10:30       G.  Topographic Inputs from the Lateral Superior Olive to the Inferior Colliculus Require Ephrin-B2 Reverse Signaling

                        Matthew Wallace and Mark Gabriele

10:45       H. Isolation of Bacteria from the Surface of Cimex lectularius

                        Matthew Amoroso, Chelsea Cockburn, Adam Miller, Liz Nichols, and Kyle Seifert

11:00       I.  The Expression of Myosin Light Chain Kinase in the Zebrafish Listless Model

                        Hailey Huebner and Terrie Rife                                                              

11:15       J.   Analysis of Sapling Density at the USDA Smith Creek Restoration Site in Rockingham County, Virginia

          Elizabeth Tedder, Christina Cheng, and Jon Kastendiek

11:30       K.  Contributions of Cell Division and Cell Death to Growth and Metamorphosis of Pharyngeal Arch Cartilages in the frog Xenopus laevis

            Tyler Koch, Ginny Horne, and Chris Rose                                                                                          

11:45       L.  Mammalian Sex Allocation Database

LUNCH FOLLOWS KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 1:10 – 2:00. Burruss 243.

Session 6.  Poster Presentations.  Friday 2:00-3:30.  Burruss 3^rd Floor Hallways.

17.          Microscopic Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster RhoA Mutants during the Morphogenetic Process of Head Involution

Pria Chang and Susan Halsell

18.          The Antibacterial Activity of 4,4'-Bipyridinium Amphiphiles with Conventional, Bicephalic and Gemini Architectures

Kelsey Wilson-Henjum, Mellisa Grenier, Jade Ladow, Robert Davis, Jacob Black, Kyle Seifert, Kevin Minbiole, and Kevin Caran

19.           Role of STP1 in Osmotic Balance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Tiffanie Le, Jay Lee, Maria Wilkins, and Janet Daniel

20.           Determining the Role of RhoA during Morphogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster                                                                                                                 

Aaron Wimer, Melissa Maloof, Rachel Stottlar, and Susan Halsell

21.           Forefoot Pressure during Arboreal and Terrestrial Locomotion in Pan troglodytes                                          

Sara Ischinger and Roshna Wunderlich

22.          Utilizing lacZ Mutant Mice to Reveal Eph-ephrin Expression Patterns in the Developing Inferior Colliculus

Caitlyn Klotz, Aaron Harris, Matthew Wallace, and Mark Gabriele

23.           Negative Chemotaxis of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Emily Peterman, Reid Harris, Jeremy Ramsey, and Alex Bannigan

24.           The Interaction of the Lethal Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Combinations of Antifungal Bacterial Species

Jessica Holland and Reid Harris

25.           Isolation of Bacteria from the Surface of Cimex lectularius

Matthew Amoroso, Chelsea Cockburn, Adam Miller, Liz Nichols, and Kyle Seifert

26.           Landscape Heterogeneity of Airborne Hg (Mixed Dissolved, Particulate and Vaporous) and Corresponding Hg Concentration in Prunus sp. Leaves within Rockingham Co., VA.                    

Allison Procopio, Brian Schwenk, and Dean Cocking     

27.           Landscape Heterogeneity of Airborne Hg (Mixed Dissolved, Particulate and Vaporous) and Corresponding Hg Concentration in micro-invertebrates within Rockingham Co., VA.

Brian Schwenk, Allison Procopio, and Dean Cocking     

28.          Effect of Immigration on Japanese American Birth Sex Ratio Across Multiple Generations

Mark Hu and Elizabeth Berkeley

29.           The Growth of the Bacterium, Janthinobacterium lividum, in an Aquatic Environment at Various Inoculations and Inoculation Densities

William Shoemaker and Reid Harris

30.           Do Rana muscosa Antimicrobial Peptides and the Bacterially-produced Metabolite Violacein Have a Synergystic Effect on the Inhibition of the Zoospores of the Amphibian Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis?

Liz Nichols and Reid Harris

31.             Using Accelerometry to Study Leaping in Primates

Brittany Wilhelm, Joanna Gardiner, Anthony Tongen, and Roshna Wunderlich

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