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Friday's ScheduleSession 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 Mark Vetal, Cassandra Strickland, and Elizabeth Berkeley
LUNCH FOLLOWS KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 1:10 – 2:00. Burruss 243.
Session 6. Poster Presentations. Friday 2:00-3:30. Burruss 3rd 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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