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17th Annual JMU BioSymposium
  April 17th and 18th, 2008



   

Friday's Schedule                                                            Go to Thursday's Schedule


Session 3.  Oral Presentations.  Friday 9:00 – 11:45.  Burruss 031


9:00   A.  Survey and Experimental Evidence that Symbiotic Antifungal Bacteria Protect Frog
Populations from a Lethal Skin Pathogen
Brianna Lam and Reid Harris

9:15   B.  The Effect of Light and Soil on Seedling Growth of Castanea dentata, C. dentata x
C. mollissima Hybrids, Liriodendron tulipifera and Quercus prinus
Annie Raup and Heather Peckham Griscom

9:30   C.  Investigating the Role of the Yeast Genes ZMS1 and ZMS2 in Oxidative Stress Protection
Rebecca Moore and Kimberly Slekar

9:45   D.  Effects of Vitamin D on the Expression of Gadd45a in Response to UVC Exposure
Amanda Wisz and Robin Davies

10:00   E.  The Successional History of Old Growth Eastern Hemlocks in Cathedral State Park, West
Virginia: Analyzing the Past and Present to Determine the Future
Megan Lively and Heather Peckham Griscom

10:15      BREAK

10:30   F.  Sequence Analysis of Muscle Differentiation Genes in the Four-Toed Salamander,
Hemidactylium scutatum
Amanda Lee and Carol Hurney

10:45   G.  Study of Bordetella avium Bacteriophage BA7
Brooke Brehm, Nathan Beach, and Louise Temple

11:00   H.  Effect of Rostal-Caudal Location of Heat Stimuli on the Withdrawal Response in the Rat Tail
SheRae Clegg and Corey Cleland

11:15   I.  Expression of Myf5 in Hemidactylium scutatum
Lyndsey Konen and Carol Hurney

11:30   J.  Identification of Hookworm Molecules with Immunomodulator Activity
Kunal Patel, Jeff Browning, and Chris Lantz   



Keynote seminar, 12:20 in Burruss 31:  Dr. Peter Piermarini ('95)
Cornell University, College of Veternary Medicine 
Cellular mechanisms of ion regulation: From fish to fish food


Lunch following the seminar in Burruss 336


Session 4.  Poster Presentations.  Friday 1:45 – 3:00.  Burruss 2nd Floor Hallways.

2.   Redox Modulation of Amino Terminal Domain-Deleted NR1 Recombinant NMDA Receptor
Co-expressed with NR2B
Obi E. Onuoha and Greta Ann Herin

4.   Using GIS to Study Multiple Land Variables and Their Effects on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution
in Thirteen Shenandoah Valley Watersheds
Liz Steffy, Tiffany Sprague, and Bruce Wiggins

6.   A Floristic Survey of the E.J. Carrier Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Benjamin Gahagen, Karl Gorzelnik, Douglas McPherson, and Conley McMullen

8.   Characterization of Salt Resistant Phenotype of STP-1 Knockout Arabidopsis thaliana
Julia McAdams, Vicki Stratton, and Janet Daniel

10.   Sequence Analysis of Bordetella avium Strains Lacking Potential Virulence Factors
Kara Smith, Lea Woodard, Nathan Beach, and Louise Temple

12.   Water Versus Sediment: Escherichia coli Populations and their Potential for Horizontal Gene
Transfer in an Agriculturally Impacted Stream
Brandon Kocher, Erika Gehr, and James Herrick

14.   Transcriptional Regulation of the Rat NOS1 Enzyme in Diabetes: Response to Advanced Glycation
Endproducts
Rob Lera and Terrie Rife

16.    Investigation of a Microinjection Technique to Access Brainstem Nuclei in Rats
Katherine Cox, Kelsey Ann Hickson, and Justin Brown

18.   Antioxidant Capacities for Common Spices
Jonathan Baugher and Michael Renfroe

20.   Characterization of Cryptic Species and Population Differentiation Inferred from18S rDNA, CO1,
and ITS2 DNA Sequences in Cyclops scutifer and Cyclops kolensis
Ashley Neal and Grace Wyngaard


Session 5.  Oral Presentations.  Friday 3:00 – 4:15.  Burruss 031.

3:00   K.   Characterization of a Polymorphism in Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase 1F Promoter
David Mitchell and Terrie Rife

3:15   L.   Antioxidant Content in Selected and Imported and Domestic Wines
Lindsey Deliman and Michael Renfroe

3:30   M.   Source Determination of Interleukin 3 During Contact Hypersensitivity Reaction
Eric Feinstein, and Ken Roth

3:45   N.   Expression of the CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor Treated with LPS and JWH.133
LaQuasha Drisdale and Robyn Puffenbarger

4:00   O.   Investigation of How Decreased Expression of NOS1 Results from the Development of Type II Diabetes in a Sprague Dawley Rat Model
Sarah Thomas, Divya Bansal, Cheryl Talley, and Terrie Rife


Go to Thursday's Schedule
   




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