Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Lin Twining, Professor of Biology
8:15
2 - 1 HANA H. KHIDIR*, DOUGLAS M. EUDY, and PATRICK A. GRANNEMANDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Characterization of Root-Associated Fungal Communities Inhabiting Bouteloua gracilis, Sporobolus cryptandrus, and Yucca glauca.
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8:30
2 - 2 NICHOLAS X. MANNDr. Lin Twining, Faculty Mentor Utilization of PDAs by Community Health Workers for Field Collection of Malaria Statistics in Rural Haiti
8:45
2 - 3 IGNATIUS C. ONYEWADUMEDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Characterization of E. coli in Two Water Reservoirs
9:00
2 - 4 BENJAMIN T. HALEDr. Scott Burt and Dr. Jason E. Miller, Faculty Mentors Gender and Age Variation in Call Structure of Northeast Missouri Chiropterans
9:15
2 - 5 CHRISTOPHER G. DOVEDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Richard Pierce (Washington University School of Medicine), Faculty Mentors TLR4 Expression in Normal Neonatal Lung and in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Sharing the Experience of Science
Dr. Steven L. Snyder, Vice President of Exhibit and Program Development - The Franklin Institute
Presiding: Dr. Scott Burt, Associate Professor of Biology
1:15
30 - 1 NICHOLAS A. MUETHDr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentor Life in Compact Clay: The Burrowing Behavior of Aquatic Fly Larvae (Chironomidae: Axarus)
1:30
30 - 2 NATHAN V. WHELANDr. Jonathan C. Gering and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors Team Katydid: The Math-Bio Experience
1:45
30 - 3 MARIAM SAVABIDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor The Proteolytic Processing Of Cryptosporidium gp40/15
2:00
30 - 4 JEFFREY D. WRIGHT♦Dr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor Home Range Size of Opossums in an Urban Environment
2:15
30 - 5 KAREN E. O'CONNELL* and DIANNE M. KOPPDr. Anton Weisstein and Mr. Pamela J. Ryan, Faculty Mentors Distinguishing Between Genetic Drift and Natural Selection Using Tajima's D Statistic
Presiding: Dr. Jose Herrera, Associate Professor of Biology
2:45
43 - 1 JOSH W. AKERSDr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentor Is Coral Growth Affected By Increasing Concentrations Of Iron or CO2 In Sea Water?
3:15
43 - 3 TRACEY A. BLASINGAMEDr. Jonathan C. Gering and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors The W Statistic: A New Approach for Testing the Relative Abundance Structure of Communities in a Phylogenetic Context
3:30
43 - 4 RACHEL N. WARDDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Visual Assessment of Dark Septate Endophytic Fungi in the Roots of Sporobolus cryptandrus and Bouteloua gracilis
P-3 - 1
CHRISTY M. CLEMENSONDr. Linda Kuhnz (CIEE Bonaire), Dr. Rita Peachey (CIEE Bonaire), Prof. Caren Echrich (CIEE Bonaire), and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Coral Growth on Anthropogenic vs. Natural Substrates in Bonaire, N.A
P-3 - 2
REBECCA L. O'CONNELL*, CHRISTOPHER G. DOVE, KIMBERLY F. INGERSOLL, and CHRISTA A. MANTONDr. Brent Buckner and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Characterization of KH Domain Genes in Zea Mays
P-3 - 3
RAULEEN MEI B. CABALLASDr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Will the Real Host Please Stand Up? Regional Model for Identifying Peromyscus Species
P-3 - 4
LAURA M. NAEGELEDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor The Effect of Sampling Method on Patterns of Off-host Activity of Amblyomma Americanum in Northeastern Missouri
P-3 - 5
PATRICK A. GRANNEMANDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor The Characterization and Comparison of Microfungal Communities From Sporobolus cryptandrus Roots
P-3 - 6
ENEDA HOXHADr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Functional Annotation of Genes Differentially Regulated in the Shoot Apical Meristem and Analysis of Potential Maize SUMO Proteins
P-3 - 7
JACOB G. HENDERSON* and CHRISTOPHER M. HASSETTProf. Zhong Ma and Dr. Todd Palumbo, Faculty Mentors The Effect of Age on Gravity Perception in Flax Roots: A Mathematical Approach
P-3 - 8
WALTER T. WINDERS* and ERIC C. TURINDr. Anton Weisstein and Dr. C. George Carlson (AT Still University), Faculty Mentors The Effect of Sulfasalazine (SS) and its Metabolites, Sulfapyridine (SP) and 5-Aminosalicylic Acid (5-ASA), on Nuclear p65 Activation in the MDX Mouse
P-3 - 9
JESSE C. LAVIN*, CATHY J. BLEDSOE, AUBREY ZIMMERMAN, and FRED BALCHDr. C. George Carlson (AT Still University) and Dr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentors Isometric Muscle Tension Development in MDX and C57BL Non-Dystrophic mice
P-3 - 10
EMILIE R. TWINING GERDESDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor Capture Method Success and Survey of Daily Tick Activity
P-3 - 11
CHELLE KING PORTERDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Determination of an Effective Substrate for Nutritional Examination of C. elegans During Embryogenesis
P-3 - 12
BRIAN RUIZDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor Life Cycle of Amblyomma americanum: Lab vs Wild
P-3 - 13
CRYSTAL R. CUNNINGHAM*, JESSIKA R. JAMSKI, ERIN N. PAULI, LINDSAY K. RUDOLPH, and JAMES M. LEWISDr. Susan Guffey, Faculty Mentor Skeletal Articulation of Equus caballus
