Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Ian Lindevald
8:30
1 - 3 SAROJ R. RAIDr. Peter Rolnick (Retired), Faculty Mentor Ecological Population Modeling
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Presiding: Melissa Wright
8:00
7 - 1 CHARLEEN L. JOHNSON♦Dr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor A Genetic Screen for Mutations Affecting Morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans
8:15
7 - 2 KATHRYN M. MILUSKIDr. Glenn R. Wehner, Faculty Mentor Continued Comparison of Rumen Fermentation of Corn Starch Varying in Amylose and Amylopectin Concentration
7 - 3 VICTOR E. ADIMORAEGBUDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Generation of a Transgenic Worm Strain that Expresses Enhanced GFP upon Heat Induction
8:45
7 - 4 RAVIN POUDELDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Molecular Assessment of Fungal Endophytes Inhabiting Roots of Teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) Grown at Three Different Environmental Settings
Presiding: Julie Flowerday
9 - 2 STEVEN R. GOLDBERGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor How Unique Are We, Really?
Presiding: Matthew Beaky
10:00
13 - 3 ERIN A. SANDERS* and DANIELLE J. ZEMMELDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor Surviving Without Oxygen: Cryptobiosis in Ticks
10:15
13 - 4 SHANE M. BERNARDDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Computational Studies of Protein-RNA Recognition in Viral Leukemia
Presiding: Jon Gering
9:30
17 - 1 AMARE M. ASSEFADr. Caroline VonDahl (Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research) and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Exploration of Potential Interactions Between SA Signaling and Lipid Metabolism: Characterization of Two Putative SA-binding Proteins (pSABPs) Shaven 3(SHV3) and Shaven-Like 2(SVL2) in Plant Resistance
9:45
17 - 2 SARAH D. MEYERDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor You Want Me to Touch What?! Gender Bias in Insect Collections
17 - 3 BRITTNEY B. THOMASDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Evaluation of Pathogen Resistance in Nutritionally Enhanced Cassava
3 - 4 BRYCE A. BOND* and MARISSA L. DECKERDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Synthetic Biology at Truman: Developing an Accessible and Engaging Laboratory Protocol to Teach the Principles of Synthetic Biology
17 - 5 TERIN E. BUDINEDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Host of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence
From the Bible to Star Wars: Religion and Popular Culture
John Lyden,Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Grand View University
Presiding: Karianne Jones
2:00
25 - 4 CAROLINA SCALZODr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Sustaining the Human Dignity of Biotechnology: A Plausible Cause?
Presiding: PJ Muelleman
1:15
32 - 1 DRAKE C. BOUZEKDr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Seasonal Activity Patterns of the Tick Amblyomma americanum and the Role of Temperature
1:30
32 - 2 BORYANA S. KOSEVA* and STEPHEN M. QUINNDr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Phil Ryan, Faculty Mentors Modeling Energy Allocation in a Generalist Predator
1:45
32 - 3 COREY R. JOHNSON♦Dr. Timothy D. Walston, Dr. Scott Thatcher, and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Geometric Comparisons of the EMS Blastomere in Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae
32 - 4 NATHAN D. KOPP* and COLIN D. TEBERGDr. Anton Weisstein and Mr. Pamela J. Ryan, Faculty Mentors Discerning the Affects of Natural Selection and Genetic Drift by Using a Modification of Tajima's D
P-1 - 2
AVINASH KARNDr. Mark Campbell, Dr. Brent Buckner, and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Breeding Specialty Starch Maize Using Exotic Genetic Resources for Gene Discovery of Novel Alleles and Modifiers with Materials Generated from USDA-ARS GEM Project
P-1 - 4
EMILY D. MAUCHDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Use of Differential Scanning Calorimetry as a Diagnostic Indicator for the Presence of Double-Mutant Genotypes; Resulting in Slowly Digestible Maize Starches
P-3 - 1
HAZAR H. KHIDIR*, CHRISTOPHER TRACEY, M. CHRISTINE GRAVES, and SARAH HUTCHINSONDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Expression of Class 1 knox Genes in a New ROUGH SHEATH1 Mutant of Maize
P-3 - 2
JOHN H. KIMBROUGHDr. Peter Goldman, Faculty Mentor What Gall! How Consistent is Prey and Natural Selection by Downy Woodpeckers on Goldenrod Galls Through the Winter?
P-3 - 3
EMILY FASSIDr. Hans A. Hofmann (The University of Texas at Austin) and Prof. Brenda Moore, Faculty Mentors Molecular Substrates of Dopaminergic Cell Fate in Teleost Fishes
P-3 - 4
M. CHRISTINE GRAVES*, HAZAR H. KHIDIR, and CHRISTOPHER J. TRACYDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Histological Characterization of a New ROUGH SHEATH1 Mutant of Maize
P-3 - 5
JOHN H. KIMBROUGHDr. Eric V. Stabb (University of Georgia) and Dr. Peter Goldman, Faculty Mentors The Unusual Suspects: A Characterization of Four Conditionally-Lethal Vibrio fischeri Mutants
P-3 - 6
BRIDGET C. WALLER* and KASSI L. CROCKERDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Establishing Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for Neural Tube Defects
P-3 - 7
CORISSA P. LENNONDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Survey of Reptile and Amphibian Species Abundance and Distribution in Wakonda State Park
P-3 - 8
KATHERINE E. WARDDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor Dermacentor variabilis Preliminary Overwintering Study
P-3 - 9
LAUREN A. CHOATEDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Characterization of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the SLITRK1 Gene of Individuals Exhibiting Tourette's Syndrome
P-3 - 10
CASEY D. STEFANSKI*, MELANIE CARR, ELIZABETH COTTEY , AMY ADAMS , and CORINNA WARNARS Dr. C. George Carlson (AT Still University) and Dr. George Schulte, Faculty Mentors An Examination of the Proteasomal Rate of Degradation of Nuclear p65 in MDX Mice
P-4 - 1
JOSHUA A. MANTOOTH* and MATTHEW J. KIBLINGERProf. Zhong Ma and Dr. Todd Palumbo, Faculty Mentors Modeling Carbon Sequestration in Phaseolus vulgaris
P-6 - 1
KELSY M. PARKER* and MIKE J. RODRIGUEZDr. Jon Beck and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Automated Functional Annotation of Maize Genes Using a Support Vector Machine
P-10 - 11
NICOLE M. ECKELKAMP* and TAYLOR KENNEDYDr. Joseph Visker, Faculty Mentor Lifestyle Behaviors Contributing to Retention of Permanent Teeth in the Elderly
