Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Linda Twining
8:00
108 - 1 EMMA J. BROCKSCHMIDTMr. Pamela J. Ryan and Dr. Sarah Mohler, Faculty Mentors Futuristic and Dystopian Literature and Society's Perception of Human Genetics
Add To Custom Schedule (select "Update" button below)
Presiding: George Shinn
109 - 1 ANDREW K. GIBSON* and BRYCE E. FRAZIERDr. Timothy D. Walston and Dr. Scott Thatcher, Faculty Mentors A Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg Approach to Model the Embryo of Caenorhabditis elegans
8:15
109 - 2 VICTORIA F. HALFMANNDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor A Survey of Shrubs in Riparian and Upland Plots in the Great Basin Ecoregion in Northwest Nevada
8:30
109 - 3 THOMAS P. MCDONALDDr. Dongsheng Duan (University of Missouri) and Dr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentors Examination of Revertant Muscle Fiber Number Variance in Dystrophin-Null Mice of Various Mutations and Genetic Backgrounds
8:45
109 - 4 LUCAS HAUSERDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor Insect Communities in a Grazed Sagebrush Steppe Environment
9:00
109 - 5 REID A. MCLEANDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor Study of Segregation Distortion in Fruit Flies
Presiding: Chad Montgomery
9:30
204 - 1 HAILEY E. CAHILL* and ELI T. JACKSONDr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Modeling the Influence of Abiotic Factors on Larval Dermacentor variabilis Burden on Peromyscus leucopus.
10:00
204 - 3 ANNA C. SUMNER* and MICHELLE O. OKPEWHODr. Laura Fielden and Dr. David Garth, Faculty Mentors Underwater Survival in Ticks
Presiding: Taner Edis
10:15
206 - 4 JUSTIN J. BARABOODr. Peter Rolnick (Retired), Faculty Mentor Maternal effect and Population Dynamics for Paramecium Aurelia
Collaboration in a Distributed Cognitive Ecosystem; Cross-Disciplinary Lessons from Arts and Science
Bruno Louchouarn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Music and Cognitive Science Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Presiding: Elisabeth Hooper
1:00
310 - 1 JARED D. JAMESDr. Dorota Skowyra (Saint Louis University Department of Biochemistry) and Dr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentors Purification of proteasomal substrates from mouse (Mus musculus) tissue using proteasomal polyubiquitin-binding domains
1:15
310 - 2 CHARLES R. HEINZMANNDr. Elisabeth A. Hooper and Dr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentors The Composition of Microfungal Communities Inhabiting the Flowers of Meads Milkweed (Asclepias meadii), an Endangered Prairie Inhabitant
1:30
310 - 3 JILLIAN T. BURKE* and DEBORAH BODOECKERDr. Mark Campbell and Dr. Jon Beck, Faculty Mentors Creating Databases and Phylogenetic Tree Browsers to Assist in Marker-Assisted Gene Selection Studies
1:45
310 - 4 SEAN A. SERROQUEDr. Elisabeth A. Hooper, Faculty Mentor A Preliminary Molecular Analysis of the Genus Aureolaria (Orobanchaceae) Based on Two Chloroplast Gene Loci
2:00
310 - 5 KATHRYN HOGANDr. Patrick Lecaque, Faculty Mentor French for the Medical Professional
Presiding: Stephanie Fore
2:30
403 - 1 GRANT LIBRA* and JENNIFER FLYNNProf. Zhong Ma and Dr. Todd Palumbo, Faculty Mentors Modeling the Effect of Elevated CO2 on Phosphorus Uptake in Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris)
2:45
403 - 2 CHRISTOPHER R. BECKER* and CLAY MAROLTDr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Phil Ryan, Faculty Mentors Estimating Body Fat of Lizards Using Field Measurements
3:00
403 - 3 PRIYA F. MAILLACHERUVU*, KYLE S. SMITH, and ANDREW K. GIBSONDr. Hyun-Joo Kim and Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentors Modeling the Activity of Adult A. americanum in Northeast Missouri
P-2 - 1
LISA J. CLARKDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Thrombin mutant G216A provides insight into mechanism of E-E* structure transition
P-2 - 2
BRIDGET C. WALLER* and KASSI L. CROCKERDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Impact of alcohol on embryonic development in Caenorhabditis elegans
P-2 - 3
DEEPAK BOKATI*♦ and RAVIN POUDELDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Domestication of Cereal Grains: Effects on Root-Associated Fungal Communities
P-2 - 4
AARON M. KUSMEC* and ARIN D. KETTLEDr. Kristen H. Taylor (University of Missouri), Dr. Charlotte L. Phillips (University of Missouri), and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Methylation Status of Type I Collagen Gene Promoters in Four Month Old Myostatin Deficient Male and Female Offspring
P-2 - 5
LAUREN A. CHOATEDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Structure and transcription of maize genes that exhibit B73/Mo17 presence-absence variation
P-2 - 6
KYLER L. CARLSON*, EMILY R. ROSS, and ZENITH TANDUKARDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Characterization of a New Developmental Mutant of Maize: rld*5409
P-2 - 7
KEVIN A. BODKER*, KEVIN A. KAIFER, and BETH A. OSIADr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Histological and Molecular Characterization of Maize Mutant rgd-766
P-2 - 8
ERIC M. VOLSTROMER* and SHERI HEDr. Hyun-Joo Kim and Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentors Modeling environmental factors that describe the number of active off-host larval Amblyomma americanum
P-2 - 9
BASIA M. DANNDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor Shrub Steppe Amphibians in Overgrazed Riparian Areas in Northwest Nevada
P-2 - 10
DANIEL L. CREAGORDr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentor Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy to Study Dark Septate Endophytic Fungi in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Roots
P-2 - 11
KYLEEN E. ELWICKDr. Ashley N. Lough, Faculty Mentor Composition of nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertions on the short arm of chromosome 1 in B73
P-2 - 12
LAUREN CANHAM♦Dr. Jason Luscier, Faculty Mentor Rusty Blackbird Migratory Habitat Dynamics in Northeastern Missouri
P-2 - 13
KAITLIN E. ALLENDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Factors Influencing Habitat Selection in Sphaerodactylus macrolepis
P-5 - 1
MEGAN L. HOWARDDr. Brian Snyder and Dr. Rachel L. Ruhlen (ATSU), Faculty Mentors Effects of Different Kinds and Durations of Exercise on Estrogen and Progesterone Levels
P-8 - 1
SHERI HE* and ERIC M. VOLSTROMERDr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Environmental Influences on Questing of Amblyomma americanum
P-9 - 4
MEGGIE T. HOFFMAN* and WESLEY T. HODGESDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Simulations of Viral Leukemia Protein-RNA Interactions
