Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Tad Dallas
8:15
10 - 1 CHELLE KING PORTERDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Effect of Folic Acid on Cell Migration During Caenorhabditis elegans Development
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8:30
10 - 2 ELISE M. WALCKDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Determining the Function of Dishevelled Protein Domains During Development
8:45
10 - 3 HANA H. KHIDIRDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Root Associated Fungal Communities of Bouteloua gracilis: Biogeographic Variations Across North American Grasslands
9:00
10 - 4 KELSEY E. VAUGHNDr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Comparing the Microfungal Communities in Herbivore Dung and Bouteloua gracilis Roots
Presiding: Dr. Monica Barron, Professor of English
13 - 1 ANNA E. ESFELDMr. Kristopher Stroup and Dr. Elizabeth M. Clark, Faculty Mentors The Effect of Gene Patents on Our Perceptions of Ownership as Seen Through the Genomic Research and Accessibility Act
Presiding: Georgia Mueller
9:45
21 - 1 INGA C. STORENDr. Stephanie Fore, Dr. Laura Fielden, and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors The Seasonal Pattern of Tick Load (Dermacentor variabilis) on Peromyscus leucopus
10:00
21 - 2 JULIE M. HASKEN* and JENNIFER L. NEWBYDr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentors Evaluation of Chytrid Infection Level in a Newly Discovered Population of Bufo boreas in Colorado
10:15
21 - 3 ANTHONY J. WILMES*, LAURA K. GAREY, ANDREA M. GRELLE, and SHANE M. WRIGHTDr. Michael I. Kelrick and Dr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentors Natural History of Sceloporus undulatus at Two Buttes Reservoir State Wildlife Area, Colorado
10:30
21 - 4 CHRISTOPHER M. OWENSDr. Peter Rolnick (Retired), Faculty Mentor Population Dynamics: The Maternal Effect
Presiding: Dr, Michael Seipel, Associate Professor of Agriculture
23 - 1 JUSTIN M. NASHDr. Glenn R. Wehner, Faculty Mentor Determination of Time Difference Between Two Commonly Used Heat Detection Systems in Gelbvieh Cattle
Unwrapping the Dead: Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Dr. Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology, American University in Cairo
Presiding: Dr. Laura Fielden, Associate Professor of Biology
1:30
33 - 2 JONATHAN D. VOLLMER* and BRETT L. WILEYDr. Michael Adams , Faculty Mentor Metapopulation Model of a Rare Winter Annual Plant Species, Missouri Bladderpod
1:45
33 - 3 KENT T. BUXTON* and DAVID I. TAYLORDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Antibiotic Resistance of E. coli in Steer Creek
Presiding: Chelle King Porter
1:15
39 - 1 PETER J. MUELLEMANDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor The Ecology of a Snake Community in Northern Missouri
39 - 2 CHRISTOPHER M. OWENSDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Digestive Efficiency of a Generalist Snake Predator (Thamnophis sirtalis)
39 - 3 PETER J. MUELLEMANDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Assessing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection Levels in the Amphibian Communities in Upland and Lowland Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems of Northern Calhoun County, Illinois
2:00
39 - 4 BENJAMIN T. HALEDr. Gregory Stunz (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) and Dr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentors Evaluation of Surgery Procedures for Surgically Implanting Ultrasonic Telemetry Transmitters in Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)
Presiding: Dr. Anton E. Weisstein, Assistant Professor of Biology
45 - 2 TAD A. DALLASDr. Hyun-Joo Kim and Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentors Factors Influencing Immature Tick Load (Dermacentor variabilis) on the White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
45 - 3 YU-YU REN* and BO M. FORRESTERProf. Zhong Ma and Dr. Todd Palumbo, Faculty Mentors Determining the Correlation Between Age-related Changes in Gravitropism and Auxin Sensitivity in Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Roots with a Mathematical Image Analysis Algorithm
45 - 4 ALEXANDER M. NORDDr. Peter Rolnick (Retired), Faculty Mentor The Maternal Effect in Population Dynamics
Presiding: Peter Muelleman
2:45
59 - 1 ASHLEY E. WINKLERDr. Cynthia Cooper and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Stratification of Escherichia coli and Total Coliforms in Forest Lake
3:00
59 - 2 JACOB E. SCHRUMDr. Michael Lockhart and Dr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentors Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli from Hazel Creek Lake and Forest Lake
3:15
59 - 3 CHASE A. GRAY* and JACOB B. SANNINGDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Examination of E. coli Survival in Fresh Water Streams
3:30
59 - 4 NICOLE F. MORRISDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Escherichia coli Levels over a Three Year Period in Forest Lake
P-2 - 2
DANIEL P. QUINNDr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentor Punctuated Equilibrium and Phyletic Gradualism as Models of Evolution
P-5 - 12
BRIAN S. HILLIARD*, LARA K. MCKAY, and CHRISTOPHER G. DOVEDr. Lin Twining, Faculty Mentor Maternal Health Education Among Sugarcane Field Workers in Southeast Dominican Republic
P-9 - 1
ANDREW J. GREENDr. Mark Campbell and Dr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentors Scanning Electron Microscopy of High Amylose Corn Starch
P-9 - 2
ANDREW J. GREEN*, PATRICK M. DELANEY, and ANDY R. STERLINGDr. Thomas E. Marshall and Dr. Glenn R. Wehner, Faculty Mentors Anti Gelling Additives to Optimize Winter Use of Biodiesel
P-10 - 1
CHELLE KING PORTERDr. Peter Meberg (University of North Dakota at Grand Forks) and Dr. Jason E. Miller, Faculty Mentors Effects of ADF Knockdown on Growth Cone Dynamics
P-10 - 2
HUBERT EKPOHDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Hypodermal Morphogenesis in Nematodes
P-10 - 3
KYLE W. MEINKEDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Dr. Michel Ouellette (Eppley Cancer Research Institute), and Dr. Kyung Choi (Eppley Cancer Research Institute), Faculty Mentors Identification of In-Vivo Non-Telomeric Binding Sites for POT1
P-10 - 4
ANNA E. ESFELDProf. Zhong Ma, Faculty Mentor Evaluating the Conditions for Inoculation of the Forage Grass Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama) by Dark Septate Endophytic Fungi
P-10 - 5
CHRISTOPHER G. DOVE*, REBECCA L. O'CONNELL, and CHRISTA A. MANTONDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Expression of the Fas1 Paralogs in Maize
P-10 - 6
AMANDA H. DEBROTDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Effect of Habitat on Nest Success in a Northeast Missouri Bird Community
P-10 - 7
JENNA M. SESTI* and KAY L. BRUEMMERDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor The Wire Screen Holding Test is a Reliable Procedure for Determining Muscle Weakness in the MDX Mouse
P-10 - 8
DAN W. SERBERDr. Michael Feiss (University of Iowa) and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors The Bacteriophage λ DNA Packaging Motor: A Genetic Analysis of Reversion Mutations of Lethal Terminase Packaging Defects
P-10 - 9
SARAHANN M. HUTCHINSONDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor Identification of Host Range for Escherichia Coli Specific Bacteriophages Using Lytic Plaques
P-10 - 10
DOUGLAS R. ELLIOTT IIDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor The Digestive Efficiency of a Generalist Predator: The Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
P-10 - 11
NATHANIEL J. CIVILIDr. Stephanie Fore, Dr. Laura Fielden, and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Hotspots in Amblyomma americanum Densities
P-10 - 12
MARCY R. ANDERSON Prof. Zhong Ma, Faculty Mentor The Role of Dark Septate Endophytes in Drought Tolerance of the Forage Grass Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
P-10 - 13
JESSE C. LAVINDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor Murine Costal Diaphragm Procedure Development
P-10 - 14
YU-YU REN* and BO M. FORRESTERProf. Zhong Ma and Dr. Todd Palumbo, Faculty Mentors Determining the Correlation between Age-related Changes in Gravitropism and Auxin Sensitivity in Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Roots with a Mathematical Image Analysis Algorithm
P-10 - 15
WALTER T. WINDERS* and CHRIS A. SUMSKIDr. Anton Weisstein, Faculty Mentor Gossypol (GP), a known inhibitor of the classic NF-kB cell signaling pathway, is a potentially useful treatment for Duchenne (DMD) and related muscular dystrophies
P-10 - 16
DIANA S. ACEVEDODr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Determining Phenotypic Variation for Content among Amylomaize VII Inbreds with an Enzymatic Method
P-13 - 1
JOYCE TIPPING* and SPENCER J. TIPPINGDr. Anton Weisstein and Mr. Pamela J. Ryan, Faculty Mentors Modeling the Effects of Genetic Drift and Natural Selection with Discrete Simulation
P-14 - 3
CHELLE KING PORTER*, MOLLY SMITH, YU-YU REN, BRETT L. WILEY, and DAN W. SERBERDr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentor The Determination of the Effect on Plasma Retinol and β -Carotene Levels by Various Explanatory Variables: A Statistical Approach
