Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: David McCurdy
8:15
104 - 2 SHANE M. BERNARDDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Computational Studies of Protein-RNA Recognition in Viral Leukemia
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Presiding: Brent Buckner
8:00
112 - 1 AUBREY A. CROWLEY*, AVINASH KARN, MICHAEL J. PIERRO, KYLE S. SMITH, JOSHUA B. WILSON, and LAUREN CHOATEDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Bioinformatic analysis of the intra-genomic evolution of retained homeologous paralogs in maize
8:30
112 - 2 RAVIN POUDEL* and DEEPAK BOKATI♦Dr. Jose Herrera, Faculty Mentor Soil Determines the Composition of Microfungal Communities Inhabiting the Roots of Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) and Teosinte (Zea mays subsp. parviglumis)
8:45
112 - 3 BRIDGET C. WALLER* and KASSI L. CROCKERDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Establishing Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for Neural Tube Defects
9:00
112 - 4 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
Presiding: Candy Young
115 - 5 KRISTIN R. MARSHALLMr. Pamela J. Ryan, Faculty Mentor The Effect of Health Care Reform on Genetic Discrimination
Presiding: Eric Patterson
9:30
206 - 1 ERIN A. SANDERS* and KATIE M. LOOCKDr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor Surviving Without Oxygen: Cryptobiosis in Ticks
Presiding: Michael Adams
10:00
210 - 3 NATHAN D. KOPP* and COLIN D. TEBERGDr. Anton Weisstein and Mr. Pamela J. Ryan, Faculty Mentors Separating the Effects of Natural Selection and Genetic Drift Using a Modification of Tajima's D Statistic
Presiding: Michael Kelrick
211 - 1 TERIN E. BUDINEDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Host of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence
9:45
211 - 2 BETSEY C. YORK* and JUSTIN BARABOODr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Modeling the abiotic and host factors that determine tick load of Dermacentor variabilis on Peromyscus leucopus
211 - 3 BRITTNEY B. THOMASDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Hydrophobic binding properties of Poloxamer-188 in electropermeabilized Rattus norvegicus flexor digitorum brevis myocytes
10:15
313 - 4 ERIK MOODYDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Decay Rates of Escherichia coli in an Urban Stream
10:30
112 - 5 BEN R. WEGERMr. Pamela J. Ryan and Dr. Anton Weisstein, Faculty Mentors Investigating the Challenges of Applying Phylogenetic Methods to Cultural Data Sets
Eugenics in 20th Century America: The Kirksville Connection
David Micklos, Executive Director, Dolan DNA Learning Center
Presiding: Linda Twining
1:00
314 - 1 ERIN L. FARMERDr. Stephen Hudman, Faculty Mentor A Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Waterway Impoundment on Population Genetic Structure of the Stream Fish Semotilus atromaculatus
1:15
314 - 2 LUCAS HAUSERDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor Overwintering of Amblyomma americanum Larvae and Nymphs
1:30
314 - 3 NICK REEDDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Isolation, Expression, and Functional Characterization of Esterases in the Emetine Alkaloid Biosynthesis Pathway of Psychotria ipecacuanha
1:45
314 - 4 BRYNN K. ABRAMDr. Marc Benson, Faculty Mentor Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Truman State University Football Helmets
Presiding: Fredric Schaffer
2:45
403 - 2 ANDREW L. TURNER*, JOSH D. DAY, and SIERRA A. HORTONDr. Fred Shaffer, Faculty Mentor Can Ujjayi Breathing Increase the Effectiveness of 6-bpm Heart Rate Variability Training?
3:15
403 - 4 JABARI ALLEN*, SARAH LUEBKE, DAVID SCHULTZ, and KELSEY N. SPALDINGDr. Fred Shaffer, Faculty Mentor Does Heartfelt Emotion Increase Heart Rate Variability?
P-100 - 3
MEGAN R. LAFOLLETTE*, SARAH N. PAHL, and ANNE E. HARRELDr. Abdo Alghamdi, Faculty Mentor Exploring the Use Of Equine Heart Rate Monitors in Research, Teaching, and Training
P-200 - 1
TERIN E. BUDINE* and ALICIA E. HOEGLUNDDr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Formation
P-200 - 2
KEVIN A. BODKER*, PRABHAKAR BASTOLA, and SUMMER JENSENDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Characterization of a New Developmental Mutant of Maize: raggedseedling-378
P-200 - 3
KYLER L. CARLSON*, EMILY R. ROSS, and ZENITH TANDUKARDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Histological and Molecular Characterization of Maize Mutant rld*5409
P-200 - 4
LAUREN CHOATE* and ERIC BUTLERDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Copy Number Variation (CNV) of Genes Involved in Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Maize
P-200 - 5
AUBREY A. CROWLEY*, AVINASH KARN, MICHAEL J. PIERRO, KYLE S. SMITH, JOSHUA B. WILSON, and LAUREN CHOATEDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Analysis of paralog evolution within homeologous regions of chromosomes 6, 5 and 9 of maize
P-200 - 6
EVAN J. LINDBERGH*, JENNIFER M. CACCHIO, ELIZABETH M. DEEKEN, and TESSA B. STEINICHEDr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentor Terrestrial Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus) Site Fidelity In a Tropical Microhabitat
P-200 - 7
ENATO A. ESANGBEDO*♦ and AKRITI PANTHIDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Identifying and distinguishing between single and double mutant corn using Near Infrared Transmittance Spectroscopy
P-200 - 8
DONALD G. SCHNEIDER* and JACOB J. GRACEDr. Chad E. Montgomery and Dr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentors Distribution and Habitat Characteristics of the Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) in the Cloud Peak Wilderness, Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming
P-200 - 9
BRODERICK W. OLSON*, DAVID MORRIS, and CHELSEA CLAYDr. Marc Benson, Faculty Mentor Lifestyle Influence on Bacterial Flora of the Oropharynx
P-200 - 10
MARY C. MUELLERDr. Stephen Hudman, Faculty Mentor Chytrid Fungus Analysis
P-200 - 11
DORIAN G. SHIMOTANIDr. Marc Benson, Faculty Mentor The Effects of Ultraviolet C Radiation on Photosynthesis of the Bacterium Rosiflexus castenholzii
P-700 - 1
KARA P. WILSON* and GARRETT C. MCCORMACKDr. Todd Palumbo and Prof. Zhong Ma, Faculty Mentors The Effect of CO2 on Leaf Growth in Phaseolus vulgaris
