Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Pam Ryan
8:30
103 - 3 JOSEPH M. MILLIANO* and MACKENZIE SCHIMPFDr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Phil Ryan, Faculty Mentors Scaling of Metabolic Power Laws
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8:45
103 - 4 ELIZABETH N. MANN* and KAILONG MAODr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors Truman Tick Team: A New Twist on Larval Tick Activity
Presiding: Shirley McKamie
8:15
108 - 2 KARA D. BOSCHERTDr. Chad Mohler, Faculty Mentor Naturalizing Epistemology
Presiding: Laura Fielden
10:10
204 - 3 MICHELLE OKPEWHO* and ANNA SUMNERDr. Laura Fielden and Dr. David Garth, Faculty Mentors Underwater Survival in Ticks
Students as Digitally Enabled Scholars: Undergraduate Research in the Information Age
Jeffrey McClurken Chair and Professor of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington
Presiding: Jason Luscier
1:00
303 - 1 JESSICA N. PLAGGENBERGDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Effects of Seasonal Change on Chytrid Fungus Infections in Amphibians
1:15
303 - 2 LAUREN CANHAM♦Dr. Jason Luscier, Faculty Mentor Predicting Habitat Suitability for Rusty Blackbirds in Missouri
1:30
303 - 3 BRIANNA R. KING* and REBECCA P. BARNDOLLARDr. LaRoy Brandt, Faculty Mentor Fish diversity survey on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
1:45
303 - 4 JESSICA N. PLAGGENBERGDr. Stephen Hudman, Faculty Mentor Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in the Spiny-Tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura oedirhina) of Roatán, Honduras
Presiding: Randy Hagerty
2:30
403 - 1 CHRISTOPHER P. WILLIAMSProf. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor Breeding Eugenics in the United States
Presiding: Elisabeth Hooper
404 - 1 ZACHARY RHODESDr. Elisabeth A. Hooper, Faculty Mentor Description of a New African Fern Species Belonging to Triplophyllum (Tectariaceae)
2:45
404 - 2 DIANNA S. LONG* and YANNIK E. ROELLDr. Carolina Sempertegui, Faculty Mentor Environmental Screening and Molecular Analysis of Cellulase Producing Fungi
3:00
404 - 3 LAUREN A. CHOATEDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Mapping and Characterization of a Maize Leaf Polarity Mutant: rld-5409
Presiding: Kelly Walter
406 - 1 ANDREW R. GREENWELLDr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor Identification and Alteration of Key Transcription Factors Affecting the Arabidopsis Photosynthetic Pathway
406 - 2 MEGAN R. LAFOLLETTE* and KAITLIN A. CLOONANDr. Kelly Walter, Faculty Mentor The Efficacy of Various Bridging Stimuli During Acquisition of an Operant Task and the Use of Food-Based Positive Reinforcement Training on Unwanted Oral Investigative Behaviors in Horses, Equus caballus
P-2 - 3
MEGAN R. LAFOLLETTE*, KAITLIN A. CLOONAN, and TAYLOR STIMACDr. Kelly Walter, Faculty Mentor Evaluating the efficacy of positive and negative reinforcement while introducing a novel obstacle to horses (Equus caballus)
P-4 - 1
NELSON C. UGWUDr. Daniel E. Michele (University of Michigan), Joanne F. Garbincius (University of Michigan), and Dr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentors Differential Expression of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Splice Variants in Heart, Brain and Skeletal Muscle Tissues of Wild-Type Mice
P-4 - 2
CORINNA A. WARNARS♦Dr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Effect of Body Size, Foraging Mode, Temperature, Diel Cycle, Climate, and Season on Resting Metabolic Rate of Three Small Colubrids: Diadophis punctatus, Storeria dekayi, and Virginia valeriae
P-4 - 3
ANDREW K. GIBSON*, ALLISON R. HANNA, and YANNIK E. ROELLDr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentors Diversity, Abundance, Body Size, and Habitat Preference Variation in Snakes and Lizards Along a Latitudinal Cline
P-4 - 4
ANDREW K. GIBSONDr. Jason Luscier, Faculty Mentor Effects of Small-Scale Urbanization on Small-Mammal Distribution and Abundance
P-4 - 5
JACOB H. KAISER*, MEGAN R. LAFOLLETTE, MICHAEL D. ESSMYER, and PATRICIA L. IHRIGDr. Jason Luscier and Dr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentors Effects from Abiotic and Biotic Factors on Foraging Success of Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) in the Florida Everglades
P-4 - 6
YANNIK E. ROELL*, MOLLY HAMAN, and MEGAN DORSEYDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Green Revolving Fund and the Potential Uses
P-4 - 7
ZEBADIAH G. YOKO*, AKANKSHA ASHWINI, and COURTNEY L. RICEDr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Jason Luscier, Faculty Mentors Winter Thermoregulation and Habitat Selection in Norops sagrei on Tropical Hardwood Tree Islands In Everglades National Park
P-4 - 8
PATRICIA L. IHRIG*, ZEBADIAH G. YOKO, KELLY N. GERMANN, RACHEL N. LEE, EVEN P. FLUTY, SHANNON C. WEBER, and LILIA C. BANDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Native Tall-Grass Prairie Restoration On Campus
P-4 - 9
MICHAEL E. KARTJE*, ALLISON R. HANNA, and YANNIK E. ROELLDr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor Home Range, Movement Rate, and Habitat Use of Terrapene ornata at the Northern Edge of Its Range
P-4 - 10
SEAN R. TRAMMELDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor The Role of ZmLHWB in Vascular Tissue Formation and Cell Fate Decisions in Maize
P-4 - 11
SINGHA R. DHUNGANA* and KYLER L. CARLSON♦Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Characterization of Developmental Maize Mutant rld*5409
P-4 - 12
KYLER L. CARLSON*♦ and LAUREN A. CHOATEDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Mu-Seq Walking and Transcriptome Analysis of rld*5409: A Leaf Polarity Mutant in Maize
P-4 - 13
KEVIN A. KAIFER*, KEVIN A. BODKER, and BETH A. OSIADr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Histological and Molecular Characterization of Maize Mutant rgd-766
P-4 - 14
ABBI BERRYDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Influence of the Maize ZmLHWA gene on Root Development
P-4 - 15
JORDYN WILIAMSDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Comparison of Homologous Leaf Development Mutants from Arabidopsis and Maize
P-4 - 16
BENJAMIN T. JULIUS* and KEVIN A. BODKERDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Characterization of the raggedseedling-378 Mutant in Zea mays
P-4 - 17
ALLISON R. HANNADr. Jason Luscier and Dr. Jerry Johnson (University of Texas at El Paso), Faculty Mentors An Ecogrographic Analysis of the Avifauna on Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth County, Texas
P-4 - 18
BING Q. ZHENG * and SHARON EDELE Dr. LaRoy Brandt, Faculty Mentor Field Study Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Belize Barrier Reef System
P-4 - 19
THERESA OSBORNEDr. LaRoy Brandt, Faculty Mentor The Influence of Predatory Fish on the Distribution of Tedania ignis
P-6 - 1
BRYCE E. FRAZIERDr. Jon Beck and Dr. Anton Weisstein, Faculty Mentors Using a Hidden Markov Model to Predict Genes in Drosophila melanogaster
P-14 - 5
JOSEPH R. GREGORYProf. Sal Costa, Dr. Richard Hall (A.T. Still University ), and Dr. Fred Shaffer, Faculty Mentors The Physiological Effects of the Alpha-Stim Device
