Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Glenn Wehner, Professor of Agriculture
8:30
10 - 1 CHELSEA O. GERRISH* and JANE W. WAYLANDDr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Thomas E. Marshall, Faculty Mentors Performance Testing in Young Male Goats
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8:45
10 - 2 PEGGY S. LUENSMANN♦Dr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor Ectoparasites of a North Central Missouri Bat Community
9:00
10 - 3 KATHRYN M. SMITH* and TAMMY R. BRAGGDr. Charlie Apter, Faculty Mentor Allometric Scaling in Three Sizes of Equids (Equus caballus)
9:15
10 - 4 SHAWNA A. COOPERDr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor Determination of Hantavirus Distribution Within Small Mammal Communities of Northeast Missouri, A Human Risk Assessment.
Presiding: Dr. Daniel Hite, Associate Professor of Biology
11 - 1 ASHLEY L. SIEGELDr. C. George Carlson (AT Still University) and Ms. Jeanne Mitchell, Faculty Mentors Inhibition of the NF-kappa B pathway in the mdx mouse model
11 - 2 CHERI L. DUNHAM*♦, JACQUELINE E. WEISS, MONICA A. STUTZ, and WILLIAM G. ALEXANDERDr. Cynthia Cooper, Dr. Bin Liu (National Institute of Environmental Health Science), and Dr. John S. Hong (National Institute of Environmental Health Science), Faculty Mentors Optimization of a Mixed Culture System For Microglia and Neurons Using Immortalized Cell Lines
11 - 3 STACEY A. SMITHDr. Charles Wood (Nebraska Center for Virology - Lincoln, NE) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Detection of a Putative Kaposi's Sarcoma Virus (Human Herpes Virus-8) in Infants by Immunofluorescence Assays
11 - 4 ROBBI A. KUPFERDr. Laura Fielden and Dr. Daniel Hite, Faculty Mentors Anaerobic Metabolism of the Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis
9:30
11 - 5 KATIE L. SCHEMBRIDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the tRNALys,3UUU Anticodon Step Loop
Presiding: Dr. Lisa Hooper, Associate Professor of Biology
10:00
22 - 1 DAWN M. BEAULAC♦Dr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentor A Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models Developed at Two Spatial Scales for the Federally Threatened Plant Species, Missouri bladder-pod (Lesquerella filiformis)
10:15
22 - 2 EJIKEMENWA I. ANIHDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Screening of Amaranth Accessions for Varaition in Starch Properties
10:30
22 - 3 PATRICK J. HUDSON* and JOLENE M. MIESNERDr. Jeffrey M. Osborn, Faculty Mentor Pollen Ontogeny in the Giant Water Lily Victoria (Nymphaeaceae)
10:45
22 - 4 MACKENZIE L. TAYLORDr. Jeffrey M. Osborn, Faculty Mentor Pollen and Anther Development in the Water Shield, Brasenia schreberi (Cabombaceae)
11:00
22 - 5 ALLISON S. DOORESDr. Jeffrey M. Osborn, Faculty Mentor Pollen Development in Mormon’s Tea, Ephedra americana (Gnetales)
Presiding: Dr. Russ Baughman, Professor of Chemistry
23 - 1 SARAH M. DORNDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics on the Phenylcarbene Rearrangement
23 - 2 ANN M. KNOLHOFFDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Understanding the Rev-RRE Complex Using Computational Chemistry
23 - 3 JESSICA L. MENKEDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Quantum Mechanical Study of Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT) Characteristics of Substituted Pyrrol Pyridines
23 - 4 JOLITA SECKUTEDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Calculations on the Neutralization of Sarin
23 - 5 STEPHANIE M. TIEMANNDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor “The Role of Pseudouridine at the Spliceosomal Branch Site: A Molecular Dynamics Analysis”
Barbara Dixon, President, Truman State University
26 - 25
IKECHUKWU P. OKONKWODr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Visual Observations of Long-Period Variable Stars in the Northern Sky
26 - 26
LISA S. LESLIE*, JAMES H. PARK, KYLE BAILEY, and BRYAN MCCLELLANDr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor Cooling and Trapping of Rubidium Atoms
26 - 27
COREY R. KOCH* and MATT A. MARKSDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor The Relative Efficiency of Various Scrubbing Techniques for Indoor Ozone Remediation
26 - 28
NICHOLAS W. HARBISONDr. Dennis W. Smith (Clemson University), Ms. Nilmini Abayasinghe (Clemson University), and Dr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentors Lactide Containing Epoxy Thermosets
26 - 29
KIMBERLY J. KENNETTDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Rev-RRE Complex
26 - 30
ANGELA R. SOEMODr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Studies of Arginine Side-chain Dynamics in the HIV Rev-RRE Complex under High and Low Salt Conditions
26 - 31
HEATHER S. WEBBDr. Clinton Jones (Nebraska Center for Virology - Lincoln, NE), Dr. Melissa Inman (Nebraska Center for Virology - Lincoln, NE), and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Characterization of a novel transcript containing a small open reading frame that is expressed during latency in bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1)
26 - 32
JENNIFER L. FULLERDr. Asit K. Pattnaik (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Ms. Ha M. Truong (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Construction of a Plasmid Encoding the Untranslated Regions of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
26 - 33
JACQUELINE E. WEISSDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Astrocyte secreted and membrane-bound factors induce expression of neural markers in mesenchymal stem cells
26 - 34
MONICA A. STUTZDr. Cynthia Cooper and Dr. Troy Zars (University of Missouri-Columbia), Faculty Mentors The Role of Dopamine in the Modulation of Walking Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
26 - 35
WILLIAM G. ALEXANDERDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor atDjB48, a Previously Uncharacterized Molecular Chaperone from Arabidopsis thaliana
26 - 36
PENNY R. KITTLE* and CHRISTOPHER S. CONATSERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Influence of Genetic Background on Expression of the Recessive Sugary-2 Allele in Maize
26 - 37
EMILY C. DUNNDr. Brent Buckner and Dr. Georgia E. Davis (University of Missouri-Columbia), Faculty Mentors Comparative Study of Lepidopteran Resistance in Maize Lines through Protein Analysis
26 - 38
MICHAEL R. RAVENSCRAFTDr. Brent Buckner and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Isolation of a Maize FBX6 cDNA from Shoot Apical Meristem
26 - 39
LISA A. SCHELL* and JACQUELINE E. WEISSDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Analysis of maize mutants: differential protein expression in camouflage1 plants
26 - 40
KRISTEN A. HALEYDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor Photosynthetic Pigment Levels in Cell Death Mutants
26 - 41
REBECCA T. TAGUEDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor Analysis of the Spatial Genetic Structure of Passiflora incarnata Populations in Recently Disturbed Locations
26 - 42
JULIE R. RUBLY* and LAURA N. RIESSDr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor An Eight-Year Study of Vegetative Dynamics in the Restoration of Union Ridge Conservation Area, a Mesic Prairie Savannah in Northern Missouri
26 - 43
THERESA M. MAYODr. Elisabeth A. Hooper, Faculty Mentor The Greener Side of Magruder Hall: A Look Inside the Greenhouse
26 - 44
STACEY A. SMITHDr. Steven Carroll, Faculty Mentor Truman's New Solar Clock Garden: Plants that Tell Time
26 - 45
JULIE A. ANDERSONDr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentor The Surface-Crawling Behavior of Pink Papershell Clams in the Chariton River
26 - 46
IL W. KIMDr. Michael I. Kelrick and Dr. Steve F. Matter (University of Cincinnati ), Faculty Mentors A comparison of the effects of forest matrix habitat on the dispersal of two species of butterflies
26 - 47
MARY M. GREENDr. Don Kangas, Faculty Mentor A Turtle Community on a Small Northeast Missouri Marsh
26 - 48
AMBER N. STRATMANDr. Don Kangas, Faculty Mentor Growth Rates of African Brown House Snakes
Presiding: Dr. Charlie Apter, Assistant Professor of Agriculture
2:15
36 - 1 LAURA C. GROENINGDr. Steven Carroll, Faculty Mentor Pollination of Blue Sage by Bee Pollinators and Nectar Robbers
2:30
36 - 2 JOLENE M. MIESNERDr. Mark Running (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) and Dr. Jeffrey M. Osborn, Faculty Mentors Genetics and Cytology of the Meristem Mutant Pluripetala in Arabidopsis
2:45
36 - 3 NATHAN W. POLASKEDr. Mark Campbell and Dawood Afzal, Faculty Mentors Screening For Natural High-Amylose Corn Starch Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry
3:00
36 - 4 CHRISTOPHER S. CONATSER* and EJIKEMENWA I. ANIHDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Development and Evaluation of a Core Subset of Chilean Maize Populations by Near-Infrared Transmittance Spectroscopy
Presiding: Dr. Ken Hahn, Professor of Physics
37 - 1 SAMUEL N. EDEHDr. Robert G. Dyer, Faculty Mentor Application of Hard-Soft Acid-Base (HSAB) Theory to Reactions between Amino Acids and Quinone Methides
37 - 2 ERIC L. NULLDr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentor Crystallographic Studies of Lead Coordination Compounds
37 - 3 ADAIR P. CROWEDr. Eduardo Velasco, Faculty Mentor Thermodynamic Properties of Fermions in an Energy Band Structure
37 - 4 JAMES D. LLOYD*, PHILIP R. SCHIFF, CHRISTOPHER Q. COOK, and S. E. SMITHDr. Mohammad Samiullah, Faculty Mentor Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Part I
3:15
37 - 5 JAMES D. LLOYD*, PHILIP R. SCHIFF, CHRISTOPHER Q. COOK, and S. E. SMITHDr. Mohammad Samiullah, Faculty Mentor Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Part II
Presiding: Dr. Lin Twining, Professor of Biology
3:45
47 - 1 GERRAD D. JONESDr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor The Current Status of the Bobcat (Lynx rufus) in Northeast Missouri
4:00
47 - 2 CATHERINE E. ZIVNUSKADr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor Feed Efficiency of Rainbow Broilers in Pastured Poultry Systems
4:15
47 - 3 STEPHANIE R. TOOLEDr. George L. Shinn, Faculty Mentor Is Shell Shape a Valid Feature for Recognizing Physa halei as a Distinct Species of Snail?
4:30
47 - 4 NARISSA C. WEBBERDr. Peter Goldman, Faculty Mentor Parental Care in Breeding Eastern Bluebirds, Sialia sialis
Presiding: Dr. Ian Lindevald, Associate Professor of Physics
48 - 1 AMENYEDU D. ADOVORDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Astronomy Of Asteriods
48 - 2 IKECHUKWU P. OKONKWO*, ADAM H. BEZINOVICH, and JARRETT L. JOHNSONProf. Taner Edis, Faculty Mentor Motivations for random walk studies on a Discrete Spacetime
48 - 3 JARRETT L. JOHNSON*, ADAM H. BEZINOVICH, and IKECHUKWU P. OKONKWOProf. Taner Edis, Faculty Mentor Modeling Potential Barrier Tunneling on a Randomly Discretized Space
48 - 4 JUSTIN M. MCANINCHDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Correlation Study: Ionospheric Disturbances and Sunspot Activity
