8:30

Coffee & Refreshments (215 Coker Hall)

8:50

Welcome         Dr. Robert Podolsky, for the Biology Honors Program

                           Dr. Steve Matson, for the Biology Department

Talk session I

9:00

Jamie Becker

Investigating the function of DNA Polymerase I in the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae

9:15

Christina Zakas

Effects of larval energy availability on juvenile quality in Clypeaster rosaceus

9:30

Lan Chi Tran

Characterization of second-site RPP8 mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana

9:45

Michael McCasland

Characterization of pale1 mutant in Arabidopsis

10:00

Pailin L. Wedel

An ecological evaluation of a poached stand of Aquilaria crassna in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.

Poster session (10:15-10:45, 215 Coker Hall)

P1

Thomas M. Jarrett

Characterizing the oxytocinergic circuitry in a rodent cocaine addiction model 

P2

Mitchell Kaye

Conditions for cellulose synthesis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens 

P3

Thiha Nguyen

Isolation and sequencing of chick myocardin and its expression at different stages of chick development

P4

Grace Wallenborn

Investigating the mitotic role of rec in Drosophila melanogaster

Talk session II

10:45

Sheena Waters

Inactivation of the retinoblastoma family pathway in neuroprogenitor cells 

11:00

Laura Koontz

A model system to study the function of the non-receptor tyrosine kinase Abelson

11:15

Andrew Landstrom

Characterization of two novel plant proteins involved in water deficit stress response

11:30

Kena Rae Grace

Stress: a male non-human primate perspective

11:45

Jenny Woodard

Genes implicated In midline development of Drosophila Melanogaster

12:00

Luncheon (215 Coker Hall)

1:10  

Awards

Talk session III

1:15

Kyle Mills

The role of a mouse Polycomb group gene in random and imprinted X inactivation 

1:30

Daniel McGlinn

Community assembly rules in southern Appalachian oak forests

1:45

Robert L. Shapiro

Assessing biological vs. physical controls of carbon dioxide flow from soil using Radon-222 

2:00

Kristen A. Beckert

Seasonal variation response to stream urbanization

2:15

Kim Baxter

Characterizing mei-9 and mus-309 in Drosophila

2:30 

Reception (215 Coker Hall)