| Thursday, March 30 |
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| noon to 8pm |
Check-in |
first floor of Voigt
Science Hall |
| 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. |
Executive Council Meeting |
Piper Academic Center 212
Pizza will be provided |
| 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. |
Social Event for Students |
Piper Academic Center 214
Pizza will be provided |
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| Friday, March 31 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
Piper
Academic Center 222
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Opening Greeting |
Piper Academic Center 222 |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Business Meeting |
Piper Academic Center 222 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Student Presentations |
Piper Academic Center 222 |
| 9:30 |
- Kellie Persons
- “Mate Choice in Neolamprologus multifasciatis: Testing the Polygony Threshold Model”
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| 9:50 |
- Natalie Johnson
- “Surfactant Protein B and Surfactant Protein C Characterization and Expression in Xenopus laevis”
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| 10:10 |
- Tyler Sondag
- “A Linux Cluster that Serves as a Windows Computer Lab”
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| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:50 |
- Aaron Rogier
- “The Development of Method”
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| 11:10 |
- Alicia Crow
- “A Knowledge Space for the C++ Programming Language”
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| 11:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Lunch and Field Trips |
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| 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
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| 6:30 - 7:00 |
Poster Session |
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- Vesna Pulko
- “Genetic Diversity of African Lions”
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- Bridgette Thacker
- “A Comparison of Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis and Morphological Measurements for Identification of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and White-footed Mice (P. leucopus) in Eastern Kentucky and Northwestern Minnesota”
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- Ashley Justice
- “Identification and Status of Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) Populations and Associated Populations of Small Mammals in Eastern Kentucky”
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Banquet
Dr. Joseph Coelho
Assistant Professor of Biology
Quincy
University |
Pearson’s Hall |
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| Saturday, April 1 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
Piper Academic Center 222 |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Student Presentations |
Piper Academic Center 222 |
| 9:00 |
- Brett Einerson
- “Sequence and Expression of the FGF-10 Gene in Xenopus laevis Lung Development”
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| 9:20 |
- Sara Rubenacker
- “The Effects of Carbohydrate Consumption on Cognitive Functioning in Rats”
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| 9:40 |
- Andrew Martinez
- “Serotonin Clearance by the GABA Transporter”
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| 10:00 |
- Break
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| 10:20 |
- Jesse Gibbs
- “In vivo Correction of Complement Regulatory Protein Deficiency with an Inhibitor Targeting the Red Blood Cell Membrane”
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| 10:40 |
- Jessica Brown
- “Telomeres, Telomerase, and Cellular Fusions”
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| 11:00 |
- Munyaradzi Chimukangara
- “The Effects of Opioid Antagonist Naltrexone in Animals Motivated to Eat by Taste”
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| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Closing Business Meeting |
Piper Academic Center 222 |
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