Schedule of Presentations and Links to Research Abstracts
9:00 a.m.
Role of Scyba in Neural Development
Eric Armour, '07
Faculty Sponsor: Nancy Wall, Biology
9:20 a.m.
Site Mutagenesis of mGDF1 for Biochemical
and Functional Analysis in Zebrafish
Elizabeth K. McLeod, '06
Faculty Sponsor: Nancy Wall, Biology
9:40 a.m.
Motion of Non-Uniform Strings
Claire Weiss, '07
Erik Garbacik, '08
Faculty Sponsor: David Cook, Physics
10:20 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Investigating Inflammation and
Infection in Primary Macrophages
Megan Wilson, '06
Laurel Benson, '08
Faculty Sponsor: David Hall, Chemistry
10:50 a.m.
A Summer of Silica: Investigations
in Mesoporous Silica
Aaron Jubb, '06
Faculty Sponsor: David Thompson, Chemistry
11:10 a.m.
Mesoporous Materials: Condensation
Kinetics
Tahmida Nazreen, '06
Faculty Sponsor: David Thompson, Chemistry
11:30 a.m.
The Effects of Zebra Mussles (Dreissena
Polymorpha) on the Aquatic Ecosystems of Green Bay, Lake Michigan and Lake
Winnebago, WI, USA
Will Daniels, '07
Travis Haas, '07
Michael Schrimpf, '06
Faculty Sponsor: Bart DeStasio, Biology
11:50 a.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
The Effects of Mecamylamine, A Nicotinic
Acetylcholine Receptor Antagonist, on Flash-Evoked Potentials (FEPs) Recorded
From Both The Visual Cortex (VC) and Superior Colliculus (SC) of Male Hooded
Rats
Elizabeth Hermanson, '06
Faculty Sponsor: Bruce Hetzler, Psychology
1:20 p.m.
Effect of Kairmone On Protein Expression
in Daphnia Pulex
Calistie Meyer, '06
Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth DeStasio, Biology
1:40 p.m.
Extraction and Characterization
of Chaoborus Kairomone
Steve Van Der Naalt, '06
Faculty Sponsor: Jerold Lokensgard, Chemistry
2:00 p.m.
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Henry McNeil, '05
Faculty Sponsor: Jeffrey Collett, Physics
2:20 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Fox River Water Quality Monitoring:
PCB Analysis and Nutrient Testing
Cherisse Hall, 07
Benjamin Glover, 08
Richard Amankwah, 06
Faculty Sponsor: Karen Nordell, Chemistry
2:50 p.m.
Coumadin and Anticoagulation Therapy
A.J. Ow, '06
Faculty Sponsors: Nicholas Maravolo, Biology
3:10 p.m.
Characterization of a Male Mating
Defect in C. Elegans
Patrick McEachern, '06
Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth DeStasio, Biology