University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
March 13 – 15 , 2003
Student Presentations:
“Biodiversity of Ommatine Flies of Viet Nam, Laos, and Thailand”
Ms. Jessica Costantino, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Aubrey Scarbrough (Biological Sciences)
“The Effects of Hydrin 2 on TEP, Isc, and R in the Grass Frog (Rana pipiens)”
Ms. Nikki Ford, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Gerald Robinson (Biological Sciences)
“Habitat Selection by the Northern Dusky Salamander(Desmognathus fuscus) Over Multiple Spatial Scales”
Ms. Megan Lahti, Department of Biological Sciences
Ms. Emily Lehman, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Don C. Forester (Biological Sciences)
“Age-Dependent Predator Recognition by the Mountain Dusky Salamander(Desmognathus ochrophaeus): the Role of Substrate-Borne Chemical Cues”
Ms. Megan Lahti, Department of Biological Sciences
Ms. Emily Lehman, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Don C. Forester (Biological Sciences)
“Adaptive Manipulation of Offspring Sex in House Wrens”
Ms. Robyn Milkie, Department of Biological Sciences
Mr. Brendan Gallagher, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentors: Dr. Scott Johnson and Dr. Larry Wimmers (Biological Sciences)
“Feeding Responses to Selected Phytochemicals by Larvae of the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar”
Ms. Erin Rodgers, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Vonnie Shields (Biological Sciences)
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AT NCUR 2002
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wisconsin
National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
April 25 – 27, 2002
Student Presentations:
“What to Eat and What Not to Eat: Feeding Choice Tests with Gypsy Moth Larvae Lymantria dispar”
Mr. Brian Broomell, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Vonnie Shields (Biological Sciences)
“Investigating Fungal Spore Properties with Atomic Force Microscopy”
Mr. Michael Buck, Department of Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences
Mentor: Dr. David Schaefer (Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences)
“The Role of Substrate-bourne Chemical Cues During Predator Avoidance by the Pygmy Salamander, Desmognathus wrighti”
Ms. Jeannette Dawson, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Don Forester (Biological Sciences)
“Differences in Anti-Predator Behavior Between Blacknose Dace from Urbanized and Rural Watersheds”
Ms. Kimberly Lohnas, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Joel Snodgrass (Biological Sciences)
“Photometric & Companion Analysis from Hubble Space Telescope Main Belt Asteroid Survey”
Mr. Khaldoun Makhoul, Department of Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences
Mentor: Dr, Alex Storrs (Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences)
“Isolation and Characterization of Novel PM H+- ATPases Genes in Tomato”
Mr. Keith Marin, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Larry Wimmers (Biological Sciences)
“Post-Breeding Migration and Habitat Utilization by Female American Toads: Quantifying Natural History to Promote Conservation”
Ms. Katherine Marselek, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Don Forester (Biological Sciences)
“Multicellular Isolates as a Bioassay for Environmental Stress in Corals”
Ms. Amie Moody, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Eric Scully (Biological Sciences)
“Characterization of Spiroplasma Isolated From Poland Satin Moth Larvae”
Ms. Marietta Oduori, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)
“The Nanomechanical Study of Silicon Using Atomic Force Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction Techniques”
Mr. Jeremy Robinson, Department of Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences
Mentor: Dr. David Schaefer (Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences)
“Generation of Plasmids For Expression of the Plasmodium Yoelli CSP Antigen In Mycobacterium”
Ms. Michelle Weber, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Carol Berkower (Biological Sciences)
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AT NCUR 2000
National Conference for Undergraduate Research
April 27 – 29, 2000
Missoula, MT
Authors and Abstracts
"Age-dependent predator recognition by the mountain dusky salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus): the importance of substrate-borne chemical cues"
Nichole Castagna and Nicholas Evancho, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Donald Forester (Biological Sciences)
“Classification and Characterization of the First Spiroplasma Isolated from a Biting Midge (Forcipomyia glauca) Using Serological and Molecular Techniques”
Adrienne Cottrel, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)
“Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Spiroplasma Strains 5298 and 5398 Isolated from Biting Midges (Atrichopogon sp.)”
Mark Danus and Rebecca Fishman, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)
“Effects of various antibiotic concentrations on fiber degradation by anaerobic zoosporic fung”
Kameiko Foster and Kumo Lartevi, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Wubah (Biological Sciences)
“Angiotensin II (ANG II) Induced Constriction of Rat Outer Medullary Descending Vasa Recta (OMDVR) is Partially Thromboxane (TXA2) Receptor Dependent”
Layla R Hilbun, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Erik Silldorff (Biological Sciences)
“Biodiversity of Oriental Ommatune Flies with Special Reference to Sri Lanka/ the Oriental Genus Pseudomerodontina (Diptera: Asilidae) with two new Species”
Hilary Hil, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Aubrey Scarbrough (Biological Sciences)
“Development of a Malaria Vaccine using Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG”
Erin Kelleher and Connie Sexton, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Carol Berkower (Biological Sciences)
“Dietary Preference of Panaque maccus”
Mark Lichaa, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jay Nelson (Biological Sciences)
“Digestive Physiology of Panaque maccus”
Toba Niaz, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jay nelson (Biological Sciences)
“Expression of Semaphorin III & Neuropilin 1 Following CNS Lesion”
Jimmy Ninh, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Laurie Williams-Hogarth (Biological Sciences)
“A Comparative Study of the Cutaneous Electrical Properties in Anuran and Urodele Amphibians”
Jason Ross, Department of Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Gerald Robinson (Biological Sciences)
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