UBEP 2004 Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium

Abstracts by Poster Number | click here for a list of abstracts by Author

1 - 9 | 10 - 19 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 - 49 | 50 - 59 | 60 - 69

Abstracts 1-9

1	Chavira, Bernardo; Young, Lucinda; Harris, Keith; Martinez, Cecilia; Calderon, Jesus; Schultz, Lisa; and Gonzales, David S. Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West Partial Characterization of the in Utero and in Vitro Proteinase Activity When Hamster Embryos Escape from Their Zona Pellucida To email MARC student Bernardo Chavira, click here.
2	Harris, Amanda J.; Dojcinovic, Danijel; and Rhoads, David M. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Regulation of the Nuclear-encoded Mitochondrial Protein Gene AOX1a in Arabidopsis thaliana To email BREU student Amanda Harris, click here.
3	Lugo, Eduardo; Viau, Emily; and Peccia, Jordan School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Wastewater Reuse as a Solution to Water Scarcity in US-Mexico Border Region To email MARC student Eduardo Lugo, click here.
4	Olson, Justin¹; Sierks, Mike²; and Lyubchenko, Yuri¹ ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Department of Chemical and Material Engineering, Arizona State University AFM Imaging of a synuclein/bacteriophage Interaction To email BREU student Justin Olson, click here.
5	Stephens, Samuel H; Jennings, Dave; and Orchinik, Miles School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Endosulfan Effects on Stress Responses To email BREU student Samuel Stephens, click here.
6	Barksdale, Masais; LaBelle, Jeff; and Pizziconi, Vincent School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Computer Control of Microgravity Bioreactor Device To email BREU student Masais Barksdale, click here.
7	Cubillo, Efrain and Gould, Ian Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University Fragmentation Reactions of Radical Anions
8	Martin, Lyndrath; Stice, Paula; and Muthuswamy, Jit School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Analysis Of Sensori-motor Deficits After Stroke To email BREU student Lyndrath Martin, click here.
9	Piña, Beatrice and Marshall, Pamela A. Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West The VPS38 Gene: Finding a Dominant Mutant To email MARC student Beatrice Piña, click here.

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Abstracts 10 - 19

10	Stigen, Angela¹ and Massia, Stephen² ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University Effect of Cigarette Smoke Constituents on Endothelial Cell Function To email BREU student Angela Stigen, click here.
11	Altamirano, Annette; Johnson, Robert; Fewell, Jennifer; and Gadau, Juergen School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Polygynous and Monogynous Foundresses in Pogonomyrmex Californicus To email MARC student Annette Altamirano, click here.
12	Chief, Carmenlita¹; Higgins, Laura²; and Bertram, Susan M.¹ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University A Morphological Means of Distinguishing Cryptic Field Cricket Species To email UMEB student Carmenlita Chief, click here.
13	McClary, Kathryn; Miller, Jonathan; LaBelle, Jeff; and Pizziconi, Vincent School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University "Light Harvesting" Complex Separation In Passive Flow Microfluidic Devices To email BREU student Kathryn McClary, click here.
14	Portela, M.¹; Webber, C.²; and Pettit, R.² ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University New Drugs for Biofilm Microbes
15	Tsekhanov, Sergey and Conrad, Cheryl D. Department of Psychology, Arizona State University The Modulation of Memory Storage after Chronic Glucocorticoid Administration Followed by Acute Intra-Amygdala Infusion of a Glucocorticoid Antagonist To email BREU student Sergey Tsekhanov, click here.
16	Arredondo, Jennifer¹; Jaime, Shaulan¹, Fischer, Carla¹; and Rawls, Alan^1,2 ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Center for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, Arizona Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Wnt3a Regulation of Neural Tube Formation To email MARC student Jennifier Arredondo, click here.
17	Clark, Jerome¹; Chief, Carmenlita¹; Johnson, Luke²; and Bertram, Susan¹ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University An Electronic Acoustic Recorder (EAR) for Quantifying When, How Much, and How Loud Individuals Signal Acoustically on Both Spatial and Temporal Scales To email UMEB student Jerome Clark, click here.
18	Horne, John; Koeneman, Brian; Baluch, Page; and Capco, David School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Interaction of MAP Kinase and CaMKII on the Meiotic Spindle of Mouse Eggs To email BREU student John Horne, click here.
19	Richards, Kathryn L.; Brunner, Jesse; Miera, Verma; Davidson, Elizabeth W.; and Collins, James P. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Affect of a Fungal Pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatadis, on Lowland Leopard Frogs (Rana yavapaiensis) To email Independent student Kathryn Richards, click here.

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Abstracts 20 - 29

20	Taylor, AR; Alleweireldt, AT; Hobbs, RJ; Lungren, EM; and Neisewander, JL Department of Psychology, Arizona State University Blockade of Dopamine D1 Receptors in the Amygdala Attenuates Cue and Cocaine Reinstatement of Extinguished Cocaine-Seeking in Rats To email BREU student AR Taylor, click here.
21	Ainsworth, Ryan J.; Carson, Evan W.; and Dowling, Thomas E. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Are Hybridization Dynamics Between Cyprinodon bifasciatus and C. atrorus Different in Natural Vs. Human Modified Habitats? To email BREU student Ryan Ainsworth, click here.
22	Cox, Alysia D. and Shock, Everett L. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Limits of Microbial Photosynthesis in Hot Spring Ecosystems To email BREU student Alysia Cox, click here.
23	Howard, Sheena^1,2; Hahn, Kate^1,3; Beres, Brian^1,4; Rawls, Alan^1,3,4,5; and Wilson-Rawls, Jeanne^1,3,4 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Role of the Gene Lunatic fringe in Spermatogenesis and Development of the Male Reproductive Tract To email MARC student Sheena Howard, click here.
24	McEachron, Troy; Wilson, David and Chang, Yung School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Cell Cycle Escape Mechanisms in the FaDu Cell Line To email MARC student Troy McEachron, click here.
25	Thomas, Kara Sue and Satterlie, Richard A. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University How Do Jellyfish Turn?: Neuromuscular Considerations To email BREU student Kara Sue Thomas, click here.
26	Bednar, Valerie; Verma, Sandhya; and Hogue, Brenda G. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Role of Nucleocapsid Protein Charged Residues in Coronavirus Assembly To email BREU student Valerie Bednar, click here.
27	Crombie, Tim; Kabelik, David; and Moore, Michael C. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Aggressive Behavior, Testosterone, and Neural Activation Within the Limbic System To email BREU student Tim Crombie, click here.
28	Howard, Sheena^1,2; Hahn, Kate^1,3; Beres, Brian^1,4; Rawls, Alan^1,3,4,5; and Wilson-Rawls, Jeanne^1,3,4 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Role of the Gene Lunatic fringe in Spermatogenesis and Development of the Male Reproductive Tract To email MARC student Sheena Howard, click here.
29	Ellsworth, Kevin^1,2; Yang, Yan-Ling³; Meng, Chang-Hong³; Ding, Jian-Hua³; He, Hai-Rong³; Hu, Gang³; and Wu, Jie² ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix AZ 85013, USA; ³Department of Pharmacology & Neurobiology, Nanjing Medical University, R.R. China Iptakalim Hydrochloride Protects Cells Against Neurotoxin-induced Glutamate Transporter Dysfunction by Activation of ATP-sensitive K⁺ Channels in in vitro and in vivo Models; Implications of Parkinson’s Disease Therapy To email BREU student Kevin Ellsworth, click here.

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Abstracts 30 - 39

30	Mendoza, Mary P.M.; Alderman, Brandon L; and Landers, Daniel M. Department of Kinesiology, Arizona State University Effects of Rapid Weight Loss on Academic Performance in High School Wrestlers To email UMEB student Mary Mendoza, click here.
31	Richardson, W. Lee¹; Saijo, Eri²; and Orchinik, Miles² ¹Department of Kinesiology, Arizona State University; ²School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Location of Corticosteroid Receptors in Ependymal Cells To email BREU student Lee Richardson, click here.
32	Bellefeuille, Mike; Hu, Qiang; and Sommerfeld, Milton School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University A Promising Microalgal Candidate for Biological CO₂ Sequestration and High-value Carotenoid Production To email student Mike Bellefeuille, click here.
33	Hendricks, William P.^1,3, Pfisterer, Wolfgang K.³, Nieman, Ronald A.², Preul, Mark C.³, Coons, Stephen W.³, and Scheck, Adrienne C.³ ¹School of Life Sciences, ²Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University; ³Neuro-Oncology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ Characterization of Molecular, Genetic, and Biochemical Profiles Associated with Meningioma Progression and Recurrence To email BREU student William Hendricks, click here.
35	Miller, Jonathan; McClary, Kathryn; LaBelle, Jeff; and Pizziconi, Vincent Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University Design of an Isolated-variable Computer Controlled Incubation Chamber for Assorted Biosystems To email BREU student Jonathan Miller, click here.
36	Ross, Matthew and Deviche, Pierre School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Effects of Orally Administered Arsenic in Wild House Sparrows To email BREU student Matthew Ross, click here.
37	Wallbrecht, Joshua¹; Walker, Brian²; and Matt, Kathleen² ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Department of Kinesiology, Arizona State University Effects of Chronic Stress on Wound Healing in Dwarf Siberian Hamsters To email BREU student Joshua Wallbrecht, click here.
38	DiTommaso, Craig and Davis, Mary School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Relation Between the Perception of Chronic Pain and Blood Pressure at Rest and During Stress in the Rheumatoid Arthritis Population To email BREU student Craig DiTommaso, click here.
39	Keyel, Alexander; Harrison, Jon; and Fewell, Jennifer School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Individual Foraging Effort in European and African honeybees To email BREU student Alexander Keyel, click here.

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Abstracts 40 - 49

40	Nebeker, Christina N.; Greenlee, Kendra J.; and Harrison, Jon F. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University A Comparison in Respiratory Function Between Large and Small Species of Grasshoppers To email UMEB student Christina Nebeker, click here.
41	Savitch, B. A.¹; Tran, N. L.²; McDonough, W.²; Kloss, J.³; Lipinski, C. A.³; Loftus, J. C.³; Berens, M. E.² ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; ² Neurogenomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ; ³Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ The Fn14 Receptor Signals for Enhanced Astrocytoma Cell Migration To email BREU student B.A. Savitch, click here.
42	Taubert, Julie L.; Spahr, Anthony J.; and Dorman, Michael F. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University The Effects of Increased Output Channels on Speech Perception in Cochlear Implant Simulations To email BREU student Julie Taubert, click here.
43	Bellani, Rudy and Conrad, Cheryl D. Department of Psychology, Arizona State University Prepubertal Anxiety can Predict Susceptibility to Chronic Stress-Induced Spatial Memory Impairment To email MARC student Rudy Bellani, click here.
44	Lauer, Jarrod and Stout, Valerie School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Characterization of RcsF: An Exopolysaccharide Synthesis Regulator in Escherichia coli To email BREU student Jarrod Lauer, click here.
45	Montierth, Kent; Burnett, Lindsey; and Chandler, Douglas School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Activity of Allurin, a Vertebrate Sperm Chemoattractant, Can Be Measured Both Quantitatively and Microscopically To email BREU student Kent Montierth, click here.
46	Sanchez, Ana¹; Rogers, Kathleen²; O’Connor, Robberta²; Kurt-Jones, Eveyln³; and Ward, Honorine² ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ² Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts-New England Medical Center; ³ Division of Infectious Disease, University of Massachusetts Medical School Toll-like Receptor Recognition of Cryptosporidium To email BREU student Ana Sanchez, click here.
47	Wieczorek, Lindsay A.¹; Korol, Donna²; and Conrad, Cheryl D.¹ ¹Department of Psychology, Arizona State University; ²Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The Effect of Acute and Chronic Stress and Ovarian Hormone Levels on Cognition To email BREU student Lindsay Wieczorek, click here.
48	Berger, Jamie; Olson, Byron; and He, Jiping School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Brain Computer Interface To email BREU student Jamie Berger, click here.
49	Girardin, Cynthia; Kelsen, Anne; and Dowling, Thomas School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Genetic Variation in Razorback Sucker from Lake Mead To email UMEB student Cynthia Girardin, click here.

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Abstracts 50 - 59

50	Nelson, Dan¹; and Nagy, John D.³ ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University;³Department of Biology, Scottsdale Community College Adaptive Dynamics of Tumor Angiogenesis Factor Secretion and Growth Rate in Cancer To email BREU student Dan Nelson, click here.
51	Scarry, Clara J.^1,2; Fritz, Jo³; and Nash, Leanne T.¹ ¹Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ; ²School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ; ³Primate Foundation of Arizona, Mesa AZ Factors Affecting Wounding Aggression in a Colony of Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) To email BREU student Clara Scarry, click here.
52	Wheeler, Bianca¹; Pierson, Beverly K.²; Goodhope, Cinda³; Lince, Michael³; Blankenship, Robert³ ¹Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; ²Biology Department, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; ³Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Characterization of Chlorosomes from the Green Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorothrix halophila To email MARC student Bianca Wheeler, click here.
53	Blount, Andrew¹, Verma, Sandhya² and Hogue, Brenda G.² School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Role of Nucleocapsid Protein Charged Residues in Coronavirus Assembly To email BREU student Andrew Blount, click here.
54	Greenbank, Amber¹; Fischer, Carla¹; Rawls, Alan^1,2; and Wilson-Rawls, Jeanne¹ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Expression of ATF4 in the Myometrium is Crucial for the Successful Contraction of the Uterus
55	Kleen, Jonathan and Conrad, Cheryl School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Changes in Operant Behavior During and After Chronic Stress: A look at Memory, Motivation, and Motor Ability To email BREU student Jonathan Kleen, click here.
56	Spotts, Kimberly A.¹; Baer, Steven M.²; and Stout, Valerie¹ ¹School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; ²Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University A Mathematical Model of Capsule Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli To email BREU student Kimberly Spotts, click here.
57	Williams, Shawn and Chew, Matt School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University How did WWII Affect the Science of Ecology in the United States? To email UMEB student Shawn Williams, click here.
58	Buffington, Daniel; Castillo Keller, M.; and Misra, R. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University A Novel Escherichia coli Protein: B2494—Getting Acquainted To email BREU student Daniel Buffington, click here.
59	Grow, Nanda and Nash, Leanne School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Effects of Temperature on Aggression and Affiliation in Papio hamadryas hamadryas To email BREU student Nanda Grow, click here.

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Abstracts 60 - 69

60	Niska, Jared A.¹; Nakada, M.²; Miyamori, H.³; Tran, N. L.⁴; McDonough,W. S.⁴; Joy, A.⁴; Sato, H.³; and Berens, M. E.⁴ ¹Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; ²Neurology Research, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; ³Department of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa, Japan; ⁴The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ The Profile of Eph Expression in vitro Migration Assay and the Role of EphB2 in Human Glioblastoma Migration and Invasion To email BREU student Jared Niska, click here.
61	Leingang, Michael and DeNardo, Dale School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University The Influence of Progesterone on Thermoregulation in Children’s Pythons, Antaresia childreni To email BREU student Michael Leingang, click here.
62	Young, Lucinda A.; Chavira, Bernardo; Harris, Keith; Calderone, Jesus; Martinez, Cecilia; and Gonzalez, David S. Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West In Vitro Model of Polarized Hamster Uterine Epithelial Cell Culture To email MARC student Lucinda Young, click here.
63	Callahan, Ryan E.¹ and Nash, Leanne² School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Mammalian and Avian Species that Visited Two Human-Introduced Species of Tree, the Pejibaye (Bactris gasipaes) and Mamón (Melicocca bijuga), in a Costa Rican Tropical Lowland Forest To email BREU student Ryan Callahan, click here.
64	Harman, James S.; Wright, Ryan L.; Bellani, Rudy; Jackson, Jamie L.; Kleen, Jon K.; McLaughlin, Katie; Tsekhanov, Sergey; and Conrad, Cheryl D. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Lesion of the Dorsal Hippocampus Impairs Y-maze Performance When Salient Internal Cues Are Absent but Not When Salient Internal Cues Are Present To email BREU student James Harman, click here.
65	Lightner, Elizabeth N. and Conrad, Cheryl D. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University A Single Injection of Metyrapone Prior to Memory Retrieval Prevents Chronic Stress Induced Spatial Memory Deficits: Involvement of Baseline Levels of Corticosterone or Novelty-Induced Levels of Corticosterone? To email BREU student Elizabeth Lightner, click here.
66	Novotny, Amy and Schade, John School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Changes in Plant Elemental Ratios in Response to Increased CO2 and Nitrogen Enrichment To email BREU student Amy Novotny, click here.
67	Schenk, Eric and Caplan, Michael Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University Artificial Tendon/Ligament Replacement Device To email BREU student Eric Schenk, click here.