2007 Sigma Xi Research Day
Schedule of Events
Thursday, April 26
6:30-8:00 pm
Oral Presentations
BBSC 101
6:30 Head Structure and Function in Reptiles: insights into the evolution and function of the feeding apparatus in living and fossil archosaurs. Casey M. Holliday, Anatomy and Pathology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
6:45 ANALYSIS AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMMON AND RESISTANT HUMAN PATHOGENS IN A MICROPOLIS POPULATION. Zachary T. Tackett, Menashi Cohenford, Ph.D, Thomas Rushton, M.D., Integrated Science & Technology, MUSOM Section of Infectious Diseases, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
7:00 ALTERNATIVE ROLES OF FRIZZLED SIGNALING IN THE DEVELOPING DROSOPHILA WING. Kristy Doyle, Simon Collier, Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
7:15 SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NONEZYMATICALLY GLUCATED HEMOGLOBIN. Danielle Clark, Chemistry and Biotechnology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
7:30 Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Andean Qechuans of Ecuador. Sushma Shrestha, Dan K. Evans, Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
7:45 Searching for agents of change: acceleration of gender desegregation. Elena Ermolaeva, Sociology/Anthropology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Friday, April 27
8:00-9:00 am
Registration (2nd floor, Science Bldg.)
Poster set-up (2nd floor, Science Bldg.)
9:00 am-12:00 pm Poster and Exhibit
Viewing
Poster judging
12:00 pm
Biochemistry Visiting Scholar Presentation: BBSC 101
Dr. Suzanne Conzen, Department of
Medicine and Cancer Biology at the University of Chicago
"Using time course gene expression
patterns to uncover novel signaling pathways in breast cancer"
In order to not conflict with the Dept. of
Biochemistry's Visiting Scholar's presentation, the Sigma Xi Luncheon will be
held at 1:00 pm. Sigma Xi participants are invited to attend a
Dr. Suzanne Conzen's talk
1:00 pm
Lunch - Atrium BBSC-1st floor
Welcome
Student Awards
BBSC Imaging Facility Open House