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Andrew Barker,
Robert Kreisberg,
and
Roger Seeber.
Extraction of Genomic DNA from
Lycopersicon
esculentum
...
1
Ashley N. Hudimac,
Matt Menas,
and Donald E. Trisel.
Comparison of mite control methods in
Apis mellifera (honeybee) colonies
... 1
Brandon Copple
and
Clifford StarlipeR.
Non-destructive sampling methods for recovery of a bacterium,
Aeromonas salmonicida, from ebonyshell mussels (Fusconaia
ebena)
...
1
Frederick Garland
and Kathleen Brundage.
Immunology,
3, 4 dichloropropionalide
(DCPA) induced change to the S17 mouse stromal cell line
... 2
Heather Ellery,
Peter Vila,
and
Luke Iwanowicz.
The effect of selected nitrite levels on
the haemoglobin of healthy and whirling disease
Oncorhynchus mykiss ...
3
Laura Kimpel
and
Zachary Loughman.
The crayfishes of Potomac Gorge National Park, Virginia
...
3
Gina Marie Cottrill,
Rosana Schafer,
and
Keith Salazar.
Immune
response to polysaccharide conjugates following exposure to an endocrine
disruptor,
3,4-dichloropropionanalide (propanil)
...
4
Emily Messenger
and
Clarissa Mathews.
The
application of GT EntoVision microscopy technology to entomological assays
in the laboratory and field
...
4
Frank Piccininni, Susannah Lerman, and Thomas K. Pauley. Development, small mammals and ambystomid terrestrial habitat requirements ...
5Matthew R. Graham, William D. Flint, A. Allison Hogsett, and Thomas K. Pauley. Phylogeogaphy, distribution, and conservation unit designation of the Cow Knob Salamander (Plethodon punctatus Highton) ...
5Conor Keitzer and Thomas K. PAULEY. Habitat preferences of the Eastern Hellbender, Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis, in West Virginia ...
6Jennifer Hendricks, Aislinn Creel, Roger Viadero, and Ken Semmens. Polymer selection for Geotube® application of waste management in a small flow-through aquaculture system
... 7Nikki Panter and James T. Anderson. Do clearcuts benefit neighboring avian communities? ...
7Bruce Edinger.
Importance of ant tenders for survivorship and growth of larvae of the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly, Lycaeides melissa samuelis Nabokov ... 8Clifford E. Starliper, Barnaby J. Watten, Philip L. Sibrell, and Kelsey L. Ritenour. A novel approach to prevent introductions of aquatic invasive fauna ...
8James T. Anderson and James S. Rentch. Wetland identification in West Virginia ... 9
Albert Magro
. Emphasis in derived anatomical traits as the Wodaabe dance the geerewol ... 10James Rentch and Kathleen S. Shields. Dendrochronological analyses of host plant susceptibility to hemlock woolly adelgid: a logistic model ...
10John C. Landolt,
Adam W. Rollins, and Steven L. Stephenson. Cellular slime molds from North American grasslands ... 11Sushma Shrestha and Dan K. Evans. Marketplace plants used in ceremonial cleansing among Andean Qechuans of Ecuador ...
11Melinda L. Asbury, Mariela Tassone, and Kinsley K, Kiningham. Dopamine stimulated neuroepithelioma cells results in iNOS upregulation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis: A novel model for studying methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity ...
12
Bonnie Freeman, Sarah Dodson,
and
Mark Flood.
Assessing the correlation of homocysteine
levels with apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs)
... 12
Albert Magro,
Alice Magro, and Cynthia Cunningham. Metalloproteinase dependent down regulation of integrin and growth factor determinants upon the induction of apoptosis ... 13Matt Smithbauer, Rachel Mitchell, and Roger Seeber. The use of high pressure liquid chromatography for isolation and quantification of hypericin and hyperforin produced by St. Johns wort
... 14
WV Conservation/Zoology
Jennifer P. Adams and Thomas K. Pauley. Home range and behavior of Crotalus horridus in high elevation production forests, Randolph County, West Virginia ...
14Timothy Baldwin. Ecology and distribution of Rough Greensnakes and Eastern Smooth Greensnakes (Opheodrys aestivus and Opheodrys vernalis) in West Virginia ...
15Tristan Bond and Thomas K. Pauley. A Study of Desmognathus welteri, the Black Mountain Salamander, in West Virginia
...15Zachary Loughman. Conservation and natural history of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain burrowing crayfishes ...
16Geology/Engineering
David Smith and Clarissa Mathew. Determining the suitability of Shepherd University waste vegetable oil for conversion to biodiesel ...
16Brandon Silver, Clarissa Mathews
, and Edward Snyder. Preliminary analysis of wind resources at Shepherd University renewable energy demonstration site ... 17Egemen Ogretim and Donald D. Gray. Computer simulation of carbon-dioxide leakage from geologic sequestration sites ...
17Dewey D. Sanderson. Hydrology of a proposed mitigated wetland, Wayne County, West Virginia
... 18Donald D. Gray. The remarkable contributions of Leonhard Euler to fluid mechanics
... 18
Poster Sessions
Biology/Biochemistry/Botany/Health Sciences
Ashley Hotsinpiller, Bonnie Freeman, Mark Flood, Jean Chappell, Bowie Kahle, Gary Wright, Todd Green, Paulette Wehner, Mark Studney, and Elizabeth Murray. Assessing the correlation of homocysteine levels with dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) mutations
... 19Ian Wilhelm and Mark Flood. Determining the effect of benzapyrene on frog embryonic survival and development
... 20Monica Lee,
Zach Hartman, Eric Danhart, Peter Gannett, and Jarrett Aguliar. Molecular dynamics study of dapsone analogs bound to Cytochrome P450 2C9 ... 20Stephanie Boblett and Sarah Dodson. Effect of in vitro homocysteine exposure to bone marrow stromal cells
....................................................... 21Stephanie Boblett, Christopher Garton, Clayton Casswell, Ewa Lukomska, and Slawomir Lukomski. Cloning of collagen-like proteins BclD and BclE of Bacillus anthracis
………………... 21CHRIS SEDLACEK, Alice Magro, Cynthia Cunningham, and Albert Magro. Pharmacologically induced apoptosis reduces cell surface determinants
... 22Chris Taylor, Amanda Francis, and Robert Kreisberg. Detection of genomic markers for cardiovascular disease: Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the LIPA gene
... 23Mia L. Brown and Marcia A. Harrison. Ethylene regulation of gravitropic curvature in Arabidopsis stems
... 23Michael Cunningham. Heat energy potential of an invasive tree as compared to high energy firewood
... 24Shauna Ogle. Marshall University Herbarium
... 24Wesley Caldwell and Carl Wellstead. Additions to the middle Pennsylvanian ash branch fossil vertebrate fauna
... 24Amy Schneider, Amy Hamilton, and Tomas K. Pauley. A continued study of the use of man-made ponds for amphibian breeding in fragmented forested areas
... 25Christopher Guerriero, Kelly Weixel, Lauren Kester, John Johnson, and Ora Weisz. Multiple roles for PI5-kinase in regulating membrane trafficking
... 25Elizabeth V. Fet, Jon Scott, and Dan Evans. Biological activity and ethnomedicinal uses of the family Cyperaceae (sedge) ...
26Emmy Johnson, Amy Scneider, and Thomas K. Pauley. Response of forest salamanders to Diflubenzuron treatments as a method to control Gypsy Moths
... 27Eric H. Diefenbacher, Kathryn R. Pawlik, and Thomas K. Pauley. Morphological examination of Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) toe discs
... 27Jasjeet Bhullar and Vincent Sollars. Epigenetic regulation of Wnt pathway in hematopoietic stem cells via Hsp 90 ...
28Jennifer M. Napper, Vincent E. Sollars
, and Harsh Pratap. EML cells as a model to determine if Hsp90 is an epigenetic enabler in leukemia ... 28
Melinda Varney, Vincent Sollars,
and Harsh Pratap.
Comparing the myeloid progenitor cell compartment among inbred strains of
mice to identify possible leukemia susceptibility genes ... 29
Michael Brewer,
Matthew Graham,
Victor Fet,
and Michael Soleglad.
Scorpion serrula: an enigmatic structure under SEM
...
29
Noah cCoard,
Kerie Corley,
and
Thomas K. Pauley.
Effects of water pH and ultraviolet radiation on the reproductive success of
Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) in
high elevations of West Virginia
... 30
Amanda B. Stewart,
Jeremy Connolly,
Beth Gregory,
Elizabeth Randolph,
and
Dustin Wagoner.
Use of
polymorphic markers developed in bluegill (Lepomis
macrochirus) for genetic analysis of Green Sunfish (Lepomis Cyanellus)
...
30
James Rentch
and
James Anderson.
A
floristic quality index for West Virginia wetland and riparian plant
communities
... 31
Lisa M. Castle
and
Biology 305 Botany Students.
How
much to harvest? Students assess
plants for population vulnerability... 31
Paul J. Harmon,
Donna Ford-Werntz,
and
Bill Grafton.
Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora
of West Virginia ... 32
Zina-Ann Cardozo, Anne Silvis,,
and Kelley K. Kiningham.
All-trans retenoic acid (ATRA) induces resistance to cisplatin (CDDP) in the
SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cell line: A potential mechanism through modulation of
BclXL and Bax
... 32
Chemistry
Brenton Drake,
Sarah Ramezan,
and
Kevin L. Evans.
Synthesis of alkenyl bromides and alkyl dibromides
... 33
Matt iener,
Bonnie Freeman,
Mark Flood,
Jean Chappell, Bowie Kahle, Gary Wright, Todd Green, Paulette Wehner, Mark
Studney,
and
Elizabeth Murray.
Determining the effect of cystathionase
(CYS) gene mutations on plasma homocysteine levels
...
33
Computer science
Jonathan P. OKeefe,
Weidong Liao,
and
Osman Guzide.
Providing GCD computation service over
the internet/web using grid computing
...
34
Andrew J. Lino.
Precipitation trends in the state of West Virginia ... 34John H. Hull, Suzanne Martiss, and Lauren Lacey.
Body images in men's magazines ... 35John H. Hull and Suzanne M. Martiss.
The first 50 years: Body images in Sports Illustrated from 1954-2004 ... 36Mark Affeltranger, Tyler Kowcheck, Stephanie Riker, and Andrew Lance.
Behavioral changes evident three weeks after immunization in the rat ... 36Mark Affeltranger, Brendan Cypher, and Tyler Kowcheck.
Adaptation and sensitization to pulsed presentations of oral piperine or zingerone: Analysis with a mathematical model ... 37
THE
54th ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
Category Winners
Saige Kolpack.
How background music affects memorization capability ... 37Amanda Chapman.
Comparing biodiesel fuel percentages: Which delivers the greatest distance and time in a farm tractor? ... 38Sara Dyche.
Does smoke increase the germination rate of seeds? Year II ... 38Milen Bodurski.
Mole ratio and fuel efficiency ... 39Michael ogswell.
Comparing random number generators: Multiply with carry generator vs. combined linear congruencies generator ... 39Zachary Morse
. Most effective wavelength of light to consistently power a machine ... 40Kelydra Welcker.
Quantification, removal and recovery of the Teflon surfactant APFO. (no abstract)Sarah Sellers.
Prime magic square: Possible or impossible? ... 40Bryan taggers.
Does the beat go up. (no abstract)Keith Davidson.
Man vs. dog ... 41Timothy Fisher. Zero gravity propulsion using electron emission from cathode rays, theory presented through macroscopic testing
... 41Rachel Rawn. Sweet Dreams: Determining and comparing the efficiency of dairy calf bedding materials
... 42Brandon Holland and Quentin Jackson.
How does the shape of a coil affect the performance of an electric motor? ... 42Proceedings to the West Virginia Academy of Science holdings:
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