MN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Annual Meeting and Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium 2012
Posters Schedule by Author

Gebreselassie , Etsehiwot - Estimating the Molecular Volumes of Small Molecules Using IR Spectroscopy - 1, Poster # 17

Schwarzbauer, Holly - The Mystery Behind the Mechanism of Hydride Induced Cyclopropanation - 1, Poster # 28

Acharya , Subrat - COUNTING AND VIABILITY OF THE IMMUNE CELLS: HEMOCYTOMETER VERSUS FLOW CYTOMETER - 2, Poster # 4

Alfveby, Benjamin - Selective Recognition of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene - 1, Poster # 23

Amrami, Yosef - Incentive Salience and High (HiS) or Low (LoS) Saccharin Preference: A Model for Drug Abuse Vulnerability. - 2, Poster # 44

Assam, Jed - Exploratory Development of Procedures Conducive to the Investigation of Sn Whiskering - 2, Poster # 17

Augustin, Ryan - Identifying the Core Promoter Region of Rap1 Genes Using RT-PCR - 2, Poster # 6

Bailey, Andrew - Measurement of Regulatory T-Cell Activation using Flow Cytometry - 2, Poster # 9

Barbeau, Adam - A Rapid Efficient Method to Determine if Plant Tissue Extracts possess Antifungal Activity - 2, Poster # 29

Benedykcinski, Pawel - A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DOLLAR COST AVERAGING VS. VALUE AVERAGING - 2, Poster # 37

Bergquist, Steve - A magnetoencephalographic study of depth perception - 2, Poster # 40

Bernens, Jordan - Dynamic Cell Maintenance of Steady State In Response to Microtubule Targeting Chemotherapeutic Agents - 2, Poster # 38

Bhatia, Prerana - Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury: A novel method for preclinical induction - 1, Poster # 41

Bolf, Eric - INVESTIGATIONS INTO PHEROMONES IN FRESHWATER DIATOMS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) - 2, Poster # 32

Bressler, Katie - Effects of cocaine on locomotor activity in rats with adenoviral vector-mediated CocH expression - 2, Poster # 41

Buchman, Joseph - Dendrimer Encapsulated Pd Nanoparticle Catalyzed Decomposition of Polychlorinated Biphenyls - 2, Poster # 15

Buchman, Joseph - Dendrimer Encapsulated Pd Nanoparticle Catalyzed Decomposition of Polychlorinated Biphenyls - 2, Poster # 15

Burns, Mac - Measurement of Regulatory T-Cell Activation using Flow Cytometry - 2, Poster # 9

Caffee, Hannah - RESOURCE AND WATER COMPETITION IN CREOSOTEBUSH (LARREA TRIDENTATA) AND TRIANGLE-LEAF BURSAGE (AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA) - 1, Poster # 35

Cammarota, Ryan - Synthesis and Characterization of Vapochromic Platinum(II) Extended Linear Chain Materials - 1, Poster # 24

Carrier, Matthew - ZEB1 Regulation: a molecular understanding of cancer metastasis - 1, Poster # 26

Cash, Brock - NbzAa AND NbzAb FROM Comamonas SP. JS765 AND EXPRESSION OF NITROBENEZE DIOXYGENASE REDUCTASE AND FERREDOXIN COMPONENTS IN E. coli - 1, Poster # 20

Cash, Brock - NbzAa AND NbzAb FROM Comamonas SP. JS765 AND EXPRESSION OF NITROBENEZE DIOXYGENASE REDUCTASE AND FERREDOXIN COMPONENTS IN E. coli - 1, Poster # 20

Cho, Young Hee - EXPRESSION OF LIPOXYGENASE ISOENZYMES IN PEA LEAVES AFTER MECHANICAL WOUNDING AND JASMONATE TREATMENT - 2, Poster # 5

Cho, Young Hee - EXPRESSION OF LIPOXYGENASE ISOENZYMES IN PEA LEAVES AFTER MECHANICAL WOUNDING AND JASMONATE TREATMENT - 2, Poster # 5

Dahl, Julie - USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS ON GOLDEN EAGLES IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA TO DETERMINE BREEDING GROUND LOCATIONS - 1, Poster # 36

Dai, Yunxiang - TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON ACTIVITY OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE OF THE BLUEGILL (Lepomis macrochirus) - 2, Poster # 27

Deeg, Katie - CO2 Preferential Adsorption Sites in MFI-Type Zeolites - 2, Poster # 14

Deeg, Katie - CO2 Preferential Adsorption Sites in MFI-Type Zeolites - 2, Poster # 14

Derbyshire, Katie - Internet Use and Associated Risks in a College Sample - 2, Poster # 45

Doherty, Shannon - Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Cyclometallated Gold(III) Complexes - 2, Poster # 24

Duffy, Cayla - OREXIN A IS NEUROPROTECTIVE AND DECREASES FATTY ACID INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS - 2, Poster # 42

Face, Joshua - Determining the Optimal Passivation Technique for MP35N - 1, Poster # 16

Fosse, Elizabeth - Measurements of Ethane in Antarctic Ice Cores - 2, Poster # 19

Fosse, Elizabeth - Measurements of Ethane in Antarctic Ice Cores - 2, Poster # 19

Frankson, Erin - THE EFFECT OF LAND USE AND AGGREGATION ON EXTRACELLULAR PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY - 2, Poster # 35

Frolov, Alex - SEED MASS AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, INITIAL GERMINATION AND PLANT GROWTH, AND COMPETITION HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS IN LARGE-LEAVED AVENS - 2, Poster # 34

Fuchigami, Kei - SYNTHESIS OF SULFER-BRIDGED TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS BY ETHYLENE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT - 2, Poster # 26

Furtuna, Igor - SURVEYING NAD2 RNA EDITING IN DIVERSE MYXOMYCETE SLIME MOLDS - 2, Poster # 12

Gaalswyk, Jenna - Optimization of Nitrobenzene 1,2-Dioxygenase Expression in Comamonas JS765 - 1, Poster # 10

Gentle, Thomas - Novel Method of Reducing Amides To Amines Using Mild Conditions. - 1, Poster # 21

Gong, Hwee Kiat - Isolation of CD4+ T cells by the Isolation Kit II from Miltenyi Biotec - 1, Poster # 9

Groth, Caroline - The Influence of Attachment on Relationship Closeness - 1, Poster # 45

Han, Joohee - ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED INTERFERON-α THERAPY IN COMBINATION WITH CHEMORADIOTHERAPY TO TREAT PANCREATIC CANCER - 2, Poster # 1

Hennessey, Kelly - RESOURCE AND WATER COMPETITION IN CREOSOTEBUSH (LARREA TRIDENTATA) AND TRIANGLE-LEAF BURSAGE (AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA) - 1, Poster # 35

Herron-Sweet, Christina - An analysis of allochthonous and autochthonous contributions to brook trout diet using hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon stable isotopes - 1, Poster # 30

Horn, Molly - Techniques for optimizing Comamonas sp. Strain JS765 growth and nitrobenzene dioxygenase expression for large-scale purification - 1, Poster # 27

Hunt, Anna - 3’ POLY(U) TAILS ON MYXOMYCETE SLIME MOLD MITOCHONDRIAL MRNAS - 1, Poster # 1

Jacobson, Taylor - INDIRUBIN DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF THE PARASITE Toxoplasma gondii - STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIP OF THE 6-POSITION - 2, Poster # 18

Johnson, Peter - Quantifying and Explaining Uncertainty in Chemical Calibration: Methods for Linear and Quadratic Data - 1, Poster # 22

Jun, Yeji - IN VIVO BISPHENOL-A EXPOSURE MODULATES MURINE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM - 1, Poster # 7

Kayla, Lange - Incorporation of green chemistry metrics into independent synthesis projects - 1, Poster # 18

Kerian, Casey - CLONING AND SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF A GENE IN THE GLYCOLYTIC PATHWAY OF Arabidopsis thaliana AND Phragmites australis - 1, Poster # 3

Kraemer, Tom - Native and Eurasian Phragmites australis Tolerance to CaCl2 and MgCl2 Salinities - 1, Poster # 33

Kurtti, Kenneth - SEED MASS AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, INITIAL GERMINATION AND PLANT GROWTH, AND COMPETITION HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS IN LARGE-LEAVED AVENS - 2, Poster # 34

Larson, Rose - Estimating meadow vole and prairie vole populations within four reconstructed grassland types; does the type of reconstruction matter? - 1, Poster # 32

Larson, Zachary - Real-Time PCR Techniques and Analysis - 2, Poster # 22

Lee, Jiyeong - RESPONSE OF LIPOXYGENASE EXPRESSION TO WOUNDING AND METHYL JASMONATE IN SOYBEAN LEAVES (Glycine max) - 2, Poster # 11

Less, Rebekah - Room Temperature Storage of Sera Biospecimens - 1, Poster # 40

Lor, Kia - POPULATION GENETIC INSIGHTS INTO SCALY PEARL OYSTER (Pinctada longisquamosa) - 2, Poster # 10

Lucas, Jane - Azteca ants connect aboveground and belowground processes in a wet tropical forest - 2, Poster # 36

Luengs, Elizabeth - Is the DNA Deaminase APOBEC3H an HIV-1 Restriction Factor? - 2, Poster # 8

Maass, Zachary - Examination of the effects of Fgf10 over-expression on the development of the lung in the frog Xenopus laevis - 1, Poster # 5

Mainong, Hang - NMR in advanced undergraduate laboratory experiments: 2D Spectra, heteronuclear coupling, paramagnetism, and variable temperature effects - 2, Poster # 20

Manion, Kaysie - AN INTRODUCTION TO ACID/BASE CONCEPTS USING KITCHEN CHEMISTRY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM - 1, Poster # 14

Marti, Hannah - RESOURCE AND WATER COMPETITION IN CREOSOTEBUSH (LARREA TRIDENTATA) AND TRIANGLE-LEAF BURSAGE (AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA) - 1, Poster # 35

Martin, Ariel - 3’ POLY(U) TAILS ON MYXOMYCETE SLIME MOLD MITOCHONDRIAL MRNAS - 1, Poster # 1

Maslowski, Jake - Carboxymethyl Cellulase Activity Measurement and Isolation in Sinorhizobia - 1, Poster # 43

McClellan, Michael - Cyclodextrin-Containing Air Fresheners: A New Pathway for Inhaling Pollutants? - 1, Poster # 15

McCulloch, Myra - SEED MASS AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, INITIAL GERMINATION AND PLANT GROWTH, AND COMPETITION HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS IN LARGE-LEAVED AVENS - 2, Poster # 34

Mercado-Michelli, Camila - CLONING AND SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF A GENE IN THE GLYCOLYTIC PATHWAY OF Arabidopsis thaliana AND Phragmites australis - 1, Poster # 3

Miller, Michael - Quantifying and Explaining Uncertainty in Chemical Calibration: Methods for Linear and Quadratic Data - 1, Poster # 22

Mitchell, Noah - UV-derived Star Formation Rates in Nearby Starburst Dwarf Galaxies - 1, Poster # 44

Mitchell, Sarah - Niche Specialization and Reduced Mitochondrial Introgression in a Hybridizing Complex of Map Turtles - 2, Poster # 33

Mobley, Lillie - Synthesis of a Non-natural Substrate for PFTase - 2, Poster # 27

Molano, Will - RESOURCE AND WATER COMPETITION IN CREOSOTEBUSH (LARREA TRIDENTATA) AND TRIANGLE-LEAF BURSAGE (AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA) - 1, Poster # 35

Murphy, Charlie - SURVEYING NAD2 RNA EDITING IN DIVERSE MYXOMYCETE SLIME MOLDS - 2, Poster # 12

Nawaratnasamy, Sashi - COUNTING AND VIABILITY OF THE IMMUNE CELLS: HEMOCYTOMETER VERSUS FLOW CYTOMETER - 2, Poster # 4

Nelson, Amber - Water Soluble Indirubin Derivatives as Toxoplasma Gondii Inhibitors - 2, Poster # 28

Nelson, Sarah - Ion Selective Electrodes and Solutions to Biofouling - 1, Poster # 19

Nguyen, Thu An - Iron deficiency during brain development induces expression of genes involved in neovasculogenesis - 1, Poster # 42

Niemela, Amy - RAP1A AND RAP1B GENE EXRESSION IN HUMAN CELLS: CELL TYPE- AND CELL CYCLE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION - 1, Poster # 21

Noecker, Cecilia - Quantifying and Explaining Uncertainty in Chemical Calibration: Methods for Linear and Quadratic Data - 1, Poster # 22

Nowicki, Christina - Influence of Aspartame on Integrin-Mediated Cell Adhesion to Solid Substrata in Human Epithelial Kidney Cells - 2, Poster # 7

Olson, Annabel - CLONING OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GENES IDENTIFIED AS PUTATIVE LIPID DROPLET METABOLISM AND/OR BIOGENESIS GENES - 2, Poster # 3

Olson, Shana - EFFECT OF SHOAL SIZE ON BEHAVIOR OF FATHEAD MINNOWS - 2, Poster # 43

Ostrand, Adam - SURVEYING NAD2 RNA EDITING IN DIVERSE MYXOMYCETE SLIME MOLDS - 2, Poster # 12

Peterson, Kaitlin - Incorporation of green chemistry metrics into independent synthesis projects - 1, Poster # 18

Ramp, Kevin - Assay and Isolation of Nitrobenzene Dioxygenase from Comamonas JS765 - 2, Poster # 2

Renn, Alyssa - Analyzing Expression of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate(ACC) Deaminase in Strains of Sinorhizobium - 1, Poster # 2

Robey, Matthew - The effects of Xer81 overexpression on the development of the lung in the frog Xenopus laevis - 1, Poster # 13

Rosenthal, James - Aerodynamic Analysis of the Mini Ultra Stick Airframe - 1, Poster # 38

Rostomily, Benjamin - CLONING OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GENES IDENTIFIED AS PUTATIVE LIPID DROPLET METABOLISM AND/OR BIOGENESIS GENES - 2, Poster # 3

Rowe, Jennifer - Synthesis of a photoactivatable non-natural substrate for Protein Farnesyltransferase - 1, Poster # 29

Salk, Kateri - Elemental stoichiometry and nutrient recycling in an aquatic microcosm food web - 2, Poster # 31

Santarriaga, Stephanie - Iron deficiency during brain development induces expression of genes involved in neovasculogenesis - 1, Poster # 42

Schmidt, Derek - Impact of host, temperature and nutrients on Rhopalosiphum padi fecundity - 1, Poster # 37

Sean, Armendariz - Native and Eurasian Phragmites australis Tolerance to CaCl2 and MgCl2 Salinities - 1, Poster # 33

Sean, Armendariz - Native and Eurasian Phragmites australis Tolerance to CaCl2 and MgCl2 Salinities - 1, Poster # 33

Serem, Eva - TIME COURSE OF THE WOUNDING EFFECT ON LIPOXYGENASE EXPRESSION IN SOYBEAN (Glycine max) LEAVES - 2, Poster # 13

Slotke, Andrea - THE EFFECT OF ROOT STRUCTURE ON PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE IN ALFALFA (Medicago sativa) - 1, Poster # 34

Spitzmueller, Jill - Liposomal Temozolomide for the Treatment of Brain Tumors - 2, Poster # 39

Squires, Ellen - RESOURCE AND WATER COMPETITION IN CREOSOTEBUSH (LARREA TRIDENTATA) AND TRIANGLE-LEAF BURSAGE (AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA) - 1, Poster # 35

Stewart-James, Samantha - Estimating the Molecular Volumes of Small Molecules Using IR Spectroscopy - 1, Poster # 17

Stiller, Robert - Measurement of Regulatory T-Cell Activation using Flow Cytometry - 2, Poster # 9

Stinar, Lydia - CLONING OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GENES IDENTIFIED AS PUTATIVE LIPID DROPLET METABOLISM AND/OR BIOGENESIS GENES - 2, Poster # 3

Stuart, Jennifer - SEED MASS AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, INITIAL GERMINATION AND PLANT GROWTH, AND COMPETITION HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS IN LARGE-LEAVED AVENS - 2, Poster # 34

Sullivan, Kevin - Dicarbonyl{[2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl]cyclopentadienyl} Group VI Metal Hydrides and Halides: Precursors for Olefin Epoxidation Catalysts. - 2, Poster # 16

Tran, Huy - EFFECT OF SHOAL SIZE ON BEHAVIOR OF FATHEAD MINNOWS - 2, Poster # 43

Ulrich, Alyssa - Control of mRNA Regulatory Elements through Alternative Polyadenylation - 1, Poster # 4

Van Denakker, Tayler - INSULITIS DEVELOPMENT IN STREPTOZOTOCIN-TREATED AUTOIMMUNE TYPE 1 DIABETES IN JANUS TYROSINE KINASE 3-DEFICIENCE MOUSE MODEL - 1, Poster # 8

Vang, Tong - BUMBLEBEE SURVEY IN AND AROUND NORTHFIELD - 2, Poster # 30

VanLoenen, Sarah - Stream Study at Belwin Conservancy - 2, Poster # 23

Walters, Diane - CO2 Preferential Adsorption Sites in MFI-Type Zeolites - 2, Poster # 14

Walters, Mary - PHOSPHINE SULFIDE COPPER (I) COMPLEXES: EFFECTS ON OXYGEN SENSING ABILITY - 2, Poster # 21

Walters, Mary - PHOSPHINE SULFIDE COPPER (I) COMPLEXES: EFFECTS ON OXYGEN SENSING ABILITY - 2, Poster # 21

Wieliczka, Brian - SYNTHESIS OF SULFER-BRIDGED TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS BY ETHYLENE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT - 2, Poster # 26

Wieme, Rachel - EFFECTS OF VARYING NITROGEN FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON SOIL PROPERTIES, PLANT NUTRIENTS, AND ECONOMIC RETURNS IN NO-TILL CORNFIELDS OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA - 1, Poster # 31

Wolf, Joshua - Shocking Lipid Production - 1, Poster # 12

Zheng, Xiaolu - Gene Knockdown by Targeted Transcriptional Interference using DNA-binding proteins - 1, Poster # 39

Zleikman, Klara - Synthesis of a fluorescent photo-activatable substrate for the Enzyme Protein Farnseyltransferase - 1, Poster # 25

Zuck, Taylor - Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Mucopolysaccharidosis I - 1, Poster # 6