1:30 – Lucy Brennan (Joe Beckman) – "The Effect of Copper Chelators on Zn-Superoxide Dismutase" PowerPoint / Streaming Video
September
24, 2009
8:00
- Theresa Nguyen (Hiro Nonogaki)
– "Molecular de-repression during Arabidopsis
seed germination"
8:15
- Russell Burke (Jim Carrington)
– "Translational Repression in Arabidopsis
thaliana"
8:30
- Molly Blatz (Jim Carrington)
– "Specificity of Argonaute Protein Association with miRNA"
8:45
- Sierra Wolfenbarger (John Fowler)
– "The Identification of Gametophyte Genes in Maize"
9:00
- Peter Kirby (Bruce Geller) –
"Resistance to Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomers in E. Coli"
9:15
- Sue-Jie Koo (Jerri Bartholomew)
– "Abundance of the Polychaete Host of Ceratomyxa shasta and the Prevalence of Infection in the Klamath
River."
9:30
- Daniel Horner (Jerri Bartholomew)
– "Genetic Diversity of Manayunkia
speciosa in the Klamath River Basin"
9:45
Break
10:00 - Marisa McAllister (Jaga Giebultowicz) – "Oxidative
Stress Response Genes, cncc, keap1, and gstd1: A Circadian Connection"
10:15 - Katherine Sherman (Jaga Giebultowicz)
– "Does the Circadian Clock Modulate an Organism's Response to
Toxins?"
10:30 - Matthew Geniza (Todd Mockler) – "Identification and
Molecular Characterization of Circadian Clock Associated
Transcription Factors in Rice"
10:45 - Julie Denham (Staci Simonich) – "A Link Between
Reproductive Abnormalities and Contaminants in Fish from the Rocky
Mountains"
11:00 - Amanda Slade (Robert Tanguay) – "Investigating the
Behavioral Neurotoxicity of Developmental Nicotine Exposure in
Zebrafish"
11:15-
Amber Bannon (Maret Traber) –
"The Knockdown of 12-lipoxygenase in Embryonic Zebrafish Causes Abnormal
Development"
11:30
- Jing Chen (Fritz Gombart) -
"Establishing Mechanisms of Vitamin D Signaling Pathways"
11:45
– Jordan Peterschmidt (Michael
Blouin) – "Allelic Variation in Biomphalaria
glabrata"
12:00
- Whitney Humphrey (Barb Taylor)
– "Brain and Behavior: The Role of the Fruitless Gene in Complex
Behavior"
1:00
Irene Weber (U. Washington) – "Invasive Plants Show a Greater
Response to Climate Change than Native Plants"
1:15 Anna
OÕBrien (U. Washington) – "Using
Urban Forests to Predict the Success of Western Red Cedar During Global Change"
1:30 – Brett Klaassen Van Oorschot (U. Montana – Ondi Crino and
Creagh Breuner) – "Nest Microhabitat and Reproductive Success of the
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow"
1:45 Samantha
Campbell (U. Montana) – "Investigating the Genetic Basis of Flowering
Time Differences in Two Closely Related Species of Mimulus"
2:00 Alta
Howells (Montana State University) – "Copper Binding to Premature
Galactose Oxidase: Biogenesis of the Tyr-Cys Cofactor"
2:15 Don
Alsbury (Montana State University) – "CRISPR-associated
Proteins of the Apern Subtype and their Function in a Newly Discovered
Prokaryotic Adaptive Immune System"
2:30 Trevor
Davis (Gonzaga University) – "The Dynamics of Multiple Infection in Pyrenophora semeniperda"
2:45 Andrew
Durgan (Gonzaga University) – "Infrared Spectroscopy of
Carbon-Deuterium Labeled Amino Acids"
3:00 Break
3:15
- Rebecca Pankow (Jeff Chang)
– "Computational Methods to Quantify Transcriptome Changes in Bacteria"
3:30
- Ian Gluck (Christine Kelly)
– "Concentration and Purification of Recombinant Manganese Peroxidase for
Application in the Biofuel Industry"
3:45
- Anjali Menon (Dan Rockey) –
"Genome Sequence Analysis of Chlamydia
trachomatis Mopn_tet_14"
4:00
- Erin Riscoe (Theo Dreher) –
"Searching for Novel Cyanophages: A Study of the Bacteriophages of OregonÕs Microcystis aeruginosa"
4:15
- Jonathan Halama (Theo Dreher) –
"Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid Motifs Incorporated Within the Turnip Yellow
Mosaic Virus Coat Protein"
4:30
- Alyssa Carey (Virginia
Stockwell) - "Understanding Erwinia amylovora: The Causal Agent of
Fire Blight of Pear and Apple"
4:45
- Michelle Land (Dan Arp) –
"Can You Differentiate the Ammonia Oxidizers in Soil?"
5:00
- Matt Groberg (Stephen
Meyers) –
"A Systematic Evaluation of Sisyrinchium
hitchcockii"
5:15
- Shawn Johnson (Tory Hagen) -
"Changes in Acute Glutathione Production in Human Plasma following Lipoic Acid
Supplementation"
5:30
- Kelly Crotty (Tory Hagen) -
"Enantiomers of Lipoic Acid Differentially Affect Nrf2 Activation"
September
25
8:00
- Lauren Harry (Taifo Mahmud)
– "Development of a New Metagenome Mining Technique"
8:15
- Colin Tominey (John Hays) –
"The Effect of ATR and ATM on UVB-Induced Stem and Progenitor Cell Death in Arabidopsis Root Tips"
8:30
- Walter Piper (Andrew Buermeyer)
– "Novel Biomarkers of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Risk"
8:45
- Sarah Ferrer (Andrew Buermeyer)
– "Mismatch Repair Responses to Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons"
9:00
- Kyle Ireton (Fred Stormshak)
– "Exploring the Role of nER in Non-Genomic
Estrogen Regulation of the Ovine Endometrium"
9:15
- Steven Ma (Arup Indra) –
"Characterization of a Mouse Line with Endothelin-1 Gene Ablated from
Epidermis"
9:30
– Uriel Aparicio (Allen
Milligan) – "Mechanism of Light Acclimation in Marine
Phytoplankton"
9:45
- Heather Hodnett (Mike Pavol)
– "Identifying Different Types of Fallers through
Gait Analysis"
10:00
- Break
12:00
- Stacie Mosier (Dennis Hruby) – "Impact of Topical
ST-246 on Poxvirus Dermal Infection, Lesion Severity/ Resolution and Immune
Responses"
12:15
- Alexandra Frolova (Chris Mathews)
- "dNTP Imbalance in mtDNA Precursor Pools"
12:30
- Elizabeth Hardardt (Theresa Filtz)
– "Pitx2 Phosphorylation"
12:45
- Chelsea Parker (Theresa Filtz) -
"Investigation of Phospholipase C §-1b Splice Variants on Function of H9c2
Cells"
1:00
- Daryl Khaw (Virginia Weis) -
"Searching for TRAF6 in Aiptasia pallida"
1:15
- Emily Pickering (Mark Hixon) -
"Diurnal Activity Levels of the Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish in the Bahamas"
1:30
- Aakash Mankaney (Lynda Ciuffetti)
– "Characterization of ROS Production and Cell Wall Modifications Induced
by the Host-selective Toxins of Pyrenophera
tritici-repentis, Ptr ToxA and Ptr ToxB"
1:45
- Marsha Lampi (Skip Rochefort)
– "Determining the Role of Proteins in the Molecular Properties of Equine
Synovial Fluid"
2:00
Break
2:15-
Julie Auxier (Joe McGuire) -
"Fibrinogen Adsorption on Antimicrobial Modified Surfaces"
2:30
- Bryan Beall (Paul Blakemore) -
"Target Directed Synthesis via StReCH Chemistry: Pregabalin (Lyricaª)"
2:45
- Andrew Willeford (Christopher
Beaudry) – "Enantioselective Synthesis of 9'-Desmethylgarugamblin I"
3:00
- Nadeem Houran (Adam Higgins)
– "Fluorescence Quenching Used as a Tool for Cryoprotectant Addition and
Removal Procedures for Cryopreservation of Adherent Endothelial Cells"
3:15
- Brian Fuchs (Adam Higgins) –
"Effect of Cooling Rate on the Viability of Culture Cells After
Cryopreservation"
3:30
- Scott Hollingsworth (Andy Karplus)
– "Identification of Common Protein Motifs Through the Application of
Machine Learning"
3:45
- Ryan Moore (Victor Hsu) –
"NMR Studies of FXR-Prenylflavonoid Complexes"
4:00
- Brian Phan (Elisar Barbar) –
"Characterization of Dynein Solubility using Small Ubiquitin-like Modifiers"
4:15
- Jonathan Yih (Elisar Barbar)
– "The Dynein Motor Protein Complex: Structure and Dynamics"
4:30
- King Yabut (Bob Mason) –
"Secrets of Chemoreception:
Regeneration of the Harderian Gland"
4:45
- Melissa McKenney (Sujaya Rao)
– "Native Pollinators in a Bunchgrass Prairie"
5:00 - Sarah Maxfield-Taylor (Sujaya Rao) – "The ÔFaithfulnessÕ Of Honey Bees as Pollinators Of Red Clover" PowerPoint / Streaming Video
May 18, 2010
12:00 - Anneka Wickramanayake (Andrew Buermeyer) PowerPoint / Streaming Video