Derieux Awards_2010 Oral Presentations Plac e Student Session Institution Title 1st Isaiah Thalmayer Environmental Science/Ecology & Botany (9) Warren Wilson College 2nd Lindsey Jackson “ Catawba College 2nd Doshie Smith “ UNC‐ Pembroke 3rd Lindsay Yount “ Lenoir‐ Rhyne University 3rd Stephen Somerville “ Warren Wilson College 1st Amy Kunkel 2nd Muriah Bottemiller 3rd Lauren Condon Zoology/Behavioral Sciences & Physics A Phylogeny for Uvularia (Colchicaceae) Derived From Morphology Pharmaceutical Contaminants: The effects of kanamycin on growth, feeding, and reproduction in a common freshwater invertebrate Population Demographics of Woody Goldenrod (Chrysoma pauciflosculosa) in Lumber River State Park, North Carolina The Relative Impact of Shade and Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) Extract on the Growth of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Seedlings Patterns of metal concentrations in the shells of Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) as a tracking mechanism for adult females Warren Wilson College Natural Products as Anthelmitics “ Lenoir‐ Rhyne University “ Mount Olive College Effect of diet change on daily activity and colony weight of captive naked molerats, Heterocephalus glaber Development of a behavioral assay to examine the spectral sensitivity of the quadramodal geomagnetic landing alignment of adult 3rd Lauren Condon “ Ecology/Microbiology (9) Mount Olive Development of a behavioral assay to College Lenoir‐ Rhyne University 1st Isaac Smith 2nd Stephanie Blankenship “ Guilford College 2nd Kim Zullo “ Peace College 3rd Caitlin Hall “ Campbell University 1st Sara Lachance 2nd Mike Beattie “ Mount Olive College 2rd Rachel Kivela “ Warren Wilson College 1st Dare Imes 2nd Joshua Farris Cell & Developmental Biology/Chemistry & Biotechnology (6) Molecular Biology/Physiology & Health Sciences (4) Guilford College ECU Lenoir‐ Rhyne examine the spectral sensitivity of the quadramodal geomagnetic landing alignment of adult Drosophila melanogaster The Effects of Resource Delivery Pattern on the Transient Dynamics of an Aquatic Ecosystem Variations in rrn copy number in symbiotic and non-symbiotic Azotobacteria. Enzyme, Chemical, Heat and pH Treatment of a Growth Inhibitor from Bacillus cereus GS1 Characterization of three newly identified bacterial isolates acquired from the tubeworm Nereis succinea Identifying Dachshund’s role in Hedgehog Signaling and Urchin Development. The effect of serum heat inactivation on the cellular response to the antineoplastic agent, Bleomycin. Heavy Metals in Tree Cores from the Blue Ridge Plating Superfund Site Do Neutrophils Establish a PreMetastatic Niche? The Effect of Meditative Breathing on Pulse Transit Time: An Analysis in the Frequency Domain Poster Presentations (24) Place Student Institution 1 Mary Keith UNCG Title Identifying Target Binding Sites for Teflon, a Protein Required for Autosomal Homolog Conjunction in Drosophila melanogaster male meiosis. 1 Rachel Reed UNCG Effect of Calcium on Chloride Activation of Oxygen Evolution by Photosystem II 2 John Willis Radical Reactions in Ionic Liquid Solvents 2 Meredith Greene Guilford College Campbell University 3 Sharon Faircloth Campbell University Characterization of three newly identified bacterial isolates acquired from the tubeworm Nereis succinea 3 Erin Raspert UNCG Analysis of lead absorption in A. thaliana by atomic absorption spectroscopy Kleptoparasitism in Onthophagus taurus: The role of density, dung, and males