102nd
PROGRAM
Friday, March 18
Finance Committee Meeting
1:00-2:00 P.M. *SMB 175
Board of Directors Meeting
2:00-4:30P.M. SMB 175
Registration
(both Academies)
5:00-6:30 P.M. 1st floor lobby
*NCMNS
Reception
(heavy hors d’oeuvres)
5:30-6:30 P.M. 1st floor lobby
NCMNS
Plenary Session:
A Celebration of Biodiversity:
A Tribute to Dr. Robert P. Higgins
6:30 P.M. WRAL Digital Theater
1st floor, NCMNS
Lectures:
Animals from a Microbial Perspective: Homage to Robert P. Higgins
Dr. Lynn Margulis
Whatever it is, it’s very, very little!
Dr. Robert P. Higgins
*SMB = Science and Mathematics Building, Meredith College
*NCMNS = N. C. Museum of Natural Sciences
*NCSU = N. C. State University
Saturday, March 19
All Section Chairs and Judges
7:45-8:30 A.M. SMB 160
Poster Set-up
Posters
7:45-8:30 A.M. 2nd floor, SMB
8:30 A.M.-5:30 P.M.
Registration
(both Academies)
8:00-9:00 A.M.
* NCSU McKimmon Center
Plenary Lecture:
Precambrian evolution of the nucleated cell
Dr. Lynn Margulis
Registration
(both Academies)
9:00 A.M.
NCSU McKimmon Center
10:15 A.M.-11:15 A.M. Atrium, SMB
Sales of selected books by Dr. Lynn Margulis
Book Signing
Dr. Lynn Margulis
Exhibits
10:30 A.M.-3:30 P.M.
12:30 P.M-1:00P.M. and 3:00-3:30 P.M.
Atrium, SMB
10:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. SMB 165
Workshop:
10:45 A.M.-12:15 P.M. SMB 262
Helping students learn science by writing efficient lab reports
Oral Presentations
10:40 A.M.-12:15 P.M.
Announcements from Section Chairs
10:40-10:45 A.M.
Section I: Cell & Development Biology I
Section II: Ecology I
Section III: Chemistry I
Section IV: Science Education
Section V: Environmental Science
Lunch
12:15-1:00 P.M.
Presenters with Posters
12:45-1:45 P.M. 2nd floor, SMB
Oral Presentations
1:40-3:00 P.M.
Announcements from Section Chairs
1:40-1:45 P.M.
Section VI: Botany
Section VII: Biotechnology/Health Sciences/Physiology
Section VIII: Cell & Developmental Biology II
Section IX: Physics/Mathematics/Computer Science
Break
3:00-3:30 P.M.
CANCAS Graduate School Workshop
3:00-4:00 P.M. SMB 263
Workshop (repeat of morning session):
3:30-5:00 P.M. SMB 262
Helping students learn science by writing efficient lab reports
Oral Presentations
Announcements from Section Chairs
Section X: Zoology
Section XI: Molecular Biology
Section XII: Behavioral Sciences
Section XIII: Ecology II
Section XIV: Chemistry II
Pre-Meetings Reception
3:25-5:00 P.M.
3:25-3:30 P.M.
5:15-5:45 P.M. Reception Area
Kresge Auditorium, Cate Student Center
CANCAS Awards
5:45-6:15 P.M. Kresge Auditorium
CANCAS Business Meeting
6:15-7:15 P.M. Kresge Auditorium
NCAS Business Meeting
6:15-7:15 P.M. SMB 162
Board of Directors Meeting
7:15-7:45 P.M. SMB 175
Sunday, March 20
Tour through J. C. Raulston Arboretum (NCSU)
9:00-10:30 A.M.
(meet in Atrium, SMB)
Tour of the NCSU School of Veterinary Medicine
9:00-10:30 A.M.
(meet in lobby of Ramada Inn/Blue Ridge)
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Meredith College SMB 9:00-10:30 A.M.
(meet in Atrium, SMB)
Walk on the newly constructed Greenway across Meredith College
campus toward the N. C. Museum of Art
9:00-10:30 A.M.
(meet in Atrium, SMB)
Learn about campus plantings and the diversity garden around the
Meredith College greenhouse with head groundskeeper 9:00-10:30 A.M.
(meet in Atrium, SMB)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
* denotes Collegiate Academy member eligible for Derieux Award
CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY I
SMB 118
10:40
Announcements from Section Chair
10:45
CARIVEAU, M.J., C.J. KOVACS and G.W. KALMUS.
East Carolina Univ. Cyclin dependent signaling and DNA
damage in x-irradiated NIH3T3 fibroblasts.
11:00
TRELOAR, L.S.,*1 R. BUSS,2 D. PREVETTE2 and R.W.
OPPENHIEM.2 1Guilford College, 2Wake Forest Univ.
Post natal cell death in the mouse brain and the roll of
BAX.
11:15
CALL, A.D., M.U. JOSHI, H.K. PITTMAN, C.E.
HAISCH and K.M. VERBANAC. East Carolina Univ.
Detection of angiogenic CXC chemokines in damaged
renal vessels and ischemic kidneys.
11:30
STONE, A.V.* and G.K. Muday. Wake Forest Univ.
Chemical synthesis of an affinity chromatography ligand
and purification of an auxin efflux protein.
11:45
Election of Section Chair
ECOLOGY I
SMB 162
10:40
Announcements from Section Chair
10:45
ALEMAYEHU, S.* Warren Wilson College. The effect
of pH on the survival of the aquatic tardigrade Hypsibius
dujardini (Tardigrada).
11:00
TRICE, J.P.III* and J. CLAMP. North Carolina Central
Univ. The effect of artificial currents on telotroch
formation by peritrich ciliates.
11:15
BLOOM, S.M.* Catawba College. Does successional
stage affect macro-invertebrate community structure in
piedmont forested wetlands?
11:30
KINGSTON, M.B. Elon Univ. Light and nutrient effects
on phototaxis and cell morphology of Euglena proxima.
11:45
WILHELM, A.J.* Catawba College. Social dominance
and heat shock proteins: are they related?
12:00
KEY, L.E.* Warren Wilson College. Effects of prescribed
burning on small vertebrate densities and diversity on
Jones Mountain.
12:15
Election of Section Chair
CHEMISTRY I
SMB 260
10:40
Announcements from Section Chair
10:45
ZVALAREN, S.D., J.D. WILLEY, S.A. SKRABAL and
R.J. KIEBER. UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Mercury speciation in the organic rich Cape Fear River.
11:00
BARNABY, O.B.* and D.C. KAHL. Warren Wilson
College. The recovery of chemicals from the pyrolysis of
type 7 plastic waste.
11:15
RESETAR, L., R.J. KIEBER, R. WHITEHEAD and J.
WILLEY. UNC-Wilmington. Organic complexation of
Fe by CDOM in rainwater and its impact on Fe
speciation in seawater.
11:30
BOLES, A.R*. and V.P. COLLINS. Warren Wilson
College. Microbial community structure in red spruce
(Picea rubens) stand soils at Mount Mitchell as indicated by
phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) composition.
11:45
KNIERIM, T.L.,* R.J. KIEBER, S.A. SKRABAL, J.L.C.
WRIGHT and R. BOUILLON. UNC-Wilmington. The
photodegradation of domoic acid and the effects of metal
chelation.
12:00
Election of Section Chair
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SMB 261
10:40
Announcements from Section Chair
10:45
COKER, J.S. and A. JOHNSON. Elon Univ. Student
editorials on science policy: raising awareness of science
issues in an election year.
11:00
WEST-DENNING, J.L.* and D.J. WEAVER. Campbell
Univ. Adaptation of Effect of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics on
Cellular Functions of Kidney Epithelial Cell Line (LLC-PK1): A
Model System for Nephrotoxicity for an undergraduate lab
exercise.
11:15
STUCKY, J.M. North Carolina State Univ. Comparing
the use of a multi-access key and a dichotomous key by
undergraduates in a local flora course.
11:30
LYTLE, C.F. North Carolina State Univ. Life Sciences
Enrichment: a new graduate class for elementary teachers.
11:45
EVANS, B. and C.F. LYTLE. North Carolina State Univ.
Helping North Carolina science teachers decide what
science should be taught when.
12:00
Election of Section Chair
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SMB 160
10:40
Announcements from Section Chair
10:45
CAHOON, L.B., M.A. MALLIN, B.R. TOOTHMAN,
M.L. ORTWINE, R.N. HARRINGTON, R.S.
GERHART,
S.L.
ALEXANDER
and
T.D.
BLACKBURN. UNC-Wilmington. Fecal contamination
of tidal creek sediments–relationships to sediment
phosphorus and among indicator bacteria.
11:00
ADAMS, J.W. and B.P. BULLOCK. North Carolina State
Univ. Deriving green weight equations for Virginia pine
(Pinus virginiana) in the piedmont of North Carolina.
11:15
BURNS, M.E.* and A. BOYD. Warren Wilson College.
The effect of the removal of exotic plants on native plant
diversity.
11:30
BRADSHAW, L.C., S.A. SKRABAL, R.J. KIEBER, J.D.
WILLEY and L.B. CAHOON. UNC-Wilmington.
Sources and sinks of nitrogen in the Cape Fear River
estuary, southeastern North Carolina.
11:45
SMITH, B.C., B.P. BULLOCK and S.E. MCKEAND.
North Carolina State Univ. Comparing parameter
estimation techniques for diameter distributions of
loblolly pine (Pinus taeda).
12:00
Election of Section Chair
BOTANY
SMB 162
1:40
Announcements from Section Chair
1:45
PETERS, M.P., J.M. STUCKY and J. XIANG. North
Carolina State Univ. Analysis of genetic diversity and
outcrossing rates in the federally endangered species
Echinacea laevigata.
2:00
GADD, L.E. and J.M. STUCKY. North Carolina State
Univ. Habitat loss and its effect on the pollination biology
of Echinacea laevigata, smooth coneflower.
2:15
PENNISI, J.C.* and D.J. SWARTHOUT. Lenoir-Rhyne
College, Hope College. Stomatal behavior as the limiting
factor in photosynthetic rate following drought and
damage treatments in endophytic and non-infected
meadow fescue.
2:30
WALKER, A.S. and J.M. STUCKY. North Carolina State
Univ. Seed banks of North Carolina prairie remnants.
2:45
STILES, E.A.,* N.B. CECH and E.P. LACEY. UNCGreensboro. The relationship between anthocyanins and
thermoregulation in reproductive spikes of Plantago
lanceolata.
3:00
Election of Section Chair
BIOTECHNOLOGY / HEALTH SCIENCES /
PHYSIOLOGY
SMB 160
1:40
Announcements from Section Chair
1:45
LAW, P.* and J. WOLF. Peace College. Characterization
of plasmids from a bacteriocin-producing strain of Bacillus
cereus.
2:00
RENBAUM, L.H.* and J.W. BROCK. Warren Wilson
College. Chronic soy administration effects on the
metabolism of phytoestrogen daidzein.
2:15
SIEMON, C.E.* Warren Wilson College. Salmonella
contamination and antibiotic resistance on conventional
and pasture poultry farms.
2:30
PICKLER, J.* Catawba College. Effects of food
availability on heat shock protein levels in Carolina
chickadees, Poecile carolinenis.
2:45
Election of Section Chair
CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY II
SMB 118
1:40
Announcements from Section Chair
1:45
SMITH, J.H.,* G.W. KALMUS, X.H. HU and M.J.
CARIVEAU. East Carolina Univ. Tattoo removal in
Yucatan pigs using low energy Nd:YAG laser.
2:00
EDWARDS, K.S. and G.K. MUDAY. Wake Forest
Univ. Phosphorylation control of auxin transport and
dependent physiological processes.
2:15
LEÓN, R.L.,* D. PREVETTE and R.W. OPPENHEIM.
Guilford College and Wake Forest Univ. Medical School.
Effects of GABA agonist muscimol and NMDA on
developing spinal motoneurons during the period of
programmed cell death in the chick embryo.
2:30
MORGAN, S.,* G.W. KALMUS, T. BAXLEY and J-L.
SCEMAMA. East Carolina Univ. Differential expression
of 5’ Hox genes during enterocytic differentiation of
Caco2 cells.
2:45
Election of Section Chair
PHYSICS, MATH, & COMPUTER SCIENCE
SMB 260
1:40
Announcements from Section Chair
1:45
ZHANG, L. Elizabeth City State Univ. Raman spectra
difference between “normal” brain cell and cancer brain
cell.
2:00
D’ARRUDA, J.D. and G. STEFAN. UNC-Pembroke,
North Carolina State Univ. In celebration of the World
Year of Physics 2005, a review of Einstein’s three seminal
papers which changed the way we view the universe.
2:15
OLAGUNJU, A.O. St. Cloud State Univ. Metrics for
evaluating ciphers.
2:30
OLAGUNJU, A.O. and S. Islam. St. Cloud State Univ. A
generic student centered web architecture for sharing
learning resources.
2:45
Election of Section Chair
ZOOLOGY
SMB 118
3:25
Announcements from Section Chair
3:30
SCHWARTZ, F.J. UNC-Institute of Marine Sciences.
Abundances of invertebrates and fishes occupying
simulated oyster reef habitats placed in the Patuxent
River, Solomons, MD, in 1958.
3:45
KELLEY, J.H.,* L.R. BULLARD and W.D. WEBSTER.
UNC-Wilmington. When do evening bats attain sexual
maturity?
4:00
THIE, L.* and L. GRIMES. Meredith College.
Ovipositional site selections of Aedes albopictus as affected
by sight and smell.
4:15
MCKELVEY, K.D.* and P.J. BARTELS. Warren Wilson
College. Influence of limestone on aquatic water bears
(Tardigrada) in Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park.
4:30
BULLARD, L.R., J.H. KELLEY and W.D. WEBSTER.
UNC-Wilmington. When do eastern red bats attain sexual
maturity?
4:45
Election of Section Chair
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
SMB 160
3:25
Announcements from Section Chair
3:30
HANNA, R.N. and Y. ZHU. East Carolina Univ.
Nongenomic steroid signaling of membrane progestin
receptor � and �.
3:45
SONG, D., G.W. KALMUS and Y. ZHU. East Carolina
Univ. Expression of somatolactins in the development in
zebra fish.
4:00
LIPPINCOTT, L.,* M. LEE-BROWN and J.W.
BROWN. Guilford College and North Carolina State
Univ. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Azomonas agilis.
4:15
HERZER, K.,*1 A. TART,2 D. WOZNIAK.2 1Guilford
College, 2Wake Forest Univ. Baptist Medical Center.
Optimizing the effective range of protocols used while
generating a library to identify Gene X, involved in
inhibition of flagellar motility of opportunistic pathogen
Pseudomonous aeruginosa.
4:30
FRICK, A.,* K. BEBENEK, T. KUNKEL and M.
GARCIA-DIAZ. Guilford College and NIEHS.
Structure-function studies of zebrafish (Danio rerio) DNA
polymerase X.
4:45
ALI, K.* and T. KUTE. Guilford College and Wake
Forest Univ. Baptist Medical Center. The effects of soy
extracts on the growth of Herceptin sensitive and
resistant breast cancer cells under in vitro and in vivo
conditions.
5:00
Election of Section Chair
5:00
3:25
SCIENCES
resistantBEHAVIORAL
breast cancer cells
under in vitro and in vivo
conditions.
SMB 261
Election of Section Chair
Announcements from Section Chair
3:30
LYNCH, R.* and S.R. GINN. Wingate Univ. Learning
style differences among sexes.
3:45
COWARD, S.D.,* E. SCHAAF* and S.R. GINN.
Wingate Univ. The effects of first impressions and
appearance in the classroom.
4:00
BISHOP, J.,* C. GARDNER,* C. MATSON* and S.R.
GINN. Wingate Univ. The effect of gender on social
conformity.
4:15
SHEETS, A.L.,* C.E. PERRY* and S.R. GINN. Wingate
Univ. Students perceptions on religiousness.
4:30
HOWARD, W.R.,* B. CRIPPS* and S.R. GINN.
Wingate Univ. Is assumed availability related to initial
physical attractiveness ratings?
4:45
Election of Section Chair
ECOLOGY II
SMB 162
3:25
Announcements from Section Chair
3:30
LLEWELLYN, J.B. Brevard College. Winter use by
waterfowl of two lakes in western North Carolina.
3:45
STULTZ, J.W.* Warren Wilson College. Factors
contributing to ciguatera toxicity in Bahamian barracudas.
4:00
TEAGUE, P.D.* and M.E. FANNING. Lenoir-Rhyne
College. Projecting succession in tree stands damaged by
the southern pine beetle using a probability matrix.
4:15
BRECKHEIMER, I.* and A. FREEMAN. Guilford
College, School for Field Studies Center for Rainforest
Studies. Court martial: habitat flexibility with implications
for species survival under conditions of global climate
change for the toothbilled bowerbird (Scenopoeetes
dentirostris) .
4:30
DOBBERTIN, S.* and P. BARTELS. Warren Wilson
College. Tardigrades of rock lichen in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
4:45
LAWRENCE, L.* and E. KOSAL. North Carolina
Wesleyan College. Investigating the physiological
reactions of green anoles in response to different stresses.
5:00
Election of Section Chair
CHEMISTRY II
SMB 260
3:25
Announcements from Section Chair
3:30
RUDICELL, R.S.* and J.W. BROCK. Warren Wilson
College. The environmental fate of dibutyl phthalate in a
fresh water system with zebra fish (Danio rerio).
3:45
MURPHY, G.S.* and R.M. WHITNELL. Guilford
College. A model of the quantum afterburner: creating
molecular dynamics simulations.
4:00
LITJENS, C.L.* and D.C. KAHL. Warren Wilson
College. Hydrolytic degradation of polycarbonate food
and beverage contact plastics and migration of bisphenol
A into liquids.
4:15
LAIL, E.M., R.J. KIEBER, S.A. SKRABAL and J.L.C.
WRIGHT. UNC-Wilmington. Biogeochemical cycling of
domoic acid in the ocean: the role of particles.
4:30
WILBURN, C.R.* and J.W. BROCK. Warren Wilson
College. Synthetic and natural estrogens in influent and
effluent of the Buncombe County wastewater treatment
plant.
4:45
Election of Section Chair
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
* denotes Collegiate Academy member eligible for Derieux Award
Saturday, March 19
2nd Floor, east hallway, SMB
CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
CRONIN, K.D., J.-L. SCEMAMA and A.A. CAPEHART. East Carolina
Univ. Spatial and temporal expression of gamma A-like protocadherin during
embryonic chick development.
LEÓN, R.L.,* D. PREVETTE and R.W. OPPENHEIM. Guilford
College and Wake Forest Univ. Medical School. Effects of GABA agonist
muscimol and NMDA on developing spinal motoneurons during the period
of programmed cell death in the chick embryo.
CHEMISTRY
ABOKARM, A., J.V. KUMAR, K. SHIVAKUMAR and S. ARGADE.
North Carolina A&T State Univ. Vermiculite resin nanocomposites.
WONG, G.W.* and B.C. BROOKS. Gardner-Webb Univ. Investigation of
the weight percent of caffeine in various teas.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABU ATA, N.* and S. EDDINS. Gardner-Webb Univ. FAAS determination
of copper concentration in drinking water using chelating extraction disks.
BLODGETT, A.* and A.M. MOORE. Guilford College. A GIS analysis of
soil erosion potential and problems on the Guilford College campus.
CHEVALIER, M.J. and A.M. MOORE. Guilford College. An analysis
of campus water usage: developing a plan for future conservation efforts.
DÍAZ, R.T.* Guilford College. Physical and chemical characteristics of a
small North Carolina lake: to turn or not to turn?
MUELLER, M.E.* and A.M. MOORE. Guilford College. Analysis
of stormwater runoff and geomorphic impacts in a small developed
watershed.
WHITE, R.A.* and A.M. MOORE. Guilford College. Spatial and
statistical relationships between pm2.5 emissions and economic factors in
North Carolina.
WIGAND, L.A.,* A. VILLAVICENCIO-CORDOBA* and A.M.
MOORE. Guilford College. Population changes and diversity of tree
species on the Guilford College quadrangle: considerations for future
management strategies.
HEALTH SCIENCES
PRESCOTT, K.C.* Catawba College. Comparing the phantom imaging
method with the sensitometric method as a means of testing quality
control in the film processor.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ALI, K.* and T. KUTE. Guilford College and Wake Forest Univ. Baptist
Medical Center. The effects of soy extracts on the growth of Herceptin
sensitive and resistant breast cancer cells under in vitro and in vivo
conditions.
FRICK, A.,* K. BEBENEK, T. KUNKEL and M. GARCIA-DIAZ.
Guilford College and NIEHS. Structure-function studies of zebrafish
(Danio rerio) DNA polymerase X.
HERZER, K.,*1 A. TART,2 D. WOZNIAK.2 1Guilford College, 2Wake
Forest Univ. Baptist Medical Center. Optimizing the effective range of
protocols used while generating a library to identify Gene X, involved in
inhibition of flagellar motility of opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonous
aeruginosa.
LIPPINCOTT, L.,* M. LEE-BROWN and J.W. BROWN. Guilford
College and North Carolina State Univ. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of
Azomonas agilis.
NEWTON, K,* A. PICKENS* and K. BERND. Davidson College. Novel
organic compounds DRR 3 and DRR 5 affect growth rate differentially in
model bacteria Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Staphylococcus
simulans.
THANKAPPAN, A. J.R. FULLER, U.B. GODWIN, K.P. KEARSE and
T.J. MCCONNELL. East Carolina Univ. Channel catfish 28S T cells express
high mannose type N-linked glycan on MHC class II glycoproteins.
SCIENCE EDUCATION
EVANS, B. and C. LYTLE. North Carolina State Univ. Assessing science
understanding through student notebooks.
WEST-DENNING, J.L.* and D.J. WEAVER. Campbell Univ. Adaptation
of Effect of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics on Cellular Functions of Kidney Epithelial
Cell Line (LLC-PK1): A Model System for Nephrotoxicity for an undergraduate
lab exercise.
ZOOLOGY
DOIG, J.P.* and T. LAMB. East Carolina Univ. Genetic variation and
phylogeographic structure in the pygmy mole cricket Neotridactylus archboldi,
a flightless endemic of Florida scrub.