Fall 2012
Junior Research Symposia
Wednesday, December 12
4:00
Jackie Hetterich (Jean Hardwick)
“Synaptic Function Changes in Guinea Pig Cardiac Neurons Induced by Norepinephrine and
Substance P”
4:15 Ana Fonseca (Maki Inada)
“Intron retention as a mechanism for gene expression regulation in Schizosacchromyces pombe”
4:30 Lindsey Johnson (Jean Hardwick)
“Examining the Effect of Angiotensin 1-7 on the Excitability of Neurons in the Cardiac Plexus”
4:45 Sam Hodgson (Peter Melcher)
“Effects of Virus on Photosynthesis”
5:00 Gabrielle Lieberman (Ian Woods)
“Measuring Anxiety in Larval Zebrafish”
5:15 Jake Heyman (Susan Swensen )
“The Evolution and History of Sunflower Maggot Flies and their Hosts”
Thursday, December 13
4:00 Erin Seekamp (Peter Melcher) )
“The Effects of Herbivory on Photosynthesis”
4:15 Robert Nichols (Maki Inada)
“Linking the Carboxy-terminal Domain Code of RNA Polymerase II to Regulating Chromatin States”
4:30 Benjamen Donnelly (Leann Kanda )
“Did the Mouse cross the Road?”
4:45 Eva Lee (Ian Woods)
“Searching for Novel Neuropeptides with Bioinformatics”
5:00
Josh Messinger (Dave Gondek)
“But I want to Grow there Too: A Survey of Chlamydia Growth Across Species Boundaries”
5:15 Michael Armstrong (Leann Kanda)
“To be or not to be Messy: A Hamster’s Dilemma”
CNS 112
Refreshments served 3:45 p.m. CNS 1st floor lobby.
ALL ARE WELCOME!