Final reports 2003-04
Most of the titles are linked to abstracts of the projects.
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Priya Gursahaney Name: Tara Sigdel
Project Title: Identification of Zn(II) Metallochaperones using Dynamic Time Course Analysis
Presentation venue: Undergraduate Research Forum, 21 April, 2004 Co-author, Fractionation of soluble proteins
in E. coli, an easy, quick and efficient method for proteomics study -- Journal of Biochemical Techniques
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Jessica Hoisington Name: Emy Monroe
Project Title: Genetic Differences Among Populations of the Fluted-Shell Mussel
(Lasmigona costata) from the Ohio River, Lake Erie and Lower Mississippi Watersheds
Presentation venue: 1. Undergraduate Research Forum, Miami University, Oxford OH, April 21, 20042. Freshwater
Mollusk Conservation Society, Conservation Genetics Workshop, Shepherdstown WV, June 29-30, 20043. The annual meeting
of the Ecological Society of America, Portland OR, August 2-8, 2004
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Rikki Hrenko Name: Anne Bartuszevige
Project Title: Effects of Increased Leaf Litter on the Seedling Emergence of Two
Invasive Plant Species, Lonicera maackii and Alliaria petiolata.
Presentation venue: We intend to submit an abstract to the Ecological Society of America Conference in Portland,
Oregon August 1-6, 2004.Undergraduate Poster Session: April 21, 2004
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Jacob Knight Name: Matthew Brueseke
Project Title: Geochemical and petrographic characterization of ash flow volcanism:
The Cold Springs tuff and its significance to the evolution of the Santa Rosa-Calico volcanic field, Nevada
Presentation venue: Miami University Undergraduate Research Forum (presented), 2004 Geological Society of America
National Meeting (November, 2004; intend to present)
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Meredith Magsig Name: Melissa Toomey
Project Title: The Creation of a Community Literacy Program that Strives to Connect
Adult Learners with their Literacy Goals
Presentation venue: Meredith presented a poster at the Undergraduate Research Forum. Melissa is working on an
abstract for a conference in September.
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Barbara Jack Name: Katerine Osatuke
Project Title: Measuring Internal Multiplicity through Phonetic Description of Clients'
Speech: Personality Indicators of Good Raters
Presentation venue: Undergraduate Research Forum, 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
Rome June 16 to 19, 2004.
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Jasmine Marie Pagan Name: Glen McGillivary
Project Title: The Haemophilus aegyptius BPF Strain F3031 Contains a Gene with Similarity to Multiple Adhesins
Including YadA and UspA
Presentation venue: I intend to present at the Undergraduate Research Forum on April 21st, 2004.
Undergraduate Student Graduate Student
Name: Hillary Folz Name: Shawn Wilder
Project Title: Effects of Predator Cues on Vertical Habitat Use by Prey
Presentation venue: This work has been presented at: The Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference at the University
of Notre Dame on March 5, 2004. In addition, this work will be presented at the Undergraduate Research Forum on
April 21 and the Animal Behavior Society Meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico from June 12-16.