Students’ names are in bold; Biology faculty names are in italics.
Eastern College Science Conference (ECSC), Niagara University, April 2008. ECSC is held each year in the northeast. The host institution changes year to year. The conference is designed specifically for undergraduates to present the results of their research in a friendly environment. All presentations are given by undergraduates.
Mike Salt (Andrew Smith) "The iron phenomenon: breaking protein aggregation in molluscan glues"
National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), April 2008 NCUR is held every year at various locations around the United States. Ithaca College students are selected for attendance at this meeting and selection is very competitive. Each student must submit an abstract and a supporting letter of recommendation to the Selection Committee, which is composed of the officers of the Ithaca College Chapter of Sigma Xi. In addition, each student must present evidence that they have given a previous, off-campus presentation of their work. We believe that only the most outstanding Ithaca College students should be provided with this special opportunity. Ithaca College pays the full cost of attendance at this meeting
Ana Velez (Marc Servetnick) “Examination of Candidate Sex Specifi Genes in Xenopus laevis"
Eric Van Fleet (Vicki Cameron) " Deletion of the Nuclear Gene YME1 Stabilizes Mutant forms of Cox2p" (Other author, Martin Tomov)
Caitlin N. Baran, E. Marie Southerland, Jeffrey L. Ardell, and Jean C. Hardwick. Poster Presentation, "Remodeling of the guinea pig intracardiac plexus following pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy". Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, CA. April 2008. Caitlin was funded by both the H&S Office: Experiential Learning Curriculum Enhancement Grant and Sigma Xi.
Eastern College Science Conference, New York, NY. April 2007
Amber Contrastan (Jean Hardwick) “Western Blot Analysis of NNOS expression in the guinea pig cardiac ganglion
Yasmine Ramadhan *and Amy Fisher (Peter Melcher) “Incorporating multiple years of xylem growth decreases estimated xylem hydraulic resistance"
*Won the best Plant Biology Poster award.
Jackie Scahill ('07) (Susan Allen-Gil) presented "The Effects of Atrazine on the Development of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) and Xenopus Frogs" hosted by Tri Beta, the National Biology Honors Society at RPI. Troy , NY.. TriBeta Conference. April 2007.
Bruce Smith and Will Brogan ('07) gave a poster presentation entitled ?Habituation of male /Arrenurus manubriator (Acari: Hydrachnida) to female sex pheromone?. Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference (Mid-Atlantic branch meeting, Ecological Society of America). York, PA March 2007.
James J. Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College. April, 2007
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Campus Sustainability Day, October 2006. This is the annual celebration and showcase of all the Ithaca College community is doing to advance campus sustainability.
Matt Podolsky (Env. Stu. and Cinema and Photography) presented "Shrubland Habitat Restoration in Contiguous Forest: Win-Win Management for Biodiversity". Annual Meeting of the New York State Ornithological Association, Oneonta, NY in September. The paper was a co-authored withJohn Confer, and Juliana Quant (Bio.). Matt received a $350 scholarship from the NYSOA for attending the conference and presenting the paper.
Jean Hardwick, Nancy Andersen ('07) and Meghan McManus (Dec '06) attended the the annual Society for Neuroscience meetings in Atlanta GA Oct 2006. The students presented results from their research in the lab during the academic year and summer. Two other IC students contributed data to the presentations; Ryan Bochacki ('07) and Andrew Kelley ('06) The student attendance at the meeting was funded by the Ithaca Fund and Jean Hardwick's NIH grant.
