Undergraduate communications in the a Roger Denison Competition.

 
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS--UNDERGRADUATE SESSION #1 
 
Undergraduate session #1 talks will be in the Hilton Garden Inn Dahl 
room--session will be chaired by 
A. Rodger Denison Competition judges 
 
MORNING SESSION 
 
7:30    Registration desk open 
8:00    Greetings from President Van Doze in the James C. Ray Idea Lab 
        in the Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur Center 
8:20    ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN BINDING IN THE MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA 
        GENE TRANSLOCATION BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION, Aileen M. 
        Aldrich *, Alysa L. Anderson and Heidi J. Super [p. 9] 
8:40    ASSESSING DNA TOPOISOMERASE BINDING IN THE MYELOID-LYMPOID 
        LEUKEMIA GENE TRANSLOCATION BREAKPOINT REGION, Alysa Anderson, 
        Cheryl A. Lepp, Heidi J. Super [p. 10] 
9:00    DETERMINING GENE EXPRESSION IN THE Drosophila melanogaster 
        AFTER MULTIGENERATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CHLOROPHENOXY HERBICIDES, 
        Marcie A. Bata *, Heidi M. Gienger, Aaron D. Dobmeier, Bridget 
        M. Blunck and Hilde E. van Gijssel [p. 11] 
9:20    GENETIC DIVERSITY AND SELECTION OF COMMON BEAN GENOTYPES FOR 
        MAPPING GENES CONDITIONING MINERAL CONTENTS., Erika Anderson, 
        Kayla Schmidt, Zahirul Talukder, Phillip Miklas, and Khwaja 
        Hossain [p. 13] 
9:40    EFFECT OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS AND CHLOROPHENOXY 
        HERBICIDES ON CELL PROLIFERTION OF HUMAN LUNG FIBROBLASTS, 
        Wylie E. Wisnewski *, Bridget M. Blunck and Hilde E. van 
        Gijssel [p.14] 
10:00   A MORE DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF MAGNESIUM ION 
        ON ALDH2 ENZYME ACTIVITY, Jordan Karlstad * [dagger], 
        Thomas P. Gonnella ([dagger]), and Matthew J. Picklo [p.22] 
10:20   BREAK 
10:40   THE INFLUENCE OF LARVAL GROWTH HISTORY AND EXOGENOUS THYROID 
        HORMONE ON LIFE HISTORY ALLOCATION PATTERNS IN THE AXOLOTL 
        (AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM), Pamela C. Clarkson and Christopher K. 
        Beachy [p. 16] 
11:00   AN ASSESSMENT OF PRESENCE OF CHYTRID FUNGAL INFECTION IN 
        TIGER\SALAMANDERS IN NORTH DAKOTA, Leah L. Crites, Charles 
        Crites, Kenneth Cabarle, Heidi Super, and Christopher K. 
        Beachy [p. 17] 
11:20   EFFECTS OF ZINC ON ROOT MEMBRANE POTENTIALS OF A HEAVY METAL 
        INTOLERANT PLANT (ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA) AND A HEAVY METAL 
        TOLERANT RELATIVE (ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI HALLERI), Joshua E. 
        Seil, Mitchell J. Meyer, Turner K. Fishpaw * and Christopher 
        P. Keller [p. 18] 
11:40   ALPHA-1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR REGULATION OF SEIZURES AND 
        NEURODEGENERATION, Brianna Goldenstein, Chris Jurgens, Chris 
        Knudson, Jessica Lichter, Patrick Carr, Dianne Perez, Van 
        Doze [p. 19] 
12:00   LUNCH (served in room 211 of the Norm Skalicky Tech Incubator) 
 
AFTERNOON SESSION 
 
1:00    DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL SEDIMENT 
        AND MUSSELS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA RIVER SYSTEMS, Andrew J. 
        Hager, Louis M. Wieland, Andre W. DeLorme. [p.20] 
 
1:20    ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR INHIBITION OF HIPPOCAMPAL 
        EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY: COMPARISONS OF LIGAND EFFICACY AND 
        POTENCY, Jenna M. Wald *, Brianna L. Goldenstein, Brian W. 
        Nelson, Ke Xu, Jacquline A. Pribula, Jasmine J. O'Brien, 
        Kylie L. Davis, Kristan M. Green, Sarah J. Boese, Jessica A. 
        Lichter, James E. Porter, Van A. Doze [p.34] 
1:40    SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY USED TO STUDY ...