2003 meeting
Ithaca College
Ithaca NY

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Andrea White

109 Williams Hall

Phone: 607-274-1586

E-mail: Awhite@ithaca.edu

Best Platform Awards

VALIDATION OF THE FOLK REMEDY GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) IN WOUND HEALING  Katherine Lachance, Christopher Hart, and J. Ellen Perry. Department of Biological Sciences, Wagner College

PREVENTION OF Serratia marcescens Contamination in Clinical Settings  Joanna Cichowlaz and Michael Davis, Department of Biological Sciences, Central Connecticut State University

Histopathological Study of Platinum Group Metal Exposure to Rats  Bethany Reeves1, Jennifer Zimmerman1, Caroline Baker1, Vincent Porzio1, Zofia Gagnon1, Joseph Conetta2, Catherine Newkirk1, Joseph Bettencourt1, 1School of Science, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

PROSTAGLANDIN REGULATION OF GUINEA PIG CARDIAC NEURONSBrenna M. Corbett and Jean Hardwick, Biology Department, Ithaca College

KINETICS OF REFLAGELLATION IN CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII. Martin P. Monahan and Roshan Karki. Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226, USA

MOLLUSKAN ADHESIVE PROTEINS  Jan Pawlicki and Andrew Smith, Biology Department, Ithaca College

REDEFINING LOVE: THE INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN LOVE, ATTACHMENT STYLES AND THE TRIANGULAR THEORY OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS  Jaime T. Carreˆ±o, Psychology Department, Wagner College

POTENTIAL SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS (HDACI) AND NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES IN THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN LYMPHOMAS  Timothy Muratore, Biology Department, Manhattan College/College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY 10471; Owen O'Connor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021

RAY TRACING METHODS OF ROOM ACOUSTICS MODELING  Evan Salim, Ithaca College, Department of Physics

ION CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSIS OF DEEP AQUIFER WATER FROM ARSENIC AFFECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH  Sarah Alauddin, Margaret Fiasconaro and Mohammad Alauddin, Department of Chemistry, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY 10301

Product and mechanistic study on the nucleophilic attack of phosphine on a monoruthenium pentadienylidene  Danielle E. Schuehler1,2, Michael B. Sponsler, Ph.D.2, Joseph Williams2, Xiang Niu2, Lakshmi Gopal2, Shreyas Roy1, and Michael M. Masingale, Ph.D.1, 1Department of Chemistry, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York 13214, 2Department of Chemistry, Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244

THE EFFECTS OF HABITAT DEGRADATION ON THE LEVELS OF 17B-ESTRADIOL AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN THE FEMALE FATHEAD MINNOW (PIMEPHALES PROMELAS)  Jessica Kupiec, under the direction of Dr. Susan Allen-Gil, Biology Department, Ithaca College

INVESTIGATION INTO PREY SELECTION OF SELECTED HYDROMEDUSAN SPECIES COLLECTED FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI  Patricia Schilling, assisted by Dr. Jack Costello, Biology Department, Providence College

EFFECTS OF TONGUE PIERCINGS ON SENSITIVITY TO SALTY STIMULI Lindsay C. Fahey, Department of Psychology, Lycoming College

IN VITRO CHARACTERIZATION OF THE APOPTOTIC PROCESS USING PHOTOACTIVE PORPHYRINS IN A CELL-FREE NUCLEAR EXTRACT  Christopher V. DeSimone and Dr. Robert S. Greene, Biology Department, Niagara University

AIRCRAFT ICING: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY  Nicolas Rada and Gregory J. Falabella, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Wagner College

Best Posters

UTILIZING CHIRAL DIOLS TO RESOLVE RACEMIC MIXTURES OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES  Yiannis A. Savva and Neil M. Glagovich, Department of Chemistry, Central Connecticut State University

EXPLORATION AND SELECTION OF PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT IN 3-MONTH-OLD INFANTS  Tara Allen, Amanda Cooper, Dan LaRosa, Dr. Donna Fisher-Thompson, Psychology Department, Niagara University

Functional expression of KCNQ1 potassium channels in Mz-ChA-1 liver duct cells  Turnbull, Amanda‚ÄÝ, Jones, Heather*,  Duffey, Michael*, and Cliff, William‚ÄÝ.  Department of Biology, Niagara University‚ÄÝ and Department of Physiology, UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences*

NARCISSISM AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS  Erin Long, Psychology Department, Lycoming College

HOMOCYSTEINE EXPORT IN FOLATE AND B12-DEFICIENT ENDOTHELIAL CELLS  Brook Blanchard, Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University

PHYTOESTROGEN INCREASES ACTIVITY IN FATHEAD MINNOWS  Sharon G. Lamont and Ethan D. Clotfelter, Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918

FROM THE GROUND UP: MICROBIAL INQUIRY AND DISCOVERY IN THE CLASSROOM Melissa Churchill and Dr. Mark Gallo, Biology and Education Departments, Niagara University

Best Papers
Outstanding Paper in Psychology
Effects of High Terrestrial Altitude on Human Physiology, Cognition and Psychology
Chris R. Vachon

Outstanding Paper in Physiology
Homocysteine Export in Folate and B12-Deficient Endothelial Cells
Brook Blanchard

Outstanding Paper in Plant Biology
Relationships between Anatomical Characteristics and Ozone Sensitivity of Primary Leaves and First Trifoliate Leaves of Snapbeans
Jason Spina

Outstanding Paper in Plant Biology
Toxicological Effect of Platinum Group Metals in Lycopersicon esculenta Tissues
Heather Connor

Outstanding Paper in Plant Biology
Sexual and/or Asexual Reproduction: Structural Characteristics are Related to Reproductive Strategies for Species
Grace Joy Imson

Outstanding Paper in Developmental Biology
Alcohol-induced Malformations in Zebrafish Embryos:Zebrafish as a Model Animal to Study Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Jacqueline Whittenburg

Outstanding Paper in Developmental Biology
Alcohol-induced Malformations in Zebrafish Embryos:Zebrafish as a Model Animal to Study Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Renee Sudol