Fourth Annual Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium

Fourth Annual Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium

9:30    Opening RemarksElizabeth Dumont, Head of the Interdepartmental Graduate programs   

9:45    "A spatial anaylysis of wildfire ignition in the western U.S." - Emily Fusco, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology 

10:00   "Two membranes, two functions:  Mycobacterium smegmatis membrane domains maintain distinct functions and invivo localization" - Jennifer Hayashi, Microbiology       

10:15   "Movement patterns and site fidelity of great barracuda (Syphraena barracuda) at two Caribbean islands" - Sarah Becker, Environmental Conservation

10:30   "Development of an activity-dependent polyamine based probe for the detection of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors" - Amanda Hussey, Chemistry

11:00   "Hair cortisol phenotype predicts rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) behavior during Human Intruder Test" - Amanda Hamel, Neuroscience and Behavior

11:15   "Testing interactions of regional- and landscape-scale variables on species distributions" - Caroline Curtis, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

11:30   "Testing the Predation Paradox in Western Massachusetts" - Melanie Klein, Environmental Conservation

11:45   "Rhodiola Crenulata inhibits cononical WNT signaling in MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cell lines" - Lofti Mateo Bassa, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences

1:00     "Characterizing the genetic basis of variation in African cichlid morphology" - Dina Navon, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

1:15     "Bifidobacterum spp. selectively utilizes starch and xylan" -  Ezgi Özcan, Food Science

1:30     "Identifying the distribution of ungulate calf predators" - Nathaniel D. Rayl, Environmental Conservation

1:45     "Cell cycle localization of Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial DNA polymerase IB" - Sylvia Rivera-Ferreira, Microbiology

2:00     "Katanin Activity is Regulated by Common Cellular Components" - Megan E. Bailey, Molecular and Cellular Biology

2:30     "Interspecies H2 transfer and H2 competition among thermophiles in deep-sea hydrothermal vents" - Begum Topcuoglu, Microbiology

2:45     "Social facilitation and object use comprehension in rhesus macques (Macaca mulatta)" - Amy M. Ryan, Neuroscience and Behavior

3:00     "Pathogenicity of Panama disease causing agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp f.sp cubense Tropical Race 4 strain 115." - Yong Zhang, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

3:15     "The effect of increased running cadence on coordination" - Jocelyn Hafer, Kinesiology

3:30     "Life history characteristics of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in freshwater environments" - Julianne Rosset, Environmental Conservation

4:30-6:00 Poster Session - 11th Floor of Campus Center