9:30 Opening Remarks - Elizabeth 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
Veterinary and Animal Sciences