2010 Award Recipients
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Poster Presentation
Division I – Undergraduates
Arts & Humanities and Biomedical Sciences
First Place: Erich Lutz, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Greg Ordway, Dept. of Pharmacology
RUGULATION OF BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN (BMP) GENE EXPRESSION
IN HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS
Second Place: Daniel Phillips, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Priscilla Wyrick, Dept. of Microbiology
ACIDIC MUCOSAL pH DECREASES CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS SEROVAR E
ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY IN HEC-1B CELLS IN VITRO
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
First Place, Group A: C. Alissa Manz Hinkle, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Aleksey Vasiliev, Dept. of Chemistry
DISPERSIBILITY OF COATED NANO-SILVER IN ORGANIC MEDIA
Second Place, Group A: Rachel Conde, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Arpita Nandi, Dept. of Geosciences
Estimation of Shale Petrophysical Properties: A Study from
Sevier Shale ESTIMATION OF SHALE PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES: A STUDY
FROM SEVIER SHALE
First Place, Group B: Ashley Wagner, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Darrell Moore, Dept. of Biological Sciences
PERSISTENT AND RETICENT FORAGING BEHAVIORS IN HONEY BEES (APIS
MELLIFERA)
Second Place, Group B: Whitney Ross, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Pyles, Dept. of Biological Sciences
PATTERN OF SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN OVIPAROUS SNAKE
Social & Behavioral Sciences
First Place, Group A: Rose Bell, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Dula, Dept. of Psychology
GOOD GOD, MY GPA IS AWESOME: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHURCH
ATENDANCE, ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY, AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Second Place, Group A: Benjamin Hughes, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Russ Brown, Dept. of Psychology
LOCOMOTOR SENSITIZATION TO METHYLPHENIDATE IN RATS: SEX
DIFFERENCES AND EFFECTS ON BDNF
First Place, Group B: Catherine Rowe, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jameson K. Hirsch, Dept. of Psychology
DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM AND TRAIT HOPE AS MEDIATORS OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNIC IDENTITY AND DEPRESSIVE
SYMPTOMS
Second Place, Group B: Ashley Strong, UVA-Wise
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. James Horton, Dept. of Social Sciences
DIFFERENTIAL HEMISPHERE ACTIVATION IN MALES AND FEMALES FOR
DEDUCTIVE LOGIC USED IN SUDOKU PUZZLES EMPHASIZING DIFFERENT
STUMULI
Division II – Graduate Students, 1-2 Years
Arts & Humanities and Biomedical Sciences
First Place: Sean Fox, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Michael Kruppa, Dept. of Microbiology
A GENETIC SCREEN TO IDENTIFY GENES IN C. ALBICANS THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN CROSS-SPECIES INTERACTIONS
Second Place: Preston Moore, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dennis Defoe, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell
Biology
MOSAIC ANALYSIS WITH DOUBLE MARKERS (MADM) AS A METHOD TO MAP
CELL FATES IN ADULT MOUSE TASTE BUDS
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
First Place: Joannes Yuh, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dhirendra Kumar, Dept. of Biological Sciences
EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON SALICYLIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN 2
(SABP2) AND PLANT DEFENSES
Second Place: Nagababu Chinnam, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Zulfigar Ahmad, Dept. of Biological Sciences
DIFFERENTIAL INHIBITION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI ATP SYNTHASE BY
DIETARY BIOFLAVONOIDS
Social & Behavioral Sciences
First Place: Joshua Hatfield, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jameson K. Hirsch, Dept. of Psychology
IMPULSIVITY AS A MODERATOR OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ANGER AND
SELF-HARM IN AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SAMPLE
Second Place: Katie Baker, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Joel Hillhouse, Dept. of Community Health
UNDERSTANDING ACCESS AND DESCRIPTIVE NORMS TO IMPROVE SKIN
CANCER INTERVENTION
Division III – Graduate Students, more than 2 Years
First Place: Moises Serrano, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Yue Zou, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RPA-P53 INTERACTION AND ITS
PHOSPHORYLATION-DEPENDENT REGULATION AND SIGNIFICANCE IN DNA REPAIR
AND DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINTS
Second Place: Theresa Pickle, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Thewke, Dept. of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
CANNABINOID (WIN 55,212-2)-Induced APOPTOSIS IN PANCREATIC
TUMOR CELLS INVOLVES UP REGULATION OF PRO-APOPTOTIGENES AND DOWN
REGULATION OF ANTI-APOPTOSIS GENES
Third Place: Andrea Edge, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Darrell Moore, Dept. of Biological Sciences
TRULY BIRD-POLLINATED? EVIDENCE FOR BEE-POLLINATION IN CAMPSIS
RADICANS (BIGNONIACEAE)
Divisions IV and VI – Medical Students and Case Histories
First Place: Blair Abelson, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Karen Schetzina, Dept. of Pediatrics
VIDEO INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING IN A PRIMARY CARE
SETTING
Second Place: Lesley Bundun, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dennis Defoe, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell
Biology
TURNOVER OF CORNEAL EPITHELIUM VISUALIZED USING MOSAIC ANALYSIS
WITH DOUBLE MARKERS (MADM)
Third Place (tie): Brian Nyberg, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Hetal Brahmbhatt, Dept. of Internal Medicine
EFFUSIVE-CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS MASKED BY VE WITH DILATED
AORTIC ROOT: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION FAILURE
Third Place (tie): Stewart Stancil, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Demetrio Macariola, Dept. of Pediatrics
IT TAKES 2 TO TANGO: S PYOGENES AND S PARASANGUINIS
CO-INFECTION IN AN 8 YEAR OLD
Division V – Medical Residents & Post-Doctoral Fellows
First Place: Camile Marsh, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Breuel, Dept. of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
THE ACCURACY OF CURRENT THYROID FUNCTION SCREENING IN
PREGNANCY
Second Place: Melissa Snyder, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Gayatri Jaishankar, Dept. of Pediatrics
SYSTEMIC ONSET JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS AND CYSTIC
LYMPHATIC MALFORMATIONS IN A TODDLER - A PUZZLING
COINCIDENCE?
Third Place: Brooke Foulk, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Howard Herrell, Dept. of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
CALCULATION OF UTERINE WEIGHT BASED ON TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND
MEASUREMENTS
Oral Presentations
Graduate Students
First Place, Group A: Kristin Walker, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jameson K. Hirsch, Dept. of Psychology
SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE BEHAVIORS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS: THE
MODERATING ROLE OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY
Second Place, Group A: Diwaker Tripathi, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dhirendra Kumar, Dept. of Biological Sciences
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF DISEASE RESISTANCE INDUCED BY
ACIBENZOLAR-S-METHYL IN PLANTS
First Place, Group B: Denise Koessler, ETSU
Faculty Sponsors: Drs. Teresa Haynes and Debra Knisley, Dept. of
Mathematics
A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR SECONDARY RNA STRUCTURES: A GRAPH
THEORETIC APPROACH FOR CATALOGING SECONDARY RNA STRUCTURES
Second Place, Group B: Junior Tayou, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Zulfigar Ahmad, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Requirement ofDELSEED-motif of Escherichia coli ATP synthase in
peptide binding
Medical Residents and Post-Doctoral Fellows
First Place: Jennifer Vanover Hall, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Priscilla Wyrick, Dept. of Microgiology
MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED ESTROGEN RECEPTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE
SUCCESS OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTIONS IN THE HUMAN
ENDOMETRIAL ISHIKAWA CELL LINE
Second Place: Mariah Pate, ETSU
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Guha Krishnaswamy, Dept. of Internal Medicine
MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN (MBL) MUTATIONS, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
ASSOCIATIONS AND HUMAN DISEASE