Biology Annual Events

 

Biology Undergraduate Symposium

Visit the Colby Undergraduate Research Symposium webpage, or click here to read abstracts for the Biology research projects.

General Biology Sessions

2:40 pm, Kevin Bennet (’13) Hurd, Roberts Analysis of Bird Migration Arrival Dates to Determine Effects of Global Warming

Biology Honors Presentations – Olin 001

 Friday, May 3rd

1:00 pm  Adam Spierer (’13) Relationship of Cross-Linking Potential to Mechanism of Cell Death

1:20 pm Chelsea Nickerson (’13) Prenatal Choline Supplementation and MK-801 Toxicity: Protecting Memory and Preventing Neurodegeneration

1:40 pm Elise Begin (’13) The Effects of Island Size and Geographic Distance on the Genetic Diversity of Blue Flag Irises (Iris versicolor)(i/) in the Bay of Fundy

2:00 pm Sarah Nalven (’13) Characterizing the Epibiotic Community of Green Frogs and Their Role in Host Immunity

Session Chair: Catherine Bevier

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Poster Sessions – Robins Room, Roberts

PLEASE NOTE - Posters will be set up before 12 noon on the day assigned and taken down between 5 and 6 PM on the same day. They will be on display for one day only. Posters will be attended by the authors from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. 

 May 1st – 3rd

Wednesday, Paul Macklis (’15) and Kaitlin Curran (’14) • The Impact of Acute Ethanol Exposure on the Innate Immune System of Zebrafish

Wednesday, Tyler Parrott (’13), Laura Crowley (’13) and Matthew Wilson (’15) • The Functions Of Appendage-Patterning Genes During Development Of The Soapberry Bug, Jadera haematoloma

Wednesday, Laura Crowley (’13) and Maxwell Hogue (’13)  • Allelic Diversity In Appendage-Patterning Genes Among Phenotypically Divergent Populations Of The Soapberry Bug Jadera haematoloma

Wednesday, Laura Crowley (’13) • Exploring Novel Delivery Methods for Systemic Gene Knockdown By RNA Interference In The Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus ________________________________________________________________

Thursday, Josie Bazemore (’13) • fMLP Mediates in vitro Neutrophil Chemotaxis from Harvested Zebrafish Kidneys

Thursday, Kelly Bourgon (’14) • Expression of the Circadian Rhythm Protein CRYPTOCHROME in Eyestalks of Uca pugilator

Thursday, Katerina Faust (’14) • The Influence of Pathogenic Fungal Infection on Antipredator Behavior of Tadpoles

Thursday, Sarah Lane-Reticker (’16) • The Quest for an Enzyme-Regulating Motif in Extremophilic Microbe Bacterioopsins

Thursday, Louisa Walker (’13) • The Conjugal Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids in Lactic Acid Bacteria During the Ripening of Cheese

Thursday, Victoria Abel (’14), Emma Donohoe (’14), Lydia Ball (’13) and Sarah Nalven (’13) • The Role of Epibiotic Bacteria in Modulating Skin Secretion Production in the Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer, and Woodfrog, Lithobates sylvaticus _____________________________________________________

Friday, Molly Susla (’13) • The Rockweed Harvest

Friday, Adam Spierer (’13) • Relationship of Cross-Linking Potential to Mechanism of Cell Death

Friday, Christine Wamsley (’15)  • Identifying the Regulatory Site of the Lycopene Elongase Enzyme in the Extremophilic Microbe Halobacterium salinarum

Friday, Kaitlin Curran (’14) and Paul Macklis (’15) • Responses of Zebrafish Phagocytic Cells to Opsonized Bacteria

Friday, Caitlin Curcuruto (’13) and Emily Arsenault (’14) • The Effects of Modern Agricultural Methods on Colony Collapse Disorder

Friday, Conor Richardson (’13) and Emily Karr (’13) • Investigation of the Role of ADAMTS-5 and Cdh3 Effector Genes in TGF-β-induced Mammary Epithelial Cell Invasion.

Friday, Cassie Huang (’13) and Jessie Rottersman • Effects of Nicotine and Indole-3-carbinol Exposure in a Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Friday, Jie Liu (’14) • Genome-wide Translational Profiling of Central and Peripheral Clock Cells in Drosophila melanogaster