Proceedings of the 121th ias annual meeting

Senior Poster Program
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Anthropology Section
1. IOWA PROJECTILE POINTS: A TRAVELING DISPLAY
Cellular, Molecular & Microbiology Section
11. VERIFICATION OF CLOMELEON INSERTION IN PPD30_69 AND GENERATION OF TRANSGENIC CAENORHABDITIS
Alex Abel, Alyssa Hudnall, Jennifer Davis and Elizabeth Ahrendsen 12. ISOLATION OF YEAST GENES THAT SUPPRESS THE CHROMOSOME LOSS DEFECT OF YSM’S 22, 77, 83, AND 84 Chelsea Carter, Allen Christie, Matthew Dicken, Holly Helget, Davy Hong, Yun Kim, Stefan Mazurek, Whitney Michaels, Lahn Nguyen, Whitney Peterson, Kendra Swehla, Jill Swenson, Maggie Thomas, Clare Tolliver, Nicole Wilt and Heidi Sleister 13. THE EXPRESSION OF ENDOTHELIN-CONVERTING ENZYME-1 ISOFORMS IN MURINE CELLS: IDENTIFICATION OF A Kashmira Chawla, Jeffrey Divino and Andrew Brittingham 14. EXAMINATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL MECHANISM FOR THE ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF PROLINE IN SAC- 15. IDENTIFICATION OF NEURONAL PROTEINS TARGETED BY THE HERPESVIRUS PROTEIN G-E Jennifer Flint, Benjamin Lancaster, Katelyn Nehring and Brian A. Lenzmeier 16. INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF THE NOVEL POLYGLUTAMINE PROTEIN KIAA1946βββ Daniel L. Haus and Geoffrey M. Goellner 17. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES AND THE INTESTINAL BACTERIA FROM THREE Aubrey Hauswirth and Brian A. Lenzmeier 18. PICK1 (PROTEIN INTERACTING WITH C-KINASE 1) INTERACTS WITH LUMEN RECRUITMENT FACTOR (LRF) AND DIGEORGE CRITICAL REGION 6 (DGCR6) IN THE YEAST TWO-HYBRID ASSAY Alesia Hruska-Hageman, Elizabeth Shultz and Ashlee Pingel 19. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEX DETERMINATION VIA PCR AS A MEANS TO CONTROL THE EASTERN REDCEDAR (JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA) Jackie Knibbe, Elizabeth Truesdell and Todd Tracy 20. THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN C AND ECHINACEA ON ANTIBODY PRODUCTION BY MURINE B CELLS Megan Kruckenberg, Brian A. Lenzmeier and Cassy Cozine 21. INTERMEDIATES OF THE MEVALONATE PATHWAY CAN REVERSE THE STATIN-MEDIATED INHIBITION OF YT-INDY Timothy Steele, Ryan Dornbier, Alex Iannone and Deb Potym-Torbert Copyright 2009 Iowa Academy of Science. All Rights Reserved.
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Cellular, Molecular & Microbiology Section (continued)
22. DETERMINATION OF TRANSGENE INSERTION IN GENETICALLY ALTERED MICEβββ Jamie Lynn Totman and Marilyn C. Hart 23. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS UPON SERIAL EXPOSURE TO ANTIBIOTICS Jessica Warneke, Ally Eymann and Brian A. Lenzmeier 24. CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA IN ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITIES 25. THE SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF YEAST GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE IS DEPENDENT UPON GLYCOGEN CONTENT Wayne A. Wilson, Michael P. Boyer and Michael Burke
Chemistry Section
33. MEASURING THE STABILITY OF CARBOCATIONS VIA A CHEMICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHβββ
Aliza Erickson, Mary VanZee, Nicola L. Pohl, Corbin J. Zea and Laura Salazar
34. STUDY OF OCTADECANETHIOL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS ON GALLIUM ARSENIDE Zane C. Gernhart, Keith D. Foreman and Timothy T. Ehler
Ecology & Conservation Section
36. OSTRACOD ECTOPARASITE IN TWO NORTHWESTERN IOWA FENS
Joshua Abel, Brooklyn Krings, Joseph Vandyke and Richard Lampe 37. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF 17-ALPHA ETHINYLESTRADIOL ON FATHEAD MINNOWSβββ Zachary Barnes, Tony Flatness, Heather Patterson and Johanna Foster 38. THE ALLELOPATHIC PROPERTIES OF FRUIT AND LEAF EXTRACTS OF THE INVASIVE EUROPEAN BUCKTHORN (RHAMNUS CATHARTICA) AND WHITE MULBERRY (MORUS ALBA) Erica Boyd, Todd Tracy, Jenna Noble, Erin Brogan, Jacob Gaster and Heidi Doty 39. EFFECTS OF EASTERN REDCEDAR AND ITS REMOVAL ON INVERTEBRATE ABUNDANCE AND RICHNESS IN TWO Erin Brogan, Jacob Gaster, Jenna Noble, Heidi Doty, Erica Boyd and Todd Tracy 40. DEEP LEARNING: THE IMPACT OF SKUNK RIVER NAVY EXPERIENCE ON ATTITUDES TOWARD, AND UNDERSTAND-ING OF, IOWA’S STREAMS James T. Colbert, James D. Holtz, Benjamin C. Herman and Joanne K. Olson 41. STREAM BANK STABILIZATION IN A SMALL URBAN STREAM CORRIDOR 42. AVIAN TRENDS WITHIN NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AS COMPARED TO THE LARGER LANDSCAPE Tyler M. Harms, Brian F. M. Olechnowski and Diane M. Debinski Senior Poster Program
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Ecology & Conservation Section (continued)
43. THE EFFECTS OF PLANTING METHODS AND GRANIVORY ON SEEDLING EMERGENCE AND ESTABLISHMENT IN A Justin V. Huisman, Daryl D. Smith and Dave W. Williams 44. WETLAND SEED BANKS AND FRESHWATER BIOREMEDIATION 45. HISTORIC VEGETATION COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE AT THE PRAIRIE-FOREST BORDER IN NORTHEASTERN Elizabeth Lynch, Stephanie Tomscha and Lisa Schulte 46. ASSESSING EFFECTS OF FIRE AND GRAZING ON PRAIRIE INSECT BIODIVERSITY Michael Rausch, Diane M. Debinski, Laura Merrick, Ray Moranz, Dave Engle, Ryan Harr and Jim Miller 47. COMPARISON OF SMALL MAMMAL POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS IN ADJACENT WOODLANDS AND PRAIRIES OF MT. TALBOT PRESERVE IN PLYMOUTH CO., IOWA James C. Stroh, Brett Miner, Justin Flammang, Thomas Butzke and Patrick Dempsey 48. RECOLONIZATION OF A TALL GRASS PRAIRIE BY SMALL TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS AFTER A SPRING BURN IN MT. James C. Stroh, Brett Miner, Justin Flammang, Adam Mathers and Ryan Oetken
Engineering Section
66. CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PAIRED GRINDING: A DEFECT DETERRENT POLISHING TECHNOLOGY
David Asplund, Ann Klein, Pavan Karra and Abhijit Chandra 67. DESIGN OF COATED SPHERES FOR NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX IN A META-FILM AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES
Environmental Science & Health Section
76. PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA IN CORN SILAGE AS DETERMINED BY 16S RRNA GENE SE- 77. INVESTIGATION OF THE SOURCE AND TRANSFORMATION OF NITRATE IN THE WAVERLY QUADRANGLE USING DUAL STABLE ISOTOPES Amanda Clarkson, Chad Heinzel, Drew Kreman and Adam Campbell 78. PREVALENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) Blake M. Hanson, Abby L. Harper, Raymond P. Scheibel, Lisa K. Roberts and Tara C. Smith Senior Poster Program
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Environmental Science & Health Section (continued)
79. SWINE WORKERS: AN EMERGING RISK GROUP FOR COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHY- Abby L. Harper, Michael J. Male, Raymond P. Scheibel, Blake Hanson and Tara C. Smith 80. WHAT'S IN OUR WATER? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT WELL WATER NITRATE LEVELS AND THE IOWA COUNTY 81. CHARACTERIZATION OF VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE IN ENTEROCOCCI ISOLATED FROM THE RACCOON RIVER (IOWA) WATERSHED Bryan Larsen, Michahel Essmann, Simon Geletta, Barbara Duff, Anshul Dutta and Michelle Evans
Geology Section
87. SINKHOLE SOIL PARTICLE SIZE AND SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A KARST LANDSCAPE: WAVERLY, IOWA
88. INSOLATION, ENSO, AND SOLAR CONTROLS ON NORTHERN AUSTRALIA MOISTURE Rebecca Ellerbroek and Rhawn Denniston 89. UN-DEGRADED FARM CHEMICALS AND HEAVY METALS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF SILVER LAKE, IOWA Matthew J. Even, Mohammad Z. Iqbal and Kenneth J. De Nault 90. NEW AGE CONSTRAINTS ON A STALAGMITE PALEOCLIMATE RECORD FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA Emily Krauter and Rhawn Denniston 91. SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE WAVERLY QUADRANGLE, BREMER COUNTY IOWA Drew Kreman, Chad Heinzel and Amanda Clarkson
Iowa Science Teaching Section
98. OMIG—LOL! (O’ my Iowa Geology—Loving Outdoor Learning!)
Chad Heinzel, John Dunkhase and James Walters
99. STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY Chad Heinzel, Cherin Lee and James Walters
Organismal Biology Section
101. THE STUDY OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN STRAUZIA LONGIPENNIS βββ
Laura Blythe, Ian McNish and Marty Condon
102. SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS: A LOOK AT FOREST ECOLOGY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN EASTERN Frances A. Eggers and Gerald L. Zuercher

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Organismal Biology Section (continued)
103. MISSISSIPPI RIVER TURTLE CAPTURE/RECAPTURE SUCCESS: EFFECTS OF TRAP ORIENTATION AND LOCATION S. Andrew Satterlee and Gerald L. Zuercher 104. TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON PAINTED AND SNAPPING TURTLES Anthony Siegle and Sonia Morrone
Physiology & Health Sciences Section
108. PLACEMENT OF THE RECORDING EMG ELECTRODE INFLUENCES THE MEASUREMENT OF SOLEUS H-REFLEX
Preeti Deshpande, Leslie Foley, Jenilee Foster, Andrea Kroese, Carmen Travis and Doug Giles 109. THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE MOTIVATION ON POWER OUTPUT AND FATIGUE Christopher Dirkx and Matthew Nicholson 110. EFFECTS OF VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION (VNS) ON THE THRESHOLD AND INCIDENCE OF ACONITINE-INDUCED CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS IN THE ANESTHETIZED RATβββ Rachel M. Firkins, Pooja N. Patel, Katie Welliver and Julia A. Moffitt 111. DRIED ECHINACEA SEEDHEADS MAY BE MORE POTENT IMMUNOSTIMULATORS THAN DRIED ECHINACEA LEAVES Griffin B. Hoffmann and David S. Senchina 112. IMMUNOSTIMULATORY PROPERTIES OF ECHINACEA LAEVIGATA EXTRACTS MAY VARY BY PLANT ORGAN Bradley K. Laflen, Nisarg B. Shah and David S. Senchina 113. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF EXERCISE FOR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN 114. PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL CYTOKINE AND PROLIFERATIVE RESPONSE TO IN VITRO ECHINACEA STIMULATION IN MALE COLLEGE WRESTLERS AND SOCCER PLAYERS DURING PRESEASON PRACTICE Nisarg B. Shah, Danielle M. Doty and David S. Senchina 115. FEDERALLY-ENDANGERED ECHINACEA LAEVIGATA MAY HAVE IMMUNOMODULATORY PROPERTIES MOST SIMI- Jennifer H. Strauch, Breanna R. Dumke and David S. Senchina 116. USE OF MUSCLE CO-ACTIVATION AS A PAIN REDUCTION MECHANISM IN PATIENTS WITH TERMINAL OS-TEOARTHRITIS DURING GAIT Vassilios Vardaxis, Dane Hansen, Becca Meier and Craig Mahoney

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