LycoGenes
Volume 4 - 2000-2001 Academic Year

A Journal of Biology work done by and for Lycoming College Students.

Biology Colloquium - meets Thursday @ noon, room G-11
Date Presenter(s) Topic/Abstract
8/30 Orientation  
9/7 Dr. Michael Steele, Department of Biology,  Wilkes University.  From seed chemistry to forest structure: the effects of small mammals on the dispersal and establishment of oaks.
9/14 Jen Kowalchick 
Missy Stokes 
Christy Roselli
JK - Gall Fly Ovipositional Choice on Goldenrod
CR - BH-Spectrin in an overexpression system
MS - Use of 2-D Proteomics in the Identification of Sperm Antigens for the Development of an Immunocontraceptive
9/21 Meghann Clark MC - Sediment Disturbance and its Effect on Methylmercury
9/28  Jessica Gehr 
 Devin Lahr
 Kasey Steinbacher 
 Lisa Meyers 
JG -  Canine Heartworm Disease
LM & KS - Classification of the family Felidae
10/5  Melissa Fogg 
 Darlene Moyer 
DM- Menopause
MF - The Use of Video Imaging in Studying Oncopeltus fasciatus and Its Natural Symbiont Leptomonas oncopelti
10/12  Lucinda Bradley 
 Bob Dick 
 Mike McMonigal 
MM- Environmental Education
Friday, 
Oct. 20, 2000 
3:30 PM
 Dr. Craig Merlic, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Exploiting Mother Nature's Arsenal: Modern Organic Chemistry in the Fight against Disease
10/28 Lissa Davis 
Jendy Yon
LD - Feeding disorders in children
JY - Development of a Test to Detect Peptide Hormone Bradykinin
11/2  Vicki Zubritski 
 Kim Wetzel 
KW - Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium
VZ - Cutaneous Vasodilation: The Demonstration of the Duration and Effect Selected Herbs have using Different Routes of Delivery in the Red Spotted Newt.
11/9 Peggy Miller 
Jessica Swartz 
Julie Neff
JN - Ion Permeability of Amphibian Skin
JS - Summer as a Medical Assistant
11/16 Andrea McDowell 
Amy Allen 
AM - ENDOCRINOLOGY:  A Focus on Diabetes Mellitus
AA - SQUIRRELS, TANNINS AND MIMICRY
11/30 John Shaffer 
Alyson Cornell 
Brenda MacPhail
JS - Cystic Fibrosis
AC - Reflexive Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
BP
12/7  Erin McCracken 
 Emily Stricker 
 Megan Zimmerman 
ES & MZ - Leaf Processing in  Streams and the Determination of Fungal Biomass via a Chemical Index.
EM - Making Lycoming College ‘Greener’
1/13    
1/20  
1/27  
2/1 Wendi Meyers WM - Saint John's Wort
2/8 Christina Boob. Julie Wagner, Anna Bucher  CB&JW - Expression and purification of FGAR amidostransferase subunits
AB - Cloning Staphylococcus aureus Pur L into IMPACT System Vector TYB2
2/15 Lisa Klein, Heather Wilt  HW - Osteoporosis
LK-LASIK: laser-assisted intrastromal in-situ keratomileusis
2/22 Kim Murray, Alyssa Catlin, Bryan LaPlante AC - Canine Hip Dysplasia
BL-Genetic Testing
KM - Hereditary Hermorrhagic Telagiectasia
3/8 Cory Zimmerman, Jolene Hilwig, Erin Mumma  CZ-Extraterrestrial Biology
EM-WHY THE CORMORANT? A STUDY ON THE USE OF CORMORANTS AS FISHER-BIRDS BY THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE
JH-Ethanol's Influence on Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF-A) and It's Alpha receptor (PDGF-alpha receptor) in Prenatal and Postnatal Rat Cerebral Cortex
3/15 Katie Ely, Kristen Skvorak SK - Studies of the Hairless Mouse Vesicant Model to Evaluate the Effectiveness of P&T (Pretreatment and Treatment) Compounds Against Cutaneous Sulfur Mustard
KE White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Reproduction and Population Issues
3/22 Rachel Shuster, Amy Fenstermacher RS-Whitetail deer management at the Montour Preserve (3rd year)
AF-Tracking Small Mammals
3/29 Becky Tully, Sarah Small, Andy Conklin  SS-THE EFFECTS OF FERN REMOVAL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER PLANT SPECIES
BT - Muncy Creek Water Quality
AC- Asperger's Syndrome
4/5 Amy Mayhew, Matt Sweet AM - Cloning of the Staphylococcus aureus purM gene using the
 pET15b expression vector
 MS - Wild Turkeys
4/12 Kevin Frederick, Mitch Marzo, Devin Lahr, Robin Terranella DL - Camellia sinensis and its possible weight loss effects
 KF,MM - FGAR Amidotransferase structure/function predictions
RT - Milk Thistle as a Medicinal Herb
4/19  Geoff Smith, Katie Eaton, Frank Brescia GS -The Colonziation of Benthic Macroinvertebrates 
following contruction of Fluvial Geomorphologic Structures
FB - Hiatal Hernia Repair
KE - Sports Nutrition