LycoGenes - 1998-1999 Academic Year

LycoGenes Volume 2 - 1998-1999 Academic Year

A Journal of Biology work done by and for Lycoming College Students. Presentations made at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science
April 9-11, 1999 at the Pocono Manor and Resort.

MUTAGENESIS AND EXPRESSION OF MAMMALIAN CLOTTING FACTOR IX. Mark McCleland*, Edward Gabriel, and Katherine High
THE ALLELOPATHIC POTENTIAL OF SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA (GOLDENROD). Michelle A. Briggs
ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF CORONILLA VARIA (CROWN VETCH) ON FIVE OPEN FIELD SPECIES. Megan Hedlund* and Michelle A. Briggs
POST-PROBING DETECTION OF HYBRIDIZED AND NON-HYBRIDIZED DNA WITH ETHIDIUM BROMIDE IN AGAROSE GELS. Jeanine Evans* and Jack D. Diehl
AMPLIFICATION AND CLONING OF THE ESCHERICHIA COLI FGAR AMIDOTRANSFERASE GENE INTO AN EXPRESSION VECTOR. Laura Singer* and Jeffrey Newman
AMPLIFICATION, CLONING, AND EXPRESSION OF THE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS purY GENE. Lori Schultz* and Jeffrey Newman
PCR AMPLIFICATION OF RHIZOBIUM PURINE BIOSYNTHETIC GENES AND CLONING INTO AN EXPRESSION VECTOR. Rachel M. Lawton*, Kimberly A. Mistiszyn and Jeffrey D. Newman
WHITE-TAIL DEER MANAGEMENT AT MONTOUR PRESERVE. Colleen M. Heisey* and Mel Zimmerman (Lycoming College).
EFFECTS OF TUNDRA VOLE (MICROTUS OECONOMUS) HERBIVORY ON ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM (COTTON GRASS). Megan Hedlund* and Michelle A. Briggs
EVALUATION OF A CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY (DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA). Mel Zimmerman*, Wiley Okeson, Jay Bagley and Ashley Lenig.

Protein Structure Projects from Cell Biology and Molecular Biology Courses

The Chime plug-in is required to view the tutorials below.

Jeff Newman - Sesquiterpene Cyclase

Laura Singer - Major Histocompatibility Complex I

Mark McCleland - Clotting Factor IX

Matthew Georgy - Estrogen Receptor Ligand-Binding Domain and DNA-Binding Domain

Lori Schultz - Ras interaction with Son of Sevenless (SOS, a guanine nucleotide release factor)

Rosalie Wise - Firefly Luciferase

Brian Jubeck - Acetylcholinesterase

Student PowerPoint Presentations from Colloquium

Megan Hedlund - Allelopathy of Coronilla varia
Steven Simchak - What I Did on My Summer Vacation (Fun With Aluminum)
Pamela Owen - Acute Myeloid Leukemia
James Hock - Histology/Pathology Internship at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg
Veronica Buttari - Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy
Traci Lutz - A facial discrimination task on the inversion effect
Lisa Elliot - Pressure Ulcers,an upcoming issue in health care
Jason Catanzaro and Brian Jubeck - PCR Amplification and Cloning of Staphylococcus aureus purL Gene Into A Vector

Biology Colloquium - meets Thursday @ noon, room G-11 (click here for policies)
Click here for abstract submission form so you can just cut and paste your abstract

Date	Presenter(s)	Topic/Abstract
9/3	Orientation
9/10	Dr. Briggs	Allelopathic potential of goldenrod (Solidago altissima)
9/17	Megan Hedlund	Summer Research Experience in Alaska
9/24	Dr. Bruce McPheron, Penn. State Univ.	Around the World with Fruit Flies: Tracking the Global Invasion of Insect Pests through their DNA
10/1	Melissa Dillman, Michelle Paul	Alzheimer's Disease
Friday 10/9 3:30 PM	Dr. Mary Townsley	Homecoming Distinguished Alumni Lecture Note special day and time - no Thursday meeting.
10/15	Sara Breese, Laura Singer	SB - Pavlovian Cues Predicting Food Suppress Corticosterone Following Food Reduction LS - Animal Conservation
10/22	Merideth Adams, Ashley Lenig	AL - Summer Experience with Natural Resource Conservation Service
10/29	Stephen Simchak Jason Cook	SS - Fun With Aluminum JC - Summer Internship with PennDOT
11/5	Casey Barnes Mark McCleland	CB - Summer experience at Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. MM - Mutagenesis and Expression of Mammalian Clotting Factor IX
11/12	Deanna Bump Jay Bagley	DB - Summer Experience at Reptileland JB - Independent Study - Monitoring of a Constructed Wetland
11/19	Aaron Kostocki	AK - Pfiesteria
12/3	Keith Jenkins Kelly Bair Karen Lyons	KB - Minced Muscle Regeneration in the Red Spotted Newt KL - The effects of magnetic fields on revascularization in newts
12/10	Mandi Stranix Sara Banks	Summer Podiatry Internships
1/14	Nick Johnson Aaron Franke	AF - Knee Replacement Surgery
1/21	Chris Montville Elizabeth Miller	EM - Environmental Effects on Plants' Antibacterial Qualities
1/28	Jim Hock Pamela Owen	JH - Histology/Pathology Internship at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg PO - Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2/4	Rose Connelly	RC - An analysis and evaluation of Hypericin in over-the-counter St. John's Wort
2/11	Michelle Morgan Laura Botsford	MM - Summer Work Experience at Fisher Scientific LB - Inclusion Body Myositis: An Inflammatory Myopathy
2/18	Penny Klindt Lisa Schnauffer Shirley Eiswerth	PK - Practicum Experience as a Personal Trainer LS - Summer Internship at the New Jersey State Aquarium SE - Coral Reefs
2/25	Bob Allen Anne Heimel Colleen Heisey	AH - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome CH - White-tail deer management at Montour Preserve BA - Bioethics
3/11	Kim Mistiszyn Lori Schultz Rachel Lawton	Amplification, Cloning and Expression of FGAR Amidotransferase Genes (KM - Rhizobium etli purQ; RL - Rhizobium etli purY; LS - Staphylococcus aureus purY)
3/18	Brooke Battin Jan Houseknecht	JH - Fungus-a-mungus: a quick look at hallucinogenic mushrooms
3/25	Megan Kennedy Erin Pazehoski	EP - Practicum at Shavers Creek Environmental Center MK - Eating Disorders
4/1	Ashley Kindlimann Lisa Elliot Traci Lutz	AK - Pharmacy Practicum and Independent Study LE - Pressure Ulcers,an upcoming issue in health care. TL - A facial discrimination task on the inversion effect
4/8	Veronica Buttari Michele Beaver	VB - Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy MB - Alopecia Areata and Lichen Planus
4/15	Heather Hensler Brian Jubeck Jason Catanzaro	HH - Erosion of Barrier Islands JC & BJ - The Staphylococcus aureus purL gene
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