SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2009
Poster Session I (11:45am - 1:00pm)
P1 (11:45am) THE GENERATION OF INSERTION MUTANTS IN BURKHOLDERIA SP. PVA5 TO CHARACTERIZE THEIR NITROGEN–FIXING ASSOCIATION WITH THE NON–NODULATING LEGUME, GLEDITSIA TRIACNTHOS. Kelsi Busch*, Jocelyn Dinh (Gary Kuleck and Michelle Lum) Dept. of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045
P2 (11:45am) CURRENT RESEARCH ON DEVELOPMENT OF BIOFILMS BY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA STRAIN PAK, IN A HELA CELL CULTURE Shereen Arco* and Drew Almodovar# (Kathleen Tallman), Azusa Pacific University, Dept. of Biology and Chemistry, Azusa, CA 91702-7000; #Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263
P3 (11:45am) RAPID ISOCRATIC HPLC ANALYSIS OF CAPSAICINS, by Sean Stiles, Danielle Hogg and Mark Burton (Tara Sirvent), Department of Biology; Vanguard University; Costa Mesa, CA 92626
P4 (11:45am) DO THE CUTANEOUS BACTERIA OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BULLFROG (RANA CATESBEIANA) PLAY A ROLE IN PROTECTING IT FROM THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS? Amanda Payne, Ashley Nunez, Shakib Ali*, (Antje Lauer and Kathleen Szick-Miranda), California State University of Bakersfield, Department of Biology, Bakersfield, CA 93311.
P5 (11:45am) EXPRESSION OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA PYRUVATE KINASE IN E. COLI. by Laura Ramirez (T.J. Savage), Department of Chemistry, California State University at Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
P6 11:45am) ORB WEB GEOMETRY AND HEAVY METAL BIOACCUMULATION IN GARDEN SPIDERS (ARGIOPE SP.) Aimee-Therese Cruz*, Farah Srichandra* and Bethy Woubeshet (Ben Fitzpatrick and Martin G. Ramirez), Loyola Marymount University, Department of Biology and Mathematics, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
P7 (11:45am) STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF PRE-QUEUOSINE RIBOSWITCH. Natalie German*, Nadia Sebastian* and Catherine Nosacka (Juliane Soukup), Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178
P8 (11:45am) CHANGES IN LEVELS OF PHOSPHORYLATED CaMKII (pCaMKII) AND PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2B (PP2B) IN RAT HIPPOCAMPUS AND OVERLYING CORTEX AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI). Ashley Rose Snyder* , Haley Sauder, and Garrett Sheumaker (Michael Folkerts), Pepperdine University, Dept. of Psychology, Malibu, CA 90263.
P9 (11:45am) THE CELLULAR BASIS OF SEX-COMB ROTATION IN DROSOPHILA. Helio Costa* (Artyom Kopp), University of California-Davis, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, Davis, CA 95616
P10 (11:45am) DISRUPTION OF HIPPOCAMPAL LONG-TERM POTENTIATION BY INHIBITION OF PROTEIN DEGRADATION. Katherine Fehlhaber*1 and Marwan Maalouf2 (Felix Schweizer2) 1Scripps College, Claremont, CA 91711. 2Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
P11 (11:45am) ISOLATION AND GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE FROM THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. Leila Haghighat*, Andrew Ang, Kayla Busby, Simmi Deo, Sahrish Ekram, Crystal Estrada, Ethan Fram, Bridget Guiza, Auroni Gupta, Kevin He, Jason Ho, Diana Li, Tina Lu, Emilie Nguyen, Katrina Nguyen, Joseph Segal, Tin-yun Tang, Jonathan Tsay, Hannah Wang, Theresa Wong, Philip Wu, and Yun Yang (Marcy Erb, Joe Pogliano and Kit Pogliano), University of California, San Diego, Dept. of Biology, La Jolla, CA 92093.
P12 (11:45am) PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF THE OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER AND INVASIVE MONITORING OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE Sepehr Shojaei* and Jason Morris* (John C. Fox and Shahram Lotfipour). UCI Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine. Orange, CA 92868
P13 (11:45am) EMBRYONIC ZEBRAFISH (DANIO REIO) AS A MODEL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENTS USING SCANNING LASER IMAGE CORRELATION (SLIC) Abigail East* and Molly J Rossow, (William W Mantulin and Enrico Gratton), University of California Irvine: Biomedical Engineering Department, Irvine, CA 92697
P14 (11:45am) EVIDENCE FOR CNG ION CHANNELS IN CNIDARIAN PHOTOTRANSDUCTION CASCADES. Caitlin Fong* and Dave Plachetzki, (Todd Oakley), University of California Santa Barbara, Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610.
P15 (11:45am) LOCALIZATION OF PKC ACTIVITY IN ASCIDIAN SPERM ACTIVATION. Rolando Ruiz*, Kathleen Allen and Ali Lotfizadeh (Robert Koch), California State University, Fullerton, Dept. of Biological Science, Fullerton, CA 92834.
P16 (11:45am) USING A TRANSGENIC ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA REVERSION ASSAY TO STUDY HEAVY METAL LEVELS AND HEAVY METAL ‘HOT SPOTS’ IN THE BALLONA WETLANDS Jessica Lum and Jamie Yeung* (Gary Kuleck) Dept. of Biology, MS-8220, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045
P17 (11:45am): ARE SEASTARS OF THE GENUS LEPTASTERIAS SEPARATED BY HABITAT IN THE ROCKY INTERTIDAL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA? AN ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA AND MORPHOLOGY. Richard Coleman*, Alyssa Lai and Ashley Smith (C. Sarah Cohen), Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 94920
P18 (11:45am) A PUTATIVE PKS GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR HYPERICIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L., by Zechariah Franks (Tara Sirvent), Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
P19 (11:45am) INJURY SEVERITY DIFFERENTIALLY MODIFIES SENSITIVITY TO DEXAMETHASONE AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI). Stephen M. Gardner*, Christine J. Kim, and Shayan U. Rahman (Richard L Sutton and Anna N. Taylor) David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095
P20 (11:45am) INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENTAL HEALTH IN MICE AND LIZARDS. Tiffany Mock* (Wendy J. Binder), Loyola Marymount University, Dept. of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
P21 (11:45am) INVESTIGATING MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN THE RHIZOSPHERE USING MOLECULAR METHODS By: Nathan Carillo*, Elizabeth Llanes* and Sean Villaflores*,(Michelle Lum) Loyola Marymount University- Department of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045
P22 (11:45am) PATTERNS OF GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION AMONG MOUNTAINTOP POPULATIONS OF WESTERN FENCE LIZARD (SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS) DO NOT SUPPORT A POST-PLEISTOCENE RANGE EXPANSION. Maria J. Rios* and Andrew Sykahara (James W. Archie), California State University, Long Beach, Dept. of Biology, Long Beach, CA 90840
P23 (11:45am) EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF PROTEASOME INHIBITOR MG132 ON APOPTOTIC CEM HUMAN LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS. Oscar Nnoli* (R. D. Medh), California State University, Northridge, Dept. of Biology, Northridge, CA 91330.
P24 (11:45am) EFFECT OF COQ10 DELETION ON SENSITIVITY TO FATTY ACID-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE. Kathleen Hirano* (Catherine F. Clarke). University of California, Los Angeles, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Los Angeles, CA 90024.
P25 (11:45am) INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL TYPE IV PILI IN BIOFILM FORMATION AND PLANT COLONIZATION. Or Simel* and Oz Simel, (Michelle R. Lum), Loyola Marymount University, Dept. of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
P26 (11:45am) BLOOD CELLS AND POSSIBLE STEM CELLS IN BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS. Katherine Januszewicz*, Heidi Swangler* and Brian Gilchrist* (Elena Keeling), California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Biological Sciences Department, CA 93407.
P27 (11:45am) STUDY OF ESCHERICHIA COLI SINGLE GENE KNOCKOUT STRAINS’ SUSCEPTIBILITY TO GENOTOXIC AGENTS E. Becket, F. Chen* and C. Tamae (J. H. Miller). Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. University of California, Los Angeles.
P28 (11:45am) ALLELOPATHY, SEED PREDATION AND SHADING AS DETERMINANTS OF COASTAL SAGE SCRUB INVASIBILITY Akana Noto* (Frances Hanzawa), Pomona College, Dept. of Biology, Claremont, CA 91711.
P29 (11:45am) CELL PROLIFERATION CAUSED BY ZIC1 IN XENOPUS LAEVIS . Alfred H. Swanson* and Jean Cornish (Christa Merzdorf). Montana State University, Dept. of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Bozeman, MT, 59715.
P30 (11:45am) C-TERMINAL MUTATIONS IN THE DExH/D-BOX PROTEIN PRP43 MAY CAUSE DEFECT SIN PRE-mRNA SPLICING AND RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS IN VIVO. Lindsay Pietruszewski (Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert), Joint Science Department of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA 91711.
P31 (11:45am) SPACE USE BY PLAINS BISON BEFORE VERSUS DURING THE RUT Jeremiah Minich* and Lane Votapka (Mike Mooring), Point Loma Nazarene University, Department of Biology, San Diego, CA 92106.
Poster Session II (2:30-3:45pm)
P32 (2:30pm) CLONING OF WNT AND β-CATENIN FROM BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS. Manasa Chandra*, Sunil Patel*, Sahar Rosenblum*, and James Tumulak*. (Elena L. Keeling). California Polytechnic State University, Dept of Biological Sciences, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.
P33 (2:30pm) THE USE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI GENE KNOCKOUT MUTANTS TO EXAMINE THE MECHANISMS OF THE NOVEL ANTIBIOTIC, BICYCLOMYCIN Lillian Tran*, Anne Liu and Katherine P. Tran (Jeffrey H. Miller), University of California, Los Angeles, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and The Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
P34 (2:30pm) GERMLINE STEM CELLS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: CORRELATION BETWEEN GERMLINE PHENOTYPE AND PROGENY DISTRIBUTION. Ankita Patel* and Joseph Russell* (M. Catharine McElwain), Loyola Marymount University, Dept. of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
P35 (2:30pm) GENE FUSER DEFUSER: IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE FUSION GENES WITH AN AUTOMATED SEARCH ALGORITHM. Hannah Salim* (André Cavalcanti), Pomona College, Department of Biology, Claremont, CA 91711.
P36 (2:30pm) GENERATION OF MUSCLE PROGENITOR CELLS FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS. Tuan Tran* and Cory Peterson (April Pyle), Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
P37 (2:30pm) INVESTIGATION OF COMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMANTS OF KLUYVERMYCES LACTIS TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CELL DIVISION CYCLE MUTANTS RCY246 AND RCY435. Elysia Carnagey* (Linda Silveira), University of Redlands, Dept. of Biology, Redlands, CA 92373
P38 (2:30pm) A MARK & RECAPTURE STUDY INVESTIGATING NUCELLA LIMA RECOLONIZATION AND SURVIVAL AFTER A LOCAL EXTINCTION Sarah Wood*12 (David Tallmon)3 1Humboldt State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Arcata, CA 95521 Research Experience for Undergraduates Student, Summer 2006, 2University of Alaska REU Program, Juneau, Alaska, 99801, USA 3Biology Program, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK 99801.
P39 (2:30pm) DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSIENT ASSAY TO MONITOR CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN PLANTS Jasmine King* (Steve Kay), University of California San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences, La Jolla, CA 92093.
P40 (2:30pm) QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTI-SIGNAL ACTIVATION OF CELLULAR RESPONSES IN MULTIPLE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. Karen Yan*, Ibrahim Al-Shoukyh, Fuqu Yu and Jiaying Feng (Ren Sun), University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
P41 (2:30pm) THE IMPACT OF SILENCING TALIN ON THE CELL CYCLE AND APOPTOSIS IN HUMAN CELLS. Brian T. Beaty* (Yuko J. Miyamoto), Elon University, Dept. of Biology, Elon, NC 27244.
P42 (2:30pm) EFECTS OF AQUAPORIN-3b ON NEURAL TUBE CLOSURE. Anna Gerasimova* and Jean Cornish, (Christa Merzdorf), Montana State University, Dept. of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Bozeman, MT 59717.
P43 (2:30pm) EFFECTS OF GAIN-OF-FUNCTION ALLELES OF THE TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 18-WHEELER ON OPERCULUM MORPHOLOGY IN THE DROSOPHILA EGGSHELL. Marie Rippen* and Katrina Becker (Elizabeth D. Eldon), CSU Long Beach, Department of Biological Sciences, Long Beach, CA 90840
P44 (2:30pm) RHABDITOPHANES, A FREE-LIVING NEMATODE WITH A PARASITIC PAST Caroline Hilburn* and Samantha Lewis, (Dee Denver), Oregon State University, Department of Zoology, Corvallis, OR 97331
P45 (2:30pm) EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER AND INTERFERON TREATMENT. Lauren M. Smith* (Kate Rubins), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research) Stanford University, Program in Human Biology, Stanford, CA 94305
P46 (2:30pm) IDENTIFYING STRUCTURAL DIFFERNENCES OF PRION ISOFORMS BY MEASURING AMION ACID SOLVENT EXPOSURE USING TRYPTOPHAN FLOURESCENCE Alexandra Van de Motter*, Jessica Gilbert and Xu Qi (Michele McGuirl).The Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
P47 (2:30pm) INVESTIGATION OF THE PAST AND PRESENT DIVERSITY OF MICROCRUSTACEANS IN PONDS OF THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA Gina Martinez* (Antje Lauer), California State University, Bakersfield, Department of Biology, Bakersfield, CA, 93311.
P48 (2:30pm) IDENTIFICATION OF PHOSPHOINOSITIDE 3-KINASE PRODUCTS DURING ASCIDIAN SPERM ACTIVATION. Hector Mata-Chavez* (Robert Koch), California State University Fullerton, Dept of Biological Science, Fullerton, CA 92831
P49 (2:30pm) RIG-I INDEPENDENT ACTIVATION OF INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS. Janelle Ruiz* (Loyola Marymount University) and David Owen (Michael Gale, Jr), University of Washington, Dept. of Immunology, Seattle, WA 98195.
P50 (2:30pm) COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF A SEGMENT OF THE D. MOJAVENSIS DOT CHROMOSOME: SEQUENCE CONSERVATION AND SYNTENY WITH THE D. MELANOGASTER DOT CHROMOSOME. Brian Perez*,Anthony Pea, Adrian Rodriguez, Kevin Aguila and Lynda Villagomez (Gary Kuleck) Dept. of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045
P51 (2:30pm) EXPRESSION OF SEX PEPTIDE IN TRANSGENIC DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER TO DETERMINE IF ITS EXPRESSION HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE LIFE SPAN OF FEMALES. Alyse Huisken* (Nicole Bournias), California State University San Bernardino, Dept. of Biology, San Bernardino, CA 92407.
P52 (2:30pm) MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PHENOTYPIC AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF HEAT AND COLD STRESSES IN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DELETION STRAINS OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE. Kristine B. Hubbard*, Kenny R. Rodriguez and Stephanie D. Kuelbs (Kam D. Dahlquist), Loyola Marymount University, Department of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
P53 (2:30pm) DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH THROUGHPUT METABOLOME ANALYSIS PACKAGE FOR THERMOACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA Quinton Dowling* (Brady D. Lee and Mark Gunderson) The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID, 83605
P54 (2:30pm) CONSTRUCTION OF MOLECULAR PATHWAYS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENE REGULATION AND ADAPTATION TO HEAVY METALS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA AND RAFANUS SATIVUS. *Lynda Villagomez (Gary Kuleck) Dept. of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045
P55 (2:30pm) USING THE YEAST TWO HYBRID ASSAY TO ASSESS PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS OF PRP43. Alyssa Ward*, Charlene Guerra (Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert), Claremont McKenna College, Joint Science Department of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA 91711-5916
P56 (2:30pm) EXAMINING REMOVAL OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Helen M. Sanchez*, (Stanley B. Grant and.Jong Ahn), University of California, Irvine.
P57 (2:30pm) STRATIFICATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND TOTAL COLIFORMS IN FOREST LAKE OF MISSOURI. Ashley E. Winkler* (Cynthia Cooper and Michael Lockhart), Truman State University, Dept. of Biology, Kirksville, MO 63501.
P58 (2:30pm) THE EFFECTS OF ALLOPREGNANOLONE ON THE HYPOTHERMIC RESPONSE TO ETHANOL IN INTACT AND GONADECTOMIZED / ADRENALECTIZED (GDX/ADX) MALE RATS. Christine J. Kim*, Stephen M. Gardner and Delia L. Tio (Anna N. Taylor), David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Neurobiology, Los Angeles, CA 90095
P59 (2:30pm) CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF PUTATIVE CLASS II HMG CoA REDUCTASE FROM BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA, Holly Dembinski* (Jeff Watson), Department of Chemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258
P60 (2:30pm) THE INFLUENCE OF GATES ON SPACE USE BY PLAINS BISON Lane Votapka* and Jeremiah Minich (Mike Mooring), Point Loma Nazarene University, Department of Biology, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, CA 92106.
P61 (2:30pm) ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TOOTH WEAR IN PLEISTOCENE CARNIVORES. Shannon Carbajal* and Kevin Jimenez* (Wendy Binder), Loyola Marymount University, Dept. of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
P62 (2:30pm) SIGNAL HONESTY OF CONDITION DEPENDENT ORNAMENTATION IN FEMALE STRIPED PLATEAU LIZARDS SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS. Emily Mulligan* (Stacey Weiss), University of Puget Sound, Dept. of Biology, Tacoma, WA 98416.
P63 (2:30pm) GENETIC BASIS OF ABDOMINAL PIGMENTATION VARIATION IN D. ANANASSAE. Taruna Aggarwal* (Artyom Kopp), University of California, Davis, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, Davis, CA 95616.
P64 (2:30pm) ANALYSIS OF ANTHOCYANINS FROM THE ACAI BERRY USING HPLC-ELSD by Isabel Lanz and Danielle Hogg (Tara Sirvent), Department of Biology; Vanguard University; Costa Mesa, CA 92626
P65 (2:30pm) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSEUDOMASARIS SPP. AND PENSTEMON SPP. TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF POLLENATION AND SPECIES GROWTH. David Hubbert*, Byron Love and Merrill Roseberry (Shannon Datwyler) CSU, Sacramento 6001 J st. Sacramento, Ca. 95819.
P66 (2:30pm) MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE GENE FAMILY ENCODING AN EVOLUTIONARY DISTINCT PLANT SPECIFIC RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S15A AND ITS POTENTIAL ROLE AS A GROWTH REGULATOR. Karie Slater, Ali Zanial, Amar Zanial (Kathleen Szick-Miranda), California State University Bakersfiled, Dept. of Biology, 9001 Stockdale Hwy. Bakersfield, CA 93307.