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2010 Seminars & Science Events

Madeleine Chalfant, '11 (Davidson College)
Investigation of the combined effects of E2 and O3 on lung cells

Evan Eskew, '11 (Davidson College)
Effects of Flow Regulation and Urbanization on Occupancy of Riparian Zone Anuran Populations

Dr. Jennifer Round (Davidson College)
Wiring the Brain: Conserved Cues for Axon and Dendrite Growth

Dr. J.D. Willson, '02 (Virginia Tech University)
Integrative approaches to understanding the functional roles of snakes within ecosystems

Dr. J.D. Willson, '02 (Virginia Tech University)
What determines snake distribution and abundance? Insights from a long term study of snake population and community dynamics within an isolated wetland ecosystem

Dr. J.D. Willson, '02 (Virginia Tech University)
Effects of Prey Type on Prey Handling, Digestive Metabolism, and Post-prandial Locomotor Performance in the Banded Watersnake, Nerodia fasciata

Dr. Kristine Grayson (University of Virginia)
Difficulties in Prioritizing Conservation & the Asian Turtle Crisis

Dr. Jack McNulty (UNC-Chapel Hill)
The Intra-S Checkpoint in Melanoma Development

Dr. J. Whitfield Gibbons (Savannah River Ecology Laboratory)
What can the Natural History of Biodiversity (Reptiles & Amphibians) Tell Us about Science, Society, & the Environment?

Dr. Damian Maseda (Duke University)
Interleukin 10-competent peritoneal cavity B cells regulate colitis

Dr. Michael Dorcas (Davidson College)
The Problem of Invasive Pythons in the United States

Leigh Ann Harden (University of North Carolina - Wilmington)
Seasonal Changes in Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Habitat Use & Activity in Southeastern North Carolina: Implications for Crab Fisheries Overlap

Dr. Melanie Fraites (US Environmental Protection Agency)
Pesticide Exposure and Human Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Conducting Research at the Environmental Protection Agency

Steve Price (Davidson College/Wake Forest University)
Quantifying the Response of Stream Salamander Populations to Urbanization of Stream Catchments

Paige Baker (AIDS.gov) & Dr. Dave Wessner (Davidson College)
The current state of HIV/AIDS: Reflections on the XVIII International AIDS Conference

Dr. Chris Jenkins (Project Orianne)
Snake Conservation: A Non-Profit Perspective

Kayla Layman, '10 (Davidson College)
In the eye of the beholder: Visualizing zebrafish retinal ganglion cells with fluorescence

Mike Waters, '10 (Davidson College)
Designing a modular single-stranded DNA production device using msDNA

Karen Hasty, '10 (Davidson College)
Disassembly dysfunction of ethanol-resistant reovirus strains and associated effects on viral replication and virus-induced apoptosis

Zach Carico, '10 (Davidson College)
Inverted CD4/CD8 ratio and other homeostatic abnormalities in mouse strain B10.A

Dr. Jef Boeke (Johns Hopkins University)
Probing genome plasticity: Synthesis and programmed rearrangement of yeast chromosomes

Ms. Rachel Horak, '01 (Georgia Tech)
Environmental factors that control nitrogen release from nitrogen-fixing endosymbionts of shipworms

Mr. Lee Wheless, '05 (MUSC)
From populations to polymorphisms: Cancer risk is more than skin deep

Dr. Doug Marchuk (Duke University)
Of mice and men: Mouse models of cardiovascular disease reveal genetic determinants of
clinical outcomes

Dr. Jenn Caldwell Wilhelm, '01 (Emory University)
Limited peripheral axon regeneration in neurotrophin knockout mice

Dr. Mike Luther (Murdock Research Institute)
Drug discovery and the winds of change in pharma