Students make presentations at Fall Colloquium

The following science division students recently presented their research findings and experiences with internships at the college’s Fall Colloquium:

• Carie Padro ’07, Estrogen down regulated gene and development in mice.
• Leeanna Pennington ’07, Internship at the zoo.
• Heather Nees ’06, Feeding by gelatinous zooplankton in the York River Estuary.
• Jared Molden ’06, with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Lois Zook-Gerdau and Kylene Wilson, Muskingum Water and Soil Conservation District. Water quality assessment of the Salt Creek Water Shed.
• Cory Williams ’06, Internship at Goodrich Aerospace Research and Development.
• Stephan Maxwell ’07, Origin of chert nodule at the Flint Ridge, Ohio.
• Betsy Zunk ’06, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography.
• Jeff Jackson ’06, Internship at Newport Aquarium.
• Charles Miller ’07, with Assistant Professor of Physics Dr. Richard Taylor. Assembling a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM).
• Erica Booth ’06, The reliability of in vivo quantitative light-induced fluorescence measurement of smooth surface enamel demineralization in teeth with attached orthodontic appliances.
• John Treasure ’07, with Professor of Biology Dr. Danny Ingold. Nest-site fidelity in grassland birds: Five years of data from The Wilds.
• Kacee Carr ’06, Determination of prime method for mutation confirmation through analysis of the mitochondrial genome from saccharomyces cerevisiae.
• Ala Iaconi ’06, Overexpression in E.coli of RNAPs from pathogenic bacteria.