Thesis Presentations

SPRING 2008
SENIOR THESIS PRESENTATIONS

Biology, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, and Neuroscience

All presentations begin at 12:30pm
MBH 220 (5/9 is in 216)
Lunch available at 12:15pm

Date	Presenters
Monday, April 28th	Patrick Sedney (BIOL): Bumble bee foraging behavior and flower choice Luke Yoquinto (BIOL): Why bumblebees forage in an upwards direction: a look at the details
Monday, May 5th	Robert Hawkins(NSCI): Effects of Luteinizing Hormone and Testosterone on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Erin Ibler (NSCI): The effects of testosterone and social isolation on hippocampal neurogenesis in adult male rats
Tuesday, May 6th	Geetika Kalloo (BIOL): Protecting DNA: Characterizing the Competency of DNA Repair Proteins in Male and Female Hei10 Mutant QiaQia Wu (MBBC): Expression of the antioxidant enzymes catalase and glutathione peroxidase in ovarian granulosa cells
Wednesday, May 7th	Lathan McCall (MBBC): How Bacteria Survive in the Oral Cavity: Regulation of the Acid Tolerance Response in S. mutans Cheryl McClurg (MBBC): Monitoring the kinetics of the GcrR-mediated acid tolerance response in Streptococcus mutans
Friday, May 9 th in MBH 216 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)	Julia Schwartzman (MBBC '09): Eat Your Spinach: A Ferric Uptake Regulator Homolog Represses the Oxidative Stress Response and Contributes to Maintenance of Metal Ion Homeostasis in Cariogen Streptococcus mutans Robert Levine (MBBC): The Future of Biofuels: Using Microalgae to Produce Biodiesel and Treat Wastewater