Undergraduate Program :: URAP (Undergraduate
Research Assistantship Program)
2008 Department of Zoology Undregraduate Research Symposium
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 3:00 - 4:30 PM
2nd Floor Bartram Hall
Poster presentations begin at 3:00 PM and run until 3:45 PM. Posters will be hung in the hallway
on the 2nd floor of Bartram Hall (see below for list of poster presenters).
Oral Presentations Begin at 3:45 PM in Bartram 211
3:45 PM -- Marissa Gredler "Differential expression of FgfR2 and its role during morphogenesis of the mammalian urethra"
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin J. Cohn
Graduate Student Advisor: Ashley Seifert
4:00 PM -- Ambuj Upadhyay "The effects of spontaneous mutations on lifespan of the nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae"
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Charles F. Baer
Graduate Student Advisor: Dr. Joanna Joyner-Matos
4:15 PM -- EricaRose Egan "Genetic divergence between populations of birds on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago"
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Steadman
Graduate Student Advisor: Natalie Wright
Poster presentations
1. Kevin Nead
Does obesity modulate the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes?
Faculty Mentor: Mark Atkinson
2. Jacob Fyda
Localization of 3-beta-HSD in the Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette Jr.
Graduate Student Mentor: Lori Albergotti
3. Yao (Kasey) Fu
Morphological changes in the CAM after RU486 treatment
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette Jr.
Graduate Student Mentor: Lori Albergotti
4. Patrick J. Buchanan
EP3 receptor in the fish gill: evolutionary and physiological perspectives
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David H. Evans
Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Kelly A. Hyndman
5. David Butcher
Comparative kidney physiology of marine and freshwater snakes
Faculty Mentor: David H. Evans
Graduate Student Mentor: Leslie S. Babonis
6. Rosalie Bittong
Digestive enzyme activities in the wood-eating catfish Panaque nocturnus
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David H. Evans
Graduate Student Mentor: Donovan P. German
7. Norma Lizardo
How can a fish starve for six months and live?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David H. Evans
Graduate Student Mentor: Donovan P. German
8. Lisa Barrow
Genetic differences between Geomys pinetis occurring East and West of the Apalachicola River
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Reed
9. Lindsay Keegan
Abundance and Size-Frequency distribution of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jane Brockmann
10. Monique Hiersoux
Why do birds consume the fecal sacs of their nestlings?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Robinson
Graduate Student Mentor: Gustavo Londono
11. Kathleen Colby
Ontogeny of Sexual Organs in Male Field Crickets, Gryllus rubens
Faculty Mentor: Dr. H. Jane Brockmann
Graduate Student Mentor: Matthew Smith
12. Kevin Neal
Venom variation between Florida Cottonmouth populations
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Harvey Lillywhite
Graduate Student Mentor: Ryan McCleary
13. Ashley Cox
A comparative histological and histochemical study of juvenile alligator adrenal gland
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Brandon Moore
14. Chris Olmo
Steroidogenesis in the chick vitelline membrane
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Lori Albergotti
15. Beth Dippon
The Relative Effects of Visual vs. Chemical Predation Cues on Adult and Juvenile Convict Cichlid Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Colette St. Mary
Graduate Student Mentor: Samantha A. Hilber
16. Ashley Lawler
Characterization of ovarian connective tissue in A. mississippiensis using the PAMS (Periodic Acid Methenamine Silver) stain
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Nicole Botteri
17. Sue-Wei Luu
The effect of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on androgen receptor (AR) mRNA expression in the thyroid of female neonate Alligator mississippiensis
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Nicole Botteri
18. Priya Raju
The Endocrine Function of the Placenta in the Viviparous Skink Mabuya brachypoda
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Alison Roark
19. Eliza Chiang and Sara Ouly
Biogeography of migratory vs. resident bird species in South America.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Doug Levey
Graduate Student Mentor: Alex Jahn
20. Ketan Mathavan
Morphology of the American Alligator Phallus
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Brandon Moore
21. Matthew Murphy
Endocrinology of the placenta in the viviparous skink Mabuya brachypoda.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lou Guillette
Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Alison Roark
22. Ashley Chin-Baarstad
The effect of predator presence on filial cannibalism in the sand goby.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. H. Jane Brockmann
Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Hope Klug
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