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On November 12-13, undergraduates from North America and abroad joined distinguished researchers at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference for a celebration of research accomplishments. Students presented research posters, attended career development workshops, participated in mentoring and networking activities, panel discussions, and other events. Monetary awards were presented for outstanding research.	2004 Abstracts (PDF) Workshops 2004 Student Research Conference Brochure (PDF)

Sigma Xi Meetings attract leading scientists of today and leading researchers of tomorrow.

John P. McGovern award winner David Suzki (center) with student presenters

Winners from 2004 Student Research Conference

Behavioral Sciences

Angela Vavassis - Concordia University
Intrusive Processing is Contingent Upon the Perceptual Load of Relevant Stimuli in Visual Search

Michael Michaelides - Stony Brook University
The Developmental and Diet Effects on Dopamine D2R Levels in a Rodent Model of Obesity

Biochemistry

Sarah Shuster - Plattsburgh State University
Thermodynamic Characterization of a Single Point Mutant of the CheY Protein from the Thermophile Thermotoga martima

Stephanie Swanson - Texas A&M University
The Export and Activation of the Phage P1 Endolysin

Cellular & Molecular Biology

Hanane Seaton - University of Arizona
Experiments in the Fruit Fly Designed to Cure Cancer

Alexander Kushnir - Yeshiva University
Identification of the Calstabin2-Binding Site on the Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor

Airlia Thompson - University of Arizona
Do Cancer Genes Control Cell and Nuclear Size?

Chemistry

Maya Kostova - American University
Oxidation of 4-dimethylthio beta-lactams by CAN Leading to Formation of 1,3-dicarbonyl Systems

Rami Hourani with is poster presentation.
(Photo courtesy of Professor M.A. Whitehead)

Rami Hourani - McGill University
3,5-Dihydroxybenzylalcohol Based Dendrimers: Structure Evaluation and Molecular Encapsulation in Generations 1-5

Henrietta Parnas - University of Ottawa
New Highly Active Ruthenium-Pseudohalide Catalysts for Ring-Closing Metathesis of Macrocycles

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Nicholas Gidmark - University of Minnesota
Character Suites Suggest Punctuated Evolution of Herbivorous Morphologies in Minnows (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Neil Aschliman - Texas A&M University
Relationships Of Sauries And Needlefishes (Teleostei: Scomberesocoidea) To The Internally Fertilizing Halfbeaks (Zenarchopteridae) Based On The Pharyngeal Jaw Apparatus

Engineering

Caroline Hebraud - McGill University - Macdonald Campus
The Effect of Water Table Management on the Phosphorus Concentration of Agricultural Drainage Water

Ryan Huizing - Queen's University
In Cell Performance Evaluation of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Plates of Varying Resistivity

Environmental Science

Mona Rezapour - University of California, Berkeley
Developmentally Regulated Kinases in Maize: Double Mutant Analysis of Thick Tassel Dwarf1, and Fasciated Ear2

Michael Wironen - McGill University
The Effects Of Exotic Earthworm Invasion On Soil C and N Storage In An Old-Growth Forest In Quebec

An annual meeting delegate reading a student poster.
(Photo courtesy of Professor M.A. Whitehead)

Geo-Sciences

Gina Miles - San Jacinto College
Physical Characteristics Of Cultivated Versus Non-cultivated Prairie Wetland Soils, Sheldon Lake State Park, Southeast Texas

Interdisciplinary Research

Fields of: Math & Computer Science and Geo-Sciences
Scott Callaghan - University of Southern California
Bonnie Gurry - Columbia University
Julia Reynolds - Boston University
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) UseIT Interns: Software Engineering For Earthquake Research

Fields of: Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry
Michael Sarahan - Texas A&M University
LabVIEW Simulation Of Pulse Shape Discrimination Electronics

Fields of: Cellular & Molecular Biology and Engineering
Israel Figueroa - University of California, Berkeley
Design, Characterization and Simulation of a Synthetic Gene Circuit

Fields of: Cellular & Molecular Biology and Engineering
Jane Zhang - University of Toronto
c-Kit Receptor Deficient Mice have Worse Heart Function after a Heart Attack: Implications for Stem Cell Therapy

Math & Computer Science

Aditya Adiredja - University of California, Berkeley
Investigation of Classification Theorem of Simple Groups

Steve Schluchter - Saint Mary's College of California
RSA Versus Cayley Purser: A Comparison Of Modern Public-Key Cryptosystems

Physics & Astronomy

Camille Belanger-Champagne - McGill University
Trigger System Studies and Software Tools Development for Fermilab's DZero Experiment

Alexander Stolyarov - Harvard University
Spectroscopic Imaging of Single - Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Resonant Raman Scattering

Physiology & Immunology

Lisa Kelly - McGill University
Regulation of Interferon Gamma by Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Type 1 Signaling

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org