Sigma Xi 2006 Annual Meeting & Student Research Conference

Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

On November 3rd and 4th, students from North America and abroad joined distinguished researchers at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference for a celebration of research accomplishments. More than 200 students presented their research at this year’s Student Research Conference, which included 41 posters by high-schoolers from Harlem Children Society. Over 100 academic institutions were represented, with 24 Posters judged as Superior; receiving blue ribbon and cash awards.

• 2006 Abstracts in Program
• Additional Abstracts

Behavioral Sciences
Sargent Shriver - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Moral Judgment in Patients with Lesions Affecting the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Anterior Cingluate Cortex

Sarah Shair and Laura Girz - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The Relationship Between Perfectionism, Behavioral Inhibition and Activation, and Worry.

Biochemistry
Erika Uyterhoeven - Wellesley College
The Relationship Between Minimum Inhibitory Constant and DNA Binding Affinity in Wild Type and Altered Buforin II

Cellular & Molecular Biology
Lindsey Cauthen - Lamar University
Efficacy of Zoledronic Acid Against Neuroblastoma in the Bone, An In vitro and In vivo Analysis

Robert Faris - Sam Houston State University
A Novel Assay For The Detection Of West Nile Virus Antigen and RT-PCR Amplicon Using Electrochemical Detection And The Anzenbio Biodetector

Brandon Anim - Savannah State University
Cytoskeletal Function and the Risk of Arrhythmia

Chemistry
David Sovic - Marshall University
Microviscosity of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Aqueous Solution Probed By Diffusion Controlled Photo-induced Reactions

Rebecca King - Morehead State University
Anionic Synthesis and Functionalization of Poly(styryl)lithium with Dimethylchlorosilane followed by Hydrosilation with Vinyltrimethoxysilane

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Michel Ohmer - Cornell University
The Relationship Between Wetland Microhabitat Characteristics and Boreal Toad Breeding

Mary Caniglia - Drake University
Effects of Genistein Exposure during Critical Time Periods on Maternal Behavior in Sprague Dawley Rats

Engineering
Franklin Dollar - University of California-Berkeley
Developments in Realistic Design for Aperiodic Mo/Si Multilayer Mirrors

Environmental Science
Emily King - Saint Mary's College of California
Transport Dynamics Associated with Surface Ozone Concentrations at Remote Locations in Joshua Tree National Park

Geo-Sciences
Frederick Evans IV - Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Defining Increased Sensitivity: A Comparison of the Bartington 601-2 and Geoscan FM256 Gradiometers

Interdisciplinary Research
Shayna Williams - Claremont McKenna College
Variation in Behavior and Gene Expression Among Individual Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Annie Chase - Saint Mary's College of California
Optimization of Baseball Swing Parameters at Three Levels of Play

Jacob TorresTexas A&M University-College Station
Micropolis: A Virtual City for Water Distribution System Research Applications

Jason Fiedler - University of Minnesota, Morris
Localization of Biogenic Monoamines with Two Aromatic Amino Acid Transporters of the SLC6 Family in the CNS of Mosquito Larvae

Math & Computer Science
David Drummond - St. Mary's College of California
Competitive Sequencing in the Gordon Game

Victoria Angel - University of California-Berkeley
Heads I Win; Tails you Lose: The Coin Toss Model with Respect to Random Walks

Physics & Astronomy
Yun Ryu - Ohio Wesleyan University
Lifetime Measurements and Deformation in 79Sr

Rachael Roettenbacher - Ohio Wesleyan University
Physics & Astronomy Surface Imaging of HIP 106231 via Light Curve Inversion

Michelle Sestak - University of Toledo
Surface Plasmon Resonance Studies On Ag Thin Films

Physiology & Immunology
Evan Ball and Michelle Gombas - Drake University
Exposure to Genistein During Gestation and/or Lactation Induces Atypical Reproductive and Immune Development in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Richard Jimenez - University of California-Irvine
Impact of OX-40 Ligand Inhibition on One Immunoparameter of Allergic Asthma in Rhesus Monkeys (Mucaca mulatta)

Oral Presentations
Chung Hsu - Ohio State University
John Lee - University of Washington
Mukul Mukherjee - University of Kansas Medical Center
Mahadevabharath Somayaji - University of Illinois at Chicago
Issmat Kassem - University of Toledo
Chiara Benvenuto - Kent State University
Jennifer Hancock - Ohio University
Matthew Lehnert - University of Florida
Kelly Marsack - Central Michigan University
Emily Morrison - Michigan State University
Sadie Reed - Kent State University
Ariana Sutton-Grier - Duke University
Malak Esseili - University of Toledo
Damien Terry - University of Toledo
Cristina Clement - City University of New York-Lehman College
Deborah Janks - Oakland University
Keith Main - Georgia Institute of Technology
Phillip Prior - Oakland University
Chandar Thakur - Cleveland State University
Yasemin Tulu - Michigan State University
Dave Frattarelli - Northwestern University
Jeffrey Robinson - University of Idaho
Nachaat Mazeh - Oakland University

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org