Biological Sciences Student Research Showcase 2009
The UCSD Division of Biological Sciences Inaugural Research Showcase was held Thursday, June 4, 2009 @ 4:30pm in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Services Center, Level 1--located next to Yogurt World. Students presented their research results in our poster session.
The showcase celebrates the achievements of undergraduate and Masters students conducting research in laboratories across campus. The Division has a strong commitment to providing students with a wide range of possibilities for engaging in scientific inquiry via undergraduate BISP 196 and BISP 199 programs. The divisional BS/MS program encourages students to explore and develop as graduate students the skills and talents first acquired during their bachelor's degree at UC San Diego. Such research-based programs foster intellectual curiosity and creativity and allow motivated students to work with researchers at the cutting edge of their respective fields.
It is our educational philosophy that the passion for discovery which research inspires both enriches and bolsters a student's academic experience.
Abstracts
Cellular & Developmental Biology
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Molecular Biology
Neurobiology
Master's Research
Awards
Best Poster awards (and a $75 bookstore gift card) were given to five students after faculty judge evaluation. Student posters were scored based on content (innovation, creativity, quality and originality) and communication (how well did the poster present the central theme and results of research, student communicates concisely and clearly, poster covers key points of research and includes important data, student answered questions effectively).
And the winners are.....
Cellular & Developmental Biology
Elisabeth Krow-Lucal
"Using an LCMV fusion peptide as a model antigen system"
Dr. Shane Crotty & Dr. Ananda Goldrath
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Christine Valerie Young
"Predation or scavenging? Thoracic muscle pH and rate of water loss reveal arthropod cause of death"
Dr. David Holway
Molecular Biology
Jasmine King
"Development of a Transient Assay to Monitor Circadian Rhythms in Plants"
Dr. Steve Kay
Neurobiology
Carissa Chu
"Phosphorylation of Rpt6 by CaMKII is responsible for localization of 26S proteasome at synapses"
Dr. Gentry Patrick
Master's Research
Amanda Mason
"Exploring plant immune signaling through the Arabidopsis and Pseudomonas syringae interaction"
Dr. Steven Briggs
