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Biology Faculty Highlights |
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Highlights of Faculty Activity Sheila Blackman was the co-author of a presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Sociedad De Bioquimica Rama, Merida, Mexico. It was entitled The integrin binding peptide RGD induces programmed cell death in Daucus carota cells. She also co-authored an abstract entitled Acquisition of Desication Tolerance During Seed Development in Phalaenopsis that was presented to the Michigan Academy of the Sciences, Arts, and Letters for their March, 2009 meeting. Stephen Burton presented an activity using internet data to examine leaf color change to the National Science Teacher's Association in Boston, MA. He also presented a poster describing how we couple independent investigations with inquiry lesson development in SCI 336 at the meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers, Memphis, TN. He also presented the results of research conducted at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute during the summer of 2007 at the meeting of the Michigan Academy of Scieces at Western Michigan University. Margaret Dietrich mentored several students as they presented as they presented research they had done with her various local and regional meetings. Christopher Dobson presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers National Convention, Memphis, TN, entitled Forest Ecology in the Classroom. Robert Hollister was the co-author of four presentations given at West Mighican Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, and two presentations given at the ITEX during the International Polar Year: International Tundra Experiment- 15th Workshop, Reykjavik, Iceland. Jodee Hunt co-authored a presentation entitled Effects of urban riparian restoration on the behavior and abundance of passerine birds, given at the Annual meeting of Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT. She also co-authored a presentation entitled Restoration of an urban wetland: experiments through a cooperative municipal-university partnership, given at the 1st Annual Conference of the Michigan Stewardship Network, East Lansing, MI. Joe Jacquot was the co-presenter of a poster entitled Movement pathways of meadow jumping mice as revealed by powder-tracking at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, South Dakota University, Brookings, SD. Michael Lombardo was the co-presenter of a poster entitled The sexual transmission of microbes during copulation in Tree Swallows at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Mark Luttenton was the co-author of a presentation given at the North American Benthological Society 56th annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, entitled Potential brown and rainbow trout predation on larval lake sturgeon in the Big Manistee River, MI. He also co-authored a presentation given at the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Annual meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, entitled larval sturgeon as potential prey for juvenile brown trout and rainbow trout in the Big Manistee River, MI. Neil MacDonald gave a presentation entitled Establishment of native grasses on spotted knapweed-infested sites with the aid of herbicides and fire at the Mighigan Invasive Plant Council Symposium in East Lansing, MI. Shaily Menon presented a paper entitled First-pass global assessment of biodiversity consequences of sea-level rise mediated by climate change at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology in Chattanooga, TN. Rod Morgan was the co-presenter of a paper at the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, MA, entitled Studies of Antimicrobial Activity of the Telomerase inhibitor BIBR1532. This research was also pressented at the second annual West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference, Grand Rapids (VARI), MI. Erik Nordman presented a lecture entitled Open space preservation: economic values and priorities at the Annis Water Resources Institute Seminar Series. He also gave a lecture entitled Locating wind energy facilities in Michigan's coastal counties to the Ottawa County Planning Commission. He was the co-author of a poster presented at the 2008 Society of American Foresters National Convention, Reno, NV, entitled Education as an additional management factor in the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum. Heather Rueth was the co-presenter of a presentation entitled Comparison of decomposition rates in arctic tundra in response to increased nutrient availability and air temperature, given at the Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Milwaukee, WI. Amy Russell was a co-presenter of two presentations given at the North American Symposium on Bat Research in Scranton, PA. The first presentation was entitled Dynamics of gene flow and extinction in island metapopulations under climate change: model discrimination through population genetic simulations, and the second was entitled A quantitative approach to historical ecology of the west Indies: Artibeus jamaicensis. Eric Snyder was the co-author of a poster presented at the North American Benthological Society in Salt Lake City, UT, entitled Long-term monitoring of sand reduction in the Manistee River watershed, MI (USA): Assessing ecological recovery trajectories for physical, chemical, biological and functional metrics. He also gave a presentation entitled Using structural and functional metrics to assess stream restoration, given at the EA WAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Dubendorf, CH. Mark Staves was the co-author of a presentation given at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Sociedad Mexicana De Bioquimica Rama, Merida, Mexico. It was entitled The integrin binding peptide RGD induces programmed cell death in Daucus carota cells. He also co-authored a presentation given at the West Mighigan Undergraduate Science Research Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, entitled The effect of intracellular and extracellular density on the gravicurvature of rice roots. Pat Thorpe was the co-presenter of a poster entitled The sexual transmission of microbes during copulation in Tree Swallows at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Pei-Lan Tsou was the co-author of a presentation given at the West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, entitled Characterization of the role of OXS1, a nucleocytoplasmic protein in oxidative stress tolerance using yeast-two-hybrid system. She also co-authored a presentation given at the Michigan Academy of Sciene, arts, & letters Annual Meeting in Kalamazoo, MI, entitled The influence if ApoE Genotype on Blood Levels in Middle School Children.
Christopher Dobson published two papers and a monograph. The monograph was entitled Critical Thinking Skills: Measuring Higher Cognitive Development with Bloom's Taxonomy, published through VDM Verlag Publishing, Germany. The first paper was entitled Ecological field studies: Through field studies, students learn scientific process and ecological content, published in The Science Teacher. He also co-authored an article with a student entitled Helicopter seeds and hypotheses...that's funny! published in Science Scope. James Dunn published an extensive report for the Michigan DNR-Wildlife Division entitled Investigations of dispersal, habitat quality analysis, and the development of monitoring techniques for Karner blue butterfly within the Muskegon Recovery Unit. Gary Greer published an article in the Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science entitled Floral Visitation of the Invasive Stinking Ash in Western Suburban Chicago. Carol "Griff" Griffin published an article in the journal, Ecological Management and Restoration, entitled Identifying Multiscale Habitat Factors Influencing Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Occurence and Management in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. She also submitted a report to the U.S. Forest Service, Huron-Manistee National Forest, entitled Demographics of Individuals Acquiring a Permit in 2003-2006 for Boat Use on the Pine River, Michigan. Dawn Hart was the co-author of an article published in Current Biology, entitled The SIN kinase Sid2 regulates cytoplasmic retention of the S. pombe Cdc14-like phosphatase Clpl. She has also co-authored an article published in the journal, Biochemical Society Transactions, entitled The role of Cdc14 phosphates ion the control of cell division. Robert Hollister was the co-author of an article published in the Ninth International Conference in Permafrost, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks. it was entitled Soil temperature and thaw response to manipulated air temperature and plant cover at Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska. Jodee Hunt co-authored an article in both the MBAA International Conference Proceedings, Operations Management and Entrepreurship Associatoin and the 2008 Conference and Proceedings, Allied Academics International Conference, Reno, NV. The article was entitled Innovation Goes Green. Michael Lombardo co-authored two articles, entitled Digit Rations in birds and Digit ratios in green anolis lizards, published in the Anatomical Record. He also published an article entitled Access to mutualistic endosymbiotic microbes: an under-appreciated benefit of group living, published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Neil MacDonald was the co-author of an article entitled Landfill cover soil, soil solution, and vegetation responses to municipal landfill leachate applications, published in the Journal of Environmental Quality. Shaily Menon was the co-author of an article published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, entitled A preliminary analysis of the ecology and geography of the Asian nuthatches (Aves: Sittidae). Alex Nikitin was the co-author of an article published in the Journals of Gerontology-Biological Sciences, entitled Effect of varying does of caffeine on lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster. He was also the author of an article entitled Search of the remains of the first Ukranian farmers, published in the Michigan Space Grant Consortium. Amy Russell published a paper for Endangered Species Research entitled Roadkilled bats, highway design, and the commuting ecology of bats. Mark Staves was the co-author of an article entitled Model Scientists, published in the Journal of Communicative and Integrative Biology. He also co-authored an article entitled Symposia in Plant Neurobiology: A new venue for disussion of plant behavior and communication, published in the Plant Science Bulletin. Pat Thorpe co-authored two articles, entitled Digit ratios in birds and Digit ratios in green anolis lizards, published in the Anatomical Record.
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