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Home / University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, November 6-9, 1997 / Conference Schedule
CUR Research Link 2000 Conference
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Whitewater, WI
November 6-9, 1997

 Thursday, November 6, 1997

 

Registration

7-9 p.m.

Reception

7-9 p.m.

Hosted by:

Roger L. Pulliam, Assistant Vice Chancellor Director, Undergraduate Research Program Director, University Honors Program

University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

 Friday, November 7, 1997

 

Breakfast

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Registration

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

8:40-9:00 a.m.

 

Elaine Hoagland, National Executive Officer, Council on Undergraduate Research

Larry Davis, Interim Provost, UW-Whitewater

Jim Hoerter, Project Coordinator, CUR Research Link 2000

 

Plenary Session 1

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Gabriele Wienhausen

University of California-San Diego LaJolla, CA

Enriching, Improving, and Expanding the Teaching Laboratory Experience with Computer-Based Interactive Multimedia

Break

10:00-10:10 a.m.

Mini Symposium 1

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Kipp Kruse

Jeffery Demarest 

Juniata College

Huntingdon, PA

Microscopy Applied to the Cell Biology of Kidney Function

Douglas Glazier

Juniata College

Huntingdon, PA

Ecology, Evolution and Classification of Life in a Freshwater Spring

Mini Symposium 2

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Michael Tannenbaum

Steven Denison

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

Filamentous Fungus, Aspergillus nidulans in Teaching and Research

Mark Staves

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, MI

Chara Internodal Cells as a Model System for Examining Action Potentials and Cytoplasmic Streaming

Mini Symposium 3

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Lisa Baird

Amy Mulnix

Earlham College

Richmond, IN

Antibacterial Response of the Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta

Sue Karcher, Stanton Gelvin

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

Blue Plants: Transgenic Plants with GUS Reporter Gene

Lunch

11:50 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Plenary Session II

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Louise Liao

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Re-defining the Faculty Scholar: A Facilitated Conversation

Mini Symposium 4

2:05-3:35 p.m.

Moderator: Jim Hoerter

Johng Lim

University of Wisconsin-Eau

Claire

Eau Claire, WI

Locus Specific Rearrangements Involving hobo Transposable Elements in D. melanogaster

Dean Fraga

College of Wooster

Wooster, OH

Undergraduate Research Using Paramecium

Mini Symposium 5

2:05-3:35 p.m.

Moderator: Sibdas Ghosh

Bruce Grant, Itzick Vatnick

Widener University

Chester, PA

Environmental Correlates with Leaf Stomata Density

Brian White

University of Massachusetts

Boston, MA

Red and White Yeast

Mini Symposium 6

2:05-3:35 p.m.

Moderator: Kipp Kruse

Conrad Toepfer

Truman St. University

Kirksville, MO

Playing in a Pond and a Little Bit of Science, Too

 

David Towle

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

Enzyme Research for Beginning Cell Biologists

Break

3:35-3:50 p.m.

Mini Symposium 7

3:55-5:25 p.m.

Moderator: Michael Tannenbaum

Mike Adams

Eastern Connecticut State

University

Willimantic, CT

Chlamydomonas as an Undergraduate Teaching/Research System

Leslie Hickok, Thomas Warne University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

C-fern TM (Ceratopteris richardii) System

Mini Symposium 8

3:55-5:25 p.m.

Moderator: Lisa Baird

Lawrence Davis

Kansas St. University

Manhattan, KS

GENE Project: Wisconsin Fastplants System

Sarah Deel, Susan Singer, Mark McKone, Matt Rand, David Hougen-Eitzman Carleton College

Northfield, MN

Tobacco Hornworms - (Manduca sexta)

Mini Symposium 9

3:55-5:25 p.m.

Moderator: Kipp Kruse

Peter Wilkin

Purdue University

North Central Westville, IN

Investigative Laboratory Experiments in Human Physiology with Lab Extension by Computer Simulation

Beth Montelone

Kansas St. University

Manhattan, KS

GENE Project: Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) System

Reception & Poster Session

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Hosted by:

Howard Ross, Dean, College of Letters & Sciences Holly Downing, Chair, Dept. of Biological Sciences University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Banquet

6:45-8:00 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks:

H. Gaylon Greenhill, Chancellor

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Guest Speaker:

Joe Pelliccia, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA "Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Education in Biology"

Breakfast

7:45-8:45 a.m.

Plenary Session III

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Mary Gruhl

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

John C. Clausz

Carroll College, Waukeshaw, WI Kathy Kiedrowicz

Carroll College, Waukesha, WI

Experiences in Implementing a Research-Based Curriculum

Break

10:00-10:10 a.m.

Mini Symposium 10

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Michael Tannenbaum

Deborah Kaska

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA

RAPD Analysis of Genetic Diversity

Noor Babrakzai

Central Missouri State Univ.

Warrensburg, MO

Potential of Allium cepa (onion) as a Model Organism for the Bioassay of Mutagens

Mini Symposium 11

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Jim Hoerter

Bob Johnson

Kansas St. University

Manhattan, KS

GENE Project: Flour Beetle System

Robert Simon

SUNY-Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

Halobacterium as a Model Organism for Investigative Studies

Mini Symposium 12

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Lisa Baird

Steve Daggett

Avila College

Kansas City, MO

Chlamydomonas: Useful Model System for Undergraduate Instruction and Research

Ron Rosen

Berea College

Berea, KY

Cercariae Larvae of Digenetic Trematodes: Use in Field and Laboratory Investigations

Lunch

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

Plenary Session IV

1:10-2:10 p.m.

Candace Collmer

Wells College Aurora, NY

Developing a Research-Based Curriculum: What's Working at Wells College

Break

2:10-2:20 p.m.

Mini Symposium 13

2:30-3:45 p.m.

Moderator: Lisa Baird

Donald Frohlich, Rosie Rosell, Ruth Bagnall

University of St. Thomas

Houston, TX

Mysid Shrimp: A Model for Research-Based Labs

Janice Chang, Deborah Kruzel, Li-Wen Wang, Jonathan King Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Zebrafish Development: A Module for Introductory Biology Laboratories Combining Direct Observation, Experimental Manipulations, and WEB-based Resources

Mini Symposium 14

2:30-3:45 p.m.

Moderator: Kipp Kruse

Jay Raveill

Central Missouri State Univ.

Warrenbury, MO

Allozyme Study of Mating Systems

Carol Crafts

Providence College

Providence, RI

Stream Ecology: Benthic Macroinvertebrates at Biotic Indicators of Stream Water Quality

Mini Symposium 15

2:30-3:45 p.m.

Moderator: Sibdas Ghosh

Stephen Hunt

Queen's University

Ontario, Canada

Lab Packages for Experimental Biology Incorporating Computer-Monitored Sensors

Paul Williams

University of Wisconsin-

Madison

Madison, WI

Rapid Cycling Brassicas (Fast Plants for Undergraduate Research in Biology)

Break

3:45-3:55 p.m.

Mini Symposium 16

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Moderator: Jim Hoerter

Rebecca Reiss

New Mexico Tech

Socorro, NM

DNA Sequencing: A Multidisciplinary Approach

 

Marshall Anderson

Rockhurst College

Kansas City, MO

An Undergraduate Multifaceted Research Program in Developmental Biology

 

Mini Symposium 17

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Moderator: Michael Tannenbaum

UC 209

Leslie Gregg-Jolly

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

Lab Exercises Based on Natural Transformation of Acinetobactor calcoaceticus

 

David Bushman

Mount Saint Mary's College

Erie, PA

Purification of Esterase Activity from House Flies as a Research System in General Biology Courses

 

Mini Symposium 18

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Moderator: Sibdas Ghosh

UC 213

Jim Eckblad

Luther College

Decorah, IA

Recent Growth in Campus Trees

 

Michael Campbell

Penn State-Erie

Erie, PA

Potato Gene Database System

 

Mini Symposium 19

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Moderator: Lisa Baird

UC 206

Steven Spilatro

Marietta College

Marietta, OH

An Investigative System for Quantitative Measurements of Yeast Respiration

 

Sam Fan

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in the General Population: Correlation to Antibiotic Use

 

Dinner

5:45-6:45 p.m.

Minneiska (UC 126)

Trip to Janesville

(Sign up at Registration Desk)

 

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