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

Saturday Schedule

 

Saturday, November 8, 1997

 

Breakfast

7:45-8:45 a.m.

Minneiska (UC 126)

Plenary Session III

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Roseman Auditorium

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.

UC Flambeau Lounge

Mini Symposium 10

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Michael Tannenbaum

UC 207

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

UC 209

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

UC 219

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.

Minneiska (UC 126)

Plenary Session IV

1:10-2:10 p.m.

Roseman Auditorium

Candace Collmer

Wells College Aurora, NY

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

 

Break

2:10-2:20 p.m.

UC Flambeau Lounge

Mini Symposium 13

2:30-3:45 p.m.

Moderator: Lisa Baird

UC 207

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

UC 209

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

UC 213

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.

UC Flambeau Lounge

Mini Symposium 16

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Moderator: Jim Hoerter

UC 207

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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