Summer Research 2003

Biology:

Do roads affect gene flow in the red-backed salamander? by Melissa Talbert

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. Paul Cabe

Competitive interaction between the endangered plant species Helenium       

     virginicum and Boltonia asteroides
by Kari Lassen

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. William Hamilton

Spider colonization during prairie succession: the influence of plant species 

     richness on predator diversity
by Rachael Mallis & Kimberly Bulka

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. Lawrence Hurd

Central mechanisms regulating reproductive function and feeding behavior in

     developing female -Experiment 1, Experiment 2 by Cullen Carter, Michael Whitecar, & Ellie Simpson

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. Helen I'Anson

Are More Diverse Communities More Resistant to Invastion, Even During 

     Community Establishment?
by Clinton Oakley

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. John Knox

Effects of roads on the dispersal of woodland salamanders by Graham Milam

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. David Marsh

Isolation of the Flagellin and Chloramphenicol-resistance Genes from Serratia 

     marcescens
by Katherine Chilek

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. Maryanne Simurda

Does nicotine affect chick embryo oculomotor nucleus development by binding 

     to receptors by Megan Billow, Jacqueline Green, & Kathleen Wilson

     Faculty Adviser: Prof. John Wielgus