UNM Department of Biology
2007 RESEARCH DAY PRESENTATIONS WINNERS

Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to all of our participating students!!

Undergraduate Students
Best Oral Presentation:
Victoria M. Youngblood, "Reactive oxygen species contribute to sleep apnea-induced hypertension in rats."
Second Place Best Oral Presentation:
Monica Moya, "Desert varnish bacterial communities at the Utah Mars Desert Research Station."
Best Poster Presentation:
Christopher Marquez, "The effects of chronic alcohol consumption on GAP-43 levels in the hippocampus."
Second Place Best Poster Presentation:
Julie Glaser and Nicole Davison, "Water sources and carbon isotope discrimination in piñon–juniper woodlands at the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)."
Honorable Mention Poster Presentation:
Reza Safavi, "Effect of serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) polymorphism and smoking on P50 auditory gating among schizophrenia patients and controls."

 

Graduate Students
Best Oral Presentation: Eric Schaad, "Evolution of variability in pitviper venom toxicity."
Second Place Best Oral Presentation: Melanie Barnes, "The genetics of restoration: A reciprocal transplant experiment with winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata)."
Best Poster Presentation: Erik Erhardt, "Stable Isotope Sourcing Using Sampling (SISUS) ©."
Second Place Best Poster Presentation:

Sushmita Roy, "Predicting protein–protein interactions using amino-acid composition."

Honorable Mention Poster Presentation:

Jen Plaut, "Precipitation pulse responses in piñon–juniper woodland in central New Mexico."