UNM Department of Biology
2007 RESEARCH DAY PRESENTATIONS WINNERS
Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to all of our participating students!!
Undergraduate Students |
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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 |
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| 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." |