Our students are strongly encouraged to collaborate with faculty to do research.  Both on-campus and off-campus opportunities are available for students who wish to enrich their undergraduate experiences by doing research and by presenting their work at national and regional conferences.  Some recent accomplishments of our students are highlighted here.

 

North Carolina Academy of Science Meeting held at Campbell University March 23-25 2012, five students had poster presentations:

Elizabeth Boyette and John Mecham - Changes in buffy coat length.

Lauren J. LiGon and John A. Mecham -Variations in CD4+ cell counts.

Katelyn Miller and Jessica Brown - Cloning of a putative protease inhibitor in Tylosema fassoglensis

Roberta Smith-Uhl, Francie Cuffney - Sequencing of Corbicula DNA

Four students had oral presentations:

Kayley H. Hake, Debbie J. Frank, Kathryn G. Miller - The Role of Myosin VI in Epithelial Cell Migration

 Roberta Smith-Uhl, Kelissa Holden , Francie Cuffney -Shell Structure of Corbicula fluminea in North Carolina: Effects of Variations in pH

Ai-vy T. Riniker, Robert K. Reid, Jason Andrus, and Karthik Aghoram - An Analytic Comparison of Tylosema fassoglense and esculentum to Varying Legumes to Explore Taxonomic Relationships

State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) 2011 held at East Carolina University November 19, 2011, three students had poster presentations:

Jessica Brown - Cloning of putative protease inhibitor in Tylosema  fassoglensis

Robert Smith-Uhl - Shell morphology and DNA extraction of disperse populations of Corbicula fluminea in North Carolina

Wendy Zuluaga - HIV protease inhibition abilities of Tylosema flassoglensis  

 

Celebrating Student Achievement Day – Meredith College 2012

19 different presentations were presented by Biology Majors 

Nine Biology majors gave oral presentations at the Celebrating Student Achievement Day.  They are as follows:

Ai-vy Riniker – An Analytic Comparison of Tylosema fassoglense and esculentum to Varying Legumes to Explore Taxonomic Relationships

Janice Trotter – The Effects of Internal Parasites on Peromyscus leucopus

Roberta Smith-Uhl and Kelissa Holden – Shell Structure of Corbicula fluminea in North Carolina:  Effects of variations in pH

Jessie Breazeale – An Investigation of Enzymatic Applications in First and Second Generation Biofuel Production

Kayley Hake, Debbie Frank and Kathryn Miller – The Role of Myosin VI in Epithelial Cell Migration

Jacqueline Bailey – An Integrated Approach to Rural Infections Disease Management

Patricia McQuaid – Identifying the Role of Cybb in Rotenone Response

Alison Flanagan and Angela Mitchell (UNC Chapel Hill) The role of promyelocytic leukemia (PML) bodies on the transduction of several serotypes of AAV 

Twenty two Biology Majors presented Posters at the Celebrating Student Achievement Day.   They are as follows:

Sarah Beno, Rachel Serrano and Anum Imran – DNA Extraction and Regeneration of Tylosema esculentum and Tylosema fassoglensisElizabeth Boyette – Changes in Buffy Coat Length

Jessica Brown and Katelyn Miller – Cloning of Putative Protease Inhibitor in Tylosema fassoglensis

Jaimee Farley – Natural or Pharmaceutical; Which has Less Side Effects on Corbicula flumineaKatlynn Hardy,

Janice Trotter and Amanda Beirne – The Effects of Simulated Rain on the Atta columbica

Aatiqah Khalid, Wendy Zuluaga, Hawa Tuli and Safah Mahate – HIV protease inhibition abilities of Tylosema fassoglensis

Lauren LiGon – Variations in CD4+ Cell Counts

Carla Mena, Elizabeth Boyette and Lauren LiGon – Cloning of the tolC gene from Escherichia coli for Future Expression and PurificationSamantha Ramsdell and Amanda Rosemann – Validation of Probiotic in Over the Counter Suppplements

Roberta Smith-Uhl – Sequencing of Corbicula fluminea DNA

Roberta Smith-Uhl – The origin of algae on rock coatings in Wake and Franklin County streams.

Hoda Yegani – Genomic DNA Isolation from Tylosema esculentum Tissue Culture 

Nine Biology majors in the Scanning Electron Microscopy course taught by Dr. Grimes presented a special poster session in the Atrium of the SMB at the Celebrating Student Achievement Day.  They are as follows:

Jacqueline Bailey

Linda Bridgers

Jessica Brown

Taylor Metcalf

Katelyn Miller

Samantha Ramsdell

Ryeshia Stang

Mary Tschopp

Sajaa Waheed