The Berea Undergraduate Research Symposium (BURS), held each fall the same weekend that the Berea College Trustees visit campus, is an opportunity for the students and faculty to share research work with each other as well as these important campus visitors. This has been organized by the science programs in the past but participation is open to all members of the college community. In recent years we have structured the symposium with both talks and poster presentations as well as a plenary session.

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The program for Fall 2012 will be held on Friday, October 5th. The 2012 BURS will start in the afternoon with student oral presentations, continue with student poster presentations, and and with a plenary talk by Paul Brown, a former scientist at the National Institutes of Health. Students and faculty interested in attending or participating in the 2012 BURS should either contact Jay Baltisberger or Mary Robert Garrett of the chemistry program. Alternatively a student may elect to register online via the link on the Chemistry department web server.

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We generally start at 2:30 PM with two simultaneous oral presentation sessions (15 minutes each) in rooms 101 and 106 of the Science Building. The sessions are grouped by theme as much as possible. The poster session starts at 3:30 and is held in the lobby of the science building with posters from various fields (previous posters from chemistry, biology, physics, psychology, sociology, education, African American Studies, economics, industrial arts, computer science, physical education & health, and mathematics). All students who pursued substantial research projects over the previous year are encouraged to present their research.

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We have been hosting the BURS since 2001 and have records of participants going back to 2007 online (see links to the left).

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On-line registration link for BURS

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The following students have registered to do presentations for 2012

#	Name	Title	Type	Major	Edit/Display
1	Kevin Joenborg	CROW - Clinic for the Rehabilitation Of Wildlife	oral	biology	edit data
2	Hsuan Peng	Cross-campus phenotypic analysis of knockout Arabidopsis thaliana from SALK library	oral	biology	edit data
3	Ashley N. Curtis, Joshua A. Hall, Nadia A. Karkenny, Sara A. Keller, Michon A. Martin, & Brandi L. Vaughn	Variation in Diversity of Salamander Species in Four Selected Stream Habitats in Central Kentucky abstract	oral	biology	edit data
4	Chelsea Bicknell	Gathering Stories of Appalachian Foodways: An Oral History Project abstract	oral	biology	edit data
5	Helena Pett	HLA Class II Molecules Influence Susceptibility vs Protection in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Programming the Cytokine Profile. abstract	oral	chemistry	edit data
6	Ivan Titaley	Characterization of disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation potential within the Ashokan watershed: Effects of filtered and unfiltered chlorinated water samples abstract	oral	chemistry	edit data
7	Dipendra Sharma Chapagain	To clone erkf gene from E.coli K12 in Pet32a+ expression vector and perform functional assay abstract	oral	chemistry	edit data
8	Horton Li	Novel Approach of Using Microvesicles as Biomarkers for Oral Cancer abstract	oral	chemistry	edit data
9	Gilbert Bangha, Alison York, & Mikheil Matcharadze	Incorporating an Academic Electronic Health Record Into a Small Liberal Arts College Medical Surgical Nursing Curriculum abstract	oral	other	edit data
10	Rohan Isaac	Evaluation of a compact CCD-based high-resolution autocollimator for use as a slope sensor. abstract	oral	physics	edit data
11	Tommy Boykin	Purification of Membrane Scaffold Proteins and Binding of Lipids by the C99 Domain of the Amyloid Precursor Protein abstract	oral	physics	edit data
12	Eva Griffin	Connecting Effort and Attainment: Climate Change Knowledge and Environmental Engagement among Berea Students abstract	oral	sociology	edit data
1	Karen Reynolds	The effect of TGF-β on renal interstitial cells and the progression of tubulointerstitial fibrosis abstract	poster	biology	edit data
2	Aung Soe Lin	Investigating the Role of Protocadherin 24 in Bacterial Attachment to Microvilli abstract	poster	biology	edit data
3	Gregory W. Cox	Compositional Changes in Human Tear Lipids with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction abstract	poster	biology	edit data
4	Ashley N. Curtis, Joshua A. Hall, Nadia A. Karkenny, Sara A. Keller, Michon A. Martin, & Brandi L. Vaughn	Variation in Abundance of Salamanders in Four Selected Stream Habitats in Central Kentucky abstract	poster	biology	edit data
5	Kaleigh Hire & Joshua Best	Assessment of black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) growth and survival on reclaimed surface-mined land abstract	poster	biology	edit data
6	Joshua Best	Microbial analysis of three spoil types from a surface mine site in Pike Co., Kentucky abstract	poster	biology	edit data
7	Mirline Duphresne	IN VITRO ASSAY OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) PRODUCTION AND INFECTION	poster	biology	edit data
8	William Assan	Methyl farnesoate as a regulating hormone in the metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster Larvae: a general dipteran model abstract	poster	biology	edit data
9	Sophia AL-Maamary	Comparison of Hach® water test kits and standard analytical methods at Berea College’s aquaculture and aquaponics facilities. abstract	poster	biology	edit data
10	Jenna M. Rufer & Kayla King	Ritalin and other dopaminergic drugs affect CNS function and development in Drosophila larvae. abstract	poster	biology	edit data
11	Alyssa N. Quiray, Govindarajan Rajagopalan, Ashenafi Tilahun	Role of HLA Class II Polymorphisms on Superantigen Pathogenicity	poster	biology	edit data
12	Wendell A. Bliss, Jacqueline Nolting	Surveillance of Avian Influenza in Waterfowl abstract	poster	biology	edit data
13	Pyae Phyo	Applications of Si-29 Magic-Angle Flipping NMR Experiments to Silicate Glasses abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
14	Anna Tribble & Marceline Aengwanama	New Method of B-Keto Ester Synthesis abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
15	Grace Par	Synthesis of Hydrophilic Polymers Containing a Reactive Thiol Group by RAFT and Aminolysis. abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
16	Georgia Dahlquist & Sarah Elrod	Buffer capacity and pH trends in Berea College’s aquaculture and aquaponics facilities. abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
17	Russell Hammond, Leif Van Laar, Alexandria Smith, & Christa Cherry	New Synthetic Pathways to Triazolium Carbene Complexes abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
18	Titay Ayano	Electrochemical and Optical Properties of Chemically-Synthesized Au Nanoparticles Ranging from Below 4 nm to 30 nm in Diameter abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
19	Michael McCann & Kathryn Risk	Synthesis of β-Ketoesters through Ketene Intermediates abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
20	Ivan L. Suarez-Diaz	Introduction of Hydrogen Bonds to Poly N-substituted Glycines	poster	chemistry	edit data
21	Chido Matara	The role of RNA Polymerase in the development of the Dendritic tree abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
22	Elijah Whitaker, Garrett Cairo, & Courtney Howard	Synthesis of Internally-Quenched Fluorescent Peptide Substrates for the Peptidase Neurolysin abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
23	Sarah Elrod & Georgia Dahlquist	Soil phosphorus content in watersheds affected by waste lagoon overflows at Berea College Farm abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
24	Brittany Schroeder	Routine water quality monitoring at the Berea College aquaponics facility and aquaculture ponds abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
25	Daniel Pardue	Multiple Quantum Transitions of 17O abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
26	Marienette Ngambou	Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Ketoesters abstract	poster	chemistry	edit data
27	Rachele Johnson & Kaila Noland	Characterization of the Sensory Systems in the Cercaria of the Trematode, Proterometra macrostoma abstract	poster	other	edit data
28	Gilbert Bangha, Alison York, & Mikheil Matcharadze	Incorporating an Academic Electronic Health Record Into a Small Liberal Arts College Medical Surgical Nursing Curriculum abstract	poster	other	edit data
29	Sam Hawes	Kentucky Dulcimer Research Project	poster	other	edit data
30	Marissa Brown	Theoretical Study of Diproton Emission abstract	poster	physics	edit data
31	Mackenzie Endres	Radiation Brachytherapy: SAVI (Strut Adjusted Volumetric Implant) Dose Distribution Simulation abstract	poster	physics	edit data
32	Eva Griffin, Cory Shenk, Kelly Kusumoto, & David Scrivener	Putting Down Roots in Shifting Sands: Design Adventures in Utila, Honduras abstract	poster	technology & industrial arts	edit data