2010 Berea College Research Symposium
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 departments 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.
The program for Fall 2010 will be held on Friday, October 22rd starting after lunch and concluding with a plenary talk “Metabolism: Old or Gold?” by Dr. Teresa Whei-Mei Fan who works at the University of Kentucky in the Department of Chemistry. Teresa uses NMR spectroscopy to study biological systems.
We will start at 2:30 PM with a poster session in the lobby of the science building with posters from various fields (in the past this included chemistry, biology, physics, psychology, industrial arts, computer science, physical education & health, and mathematics.) We then move into dual lecture sessions at 4 PM while continuing the posters in the lobby. Generally one seminar section is devoted to biological sciences and the other to physical sciences. Other disciplines are also welcome to give a talk and are placed in one section or the other based on research topic.
Students and faculty interested in attending or participating in the 2017 BURS should either contact Jay Baltisberger or Anes Kovacevic of the chemistry program. Alternatively a student may elect to register online via the link on the Chemistry department web server.
Registration for the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Sciences Meeting should follow this link KAS Registration
The program for Fall 2010 will be held on Friday, October 22rd starting after lunch and concluding with a plenary talk “Metabolism: Old or Gold?” by Dr. Teresa Whei-Mei Fan who works at the University of Kentucky in the Department of Chemistry. Teresa uses NMR spectroscopy to study biological systems.
We will start at 2:30 PM with a poster session in the lobby of the science building with posters from various fields (in the past this included chemistry, biology, physics, psychology, industrial arts, computer science, physical education & health, and mathematics.) We then move into dual lecture sessions at 4 PM while continuing the posters in the lobby. Generally one seminar section is devoted to biological sciences and the other to physical sciences. Other disciplines are also welcome to give a talk and are placed in one section or the other based on research topic.
Students and faculty interested in attending or participating in the 2017 BURS should either contact Jay Baltisberger or Anes Kovacevic of the chemistry program. Alternatively a student may elect to register online via the link on the Chemistry department web server.
Registration for the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Sciences Meeting should follow this link KAS Registration
The following students have registered to do presentations for 2010
Oral Presentations
# | Name | Title | Major |
1 | Kayla G. Kinker | Immune Response to Vimentin Peptides and the Role of Smoking in an HLA Transgenic Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis | biology |
2 | Alisha Holmberg | The E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4L interacts with and polyubiquitinates ∆Np63α following genotoxic stress | biology |
3 | Theint Theint | 2H NMR Studies of Dynamics in Protein Sidechains | chemistry |
4 | Ramesh Adhikari | Quench Localization in Superconducting Radio-frequency Cavities | chemistry |
5 | Katherine Simonson | The Impact of Gardening on College Students' Eating Behaviors | child and family studies |
6 | Tyler Vanover | Pulsed Laser Ablation of Solids in Liquid Environment | physics |
7 | Christopher B. Yaluma | The Optical Reflectivity of Graphene | physics |
8 | Tommy Boykin | Copper-Based Superconductors | physics |
9 | Rohan Isaac | Synthesis of FeGe | physics |
Poster Presentations
# | Name | Title | Major |
1 | Jane Tonello | Glucose Clamping in the Conscious Mouse | biology |
2 | Jalicia Sturdivant & Charli Bobit | Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoform Expression in Regenerating Axolotl Salamander Retina | biology |
3 | Kathryn Massana & Abigail Wier | Localization and characterization of photoreceptors in the cercariae of the trematode, Proterometra macrostoma | biology |
4 | Premila Samuel | Constructing an Inducible System for the Study of Rod Cell Degeneration and Regeneration | chemistry |
5 | Jose Victoria & Dhadon Dhadon | Reactions of imidazolium and triazolium salts with [Ir(H)2(PPh3)2(OCMe2)2]BF4 | chemistry |
6 | Kelly Njine Mouapi | Monoclonal antibody 1A5 abrogates TGF-beta induced tumor cell migration | chemistry |
7 | Dominic Suma & Parker Shuler | Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Ketoesters via a Ketene-Claisen Condensation | chemistry |
8 | Horton Li, James McCarty, & Ivan Titaley | Struvite precipitation in anaerobic swine lagoon liquid at Berea College Farm: effect of pH and Mg:P ratio | chemistry |
9 | Violet R.Katiyo, Casey Gray, Alexcia Moore, & Grace Par | Nutrient and waste management at Berea College Farm: Analysis of soil samples for the availability of phosphorus | chemistry |
10 | Imelda Hot | Histidine-Functionalized Water-Soluble Nanoparticle as Mimics of Hydrolytic Enzymes | chemistry |
11 | James Brian Hamblin & Zelalem Demissie Mekonnen | Chemical and phosphorus-31 NMR characterization of phosphorus in a swine facility waste stream | chemistry |
12 | Chido Hambira | Development of an HPLC assay for the analysis of adducted DNA-protein cross-links | chemistry |
13 | Justin McGlothlin | Establishing Density Profile of Ultra-Cooled Gas in a Harmonic Potential | physics |
14 | William Norris | BEC to BCS crossover in a rotating Fermionic Gas | physics |
15 | Hodari-Sadiki James | The Importance of Glia in Chemosensory Modulation of Respiration | physics |
16 | Zachary Danneman & Tara Shumate | Pedagogy of Place: The Development of an Invisible Curriculum | psychology |
17 | Yuta Katsumi, Victoria Fulton, Jordan Harrison, & Ali Hassan | EEG Spectral Analysis of Neurocognitive Style in Relation to a Remote Associations Task | psychology |
18 | Jessica Barnes, Jenipher Dennis, & Rachel Krebs | The Effects of Scenes Presented on Cognitive Tasks | psychology |
19 | Rita Yalda & Damika Jones | Infrared Reduction Analysis and Photometry | technology & industrial arts |