2011 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 2011 will be held on Friday, October 21st. The 2011 BURS will start in the afternoon with student oral presentations, continue with student poster presentations, and and with a plenary talk by Dr. Doug Stickle. Dr. Stickle is Professor and Director of Chemistry & Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) at Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. Dr. Stickle's talk is titled, “Clinical Chemistry, and Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry”.

We will 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.

Students and faculty interested in attending or participating in the 2019 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 104th Kentucky Academy of Sciences Meeting should follow this link KAS Registration

The following students have registered to do presentations for 2011

Oral Presentations

#	Name	Host	Title	Mentor	Major
1	Ericka Berge, Bailey King, Michon Martin, Juliana Dolan, & Franceska Mehmeti	Berea College	Proterometra macrostoma (Trematoda: Azygiidae): Location of the Redia and Emergence Path from the Snail Intermediate Host, Elimia semicarinata (Gastropoda: Pleuorceridae). abstract	Ron Rosen	biology
2	Imelda Hot	Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey PA	Blood Plasma Coagulation Induced by Poly(ethylene glycol) Materials abstract	Christopher A. Siedlecki	chemistry
3	Marceline G. Aengwanama	Vanderbilt University	Runx1 Interacts with Delta Np63alpha to Regulate Target Genes abstract	Christopher E Barton & Jennifer A Pietenpol	chemistry
4	Kelly Mouapi	Mayo Clinic	Epitope Mapping of Vimentin in Arthritis-susceptible HLA-DRB1* 0401 and resistant *0402 mice abstract	Veena Taneja & Chella David	chemistry
5	Premila Samuel	Mayo Clinic	The mechanism of action of Prevotella histocola in the immunomodulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). abstract	Ashutosh Mangalam	chemistry
6	Chido Hambira & Michael Bertucci	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Combinatorial synthesis of a thiourea library for the aminolysis of N-acyl homoserine lactones abstract	Michel Gagné	chemistry
7	Lydia Joiner	Berea College	Berea College Gardeing Project abstract	Neil Mecham	child and family studies
8	Tommy O. Boykin	Berea College	Synthesis of Copper-Based Superconductors abstract	Amer Lahamer	physics
9	Rohan Isaac, Tommy Boykin, Marissa Brown, & Mackenzie Endres	Berea College	Synthesis and characterization of Half-Metallic Heusler Alloys abstract	Amer Lahamer	physics
10	Rachel Krebs	Berea College	The effects of gender and writing assignments on implicit attitudes of gender roles abstract	Dave Porter	psychology
11	Raven Weaver	Berea College	Perception of Aging: The Power of Knowledge & Action abstract	Dave Porter	psychology

Poster Presentations

#	Name	Host	Title	Mentor	Major
1	Juliana Dolan, Franceska Mehmeti, Ericka Berg, Bailey King, & MIchon Martin	Berea College	Proterometra macrostoma (Trematoda: Azygiidae): Effect of Serotonin and Melatonin on Redial Movement and Emergence of the Cercaria from the Redia and the Snail, Elimia semicarinata (Gastropoda: Pleuorceridae). abstract	Ron Rosen	biology
2	Karen Reynolds	University of Kentucky	Understanding SERF function: Creation and behavioral analysis of dSERF deletion mutants abstract	Dr. Raymond & Dr. Harrison	biology
3	Katherine Webb	Berea College	Detection and mapping of invasive plant species and hiking trails at Indian Fort Mountain in Berea, KY.	Dr. Hanna	biology
4	Cecilia Albers	Vanderbilt University	The Role of Activated Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule in Triple Negative Breast Cancer abstract	Bojana Jovanovic	biology
5	Charli Bobbitt	Vanderbilt University	The Role of Bone Morphogentic Proteins in Mammary Gland Differentiation	Phil Owens	biology
6	Horton Li	Vanderbilt University	LKB1 effect on MicroRNA expression in lung adenocarcinoma abstract	Jacob M. Kaufman, Joseph M. Amann, & David P. Carbone	chemistry
7	Dallas Cook, Russell Hammond, & Horton Lin	Berea College	Synthesis of Fluorescent Derivatives of Lysine and Glutamic Acid abstract	Matthew Saderholm	chemistry
8	Trena Payton & Amanuel Tefamichael	Berea College	Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Ketoesters via a Quinine-Catalyzed Ketene-Claisen Condensation. abstract	Mary Robert Garrett	chemistry
9	Chelsey Lloyd & Michelle Bloom	Berea College	Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Ketoesters via an Azaferrocene-Catalyzed Ketene-Claisen Condensation abstract	Mary Robert Garrett	chemistry
10	Amanuel Tesfamichael & Trena Payton	Berea College	Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Ketoesters via a Ketene-Claisen Condensation.	Mary Robert Garrett	chemistry
11	Diego Moya, Elijah Whitaker, Melanie Burt, & Julianna Dolan	Berea College	Characterization of Internally-Quenched Fluorescent Peptide Substrates for the Peptidase Neurolysin. abstract	Matthew Saderholm	chemistry
12	Chyna Johnson	Miami University	Design and Synthesis of STAT3 Inhibitor abstract	Hong Wang	chemistry
13	Marceline G. Aengwanama	Vanderbilt University	Runx1 Interacts With DeltaNp63alpha to Regulate Target Genes abstract	Christopher E Barton & Jennifer A Pietenpol	chemistry
14	Dipendra Sharma Chapagain	Marshall University	Influence of Boundary Conditions on Metastable Lifetimes for The Ising Model on the Hyperbolic Plane	Howard Richards	chemistry
15	Kristina Carter, Sara Dean, Valerie Frost, & Alena Gordienko	Berea College	From Anecdote to Assessment: the Robust Beauty of Using Multiple Regression and Path Analysis to Explore Retention, Graduation, and Academic Performance at a Small Liberal Arts College	Dave Porter	chemistry
16	Stacey Roberts & Brittany Stowers	Berea College	African American Families and their Heritage in Garrard County Kentucky--Phases I and II abstract	Janice Blythe	child and family studies
17	Aaron Meadows	Berea College	Taiji Improves Kinetic Link Coordination abstract	Jeff McClung	other
18	Marissa Brown, Mackenzie Endres, Rohan Isaac, & Tommy Boykin	Berea College	Laser Ablation of Boron Fullerenes abstract	Amer Lahamer	physics
19	James Perrugia & Fidel Tewolde	Berea College	Ground State Energies and Isomer Configurations of Nanoclusters abstract	Martin Veillette	physics
20	Christopher B. Yaluma	University of Kentucky	The Identification of Few Layer Graphene and the Growth of Nanoribbons on Silicon Nitride Substrates abstract	Douglas Strachan	physics
21	Andrew Miller	Vanderbilt University	Structural Analysis of integrin Beta 1.	Roy Zent	physics
22	Joshua Callahan, Yuta Katsumi, Chido Matara, & Shelby Williams	Berea College	Neurophysiological Indices of Cognitive Style abstract	Rob Smith	psychology
23	Brian Easterday, Tierah Ellard, Matthew Jenkins, & Jordan Monger	Berea College	Design of a flexible research vehicle for future studies at Berea College abstract	Mark Mahoney	technology & industrial arts
24	Sam Hawes	Berea College	The History, the Music and the Construction of the Kentucky Dulcimer	Alan Mills	technology & industrial arts