STUDENT RESEARCH DAY 2005

STUDENT RESEARCH DAY 2005
MBES AWARD WINNERS
	Peko Tsuji *INHIBITION OF BAP-ACTIVATING ENZYMES AND DNA-BINDING IN HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS BY METHOXYLATED FLAVONOIDS.*
	Winner of the inaugural Sigma Xi Award *1st Place - PhD IV Poster* ABSTRACT
	Blake Ellis ESTABLISHMENT OF EPIDERMAL CELL LINES DERIVED FROM THE SKIN OF THE ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS).
	*2nd Place - PhD I Poster* ABSTRACT
Poster Presentations
	Carolyn Abbott ASSESSING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DIVERSITY IN THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT FLUIDS OF THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN, TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS ABSTRACT
	Christina Grek *THE ROLE OF LEPTIN IN PULMONARY SURFACTANT PRODUCTION USING A SEAL MODEL.* ABSTRACT
Michele Hsia *THE FIRST ISOLATION AND STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF A TOXIN PRODUCED BY THE DINOFLAGELLATE, ALEXAND RIUM MONILATUM.* ABSTRACT
	Kristy Lidie CHARACTERIZATION OF GENE EXPRESSION NETWORKS IN RESPONSE TO NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN THE DINOFLAGELLATE KARENIA BREVIS. ABSTRACT
Kelli Margot *BREVETOXIN EFFECTS ON THE LUNG: INFLAMMATION, PROTEIN EXPRESSION, AND MACROPHAGE ACTIVITY.* ABSTRACT
	Meagan Mollenhauer *A NOVEL APPROACH TO ASSESSING OXIDATIVE STRESS IN WILD BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS, TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS* ABSTRACT
Benjamin A. Neely *USING LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED-MASS SPECTROMETRY TO DETECT NICKEL-CONTAINING PROTEINS* ABSTRACT
	Tracey B. Schock STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURALLY OCCURRING TOXINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYANOBACTERIUM, TRICHODESMIUM THIEBAUTII. ABSTRACT
Jessica Shockey CHARACTERIZATION OF CRUSTIN, A PUTATIVE ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE FROM LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI. ABSTRACT
	Jennifer Yordy *PARTITIONING OF CONTAMINANTS BETWEEN BLUBBER, BLOOD AND MILK IN WILD BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS: IMPLICATIONS.* ABSTRACT
Oral Presentations
	Shawn Polson *CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTHY AND DISEASED ACROPORID CORALS.* ABSTRACT
Emily A. Monroe BREVETOXIN AND POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENE EXPRESSION UNDER LOW NUTRIENT CONDITIONS IN THE DINOFLAGELLATE KARENIA BREVIS. ABSTRACT
	Mara Lennard *OCT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND THEIR COACTIVATORS: ARE THEY EVOLUTIONARILY CONSERVED?* ABSTRACT
Javier Robalino *ANTIVIRAL IMMUNITY INDUCED BY DOUBLE STRANDED RNA IN A MARINE SHRIMP.* ABSTRACT
	Barbara R. Lyon *ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE CHARACTERIZED IN GASTROINTESTINAL ESCHERICHIA COLI OF WILD BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS)* ABSTRACT