5^th Annual Student Research Open House 2005 MBES Poster Presentations

1. Characterization of Allelopathic Compounds Produced by Akashiwo sanguinea
LaTasha Amisial, Peter Moeller, and Alan Lewitus

2. Circadian Control of the Cell Cycle in the Dinoflagellate, Kareniaa brevis: A Role for Blue Light and Characteristics of a Blue Light Receptor
Stephanie A. Brunelle and Frances M. Van Dolah

 3. Establishment of Epidermal Cell Lines Derived from the Skin of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

 Blake C. Ellis , Jin Yu, Mark S. Kindy, John E. Baatz, Margie Peden-Adams,, Tara J. Ellingham, Daynna J. Wolff, Patricia A. Fair, and Sebastiano Gattoni-Celli

4. Health Effects of Perfluorinated Contaminants in Otariids 
Jocelyn R. Flanary, Margie M. Peden-Adams, Thomas Walle, John R. Kucklick, and Paul R. Becker

5. The Role of Leptin in Pulmonary Surfactant Production Using a Seal Model
 Christina L. Grek, John E. Baatz, Ailsa J. Hall, and Michael J. Walton

6. Structure, Function, and Evolution of E-Protein Transcription Factors Driving Transcription of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Locus Enhancer in Teleost Fish 
Jun-ichi Hikima, Mara L. Lennard, Melanie R. Wilson, Norman W. Miller, L. William Clem, and Gregory W. Warr

7. Isolation and Determination of Structure and Biological Activity of a Toxin Produced by the Dinoflagellate, Alexandrium monilatum
 Michelle H. Hsia, Steve Morton, and Peter  D.R. Moeller

8. Function and Regulation of the Cyanotoxin, Microcystin 

Wesley C. Jackson, Jr. and Alan J. Lewitus

9. Oyster Metallothioneins:  Unprecedented Diversity in a Metazoan Species 

Matthew J. Jenny, Gregory W. Warr, Amy H. Ringwood, Kevin Schey, and Robert W. Chapman

10. Microbial Community Analysis of a Gorgonian Coral, Pseudopterogorgia americana
Christopher Johnston, Garriet W. Smith, Cheryl M. Woodley, and Pamela J. Morris

11. Oct Transcription Factors and their Coactivators: Are They Evolutionarily Conserved? 

Mara L. Lennard, Jun-ichi Hikima, Norman W. Miller, Melanie R. Wilson, L. William Clem, and Gregory W. Warr

12. Gene Expression in the Florida Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis: Analysis of an Expressed Sequence Tag Library and Development of a DNA Microarray

 Kristy B. Lidie, James C. Ryan, and Frances M. Van Dolah

13. Development of a Dolphin cDNA Microarray 

Annalaura Mancia, Mats Lundqvist, Tracy Romano, Gregory Bossart, Patricia Fair, and Gregory W. Warr

14. Changes in Mouse Lung Morphology following Exposure to Brevetoxin-3 

Kelli L. Margot, James C. Ryan, Frances M. Van Dolah, John E. Baatz, and Eric R. Lacy

15. Does an Automated Assignment of Biological Topics Produce Relevant Semantic Meaning? 

David C. McLean, Jr., Bin Zheng, and Xinghua Lu

16. Investigation of epidermal immunity in wild bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus 

Meagan A.M. Mollenhauer, Patricia A. Fair, Gregory D. Bossart, Margie Peden-Adams, Tracy Romano, and Gary S. Gilkeson  

17. Brevetoxin and Polyketide Synthase Gene Expression under Low-Nutrient Conditions in the Dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis 

Emily A. Monroe, Zhihong Wang   and Frances M. Van Dolah

18. Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled-Mass Spectrometry to Detect Nickel-Containing Proteins 

Benjamin A. Neely, William C. Davis, David Point, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Steven J. Christopher Paul M. Bertsch, and Pamela J. Morris

19. Diversity in the Genomic Organization and Regulation of the Penaeidin Genes in Litopenaeus vannamei  

Nuala O’Leary and Paul S. Gross

20. Diversity and Dynamics of Deep Water Coral Associated Microbial Communities 

Sara C. Polson and Cheryl M. Woodley

21. Composition of Bacterial Communities Associated with Acroporid Coral Mortality Event in the Florida Keys during 2003

 Shawn W. Polson, Shawn M. McLaughlin, and Cheryl M. Woodley

 22. Antiviral Immunity Induced by Double Stranded RNA in a Marine Shrimp 

Javier Robalino, Thomas Bartlett, Sarah Prior, Eleanor Shepard, Pamela Parnell, Robert Chapman, Paul S. Gross, Craig Browdy, and Gregory Warr

23. Novel Biomarker Degradation Pattern by Microbial Enrichments Initiated from Two Microhabitats of the USS Arizona 

Carol A. Savoie, Amanda M. Graham, Thomas. J. McDonald, Matthew Russell, Larry Murphy, and Pamela J. Morris

24. Characterization of Crustin, a Putative Antimicrobial Peptide from Litopenaeus vannamei 

Jessica Shockey, Nuala O’Leary, and Paul S. Gross

25. Structural elucidation of naturally occurring toxins associated with the cyanobacteria, Trichodesmium theibautii 
Tracey B. Schock, Steve Morton, Peter  D.R. Moeller

 26. Uptake and Metabolism of 5,7-Dimethoxyflavone, a Potential Chemopreventive Compound, in Fundulus heteroclitus  

Petra A. Tsuji, Danielle Thiebault, Richard N. Winn and Thomas Walle

27. Elucidating the Mechanism of pH-Dependent Ni Tolerance in Burkholderia cepacia PR1₃₀₁  

Joy D. Van Nostrand, Andrew G. Sowder, John M. Arthur, Paul M. Bertsch, and Pam Morris

28. Partitioning of Contaminants between Blubber, Blood and Milk in Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins: Implications for Bio-monitoring 

Jennifer Yordy, John Kucklick, Randall S. Wells, Brian Balmer, Bob Swarthout, and Teresa K. Rowles