2006 Student Research Day posters in biology
(Student names are italicized, Faculty are in bold)
Tom Anderson, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Chris Floyd. The Influence of Habitat Quality on Biparental Care in Red-naped Sapsuckers.
Tom Anderson, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Chris Floyd. Testing the Influence of Willow Proximity on Breeding Success in a Keystone Species: The Red-naped Sapsucker.
Anthonia Arikawe and Amanda Bretl, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Winnifred Bryant. Role of Environmental Estrogens in Breast and Uterine Cancer.
Brett Buckley, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Todd Wellnitz. Prey Capture by Dragonfly Nymphs across a Light Gradient.
Kevin Buffington, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Paula Kleintjes and Evan Weiher. Response of Ground Dwelling Invertebrates to Changes in Prairie Community Composition.
Ellen Christensen and Miranda Myers, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Sasha Showsh. The Characterization of Novel Azo Dye-Degrading Bacteria.
Christine Dahlheimer, Michael Schicker, Kevin Buffington, Artur Stefanski, Christina Chalk, Nate Butler, Alison Welin, Mary Jo Klinker, and Michele Mezera, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Tali Lee and Evan Weiher. The Responses of Functional Leaf Traits to Increased Nitrogen and Suppression of Mycorrhizal Fungi in an ExperimentalGrassland.
Michael Davey, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Daniel Herman. The YPD1 Protein of Candida albicansMay Be Essential for Survival.
Josh Dumke, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: David Lonzarich. Removal of Small Woody Debris and Effects on Salmonid Spawning Habitat.
Michael Fell, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Tali Lee and Evan Weiher. The Effects of Competition on Two Native Plant Species during Prairie Restoration: Results from Year One.
Chelsea Gudgeon, Megan A. O’Brien, and Emily Watts, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Julie Anderson. From Genes to Ecosystems: A Molecular View of Microbial Diversity in Different Plant Communities.
Ryan T. Hietpas and Sam Jensen, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Daniel Herman. Creation of an MBP1 Null Mutant Strain of Candida albicans.
Bill Hintz, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Chris Floyd. Home Range of the Wedges Creek Wolf (Canis lupus) Pack.
Sarah Ivory, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Kristina Beuning. Vegetation History of Lake Malawi, Africa over the Last 1.5 Million Years.
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James Kasper, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Daniel Janik. Stimulation of Nonphotic-like Circadian Clock Resetting by Methamphetamine.
David Koslov, Maria Paulina Duarte, Yaron Fireizen, and Ernest Ruiz, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: David Lonzarich. Effects of Birth Date on the Growth and Survival of Juvenile Coho Salmon.
Fong Lee, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Daniel Janik. Reduction of Nonphotic Resetting with Nest Box Confinement and a Beta Adrenergic Blocker.
Ka Lor, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Kristina Beuning. Holocene Shifts in Grass Community Composition along the Prairie-forest Ecotone in South-central Minnesota.
Pat Murack, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: David Lonzarich. Relating Swimming Velocity to Tail-beat Frequency in Juvenile Salmonids.
Megan A. O’Brien, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Joseph R. Rohrer. Molecular Systematics of Native American Plums: Tying Up the Loose Ends.
Amanda Plain, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Kristina Beuning. Floral Survey of Boyd Park Nature Preserve, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
Lindsey Raymondand Paul Wratkowski, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Paula Kleintjes. Foraging Patterns of Leaf Cutter Ants: Atta cephalotes.
Jennifer Reinke and Elizabeth Hanson, Faculty Advisor/Collaborators: Allen Keniston (Psychology) and Susan Krueger, (Biology). Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control as Predictors of the Efficacy of Teaching about Nutrition.
Michael Schickerand Matthew Renkas, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Todd Wellnitz. Influence of Tidal Pool Characteristics on Species Richness and Abundance along a Shoreline Elevation Gradient.
Michael Schicker, Alison Welin, and Matthew Renkas, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Tali Lee and Evan Weiher. Associations with Soil Bacteria and Fungi Interact to Affect the Physiology and Growth of Red Clover in a Prairie Restoration Experiment.
Michele Skahaug, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Paula Kleintjes. Aquatic Invertebrates Associated with Macrophytes after the Elimination of the Winter Drawdown in Little Lake Wissota,Chippewa Falls, WI.
Artur Stefanski, Michael Fell, Christine Dahlheimer, Kevin Buffington, Mary Jo Klinker, Christina Chalk, and Michael Schicker, Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Tali Lee and Evan Weiher. Multiple Controls on Grassland Plant Community Assembly, Diversity, and Ecosystem Processes: Effects of History, Mycorrhizal Fungi, and Nitrogen in Year Two.
Matt Troia. Faculty Advisor/Collaborator: Todd Wellnitz. Effects of Microsporidian Parasites on Life History Characteristics of Gammarus pseudolimnaeus
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