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Young Scientist Symposium

Thursday, August 11, 2005
Whitman Auditorium


Symposium Schedule:

9:00 AM Amoebae and human pathogens in Mt. Hope Bay
Elizabeth Halliday and Rebecca Gast

9:15 Analysis of differential gene expression and microsatellite loci in determining genetic basis for parasite resistant strains of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
Elie Diner

9:30 Analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus regulated gene expression in the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense
Sarah Y Skolness, Donald M Anderson, and Deana L Erdner

9:45 Phylogeography of the sea star Linkia laevegata and it's obligate parasite Thyca crystallina
Bolanle Akinronbe, Martha Munoz, and Paul Barber

10:00 Comparison of dispersal in two sea stars, Linkia laevegata and Protoreaster nodulus, across a known dispersal barrier
Martha Munoz, Bolanle Akinronbe, and Paul Barber

10:15 RNases/angiogenins from zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Elio Pizzo, Angela Arciello and Giuseppe D'Alessio

10:30 Break

10:45 Biochemical modeling of a memory pathway
Christie Taylor, Herman T. Epstein, Christopher Gagliardi, and Alan M. Kuzirian

11:00 "Steering" Small Sharks through Neural Stimulation of the Olfactory Bulbs
Daniel Hashimoto, Sanaya Patell, and Jelle Atema

11:15 Female mate choice in the American lobster (Homarus americanus): the effect of artificial depletion of sperm load
Lindsay Shamberger and Jelle Atema

11:30 Effects of an oil spill 35 years later on the salt marsh fiddler crab, Uca pugnax
Rachel VanderKruik, Jennifer Culbertson, and Ivan Valiela

11:45 Using quahogs to historically reconstruct land derived nitrogen inputs to estuaries: development of methods
Theresa Hattenrath, Ruth Carmichael, Bob Michener, and Ivan Valiela

12:00 PM Break

1:30 Response of macroalgal growth and chlorophylls to nutrient enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Mass
Carolina Aguila, Mirta Teichberg, and Ivan Valiela

1:45 Effect of Zostera marina on nitrification/denitrification along a eutrophic gradient in a shallow, coastal estuary
Sarah Q. Foster and Anne Giblin

2:00 Estimation of ecosystem metabolism using in situ oxygen measurements in a shallow estuary.
Jeffrey D. Walker and Robert W. Howarth

2:15 Nitrogen in road runoff and in wet and dry deposition emanating from local automobile sources
Mohammed Pervaiz, Eric Davidson, Ekaterina Bulyginia, and Kathleen Savage

2:30 Physical and Nutrient Sediment Characteristics of a Cape Cod Coastal Plain Shoreline as a potential influence on plant community composition
Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung, Richard McHorney, and Chris Neill

2:45 Effects of haying on nitrogen acquisition and sediment biogeochemistry in S. patens and S. alterniflora
Greg Brace, Robert Buchsbaum, and Mark Hines


Sponsored by a generous grant from the Dart Neuroscience Limited Partnership, Dart Scholarships bring top scientists in the field of learning and memory together to conduct research at the MBL for the summer.