Joe K. Moody
Simpson College Science & Math
Undergraduate Research
Symposium
Fall 2002
December 3, 2002
5:30 p.m.
Carver Science Center Atrium
and
Jordan Lecture Hall
Oral Presentations
Scent-trailing by newborn timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) and Asian sunbeam snakes (Xenopeltis unicolor).
Troy Mohror
Sponsor: Jeff Parmelee
and
Skin chemistry of the Asian sunbeam snake, Xenopeltis unicolor.
Brooke Rogge
Sponsors: Jeff Parmelee and Ron Warnet
Small mammal abundance and habitat selection in timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus).
Bryan Maher
Sponsor: Jeff Parmelee
Research Support: Iowa Science Foundation
Cricket frog (Acris crepitans) color polymorphism.
Jessica Trost
Sponsor: Jeff Parmelee
Building a quorum sensing sensor.
Kari Bales, Daron Marshall, Suzi Messick, Elizabeth Pelzer, Katy Shelquist, Clay Stoddard
Sponsor: Pat Singer
l Poster Presentations: 6:35 - 7:00 p.m. l
Historical accounts of catsteps in the Loess Hills of Iowa.
Pam Wilcox
Sponsors: Steve Emerman and Nick Proctor
Boron tolerance of miniature cultivars of sunflower and lettuce.
Adam Finken and Lisa Anderson
Sponsor: Steve Emerman
Structure contour map of central and south-central Iowa.
Cindi Mefferd, Steve Lamberti, Dan Keltner
Sponsor: Steve Emerman
Locating specimens in Warren County (Iowa) of common buckthorn, an over-wintering host for soybean aphids.
Nate Anderson and Bart George
Sponsor: Bill Gilbert
Poster Presentations
The search for inhibitors to Agrobacterium virulence.
Miranda Lund and Casey Peters
Sponsor: Ron Warnet
Bedrock mapping of Buchanan and East River Townships, Page county, southwestern Iowa.
Kevin Hoffmann and Kristine Robson
Sponsor: Steve Emerman
Research Support: U.S. Geological Survey
Search for organic compounds in sandstone red beds.
Danny Maas, Ryann Ginkens, and Wendi Curran
Sponsors: Steve Emerman and Ron Warnet
Nitric oxide synthase in embryonic development of Xenopus laevis.
Julie Wolfram
Sponsors: Jackie Brittingham and John Dagle*
*University of Iowa Department of Pediatrics
Research Support: Dr. Dagle, American Heart
Association
Walks, paths, cycles and connectedness
Ben Mason
Sponsor: Murphy Waggoner
Applications of graph theory
Andrea Monroe
Sponsor: Murphy Waggoner
Map coloring and planar graphs
Kirstin Ehm
Sponsor: Murphy Waggoner
Examples and counting
Travis Graham
Sponsor: Murphy Waggoner
Save the trees
Tom Tesar
Sponsor: Murphy Waggoner
Calculating the Shapley value in coalitional
games
Bill Davis
Sponsor: Rick Spellerberg
Coalitional games with transferable payoff: Solution concept of bargaining sets and the kernel
Nick Damm
Sponsor: Rick Spellerberg
The Nash arbitration scheme
Brian Mann
Sponsor: Rick Spellerberg
Analysis of cooperation for repeated prisoner's dilemma
Amanda Rick
Sponsor: Rick Spellerberg
Other Research Projects
Fate mapping of the dorsal blastomeres in Xenopus laevis embryos.
Doug Besch, Eric Drey, Maegan Johnson, and Ashley Wilson
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
Research Support: NSF-CCLI and the Roy J. Carver
Foundation
Formation of a duplicated axis in Xenopus laevis by ectopic expression of Siamois mRNA.
Amber Homiak, Travis Gerhart, Ali Priestley, Jessica Trost and Anita Zahs
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
Research Support: NSF-CCLI and the Roy J. Carver
Foundation
The role of endothelin in Zebrafish craniofacial development.
Jacob Brosamle, Ellie Kinkel-Schuster, Josh Nelson and Tiffany Whitsell
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
Research Support: NSF-CCLI and the Roy J. Carver
Foundation
RT-PCR of Pitx2 in Xenopus laevis.
Amy Anderson, Brent Harberts, Suzi Messick, and Julie Wolfram
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
Research Support: NSF-CCLI and the Roy J. Carver
Foundation