The 2010 Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition
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Biochemistry
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Thomas Zaikos (Borer Fellow) ‘10: “Periodate aniline ligation of RAW 246.7 cell
surface sialic acid residues increases expression of inflammatory cytokines with and
without stimulation by lipopolysaccharide”
Mentor: Dr. John Kupinski
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Biology
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Nick Lorusso ‘10: “Effects of Benthic Sediment Levels on the Brood Rock Selection by
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis”
Mentor: Dr. Ted Georgian
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Thomas Zaikos (Borer Fellow) ‘10: “Nutrient-limitation induces triglyceride synthesis
in Neochloris oleoabundans”
Mentor: Dr. Fred Harrington |
Neil Batta ’12, Shikha Gupta ’10, Divya Kurian ‘12: “Optimization of Lipid and Starch
Extraction following Nutrient Depletion in the Green Algae Neochloris oleoabundans”
Mentor: Dr. Fred Harrington |
Priya Singhal ‘11: “Cadherin-11 knockout mice have changes in canonical Wnt
signaling in the mammary gland”
Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
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Megan Vos ‘11, Neha Sanyal ‘12, Ashish Kumar ‘11: “The role of Cadherin-11 in
branching morphogenesis and its effects on Wnt signaling in the adult mammary
gland”
Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens |
Jaela Agnello ‘12, Julie Scarpino ‘12, Samuel Saeli ‘11: “Effects of Lithium
Chloride, Potassium Chromate, and Cadmium Chloride on zebrafish development”
Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens |
Shihka Gupta ’10, Kyle Klosowski ‘12: “The effect of water from Two Mile Creek
(Olean, NY) and Lithium Chloride on the development of zebrafish (Danio rerios)”
Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens |
Nick Arno ‘12, Lauren Russo ‘12: “Effects of LiCl and Stink Creek water on zebrafish
(Danio rerios) embryos”
Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens |
Linsey Niles ‘12, Brent Wilkey ‘12, Edward Huebert ‘12: “Effects of caffeine and
alcohol on the Chicken Embryonic Heart”
Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens |
Kevin Cilano ’11, Jason Chien ‘12: Two projects on one poster.
Cilano: “HAP1 and the Exon Junction Complex (EJC)”
Chien: “Arabidopsis thaliana SR45 and its rice homologs”
Mentor: Dr. Xiao-Ning Zhang |
Chemistry
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Shivani Sharma ‘11: “Studies of the [3+2] Dipolarcycloaddition of Vitamin B6
Derivatives”
Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey |
Nick Sylor ’11, Jacob Donius ‘11: “Synthetic methodological development of
3-hydroxypyridine cycloaddition reactions and natural product potential”
Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey |
Sarah Morris ‘11: “Seneca Traditional Medicine - Towards the chemical composition of
sassafras root and mullein smoke”
Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey |
Shawn McGranaghan ‘10: “Thinking locally in natural product isolation : The
purification and beginning analysis of Sassafras albidum leaves and root inspired by
Seneca Nation traditional medicine”. Presented at the American Chemical Society
(ACS) Western New York Undergraduate Research Symposium in March 2010.
Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey |
Computer Science
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Dan Eisemann ’10: “Corona Test Generator: Test Generation Made Easy and Tolerant”
Mentors: Dr. Steven Andrianoff & Dr. David Levine |
History
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Kristie Bemis ‘10: “Congressman Walsh and Environmental Politics: The Cleaning of
Onondaga Lake”
Mentor: Dr. Phillip Payne |
Kevin Kirby ’10: “Vain is He Who Tries to Please Them All: Aaron Burr and the 18th
Century Rake”
Mentor: Dr. Karen Robbins |
Rachel Engl ‘10: “The Evolution of a Friendship: The Relationship of the Marquis de
Lafayette and George Washington”. Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Karen Robbins |
Ryan Duffy ‘11: “Washington's Cabinet Schism: The Relationship between
Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson”. Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Karen Robbins |
Mathematics
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Kevin Cilano ‘11: “Area = Perimeter: From Brain Teaser to High School Curriculum”
Mentor: Dr. Doug Cashing |
Physics
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Troy Mulholland ‘11: “Histogramming algorithm for muon standalone reconstruction in
the CMS detector”. Summer 2009 REU at the University of Florida.
SBU Mentor: Dr. Jack Neeson |
Psychology
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Max Wallace ‘10: “The effect of nutrient restriction on habituation in Norway rats and
Syrian hamsters”
Mentor: Dr. Darryl Mayeaux |
Anne Young ‘10: “The effect of nutrient restriction on social learning in Norway rats and
Syrian hamsters”
Mentor: Dr. Darryl Mayeaux |
David Holfoth ‘11: “The Effects of Video Game Playing on Visual Attention”
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Shake |
Meghan Perschke ‘11: “The Effects of Working Memory Capacity and Social Pressure
on Problem Solving”
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Shake |
Cara Gustafson ‘11: “Does Music Tempo Affect Attention?”
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Shake |
Lauren Cussins ’10: “Effects of Doodling on Working Memory”. Senior thesis.
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Vogel |
Catherine Greene ‘11: “Students’ Mindsets and Causal Attributions of Failure and
Success in Academics”. Senior thesis.
Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker |
Ashley Schinzing ‘10: “Are Exercise and Sufficient Sleep Associated with the
Well-Being of College Students?” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker |
Howard Martin Spear ‘11: “You are Sacred: A Study of Self-disclosure and
Admiration in Romantic Relationships”. Independent study.
Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker |
Sarah Specchio ‘10: “The Effect of Laughter and Extraversion on Creativity: A Test of
Broaden & Build Theory”. Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker |
Visual and Performing Arts
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Matthew Ryan ’12: “Basquiat, Tupac, Jimi and Michael: Gone Too Soon”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |
Kate Berardino ’11: “The Berardino Children”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |
Cornelius Durkin ’12: “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |
Ashley Kakkanatt ’11: “Paraphrase: Homage to Chagall”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |
Corey Armstrong ‘11: “Paraphrase: Chagall Self-Portrait”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |
Tess Hanna ‘12: “Paraphrase: Homage to Mary Cassatt”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |
Matthew Johnson ’12: “Self-Portraits and Other Characters”
Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce |