2015 Archive
JOSHUA A. CAIN, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
“The Role of Recency and Memory Load in Olfactory Working Memory”
Mentors: Alexandra Smith, Dr. Jonathon D. Crystal
XENIA D. DAVIS, Delaware State University, Dover, DE
“Individual Variation in Thermal Physiology and Maternal Care”
Mentors: Delia Shelton, Dr. Jeffrey Alberts
ALEJANDRA ENRIQUEZ, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
“How Changes in Flow Rates and Visual Stimuli Affect Shoaling Behavior in Zebrafish, Danio rerio”
Mentors: Dr. Piyumika Suriyampola, Dr. Emilia P. Martins
MITCHELL R. FARRELL, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
“Electrophysiological Recording of Basolateral Amygdala in Animal Model of Negative Urgency”
Mentor: Alan T. Barker, Dr. George V. Rebec
KATHERIN B. MORALES, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
“Effects of Early Life Stress on Adult Neuronal Morphology”
Mentors: Rachel Skipper, Dr. Cara L. Wellman
REBECCA L. SANDLAIN, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
“Does Social Experience Influence Serotonergic Fiber Density in the Auditory System?”
Mentor: Sarah Keesom, Dr. Laura Hurley
BRIANNA D. SILVER, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
“The Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism and Communication in Electric Knifefish”
Mentors: Adam R. Smith, Dr. G. Troy Smith
EMILY E. VIRGIN, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
“Why are Big Chicks Better than Small Chicks? A Look at Immune Function in Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Nestlings”
Mentors: Mandy Izzo, Dr. Kimberly A. Rosvall
SHAKEERA L. WALKER, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
“Basal Strain Differences in 5HT2A receptor expression of the Orbitofrontal Cortex and Differential Response to Stress in MAOANeo and WT Mice”
Mentors: Kelly Moench, Dr. Cara L. Wellman