Thursday, October 11, 2012: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
609 (WSCC)
Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.
7:15 PM
Investigation of Nitrogen Cycling in Carbonate Caves and Lava Tubes, Carlsbad Caverns National Park and El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
Jason Kimble, B.S
, Graduate student
, University of New Mexico
;
Diana E. Northup, PhD
, Visiting Associate Professor
, University of New Mexico
;
Robert L. Sinsabaugh, PhD
, Associate Professor
, University of New Mexico
;
Jennifer Hathaway, MS
, University of New Mexico
;
Monica Moya, BS
, University of Michigan
7:35 PM
Biochemical Analysis of the Binding Interaction between SpaI and its Cognate Lantibiotic, Subtilin
Isabel Neacato, MD/PhD candidate
, Biochemical Analysis of the Binding Interaction Between LanI and its Cognate Lantibiotic in Bacillus subtilus and Lactococcus lactis
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
;
Ian Gut, PhD
, PhD
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
;
Wilfred van der Donk, PhD
, P.I.
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign