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Wesleyan McNair Research Talks
121 Exley Science Center
April 21, 2009
 
Claude Moïse '09
(Jay Hoggard, Music)
     and
Shane Heckstall  '09
(Daniel Long & Rob Rosenthal, Sociology
Jazz, Cartoons, and Jazz Cartoons

Exploring the African-American Identity in a Predominantly White College Setting
April 17, 2009
Celebration of Science Theses Poster Session
Jia Llon Yee '09
(Rex Pratt, Chemistry)
     and
Shuk Kei Cheng '09
(Albert Fry, Chemistry)
Catechol-Vanadate Analogues as
beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
 
Anodic Oxidative Functionalization
of Toluene Derivatives
April 14, 2009 Carolyn Ariori '09
(Dana Royer, Earth & Environmental Sciences)
Paleoclimate Estimations Based on Leaves: Gondwanan vs Laurasian Flora
April 8, 2009 Keera Bhandari  BA'08/MA'09
(Hilary Barth, Psychology)
Acquiring Knowledge from Others: Preschoolers' Use of Testimony
April 7, 2009 Jorge Soto '09
(Paul Erickson, History)
     and
Ana B. Soto '09
(Erica Dawson,
Yale  School of Mgmt)
The Intersection of US Foreign Policy and Refugee Policy in the 1980s
 
Studying Status Fragility
Mar. 27, 2009 P. Asia Neupane '09
(Johan Varekamp, Earth & Environmental Sciences)
     and
Melissa Hutchins '09
(C. Barry, Michigan State Univ. Horticulture Dept.)
Mercury Pollution in Tobago,
West Indies

Functional Analysis of the C-Terminus Domain of Green-Flesh (gf)
Mar. 2, 2009 Muna S. Nahar '09  
(Scott Holmes, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
Rep and Sir Protein Influence on 2 micron Gene Regulation
Feb. 27, 2009 Kate Miller
Michelle Tipton

Wesleyan PhD Candidates
Shocking Fishes and Sorting Bugs:
Lab & field Experiences of the Chernoff Lab studying the organisms and ecology of river ecosystems
Feb. 19-20, 2009 TRiO Day Trip to Portland, Maine  Presentations at TRiO Day in Portland, Maine
Nov. 11, 2008 Dr. Stephanie A. Morris
Wesleyan '00 ( Biology, NSB and McNair)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Nat'l Cancer Insitute
The Role of Chromatin Remodeling in the Activity of the Glucocorticoid Receptor
Oct. 21, 2008 Dr. Martha S. Gilmore
Wesleyan Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Planetary Science Group 
Environmental Remote Sensing
Oct. 14, 2008 Dr. Ann C. Burke
Wesleyan Dept. of Biology 
Evolutionary Morphology in the 21st century
Oct. 7, 2008 Dr. Brian Stewart
Wesleyan Dept. of Physics, Molecular Collisions Lab
When Atoms and Molecules Collide
Mar. 4, 2008 Dr. Hilary Barth
Wesleyan Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Development Lab
Abstract Number and Arithmetic in Preschool Children
Feb. 26, 2008 Dr. Ishita Mukerji
Wesleyan Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
How Do Fibers Form in Sickle Cell and Alzheimer's Disease? Insights from Spectroscopy
Feb. 19, 2008 Dr. Tim Ku
Wesleyan Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
The Biogeochemistry of Freshwater Lakes & Tropical Coasts: Implications for Cultural Eutrophication & Bioluminescent Bays
Feb. 12, 2008 Dr. Laurel F. Appel
Dept. of Biology, Director, Wesleyan McNair Program
Getting Involved in Research while at Wesleyan: Professors, Projects, Funding, Internships
Nov. 27, 2007 Dr. William Herbst
Wesleyan Dept. of Astronomy
Making Planets from Thin Air . . . Really Thin Air!
Nov. 13, 2007 Dr. Laura Grabel
Wesleyan Dept. of Biology
Toward Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy 

The McNair Research Talks are designed for
 interested, non-expert, students.

For more information, please contact Valerie Marinelli, Administrative Assistant,
 McNair Program at
(860) 685-3733 or vmarinelli@wesleyan.edu.