Natural Science Division

Student Presentations

2008

Santiago J, Scott J, Kim S, Long L, and JL Brewster. 2008. Keystone Conference Cell Death & Cellular Senescence. Myeloid cell leukemia-1, a key regulator of mitochondria-associated intrinsic apoptosis is destabilized following endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Phillips, Patrick T.; Green, David B. Symposium of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Pepperdine University "Trace Cu and Pb Investigation in Ocean Samples by Osteryoung Square Wave Stripping Voltammetry", February, 2008.

Martin, K. L., K. Hieb, P. B. Johnson, D. Roberts, C. Moravek, and S. Moore. 2008. Range-wide population assessment of California Grunion, Leuresthes tenuis. 88th Annual Meeting,American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (July 23-29, 2008)

Martin, K.L., K. Hieb, P.B. Johnson, D. Roberts, C. Moravek and S. Moore. 2008
Range-wide population assessment of California Grunion, Leuresthes tenuis. American fisheries Society-California- Nevada Chapter Meeting, Lake Tahoe,CA (April 3-5, 2008).

J. A. Sumners*, R. W. DeYoung, and R. L. Honeycutt. 2008. Patterns of Mating in Female White-tailed Deer: Does Male Age Matter? 31st Annual Meeting of Southeast Deer Study Group, 17-19 February 2008.

2007

Kain, A.; Fritsch, J.M.; Water-Stable Luminescent Pyridinylpyrroles. American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA (October 12, 2007).

Wang, Charles Y.*, R. L. Honeycutt, L. Kats, and T. Vandergon. 2007. Genetic investigations of multiple paternity in the California newt (Taricha torosa). Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, 17 November 2007.

Riley, S.P.D., G.T. Busteed, L.B. Kats, T.L. Vandergon, L.F.S. Lee, R.G. Dagit, J.L. Kerby, R.N. Fisher and R.M. Sauvajot. Effects of urbanization on the distribution and abundance of amphibians and invasive species in Southern California Streams. 2007 Southern California Academy of Sciences.

Kats, L.B., S. Rollert*, T. Thurling*, S. Landis* and D. Cho*. Amphibian life in response to the active removal of exotic species in streams in the Santa Monica Mountains. 2007 Southern California Academy of Sciences.

Martin, K., K. Hieb, A. Jahn, C. *Moravek, P. *Johnson, and J. *Matsumoto. 2007. Grunion in San Francisco Bay: Northern ecotype of a southern California icon. 87th Annual Meeting, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, Missouri.

Martin, K., M. Studer, B. Cupp, C. Stivers, P. *Johnson, C. *Moravek, and J. *Matsumoto. 2007. "Future of Fishery Science: Stock Assessment with Citizen Scientists on the Internet." Invited poster presentation for American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists 50th Anniversary Symposium, "The Future of Fishery Science in North America," Seattle, WA.

2006

Jones*, L.H., T.S. Watters*, S. Dudley*, G. Van Dragt, R. Van Dragt and L.B. Kats. A habitat-specific education program to increase awareness of the role of introduced predators in native species decline. 2006 Society for Conservation Biology.

* Lyon, J., Drew, R., and MacRae, H.S-H. Comparison of skinfold thickness measures with ultrasound imaging to determine body composition.Presented at 2006 Annual Meeting of the SouthWest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, San Diego, CA.

* Del Valle, A., Menning, H., and MacRae, H. S-H. Effect of menstrual cycle phase on the determination of body composition by air displacement plethysmography.
Presented at 2006 Annual Meeting of the SouthWest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, San Diego, CA.

*Cooper, S.L., P.G. MacRae, FACSM, K. Linehan, E. Klodt, *K. Bloom, *J. Hall, *M. Fitzgerald, *R. Chandhoke, *J. Yoon, and K.L. Francis. (November 2006). The effects of a multi-faceted exercise program on cognitive and physical function in community dwelling older adults. Southwest Regional Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, San Diego, CA.

Martin, K., J. *Flannery, C. *Moravek, A. *Walker, S. Bolan. 2006. "Forever young: Developmental staging of California grunion in normal and extended incubation." Invited speaker for Symposium on Fish Eggs and Early Life History, for the International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St. John, Newfoundland, Canada.

*Johnson, P.B., T. Vandergon, and K. Martin. 2006. Microsatellite investigation of population genetic structure in California grunion (Leuresthes tenuis). Annual Meeting, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, Occidental College, California.

Johnson, P.B.* and T.L. Vandergon 2006 Microsatellite investigation of population genetic structure in California Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, Occidental College

2005

GTCBio Conference on Therapeutic Strategies Against Neurodegenerative Conditions - Boston, MA Loucks FA, Linseman DA, Bouchard RJ, Esche* E, Precht TA, Distelhorst CW, Heidenreich KA, and JL Brewster, Trophic factor withdrawal and endoplasmic reticulum stress generate distinct signals that converge at GSK-3 to trigger mitochondrial apoptosis in neurons (2005), Meeting Abstracts.

Pratt, R. B., *A. L. Jacobsen, F. W. Ewers, and S. D. Davis. 2005. Drought tolerance and life history in Rhamnaceae shrub species. Botany 2005, Biology of Dryland Plants Symposium, Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Abstract 26, Page 9.

*Jacobsen, A. L., S. D. Davis, R. B. Pratt, and F. W. Ewers. 2005. Convergence of xylem structure and function: California chaparral and South African Fynbos. Botany 2005, Biology of Dryland Plants Symposium, Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Abstract 20, Page 7.

Jones*, L.H., T.S. Watters*, S. O'Hare*, M. Lorente, M.A. Kerby and L.B. Kats.
Habitat restoration and seasonal removal of invasive stream predators to protect
sensitive amphibian populations. 2005 Santa Monica Bay Restoration Conference.

*Matsumoto, J. and K. Martin. 2005. Effects of salinity during incubation on California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis. Annual meeting, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of California at Riverside.

G.D. Kryder* and D.E. Swartzendruber. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced
Apoptosis of Undifferentiated and Differentiated SH-SY5Y Cells. SURB Student
Research Symposium, Malibu, CA, 2005.

S.M. Guimont* and D.E. Swartzendruber. Phenotypic Analysis of Inflammatory
Cells in Breast Cancer. SURB Student Research Symposium, Malibu, CA, 2005.

2004

Keystone Symposia: Apoptosis in Biochemistry and Structural Biology - Keystone, CO;
Gettings* J, Niederer* K, Morrow* D, Irick* M, and JL Brewster (2004), Cypermethrin blocks a mitochondria-specific apoptotic signal activated by endoplasmic reticulum stress, Abstract 114.

Feltner, M.E., P.G. MacRae & P.J. Westphal*, Changes in vertical jump height across eight days in countermovement jumps performed by novice jumpers. Presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the ACSM, Las Vegas, NV, 2004.

Feltner, M.E., P.G. MacRae & P.J. Westphal*, Changes in vertical jump height acrossten days in countermovement jumps performed by novice jumpers. Accepted for presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the ACSM, Indianapolis, IN. (Paper was not be presented due to birth of my son).

Watters*, T.S., L.H. Jones*, S. O'Hare*, M.A. Kerby and L.B. Kats. Seasonal removal
of invasive stream predators to protect sensitive amphibian populations. 2004
Ecological Society of America.

Feltner, M.E., MacRae, P.G. & *Westphal, P.J. (November 2004). Changes in vertical jump height across eight days in countermovement jumps performed by novice jumpers. Southwest Regional Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Las Vegas, NV.

*Lowe, A., MacRae, P.G., Stump, J., Lovell, M., & Collins, M. (November 2004). Effect of history of migraine or headache treatment on cognitive function and symptom reporting following sports concussion. Southwest Regional Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Las Vegas NV.

Martin, K., T. *Speer-Blank, J. *Rumble, M. *McClure, and J. *Flannery, 2004. Instant Fish: Hatching on demand in the California grunion. 84th Annual meeting, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, Oklahoma.

2003

The American Society for Cell Biology (42nd Annual Meeting) - San Francisco, CA;
Niederer* K, Morrow* D, Irick,*M, Krawiecki* A, and JL Brewster (2003): A calcineurin-based apoptotic signal from the endoplasmic reticulum, Abstract 1484.

Westphal, P.J.*, M.E. Feltner & P.G. MacRae. Changes in vertical jump height across ten days in countermovement jumps performed by novice jumpers. Presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the ACSM, Las Vegas, NV, 2003.

Richardson, J.N.*, K.A. Jarbo* & M.E. Feltner. The relationship between movement variability and performance error in golf putting. Presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the ACSM, Las Vegas, NV, 2003.

Jarbo, K.A.*, J.N. Richardson* & M.E. Feltner. Kinematic determinants of error in golf putting. Presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the ACSM, Las Vegas, NV, 2003.

Skibiel*, A.L., L.B. Kats and T. L. Vandergon. Microsatellite allele composition differs
significantly between two populations of the California newt, Taricha torosa, in the
Santa Monica Mountains. 2003 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

* Herr, J. T., H. S-H. MacRae. (2003). The effects of mountain bike wheel size on performance during uphill and cross-country cycling.
Presented at Southwest Chapter meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Las Vegas, November 2003.

*Westphal, P.J., Feltner, M.E., & MacRae, P.G. (November 2003). Adaptations in vertical force application during countermovement jumps, Southwest Regional Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Las Vegas NV.

Martin, K., J. *Hernandez, and E. *Robbins. 2003. Assessing the grunion population with volunteer observers. 84th Annual Meeting, Western Society of Naturalists, Long Beach, California.

J.Y. Belcher* and D.E. Swartzendruber. Comparative Analyses of Parental and
Derivative Baby Hamster Kidney Cell Lines by Flow Cytometry. SURB at
Pepperdine University Poster Session, Malibu, CA, 2003.

C.M. Montelongo* and D.E. Swartzendruber. Genome Stability Within the Human
Cancer Cell Lines HeLa, MCF-7 and HL-60. SURB at Pepperdine University Poster Session, Malibu, CA; and Southern California Conference On Undergraduate Research, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, 2003.

Bergeron, J.* (T. Vandergon mentor) 2003 Does the accD gene shed light on the phylogenetic relationships of Embryophytes and Charophytes? Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of California, Irvine, p.57

Vandergon, V.O., Meyer, G*, and T. Vandergon. 2003 Inspection of Plastid Genomes for the Rearrangements of the accD gene in Monocot Families. Society for the Study of Evolution, Annual Meeting, Chico, CA p. 63.

Skibiel*, A; L.B. Kats and T.L. Vandergon. Microsatellite allele composition differs significantly between two populations of the California newt, Taricha torosa, in the Santa Monica Mountains. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada., January 2003.

2002

West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conf. - Loyola Marymount Univ. Niederer* K, and JL Brewster(2002): Molecular characterization of ER stress induced pathways, Meeting Abstracts.

Feltner, M.E., J.A. Howard*, K. Visconti*, E.J. Bishop* & C.M. Perez *. Lower extremity kinetics during countermovement (cm) vertical jumps performed with and without an arm swing. Presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the ACSM, St. Louis, MO, June, 2002.

Han*, B.A., L.B. Kats, R.C. Pommering*, M.A. Murry, J.M. Kiesecker, and A.R.
Blaustein. Avoidance of ultraviolet radiation (UV-B) by two species of diurnal poison-
dart frogs. 2002 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Foust*, S.J., S.A. Thompson*, S.L.Griswold*, E.C. Gurrola* and L.B. Kats. Response of
leaf-cutting ants to predator chemical cues. 2002 Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology.

Page, A.J*., J.M. McNeill*, T.L. Vandergon, C.K. Riggs and A.F. Riggs. Cerebratulus lacteus Body Wall and Neural Hemoglobins form dimeric or tetrameric aggregates in their native state. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA., January 2002

Krech, J.P*. and T.L. Vandergon. Photolyase mRNA levels measured by RT-PCR vary significantly among individual eggs and during embryonic stages of development in the Pacific treefrog, Hyla regilla. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA., January 2002