Louisiana Academy of Sciences 2009 Meeting
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond - Friday, February 27, 2009

Session II
Student Union Ballroom

Afternoon Poster Session

Agriculture, Forestry, and Wildlife

1 Bonvillain, C.P., D.A. Rutherford, W.E. Kelso, and C.C. Green. LSU-BR
Validation and use of handheld protein and lactate tools for quantifying physiological condition in red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkia
2 Brown, G., J. L. Delabbio, and S. W. Gabrey. NSU
Physical characteristics and summer diet of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in Central Louisiana
3 Webb, K. A., D.D. Kee, C. Richmond and S. Edwards. McSU, Louisiana Native Plant Initiative and USDA-NRCS
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) seed variability and yield response to collection date

Botany

4 Stiller, V. Southeastern
Drought and salinity affect wood density and vulnerability to xylem cavitation of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) seedlings
5 Sasek, T.W. ULM. Urbatsch, L. LSU. Darwin, S. Tulane. Miller, R. Southeastern. Lasseigne, A. NiSU
CyberFlora Louisiana: A virtual herbarium for Louisiana

Molecular and Biomedical Biology

6 Cherion, A.J., and K.P. Briski ULM
Hindbrain A2 noradrenergic neurons exhibit gender differences in substrate transporter and metabolic transducer gene habituation to hypoglycemia
7 Jayavardhana R. Palem, Rajeswara C. Pinnoji, Gautam R. Bedadala, and Shao-Chung V. Hsia. ULM
Regulation of HSV-1 thymidine kinase, LAT, and ICP0 by thyroid hormone receptor in neuronal cells
8 Shirode, A.B., P.W. Sylvester. ULM
Synergistic antiproliferative effects of tocotrienol and celecoxib on mammary tumor cells is associated with a suppression in Akt and NF?B signaling
9 Altius, S.C., and Cheng, H.
A study of transient receptor potential melastatin type 7 in pancreatic beta-cells
10 Broadway, L., A. Engelsen, G. Hogan, J. Harmson, C. Gissendanner, and A. M. Findley. ULM.
Isolation and characterization of novel mycobacteriophages from northeast Louisiana soil samples
11 Doucett, A., and K.A. Jackson, McSU
Corticosterone effects on the blood system of Xenopus laevis
12 Lewis, S., GSU, Cavalier, M., Yim, Y-S, and Lee, Y-H. LSU
A novel target of future cancer chemotherapy 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphophatase 3 (PFKFB3)
13 Moore, T.J., A. Saraf, and K.A. Jackson, McSU
Corticosterone effects on glucose regulation in Xenopus laevis
14 Sadaiappen, R.R., Augillard, A.M., Lightbourne, C.C., and Barrett, P. XU
Giving worms a headache
15 Tawah, F.C., GSU, D.M. Karnak and M.J. Wishart, U. of Michigan
Role for STYX in MAPK signaling and nuclear transport during germ cell maturation
41
O'Reilly, J.P., P.E. Shockett, and J.H. Chancey
Structure-function analysis of slow inactivation in voltage-gated Na+ channels
42 B. M. Gil(1) and H. Cheng(2), (1)Nicholls State University, (2)Louisiana State University
Characterization of TRPM4 in glucagon-secreting cells of the pancreas
43
Henry, W., GSU, Galan, J., Zhang, H., and W.A. Tao, Purdue U.
Identification and quantification of low abundant serum proteome

Zoology

16 Canning, L.D., B.M. Clark, E.M. Leighton, R.W. Hopes, and W.H. Dees. McSU
Field evaluation of colored lights as attractants for mosquitoes
17 Dees, W.H., T.L. Sylvester, L.D. Canning, B.M. Clark and R.W. Hopes. McSU
An innovative trap for studying mosquito attractants and repellents
18 Duplantis, T.A., E.M. Leighton and W.H. Dees. McSU. J. Hightower, Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control
Does West Nile Virus howl at the moon?
19 Freeborn, L.F. and D.M. Sever. SLU
Reproductive morphology of colubroid snakes
20 Hodge, M. A. LSMSA. S. W. Gabrey and A. Semerena. NSU
Spiders as ecological indicators: the effect of forest management practices on spider diversity
21 Kersten, C.A., M.K. Hutton, and K.A. Jackson. McSU
Histology of Xenopus laevis testes following atrazine exposure
22 Leighton, E.M., T.A. Duplantis and W.H. Dees. McSU. J. Hightower, Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control
Effect of meteorological factors on the activity of mosquitoes positive for West Nile Virus in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: 2002-2007
23 Mayon, M. N. and J. Bossart. SLU
Beetle assemblages of Louisiana?s rare saline prairies
24 Meyer, H.A. McSU
Water bears of the Caribbean
25 Murray, C.M. SLU
Can reproductive allometry assess population marginality in crocodilians? a comparative analysis of American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) populations in South Florida and coastal Louisiana
26 Rheubert, J.R., E.H. Poldemann, M.E. Eckstut, M.H. Collier, D.M. Sever, and K.M. Gribbins. SLU and Wittenberg University
The temporal germ cell development strategy during mixed spermatogenesis within the male Mediterranean Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)
27 Stumpf, C.F. LSU-A
Toxicity and repellency of 2-Undecanone against German cockroaches
28 Tatum, L.D. and W.H. Dees, McSU
Using bacteria to express naturally-occurring insect hormones to control insect pests
29 VandenBroek, N.P. SLU
Microhabitat use of Herpetofauna in bottomland hardwood forest of the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge
30 Vidrine, M. F., J. E. Cordes, D. M. Jariel, M. Bastian-Stanford, S. R. Hazelton-Robichaux, J. A. Hamlin, J. Al-Dujaili and C. E. Vidrine. LSU-E
The status of the genus Unionicola Haldeman 1842 (Acari: Unionicolidae: Unionicolinae)
31 Williams, A.A. and J. Trahan III. LSU-E
Faunistics of a restored tallgrass prairie

Computer Science

32 Heather Smith and Jessica Smith, GSU
Graduation management tool for undergraduate students
33 Jan Durand and Nolukhanyo Ndlabhu, GSU
Elevator control system
34 Karl Etherly and Michael Terrel, GSU
Efficient communication between two computers using VPN package and routers
35 Shrestha, A. and P. D. Wiedemeier. ULM
Modeling GEO satellite based VHF packet radio network data multicasts
36
Yang, K.P., Beaubouef, T., and Alkadi, G
A FPGA Development and Education Board for Computer Science

Materials Science and Engineering

37
Beattie W.R, S. Baker, LTU; S. Ellis, GSU, and P. A. Derosa, GSU/LTU
Molecular modeling-based assessment of nanocomposites electrical properties

Math & Statistics

38
Chi, O. LSU-BR. and Y.N. Chi. UTB-Brownsville
Business students' attitudes toward statistics: a path analysis

Social Sciences

39 Murphy, N., SUBR
Gender diversity in engineering software development virtual teams
40
Gilbert Edward Corrigan MS MD PhD (East Baton Rouge Coroners Office) EBRCO
A bulletin board demonstration on urban public death 2008

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