The J-TAC

Issue date: 11/12/09 Section: Campus Life

Media Credit: Courtesy: Tarleton State University Undergraduate student awardees Jeremy Munz, Becca Peters and David Fisher show their awards.

Tarleton State University held its eighth annual Student Research Symposium on Halloween, showcasing the research projects of Tarleton students. First place winners recieved a $750 scholarship and $100 award, and second place winners received $75 award. Organized by the Office of Student Research and Creative Activities and the Tarleton chapter of Sigma Xi, 29 projects were presented. Undergraduate presentations were given in the morning followed by graduate presentations in the afternoon.

First place for graduate oral presentation went to Thomas Shutz for "An evaluation of vitamin E and selenium as a treatment for capture myopathy in Rio Grande wild turkeys." Second place went to Andrew Johnson for "Attitudes of City Administrators toward Terrorism: North Central Texas 2009 Survey Results and Analysis."

Denae Dorris placed first in graduate poster presentations with "The mandate mystery: How mandates impact school districts physically and financially," while second place went to David Probasco for "An Evaluation of Mercury Levels in River Otters of Northeastern Texas."

Undergraduate oral presentation awards went to first place winner Jeremy Munz for "Comparative analysis of biological integrity between the Bosque and Paluxy Rivers" and second place winner Becca Peters for "Level of genetic introgression across a hybrid zone between the shrews Blarina brevicauda and B. hylophaga."

Poster presentation awards for undergraduates were awarded to Amber Anderson for "Silencing of Claudin-2 in Keratinocyte Cultures using siRNA," earning her first place. While David Fisher won second place for "Identification and Characterization of Resistance to Meloidgyne incognita in Wild Cucurbit Species."

The event was judged by Allan Nelson, Donald McGahan, Lance Whaley, Boyd Collier, Jeff Justice, Phil Sudman, Jim Mueller, Jeff Breeden, Marilyn Duran, James Pierce, Chris Higgins, Dale Telgenhoff, Linda Jones and Jeff Brady.

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