Biology Dept.  |   Biochemistry Program  |   Chemistry Dept.

Biology/Chemistry 475 •  Spring 2008

Mondays 4:00-5:00 p.m. • Science Center room 204

Coordinator: Dr. Jeff Jankowski (e-mail: jajankowski@noctrl.edu)


Student presenter

Seminar provides an opportunity for all students majoring in Biology, Biochemistry or Chemistry to gain practical experience in verbally communicating scientific information. All of our students are required to perform original research either as part of a class, an independent study or a summer program. The weekly seminar series is the chance to share that work with our local scientific community.

North Central students are required to register for Seminar three times, which don't need to be consecutive. The first two times you are considered to be a "participant" and will register for zero credits. You may substitute CHM190/BIO290/BIO291 ACCA seminar for one of these two required zero-credit seminars. The third time that you register for Seminar, you will register for one credit and are a "presenter." That is your chance to tell your peers about your work, why it is important and what was learned.

Both participants and presenters should read the Seminar guidelines, which explain the expectations for seminar and how you will be graded. Presenters should also see the presentation tips.


 

DateSpeakerTitle (click links for abstracts)
31 Mar 2008 Sarah Brady

North Central College

Preventing Photodegradation Using UV Additives in PET
  Jason Karpus

North Central College

Influencing the Quantity of Volatile Esters in Beer Through Genetic Manipulation
07 Apr 2008 Mayra Baltierrez

North Central College

Quantitative Analysis of Beer by Quantitative NMR
  Casey Connolley

North Central College

Escherichia coli Deficient in Isoaspartyl Protein Repair Has Elevated Levels of Unfolded Protein
14 Apr 2008 Nick Swanson

North Central College

Analysis of Glass Haze from Display Cases at the Field Museum of Natural History
  Natalie Sisco

North Central College

Optimization and Characterization of an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer for the Analysis of Copper and Iron
21 Apr 2008 Dani Kleehammer

North Central College

The effects of Separation Time, Sex, and Visual Recognition on the Intraspecific Agonistic Behavior of Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum
  John Ruskamp

North Central College

Lichen Diversity as a Bioindicator of Air Particulate Pollution
28 Apr 2008 Cassandra Peterson

North Central College

The Relationship between Science Inquiry and Science Interest across Gender and Three Cultures
  Jeremy Smirnov

North Central College

Utilization of Liquid and Gas Chromatography for Investigation of the Quis-Effect Reversal Mechanism in Hippocampal Neurons of Rats
05 May 2008 Heather Petersen

North Central College

Quantitation of Oxidative Damage with and without L-Isoaspartyl Protein Carboxyl Methyltransferase in Escherichia coli
  Britni Miller

North Central College

Effects of Oxidative Stress on PCM Double Mutants
12 May 2008 Jesus Salazar

North Central College

Synthesis of Fluoextine (ProzacTM) from 3-dimethylaminopropiophenone-HCl
  Crystal Brust

North Central College

Research on a Dionex Capillary Electrophoresis System
19 May 2008 Kirsten Willett

North Central College

TBA
  Karoll Meza

North Central College

TBA
26 May 2008 Memorial Day - No Seminar

No Seminar