STUDENT RESEARCH POSTER DAY 2003

(Original science research from directed study and courses)

Okanagan University College,
University College of the Cariboo,
Host:  University College of the Fraser Valley
Friday March 21, 2003

Biology Research Projects

1. Andrea Gielens (UCFV) The development and maintenance of stable pack hierarchy in captive African wild dogs (Lycaoen pictus) Advisor: Barbara Moon.

2. Elizabeth Hunter (UCC)  Analysis of Swan Populations: Trumpeter and Tundra Swans on the South Thompson River  Advisors: Nancy Flood, Tom Dickinson.

3. Dana Pick (UCC)  Cherry Fruit Fly Monitoring: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Prototype Trap Designs to a Common Standard  Advisors:  Eric Littley, Howard Thistlewood, Pacific Agriculture Research Centre, Summerland.

4. Wim Van Herk  (UCFV)  Transmission of Blueberry Scorch Virus via the apterous Blueberry Aphid (Ericaphis fimbriata)  Advisors:  Dave Raworth, Pacific Agricultural Research Station;  Sharon Gillies.

5. Audrey Jung (UCC)  The effects of sodium thiopental on erythrocyte plasma membranes.  Advisors: Ron Smith, Wayne Hollingshead, Animal Health Technology

6. Kara Michel  (UCC)  Screening for Microsatellite Sequences of the Spadefoot Toad.  Advisors:  Mairi MacKay, Karl Larsen, Natural Resource Sciences.

7. Rhea Underwood (UCC)  Prokaryotic gliadin protease activity that parallels transglutaminase activity in animal tissues.  Advisor:  Sherry Wilson.

8. Brian Janzen (UCFV) Investigating competetive exclusion capabilities of L. acidophillus in the caecum and its effect on lactate dehydrogenase levels, in broiler poultry  Advisor:  Ernest Kroeker

9. Denise Clark (UCC) Demographics of a Population of Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta belli) near Kamloops BC.  Advisor:  Tom Dickinson.

10. Jenn Holtz  (UCC)  Life History of Western Toads (Bufo boreas)  in two Kamloops lakes: Exploring links to trematode infection rates.  Advisor: Tom Dickinson.

11. Paul Loewen (UCFV) Differential Effects of Type I  vs Type II Pyrethroid Pesticides on Mammalian Brain Calcium Channels.   Advisor:  Tony Stea

12. Carla Gibbons (UCC)  The evolution of egg capsule opening morphology in Nucella emarginata: influence of hatching size and wave exposure.  Advisor:  Louis Gosselin.

13. Trina Koch  (OUC)  Paleolimnological assessment of cladoceran zooplankton as indicators of fish introduction in Dutch Lake BC.  Advisor:  Jeff Curtis.

14. Jerry Ericsson (UCFV)  Does soil-type and presence of root system affect the persistence of the fungal biocontrol agent Metarhizium anisopliae?  Advisors:  Edith Camm (UCFV),  Todd Kabaluk (P.A.R.C. Agassiz).

15. Amber Lapshinoff  (OUC)  Paleolimnological analysis of historic eutrophication of Dutch Lake BC.  Advisor:  Jeff Curtis.

16. Jason McHarg (UCC)  Antibacterial Activity of Fenugreek.  Advisors:  Ron Smith, Carolynne Fardy. 

1. Derek Bleackley (UCC)  Chemometric Analysis of Wines for Resveratrol using Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.  Advisors: Kingsley Donkor, Sharon Brewer.

2. Sonny Dhaliwal,  Mike Keeley, Chris Reilly (UCFV)  Molecular Search Techniques.  Advisor: Noham Weinberg

3. Derek Bleackley (UCC)  Chemometric Analysis of Wines for Resveratrol using Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.  Advisors: Kingsley Donkor, Sharon Brewer.

4. Garrett Whitworth (UCC) Analytical Determination of Nicotine in Urine by Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry.  Advisors: Kingsley Donkor, Sharon Brewer.

5. Ken Dykstra, Gail Garcia, Gauri Sharma (UCFV)  Diels-Alder Controversy.  Advisor: Noham Weinberg

6. Mike Grimwood (OUC)  Synthesis of Isotopically labeled C13 Norisoprenoids and Quantification of Aroma Precursors in Chardonnay Grapes.  Advisor: Sandra Kenefick

7. Dawn Gosselin,  Cindy Kloos, Christen Ryall (UCFV)  Conformational analysis of Ibuprofen in PGHS-1. Advisor: Noham Weinberg

Physics Research Projects

1. Myles Gregory (UCC) Polarization preservation in diffusive scattering from turbid media.  Advisor: Normand Fortier.