Biology Department Spring 2009 Honors Symposium
Thursday, April 23
CNS 115
Refreshments served 3:40 p.m. CNS first-floor lobby.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
4:00 p.m.
Jason Diaz, Biochemistry
"Contribution of Bacterial Symbiosis to Host-Plant Preference in the Pea Aphid"
Faculty sponsor: Marina Caillaud
4:30 p.m.
Eric Van Fleet, Biochemistry
"Differential Gene Expression Patterns in Host-Specialized Pea Aphids"
Faculty sponsor: Marina Caillaud
5:00 p.m.
Lauren Houdek, Biology
"An Analysis of nNOS Expression in the Guinea Pig Cardiac Plexus Using Polymerase Chain Reaction"
Faculty sponsor: Jean Hardwick
About the Biology Honors Program
When a student is accepted into the honors program, he or she designs the yearlong honors project in consultation with the faculty sponsor. They must write up a proposal describing this project, which is then submitted to the honors committee. The honors committee monitors the progress of the project and the academic performance of the student.
The student must write a paper summarizing their research and give an oral presentation to the department at the end of the second semester of the project. The honors committee will make the determination whether or not to grant honors in biology.
View the Announcement (.pdf)
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20090409112849231