September 2011 Colloquium Schedule
Friday, 23 September, 2011 (MRRI, Fort Johnson)
| Noon-3:00 | Students hang posters; should be completed by 3 pm. |
| 4:00 | OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Jaap Hillenius, Chair, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| 4:05 | INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Gorka Sancho, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| 4:10 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. John Bruno, University of North Carolina, Dept. of Marine Sciences CHANGES IN CARIBBEAN REEF COMMUNITIES: PATTERNS, CAUSES AND MITIGATION |
| 5:15-7:15 | POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL. Presenters at odd-numbered posters from 5:15-6:15 pm, and at even-numbered posters from 6:15-7:15 pm. |
Saturday, 24 September, 2011
Oral Presentations
| 9:30 | INTRODUCTION: Dr. Peter Kingsley-Smith, Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources |
| Session 1 | Moderator: Dr. Karen Burnett, College of Charleston |
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| 9:45 | Blair, Walter TOXIC DINOGLAGELLATES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITY: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT ALGICIDAL BACTERIA INTERFERE WITH THE AL-2 QUORUM SENSING SYSTEM |
| 10:00 | Cosmann, Paul MYXOZOAN PARASITES OF THE SPOTTED SEATROUT: DO THEY WEAKEN THE HEALTH OF THEIR HOSTS? |
| 10:15 | Johnson, J. POPULATION STRUCTURE OF SPOT (LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS) IN SOUTH CAROLINA |
| 10:30 | Wirth, Jena COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF INVITRO PFOS AND DE-71 EXPOSURE ON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN AND MURINE IMMUNE FUNCTION |
| 10:45-11 | BREAK |
| Session 2 | Moderator: Dr. Karen Burnett, College of Charleston |
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| 11:00 | Duquette, Ashley QUANTIFICATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS AND THE ATLANTIC BLUE CRAB FISHERY IN CHARLESTON, SC |
| 11:15 | Glade, Lindsay THE ROLE OF NANOG IN MAINTAINING LUNG HEALTH IN THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN, TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS |
| 11:30 | Hook, Whitney ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTIONS AMOUNG BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF MARINE INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS |
| 11:45-1:15 | LUNCH |
| Session 3 | Moderator: Dr. Rob Dillon, College of Charleston |
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| 1:15 | Manyak, Anna A LATITUDINAL BODY SIZE CLINE IN A MARINE ISOPOD REFLECTS LOCAL ADAPTATION TO SEAWATER TEMPERATURE AND PREDATOR RISK |
| 1:30 | Kendrick, Jacob IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE-INDUCED VIRAL RESISTANCE ON DIMETHYLATED SULFUR COMPOUNDS IN THE COCCOLITHOPHORID, EMILIANIA HUXLEYI |
| 1:45 | Darling, Casey RECOVERY FROM HYPOXIA AND HYPERCAPNIC HYPOXIA: IMPACTS ON THE TRANSCRIPTION OF KEY ANTIOXIDANT GENES IN THE SHRIMP LITOPEANEAUS VANNAMEI |
| 2:00 | Sherer, Evan THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL pH/HYPERCAPNIA ON THE SHELL STRENGTH OF THE EASTERN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA |
| 2:15-2:30 | BREAK |
| Session 4 | Moderator: Dr. Rob Dillon, College of Charleston |
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| 2:30 | Smoot, Samantha EFFECT OF SEDIMENT ON THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF MELANOCHLAMYS DIOMEDEA AMONG DIFFERENT HABITATS |
| 2:45 | Stover, Kristin PERFORMANCE CHANGES WHEN EXPOSED TO VARYING OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE ATLANTIC BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS RATHBUN |
| 3:00 | Doll, Cameron DETERMINING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE MOLECULAR QUANTIFICATION OF THE HARMFUL RAPHIDOPHYTE, HETEROSIGMA AKASHIWO, USING A SANDWICH HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY (SHA) |
| 3:15-4:00 | BREAK |
| 4:00 | CLOSING ADDRESS: Dr. John Bruno, University of North Carolina, Dept. of Marine Sciences THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS |
| 5:00 | CLOSING REMARKS AND AWARD PRESENTATION: Dr. Craig Plante, Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston |
| 5:30 | Lowcountry Boil and introduction of new students, SCDNR Outdoor Classroom |
Poster Presentations
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF TEMPERATE REEF FISH AS A FUNCTION OF REEF AGE: CASE STUDY USING LOW-RELIEF ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL REEFS
Altizer, Carly (GPMB, College of Charleston)
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL GENETIC DIFFERENCES IN STRIPED BASS, MORONE SAXATILIS, IN FOUR SOUTH CAROLINA WATERSHEDS
Anderson, Andrew (GPMB, College of Charleston)
LOW-TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE OF AGE-0 SPOTTED SEATROUT, CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS, IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Anweiler, Katie (GPMB, College of Charleston)
DIET AND FEEDING SELECTIVITY OF ESTUARINE GOBIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA
D'Aguillo, Michelle (GPMB, College of Charleston)
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND REPOPULATION RATES OF LIONFISH ON SOUTH CAROLINA ARTIFICIAL REEFS
Doty, Sarah (GPMB, College of Charleston)
CHARACERIZATION OF THE SYMBIODINIUM MICROADRIATICUM SPLICED LEADER RNA AND THE EFFECT OF HEAT AND CHEMICAL SHOCK ON THE RNA TRANS-SPLICING MECHANISM
Feltman, Peter (GPMB, College of Charleston)
PREDICTING IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA) POPULATION: LOCOMOTOR RESPONSES OF HATCHLINGS TO DIFFERING INCUBATION TEMPERATURES
Fisher, Leah (GPMB, College of Charleston)
EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND LOW PH ON MOSQUITO CONTROL PESTICIDE TOXICITY IN TWO COMMERCIAL SHELLFISH SPECIES
Garcia, Robin (GPMB, College of Charleston)
COMPARATIVE IMPACT OF THE INVASIVE PARASITIC SPECIES, ANGUILLICOLOIDES CRASSUS ON THE AMERICAN EEL POPULATIONS BETWEEN THE ACE BASIN AND NORTH INLET NERRS AND THE COOPER RIVER
Hein, Jen (MES, College of Charleston)
DISTRIBUTION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF RED DRUM, SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS, EXHIBITING EXTERNAL LESIONS WITHIN SOUTH CAROLINA ESTUARIES
Meadors, Weatherly (GPMB, College of Charleston)
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN RED PORGY, PAGRUS PAGRUS, IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT
Murray, David (GPMB, College of Charleston)
ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE IN THE SPOTTED EAGLE RAY (AETOBATUS NARINARI) FOUND SEASONALLY OFF COASTAL SARASOTA, FL
Newby, Jennifer (GPMB, College of Charleston)
CHARACTERIZING THE GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURE AND GENETIC INFLUENCES OF WINTER-KILL EVENTS IN SPOTTED SEATROUT (CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS) IN SOUTH CAROLINA
O'Donnell, Timothy (GPMB, College of Charleston)
DIETARY NICHE OVERLAP OF AN ESTUARINE PREDATOR COMMUNITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Shaw, Ashley (GPMB, College of Charleston)
EFFECTS OF LIGHT IRRADIANCE LEVELS ON THE EXPRESSION AND ABUNDANCE OF ICE-BINDING PROTEINS IN THE SEA ICE DIATOM, FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS
Smith, Jason (GPMB, College of Charleston)
EFFECTIVENESS AND COSTS OF HYPOXIA ACCLIMATION IN PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP, LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI
Tommerdahl, Anna (GPMB, College of Charleston)
GROWTH, DISTRIBUTION, AND SKELETAL STRUCTURE OF DEEP-WATER SCLERACTINIAN CORALS UNDER ‘ACIDIFIED’ OCEAN CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT
Wickes, Leslie (GPMB, College of Charleston)