Student Awards:
1. Danielle Barton – “Antilisterial Efficacy and Lack of Genotoxic Potential of Listeria monocytogenes Specific Bacteriophages”.
Poster Presentation – 31st Annual Western Pennsylvania Biology Research Symposium, GenevaCollege, Beaver Falls, PA, April 17, 2010.
Poster Presentation – Nineteenth Annual Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Penn State Behrend – Sigma XI, Erie, PA, April 10, 2010.
2. Caitlin Feather - “Mutagenesis by Anthracyclines in an Escherichia coli Plasmid.”
Poster Presentation - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, Florida Technical College, Melbourne, FL, May 24-28, 2006.
Platform Presentation – 82nd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Holiday Inn, Grantville, PA, March 31-April 2, 2006.
3. Erin Scully/Caitlin Feather - “Detecting Anthracycline Induced Intrachromosomal Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using a Del Assay.”
Second Place Award (John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, WheelingJesuitUniversity, Wheeling, WV, April 9, 2005.
Poster Presentation - 14th Annual Penn State Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 16, 2005.
4. Jafa Armagost – “Detecting Daunomycin (Anthracycline) Induced Intrachromosomal Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using a Del Assay.”
First Place Award (John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Grove City College, Grove City, PA, March 20, 2004.
Poster Presentation – 13th Annual Penn State Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 3, 2004.
Poster Presentation - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, Grand Junction, CO, May 27-31, 2004.
Platform presentation - 108th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, March 3-5, 2005.
Poster Presentation – 44th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, New Orleans, LA, March 6-10, 2005.
Poster Presentation – 81st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Radisson Inn, Camp Hill, PA, April 8-10, 2005.
5. Alexis Snow - “Detecting Daunomycin and Adriamycin Induced Intrachromosomal Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using a Del Assay.”
Poster Presentation - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, Grand Junction, CO, May 27-31, 2004.
6. Jafa Armagost - “Detecting Virulent Yersinia enterocolitica in Processed Pork Using PCR”
Second Place Award - 107th Annual Meeting of the TexasAcademy of Science, SchreinerUniversity, Kerrville, TX, March 4-6, 2004.
Poster Presentation - 80th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Radisson Hotel, Monroeville, PA, March 26-28, 2004.
Poster Presentation – Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of RochesterMedicalCenter, Rochester, NY, November 8, 2003.
Poster Presentation – 12th Annual Penn State Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 26, 2003.
Poster Presentation – Spring Meeting – Allegheny-Erie Society of Toxicology/Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of Society of Risk Assessment, Pittsburgh, PA, April 25, 2003.
7. Natalya Teygart – “The Role of DNA Repair in Anthracycline Toxicity in Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli"
First Place Runner-Up (Platform Presentation) - 12th Annual Penn State Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 26, 2003.
Honorable Mention (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, March 29, 2003.
Platform Presentation – 34th Annual Meeting, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, PA, April 11-13, 2003.
Platform Presentation - 106th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, February 27 - March 1, 2003.
8. Summer Slater – “Detecting Virulent Yersinia enterocolitica in Processed Pork Using PCR”
Honorable Mention (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, March 29, 2003.
Platform Presentation – 34th Annual Meeting, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, PA, April 11-13, 2003.
9. John Brumfield - "The Mutagenicity and Cyto-toxicity of Anthracyclines in Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli"
Second Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylvania, California, PA, April 12-13, 2002.
Platform Presentation - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, San Antonio, TX, May 29-June 2, 2002.
Platform Presentation - 11th Annual Penn State Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 20, 2002.
10. Natalya Teygart - "The Role of O6MeG MTase in Repairing Daunomycin-Induced Mutations in Salmonella typhimurium"
Third Place Award (John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research)- Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylvania, California, PA, April 12-13, 2002.
Poster Presentation - 11th Annual Penn State Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 20, 2002.
11. John Brumfield - “The Mutagenic Effects of Anthracyclines in the Bacterium Salmonella typhimurium: Induction of Transition Mutations with Daunomycin and Idarubicin"
Platform Presentation - 78th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Pocono Manor Inn & Golf Resort, Pocono Manor, PA, April 5-7, 2002.
Independent Study Capstone Presentation: The University Honors Program, EdinboroUniversity, Edinboro, PA, December 10, 2001.
12. Natalya Teygart - "The Induction of Transversion Mutations with Anthracyclines in the Bacterium Salmonella typhimurium"
Poster Presentation - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, AlleghenyCollege, Meadville, PA, April 7, 2001.
13. Lisa Phelps - "Induction of Frameshift and Transition Mutations by Daunomycin, Adriamycin and Epirubicin in Salmonella typhimurium"
Second Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, AlleghenyCollege, Meadville, PA, April 7, 2001.
Runner-Up Award - 10thAnnualPennState Behrend - Sigma XI - Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 21, 2001.
14. Lisa Phelps – “The Induction of Transversion Mutations with Adriamycin in the Bacterium Salmonella typhimurium”
Honorable Mention - 104th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, March 1-3, 2001.
15. Lisa Phelps – “The Mutagenic Effects of Anthracyclines in the Bacterium Salmonella typhimurium”
Second Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 1 - 5, 2000.
Second Place Award (Sigma XI - The Scientific Research Society) - 9th Annual Penn State-Behrend Undergraduate Student Research & Creative Accomplishment Conference, Erie, PA, April 8, 2000.
Third Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research)- Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, GannonUniversity, Erie, PA, March 25, 2000.
Poster Presentation - 12th Annual Meeting - The Allegheny-Erie Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology, Convocation Center, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, April 28, 2000.
16. Christina Pape - “Protective Function of Mouse 3-Methyladenine Glycosylase in Escherichia coli”
First Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 1 - 5, 2000.
17. Anthony Cauchi - “Mutagenicity of Daunomycin Using the Ames-II assay“
First Place Award (Orville Wyss Award) ($100.00) - The Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology. TexasTechUniversity, Junction, TX March 25 - 27, 1999.
First Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) ($50.00) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 8 - 10, 1999.
Best Paper Award - The TexasAcademy of Science. Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 8 - 10, 1999.
102nd Annual Meeting of the TexasAcademy of Science. March 4 - 6, 1999. TexasLutheranUniversity, Seguin, TX.
National Convention - Alpha Chi Honors Society. March 18 - 20, 1999. New Orleans, LA
18. Christina Pape - “Analysis of a Mammalian DNA Repair Gene in Escherichia coli “
Honorable Mention ($50.00) - 102nd Annual Meeting of the TexasAcademy of Science. March 4 - 6, 1999. TexasLutheranUniversity, Seguin, TX.
Honorable Mention - The Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology. March 25 - 27, 1999. TexasTechUniversity, Junction, TX.
First Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) ($50.00) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 8 - 10, 1999.
Best Paper Award - The TexasAcademy of Science. Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 8 - 10, 1999.
National Convention - Alpha Chi Honors Society. March 18 - 20, 1999. New Orleans, LA
19. Anthony Cauchi - “A Detailed Molecular Study of the Drosophila melanogaster Tryptophan/Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Gene”
Second Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Biennial National Convention, June 5 - 6, 1998, San Diego, CA.
Third Place Award ($100.00) Collegiate Best Paper Competition - 101st Annual Meeting of the TexasAcademy of Science. March 5 - 7, 1998. The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX75799
First Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) ($50.00) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 3 - 4, 1998.
Best Paper Award - The TexasAcademy of Science. Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 3 - 4, 1998.
20. Jennifer Carter - “Tissue-Specific Expression of a Promoter Sequence for GTP Cyclohydrolase in Drosophila”
Honorable Mention ($50.00) Collegiate Best Paper Competition - 101st Annual Meeting of the TexasAcademy of Science. March 5 - 7, 1998. The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX75799
Second Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 3 - 4, 1998.
21. Christina Pape - “Protective Function of Mouse 3-Methyladenine Glycosylase in Escherichia coli”
First Place Award (Orville Wyss Award) ($100.00) - The Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology. March 26 - 28, 1998. TexasTechUniversity, Junction, TX.
Second Place Award (Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research) - Beta-Beta-Beta Regional Conference, Lake Texoma, OK April 3 - 4, 1998.