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Celebrating Collaboration

Smith College’s annual showcase of student research and performance highlights students’ intellectual achievements and their collaborative efforts with faculty in a variety of departmental, program and interdisciplinary projects. It is a celebration of liberal arts education.

The 2009 event featured the work of 257 students who participated in 153 presentations, with the guidance of 104 faculty members. Students participated in individual talks, panels, poster sessions, exhibits and performances, in the areas of science and technology, performing arts, and social, cultural and literary studies.

American Studies, American Studies Diploma Program, Art, Astronomy

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Classical Languages & Literatures, Comparative Literature, Computer
Science

Dance, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Film Studies,
First Year Seminar, French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History, Internships, Italian
Language & Literature

Kahn Institute, Landscape Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Music

Physics

Psychology

Smithipedia, Sociology, Spanish Language &
Literature, Study of Women & Gender

Biological Sciences

Azucena Ramos '09 and Elizabeth Deschene '09
The Role of Slit and Their Roundabout Receptors in Commissure Development within the Zebrafish Forebrain
Science poster session deriving from work with Michael Barresi, assistant professor of biological sciences
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Sarah Bashiruddin '10
Defining the Role of Glia in Post-Optic Commissure Formation in Zebrafish
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Michael Barresi, assistant professor of biological sciences

Kimberly Johnson GR
The Role of Eg5 Kinesin In Regulating Radial Glial Cell Number in Zebrafish
Science poster session deriving from work with Michael Barresi, assistant professor of biological sciences

Sarah Anne Kam '09, Hanna Sherrill '09, and Alexis Ziemba '12
Anesthetic Preconditioning in Mouse Neuroblastoma
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences

Laura-Louise Campbell '10J and Alexis Ziemba '12
Anesthetic-Induced Neurite Retraction in Primary Murine Cortical Neurons
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences

Sarah Wardlaw '09, Molly Gibson '09, and Allison Ulrich '11J
Studies of Cationic Flux through Cyclic Peptides
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences

Francesca Kotey '09, Nikhila Gill '09, and Shikha Goel '11
Positive Modulation of GABAA Receptor Currents and Anesthesia by Cyclohexanol Analogs
Science poster session deriving from work with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences
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Katherine Lofgren '09
Biology Above Treeline
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Virginia Hayssen, professor of biological sciences

Cora Waterman '11 and Ashley Urrutia '11
The Correlation Between Coat Color and Body Size Across the Genus Peromyscus: Larger Deer Mice are Darker Than Smaller Deer Mice
Science poster session deriving from work with Virginia Hayssen, professor of biological sciences
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Jennifer Yoo '11
Methodilogical Improvements of Cortisol Collection in Canis familiaris
Science poster session deriving from work with Virginia Hayssen, professor of biological sciences

Jennifer DeBerardinis '11 and Meaghan Hall '10
Non-Mandelian Inheritance in Chilodonella uncinata
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Laura Katz, Elsie Damon Simonds Professor of Biological Sciences

Hannah Jaris '09
Genetic Diversity of Ciliates in the Near Coastal Sediment
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Laura Katz, Elsie Damon Simonds Professor of Biological Sciences

Rachel Rock-Blake '09
150 Years of Change in Coastal Ecology: An Analysis of the Algae Collected by Eliza M. French
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences
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Yutian Gan GR08 and Laura Smith '10
Differential Proteome Profiling Analysis of Male and Female Murine Skeletal Muscle Following a Single Bout of Exercise
Science poster session deriving from work with Stylianos Scordilis, professor of biological sciences, and Mohini Kulp, instrumentation and technology instructor

Lauren-Ann Metskas GR
Differential Proteome Profiling Analysis of Male and Female Murine Skeletal Muscle Following a Repeat Bout of Exercise
Science poster session deriving from work with Stylianos Scordilis, professor of biological sciences, and Mohini Kulp, instrumentation and technology instructor
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Phung Nguyen '10 and Lily Maynard '11
Bugs in the System: A Comparison of Invertebrate Biodiversity Between Two Rivers in Western Massachusetts
Science poster session deriving from special studies and STRIDE research with L. David Smith, associate professor biological sciences
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Chelsea Vaughn '09
People Pressures on Previously Pristine Places: A Comparative Study of Coral Biodiversity Near Hoga Island, Indonesia
Science poster session deriving from special studies with L. David Smith, associate professor biological sciences
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Noëlle Bittner '09
Allozyme Analysis of a Contact Zone Between Two mtDna Haplotypes in Desmognathus ocoee (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Stephen Tilley, Myra M. Sampson Professor of Biological Sciences
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Patricia Brazee '10
Thermoregulation of Gene Experession in E. coli
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Christine White-Ziegler, associate professor of biological sciences

Amanda Taus '09
Hypothetical to Helpful: Identification of Novel Protein in Brugla Malayi
Science poster session deriving from work with Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences

Marie-Michele Sainvil '09
Cell Culture and Transplantation of A GABA-Producing Cell Line: Function and Morphology
Science poster session deriving from work with Magda Giordano, associate professor, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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