41st APICS Undergraduate Biology Conference
March 11-13, 2011, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS


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Melissa Hebert | Sara MacLellan | Andrew Coombs | Hannah Buhariwalla | Jeff Clements | Jaime Wertman | Meaghan O'Neill | Patricia Howse


NSERC Representatives' Undergraduate Student Awards
(Award Description)

1st Place for Oral Presentation Jeff Clements, Cape Breton University:
Feeding ecology of the Northern Moonsnail (Euspira heros) (Gastropoda: Naticidae) in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

1st Place for Poster Presentation Meaghan O'Neill, University of New Brunswick:
Observations on the epidemiology of Loma morhua during aquaculture of Atlantic cod

2nd Place for Oral Presentation Melissa Hebert, Mount Allison University:
Diurnaland nocturnal foraging behaviours of staging Semipalmated Sandpipers in theupper Bay of Fundy

2nd Place for Poster Presentation Andrew Coombs, Dalhousie University:
The Notch Signaling Pathway plays a Significant Role in Mast Cell Development in the Zebrafish

3rd Place for Oral Presentation Hannah Buhariwalla, St Francis Xavier University:
Cold-induced adaptations in mitochondria-rich cells of eurythermal teleost fish Fundulus heteroclitus

3rd Place for Poster Presentation Patricia Howse, Memorial University:
Potential impacts of Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) browsing on forest regeneration in the boreal forest of Central and Western Newfoundland



Canadian Botanical Association Award
(Award Description)

Oral Presentation Jamie Wertman, Dalhousie University:
Do mitochondria catalyze programmed cell death in the Lace plant?

Poster Presentation Sara MacLellan, St Francis Xavier University:
Mutation mediated disruption of cellulose synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Honorable Mention (Oral) Erica Fraser, Mount Saint Vincent University:
Patterns of organic nitrogen utilization in fungal root endophytes