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News, Honors and Awards
Anna Barsoukova received the Graduate School
Award of Excellence for "Cell Biology of ApoE in Cortical Cultured Neurons - Possible Roles in
Alzheimer's Disease." Anna also received a Graduate Student
Investigator Award during ScienceFest 2003.
Eric Bollinger received a COS Achievement and
Contribution Award for Research/Creative Activity.
Janice Coons received a COS Achievement and
Contribution Award for Balanced Activity.
Steven Daniel was awarded Tenure.
Kyle Dunn (Thomas Nelson, mentor) received a
SURE Award during ScienceFest 2003.
Bud Fischer was selected as the Commencement Marshal for the graduate school for
the Fall 203 commencement ceremonies. Bud also received a COS Achievement
and Contribution Award for Research/Creative Activity and received The
Teacher-Scholar Award during ScienceFest 2003.
Stacey Fuhrmann (Stephen Mullin, mentor),
received a SURE Award during ScienceFest2003.
Robert Gillespie (Andrew Methven, mentor) was
presented with a Graduate Student Investigator Award during ScienceFest 2003.
Kipp Kruse stepped down as Department of Biological
Sciences Chair and returned to teaching and
Andrew Methven was appointed as Acting
Chair of the department, effective January 1, 2004. Bud Fischer assumed the role of
Acting Associate Chair of the
Department of Biological Sciences, effective January 1, 2004.
Melissa Litherland (Britto Nathan, mentor)
received a Graduate Student Investigator Award during ScienceFest 2003.
Scott Meiners received the International Programs Initiative Award.
Britto Nathan was presented with the Graduate
Dean's Award of Excellence for "Birth of brain
cells-death of a dogma, and rise of hope for Alzheimer's disease."
Britto also received a COS Achievement and Contribution Award for
Research/Creative Activity and CFR Research Award Recognition.
Additionally, Britto was presented with the Lida G. Wall Faculty Research Mentor Award
during ScienceFest 2003.
Charles Pederson and Paul Switzer received
COS Achievement and Contribution Awards for Research/Creative Activity.
Brian Towey (Stephen Mullin, mentor) received
a Graduate Student Investigator Award at ScienceFest 2003.
Brent Wachholder received a
Young
Botanist Award. Brent also received a SURE Award (Henry Owen, mentor)
during ScienceFest 2003.
Kathryn Yurkonis received a Graduate School
Research/Creative Activity Award for "Exotic species impacts on species turnover."
Scott Meiners was her mentor.
2003 Publishing Scholars Reception
The COS Publishing Scholars Reception was held on October
29, 2003 in the 1895 Room of the
University Union for faculty members
that had published an article since September 1, 2002. The
following faculty members from the
Biological Sciences Department were honored at this reception:
Eric Bollinger, Janice Coons, Charles Costa, Robert Fischer, Michael Goodrich, Kipp Kruse, Scott
Meiners, Steve Mullin, Britto Nathan, Tom Nelson, Paul Switzer
and Gordon Tucker
Research Grants and Awards
Eric Bollinger received the following
funding and grants:
EIU CFR
Award for "Adaptive
Significance of Aberrant Song in Chickadees in Illinois."
EIU CFR
Award, "Comparison of Nesting Success of
Red-Headed Woodpeckers in Three Habits."
EIU Redden Grant.
EIU Summer Research/Creative Activity Award.
Gary Bulla received the following
funding and grants:
EIU CFR
Award for "Type 2
Diabetes: Role of HNF1a
and Co-factors."
EIU Summer Research/Creative Activity Award.
Janice Coons received an
EIU CFR
Award, "Development of Production Techniques to Provide Native Plants
for Use in Illinois Landscaping." and an EIU Summer Research/Creative Activity Award.
Steve Daniel and Ann Fritz
received an EIU
CFR Award for "The Microbial Constituents of the
Reproductive Tract and the Digestive Tract of the Caribbean Fruit Fly,
Anastrepha suspensa."
Bud Fischer received a Sanitary District of Decatur Grant
for "Biotic
assessment of water quality in a stretch of the Sangamon River receiving effluent
from the Sanitary District of Decatur." $105,242 (Co-PI)
Ann Fritz received an EIU Redden Grant.
Gary Fritz received an
EIU CFR
Award for "Male Load Versus Genetic Diversity:
Testing Two Hypotheses for the Origin of Multiple Mating in Social
Insects."
Jaymie Rae Krone received an EIU Undergraduate Research Grant
for "Impact of
plant-derived phenolic compounds on growth and toxin production by Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum." (Steven Daniel, mentor).
James McGaughey received an
EIU Redden Grant.
Kipp McGilliard received an
EIU Redden Grant.
Scott Meiners received an
EIU Redden Grant and a COS Small Grant Award.
Stephen Mullin received the following
funding and grants:
EIU CFR
Award, "Size and Reproductive Activity of a
Geographically Isolated Population of a Mole
Salamander (Caudata:
Ambystoma) in East-Central Illinois."
IDNR Wildlife Preservation Fund, "Recovery of
pond-breeding amphibians at Warbler Woods Nature
Preserve Following Fish Removal."
EIU COS Small Grant
Award.
EIU
COS Seed Grant Program.
EIU
School of Continuing Education Faculty Mini-Grant.
Britto Nathan received the following
funding and grants:
EIU CFR
Award, "Biochemical Studies on a Genetically
Engineered Mouse Model for Alzheimer's
Disease."
EIU CFR
Award, "Birth of Brain Cells - Death of a Dogma, and Rise of Hope for Alzheimer's
Disease."
EIU Summer Research/Creative Activity Award.
Tom Nelson received an
EIU CFR
Award for "Movements and Habitat Use by Raccoons in a Prairie-Wetland Ecosystem."
Tom also received an EIU Summer Research/Creative Activity Award.
Henry Owen received an EIU Redden Grant.
Paul Switzer received an EIU Redden Grant.
Jenny Will and Neil Kirkpatrick
received an EIU Undergraduate Research Grant for
"Recovery of antibiotic resistant bacteria from local landfill leachate: a study in potential public health hazards."
(Jim McGaughey was their mentor)
Presentations
Barding, E.*, and T. Nelson. "Movements and habitat selection by raccoons
in a fragmented
agricultural landscape in Illinois." Midwest Fish and Wildlife Meeting,
Kansas City, MO.
Kipp
Kruse, Chair session on ACADEMIC FREEDOM for EIU Faculty Senate.
Kipp Kruse, “Biotechnology Reality and Myth” School of Technology Symposium.
(Invited lecture)
Kipp Kruse, Panel presentation on environmental issues “Towards a
globalization of solidarity." EIU Fair Trade Coalition.
Mullin, S.J. "Native-exotic species interactions in local and
regional settings: Boon or bane for the
Herpetologist?" Champaign Area
Society of Herpetoculturalists. (Invited lecture).
Mullin, S.J., J.M. Fish, E.L. Ervin, and R.N. Fisher. Chemosensory cues from exotic
and native prey
species: How does a native natricine
snake respond? Herpetologists' League, Society for the Study
of Amphibians & Reptiles, and American Society of Ichthyologists &
Herpetologists. (Paper)
Mullin, S.J. and
C.A. Phillips. Snake Ecology 2004: Another meeting of the minds. Herpetologists'
League, Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles, and American Society of
Ichthyologists &
Herpetologists. (Poster)
Towey, J.B.(*)
and S.J. Mullin. Influence of presence and removal of introduced fish on pond
breeding
amphibians in central Illinois. Illinois State Academy of Sciences. (Paper)
Steve Daniel gave an Invited research seminar was presented on October 2, 2003
as part of the
seminar series in the Molecular and Environmental Toxicology
Center at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The title of the talk was "Kidney
Stones and the Microbial Handling of
Oxalogenic Precursors in the Human
Gastrointestinal Tract".
Publications
Alonzo, S., P.V. Switzer, and M. Mangel. 2003. Using individual
behavior to predict the indirect effects of Antarctic krill fisheries on penguin
foraging. Journal of Applied Ecology 40: 692-702 .
Alonzo, S., P.V. Switzer, and M. Mangel. 2003. Ecological games in
space and time: the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill and penguins.
Ecology 84(6): 1598-1607.
Bartha, S.,
S. J. Meiners, S.T.A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2003. Plant
colonization windows in
a mesic old field succession. Applied Vegetation Science 6:205-212
Beach*,
S.E., J.M. Coons, and H.R. Owen. 2003. Seed germination
from three colonies of
Lesquerella ludoviciana as affected by
seed maturity and harvest date. In preparation for Natural
Areas J.
Beach*,
S.E., J.M. Coons, and H.R. Owen. 2003. Effects of season and seed
longevity on
germination of Lesquerella ludoviciana. In
preparation for Natural Areas J.
Edgin, B., B. Garrard, G.C. Tucker & J.E. Ebinger. 2003.
Vegetation of Allison Prairie – A Gravel Prairie Reconstruction in Lawrence
County, Illinois. Erigenia 19: 52-59.
Ervin, E.L., S.J. Mullin, and R.N. Fisher. 2003. Natural history
notes: Thamnophis hammondii (prey).
Herpetol. Rev.
34:74-75.
Forsythe, P.S.*, D.S. Wyatt*, and P.V. Switzer. 2003. Effects of
experience and body size on refuge choice in the crayfish Orconectes immunis.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 18(2): 305-313.
Fischer, R. U. and B. Hausmann. 2003 The
role of bowfin in multiple species fisheries management
plans. Illinois State Academy of Sciences
96:154-162.
Franken*,
K.M., J.M. Coons, H.R. Owen, J.E. Ebinger, C.J. DuFrain*, and
E.L.
Smith. 2003.
Population status, seed production, and germination
requirements of Wild Hyacinth (Camassia
angusta),
an Illinois and Indiana endangered species. In prep. for Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci.
Frankland, F.* and T. Nelson. 2003. Impacts of white-tailed deer on
spring wildflowers in Illinois, USA.
Natural Areas Journal 23:341-348.
M.R. Gilg*and
K.C. Kruse. 2003. Reproduction decreases life span in the giant waterbug (Belostoma
flumineum). Amer. Midl. Nat. 149: 306-319.
Gaines K.F.,
J.C. Cumbee, Jr. and W.L. Stephens Jr. 2003. Nest characteristics of the
clapper rail from coastal Georgia. Journal of Field Ornithology.
74:152-156.
Kerber*,
A.J., H.R. Owen, and J.M. Coons. 2003. How photoperiod affects shoot
initiation in Stylisma pickeringii in vitro. In preparation for In
Vitro Cell. Devel. Biol.
McNew, L.,* T. Nelson, and S. McTaggart*. 2003. Prevalence of Giardia
intestinalis in Illinois
beavers. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of
Science 96:113-118.
McTaggart, S.*, and T. Nelson. 2003. Demographics and composition of
beaver colonies in Illinois.
American Midland Naturalist 150:139-150.
Meiners, S. J. and K. LoGiudice. 2003. Temporal consistency in the spatial
pattern of seed predation across a forest - old field edge. Plant Ecology.
168:45-55.
Nagle, R. D., M.V. Plummer, J. D. Congdon, and R. U.
Fischer. 2003 Parental investment, embryo
growth, and hatchling lipids
in softshell turtles (Apalone mutica) from Arkansas.
Herpetologica
59:145-154.
Nelson, T., D. Gregory*, and J. Laursen. 2003. Canine
heartworms in coyotes in Illinois. Journal of
Wildlife Diseases 39:593-599.
Punshon
T., K.F. Gaines, P.M. Bertsch and J. Burger. 2003. Bioavailability of
uranium and nickel to vegetation in a contaminated riparian ecosystem.
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 22:1146-1154.
Punshon
T., K. F. Gaines, R. A. Jenkins, Jr. 2003. Bioavailability and trophic
transfer of sediment bound Ni and U in a southeastern wetland system.
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 44:30-35.
Struble, R.G., Rosario, E., Kircher, M., Ludwig, S., McAdamis, P., Watabe,
K., McAsey, M.E., Cady, C., Nathan, B.P.
2003.
Regional specific
brain apolipoprotein E modulation in the mouse during the estrous cycle and by
exogenous 17 b-estradiol. Experimental Neurology. 183, 638-644.
Switzer, P.V. and P.K. Eason. 2003. Space use in territorial amberwing dragonflies: Are residents female maximizers or neighbor minimizers?
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54(4): 321-328.
Switzer, P.V., J.A. Switzer*, and I.C. Switzer*. 2003. New Illinois
butterfly records for Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, and Edgar Counties.
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 96(3): 235-241.
Todd, B.L., H.R. Owen, J.M. Coons, and C.J. Heisler*. 2003. Seed color and
seedling development of Patterson Bindweed (Stylisma pickeringii),
an endangered species of Illinois sand prairies. In
preparation for Trans.
Illinois State Acad. Sci.
Woolf, A., T. Nelson, and R. Bluett. 2003. Beaver relative abundance in
southern Illinois watersheds.
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences
96:135-144.
* = student authors
Research Poster Presentations
Barding, E. and
Nelson, T.
Movements and
Habitat Selection by Raccoons in a Fragmented Agricultural Landscape in Illinois.
2003.
Barsukova, A.G., Gerhardt, K.F., Grissom, E.M., and
Nathan, B.P.
A Cell
Culture System For Studying the Role of ApoE in Alzheimer’s Disease. 2003.
(2003 E.I.U. College of Sciences G.S.I. Award)
Beach, S.E.,
Coons, J.M.,
Owen, H.R., Todd, B.L. and Smith, M.A.
Comparison of
Seed Production and Germination in Three Distinct Colonies of Lesquerella
ludoviciana. 2003.
Burmeister, M.S., DeLine, C.S., Greenwood-DeLine,
L., Kimmey, J.A., Schrage, K.M.,
Wachholder, B.E.
Meiners, S.J.
and Methven, A.S.
Dead and
Lichen It: Lichen Community Structure on Gravestones. 2003.
Conrad, S. (and
Nelson, T.)
Effects of
shrub cover on the abundance and distribution of small mammals. 2003
Costa, C.J., Gatto,
C. and Kaplan, J.H.
ATP-dependent
Dimerization of the Na,K-ATPase Nucleotide-binding Domain. 2003.
Cox, D.R. and
Nelson, T.A.
Can Habitat
Measurements Predict the Abundance of Beavers in Illinois Rivers? 2003
Daniel, S.L.,
Runyon, C., Williams, J., Flanagan, M., Brueck, C., and Lehtinen, M.
Degradation
of Glyoxylate and Glycolate by Human Gastrointestinal Microbes. 2003.
Dunn, K. and
Nelson, T.
Investigating
the Foraging Niches of Three Species of Illinois Bats. 2003
Fanta, S.E.,
Pederson, C.L.
and Fischer, R.U.
Relationship
of Benthic Productivity and Stream Water Chemistry: The Influence of Landscape
in Illinois Watersheds. 2003.
Foster, C.D.
The
Population Status and Habitat Selection of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus
horridus) in East-Central Illinois. 2003.
Goradia, L.D., Daniel,
S.L. and Hartman, G.L.
Evaluation of
Round-Up Ready Soybean Cultivars for Resistance to Xanthomonas axonopodis
pv. glycines. 2003.
Kirkpatrick, N., Will, J. and
McGaughey, J.
Tetracycline
Resistance in Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria Recovered from Landfill Leachate.
2003.
Kroll, A.R. and
Nelson, T.A.
Activity
patterns and habitat use by feral and free-ranging cats in rural Illinois.
2003
Litherland, M.T., Yost, J., Struble, R.G.,
Switzer, P.V.
and Nathan, B.P.
Behavioral
Studies on an Animal Model for Alzheimer’s Disease. 2003.
(2003 E.I.U. College of Sciences G.S.I. Award)
McFarland, H. L. and
Meiners, S. J.
Impacts of
Rosa multiflora invasion on plant community dynamics. 2003.
Nash, D.R. and
Pederson, C.L.
The Effects
of Developmental Temperature on Fecundity of Daphnia lumholtzi, an Exotic
Zooplankter. 2003
Pederson, C.L.,
Fischer, R.U.,
Thomas, K.M. and Fanta, S.E.
Biotic
assessment of water quality in the Sangamon River. 2003
Runyon, C., and
Daniel, S.L.
Enrichment of
Anaerobic Glyoxylate-Degrading Bacteria from the Human Gut. 2003.
Towey, J.B.
The Influence
of Fish Presence on Amphibian Breeding Efforts in a Central Illinois Field
Experiment. 2003.
Wachholder, B.E., Kerber, A.J.,
Owen, H.R. and
Coons, J.M.
Influence of
Light and Sucrose on In Vitro Development of Shoots in Stylisma
Pickeringii var Pattersoni. 2003.
(2003 E.I.U. College of Sciences G.S.I. Award)
Will, J., Kirkpatrick, N. and
McGaughey, J.
Recovery of
Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. from
Landfill Leachate. 2003.
Yurkonis, K.A.,
Coons, J.M.,
Meiners, S.J.
and Lewis, S.E.
A Survey of
Non-Native Plants Along Roadsides in the Central and Western States. (PowerPoint
presentation) 2003.
Yurkonis, K.A. and
Meiners, S.J.
Invasion by
Lonicera japonica Impacts Species Turnover in a Successional System.
2003
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