North Shore Sigma Xi LPD

Annual Research Symposia

2013: Third Annual North Shore Chapter Symposium - Salem State University

Program with Abstracts (pdf)
Pictures of presenters taken by Anne-Marie Scholer and Lindley Hanson

2012: Third Annual North Shore Chapter Symposium - Gordon College

Program with Abstracts (pdf)

2011: Second Annual North Shore Chapter Symposium - Endicot College

Program with Abstracts (docx / html)
Flicker Slideshow of 2011 meeting at Endicott College, courtesy of Craig Story (Storyman2008)

2010: First Annual North Shore Chapter Symposium - Salem State College

Program with Abstracts (pdf )
Welcome Address (doc) by Jude Nixon, Dean of School of Arts and Sciences, Salem State College

Presentations

Oral Presentations

Northeast United States Hydroclimate Variability over the Last Millennium: Relations to Hemispheric Climate Patterns. B. Hubeny,1 M. Reddin, 1 and J. King, 2 1Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, 352 Lafayette St., Salem, MA 01970, 2Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882.
A Proposed Model to Explain How Anthropogenic ally-Derived Thermal Pollution may Impact Tree Water Conductivity and Drive Alterations in Ecosystem and Community Dynamics in an Urban Forest of Louisville, Kentucky. C.E. Tripler, M.M. Carreiro1, C. Brennan, and A. Casioppo. School of Arts and Sciences, Endicott College, Beverly, MA 01915. 1Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.
Forest Migrants in Short-Grass Prairie of New Mexico: Habitat Use When Habitat is (Nearly) Absent. G. S. Keller, Department of Biology, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984, and J. D. Avery, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.
Culture and Maintenance of Hatchling Longfin Squid (Loligo pealei) in a Laboratory. D. Monteiro and J. Buttner. Department of Biology, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
Congeneric Analysis of the Hydraulic Architecture of Two Pinus spp. & Quercus spp. R. Zimmerer, J. Wubbels, and D. Eissenstat, Gordon College, Biology Department, Wenham, MA 01984, Horticulture Department, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802.
A Unique Evolutionary Model for Studies of Physiological Interactions and Stem Cell Production. C. LeTourneau and B. Lutton, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Endicott College, Beverly, MA 01915.
Monte Carlo Simulations of Cholesterol Solubility in PC-PE Phospholipid Bilayers. K. Smith,
J. Senning*, and D. Lee, Dept. of Physics, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, 01984. *Dept. of Math & Computer Science, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, 01984.
Observations on Diagenetic Alteration in a Section of Late Jurassic Sandstone. A.R. Santos and J.M. Sablock, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.

Poster Presentations

Localization of Carbonic Anhydrase and Anion Exchangers in Larval Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. G. Bingham, Salem State College, Salem, MA, L. VanEkeris and P.J Linser, The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida.
Historic Trace Metal Accumulation in Sluice Pond, MA: Linkages Between Industry and the Environment. E. Crescenzi,1 B. Hubeny,1 B. Moran,2 R. Kelly.2 1Geological Sciences, Salem State College, 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970, 2Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882.
The Effects of Ixodes dammini on Vector-Borne Lyme Borreliosis Prevalence in North American Field Sites. M. L. Domingues, G. Keller and C. Story, Department of Biology, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984.
Preliminary Results of an Integrated Geophysical Survey of the Field-Bickford Garrison House Site, Durham Point, Durham, New Hampshire. C. Downs, D. Torridi and P. Sablock, Geologic Sciences, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
Phenolic Polymerization Using FeIII-TAML. K. Entwistle and D. Tshudy, Department of Chemistry, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, 01984.
Analysis of the Effects of Serotonin on Feeding Behavior in Aplysia californica. K. Kelly,1 A. Acheampong,2 M. Shields-Johnson,3 M. Wainwright,3 and R. Mozzachiodi.3 1Endicott College- Beverly, MA, 2Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TX, 3Houston Community College System-Houston, TX.
Characterization of Selected Boston Harbor Intertidal Flat Sediments. E. Kristiansen,1 B. Hubeny,1 E. Crescenzi,1 J. Buttner,2 M. Fregeau,2 and S. Weston.2 1Department of Geological Sciences, 2Department of Biology, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
Investigation of Charcoal as an Antifungal Agent on Candida albicans. S. Kwon and D. Perry. Department of Biology, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984.
Metals in Sediments of the North River, MA. J. S. LeBel and D. E. Allen, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
A Multi-Proxy Study of a Five Meter Sediment Core from Sluice Pond, Lynn, MA: Comparison of Lithostratigraphic and Seismic Records. J. A. Lewis and J. B. Hubeny, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
Landscape Composition Effects on Small Mammal Richness and Abundance in Northern Massachusetts. E.S Lindemann, J.P. Harris and G.S. Keller, Department of Biology, Gordon College, Wenham MA 01984
Establishment of a Sea Level Monitoring Station at Central Wharf in Salem, MA. K. McAndrews and D. E. Allen, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
Diversity in Microbial Communities from Eleven Different Lakes and Ponds in Maine. K. Nguyen1., B. Hubeny2 and A. Dolberry1. Department of Biology1 and Department of Geological Sciences2, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
The Effects of Natural and Human Induced Edges on Foraging Flocks of Wintering Songbirds in Southern New England. B. J. Padilla, A. Ballou and G. S. Keller. Department of Biology, Gordon College Wenham MA 01984.
A Stratigraphic Investigation of the Goldthwait Reserve Salt Marsh, Marblehead, MA. A. L. Sherman and J. B. Hubeny, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970.
The Effect of Melatonin on Spirogyra spp. Cell Development. Y.Y. Stevenson and L.M. Lewis, Department of Biology, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
Toxic Metals in the Forest River Estuary, Salem MA. T. S. Vaillancourt and D. E. Allen, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, Salem, MA. 01970.
A Comparison of Three Granites from Essex County, Massachusetts. K. Vander Kaaden and J. Sablock, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, Salem, MA 01970.
The Effects of Shade and Dissolved Oxygen on Spotted Salamander Egg Mass Counts. R. Zimmerer and D. Boorse, Biology Department, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984.