Student Presentations at the Murdock Regional Science Conference

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Hannah Wells, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University.   Forest Cover Change Over Time in Monmouth Township, Oregon (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Tacoma, WA, November 2008).

Maria Savoca, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University. Riparian Forest Change in Monmouth Township, 1935-2005. (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Tacoma, WA, November 2008).

Arley Oddo, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University.   Forest Fragmentation Over Time in Monmouth Township, Oregon (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Tacoma, WA, November 2008).

Eric Autrey,  Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University.  Edaphic and   Topographic Effects on Forest Patterns In Monmouth Township Oregon (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Tacoma, WA, November 2008).

Evan Larson, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University.  Fire history of the contiguous forest at Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument, OR.  (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Spokane, WA, September 2001).

Meg Christensen, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University. Fir expansion on a forest island kipuka at Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument, OR (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Spokane, WA, September 2001).

Janice Belknap, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University. Record of pandora moth infestations on forest island kipuka at Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument, OR (presented as a poster at the the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Spokane, WA, September 2001).

Cynthia D. Jones, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University, Vegetation Dynamics of Bonesteele Park, Marion County, OR. (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Nampa, ID, November 1999).

Peter B. Jenkins, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University. Using a Geographic Information System (ArcView)  to Assess the Biogeographical Characteristics of Kipuka Forest Islands in Central Oregon (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Nampa, ID, November 1999).

Sara Coffey, Science Collaborative Research Program, Willamette University.  Fuel Load in a Fragmented Habitat, Bonesteele Park, Marion County OR, (presented as a poster at the Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference, Nampa, ID, November 1999).

*Upton, J. and G. Tallman 1997. Technical considerations in two
dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins extracted from cultured guard
cell protoplasts. Abstract #43. Sixth Regional Conference on Undergraduate
Research: Murdock College Science Research Program, Willamette University,
Salem, OR, Oct. 31-Nov. 1. (RU)

*Gump, P. and G. Tallman 1998. The response of guard cells in Vicia faba
to red light and varying levels of CO2. Abstract #52. Seventh Regional
Conference on Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science Research
Program, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, ID, Nov. 6-7. (RU)


*Fiedler, S. and G. Tallman 2001. HSP 70 is present in both whole leaf
tissue and guard cell protoplasts of Nicotiana glauca and is inducible by
heat shock in whole leaf. Abstract #57. Tenth Regional Conference on
Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science Research Program, Gonzaga
University, Spokane, WA, Nov. 2-3. (RU)

*Abbott, T. and G. Tallman 2002. Abstract #69. Isolation and
characterization of ERK1-CRP of Nicotiana glauca. Eleventh Regional
Conference on Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science Research
Program, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Nov. 15-16. (RU)

*Falkenhagen, K. and G. Tallman 2002. Abstract #68. The involvement of
chlorophyll and thioredoxin in the stomatal opening response to reduced CO2
under red light. Eleventh Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research:
Murdock College Science Research Program, Whitman College, Walla Walla , WA,
Nov. 15-16. (RU)

*Countner, A. and G. Tallman 2004. Abstract #58. The effect of cytochrome
P-450 monooxygenase inhibitors on stomatal opening induced by reduced CO2
concentrations under red light in Vicia faba leaf epidermis. Thirteenth
Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science
Research Program, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, Nov. 19-20. (RU)

*Michels, K. and G. Tallman 2004. Abstract #60. Analysis of auxin
sensitivity of thermotolerant guard cell protoplasts using plasmid reporter
constructs. Thirteenth Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research:
Murdock College Science Research Program, Lewis and Clark College, Portland,
OR, Nov. 19-20. (RU)

*Bufford, J. and G. Tallman 2005. Abstract #70.The effect of reactive
oxygen species on thermotolerance and cellular thermoinhibition in Nicotiana
glauca guard cell protoplasts. Fourteenth Regional Conference on
Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science Research Program, Northwest
Nazarene University, Nampa, ID, Nov. 11-12. (RU)

*Dong, M. and G. Tallman 2005. Abstract #69. Effect of high temperature on
auxin sensitivity during development of thermotolerance in Nicotiana glauca
guard cell protoplasts. Fourteenth Regional Conference on Undergraduate
Research: Murdock College Science Research Program, Northwest Nazarene
University, Nampa, ID, Nov. 11-12. (RU)


*Church, K., *Dau, M., and G. Tallman 2006. Abstract #86. Investigating
the effects of high temperature on cytokinin perception during development
of cultured Nicotiana glauca guard cell protoplasts. Fifteenth Regional
Conference on Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science Research
Program, University of Portland, Portland, OR, Oct. 20-21. (RU)

*Anderson, D., *Beard, R., and G. Tallman 2008. Abstract #128. L-NMMA
(NG-monomethyl L-arginine), an inhibitor of arginine-dependent nitric oxide
(NO) production, mimics the effects of high temperature on cultured
Nicotiana glauca guard cell protoplasts. Seventeenth Regional Conference on
Undergraduate Research: Murdock College Science Research Program,
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, Nov. 7-8. (RU)