Undergraduate Research

Research Projects: Undergraduate research is an exciting opportunity for biology students to work with faculty and experience the process of discovery. The biology faculty has developed a culture of scholarship in which students learn how to use research to strengthen their understanding of biological concepts. Undergraduate research is actively encouraged throughout the students' curriculum to invigorate learning.

Student Research Areas

Nazareth students have completed research investigations in a variety of areas including genetics, developmental biology, ecology, microbiology, animal physiology, and plant biology.

Summer 2011

Jenny Scobie assessed twenty-six sites in the streams of the Delaware River watershed to compare the current conditions with data previously obtained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation form 1972-1992. She sampled benthic macroinvertebrates using the same protocol as the NYS DEC to sample and calculate indices of stream water quality and habitat health.

Jessica Saville was awarded an opportunity to participate in the Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) project, a Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) at the University of Buffalo, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. In addition to participating in several aspects of stream biology assessment, her research project was "Comparison of Methods Determining Nitrate Concentration in Stream Water."

http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/20011_07_21/ERIE_poster_event

Biology Senior Research Presentations 2011

April 12, 2011

Jeremy Wood
The Paradox of Natural Selection in Human Evolution: An Analysis of the Change in Resource Acquisition, Utility and Reliance During the Physiological Progression form Nonhomonian Primate Species to Home sapiens
Hillary Simon
Demonstrating the Mobilization of Toxins During Extreme Weight Loss, Using the Mouse Model and Alpha-Tocopherol
Amber Streicher
Prey Choice in the Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, An Energy Profit Analysis
Shaughna Szymanski
Examining the Degree of Lipid Formation in NIH 3T3 Mouse Fibroblasts Using Florescence Microscopy
Nirvana Kotoric
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: The Effectiveness of Drug Therapy Versus PVP/TURP Procedures
Cassandra Schettine
The Fate of IgA in the Suckling Rat Pup

April 19, 2011

Catherine Conway
The Study of Behavior in Domesticated Horses
Kelly Noble
The Study of Cellular Actin Using Phalloidin and Cytochalasin
Meagan Rivera
The Study of the Anterior Intestine of Tubulin Mutants in The Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans
Douglas Milano-Johnson
An Examination of the Impact of Habitat Heterogeneity and Edge Effect on Forest
Jessica Reeves
Induced Mitosis in NIH 3T3 Mouse Fibroblasts by Phorbol 12-Myristate
Amanda Bentley
An Investigation of the Effect of Ethanol on Mouse Renal Morphology and Heat of Combustion

Biology Senior Research Presentations

April 20, 2010

Kathryn Freezee
Effects of Potassium Nitrate Osmopriming, Hydropriming and Mechanical Rubbing Seed Enhancement Methods on Germination Rate in Beta vulgaris
Kaitlin Bates
Method Of Lesson Plan Implementation: Comparative Analysis Measuring The Efficiency Of Three Instructional Methods In The Secondary Science Classroom
Treyson Barresi
Geographical Information System (GIS) Mapping Of White-Tailed Deer Corridor
Alicca Kowalczyk
The Determination of a Behavioral Response and Species Differentiation in the Green Tree Frog, Hyla cinerea
Ann Schoff
The Impact of Global Warming on the Arctic Tundra Biome, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems
Benjamin Caiella The Effects Of Pollution On Trout Population Size And Health
Abigail Kilmer
Differential Responses Between an Endothermic and Ectothermic Vertebrate in Metabolic Rate in Response to Exogenous Administration of Thyroxine

April 27, 2010

Lauren Evans
Clinical Considerations And Cancer Risk Associated With BRCA1 Mutation Sites
Brittany Forcione
Towards the Identification of Functional Domains of the Leukemic Oncogene, Mds1-Evi1
Lindsey Yacono; Presentation by Kathleen Lyons
Integrating Science Across the Curriculum: Fourth Grade Food Chain Lesson Plan
Rebecca Nagel
Attraction And Preference Of Odor And Color Of Fruit Flies, Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophiladae), For The Control Of Dispersion And Population
Courtney Tobin
Heart Rate As A Function Of Exercise Intensity In Trained Versus Untrained College-Aged Students