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Sigma Xi/SCAS Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Oral Presentations
Chemistry/Biochemistry
Ellyn Smith    Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Charleston
Isoquinolinones IV: Preparation of Isoquinolinones from Orthotollic Acid Hydrazides
Field Biology/Environmental Science
Iris Kemp    Department of Biology, College of Charleston
Systematic Analysis of the Marine Hatchetfish Polyipnus Triphanos Species Complex (Sternoptychidae)
Microbiology/Molecular Biology/Cell Biology
Erica Flores    Department of Biology, College of Charleston
MEF2 Expression in the Developing Sea Urchin, Lyechinus variegatus
Neuroscience/Pschology/Cell Biology
Joshua Nesbitt    Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
Analysis of Hammerhead Ribozymes Targeted to HIV-A TAT
Nanoscience/Mathematics/Computer Science/Astronomy/Physics
Michelle Killian    Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of South Carolina Aiken
Optimized Seira Substrate Fabrication by Physical Vapor Deposition

Poster presentations
Chemistry/Biochemistry
Dan Yun Dong    Coker College
Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Alpha-Diimines
Environmental Science/Field Biology
Kristen Hughes    Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
Multibeam Sonar Analysis of Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Geoscience/Environmental Science
Vikki Barnotski    Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
Comparison of Benthic Foraminifera between Two Cross-Shelf Transects off Charleston, SC
Biological Oceanography
Iris Kemp    Department of Biology, College of Charleston
Schooling Fish Densities around Urban Piers
Molecular Biology/Microbiology/Cell Biology/Physiology
Angela Arthur    Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
Inducement of Apoptosis through Tat-dependant Expression of Pro-apoptotic BAX

The Greater Piedmont chapter of the Horace Byrne Explorers Club Award for Outstanding Frontier Science
Undergraduate scientist
Angela Arthur    Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
Inducement of Apoptosis through Tat-dependant Expression of Pro-apoptotic BAX
Graduate scientist
Yi-Jhen Li    University of South Carolina Columbia
Impact of an Interactive HIV-education Module for College Students and Health Worker Trainees

Invertebrate Biology Research Award
Erica Flores    Department of Biology, College of Charleston
MEF2 Expression in the Developing Sea Urchin, Lyechinus variegatus

American Association for the Advancement of Science Award to the Outstanding Male and Female Undergraduate Scientists
Joshua Nesbitt    Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
Analysis of Hammerhead Ribozymes Targeted to HIV-A TAT
Vikki Barnotski    Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
Comparison of Benthic Foraminifera between Two Cross-Shelf Transects Off Charleston, SC
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