PRESENTATIONS

2009-2010 Invited Presentations
Gaudin, T.J. “The Wormtongue’s tale: A brief history of anteater evolution,” Brown Bag Lunch Presentation Series, Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TN, Feb. 4, 2010.

Richards, S. 2009. Pharmaceutical concentrations in the Tennessee River. Presented to the Water Quality Advisory Committee, Nashville, Tennessee, May 12, 2009.

Shaw, J. 2009. Using the Tools of Molecular Systematics to Solve the “Hardest Puzzle in American Pomology:” the Relationships Among the North American Plums (Prunus sect. Prunocerasus; Rosaceae), Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.

Shaw, J. 2009. Which Tools of Molecular Systematics Are Best to Resolve the “Hardest Puzzle in American Pomology:” the Relationships Among the North American Plums (Prunus sect. Prunocerasus; Rosaceae), University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.

2009-2010 Presentations
*Blyveis, E. and J. Shaw. 2010. A preliminary flora of the Tennessee River Gorge, Hamilton and Marion counties, Tennessee. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Blyveis, E. and J. Shaw. 2009. A preliminary flora of the Tennessee River Gorge, Hamilton and Marion counties, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):15 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).

Boyd, J. and J. H. Craddock. 2010. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Not made for the shade? Comparing the shade tolerance of Castanea dentata, Castanea mollissima and their hybrids. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Carver, T.A. and M. J. Kovach. 2009. Examination of PMP22 involvement in deafness by comparative analysis of protein localization and gene expression patterns throughout murine development. The American Society of Human Genetics 59th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Carver, E. 2009. Dead Elvis Zebrafish Motility Mutation-Mapping and Phenotype Characterization. The Southeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, March 27-29, 2009.

Chatzimanolis, S., I. Cohen,* A. Schomann, and A. Solodovnikov. 2009. A preliminary multi locus phylogeny of the mega-diverse rove beetle tribe Staphylinini: Molecular data and their evaluation (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.

*Cohen, I. M. and J. Shaw. 2010. DNA barcoding: testing the utility of one coding and three noncoding chloroplast DNA. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Cohen, I. M. and J. Shaw. 2009. Testing the Utility of Three Noncoding Chloroplast DNA regions for DNA barcoding using Prunus (Rosaceae). Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.

*Colson, M. and T. P. Wilson. 2010. Landscape Patterns and Patch Dynamics in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Over a Forty Year Period: Applicability to the Conservation of the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina). Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Cookson, N. and M. S. Schorr. 2010. Correlations of watershed housing density with environmental conditions and fish assemblages in a Tennessee Ridge and Valley stream. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Eiler, A., M. Mentz,* and H. G. Spratt. 2009. A comparison of sulfate reducing bacterial activities in sediments of southeast Tennessee wetlands having different histories of contamination. Southeastern Biology 56:270. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.

Estes, D., J. Shaw, E. W. Chester, B. E. Wofford, and C. Bailey. 2009. The Vascular Flora of Tennessee Project. Paper presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009.

Estes, D., J. Shaw, E. W. Chester, B. E. Wofford, and C. Bailey. 2009. The Vascular Flora of Tennessee Project. Paper presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.

*Evans, J. and J. Shaw. 2009. A Preliminary Flora of Sequatchie Valley in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):15 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).

*Evans, J. and J. Shaw. 2009. A Preliminary Flora of Sequatchie Valley in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Poster presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.

Gaudin, T. J., S. E. Eichler,* and J. C. Brinson.* 2009. New Records of the Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae), in Southeast Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):26 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).

*Huser, D. and M. S. Schorr. 2009. Local effects of culverts on habitat features and fish assemblages in Blue Ridge streams. Southeastern Biology 56(3):312-313. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.

*Kile, M., J. Shaw, E. Blyveis*, and J. Boyd. 2009. Scutellaria montana (Lamiaceae) 2009 monitoring at the Volunteer Training Site, Tennessee Army National Guard, Catoosa Co., Georgia. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Kovach, M. J. and C. B. Wiese.* 2009. Microsatellite variability, CGI methylation and differential expression patterns in colon cancer. The American Society of Human Genetics 59th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

*Manis, C., T. P. Wilson and M. Schorr. 2010. Relative Abundance and Species Richness of Aquatic Turtle Species in the Tennessee River Gorge. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Montgomery, M. C., and J. Shaw. 2009. Phylogeography of Clematis fremontii (Ranunculaceae) in eastern North America. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.

Nelson, C. H. 2009. Note on the Diura population of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA. North American Plecoptera Symposium 9, Sagehen Creek Field Station, University of California, Truckee, California, June 22-25, 2009.

*Norris, L.A., S. Chatzimanolis, and M.S. Caterino. 2009. Phylogeography of Coelus pacificus on the California Channel Islands. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.

Polihronakis, M., M. S. Caterino, and S. Chatzimanolis. 2009. Where the boys aren’t: repeated evolution of parthenogenesis in the weevil, Geodercodes latipennis (Curculionidae), in the California Floristic Province. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.

*Rodriguez, D. and J. Barbosa. 2010. Expression and Purification of Arabidopsis and Yeast gamma-Aminobutyrate transaminase (GABA-T). Challenges of Protein Purification Under Native and Denaturing Conditions Using Ni-NTA Resin. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Shaw, J., J. Wen, I. Cohen,* R. Haberle, C. Siew-Wai, And D. Potter. 2010. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Prunus L. (Rosaceae) using trnS-trnG-trnG, psbA-trnH, trnL-trnL-trnF, and matK cpDNA Sequences. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Shaw, J., J. Wen, I. Cohen,* R. Haberle, C. Siew-Wai, And D. Potter. 2009. Phylogeny of 130 Prunus L. (Rosaceae) using three noncoding chloroplast DNA regions. Presented at Botany and Mycology 2009 in Snowbird, Utah.

Shaw, J., M. Binkley,* and J. H. Craddock. 2009. Phylogeography of North American Chestnuts and Chinquapins (Castanea Mill. Fagaceae). Presented at Botany and Mycology 2009 in Snowbird, Utah.

Shaw, J. and M. Montgomery.* 2009. Phylogeography of Clematis fremontii S. Wats. (Ranunculaceae) in eastern North America using nrDNa ITS and G3pdh. Presented at Botany and Mycology 2009 in Snowbird, Utah.

*Simpson, J. F. and T. P. Wilson. 2010. Community Structure, Life History and Demography of pond-breeding salamanders at an isolated wetland in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Simpson, J. F. and T. P. Wilson. 2010. An Assessment of the Dynamics of a Small Vertebrate Community in an Isolated Wetland in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Presented to legislators in Nashville, Tennessee, February 3, 2010 as part of an annual “Posters at the Capital” event.

*Smith, J. and M. S. Schorr. 2009. Effects of urbanization on instream habitat and fish assemblages in the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Tennessee-Georgia. Southeastern Biology 56(3):312-313. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.

Spratt, H., I. Howlett,* and G. Brodie. 2010. Microbial processes occurring in a constructed wetland treating acidic seep waters at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Widows Creek Fossil Plant, Stevenson, Alabama. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Spratt, H. G., A. Eiler,* J. Bates,* L. Koby,* C. Terney,* A. John,* B. Switter,* and C. Cole.* 2009. Impacts of human activities on microbial activities of two natural southeast Tennessee ponds. Southeastern Biology 56:272. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.

*Tackling, G. J., C. B. Wiese,* and M. J. Kovach. 2010. Microsatellite variability, CGI methylation and differential expression patters in colon cancer. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Walker, T., T. A. Carver, and M. J. Kovach. 2010. The Effects Of Abnormal PMP22 On Gene Expression Profiles. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Wilson, T. P., C. B. Manis,* and M. Schorr. 2010. Sex Ratios and Size Dimorphisms in the Tennessee River Gorge Turtle Community. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

Wilson, T. P. and J. F. Simpson.* 2009. Using Pond-Breeding Salamanders as Model Organisms to Promote a Grass-Roots Conservation Initiative in the Greater Chattanooga Metropolitan Area. Annual Meeting of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Portland, Oregon, September 2009.

*Woodworth, G. and J. Shaw. 2010. Establishment of Permanent Plots and Analysis of Woody Vegetation in the Tennessee River Gorge, Marion and Hamilton Counties, TN. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.

*Woodworth, G. and J. Shaw. 2009. Establishment of Permanent Plots and Analysis of Woody Vegetation in the Tennessee River Gorge, Marion and Hamilton Counties, TN. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):15 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).

2008-2009 Invited Presentations
Chatzimanolis, S., A. Solodovnikov, A. Newton and M.S. Engel. 2008. Diversity and Evolution of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Richards, S. 2008. Investigations into the cause of low birth weight in Hamilton County, TN. Presented to the UT Board of Trustees’ Research, Outreach and Economic Development Committee, Chattanooga, TN on March 12, 2008.

2008-2009 Presentations
*Binkley, M., J.H. Craddock, and J. Shaw. 2008. Phylogeography of North American Castanea (Fagaceae). Paper presented at the Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting in Nashville, TN.

*Binkley, M., J.H. Craddock, and J. Shaw. 2008. Phylogeography of North American Castanea (Fagaceae). Paper presented at the Society for Conservation Biology meeting in Chattanooga, TN.

*Binkley, M., J.H. Craddock, and J. Shaw. 2008. Natural Chestnut-Chinquapin hybrids are confounding taxonomy: a DNA sequence-based inquiry into putative hybrid populations. Paper presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Spartanburg, SC.

*Binkley, M., J.H. Craddock, and J. Shaw. 2008. Natural Chestnut-Chinquapin hybrids are confounding taxonomy: a DNA sequence-based inquiry into putative hybrid populations. Paper presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Spartanburg, SC.

Bramblett, J.L. and T.J. Gaudin. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of extant armadillos (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) based on postcranial data. Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Proceedings, Vol. 1: 14-15.

Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2008. Beetle Diversity of California’s channel islands. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Chatzimanolis, S. 2008. Xanthopygina. 23rd International Staphylinidae Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2008. Conservation genetics of three coastal beetles in a biodiversity hotspot. Annual Meeting of the Society of Conservation Biology, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Estes, D., J. Shaw, E.W. Chester, B.E. Wofford, and C. Bailey, Jr. 2008. The vascular flora of Tennessee project. Paper presented at the Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting in Nashville, TN.

*Evans, J. and J. Shaw. 2008. A preliminary flora of Sequatchie Valley in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Poster presented at the Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting in Nashville, TN.

Gaudin, T.J. and J.L. Bramblett. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of Cingulata (Xenarthra) based on postcranial data. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3, suppl.): 82A.

Gaudin, T.J., A.N. Miller, J.L. Bramblett, and T.P. Wilson. 2008. Holocene and Late Pleistocene chiropteran fossils from Hamilton County, TN, and their ecological implications. Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Proceedings, Vol. 1:20.

*Leet, J., M.J. Kovach, J. Shaw, and S.M. Richards. 2008. Comparison of genetic diversity in mouse populations historically exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Poster presented to the Society for Ecological Toxicology and Chemistry in Tampa, FL.

*Leet, J.K., M.J. Kovach, J. Shaw, and S. Richards. 2008. Comparison of genetic diversity in mouse populations historically exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Poster presented by J. Leet at the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in Milwaukee, WI.

*Huskins, S. and J. Shaw. 2008. The Vascular Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area, Hamilton Co., Tennessee. Poster presented at the Society for Conservation Biologists meeting in Chattanooga, TN.

*Huskins, S. and J. Shaw. 2008. The Vascular Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area, Hamilton Co., Tennessee. Paper presented at the 2008 Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Spartanburg, SC.

*Montgomery, M. and J. Shaw. 2008. Clematis fremontii (Ranunculaceae) in Tennessee and Georgia: recent introductions or relict populations? Poster presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Spartanburg, SC.

*Montgomery, M. and J. Shaw. 2008. Clematis fremontii (Ranunculaceae) in Tennessee and Georgia: recent introductions or relict populations? Paper presented at the Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting in Nashville, TN.

Nelson, C.H. Surface Ultrastructure of the Tarsus and Pretarsus of Plecoptera (Hexapoda: Arthropoda. 2008. Presented at the Joint International Meeting of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera, Museum am Lowentor, Stuttgart, Germany, June 6-June 14, 2008.

*Norris, L. A., S. Chatzimanolis and M. S. Caterino. 2009. Phylogeography of Coelus pacificus on the California Channel Islands. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama.

Novacek, M.J., T.J. Gaudin, and ATOL Mammal Morphology Team. A team-based approach yields a new matrix of 4,5000 morphological characters for mammalian phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3, suppl.): 121A.

Shaw, J. 2008. How the Hardest Puzzle in American Pomology led to the Tortoise and the Hare… Invited talk. E.O. Grundset Lecture Series at Southern Adventist University.

Shaw, J. 2008. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Prunus L. (Rosaceae) using chloroplast trnS-trnG-trnG and trnL-trnL-trnF DNA sequences. Paper presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Spartanburg, SC.

*Wiese C.B. and M.J. Kovach. 2008. Evaluation of gene expression patterns associated with genomic instability in colon cancer. Southeastern Biology 55:326-327.

*Wiese C.B., B. Lomenick, T.A. Carver, and M.J. Kovach. 2008. Evaluation of gene expression patterns associated with genomic instability in colon cancer. The American Society of Human Genetics 58th Annual Meeting.

2007-2008
Craddock, J.H.  Restoration of the American Chestnut, Guest Lecture, The Tennessee Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society.  Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden.  10 March 2007

Craddock, J.H.  The Chattanooga Chestnut Tree Project. Tennessee Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation Winter Meeting.  Ellingon Ag Center, Nashville, TN.  27 January 2007

Craddock, J.H.  Chestnut Breeding in the United States.  Invited Lecture.  Forest Seed Research Center, Suanbo, Korea.  June 15-16, 2006

Craddock, J.H.  The Tennessee Report.  Report to the USDA NE-1015 (NE-140) 2006 Meeting.  Shepherdstown WV  October 2006.

Gaudin, T.J.  What on earth is a pangolin? The evolution of a very odd order of mammals.  Department of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, February 9, 2006.

Gaudin, T.J.  Tales of the toothless: Edentates and the relationships among placental mammals.  UTC Council of Scholars, February 19, 2007.

Gaudin, T.J.  What on earth is a pangolin? The evolution of a very odd order of mammals.  Department of Biology and Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, April 9, 2007.

Kovach, M. The Promise of Stem Cells, co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Federation of Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Chapter of Haddasah (February 19, 2006)

2006-2007 Invited Presentations
Kovach, M., E. O. Grundset Lecture Series, Title: Molecular Pathology of Deafness and Cancer: models for understanding regulation of gene expression, sponsored by The Kappa Phi Chapter of the Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society and the Biology Department of Southern Adventist University (November 2, 2006)

Richards, S. and *M. Campbell. 2006.  PAH exposure assessment of small mammals inhabiting Chattanooga Creek.  Chattanooga Creek Environmental Research and Community Action Conference. Alton Park and Piney Woods Environmental Health and Justice Collaborative. Sep 22nd, 2006.Chattanooga, TN.

Spratt, H. G. Brainerd Kiwanis Club titled:  “Global warming is real:  Evidence that even the skeptics have trouble refuting”.  August 25, 2006.

Wilson, T.P.  2006.  Impacts of urbanization on spotted turtles inhabiting small isolated wetlands: The conservation puzzle & prospects for the future.  Annual Meeting or the southeastern section of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. 

Wilson, T.P.  2007.  “A swamp walker's journal...from the Riverhorse to the Turtle".  Presentation in association with annual banquet, UTC Chapter of Sigma Xi, April 12, 2007.

2006-2007 Presentations
Aborn, D. “The influence of habitat configuration on the behavior and habitat use of Greater Sandhill Cranes wintering in east Tennessee.”  North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 2006.

Mayne, Ian P.* and Margaret Kovach (2006) Examination of the ACE and ACTN3 genes in UTC varsity athletes and sedentary students. Southeastern Biology 53(2):267.

Pullen, Matthew* and Margaret Kovach (2006) Comparative rates of nDNA degradation using rat models in eastern Tennessee. Southeastern Biology 53(2):268.

Fiacco, N.R.*, Walpole, T.K.*, Flanagan, P.S.*, Jackson, J.C.*, Kim, L.V.*, Nelsen, D.R.*, and Kreiss, D.S. (2006)  Immunohistochemical Labeling of cFOS Expression Supports Use of mCPP-Induced Effects in the Rat as an Animal Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Abstracts. Oct 14-17, 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Winkler, S.S.*, Zimmer, B.A.*, Jackson, J.C. *, Kim, L.* and Kreiss DS (2006)  mCPP-induced Ritualistic Chewing Behaviors in Rats as related to a Putative Animal Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  Society for Neurosciences Abstracts. Oct 14-17, 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Kindelberger, S.*, J. Conley*, S. Richards, S. Symes.  Quantitation of Trace Level Pharmaceuticals in the Tennessee River Valley using  UPLC-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.  Presented at The 58th Southeast/62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of American Chemical Society. November 1-4, 2006. Augusta, GA

Sapp, J.*, T. Wilson, S. Richards, K. Johnson.  Chlorinated insecticides, PCBs, and PBDEs in plasma collected from riverine turtles of the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, TN.  Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists.  November 5-9, 2006.  Montreal, Quebec.

Conley, J*, Kindelberger, S.*, Symes, S., Richards, S. Rapid Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method For The Determination Of Pharmaceuticals In Aquatic Matrices. Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists.  November 5-9, 2006.  Montreal, Quebec.

Campbell, M.*,  Hussa. E.*, Johnson, K., Lin, Z., Morris, C. *, Richards,S.  Exposure Assessment Using Small Mammals as Surrogates for Human Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Metals. Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists.  November 5-9, 2006.  Montreal, Quebec.

Salafia, C.M., R.K. Miller, S.M. Richards, C.D. Adair, L. Troxler. Chorionic Vascular “Fit”, Cord Centrality And Fetal Growth Restriction. International Federation of Placenta Association Meeting in Kobe, Japan. September 7th, 2006

Salafia, C.M., Z.Q. Lin,  S. Richards, C.D. Adair,  D. Misra, B. Duthie, L. Mason and R.K. Miller. Environmental Exposures and Low Birth Weight: Association with Arsenic  in Human Placentae. 19th International Conference of the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists. June 24th-27th, 2006. Tucson, AZ

Posthuma, L., S. Richards, D. DeZwart, R. Altenberger.  Mixture Extrapolation in Ecological Risk Assessment: Targets, tiers, and tools. Abstracts of the SETAC-Europe 16th Annual Meeting. May 7-11th, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Campbell, M.* and S. Richards.  Exposure assessment using small mammals as surrogates for human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and Sixteenth Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States. February 16-17th, 2006.  Chattanooga, TN

Cookson, N.* and M. Schorr.  2006.  Landscape influences on fish assemblages in a Ridge and Valley stream in Tennessee. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Huskins, S.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Preliminary Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge and Adjacent Areas, Hamilton County, TN. Poster Presentation at Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Clarksville, TN.

Miller, R.*, J. Shaw, A. Carroll. 2007. GIS Applications of a Dynamic, Online Herbarium Dataset. Presented (R. Miller) at 2007 ASB Annual Conference, Columbia, SC.

Miller, R.* and A. Carroll. 2007. GIS Applications of a Dynamic, Online Herbarium Dataset. Presented (R. Miller) at 2007 Tennessee Geographic Information Council (TNGIC) Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN.

Miller, R.*, J. Shaw, A. Carroll. 2007. UTC Graduate Research and Scholars Day. Miller, R.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Development and Applications of Georeferenced Herbarium Data. Presented at Tennessee Academy of Sciences annual meeting in Clarkesville, TN.

Miller, R.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Development and Applications of Georeferenced Herbarium Data. Presented at 13th Annual Geospatial Information Technology Association professional conference in Marietta, GA.

Miller, R.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Development and Applications of Georeferenced Herbarium Data. Presented at project meeting for UTC/UTK/Appalachian State University/NBII/SERNEC joint conference in Knoxville, TN.

Horn, C.*, K. Belva*, S. Cagle*, C. Harsany*, K. O’Brien*, K. Owens*, N. Ruberti*, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 2006. Electrical current generation by soil microbes inoculated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-exposed sediments.  Abstracts of Ann. meeting, Assoc. SE Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN (Southeastern Biology 53:176)

Bennett, P.*, S. Hales*, R. Huggins*, L. Hutchings*, D. Seder*, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 2006. Mineralization of the herbicide metolachlor by microbes in urban and rural streams.  Abstracts of Ann. meeting, Assoc. SE Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN (Southeastern Biology 53:177-178).

Campbell, M.*, I. Howlett*, J. Nihill*, J. Slack*, P. Thornton*, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 2006.  The effects of prior exposure and biostimulation on the mineralization of naphthalene from two wetland sites in southeastern Tennessee.  Abstracts of Ann. meeting, Assoc. SE Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN (Southeastern Biology 53:178).

Tucker, John C. and Martha J.M. Wells.  Chattanooga Creek Hazardous Substance Monitoring Program.  Presentation of research findings to greenway stakeholders and local, state, and federal government officials, Southside Recreation Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee (February 28, 2006).

Wells, M.J.M., J.C. Tucker, and *M. Belka, Chemometric study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils of the Chattanooga Creek Floodplain.  231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.

Banning, W., Dreslik, M.J., Mauger, D., and T.P. Wilson.  2006.  Population ecology of the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in northeastern Illinois. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.

Jagger, M.*, and T.P. Wilson.  2006.  Asian Turtle Ethics: An Analysis of the Religious, Ethical, Cultural and Ecological Factors Influencing the Current Decline in Asian Turtle Populations. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 

Manis, C.*, and T.P. Wilson.  2006  Ecological Aspects of a Turtle Assemblage in the Tennessee River.  Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.

Minton, R.*, Wilson, T.P., and C. Manis*.  2006.  An Analysis of Trap Captures on a Riverine Turtle Assemblage in Tennessee.  Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 

Moss, S.L.*, Wilson, T.P., Keller, J.M., and S. Richards.  2006.  Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plasma from two species of riverine turtle.  Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.

Sapp, J., T. Wilson, S. Richards, K. Johnson.  Chlorinated insecticides, PCBs, and PBDEs in plasma collected from riverine turtles of the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, TN.  Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists.  November 5-9, 2006.  Montreal, Quebec.

Wilson, T.P., Manis C.*, Minton, R.*, Moss, S.*, and D. Collins.  2006.  Using Turtles to Promote a Grassroots Environmental Education Program in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.  Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 

Keller, J.M., Carlson, B.*, Swarthout, R.*, Alava, J.J.*, Moss, S.*, Steward, K.*, Aleska, K.*, Wilson, T.P., and J.R. Kucklick. 2007. PBDE Concentrations and Congener Profiles among Different Turtle Species, Locations, and Sample Types. 2007. Fourth International Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants, Amsterdam, The Netherlands April 24-27, 2007.

UTC Graduate Student Research and Scholars Day 2007

Meagan Binkley: “Natural Chestnut-Chinkapin Hybrids are Confounding Breeding Efforts in the Southeast: a DNA Sequence-Based inquiry into putative hybrid populations”

Justin M. Conley: “Pharmaceutical Concentrations in the Tennessee River”

Jessica Leet: “Assessment of Effects Associated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Exposure in South Chattanooga, Tennessee”

Ben Miles: “The Cumberland Trail: An Assessment of the Potential Ecological Value of Tennessee’s New Linear Park”

Ryan Miller: “The Development and GIS Applications of a Dynamic Online Herbarium Dataset”

Stacy Huskins: “A Preliminary Flora of the North Chickamauga Gorge” [poster presentation]

Melea R. Langley: “The Effect of Habitat and Nest Height on Nest Predation” [poster presentation]

Jennifer Sexton: “Analysis of Carbon Emissions in Chattanooga and Proposed Reduction Strategies” [poster presentation]

Tri-Beta Research Symposium

Cat Coffman and Nick Fiacco:  Immunohistochemical Labeling of cFOS Expression Supports Use of m-CPP-Induced Effects in the Rat as an Animal Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Jennifer Jackson:  An Investigation of the Role of Neurotransmitter Systems in mCPP-Induced Behavior in Rats as an Animal Model for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Brett Lomenick:  Correlation of Gene Expression with Instability of Noncoding Microsatellites in Colorectal Cancer

Ashley Miller: Identification and catalog of Holocene and late Pleistocene chiropteran fossils from Hamilton County, Tennessee. 

Malachy Nkem:  Introduction to wound healing: influence of anesthesia on blood perfusion

Charles Phillips:  DNA methylation analysis of colorectal cancer using methylation sensitive enzymes and bisulfite conversion

Joel Warren:  Mountain Top Removal

Department publications (* = current or former UTC student co-author, bold denotes department faculty)