Invited

• 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)
• 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.

Conference

• 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.* 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