Program

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM: Poster Session I

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM: Student Speaker I

-Estela Monge, Gardner Lab, "Characterization of Chitin Degrading Enzymes in Cellvibrio japonicus"

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Data Blitz I

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Student Speaker II & III

-Ricky Patel, Cronin Lab, "There and back again, a mantis shrimp's tale (of local navigation)"

-Evangeline Shank, Omland Lab, "Male and Female Eastern Bluebirds Sing Similar Songs: A New Statistical Method to Test Equivalence"

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Keynote Speaker

-Jessica Mong PhD, University of Maryland, School of Medicine

"To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Impact of biological sex and estrogens on sleep"

2:00 PM - 2:35 PM: Data Blitz II

2:35 PM - 2:45 PM: Coffee Break

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM: Poster Session II, OPEN TO ALL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM: Closing Remarks & Award Ceremony