Welcome to the North East regional Sigma Xi conference information web site

The NE undergraduate and graduate student Sigma Xi poster conference will take place on Saturday, April 18th, 2009, at SUNY-Oswego, Oswego, NY, on the beautiful shores of Lake Ontario.

We are looking for a new location for 2010. Please get involved, participate actively in 2009, and make sure that 2010 conference happens on your campus!

There is a $20 fee to cover all conference costs, including the cost for breakfast and lunch. All attendees must register. Members and non-members are welcome. Please register and submit your abstract using the link below. Faculty mentors are welcome to come with their students. Please check this web site for updated information and additional links.

Schedule:
-arrival, set up, and breakfast snacks,  Sheldon Hall Lower Lobby,  9:15 to 10:15 AM;
-poster session, judging, and networking, Sheldon Hall Ballroom, 10:15 AM to 11:15 PM (Session 1) and 11:25 AM to 12:25 PM (Session 2);
-lunch and networking, 12:30 to 1:30 PM;
-lecture by an outstanding NY scientist, TBA, 1:30 to 2:30, and poster awards, 2:30 to 3:00 PM;
-Sigma Xi members and officers, discussion of the NE regional Sigma Xi, 3:00 PM;

Registration:  (limit-70 posters; deadline- 3/18/2009)

Click on the links for recommendations for your abstract (250 words) and poster (use 36'' (H) by 48' (W) format or smaller); both of these links above are from the national Sigma Xi conference web site, so please use their tips but ignore their deadlines and registration requirements. Bring your own pushpins.

Location- Sheldon Hall, SUNY-Oswego, Oswego, NY. Here is a link to maps: http://www.oswego.edu/about/visit/maps/index.html

Parking is free, available next door.

Overnight accommodations: http://www.oswegochamber.com/directory.html, many are quite economical

Places of interest: http://www.oswegony.org/ABOUT_around.html and http://www.oswego.edu/about/visit/around_oswego/index.html

Organizer (e-mail): Bendinskas, Kestas  (bendinsk@oswego.edu) and Oswego Chapter of Sigma Xi.

About conferences in 2008 and 2007 (THANK YOU, Cornell Chapter!):

2008 Abstracts

 Lecture by Jason Hamilton of Ithaca College

Congratulations to our 2008 winners!

Graduate level:

Yawning and thermoregulation in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulates)

Andrew C. Gallup, Michael L. Miller, and Anne B. Clark

Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York

Abstract 29

Undergraduate level:

The Role of Bacterial Endonuclease V in Nitrous Acid Mutagenesis under Aerobic Growth Conditions

Jillian C. Koster, Suzanne M. Deschênes

Biology Department, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

abstract 77

Runners up (2)

Does an urban forest fragment provide quality foods for migrating songbirds?

Kristen McIntire, Michelle Mortali, and Barbara J. Pierce

Biology Department, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

abstract 33

Analyzing of aDNA From Maya Skeletal Remains Using Mitochondrial Control Region

Elizabeth Lavoie, Nancy Elwess, and Sandra Latourelle

SUNY Plattsburgh

abstract 9

The Book of Abstracts (2007)