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Natasha Paulus '11 presented her poster, Localization of GPR56, A G Protein-Coupled Receptor, on Mouse Sperm Using Immunofluorescence Microscopy. |
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| Amanda Rzucidlo '09 presented her poster, Electrophysiological Differences Between Relaxation and Meditation: What's on Your Mind? |
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Robert Allen ’11, Taylor Thornton ’11, Dr. Elsa Falls, Kevin Shevchuk ’11 and Rebecca Robinson ’10, from the FYE course The Human Genome. The students' poster is titled An Investigation of the Relatedness of Mitochondrial DNA Between Four Individuals. |
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Alex Donskoy '11, Meghan Minnick '11, Dr. Bruce Torrence, James Street '11 and Regina Presley '11, from the FYE course The Human Genome. The students' poster is titled Comparing Ancestry Using Mitochondrial DNA and Analysis. |
On Friday, May 16, 2008, Randolph-Macon College held its annual Research Day. This outstanding program is a campus-wide event that represents the culmination of student research efforts, including senior and honors theses, as well as course and program projects. It also affords first-year students, all of whom participate in the college's First-Year Experience program (FYE), the opportunity to create meaningful culminating projects that reflect their year-long, integrated academic experience. More than 200 R-MC students presented research projects during this year's event.
Professor April Marchetti, Ph.D., opened the Research Day poster session by sharing her own research experience while a student at R-MC. “That summer, when I worked on my SURF (Shapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship) project, I found out I was a creative thinker, and doing research gave me confidence in myself.” Marchetti lauded students for their research efforts. “The value of what you are learning is different and bigger than you think. It teaches you to be creative and learn what you didn’t realize you were learning. Think about the value of SURF and the impression it will have on your future.”
Carter Augustine ’08 and three of her classmates presented a poster, Children’s conformity on matters of fact and matters of opinion. “It’s great that students can do original research here. Taking a day out to celebrate that is how R-MC encourages and cheers on students. Research Day showcases the caliber of students we have. It’s not a small sect—it’s a majority, and that’s very exciting,” said Augustine.
Amanda Rzucidlo ’09 presented her poster, Electrophysiological Differences Between Relaxation and Meditation: What’s on Your Mind? Rzucidlo’s research indicates that there are no differences in Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), heart rate or coherence when comparing relaxation techniques and meditation. Her research also indicates that both meditation and relaxation, as elicited by the Wild Divine Biofeedback software, are physiologically very similar.