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SEVENTH ANNUAL SPRING RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Focal Points: Vision, Reasearch, Revelation
Undergraduate Research by the 2004-2005 Haas Scholars
April 7-9
Theatrical Performance
LaVals Northside Subterranean Theater
April 29-April 30, 2005
Conference
Faculty Club
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Since first envisioning their projects more than a year ago, the 2004-2005 Haas Scholars have conducted their research in relentless pursuit of clarity, direction, and excellence.
Along the way, their sharply focused efforts have yielded flashes of insight that have served to illuminate and inspire the whole group.
Please join the Haas Scholars as they bring their chosen questions into focus, shed light on their research, and impart their revelations.
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PERFORMANCE
| April 7, 8, 9
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Authentic: A Digital Apology (and Fairy Tale) translated and narrarated by Margaret Linklater, adapted to the stage by Jacob Coakley |
La Val's Northside Subterranean Theatre
1834 Euclid Avenue (at Hearst) in Berkeley
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Performance: 8:00 PM Admission is Free |
FRIDAY, APRIL 29
The Faculty Club, Heyns Room
| 10:00AM-10:30 AM |
Welcome and Coffee |
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10:30AM-12:00PM
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One Gene to Rule them All: Viabilitiy, infection, and Evil Cells
Chair: Professor Robert Fischer, Plant and Microbial Biology
Carolina Dallett (Plant and Microbial Biology major)
“How a DNA Repair Enzyme (DME) Controls Gene Transcription”
Sponsor: Professor Robert Fischer, Plant and Microbial Biology
Daniil Prigozhin (Molecular and Cell Biology and Mathematics major)
“Sequence Analysis of a Novel Dengue Virus Strain”
Sponsor: Professor Eva Harris, Public Health
David H. Nguyen (Molecular and Cell Biology major)
"Role of PKCzeta Nuclear-localization in Transformation by v-Src"
Sponsor: Professor G. Steven Martin, Molecular and Cell Biology
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12:00PM-1:30PM
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Lunch, Howard Room, in honor of the 2004-2005 scholars and mentors |
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1:30PM-3:00PM
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Two Biologists, an Engineer, and a Laboratory
Chair: Professor Gregory Aponte, Nutritional Sciences
Calvin Tyi Hang (Molecular and Cell Biology major)
"Identifying a Potential Dietary Activator and Regulation of Expression of a Newly Cloned Intestinal Orphan Receptor."
Sponsor: Professor Gregory Aponte, Nutritional Sciences
Lorraine M. Wang (Molecular and Cell Biology major)
“Subcellular Targeting of the p21-activated Protein Kinase, Cla4”
Sponsor: Professor Jeremy Thorner, Molecular and Cell Biology
Andrew Pascall (Chemical Engineering major)
"A Study of Selective Knoevenagel Condensation Catalysts"
Sponsor: Professor Alexander Katz, Chemical Engineering
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3:15PM-4:15PM
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Performing under Pressure: in the Face of Endocrine Disruption and Memory Incentives
Chair: Professor Tyrone Hayes, Integrative Biology
Rahul Modi (Psychology major)
“Reward Motivation and Working Memory”
Sponsor: Professor Mark D’Esposito, Neuroscience
Patricia Hom (Integrative Biology major)
“Effects of Environmental Atrazine Contamination on Rana Pipiens Gonadal Development”
Sponsor: Professor Tyrone Hayes, Integrative Biology
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4:30PM-5:30PM
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Authority and Authentication: Nietzsche’s Will to Power, Hans Christian Andersen and Media Theory (with Pirates)
Chair: Terry Strathman, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
Jacob Coakley (English major)
“Diamonds, Swords and Video Cameras”
Sponsor: Professor Celeste Langan, English
Jin S. Lee (Philosophy major)
“Nietzche on the Will to Power”
Sponsor: Professor Emeritus Wallace Matson, Philosophy
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5:30PM-7:30PM
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New Scholars Reception, Howard Room |
SATURDAY, April 30
Faculty Club, Heyns Room
| 10:00AM-10:30AM |
Welcome and Coffee |
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10:30AM-12:00AM
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Uncovering Voices of the Past
Chair: Professor Darcy Grigsby, History of Art
Alejandra Dubcovsky (History major)
“Impossible Witnesses, Recording and Describing Slavery-An Exploration of Slave Letters”
Sponsor: Professor David Henkin, History
Susannette Burroughs (History of Art major)
“To Pass Through History and Enter Sanctity: the ‘Last Judgment’ Mosaic of Prague Cathedral”
Jessica Stevenson-Stewart (History of Art major)
“Orientalist Exposures: Image, Authority, and Empire in Gertrude Bell’s Photographic Archive”
Sponsor: Professor Darcy Grigsby, History of Art
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12:00PM-12:30PM
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Light lunch, Heyns Room |
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12:30PM-2:00PM
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Invading our Living Rooms: Worlds Shaped by Media
Chair: Professor Robert Calo, Graduate School of Journalism
Gary K. Li (American Studies and English major)
“Queer en masse: Heterosexual Haunting and Commodity Fetishism in Mass Culture Representations of Homosexuality”
Sponsor: Professor Anne A. Cheng, English
Daniel Faltz (Film Studies major)
“Angels, Vixens, and Supermamas: American Television Action Heroines, 1965-1979”
Sponsor: Professor Carol J. Clover, Film Studies, Rhetoric, and Scandinavian Departments
Chau Nguyen Doan (Mass Communications major)
"Covering Media Concentration"
Sponsor: Professor Robert Calo, Graduate School of Journalism
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2:15PM-3:45PM
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Policy and its Discontents: The Need for Societal Intervention
Chair: Professor David Collier, Political Science
Tammy Elwell (Political Economy of Industrial Societies major)
“Targeted Spending for the Very Poor in Chile”
Sponsor: Professor David Collier, Political Science
Kangying Connie Wu (Political Economy of Industrial Societies major)
"Mediation Committees in a Modernizing China: Social Class, Property, and Law in Beijing Neighborhoods"
Sponsor: Professor Thomas Gold, Sociology
Crystal Liu (Political Science and Molecular and Cell Biology major)
“PGD and Public Policy: Ethical Implications and How to Address Them”
Sponsor: Professor Robert Kagan, Political Science
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