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New: Presentations added April 8th and 10th Matti Tweshiningilwa Ngihkembua, Educational Officer and Senior Research Assistant Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia, Africa will do a presentation on
Cheetah Biology and Ecology
Dr. Jim Reichman, Retired Director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara will do a presentation on: Subterranean Mammals as Keystone Consumers and Ecosystem Engineers at 3:00 pm in 101 Cooper Hall, April 10, 2008
All are welcome to attend!
8 February 2008
Dear Tri-Beta advisors and members,
Greetings from the Edinboro University's Alpha Chi Chapter of Beta Beta Beta, host of the 2008 District Convention. The regional meeting is scheduled to be held at Edinboro University at the Frank G. Pogue Student Center Friday through Saturday, 11–12 April, 2008.
This packet provides the information needed to attend this year’s meeting. Included are registration forms (separate forms for faculty and students), a tentative schedule of program events, abstract instructions, information on the poster/platform presentations, lodging information, and directions to EUP.
There will be an informal social Friday evening the 11th from ~ 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. for both faculty and students. A keynote address, presentations, and luncheon and awards are scheduled for Saturday the 12th.
Saturday, Dr. Jim Reichman will give the keynote address: "The Democratization of Information: Collaboration annd Cooperation in the Digital World." Dr. Reichmen is recently retired Director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (www.nceas.ucsb.edu) and Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Center annually hosts more than 700 visiting scientists, six resident sabbatical scientists, and 18 postdoctoral associates who use existing information to address important ecological questions. He is a past President of the American Society of Mammalogists and Chair of the Board of Directors of the BIOSIS Corporation (Biological Abstracts). He has served as editor for several journals, on a number of NSF panels, as Director of the Ecology Program at NSF, as Associate Vice Provost for Research and Director of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area at Kansas State University, and as Assistant Director for Research of the National Biological Service (Department of Interior). Reichman received a Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 1974 and worked as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Utah in 1975. Reichman’s research focuses on the influence of the spatial patterns of animal disturbances on the restoration of plant communities and natural landscapes. A second area of research involves an analysis of long term food storage strategies by animals that cache food during periods when it is unavailable of costly to secure.
The deadline for registration and abstract submission is Friday, 28 March 2008. All abstracts must be submitted as e-mail attachments in Microsoft Word. Details for abstract submission are included in this registration packet.
βββ District Convention 11–12 April 2008 Hosted by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Tentative Schedule of Events
Friday, 11 April 2008
7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Presentation by Matti Tweshiningilwa Ngihkembua Educational Officer and Senior Research Assistant Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia, Africa
"Cheetah Conservation Fund, Africa: Saving Cheetahs, Followed by Reception or Movie
Saturday, 12 April 2008
8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Frank G. Pogue Student Center
Registration 8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address:
"The Democratization
of Information: Collaboration and Dr. Jim Reichman
Retired Director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and
10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Platform Presentations 11:30 – 12:15 a.m. Poster Presentations
12:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch and Awards Presentation
βββ District Convention 11–12 April 2008 Hosted by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
PLATFORM / POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Tri-beta members are invited to present either a platform talk or a poster presentation at the annual meeting.
Platform (oral) presentations will last a total of 14 minutes, including discussion. At 10 and 11 minutes, the moderator will remind the presenter of the time. At 12 minutes, the presentation should end. The remainder of the time, up to 14 minutes, will be used for questions. Your presentation will be assigned to one of the sessions listed in the proceedings. As far as we are able, talks will be organized according to topic or subject. Each room will be equipped with a PC computer and digital projector (for PowerPoint presentations). If you are a Mac user make sure that you save your material in a format that will load and run on a PC platform. There will be a CD drive available with each computer, but a flash drive is probably the most reliable means of importing your presentation. A laser pointer will be provided. We will not accommodate individual laptops as an alternative. There will be an opportunity to import and test your presentation during the registration period and it is highly recommended that you take the opportunity to do so.
Poster presentations. Researchers presenting posters are expected to be available at their poster display during their assigned time indicated in the proceedings. Table space will be provided for posters. Please make sure your poster is free-standing (i.e., on a tri-fold posterboard) as there are no bulletin boards or places to pin or tape posters.
Be sure to read the abstract preparation instructions carefully. Abstracts will only be accepted as e-mail attachments. Please see Abstract Preparation Guidelines for instructions concerning abstract submittal.
βββ District Convention 11–12 April 2008 Hosted by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
ABSTRACT PREPARATION GUIDELINES
We are attempting to provide you with as much time as possible to complete your research and write the abstract. Please follow directions and meet the deadline to facilitate our printing of the proceedings.
1)
All abstracts must be submitted via e-mail as an MS Word attachment to
nthumser@edinboro.edu.
2) Receipt of abstract will be confirmed by an e-mail response.
3) Please avoid the use of special characters or diacritical marks, if possible. The preferred font is Times New Roman, 12 point.
4) Place an asterisk after the presenting author’s name in the abstract.
5) Please keep the abstract below 350 words, including title, authors, and affiliations.
6) In your e-mail message (i.e., not in the attachment containing the abstract) please provide the following information: - INDICATE IF YOU ARE AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, or GRADUATE STUDENT. - Indicate whether you are presenting a platform or poster presentation. - Indicate what type of media equipment will be needed. - If you would NOT like to have your presentation judged for an award, please indicate this. - Provide the names of each of the authors on separate lines (for the index in the program).
8) Abstracts should have the following format:
Swerdlow, S.J.*, J. Bisceglia, J.L. Schmidt, H.M. Ochs and D.M. Smith. 2005. Annexin I changes location and is secreted from human HL-60 neutrophils after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide or exposure to E. coli. Clarion University, Clarion, PA 16214.
Annexins are a family of Ca+-dependent phospholipid binding proteins that are ubiquitously distributed across all phyla and all tissues examined to date and their exact role in cells still remain a mystery. Previous work in our laboratory has shown that annexins…
SUBMIT ABSTRACTS AS E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS (MS
Word)
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REGISTRATION FORMNAME__________________________________________ UNIVERSITY_________________________
MAILING ADDRESS___________________________________________________________________
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE_______________________________________________________________
PHONE_____________________________ E-MAIL__________________________________________
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Edinboro University Tri-Beta Society. MAIL REGISTRATION FORMS AND CHECKS TO: Dr. John Ashley Attn: BBB Meeting
Department of Biology and Health Service Questions: (814) 732-1517
FACULTY: We are usually in need of more volunteers willing to judge student research. Please consider being a judge. ARE YOU WILLING TO JUDGE (CHECK ONE)? ______YES _______NO IF SO, IN WHICH AREA (CHECK ONE)? ______Poster ______Platform
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT IS FRIDAY, 28 MARCH 2008 ABSTRACTS AS E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS MUST ALSO BE SUBMITTED BY 28 MARCH 2008
βββ District Convention 11–12 April 2008 Hosted by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
LODGING
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