NE Regional Sigma Xi Meeting (2019)

NE Regional Sigma Xi Meeting April 24th 2019

The abstract booklet has can be downloaded here

Conference date:  April 24, 2019, 3:00-7:00pm

The NE Regional Sigma Xi Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 24th in the Burt Kahn Court. Students from ANY discipline who are involved in a systematic investigation are invited. Students may present any aspect of their research (literature review, methods/procedures, manualized intervention, or final data, if finished). Trifold poster boards and clips will be provided for displaying posters on an easel or long table.
                                                         Conference Schedule
2:00-3:00:  Set-up
3:00-4:00:  Poster Session I
4:00-5:00: Poster Session II
5:00-5:45: Speaker Reception with Dr. Paul Anastas
5:45-6:45: Distinguished Lecturer Presentation Dr. Paul Anastas, “Green Chemistry”
6:45-7:00: Graduate and Undergraduate Awards Presentation
Conference Locations: Burt Kahn Court and Mt Carmel Auditorium

Registration Opens: Feb. 5, 2019             
Registration Closes: April 5, 2019
Conference Page: http://www.sigmaxiquinnipiac.org/p/ne-regional-meeting.html
Submission Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sigmaxiNE19

Dr. Paul Anastas “Green Chemistry” April 24, 2019

Paul T. Anastas is a Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment. He has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Chemical Engineering. In addition, Prof. Anastas serves as the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale. Anastas took public service leave from Yale to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency Science Advisor from 2009-2012. From 2004 -2006, Paul Anastas served as Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute in Washington, D.C. He will be the Keynote and Sigma Xi Distinguished Speaker for the Northeast Regional Sigma Xi Student Conference at QU.

Congratulations to the Three 2019 Regional Sigma Xi Conference Poster Winners!

The NE Regional Sigma Xi Conference was held at Quinnipiac University on Wednesday, April 24th. Students from ANY discipline who are involved in a systematic investigation were invited and 55 abstracts were accepted and their posters displayed from 3-5  in the Burt Kahn Court. http://www.sigmaxiquinnipiac.org/.

The complete abstract booklet can be found at www.sigmaxiquinnipiac.org/p/ne-regional-meeting.html

The Quinnipiac Sigma Chapter Executive Board consists of President/Secretary Marcy Sanders, Vice President Neil Schultes, Treasurer Alex Hodges, Program Chair James Kirby, Membership Neil Schultes, Nominations Harry Pylypiw, and Webmaster Lisa Cuchara.

Function of an Aging-Associated MicroRNA in Splicing Homeostasis in C. elegans. 

Liat Levy and Alexandre de Lencastre Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University; Dept. of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University

The use of Multi-quadric interpolation in polynomial-based ENO stencil selection procedure: Challenges and Numerical Experiments in Matlab. 

Rahimyar Abdul & Dr. Stavros Christofi. Western Connecticut State University. non-Quinnipiac University Graduate student. Western Connecticut State University, Mathematics 

The Effects of Metformin on MicroRNA-71, Stress Resistance, and Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Kipp Hopper & Dr. Alexandre de Lencastre. Quinnipiac University Undergraduate student. Quinnipiac University Biomedical Sciences. (Not pictured)