March 13, 2008

MERCED, CA— The following students are the
winners of the 2008 Student Research Poster Competition:

Undergraduate Competition

Place	Recipient and Research Project
First	Jonathan Pegan Quantitative Single-Cell Analysis of Receptor Dynamics and Chemotactic Response on a Chip Co-authors: Xia Bing, David Breslauer, Mathew Meyer, Jennifer O. Manilay, Luke Lee and Michelle Khine
Second	Erik Olstad Spatial Distribution and Accumulation of Nickel in Serpentinite Soil and Plants Co-authors: Benoit Dayrat and Peggy O'Day
Third	Drew Glaser Functional Maturation of Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Endothelial Cells Co-authors: Nick E. Lauer and Kara E. McCloskey
Third	Jeremy R. Sanborn Tapered Microstructure Fibers for Optical Parametric Oscillators Co-authors: Jacek Jasinski and Jay E. Sharping

Graduate Competition

Place	Recipient and Research Project
First	Ricardo Cisneros Analyzing the Smoke Impacts of the 2002 McNally Fire Incident on the San Joaquin Valley and Southern Sierra Nevada, California Co-authors: Michael Arbaugh, Sharon Zhong, Katharine Hammond, Miguel A. Perez, Haiganoush Preisler, Qinghua Guo, Trent Procter, Samuel Traina and Andrze Bytnerowicz
Second	Ankur Kamthe Scopes: Smart Cameras Object Position Estimation System Co-authors: Lun Jiang, Alberto Cerpa, Matt Dudys and Edward Smith
Third	Holly Swift Niche Evolution in Jellyfish Feeding: Flow Regime and Prey Composition of Invasive Blooming Jellyfish Co-author: Mike Dawson
Third	Miguel Fernandez Natural History Museum Collection Data and Inferential Maps, an Integrative Approach to Understand Biological Diversity Patterns in Madagascar Co-authors: Julia Vo