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February, 2004 In this Issue… page 2 …. PAS Officers page 16… Learned Discourses page 2 …. Candidates for 2004 PAS Election pa page 3 …. Musings of a Botanist page 3 …. PA Geographer – Call for Pa pers page 18… Poster Instructions page 3 …. New Publications by Member s page 18… Darbaker Research Grant page 4 …. Schedule of Activities page 19… Photography Contest page 13… PA Biodiversity Listserv pa ge 19… PA Biodiversity Partnership page 14… Housing Registration Form page 20…Scholarship and Award Opportunities page 15… Change in PAS Constitution page 20… Friday Night Movies page 15… From the Desk of the JPAS Editor page 21… PAS Research Grants for Students page 16… From the Editor’s Bookshelf pa ge 22… College Students Research Fund Jane E. Huffman, Editor East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 Published five times annually – January , February, May, August, October by c/o Dept. of Biological Sciences, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 17405-7199 Affiliated with the American Associat ion for the Advancement of Science PAS Home Page: http://www.pitt.edu/~aap/pas/pas.htm 10:00-10:15 14. THE INFLUENCE OF PARASITISM ON SHELL ORNAMENTATION IN A FRESHWATER NEW ZEALAND SNAIL. Travis G Martin*, and Edward P. Levri (Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Penn State – Altoona). 10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK 10:45-11:00 15. CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN BRITTLE STARS. Brady Hamady* and Lew Lutton ( Biology Department, Mercyhurst College). 11:00-11:15 16. FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE MONOGENEAN, BOTHITREMA BOTHI FROM GILLS OF THE FLOUNDER, SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS , FROM NEW JERSEY, USA. Sherman S. Hendrix (Department of February, 2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Science 1:45-2:00 31. 2:30-2:45 COFFEE BREAK 2:45-3:00 47. THE EFFECTS OF INSULIN DEPRIVATION ON PRIMARY HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS IN CULTURE. February, 2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Science POSTER SESSION I SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2004 9:00-NOON CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND ZOOLOGY Monroe III Dr. Tami Mysliwi 61. EXAMINING THE ROLE OF TUMOR-DERIVED CCL- 2 AND CCL-5 IN METASTATIC ACTIVITY IN VITRO. Michelle Marinucci*, James Le pre, and Robert A. Kurt. 82. IDENTIFICATION OF DOWNSTREAM SIGNALING PARTNERS TO PTHRP IN THE MAMMARY GLAND. Nevin Witman* and Maureen Dunbar. (Penn State Berks Lehigh Valley College, Department of Biology). 83. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF XYLOPIA HASTARUM February, 2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Science Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory; Pittsburgh Development Center, Magee Women’s Research Institute). 103. STIMULATION OF ACTO-MYOSIN CONTRACTION BY THE PHOSPHATASE IN LYCULIN A ALTERS CENTRIPETAL MOTILITY IN SEA URCHIN COELOMOCYTES. Christopher A. Fried* and John H. Henson. (Dickinson College, Department of Biology; Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory) 104. CHARACTERIZATION OF AMINOPEPTIDASE N ACTIVITY DURING SEA URCHIN DEVELOPMENT. Ashley J. Martin*, Monika Baly an, and Eric P. Ingersoll. (Penn State Abington). 105. NEURONAL GUIDANCE PROTEINS IN SEA URCHIN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. Kristina F. Duck* and Jeri Jewett-Smith. (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania). 123. VEGETATION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MOUNT CYDONIA PONDS NATURAL AREA, MICHAUX STATE FOREST, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Larry Klotz* and Timothy Falkenstein Shippensburg University, Department of Biology; February, 2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Science ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ February, 2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Science PPLICATION FOR Date: ____ / ____ / ____ Last Name: ___________________________ First Name: _______________________________ Middle Initial or Name: ________ TOTAL COST OF BOOKS ORDERED: $___________ Include $5.00 Postage and handling per order: $ 5.00 add 6% sales tax* : $ __________ * Non profit Organizations, please provide tax exempt number: MICROTOMES LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION Limerick Airport Business Center PA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, INC. STANDARD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 257 EAST STROUDSBURG, PA