Student and Faculty members

Chapter Activities

Ongoing Research Projects

Chapter Officers

Advisor	Dr. Frances Weaver
President:	Karen Stauffer (99-00) Robert Dendall (00-01)
Vice President:	Jason Mitchell (99-00) Tyesha Fuller (00-01)
Secretary	Katherine Saporetti (99-00) Robert Dendall (00-01)
Treasurer:	Katherine Saporetti (99-00) Tyesha Fuller (00-01)
Historian:	Catherine L'Armand (99-00) TBA (00-01)
SGA Representative:	Jessica Niewodowski (99-01)

Requirements for Membership

• Minimum 2.75 GPA overall and 3.0 GPA in Biology,
• Minimum second semester sophomore status,
• Involved in a research project outside of a specific course,
• Have made a presentation of their research results at a public meeting or forum either on or off campus, in poster or oral format. If the presentation is to be made off campus, the student must also display the poster or present the oral to the Biology faculty at an appropriate on-campus forum.







Students who do not meet all of the above criteria but who are still involved in a research project outside of a specific course are eligible for "associate" membership. Students may be either full or part time and "graduate" members may be inducted as well.

• Karen Stauffer has been awarded a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research " "Developmental

patterns of myosin heavy chain expression in rainbow trout (Oncorrhynchus mykiss)", June 1998

• Kruti Patel was the recipient of a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research "Using DNA Fingerprinting to Determine Monogamy in Pigeons", May 1998.

• Margaret Sadoff was the recipient of a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, "The Effect of Acid Environment on the Phagocytic Activity of Peritoneal White Blood Cells in Rana pipiens," December 1997.

• Erik Ney was the recipient of a Beta Beta Beta research foundation scholarship for his project, "The Effects of Salmonella typhimyrium, Vaccine Strain SL 3235, Inoculation on the Murine Cytokine Response," October 1997.

• Katherine D. Dugan, Jennifer Tevanian, and Dr. Frances E. Weaver received the second place John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research for their poster, "In vitro study of proteins that interact during mammalian development," presented at the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society District Convention, Northeast Region II in Salisbury MD, April 19, 1997.

• Carol Conte received a Sigma Xi Research Grant for a project entitled "Behavioral pH Preference of Frogs (Rana pipiens and clamitans) Under Laboratory Conditions," in July 1996.

• Eric Ney received a Sigma Xi Research grant for a project entitled "The Effect of Salmonella typhimurium, Vaccine Strain SL3235, on the Murine Cytokine Response," in July 1996.

• Ruth Myers was the recipient of a Beta Beta Beta research foundation scholarship for her project, "Metabolic Responses of Rana pipiens to an Acidic Environment," in December 1996.

• Katherine Dugan was the recipient of a Beta Beta Beta research foundation scholarship for her project, "In Vitro Study of Proteins that Interact During Mammalian Development," in December 1996.