Aneesha Balakrishnan and Dr. Carolyn Dowling,”A study on the interactions between Acid Mine Drainage interactions between Acid Mine Drainage and Soil in the Mahoney Creek Watershed, PA” Ball State University

Trevor Cross, Deborah Moran, and Dr. David Dunbar “Structural proteins that make up the virion particle of a mycobacteriophage” Cabrini College

Richard Tumminello and Dr. Sheryl Fuller-Espie “The Effects of Heat Stress and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on DNA Oxidation and Damage in Eisenia hortensis” Cabrini College

Samantha Kitts, Amanda Rocklyn, and Dr. Audrey Ettinger “Using Ginkgo biloba as a Treatment for Apoptotic Damage from Ischemic Stroke in Primary Chick Neurons” Cedar Crest College

Kaitlin Oswald and Dr. Audrey Ettinger “Comparison of somatostatin neuron size and behavior between different sexes of Jack Dempsey Cichlids, Rocio octofasciata” Cedar Crest College

Jennifer Preston and Dr. André Walther “Analysis of the role of Replication Protein A phosphorylation in regulating homologous recombination in the budding yeast  Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Cedar Crest College

Gabrielle Cutaiar and Dr. André Walther “Analysis of Pif1 Regulation of Telomere Length Through Physical Interactions with Replication Protein A in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Cedar Crest College

Samantha Hockenberry and Dr. Suzanne Boyden “Effects of salvage logging following windthrow disturbance on decomposition” Clarion University

Merrit Kramer and Dr. Suzanne Boyden “The Effects of White-Tailed Deer Herbivory on Rare Plant Populations in the Big Meadows Area in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.” Clarion University

Thomas Rounsville Jr, and Dr. Jane Huffman “Landscape Genetics of the Coyotes (Canis latrans) of the Eastern United States” East Stroudsburg University

Sherin Abraham and Dr. Jeanne Kagle “Identification of Triclosan-Resistant and Antibiotic Cross-Resistant Bacterial Isolates from Subjects Using Hand Soap with and without Triclosan” Mansfield University

Chrissie Puchalo, Kevin A. Wile, Daniel G. Wingert, and Dr. Larry Mylin “Identifying Additional MHC Class II-restricted T cell Epitopes within the Simian Virus 40 (SV40) Large Tumor Antigen” Messiah College

Samuel Bray, Chrissie Puchalo and Dr. Larry Mylin “A Novel System to Investigate Presentation of MHC Class II?restricted Simian Virus 40 (SV40) Large Tumor Antigen T cell Epitopes from Proteins Expressed in Recombinant Bacteria” Messiah College

Rachael Kinley, Dr. Laura Altfield and Dr. Edward Wells “Analyzing the Effectiveness of Neodymium as a Shark Deterrent in the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishing Industry to Reduce the Bycatch of  Atlantic Pelagic Shark Species” Wilson College

Chelsey Smentkowski, Dr. Deborah Austin, and Dr. Dana Harringer “The Effect of Posilac on the Concentration of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) in Bovine Milk and Serum” Wilson College

Connie Goodwin, Dr. Catherine Santai, Dr. Dana Harringer, and Dr. Brad Stiles “Antimicrobial Activity of L-Amino Acid Oxidase from Different Snake Venoms” Wilson College

Caitlyn Stromko and Dr. Karl Kleiner “Do female Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) escort their offspring during annual fall migration?” York College of Pennsylvania