19th Annual
BARC Poster Day 2008
BARC Awards High School Awards
The Nineteenth Annual BARC Poster Day was held on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the Log Lodge National Visitor Center.
BARC Poster Day is an opportunity to publicly recognize our newest Research Scientists, Visiting Scientists, and Post-doctoral Research Associates.
The event also provides an excellent opportunity to present their research results to the scientific community and others interested in advances in agricultural research
Students from Area High Schools who conducted research projects under the mentorship of Beltsville Area scientists also participated. FAR-B provided financial support so the students could present their work along with BA post-docs and visiting scientists at BARC Poster Day.
Winners of the 2008 Poster Day with the Area Director
Left to right: back row, Guy Serbin, Vincent Klink, Joseph Spence (Beltsville Area Director), Gordon Lightbourn;
front row, Sung-Hyen Lee, and Won Jun
- First Prize:
- Vincent P. Klink
- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, PSI
- Engineering Soybean ("Glycine max") Resistance to its Major Pathogen, the Soybean Cyst Nematode ("Heterodera glycines")
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- Second Prize:
- Won Jun
- Food Safety Laboratory, ANRI
- Portable Hyperspectral Fluorescence Imaging System for Detection of Biofilm on Stainless Steel Coupon
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- Third Prize:
- Guy Serbin
- Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, ANRI
- Effects of Soil Organic Carbon and Water Contents on Remote Estimation of Crop Residue Cover
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- Honorable Mention:
- Sung-Hyen Lee
- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, ANRI
- Immunostimulatory Properties of Dietary Plum ("Prunus salicina lindl.") on "Coccidiosis"
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- Honorable Mention:
- Gordon J. Lightbourn
- Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Transcription Factor Families Regulate the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway in "Capsicum"
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Judges for Scientist Division, left to right: Matthew Kramer,Scott Warnke,
Don Weber, Ben Rosenthal; front row, Beverly Clevidence, and Martha Anderson.
BARC Awards
BARC Poster Day 2008 - Student Division
Winners of the High School Division 2008 Poster Day
Left to right: Renjit Thomas, Chinwe Madubata, Vern Pursel (FAR-B Representative), and Jonathan Brevard
- First Prize:
- Chinwe Madubata, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
- Mentor: Brian Bowker, Food Safety Laboratory, ANRI
- Effect of Sarcomere Length on Efficacy of Meat Tenderization Treatments
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- Second Prize:
- Renjit Thomas, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
- Mentor: Insook Son, Environmental Microbial Safety Laboratory, ANRI
- Change in the DNA of "Escherichia coli" in Bulk Tank Milk
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- Third Prize:
- Jonathan Brevard, Oxon Hill High School
- Mentor: Milutin Djurikovic, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, ANRI
- Nitrous Oxide Emissions in No-Till, Conventional Till, and Organic Farming Systems