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")

 

Second Prize:

Won Jun

Food Safety Laboratory, ANRI

Portable Hyperspectral Fluorescence Imaging System for Detection of Biofilm on Stainless Steel Coupon

 

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

 

Honorable Mention:

Sung-Hyen Lee

Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, ANRI

Immunostimulatory Properties of Dietary Plum ("Prunus salicina lindl.") on "Coccidiosis"

 

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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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

 

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

 

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