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Adam Hill

Hill, A, Darden, AG, Ma, JX. Isolating the tiger salamander green rod photoreceptor gene. 1) Summer undergraduate research presentations. Medical University of South Carolina. 2002. 2) The Citadel 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, 2003, Charleston, SC. 3) 67th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science. 2003, Clemson, SC.

Steven Shillinglaw

Shillinglaw, S, Darden, AG, Ma, JX. Isolation of the salamander red rod rhodopsin gene from salamander genomic library. 1) Summer undergraduate research presentations. Medical University of South Carolina. 8/7/02. 2) The Citadel 2nd annual undergraduate research conference, 3/15/03, Charleston, SC. 3) 67th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science. 3/21/03, Clemson, SC.

Matt Verdin

Verdin, M, Darden, AG, Crouch, R, Ma, JX, Wu, B. Expression of all-transretinol dehydrogenase 10 (RDH10) to determine the enzymatic properties of the recombinant protein. The Citadel 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, 2003, Charleston, SC. First prize winner!

Matt Verdin: Sequencing the gene for Salamander Blue Cone Opsin. Advisor: Alix Darden

Keane Phillips: Development of a sediment toxicity test for larval grass shrimp. Advisor: John Weinstein

Joe Siegel: The Structural Characterization of the Gene for Salamander Red Rod Opsin. Advisor: Alix Darden

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2003 C.A.Medbery Award for the Dedication to Teaching Grants.

Grants:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant - Clemson University Life Sciences Learning Center. September 1, 2002 - August 30, 2007.

Published Papers:

Darden, AG. Comparison of SOTL to scholarship of genomics. ASM News, 68(3):152-153. 2002.

Darden, AG. Integrating Research and Teaching Heightens Value to and of Undergraduates. ASM News, 69(7):331-335. 2003.

Darden, AG, Wu, BX, Kono, M, Znoiko, SL, Hazard, ES, Crouch, RK, Ma, JX. Xenopus SWS2, P434 pigment: Sequence, expression and spectral properties. Molecular Vision, 9:191-199. 2003. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v9/a28/

Darden, AG and Richardson-Jones, K. Student learning outcomes in a learner-centered genetics classroom. Education, in press, 2003.

Darden, AG, Wu, B, Kono, M, Znoykosl, S, Hazard, S, Crouch, R, Ma, JX. Xenopus laevis rod cells express a novel cone-like pigment. 67th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science. 3/21/03, Clemson, SC.

Darden, AG, Wu, B, Kono, M, Znoykosl, S, Hazard, S, Crouch, R, Ma, JX. A novel cone-like pigment expressed in Xenopus laevis rod cells. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2003 Annual Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 2003.

Darden, AG and Richarson-Jones, K. Strategies to improve instruction through the use of qualitative survey information. Third Annual Lowcountry Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Charleston SC, May 30, 2003.

Ricahrdson-Jones, K and Darden, AG. Creating a learner centered classroom. Third Annual Lowcountry Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Charleston SC. May 30, 2003.

Burst, T, D. Forsythe and R. Flemming. 2003. Neotropical Migratory Bird Survey, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC. Southern Naval Facilities Command, 20p.

D.M. Forsythe, T. L. Burst, R. L. Flemming and O. J. Westbrook. Migratory bird work at southeastern Navy and Marine Corps installations. 121st Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, 6-9 August 2003, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Il.

Weinstein, J.E. Influence of salinity on the bioaccumulation and photoinduced toxicity of fluoranthene to an estuarine shrimp and oligochaete. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In press.

Weinstein, J.E., and D.M. Sanger. 2003. Comparative tolerance of two estuarine annelids to fluoranthene under normoxic and moderately hypoxic conditions. Marine Environmental Research. 56:637-648.

Weinstein, J.E, D.M. Sanger, and A.F. Holland. 2003. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of fluoranthene in the estuarine oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 55:278-286.

D.M. Sanger and J.E. Weinstein. Combined effects of lowered oxygen and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on two common annelids of coastal South Carolina estuaries. Estuarine Research Federation. Biennial Meeting. Seattle, WA. September 2003.

J.E. Weinstein and L.D. Baxley, Jr. Effect of salinity on PAH bioaccumulation and phototoxicity in an estuarine shrimp and oligochaete. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX., November 2003.