16th Annual
BARC Poster Day 2005

BARC Awards      ERHS Awards

The Sixteenth Annual BARC Poster Day was held on Thursday, May 12, 2005, 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 Eleanor Roosevelt High School 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 2005 Poster Day with the Area Director

Left to right: Jeremy R. Miles, William W. Turechek, Vincent P. Kilnk, Phyllis Johnson (Area Director), and Annapoorani Chockalingam

First Prize:

William W. Turechek

Fruit Laboratory, PSI

Pre- and post-infection activity of pyraclostrobin for control of anthracnose fruit rot of strawberry caused by Colletotrichum acutatum.

 

Second Prize:

Annapoorani Chockalingam

Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, ANRI

Antibacterial effect of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI)-derived synthetic peptide against major mastitis pathogens.

 

Third Prize:

Vincent P. Kilnk

Soybean Genomics Improvement Laboratory, PSI

Isolation of an aquaporin using laser capture microdissection of Glycine max (soybean) syncytia formed by the plant pathogen Heterodera glycines (soybean cyst nematode).

 

Honorable Mention:

Jeremy R. Miles

Biotechnology and Germplasm Laboratory, ANRI

Pig lines genetically selected for component traits of litter size exhibit differential gene regulation at the onset of embryo elongation.

 

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