Ana Arroyo Carriedo - “Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of Drosera binata and Nicotiana tabacum Using GFP Gene” (session 12) Plant transformation is a relatively new method that provides an important tool to understand several genetic mechanisms. This method heavily relies on the usage of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a bacteria found in the soil. When growing next to a wounded plant, this bacteria can transfer T-DNA into host plant cells by accessing the plant through the wound. The ability to understand and control this method provides a tool that can be used worldwide not only to understand genetics better but also to understand plant mechanisms as well as disease development. Jenasyn Baker - “Mary Wigman - Modern Dance II Project,” featuring Amber Newsom & Tori Heglin (session 9) My Modern Dance II project draws inspiration from my research on Mary Wigman and her memoir The Mary Wigman Book: Her Writings . Mary Wigman (1886 - 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer, noted as a pioneer of expressionist dance, “a form of artistic dance in which the individual and artistic presentation of feelings is an essential part” (Expressionist Dance”). Through Wigman’s memoir and studying her movement style in extant videos, I choreographed a mosaic piece for four dancers that emphasizes cycles, transitions, and stillness, qualities all found within Wigman's movement style. My choreography is directly inspired by Wigman’s pieces “Sommerdans,” “Pastorale,” and “Hexentanz,” as well as her experiences in dance and choreography told within her memoir. I will briefly introduce Mary Wigman and expressionist dance before performing my piece, alongside Amber Newsom and Tori Heglin. Jenasyn Baker - “Welcome to our Tea Party: Analyzing 'The Dormouse' in Different Adaptations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ” (session 1) In this panel, we look at the analysis of the different characters in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Specifically in my paper, I compare and contrast the Dormouse in three different adaptations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . The adaptations being Lewis Carroll’s original 1865 novel, Walt Disney’s 1951 animated film, and Tim Burton’s 2010 live-action film. In this paper, I focus on similarities and differences between each adaptation and how they reimagine the Dormouse and their role and symbolism within the overall story. Lauren Bates - “Being a College Athlete: Dealing with Stress and Athlete Burnout” (session 14) Collegiate athletics is seen as the land of opportunity for hopeful high school students wanting to better themselves through their collegiate career while simultaneously aiming to achieve their degree. A big thing looming over the population of collegiate athletes not just at Missouri Valley, but as a whole is athlete burnout and what causes that. For this presentation I collected data from student athletes from a multitude of colleges and sports as far as what causes their stress, as well as telling my own experience with burnout, while also providing healthy coping mechanisms and ways to overcome the troublesome experience of athlete burnout.
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