107th Annual Meeting of the
North Carolina Academy of Science

ANNOUNCEMENT: FINAL Meeting Program NOW Available!

Table of Contents:

• Important Dates
• Sponsors
• Information for Presenters
• Meeting Registration/Abstract Submission

Online Registration

Online Abstract Submission

Online Payment Form

• Preliminary Program
• Speaker Information
• Hotel Information
• Maps and Directions
• Field Trips
• Printable material
• Contact Information

Important Dates:

Call for Papers- Deadline
Deadline for the Submission of Titles and Abstracts for presentation at the 107th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science- Extended to March 7, 2010 11:59 PM. Abstract Submission is now closed. Thank you for submitting your presentation! See you at the meeting!

Online Pre-Registration- Deadline
Deadline for Online Pre-Registration in order to pay the reduced registration rate for the 107th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science- Extended to March 7, 2010 11:59 PM.

Online Late Registration-
Online Late Registration, with an additional $15 charge, for the 107th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science - March 8-21, 2010 11:59 PM. Late registration will also be available at the door. Online Registration has ended. Please register for the meeting on-site! Banquets and lunch box options may be limited!

No Refunds after March 12, 2010. All requests for refunds must be given in writing (email) prior to March 12, 2010 to the NCAS President: Jean Luc Scemama (SCEMAMAJ@ecu.edu),Treasurer: Alan Goble (goble@bennett.edu), and the Chair of the Local Planning Comittee: Melanie Lee-Brown (mleebro@guilford.edu).

Sponsors & Vendors:

			Tim Stewart
	UNC, RTP, ECU & UNC-Charlotte Chapters	Tim Thompson	Tim Atkinson	Annie Irving
Rob Blackman	The NCAS Local Planning Committee would like to especially thank the Multicultural Education Center, the American Indian Student Circle and the Campus Activity Board (CAB) for their contributions to the Bill Miller Concert and Symposium!

 

Information for Presenters:

Oral Presentations

We would like to set up for as many of the talks as possible during registration, from 7:30 AM until 8:30 AM. Registration can be hectic as 8:30 approaches, so please arrive come as close to 7:30 AM as you can, register and then go to your assigned room to load your presentation onto the desktop of the computer in your room. There will be IT assistants on each floor to help you.

Plan on bringing your presentation on a USB memory stick. If this isn't possible, let us know ASAP so we can arrange some other method to transfer your presentation.

The computers will be PCs with Microsoft Powerpoint. These computers MAY NOT HAVE THE VERY LATEST VERSION OF POWERPOINT! In order to ensure you can run your presentation hassle-free, be sure to save it in "compatibility mode" - in other words, in PPT format rather than PPTX format. We'll be able to translate your files if need be, but there is some danger to translational issues if we have to do this.

If you create your presentation on a Mac, you should be OK, but please test it out on a PC in advance. Some graphics types aren't always handled well on PCs; Postscript, PDF and TIFF.

Oral Presentations are allotted 15 minutes total time. You should plan on 10-12 minutes for presentation, 2-3 minutes for questions and answers, and a short while for the switch to the next speaker. If you go over time, the question and answer time will have to be reduced or perhaps even eliminated. We know it is difficult to distill your work into such a short time frame, but going over your allotted time is distracting for the audience and does not make a good impression.

Posters

Posters should be set-up between 5:00-6:00 PM on Friday.  Posters should be attended between 6:30-7:30 PM.  Posters must be attended for judging.

Posters will be mounted using small paper clamps onto 36" x 48" mat board, which can be placed onto the easels either horizontally (landscape) or vertically (portrait). We will provide clamps, boards, easels and Velcro when needed; all you need to bring is your poster. If your poster is in panels or pieces, you should let us know RIGHT AWAY so we can provide you with materials to make adjustments.

Meeting Registration/Abstract Submission:

Registration

NEW THIS YEAR! You can register for the meeting and submit your abstract for a poster or oral presentation by filling out and submitting the online registration/abstract forms. If you are not presenting you can fill out the Registration form only. Doing so will speed your meeting check-in (we'll have everything ready and waiting for you).The deadline for pre-registration has been extended to March 7, 2010 11:59 PM. Late online registration closes March 21, 2010. You can also register at the door, but pre-registration is important so that we can make sure we have food for everyone and it is cheaper!

• Online Registration Form: Online registration is now closed. Please regiater at the door. Banquet and lunch box options may be limited!

The following is a table of meeting costs for planning purposes. Please register for the meeting, submit your abstract if you are presenting and we will contact you soon via email about payment.

Registration (Includes Saturday Box Lunch)	Member	Non-Member (Includes Membership)
CANCAS (Undergraduates)	$14	$24
Graduates	$19	$29
Regular	$34	$64
Late Fee (after 2/28/2010)	$15	$15
Abstract Fee (payable by all presenters)	$10	$10
Saturday Banquet:
CANCAS	$7	$7
Graduate	$7	$7
Regular	$25	$25

Abstract submission

NEW THIS YEAR! You can submit your abstract for a poster or oral presentation by filling out and submitting the online abstract forms. The deadline for online abstract submission has been extended to March 7, 2010 11:59 PM.

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations should be no more than 250 words in length.  Special characters will not be represented in the text-only format. If your abstract requires special characters, other than italic scientific names, please submit your abstract in the box provided on the registration form and also email a copy with notation as to the nature of your special characters to ncas.guilford.2010@gmail.com. Deadline for the Submission of Titles and Abstracts for presentation at the 107th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science-Extended to March 7, 2010 11:59 PM.

• Online Abstract Submission Form- ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE MEETING!

Payment

NEW THIS YEAR! Registration and Presentation fees are payable online using a credit or debit card or PayPal account during online Registration. The Non-Member registration rate includes your 2010 membership! Those who wish to renew their current NCAS membership can do so by simply paying the non-member rate. Registration also includes the Saturday Box Lunch this year!

Online payment is accessable from the Registration Thank you page. If you have already registered but not paid, you can go directly to the online payment form.

• Online Meeting Payment Form

The Registration and/or membership fees are payable at the door, however, the late registration fee is an additional $15.00.

No Refunds after March 12, 2010. All requests for refunds must be given in writing (email) prior to March 12, 2010 to the NCAS President: Jean Luc Scemama (SCEMAMAJ@ecu.edu),Treasurer: Alan Goble (goble@bennett.edu), and the Chair of the Local Planning Comittee: Melanie Lee-Brown (mleebro@guilford.edu).

Program-at-a-Glance:

Speaker Information:

Three major speakers reflecting the theme of Diversity; either biological, ethnic or social; ranging from molecular and microbial diversity to the diversity of the human cultural experience.

	Keynote speaker:
			Dr. Rob Knight Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder. Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2001 Awards: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist. Dr. Knight is integrating concepts from evolutionary biology and ecology with high-throughput sequencing to study molecular diversity. He is especially interested in understanding how the human microbiome develops and how variation in the microbiome affects health and disease.
	Forensic Science Symposium:
			Dr. Caroline Wilkinson Center for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Scotland. Senior lecturer in Forensic Anthropology. Dr. Wilkinson developed a computerized facial reconstruction system employing virtual sculpture, which has been used within the UK for forensic identification and internationally for archaeological investigation.
	Diversity Symposium and Friday Night Concert:
			Bill Miller A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond.  As an award-winning recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, painter and world-class accomplished flute player, he's been a voice for the voiceless, a link between two great and clashing civilizations.  Bill Miller has won five Nammys at the Native American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Song of the Year in 2000. Over the past four years, Miller has produced two incredible albums, received two Grammy Awards and led Wisconsin’s La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.

Hotel Information:

		The Hyatt Place-Greensboro 1619 Stanley Road, Greensboro, NC  27407 Toll Free Reservations:1-888-867-4003 Ask for the NC Academy of Science Block Rate: $65.00 plus tax 35 Dbl/Dbl and 15 K Cut-off is March 5, 2010 (based on availability within block)
		Courtyard Marriott- Greensboro 4400 West Wendover Avenue, Greensboro, NC, 27407 Toll Free Reservations: 1-800-321-2211 Ask for the North Carolina Academy of Science at Guilford College Block Rate: $89.00 plus tax 15- Two Q and 15 K Cut off date is March 12, 2010 at 5 pm To make online reservations simply cut and paste the link below and include with your electronic correspondence to facilitate the reservation process. Registration Website Online Group Codes: King room w/ pull out sofa, GUIGUIC 2 Queen beds, GUIGUID
		Hilton Garden Inn 4307 Big Tree Way, Greensboro, NC 27409 Reservations: (336) 852-1491 Ask for the Academy of Science Meeting Block Rate: $89 plus tax  19- Two Q and 11 K Optional breakfast for additional $6.95 Cut off date is March 12, 2010 To make online reservations use: group code ASM.
		Proximity Hotel 704 Green Valley Road, Greensboro, NC  27408 Reservations: (336) 379-8200 Toll free 1-800-379-8200 Ask for the North Carolina Academy of Science Rate: $169 plus tax- King Loft Room Rate: $179 plus tax- Double Queen 15 Rooms Cut off date is March 1, 2010 AAA Four Diamond Award | LEED Platinum Certified by U.S. Green Building Council
		O.Henry Hotel 624 Green Valley Road, Greensboro, NC 27408-7720 Reservations: (336) 854-2000 Ask for the North Carolina Academy of Science Rate: $189 plus tax (price includes breakfast) Double Queen Cut off date is March 1, 2010

Maps and Directions:

The Meeting will be held at several different venues on the Guilford College campus including Dana Auditorium, Hege Library and the Frank Family Science Center (FFSC). Download a Campus Map here. Campus Map Google Earth link to the "pinned" venues for the meeting. Visitor information includes the college address, written directions and other useful information about Guilford College.

Parking is available in the Northwest Commuter parking lot, across from the entrance to the FFSC, the Hendricks- Binford parking lot, Dana Parking lot and parking on Quadrangle Drive. (The Google link above has this marked.) You will need a no-cost parking pass that you can download from the REGISTRATION THANK YOU page. Please let us know if you need any special assistance during the meeting.

Field trips: (For More Information Ask at Registration!)

Natural Science Center-

Civil Rights Museum-

Printable material:

Printable Meeting Flyer 11X17 (PDF)

Printable Meeting Flyer 8.5X10 (PDF)

FINAL Meeting Program (PDF)

Contact Information:

Meeting Contact-

If you have any questions, contact us at ncas.guilford.2010@gmail.com

Local Planning Committee:

• Bryan Brendley, Assistant Professor of Biology
• Anne Glenn, Professor of Chemistry
• Melanie Lee-Brown, Associate Professor and Chair of Biology
• Michele Malotky, Assistant Professor of Biology
• Angie Moore, Associate Professor of Geology
• Robert Whitnell, Professor of Chemistry