The 2022 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at Hamline University on April 23, 2022. This program shows 70+ scientific talks, breakout sessions and posters, ranging from caprylic acid effects on male rat spermatogenesis to detection of lead and phosphates in tap water. The keynote by Dr. John Banovetz was "Achieving your Sustainability Goals for an Industrial Company," and a special conference event was a tour of the Renewable Energy & Environmental Research Laboratory. This meeting also featured the return of the MN Junior Academy of Science. The published abstracts are available online in the Journal of Winchell Undergraduate Symposium Abstracts.
The 2021 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science was held virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 24, 2021. This program shows 40+ scientific talks and breakout sessions, ranging from �Influence of Heavy Alcohol Exposure on the Chronic Pain Mechanism� to reproducibility as vital for the responsible conduct of research. The keynote by Dr. Jim Maher discussed mitochondrial defect cancers. The published abstracts are available online in the Journal of Winchell Undergraduate Symposium Abstracts.
The 2019 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at Century College on April 27, 2019. This program shows 70+ scientific talks, breakout sessions and posters, ranging from unconscious bias in science to a study of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a campus population. The keynote by Dr. Jo Handelsman was ""Tiny Earth Network: Studentsourcing Antibiotic Discovery,"" and a special conference event was a tour of the Fab Lab and 3D Bioprinting Program. The published abstracts are available online in the Journal of Winchell Undergraduate Symposium Abstracts.
The 2018 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at the University of St. Thomas on April 21, 2018. This program shows 80+ scientific talks, breakout sessions and posters, ranging from a new oxazolidinone antimicrobial agent synthesis to the impact of bark-foraging bird behavior on the emerald ash borer. The keynote by Dr. Christy Haynes discussed sustainable engineered nanomaterials, and the conference events included a tour of the University of St. Thomas's Medicinal Garden. The published abstracts are available online in the Journal of Winchell Undergraduate Symposium Abstracts.
The 2013 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at Augsburg College on April 13, 2013. This program shows 70+ scientific talks and posters, ranging from "Promoter Analysis of the RAP1 Genes" to "Following MIQE Guidelines for Real-Time Quantitative PCR." The keynote address was given by Dr. Kristi Curry Rogers, and panel discussions covered graduate school, industry and health sciences careers. The Winchell abstracts are available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
The 2006 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at Macalester College on April 28-29, 2006. This program shows 90+ scientific talks and posters, ranging from "The Effects of Inhibition of Serotonin Synthesis on T Cell Proliferation" to "Use of Cornmeal for Algae Remediation in Urban Lakes." The keynote by Dr. Maura Donovan was titled �Innovation and Future Medical Device Therapies.� The Winchell abstracts are available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
The 2002 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at Gustavus Adolphus College on April 26-27, 2002. This program shows 50+ scientific talks, ranging from restoration ecology to wind power in Minnesota rural electric cooperatives, plus posters. The featured speaker was Professor Richard M. Fuller on "The Manhattan Project Revisited," and a special conference event was a geology field trip to the Minnesota River Valley. The Winchell abstracts and full-text of the published papers are available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
The 1998 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at Winona State University on May 1-2, 1998. This program shows 25+ scientific talks, ranging from "Distance Learning in Structural Biology" to "Demographic Methods for Gay and Lesbian Population Studies," plus the Winchell Undergraduate Posters and Papers. The keynote by Dr. Cal Fremling was �A History of the Upper Mississippi.� The Winchell abstracts and full-text of the published papers are available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
The 1991 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at the College of St. Catherine on April 26-27, 1991. This program shows 40+ scientific talks, ranging from agricultural pollution to injured raptor rehabilitation. The keynote by Dr. Phyllis Kahn was �Part of the Team? Women in Scientific Groups.� The Winchell abstracts and full-text of the published papers are available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.