Abstracts from the 21st Annual Conference
Adusei, CharityCONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE ACROSS CULTURES
Almryde, Kyle
FEELING DISTRACTED? SEPARATE BRAIN NETWORKS FOR RETRIEVAL OF ATTENDED AND UNATTENDED WORDS IN THE HUMAN AUDITORY SYSTEM
Andrade, Cassandra
ANALYSIS OF GENES SIGNIFICANT TO REGULATION OF CAPSULE SYNTHESIS IN CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS USING RNA INTERFERENCE
Avery, Kelsey
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTORS EEF1B-α(1,2) AND EEF1B-β(1,2) AND THEIR ROLE IN THERMOTOLERANCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS
Badran, Ahmed
Split luciferase systems for the rapid interrogation of zinc finger and mCpG-binding domain selectivity and DNA-binding affinity
Badran, Amr
NUCLEAR-LOCALIZED CLASS III (C-III) SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS IN PLANT HEAT TOLERANCE
Bandekar, Neha
Maximal electro-convulsive shock induced c-fos mRNA expression is reduced in the hippocampus of aged rats
Baynes, Cayla
THE ACTIN-BUNDLING PROTEIN FASCIN ALTERS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO A NEUROTOXIC DRUG EFFECT: IMPLICATIONS FOR GENE-X-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS DURING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Behnejad, Roxanna
DEVELOPMENT OF DIALKYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVES FOR TREATMENT OF NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER
Bhakta, Janki
THE EFFECT OF TARGETED SILENCING OF FERRITIN IN THE YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO, AEDES AEGYPTI
Brettner, Leandra
The Link between Protein Cooperativity and Variation in Expression
Bronnimann, Matthew
Studies on a Predicted Transmembrane (TM) Domain in L2 and its Role in HPV16 Infection.
Brown, Jessie
CD44 REGULATES FOCAL ADHESION KINASE AND SRC KINASE DURING MAMMARY GLAND BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS
Brown, Jessica
ISABEL CASIMIRO, DARIO F. RIASCOS-BERNAL,NICHOLAS E. SIBINGA
bruce, heather
HOW THE SNAIL GOT IT'S SHELL: CHARACTERIZING THE FUNCTION OF POST2 IN THE MUD SNAIL ILYANASSA OBSOLETA
bryan, alberto
Drug Development: An Anti-Breast Cancer Peptide
Burne, Jonathan
MTERFs: PROTEINS INVOLVED IN ORGANELLE GENE EXPRESSION
Byrne, Andrea
CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIA PRESENT ON A CALCITE SPELEOTHEM IN KARTCHNER CAVERNS
Cai, Alice
BIFUNCTIONAL OPIOID AGONIST/ BRADYKININ ANTAGONIST FOR CHRONIC PAIN
Camarillo, Jeannie
HUMAN BLADDER EPITHELIAL CELLS: ACUTE EXPOSURE TO ARSENITE AND MONOMETHYLARSONOUS ACID
Carrocci, Tucker
A SYNTHETIC METHOD FOR MONORHAMNOLIPIDS
Chhun, Jimmy
SERUM-BASED MOLECULAR WEIGHT MARKERS AND REDOX TITRATION OF ADIPONECTIN
Chiu, Hong-Yan
Discovering neural pathways underlying the dynamic control of odor-induced responses to a wide range of odors concentrations
Choate, Brittany
NAEGLERIA FOWLERI—DEADLY AMOEBA IN ARIZONA WATERS
Cholanians, Aram
MICROGLIAL RESPONSE TO 3, 4-(±)-METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE AND IT’S METABOLITES IN FEMALE SPRAGUE-DAWLY RATS
Ci, Shuang
ROLE OF α2δ1 IN MONOSODIUM IODOACETATE (MIA)-INDUCED PAIN: A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS-INDUCED PAIN
Clasen, Sara
EXPRESSION OF THE IMMEDIATE-EARLY GENE ARC IN THE ENTORHINAL CORTEX OF BEHAVING ANIMALS
Comi, Troy
GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUCOKINASE-CONTAINING POROUS PHOSPHOLIPID NANOSHELLS AS ENZYME DELIVERY AGENTS
Constantopoulos, Eleni
ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN THE MOTH, MANDUCA SEXTA: A BEHAVIORAL AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY
Dowdy, Nick
WHY DO MY YOUNGER BROTHERS HAVE LESS OFFSPRING?: A STORY OF WASPS AND BACTERIA
Edwards, Sarah
EFFECTS OF HIGH NACL ON CELLULAR GLUTATIONE AND GLUTATHIONYLATION OF PROTEINS IN HELA CELLS
Egurrola, Ana
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF ROSTRAL VERSUS CAUDAL VENTRAL TEGMENTAL NEURONS
Emert, Ashlie
SHIFTS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBER TYPES DURING THE PROGRESSION OF HYPERTROPHIC CARIDOMYOPATHY
Garrick, Jacqueline
FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF PSKR5 IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
Ghare, Imran
NOVEL ALLOSTERIC PROPERTIES EXHIBITED BY SgrAI, A RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE NATIVE TO STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS
Gonzalez, Robert
EXPLORING THE NEUROTROPHIC EFFECTS OF PEDF, VEGFA165, VEGFB167, and VEGFB186 ON DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS IN VITRO FOR USE IN NOVEL CELL-BASED THERAPIES FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Gordon, Emile
Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of ΦX174 Internal Scaffolding Protein
Grigsby, Brianna
A DROSOPHILA MODEL OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
gutierrez, keila
INSIGHT ON HOLISTIC AND SEGMENTAL SPEECH PLANNING IN CHILDREN AS REVEALED VIA AUDITORY PRIMING
Harshman, Dustin
ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS: IMAGING INTERFACES AND CHARACTERIZING LIGHT INTERACTIONS
Helmers, Mark
INTERROGATING PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS INVOLVED IN CANCER
Hobaica, Karri
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF STEINERNAMA SP. (NEMATODA: STENERNEMATIDAE) FROM MT LEMMON, ARIZONA
Huerta, Danah
EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY NEURAL INFLUENCES IN TARGET BRAIN REGIONS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
Jones-Weinert, Colin
LASP-2: AN IMPORTANT PLAYER IN FOCAL ADHESION FUNCTION AND Z-DISC ASSEMBLY
Keys, Kevin
SURVEY OF THE HUMAN SKIN PIGMENTATION PATHWAY FOR SIGNATURES OF POSITIVE NATURAL SELECTION
Koussa, Mounir
MORPHOLOGICAL AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PERIPHERAL GLIAL CELLS IN THE OLFACTORY NERVE OF THE MOTH MANDUCA SEXTA
Kula, Alex
ANALYSIS OF A DOUBLE KNOCKOUT MUTANT ON FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
Kumirov, Vlad
NMR SOLUTION STUDIES OF MELANOCORTIN LIGANDS
Lee, Cameron
A GENETIC APPROACH TO DETERMINING COMPONENTS OF RPK1/TOAD2-MEDIATED EMBRYONIC SIGNALING
Lopez, Robert
MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE FACULATIVE INSECT PARASITIC NEMATODES
Luttmann, Amber
THE USE OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE IMAGING OF EX VIVO KIDNEY
Martin, Nina
INVESTIGATION OF MECHANISM OF BILE ACID-INDUCED REDUCTION OF MUCIN 2
Mason, Gina
THE ROLE OF CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE AND DOPAMINE RECEPTOR D4 IN ADHD SYMPTOM VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Mauser, Justin
CHARACTERIZING A REDOX SENSITIVE GFP FOR DYNAMIC MONITORING OF ER REDOX STATE
Meece, Claudia
DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF THE T263G SNP IN THE ODC GENE ON G-QUADRUPLEX FORMATION
Meserve, Joy
A LARGE SCALE GENETIC SCREEN FOR PROTEINS THAT INTERACT WITH CONDENSIN II
Moore, Jillian
THE ROLE OF EEF1Bγ IN PLANT THERMOTOLERANCE
Moy, Jamie
QUANTIFICATION OF MICROBIOTA BACTERIA IN THE HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA)
Murata, Anthony
EXPRESSION OF THE IMMEDIATE-EARLY GENE ARC IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF WHEEL-RUNNING RATS
Nelson, Michael
INFLUENCE OF THE N-TERMINAL REGION ON CRO PROTEIN STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTION
Ouellette, Ellen
EPILEPSY EMERGENCIES: TRENDS IN EPILEPSY AND SEIZURE PATIENT UTILIZATION OF THE YUMA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Pace, Natalie
STUDY OF HUMAN MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR 1 SUBTYPE: IDENTIFYING SELECTIVE MELANOTROPINS TARGETING METASTATIC MELANOMA CELLS
Pesque, Adrien
EFFECTS OF PLANT-DERIVED OLFACTORY CUES ON THE OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF MANDUCA SEXTA
Reese, Angela
EFFECTS OF NEURONAL ACTIVITY ON DENDRITIC DEVELOPMENT OF DROSOPHILA MOTONEURONS
Robinson, Logan
TRANSGENIC PLANT APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTION OF HSP101, A MAJOR HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN IN PLANTS
Samsel, Kara
THE ROLE OF CHLOROPLAST-LOCALIZED HSP21 IN THE STRESS RESPONSES OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
Sandoval, Cynthia
Urokinase Receptor Regulation of Integrin Function
Schaller, Jason
PATTERNS IN DIVERSITY OF THE COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN SONORA
Simonson, Caitlin
STEM CELL THERAPY IN THE WOUND HEALING PROCESS IN A MURINE MODEL
Slosky, Lauren
LEAVING A MARK: A COMPARISON OF ARTHROPOD PROTEIN MARKING PROTOCOLS
Smith, Alexis
INTERACTION OF THE PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-3 KINASE AND THE INTEGRATED STRESS RESPONSE PATHWAY IN RENAL CELL SURVIVAL TO UREA-INDUCED OSMOTIC STRESS.
Son, Tiffany
DETERMINATION OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION BY MICROGLIAL CELLS
Starobinska, Ella
IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL GENES INVOLVED IN HEART FORMATION
Sund, Derrick
REPLICA EXCHANGE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS
Tang, Jonathan
ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF FXR1 IN MRNA TRANSLATION IN THE HEART
Techner, Jose Marc
SMALL MOLECULE MODULATION OF ZINC-FINGER SEQUENCE SPECIFICITY
Teter, Katherine
IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN MANDUCA SEXTA
Tham, Kim
cAMP-Dependent Pathway(s) Directs the B-Raf MAPK-Mediated Cytosolic Mislocalization of p27kip-cyclin D1 in Renal Cancer
Tseng, Andrew
THE EFFECT OF SCOPOLAMINE ON MANDUCA SEXTA
Urbina, Amanda
STRETCHING OF HUMAN ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS: A STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATELY STRUCTURED TISSUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARTILAGE DAMAGE
Uribe, Jasmin
Modeling Transcriptional Regulation
Vemulapalli, Beena
Wnt Signaling in Colorectal Cancer
Villegas, Debora
THE SEARCH FOR A FLAVOLIPID-NEGATIVE FLAVOBACTERIUM SP. MTN11 MUTANT
Wagner, Zachary
THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GAMMA FLUCTUATIONS WITHIN THE RAT CORTEX.
winston-mcpherson, gabrielle
SYNTHESIS OF FLOUORESCENT PROBES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF MULTIVALENT LIGANDS
Woznica, Sarah
Characterization of Ankyrin Repeat Socs Box in the early heart development of the basal chordate, Ciona intestinalis
Yu, Lily
FXR1: REPRESSION OF SPECIFIC MRNA TARGET CANDIDATES
Zhang, Wujie
SEROTONIN RECEPTORS IN THE PRIMARY OLFACTORY PATHWAY OF THE MOTH MANDUCA SEXTA
Zhou, Adele
ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL GENE EXPRESSION IN Mop2 MUTANTS USING HIGH-DENSITY MICROARRAYS
