Abstracts from the 27th Annual Conference
Al-dabbagh, MaryamINVESTIGATING NUTRITION-INFLUENCED GROWTH RESPONSES IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA RECEPTOR MUTANTS
Andersh, Katherine
AGE-RELATED REVERSAL LEARNING IMPAIRMENT IN BONNET MACAQUES
Andrews, John
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN STATIC AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES IN A BIOCHEMICAL NETWORK
Balaji, Aanika
IDENTIFYING NEW PROTEIN TARGETS FOR TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER THERAPY PMIP
Barrows, Jordan
INVESTIGATING EFFECTS OF TDP-43 ON METABOLIC GENES IN THE CONTEXT OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
Begaye, Melanie
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT DURING CANCER CARE IN NATIVE AMERICANS
Belone, Phillip
CHARACTERIZATION OF A MOUSE ABP KNOCKOUT LINE: EXPRESSION OF THREE SALIVARY PROTEIN GENES.
Bhargava, Vedanshi
MODELING PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN PATIENT-SPECIFIC HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS
Bianchi, Kaitlin
OXYTOCIN ENHANCES GAZE-FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO VIDEOS OF NATURAL SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS
Blackburn, Brody
PHIX174 MICROVIRUS AND THE H PROTEIN
Borrero, Nathan
LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS
Brown, Morgan
HOW NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE AVOIDS BEING KILLED BY THE COMPLEMENT CASCADE
Brussels, Aaron
DIFFERENTIAL FLAGELLAR GLYCOSYLATION INFLUENCES MOTILITY, FLAGELLAR ASSEMBLY, AND TOXIN PRODUCTION IN CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
Burkett, Nichole
PHARMACOLOGICAL INHIBITION OF NF-KAPPAB AND UPSTREAM TLR4 RECEPTOR BIOMARKERS TO PREVENT TUMOR PROGRESSION IN NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER
Burrell, Katherine
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ALL-TRANS-RETINOIC ACID MEDIATED SELECTIVE CYTOPROTECTION AGAINST RENAL INJURY
Calahan, Kristin
OPTIMIZING FLUID FLOW RATES IN A MICROFLUIDIC-BASED HUMAN LUNG MODEL
Carlson, Ethan
EXPLORING FITNESS EFFECTS AND PATHOGENICITY IN SYRINGACIN RESISTANT MUTANTS OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE
Carrera, Daniel
NEURAL CORRELATES OF ENGAGE-FORAGE DECISIONS IN HUMANS
Charlton, Julie
NEURAL ACTIVITY AFFECTS ASTROCYTE MORPHOLOGY IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
Chaung, Matthew
A NOVEL DROSOPHILA MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BASED ON TDP-43
Comrie, Alison
EFFECTS OF AGE AND ODORS ON NEURONAL POPULATION ACTIVITY IN RAT LATERAL ENTORHINAL CORTEX DURING TRACK-RUNNING BEHAVIOR
Costanzo, Juliana
PATERNAL CARE AND ESTRADIOL IN WILD-LIVING RED-BELLIED LEMURS (EULEMUR RUBRIVENTER)
Cross-Killingsworth, Maya
EFFECTS OF SALT STRESS ON ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA LONG-NONCODING RNA PRODUCTION
Davis, Sarah
ORIGIN OF NOVEL COLOR PHENOTYPES: CONTRIBUTION OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS
Duran, Naim
LOW DOSE, LONG TERM EFFECT OF TRANSITION METALS ON LINE-1 EXPRESSION AND RETROTRANSPOSITION IN HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS
Edwards, Lauren
PARENTAL RATINGS OF ATTENTION AND CENTRAL EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT LANGUAGE IMPAIREMENT
Egan, Madison
ACCURACY OF PARENT REPORTED HEIGHT AND WEIGHT IN 9-12 YEAR OLDS
Ernest, Nizigiyimana
EVALUATING EFFECTS OF INHIBITING INSULIN GROWTH FACTOR 1 RECEPTOR PATHWAY IN CULTURED MOUSE OVARIAN FOLLICLES.
Figueroa, Mary
LYSINE DEMETHYLASE AND HDAC INHIBITORS SYNERGIZE TO INDUCE CYTOTOXICITY IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA
Froyum, Joshua
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF MUTTON HEART URANIUM CONTENT FROM DESERTED MINES
Garcia, S. Brandon
ANALYZING THE WATER SUPPLY: DETECTING ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN UNREGULATED WELLS ON THE NAVAJO/HOPI RESERVATION
Ghamsari, Farid
AMYGDALA STIMULATION PRODUCES APNEA IN RHESUS MACAQUES
Ghotmi, Yarah
CHARACTERIZING THE STRAIN-SPECIFIC CNS IMMUNE RESPONSE PROVOKED BY TOXOPLASMA GONDII
Gilliland, Alexandra
CLASSIFICATION OF COGNITIVE APTITUDES USING THE MORRIS SWIM TASK DURING THE ENTIRE RODENT LIFE SPAN
Granados, Jeffry
CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS OF TUMOR PH USING MRI
Griffin, Kaitlyn
STRUCTURE AND FLUIDITY IN LIPID MEMBRANES ON POLYMER SUPPORTS
Grunwald, Jonathan
EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT ARSENIC LEVELS AFFECTS ESTROGEN SENSITIVE TISSUES IN AN ADULT VERTEBRATE
Hayes, Megan
EXACERBATION OF INFLAMMATION, NEURODEGENERATION, AND DELAYED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN AN AGED MOUSE MODEL OF STROKE
Hernandez, Ernesto
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ASTROCYTES IN THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER VENTRAL NERVE CORD.
Hernandez, Jamie
DEVICE TO CELL SEED SMALL DIAMETER ELECTROSPUN VASCULAR GRAFTS
Howard, Caitlin
MULTIPHOTON FLUORESCENCE AND SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION IMAGING OF THE HEALING RESPONSE IN INJURED RAT TENDONS TREATED WITH INTENSE THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND
Hutchison, Dylan
CONTROLLING THE PHOSPHOPROTEOME: LIGAND-GATED SPLIT KINASES & PHOSPHATASES
Iniguez, Daniel
THE EFFECTS OF ORAL DIBUTYL PHTHALATE INGESTION ON BRAIN INFLAMMATION IN A MOUSE MODEL
Kaplan, Leah
PRESENCE OF MARKERS FOR GLUTAMATE, GABA, AND ACETYLCHOLINE IN PARTICULAR NEURONS PROVIDES EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF NEURON-GLIA INTERACTIONS
Kaszubinski, Sierra
CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS ISOLATES ADAPTED TO SOUTHEASTERN U.S. CORN FOR OPTIMIZED BIOCONTROL
Kaszubinski, Savannah
NITROGEN SIGNALING IN ARABIDOPSIS
Kaur, Pareena
MEASURING LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE: GRID WALK ANALYSIS OUTCOMES USING RAT MODEL OF INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY (ISCI)
Kishi, Charlotte
TESTING THE VALIDITY OF A RECONSTITUTION ASSAY FOR TELOMERASE ACTIVITY
Krumberger, Maj
FOLLOWING STROKE NEURODEGENERATIVE FACTORS LEAK FROM NEWLY FORMED BLOOD VESSELS, BUT ARE PREVENTED FROM ENTERING HEALTHY BRAIN TISSUE BY ENDOCYTIC GLIAL SCARS
Le, Gloria
PENTOXIFYLLINE MODULATES THE AKT/MTOR/AMPK PATHWAY: POTENTIAL ROLE AS AN ADJUNCT IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY.
Leach, Tim
BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIOUS CROSSLINKED TROPOELASTIN BASED BIOPOLYMER VASCULAR GRAFTS
Lee, Mark
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG NATIVE AMERICAN CANCER SURVIVORS DISCUSSION OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF FOCUS GROUPS
Li, Maxwell
CHARACTERIZATION OF PROCESSED POLYCAPROLACTONE (PCL) AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG) BLENDS FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Liu, Kendra
MORPHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASTROCYTE-LIKE GLIA AND NEURONAL SYNAPSES IN DROSOPHILA
Lopez, Paola
ENGINEERING BIO-MAGNETISM FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY
Lopez, Justin
THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF YEAST RRP40
Lopez, Kyle
EXAMINING NITRIC OXIDE-INDUCED CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SOLUBLE GUANYLATE CYCLASE USING LRET
Love, Maria
LOCATION OF IRON AND FERRITIN IN THE MIDGUT OF THE YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO, AEDES AEGYPTI
Lynch, Colin
DOES SUCROSE ASSIST IN MODULATING TEMNOTHORAX RUGATULUS BEHAVIOR?
MacIsaac, Corina
IN VIVO ASSESSMENT OF A TISSUE-ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT IN A RAT MODEL
Manson, Ariana
MATERNAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH IN CONFLICT ZONES OF NORTHERN KENYA: A LOOK INTO THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC VIOLENCE
Mansoor, Asad
ACTIVE CLOSTRDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION SURVEILLANCE IN A LARGE TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER REVEALS SIGNIFICANT STRAIN VARIATION.
McCarron, Angelica
NEURAL CORRELATES OF CONNECTED SPEECH DEFICITS AFTER LEFT HEMISPHERE RESECTIVE SURGERY
McDaniel, McKenzie
CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING STRATEGY USING DISCARDS FROM TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERIES AND ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS
McMinn, Jessi
EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN ON TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN FEMALE TACR3-EGFP MICE
Messina, Genevieve
DEVELOPMENT OF A POLYMERIC DEVICE TO TREAT ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Mintz, Joel
PHOSPHORYLATION OF TROPOMYOSIN; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN GENETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
Misra, Shivani
SLEEP PROFILE OF INFANTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Morrison, Christina
IMPACT OF IRRIGATION CANAL SEDIMENTS ON MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY
Muller, Dyana
EVALUATION OF VEGF-B AS A NEUROPROTECTANT IN A PINK1 KNOCKOUT RAT MODEL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Munoz, Elise
A NOVEL DROSOPHILA MODEL OF ALS BASED ON PROFILIN 1
Murugesh, Swaroop
DETECTION OF C-FOS GENE ACTIVATION IN MOUSE OLFACTORY AND ACCESSORY OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM
Nez, Wayne
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL IN MACROPHAGE-PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INTERACTION
Nguyen, Celina
INCORPORATION OF A BIOORTHOGONAL SUGAR INTO THE GLYCOME OF DENGUE VIRUS
Nguyen, MInhkhoi
VISUALIZATION OF NEUROKININ B NEURONS IN CLEARED WHOLE BRAINS
O'Connor, Patrick
CARDIOPROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM PROBIOTICS
Ochieng, Samwel
REGULATION OF LINE-1 EXPRESSION AND RETROTRANSPOSITION BY G-QUADRUPLEX INTERACTING DRUGS
Pan, Katie
MODIFYING PEPTIDES TO IMPROVE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER PENETRATION
Paree, Joshua
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION PHENOTYPES IN A PROFILIN MODEL OF ALS IN DROSOPHILA
Patel, Parth
THE ROLE OF FXR1 IN MODULATING EXERCISE INDUCED CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY IN A MOUSE MODEL
Patni, Varuska
ACTIVITY LEVELS IN TEMNOTHORAX RUGATULUS ANTS
Peaches, Erik
QUANTIFICATION OF URANIUM IN UNREGULATED WELLS ON THE NAVAJO & HOPI RESERVATIONS
Perkins, Alec
DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CESTODE GENUS BIACETABULUM
Perrera, Alec
COCKTAIL OF DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS CREATES A NICHE FOR CARDIAC REGENERATION
Potter, Colin
CHARACTERIZING THE LOCALIZATION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Ragone, Michael
A MODEL OF PATH-ENCODING AND OPTIMIZATION BY HIPPOCAMPAL PLACE CELL PLASTICITY AS THE POSSIBLE NEURAL BASIS OF SOLUTION TO THE TRAVELING SALESPERSON PROBLEM
Ramamurthy, Shylaja
ROLE OF SECRETED PROTEIN ESPZ IN THE VIRULENCE OF ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI
Ray, Sneha
IN VITRO AND IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF MOLDAY ION RHODAMINE B LABELED NEURAL STEM CELLS
Rivera, Benjamin
THE UNSEEN INFLUENCE: USING MICROBIOTA PRESENCE TO EVALUATE MINE REVEGETATION SUCCESS
Robles, Dagoberto
MEASUREMENTS OF ENDOGENOUS OPIOID PEPTIDES IN THE RAT BRAIN USING ONLINE-PRESERVATION MICRODIALYSIS WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY
Rodriguez, Shade
INHIBITION OF PPAR-G SIGNALING INHIBITS IN VITRO GROWTH OF MOUSE OVARIAN FOLLICLES
Russell, Taylor
EFFECTS OF AGE-RELATED SYSTEMIC ALTERATIONS ON SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE NEURAL STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS
Schmitz, Hannah
ULTRASOUND ELASTICITY IMAGING OF THE POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON USING FOCUS SIMULATION SOFTWARE
Seanez, Leonard
PATHWAYS MEDIATING REGULATION C-MYC LEVELS IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS
Seghezzo, Giulia
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Simental, Eric
INFLUENCES OF MAT LOCI ON NUCLEAR BEHAVIOR DURING THE ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS PARASEXUAL CYCLE
Simmonds, Mackenzie
ELEMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN UNREGULATED WATER SOURCES ON THE NAVAJO AND HOPI RESERVATIONS
Singh, Anmol
THE KETOGENIC DIET ATTENUATES BOTH HYPERACTIVITY IN MTOR PATHWAY AND ASTROGLIOSIS THROUGH REGULATION OF AMPK SIGNALING IN THE EPILEPTIC BRAIN
Soltero, Kambrea
TYROSINE KINASE ACTIVITY IN DRUG RESISTANT AND INVASIVE PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS
Steinbach, Mackenzie
CHARACTERIZATION OF TAU IN PREPARATION FOR A SURFACE DISPLAY SCREEN TO IDENTIFY TAU BINDING KNOTTINS
Taylor, Samantha-Su
CONNEXIN 37 GROWTH SUPPRESSIVE PHENOTYPE IS REGULATED IN A SITE-SPECIFIC, PHOSPHORYLATION-DEPENDENT MANNER.
Taylor, Michael
CHARACTERIZING THE ORAL MICROBIOME OF COOPER’S HAWKS (ACCIPITER COOPERII)
Tecle, Daniom
GOLD-COATED LIPOSOMES TARGETED TO MOLECULAR MARKERS IN CELL MEMBRANES
Tran, Emily
THE EMERGENCE OF PATTERN SEPARATION IN CHILDREN
Tran, Meagan
RECREATING THE HUMAN LUNG AIR-LIQUID INTERFACE IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE
Uhlorn, Joshua
THE INTEGRATION OF TROPOELASTIN INTO A COMPUTATIONALLY OPTIMIZED TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT PRODUCES PROMISE
Valdes, Frank
PRE-ICTAL BRAIN STATE’S EFFECT ON SEIZURE LENGTH AND OPTOGENETIC INTERVENTIONA
Veeravelli, Suhitha
NOVEL EXERGAME INTERVENTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN BALANCE, GAIT, AND FRAILTY IN OLDER HIV-INFECTED ADULTS
Vicenti, Anthony
DO YOUNG GENES EVOLVE FASTER?
Vining, Sarah
WHEN PLANTS FUEL A CLIMACTIC FEEDBACK: USING THE PLANT COMMUNITY TO MAP CARBON TRANSFORMATIONS ACROSS A THAW GRADIENT
Wealing, Jesse
HYPOGLOSSAL MOTONEURON DIFFERENTIATION THROUGH FLUORESCENCE MAPPING AND PATCH CLAMP ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY.
Wilson, Victoria
SINGLE MOLECULE ELECTRON TRANSPORT: EXAMINING THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES THROUGH BREAK JUNCTIONS AND HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS.
Wilson, Tomoko
THE EFFECTS OF WASTEWATER EFFLUENT ON GONADAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMERICAN BULLFROG (RANA CATESBEIANA)
Wu, Ben
UNDERSTANDING CHARGE TRANSPORT IN SINGLE MOLECULES USING MECHANICALLY CONTROLLED BREAK JUNCTIONS
Yao, Stephen
THE ROLE OF TDP-43 IN TRANSLATION
Yazdanifar, Golbahar
EXPLORING THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF ABP GENES IN THE GENOMES OF SIX GENUS MUS TAXA
Zaepfel, Benjamin
MOLECULAR INTERACTION BETWEEN TDP-43 AND PROFILIN
