This event featured short talks from ISA students about their undergraduate research in various fields across campus. Each presentation was five minutes long with a few minutes more for questions. More than 55 people attended the event, including faculty mentors and lab colleagues, ISA program students, staff members, friends, and family. Thanks for joining us and showing your support of undergraduate students!
Saturday, December 7
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Kollros Auditorium (101 BBE)
PRESENTER | MAJOR | PRESENTATION TITLE | MENTOR | Photo |
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Liz Barroso (UI-MARC) | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | The Role of GSNOR in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation | Dr. Ling Yang, Anatomy and Cell Biology |
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Fabiola Castaneda-Santiago (UI-MARC) | Biology | Diversity and host ranges of Eupelmidae parasites of oak gall wasps | Dr. Andrew Forbes, Biology |
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Adriana Castellano (Science Alliance) | Biology | Putting Snails to Sleep for Science: Refining Anesthesia Techniques for Regeneration Research | Dr. Maurine Neiman, Biology |
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Seren Castellano (UI-MARC) | Biology, Anthropology | Assessing Quiescent Behavior in Freshwater and Estuarine Snails | Dr. Maurine Neiman, Biology |
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Quinn Eldridge (UI-MARC) | Biomedical Sciences | Characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis Type III Secreted Effector Protein CT584 | Dr. Mary Weber, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
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Lee Flores (UI-MARC) | Computer Science and Engineering | AI-Enhanced Simulations for Functional Communication Training: A Conceptual Framework for VR and Text-based Approaches | Dr. Tyler Bell, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Jasmyn Hoeger (UI-MARC) | Biology | Translational Control of Cardiac Gene Expression through Alternative Open Reading Frames | Dr. Ryan Boudreau, Internal Medicine |
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Natalie Kehrli (UI-MARC, Latham) | Psychology | Exploring Physical Activity Patterns in College Students with Elevated Schizotypal Traits: A Comparison of Self-Report and Sensor Data | Dr. Amanda McCleery, Psychological & Brain Sciences |
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Ainsley Rothgeb (Science Alliance) | Neuroscience | Grooming Microstructure in Rats with Lesions of the Lateral Cerebellar Nucleus | Dr. Krystal Parker, Psychiatry |
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Avery Wilson (UI-MARC, Latham) | Biology | DNA-RNA hybrids in the rDNA as a source of genomic instability in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline | Dr. Sarit Smolikove, Biology |
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