By Discipline: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2025)

• Automated Mold Growth Assessment: ]Buidling a Kivy-Based Mobile Application for Accurate Fungal Analysis

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Computer Science)
  Mohammed Ayan Mahmood
  Dr. Kafi Rahman and Dr. Hajee Mendis, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Computational discovery of a small molecule inhibitor of the c-Myb/KIX complex as a potential treatment for AML

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  Suhani B. Patel
  Dr. Bill R. Miller (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Hanbo Hong, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of Factor V Leiden: Molecular Dynamics and Docking Analysis of APC Binding

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology)
  Audrey M. Brown
  Dr. Brian Snyder, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of Small-Molecule C5 Inhibitors as a Potential Treatment for Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Exercise Science, Health Science)
  Lauren E. Reid
  Dr. Bill R. Miller (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Brian Snyder, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of the Effects Polyphenol Drugs Have on Inhibition of Amyloid Beta Aggregates in Association With Alzheimer’s Disease

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Computer Science)
  Kaiden J. Zaborowski
  Dr. Andrew Kauffmann, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Determining the Role of TBCD-1 During Epidermal Morphogenesis

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology)
  Jonas Hammerschmidt
  Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Developing novel inhibitors for Striatal Enriched Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) using computational methods

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology)
  Dagmawit Kebede
  Dr. Andrew Kauffmann and Dr. Bill R. Miller (A.T. Still University), Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• The Effect of Knocking Down an ALS Gene in Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Glia

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  Elaine C. Gast
  Dr. Brett A. Berke, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Effect of Polyphenols on Amyloid Beta Disaggregation for Alzheimer’s Disease

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology)
  Christine W. Chen
  Dr. Andrew Kauffmann and Dr. Bill R. Miller (A.T. Still University), Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Expression Profile of the Orphan CRLF3 Receptor Throughout the Rat Brain

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry)
  Alexis B. Graber
  Dr. Daniela Ostrowski (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Timothy Walston, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Identification of Novel Pathogenic Fusarium Species in Soybean and Evaluation of Biocontrol Methods 

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agricultural Science)
  Cameron J. McKenzie*, Claire Morris, Sam Padilla, and Byeonguk (Tony) Choi
  Dr. Hajee Mendis, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Identification of Pathogenic Fusarium Species in Soybean

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agricultural Science)
  Emma C. Baierl*, Cameron J. McKenzie, Sam Padella, Claire Morris, Kiersten Marek, Bryna Norman, and Anna Kirchhoefer
  Dr. Hajee Mendis, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Inhibition of the Amyloid-Beta Protein Using Polyphenol Drugs

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology)
  Gage J. Dudkowski
  Dr. Andrew Kauffmann and Dr. Bill R. Miller (A.T. Still University), Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Investigation of the Pathogenic Consequences for the KCNQ2 Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Variant G256W in silico

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  Emma C. Thompson
  Dr. Brian Lamp, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• ROS Producers and Antioxidants in an Alzheimer’s disease-induced rat model

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry)
  Adison P. Mosher
  Dr. Daniela Ostrowski (A.T. Still University), Dr. Tim Ostrowski (A.T. Still University), and Dr. Stephen Hudman, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Using Computational Methods to Analyze Structural Changes in the Factor V Leiden Mutation to Determine Specific Binding Interactions and Stability

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology)
  Isabelle M. Zagarri
  Dr. Bill R. Miller (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Andrew Kauffmann, Faculty Mentors