By Discipline: Biology (2025)

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  Interactions between chick health, arthropod diversity, and ant abundance in house wren nests.

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Trace N. Ackley* and Anasofia Carrillo
  Dr. Joanna Hubbard, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Characterization of Bird-Window Collisions for Mitigation

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology, Environmental Studies)
  Matthew Gilley
  Dr. Joanna Hubbard, Dr. Tetyana Beregovksa, and Dr. Anton Weisstein, 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
  
  
  

• Connected Species Distribution Models: Plantago and Powdery Mildew

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology, Geography, Statistics)
  Carlos O. Byrd
  Dr. R. Drew Sieg, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Correlating Cellular Changes with Amyloid Plaque Size in a Genetic Alzheimer’s Disease Model

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Katelyn Chimienti* and Whitney Pavely
  Dr. Brett A. Berke and Dr. Daniela Ostrowski (A.T. Still University), Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Cyclophilin 1 Mutant Phenotypes in Drosophila

   

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Abigail G. Wolf*, Lainie M. Mueller, and Aleece Walker
  Dr. Brett A. Berke, 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
  
  
  

• Effects of Assay Conditions on Patterning in Bacillus subtilis Swarming

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Matthew Huemann
  Dr. Joyce Patrick, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• 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
  
  
  

• The genetic interaction between unc-33 and hmp-2 in embryonic epidermal morphogenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans.

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Hannah C. Nardi*, Gracie D. LaFoe, and Grace Gottschamer
  Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• 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
  
  
  

• Lung and Colon Cancer Detection Using Deep AI Model

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Computer Science, Biology)
  Ritika Lama
  Dr. Nazmul Shahadat, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Molecular genetic studies of candidate developmental regulators in two model species: Ceratopteris richardii and Arabidopsis thaliana

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Anasofia Carrillo
  Dr. Joanna Hubbard, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Nuclear transport defects caused by an ALS mutation in Drosophila 

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Andrew J. Schroeder
  Dr. Brett A. Berke, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Phosphorylation of ZIPT-7.1 on Caenorhabditis elegans sperm activation

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Trace N. Ackley
  Dr. Stephanie Maiden, 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
  
  
  

• Searching for Cicadas: Assessing the Chemoreceptive Response of the Eastern Copperhead to a Seasonally Abundant Prey Item

  
  Poster Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Spencer J. Duffendack
  Dr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Testing Mechanisms of Lifespan Extension in Drosophila

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Alicia M. Jorgensen
  Dr. Brett A. Berke, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• 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