2017 Student Research Conference:
30th Annual Student Research Conference

Program

Program-At-A-Glance

7:30 a.m. • MG Cyber Cafe & VH Lobby
Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. • University Art Gallery
Juried Student Art Exhibition

8:00-9:15 • MG 1096
SESSION 103
Oral Paper -
Biology I/Chemistry I

Presiding: Dr. Bill Miller

8:00

103 - 1  GENE R. CLINE
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor

Investigation of Product Dissociation Mechanism for DNA Polymerase I of B. stearothermophilus

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8:15

103 - 2  ANDREW V. YEAGER
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
Investigation of Mismatch Base Pairing in DNA Polymerase I

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8:30

103 - 3  EMILY M. LEDDIN
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
Computational Analysis of the Dynamics and Inhibition of APOBEC3B

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8:45

103 - 4  PETER K. WINDSOR
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor

Computational Drug Discovery for Zika Virus NS2B-NS3 Protease

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9:00

103 - 5  MEGAN E. KILIAN
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor

Computational Analysis of NS2B-NS3 Zika Protease Inhibition

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8:00-9:15 • MG 2001
SESSION 105
Oral Paper -
Biology II

Presiding: Dr. Brett Berke

8:00

105 - 1  ERIN C. DARR*, VICTORIA BORCHARDT, ISAIAH OAKES, and MILES THIES
Dr. Brett A. Berke, Faculty Mentor

Identifying Mechanisms Involved in Neuronal Hyperactivity in Drosophila

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8:15

105 - 2  JOSIE L. EMERY
Dr. Brett A. Berke, Faculty Mentor

Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanisms and Current Research

 

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8:30

105 - 3  TIFFANY OU*, SMRUTHI V. CHINTAKUNTA, L. SOFIA GONZALEZ, LINH H. LE, and KRISTIN L. SCHLUETER
Dr. Brett A. Berke, Faculty Mentor

The Role of Postsynaptic Phosphorylation in Synaptic Plasticity at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

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8:45

105 - 4  KENDRA N. MUSMAKER
Prof. Marisa Otegui (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors

Defining a Signaling Module for Vascular Development in Arabadopsis thaliana

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9:00

105 - 5  KALEB PATANIA
Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentor

Long-Term Pattern of Botfly Prevalence on Peromyscus leucopus in Adair County, Missouri

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9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. • MG Cyber Cafe & VH Lobby
Break

9:30-10:45 • MG 1096
SESSION 203
Oral Paper -
Chemistry II

Presiding: Dr. Bill Miller

9:30

203 - 1  JOHN D. BICKEL* and BRANDEN W. LAWSON
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor

Understanding the Interactions of the Ribosome with the Anti-Cancer Drug Cisplatin 

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10:30

203 - 5  STEPHEN P. PLASSMEYER
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor

Computational Investigation of Amyloid Beta Aggregation Inhibitors in Alzheimer's Disease

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9:30-10:45 • MG 2001
SESSION 205
Oral Paper -
Biology III/Agricultural Science

Presiding: Dr. Michael Seipel

9:30

205 - 1  KATHERINE E. ANDREWS* and HANNAH L. CONNER
Dr. Peter Goldman, Faculty Mentor

Avian Communities in the Chiricahua Mountains 

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9:45

205 - 2  ASHLEY R. HENRY
Dr. Elisabeth A. Hooper and Dr. Amy Litt (University of California, Riverside), Faculty Mentors

Role of the FUL1 Gene in Desert Tobacco Dry Fruit Development

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10:00

205 - 3  BRIA BERRY
Dr. Carolina Sempertegui, Faculty Mentor

Comparison of Biological and Chemical Control Agents’ Efficacy on Eliminating Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

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10:30

205 - 5  MORGAN K. POISSON* and GREGORY N. TRENDE
Dr. Kelly Walter, Faculty Mentor

The Recovery and Reassembly of a 39 Day Old Equus caballus Skeleton.

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9:30-10:45 • MG 2050
SESSION 206
Oral Paper -
Physics II

Presiding: Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale

10:00

206 - 3  KASEY HANCOCK
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor

Optimizing Excitation Polarization to Probe Fusion Pore Dynamics Using TIRF Microscopy

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11:00 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. • VH 1000
Plenary Session: All Disciplines

Dr. Julio F. Turrens, Associate Dean, College of Allied Health Professions, University of South Alabama


2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

3:30-4:30 • GEO - SUB
SESSION P-6
Poster -
Biology

P-6 -

MEAGAN E. NOWLAN
Dr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor
Kavalactone Isolation from Piper methysticum using Chromatography

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P-6 -

KELSEY R. WILSON
Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor

Rational Design of Canine MSTN: A Gene Related to Athletic Performance

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P-6 -

JESSICA L. KOTTMEIER
Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors

Evolutionary History and Expression of the Lonesome Highway Transcription Factor Gene Family in Maize

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P-6 -

AMANDA M. DARBY*, SONAM A. WANGYAL, YU-SHIUAN HSU, and ANGELA K. JENNINGS
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

Searching for microtubule regulators in the developing epidermis in Caenorhabditis elegans

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P-6 -

SONAM A. WANGYAL* and JAIN BUSHRA
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

Effects of deletion of the ptl-1 gene in the developing epidermis of Caenorhabditis elegans.

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P-6 -

ALEXIS C. HOUSER
Dr. Daniela Ostrowski, Faculty Mentor

What Factors Influence Nerve Regeneration?

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P-6 -

JESSICA L. KOTTMEIER
Dr. Ashley Ramsey, Faculty Mentor

Using RNAseq Data to Explore the Biological Networks of Autism Spectrum Disorder

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P-6 -

ALYSSA K. JOHNSON
Dr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentor

Bug Behavior: Feeding and Grooming Behavior in the Assassin Bug Sinea spinipes

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P-6 -

SARAH E. EVANS* and SARAH M. CONNOLLY
Dr. Joyce Patrick, Faculty Mentor

Function and Characterization of the yisR Gene in Bacillus subtilis

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P-6 -

BRODY J. AUBRY
Dr. Joyce Patrick, Faculty Mentor

Surveying Cutaneous Bacteria of Frog Populations in Adair County, Missouri

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P-6 -

RACHEL J. PRINS
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

Analyzing the structure of microtubules in mutant Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis

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P-6 -

DAKOTA A. HALL
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

Determining the Role of tbcd-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryonic Development

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P-6 -

RACHAEL N. NEWTON
Dr. Joyce Patrick, Faculty Mentor

Pesticide Application and Motility of Soil Bacteria Bacillus subtilis

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P-6 -

ERIN I. HAYES
Dr. Joyce Patrick, Faculty Mentor

Characterization of yozG Gene in Bacillus subtilis

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3:30-4:30 • GEO - SUB
SESSION P-7
Poster -
Chemistry

P-7 -

MARIA KONDRASHOVA
Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
Investigation of Affinity at Binding Site Between Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) and Herceptin

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P-7 -

LYDIA J. DAVIS
Dr. Timothy D. Walston, Faculty Mentor

Isolation and Elucidation of a Small Sollasin from the Sponge Pachastrellidae: Inhibitor of RAGE

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. • Student Union - Georgian Room
Reception

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