Research Day 2023: Presenters and Titles

Alumni Assembly Hall

Latham Ballroom B

1:05 - 1:15pm

Ozowara, Xavier (Whitehead)

Esteves, Nathaniel (Scharf)

1:15 - 1:25pm

Langager, Marissa (Hawley)

Franklin, Hollyn (Hsu)

1:25 - 1:35pm

Laggan, Nichole (Hoyt)

Janoski, Jesse (Finkielstein)

1:35 - 1:45pm

Longcamp, Alex (Draghi)

Sedovy, Meghan (Johnstone)

1:45 – 1:55pm

Grimado, Alex (Langwig)

Bloomfield , Mathew (Cimini)

1:55 – 2:05pm

Kailing, Macy (Langwig)

Hasan, Mahmudul (Capelluto)

2:05 – 2:10pm

Wiggle room for technical glitches, delay etc.

Alumni Assembly Hall

Latham Ballroom B

2:25 - 2:35pm

Silknetter, Sam (Mims)

Wheeler, Mason (Pfleger)

2:35 - 2:45pm

Alfonso, Camilo (Moore)

Wheeler, Christina (Lamouille)

2:45 - 2:55pm

Gregory, Casey (Belden)

Young II, Kenneth (Lamouille + Smyth)

2:55 - 3:05pm

Risteca, Paul (Barrett)

Rebholz, Zarley (Tholl)

3:05 – 3:15pm

Karki, Sangita (Alyward)

Kaur, Sukhmanpreet (Tholl)

3:15 – 3:25pm

Erazo, Paula (Alyward)

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3:25 – 3:30pm

Wiggle room for technical glitches, delay etc.

PRESENTER

TITLE

Ozowara, Xavier (Whitehead)

Environmental Drivers of Apple Fruit Chemistry

Sociality shifts foraging behaviors and may offset fitness costs in house finches infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Comparing virulence across spatial and temporal scales of a wildlife fungal pathogen

Longcamp, Alex (Draghi)

Evolutionary rescue via niche construction

Grimaudo, Alex (Langwig)

Host population response to white-nose syndrome varies across population size and environmental condition in the endangered Indiana bat

Kailing, Macy (Langwig)

Asynchronous sex-based phenology in bats affected by a virulent fungal pathogen

PRESENTER

TITLE

Esteves, Nathaniel (Scharf)

Determination of essential flagellin domains mediating interactions between bacteriophage Chi and Salmonella flagella

Franklin, Hollyn (Hsu)

Characterizing bacteriophage influence in the mammalian microbiome 

Janoski, Jesse (Finkielstein)

Mutation in p53 drives circadian clock disruption via the transcription factor Period2

Sedovy, Meghan (Johnstone)

The role of endothelial connexins in vascular wound repair

Bloomfield, Mathew (Cimini)

Altering centromere stiffness causes a mitotic delay and slower metaphase chromosome oscillations

Hasan, Mahmudul (Capelluto)

Molecular understanding of Phafin2/AKT-mediated membrane remodeling in autophagy

PRESENTER

TITLE

Silknetter, Sam (Mims)

Patterns and Scales of Genetic Structure in Freshwater Invertebrates

Alfonso, Camilo (Moore)

Annual survival and reproductive hormones in birds

Gregory, Casey (Belden)

Effects of Early Life Antibiotic Exposure on the Honey Bee Gut Microbiome

Risteca, Paul (Barrett)

Spatial variation in geochemistry influences distribution and diversity of microbial mats, but microbial mats determine structure and function of sediment microbial communities

Karki, Sangita (Alyward)

Gene Exchange of Giant Viruses with Eukaryotes

Erazo, Paula (Aylward)

Induction of and endogenous giant virus in the model unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

PRESENTER

TITLE

Wheeler, Mason (Pfleger)

A Novel Role for REDD1 in Cardiac Insulin Sensitivity and Resistance

Wheeler, Christina (Lamouille)

Connexin43 interaction with microtubules promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and breast cancer metastasis

Young II, Kenneth (Lamouille + Smyth)

Regulation of Connexin43 Gap Junction Formation by Alternative Translation in Metastatic Disease

Rebholz, Zarley (Tholl)

The molecular evolution of chemical communication in the invasive lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis

Kaur, Sukhmanpreet (Tholl)

Uncovering carrot resistance against the parasitic plant dodder

Poster #

Last Name

First Name

Title of poster

1

Agyei

Foster

Interactions of the Sinorhizobium meliloti McpU chemoreceptor with dipeptides

2

Ruether

Brian

Assessing the effects of volatile repellents on the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White), through vineyard studies

3

Makhlouf

Rita

Role of Virulent Phage in Ameliorating Murine Colitis

4

Shams Eddin

Marcel

Characterization of membrane associated proteolytic cleavages during spore germination in Bacillus subtilis and possible interacting regions between SleB and YpeB

5

Howard

Dexter

The effect of variable winter dynamics on metabolism rates in a eutrophic reservoir over six years

6

Zhang

Yunqian

The role of cancer cell surface proteins promoting metastasis

7

Farzad

Roxanna

Diversity and genomics of giant viruses in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

8

Tury

Charlotte

Assessing Spatial and Temporal Activity of Native and Invasive Arizona Amphibians through Bioacoustic Remote Sensing Technology

9

Miao

Lin

Deciphering the transcriptional regulatory mechanism of a rhythmic long non-coding RNA, Per2AS

10

Wander

Heather

Importance of space vs time driving variability in zooplankton community structure in a eutrophic reservoir

11

Jivaji

Abdeali

Novel model systems for giant virus research

12

Gelambi

Mariana 

Untargeted metabolomics reveals the effects of secondary metabolites on the digestive physiology of fruit bats

13

O'Malley

Grace

Temporal dynamics of water chemistry in Southeastern Arizona

14

Chethan

Samir

Uncovering the post-transcriptional regulation of cyclin B in S pombe

15

Pérez Rivera

Katherine 

Oxygen and temperature patterns along Stroubles Creek 

16

Wu

Yajun

Generation of exhausted monocytes memory and underlying mechanisms

17

Farthing

Wilson

Discovering the role of Leucine-responsive Regulatory Protein (Lrp) during Pantoea stewartii xylem infection

18

Plont

Stephen

Tributary junction, what's your function? Stream confluences alter carbon and nutrient cycling in freshwater networks

19

Cannon

Shah

Hannah

Parita

Molecular Basis of Phosphoinositide-Dependent Macropinocytosis

20

Littleton

Evan

Regulation of Circadian Amplitude by RORs

21

Eaton

Xinyan

Targeting the gap junction protein connexin 43 disrupts neointimal formation in human vascular tissues

22

Miller

Caitlin

The impact of range expansion on the relationship between grain size and evolution of plastic generalism

23

Jordan

Isaiah

Dormancy in bacteria can generate phenotypic seedbanks

24

Keen

Nicholas

Using mathematical modeling to understand the evolution of tetraploid cancer cells

25

Bretz

Kristen

How does stream intermittency affect carbon emissions and export?

26

Layton

Anna

Impact of brewing industry byproducts used as feed additives on aquaculture-raised rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

27

Flynn

Nathan

Holin-dependent secretion of a large clostridial toxin by Clostridium perfringens

28

Lam

Hanh

Research in the Lam Lab: Host susceptibility mechanism & drug development

29

Malek

Arya

Protecting the endothelium in saphenous vein grafts during surgery

30

Baker

Zachary

Development of engineered lytic phage to sustainably produce biologics in the mammalian gut

31

Burt

Melissa

The effects of a warming climate on chemically-mediated ant seed dispersal mutualisms

32

Lewis

Abigail

Declining oxygen concentrations are associated with increased phosphorus and increased air temperature across 504 lakes

33

Bataglioli

Rogerio

Live microbial sentinels for the eradication of diarrheal pathogens

34

Richards

Sara

Colder temperatures augment contact rates and pathogen transmission in house finches

35

Salar

Safoura

Structural characterization of the Sinorhizobium meliloti CHEA-P2/CHES complex to determine the function of CHES in phosphoryl group transfer

36

Datsomor 

Eugenia afi 

Design of Disabled-2 peptide as a sulfatide binding probe

37

Sweet

Megan

Understanding the link between oxidative stress and centrosome amplification in colorectal cancer cells

38

Conley

Dane

Estimating the impact of snake fungal disease across a Southeastern geographic gradient

39

Hernandez

Juan

A single-negative feedback loop between Period2 and Per2AS confers robustness to the oscillatory system

40

McNeill

Noah 

Why Do Birds Join Mixed Species Flocks?

41

Andrew
Elea

Lipidomic Analysis of Giant Virus (PBCV-1)