Biology Senior Presentations

Join the Biology Department for Senior Thesis Presentations.
 

Schedule

• 8:30 a.m. Refreshments
• 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Presentation
• 12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch in Park Courtyard (or Atrium if raining)

Presentation Schedule

• 9:05-9:17 a.m.: Isabella Leone presents "How the Black Death Could Provide Insight into Understanding Adaptive Introgression from Hominins on a Shorter Timescale."
• 9:17-9:29 a.m.: Erin Kim presents "Cerebellar Evolution and Evolved Human Cognition."
• 9:29-9:41 a.m.: Paige Mastripolito presents "Vitamin D’S Impact on Reproductive Health as a Potential Driver of Skin Pigmentation Evolution."  
• 9:41-9:53 a.m.: Nora Goldfarb presents "Omega-6 and Omega-3 PUFA Synthesis Related to the FADS Loci and its Implication in Inflammation due to the Western Diet."
• 9:53-10:05 a.m.: Jo Philippe presents "Positive Selection of Schizophrenia Risk Alleles." 
• 10:05-10:17 a.m.: Lucy Zheng presents "The Characterization of IC1, an Anti-Factor V Monoclonal Antibody."
• 10:17-10:29 a.m.: Aha Anderson presents "Cane Toad Feeding Biomechanics."
• 10:29-10:44 a.m.: Break
• 10:44-10:56 a.m.: Emma Unglaub presents "Effects of Season and Sex on the Proximal Intestines of Recently Diverged Insectivorous and Omnivorous Lizards."
• 10:56-11:08 a.m.: Katrina Sparks presents "Reconstitution of Phagocytosis Using Engineered Tissue Microenvironments and Physiological Synthetic Particles."
• 11:08-11:20 a.m.: Sophia Vines presents "Capturing Actin Dynamics on PDMS Substrates During Phagocytosis."
• 11:20-11:32 a.m.: Jerlin Perez presents "Engineering Draper Signaling to Reveal Ancient Mechanisms of Innate Immunity."
• 11:32-11:44 a.m.: Lana Hwang presents "Investigation of the Physiological Role of Actinorhodin (Act) in the Soil Bacterium Streptomyces Coelicolor."
• 11:44-11:56 a.m.: Anna Miller presents "Investigating the Role of soxR in Conferring Protection Against Redox Active Compounds in the Soil Bacterium Streptomyces Coelicolor."
• 11:56 a.m.-12:08 p.m.: Tillie Ripin presents "Is the Differential Sensitivity of Wild-Type and ΔsoxR Mutant to Redox-Active Compounds Due to Differences in Energetic Stress?"
• 12:15-1:15 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:20-1:32 p.m.: Julia Kesack presents "Analysis of Hydroxymethylcytosine Enrichment at Primary and Secondary DMRs."
• 1:32-1:44 p.m.: Isabel Oalican presents "Analysis of DNA Methylation and 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Enrichment at Primary and Secondary DMRs in Mice."
• 1:44-1:56 p.m.: Kayla Cannon presents "Forest Raptors' Nesting Distribution in Protected Areas in the Eastern USA."
• 1:56-2:44 p.m.: Yeipyeng Kwa, Anne Meyer, Sunny Li, Julia Wallace present "Induction of Reproductive Fate in the Pea Aphid."

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