Over
300 students from 48 East Coast colleges
and 9 states converged on the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County, on Saturday,
October 14, for the Twentiethth
Annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium in the
Chemical and Biological Sciences. University of Delaware
students did
very well receiving 6 first place awards (Michael Testa, Alexander
George, Chelsea Lee, Alexander Stubbolo/Camryn Bernheimer, Caitlyn
Dogherty,
and Erin Jackson) and 5 second place awards
(Jessica McAnulty, Rachel O'Sullivan, Shrey Patel, Kyle Plusch, and
Lauren Reich) in several Biology or
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology groupings. Other University of
Delaware students who participated were: Adrienne Fraczkowski, Tessa
Jarvis, Pragyan Khanal, John Nixon, Hira Peracha, Juan Ruiz, John
Vaile, and Dominic
Villalba. Faculty with the group included Carlton
Cooper, Deni Galileo, Seung Hong, Gary Laverty, Ben Rohe, Jessica
Tanis, and Hal White.
Back Row: Dr. Deni Galileo, Dr. Gary Laverty, Dr. Seung Hong, Dr. Jessica Tanis, and Michael Testa. Middle Row: Anita Rao, Juan Ruiz, Tessa Jarvis, Dominic Villalba, John Vaile, Shrey Patel, Pragyan Khanal, and Alexander George. Front row: Hira Peracha, Caitlyn Doherty, Camryn Bernheimer, Alexander Stubbolo, Kyle Plusch, Jessica McAnulty, Lauren Reich, Rachel O'Sullivan, Erin Jackson, and Dr. Hal White Missing: Dr. Carlton Cooper, Adrienne Fraczkowski, Chelsea Lee, John Nixon, and Ben Rohe. Back Row: Dominic
Villalba, Pragyan
Khanal.
Middle Row: Juan Ruiz, Tessa Jarvis, John Vaile, Shrey Patel, Kyle Plusch, Chelsea Lee, Michael Testa, Alexander George, and Anita Rao. Front row: Hira Percha, Caitlyn Doherty, Camryn Bernheimer, Alexander Stubbolo, Jessica McAnulty, Lauren Reich, Rachel O'Sullivan, and Erin Jackson. Missing: Adrienne Fraczkowski, John Nixon . |
First name | Last name | Group | Awards | Poster Title | Advisor(s)
|
Camryn | Bernheimer | Biology, MM | 1st shared |
Can L1CAM Secreting Cells Act as "Pathfinders" for Brain Cancer? | Deni Galileo |
Caitlin | Doherty | Biology, OO | 1st | Non-invasive pulmonary function test on Morquio patients | Shunji Tomatsu |
Adrienne | Fraczkowski | Biology, KK | Measuring Stress Response to Daily Self-Weighing | Carly R. Pacanowski |
|
Alexander | George | Biology, M | 1st | The Role of the Non-canonical Wnt/Calcium Pathway in the Development and Function of Primary Mesenchyme Cells | Jia L. Song |
Erin | Jackson | Biochem/ Mol. Biol. VV | 1st | Exploration of Novel Markers of Posterior Capsular Opacification | Melinda Duncan |
Tessa | Jarvis | Biology, O | Production of Latent Viruses from Nitrogen-fixing Bacterial Symbionts of Soybean | K. Eric Wommack & Shawn Polson | |
Pragyan | Khanal | Biology, N | Examination of Prenatal Zika Virus Infection on Inflamitory Response of Maternal & Neonatal Brain | Mark Parcells & Jacklyn Schwarz | |
Chelsea | Lee | Biology, HH | 1st | MicroRNA-31 Regulation of Eve Expression in the Early Sea Urchin Embryo | Jia L. Song |
Jessica | McAnulty | Biology, MM | 2nd | Epigenetic Modifications in the Olfactory Bulb and Anterior Piriform Cortex Associated with Infant Olfactory and Tactile Experiences | Tania Roth |
John |
Nixon |
Biochem/ Mol. Biol. VV | Identifying the Dynamic
Oligomerization of Wntless |
Erica Selva |
|
Rachel | O'Sullivan | Biochem/ Mol. Biol. R | 2nd | Combination Photothermal Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Treatment | Joel Rosenthal &
Emily S. Day |
Shrey | Patel | Biology, J | 2nd | Identification of genes that affect acetylcholine signaling at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction | Jessica Tanis |
Hira | Peracha | Biology, J | Epidemiology of mucopolysaccharidoses | Shunji Tomatsu | |
Kyle | Plusch | Biology, N | 2nd | Characterizing Glioblastoma Stem Cells for L1CAM Expression and Responsiveness | Deni Galileo |
Anita | Rao | Biology, MM | WLS Transition from Oligomer to Dimer: A Mechanism of WNT Release? | Erica Selva | |
Lauren | Reich | Biology, K | 2nd | Altering the Epigenetic Landscape: Counteracting the Effects of Early Stress via Epigenome Modification | Tania Roth |
Juan | Ruiz | Biology, O | Investigation of New Biomarkers for Mammalian Corneal Development | Salil A. Lachke |
|
Alexander | Stubbolo | Biology, MM | 1st shared |
Can L1CAM Secreting Cells Act as "Pathfinders" for Brain Cancer? | Den Galileo |
Michael | Testa | Biology, I | 1st | The Role of Rab35 GTPase in Sea Urchin Morphogenesis | Jia L. Song |
John | Vaile | Biology, L | Quorum Sensing Regulators Control Ectoine Biosynthesis Gene Expression in the Halophile Vibrio parahaemolyticus | E. Fidelma Boyd |
|
Dominic | Villalba | Biology, II | Identification of New Biomarkers in Lens Development and Cataract | Salil A. Lachke |