1
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Katelyn Vaassen (Political Science and International Relations)
Lojain Nasr  (International Relations)
Mentor(s):  Brian Lai (Political Science)

More Than Water: A Case Study Countering Chinese Influence in Fiji

2
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ava Craine  (International Relations and Journalism and Mass Communication)
Dayanara Sanchez  (International Relations, French)
Mentor(s):  Brian Lai (Political Science)

Competing Tides: Samoa in the Shifting Dynamics of Global Policy

3
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Charles Silver  (Political Science, Finance, and Economics)
Caden Shetler  (Political Science)
Mentor(s):  Brian Lai (Political Science)

Between the Eagle and the Dragon: Palau at the Crossroads of Global Diplomacy

4
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Connor DeGroote  (Political Science, Philosophy)
Thomas Mayer  (Political Science)
Mentor(s):  Brian Lai (Political Science)

Journey to the East: Nauruan Foreign Policy amidst U.S. - China Competition

5
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Josie Boyle  (English (Publishing) and Communication Studies)
Mentor(s):  Adam Hooks (English)

Shakespeare in Iowa: Reading and Teaching in the Humanities

6
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Sarah Guilfoyle  (Political Science)
Mentor(s):  Brian Lai (Political Science)

The Impact of Regime Type on the Effect of Sanctions on Income Inequality

7
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Grace Paxton  (Physics, Astronomy)
Mentor(s):  Jane Nachtman (Physics & Astronomy)

Simulating Nuclear Sources in Lunar Environments using Eos and RATPAC

8
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Abigail Zimmerman  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Stefan Strack (Neurosci & Pharmacology)

Investigating Neurodegeneration in Mouse Models of a Rare Neurodevelopmental Syndrome

9
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Lucy Blissenbach  (Education Studies and Human Relations)
Mentor(s):  Duhita Mahatmya (Psych & Quant Foundations)

Investigating the Association between Parent Work Stress and Child Academic Outcomes: A Scoping Review

10
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ava Goettel  (Exercise Science)
Mentor(s):  Chooza Moon (Nursing)

Rest activity rhythms and metabolic outcomes of midlife women before and after menopause in Midlife in the United States Study

11
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Keegan Nissen  (Speech and Hearing Science)
Mentor(s):  Elizabeth Walker (Communic Sci & Disorders)

Impact of Hearing Profiles on Developmental Outcomes: Comparing Children with Unilateral or Bilateral Hearing Loss and Normal Hearing

12
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Gabriel Postacchini  (Computer Science and Mathematics)
Mentor(s):  Laurent Jay (Mathematics)

A New Error Prediction Algorithm for Fully Implicit Runge–Kutta Solvers

13
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Tate Steig  (Interdepartmental Studies)
Mentor(s):  Katheryn Rothenberg (Biology)

Understanding the Signs, epithelial cancer cell metastasis tags and migration processes

14
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Connor Baggot  (Computer Science/Pre-Med)
Mentor(s):  Karin Hoth (Psychiatry) | Chooza Moon  (Nursing)

Dim Light Melatonin Onset and Functional Connectivity in Later Life Adults

15
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Eva Singh  (Computer Science and Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Joe Reinhardt (Biomedical Engineering) | Seyed Soheil Hosseini  (Radiology)

Investigating Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks (W-GANs) in Learning 2D Probability Distributions

16
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Madelyn Grueter  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)

Comparison of Striatal Neuron Density Across Different Routes of CHPG Administration

17
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Nathan Fassett  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Adele Stewart (Neurosci & Pharmacology)

Investigating sex differences in the dopamine-insulin system

18
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Rebecca Flint  (Biomedical Engineering)
Maanit Sheth  (Biomedical Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Edward Sander (Biomedical Engineering) | James Ankrum  (Biomedical Engineering)

Influence of Media Composition and Fibroblast Co-Culture on Morphological and Adipogenic features in Heterotypic Adipose Spheroids

19
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Katia Janik  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Hans Joachim-Lehmler (Occup & Environ Health) | Laura Dean  (Occup & Environ Health)

Analysis of 2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl-4-ol (4-OH-PCB52) in Liver Tissue of Female Adolescent Rats Exposed via Polymeric Implants

20
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Emma Demuth  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Moonley Tung (Pediatrics)

Clinical utility of long-read nanopore-based whole genome sequencing

21
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Arissa Khan  (Physics, Chemistry)
Mentor(s):  Connor Feltman (Physics & Astronomy) | Allison Jaynes  (Physics & Astronomy)

OCHRE Rocket: Langmuir Probe to Analyze Plasma in the Magnetosphere

22
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Megan Miskovic  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Ryan Lalumiere (Psychological Brain Sci) | Alexa Cohill-Milanick  (Psychological Brain Sci)

Investigating Rodent Sex Differences in the Self-administration of Cocaine

23
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Isaac O'Toole  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Mentor(s):  Colin Kenny (Surgery)

Defining the Role of PAX Paralogs in Uveal Melanoma

24
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Avery Norman  (Geoscience)
Mentor(s):  Joseph Honings (IIHR Hydroscience Eng)

Geologic Hydrogen Potential of the Midcontinent Rift System in Iowa, USA: Background and Preliminary Research Efforts Using Legacy Data

25
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Braden Carne  (Physics, Astronomy, Math)
Mentor(s):  Jasper Halekas (Physics & Astronomy)

Electron Behavior Across the Alfvén Surface: Recent Findings from Parker Solar Probe

26
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ava Hunt  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Michelle Voss (Psychological Brain Sci) | Jessica Frame  (Psychological Brain Sci)

Exploring the Associations Between White Matter Hyperintensities and Spatial Navigation Performance in Non-Demented Older Adults

27
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Hana Burkart  (Computer Science and Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Joe Reinhardt (Biomedical Engineering) | Seyed Soheil Hosseini  (Radiology)

Investigating Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) in Learning One-Dimensional Manifolds Embedded in Two-Dimensional Space

28
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Emma Pickett  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Donna Santillan (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

Maternal and Fetal Liver Gene Expression Responses to Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) Exposure in Mice.

29
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Landon Moran  (Mathematics)
Mentor(s):  Jane Nachtman (Physics & Astronomy)

Developing Technical and Engineering Skills for DUNE

30
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Landen Freeman  (Physics, Math)
Mentor(s):  Matheus Hostert (Physics & Astronomy)

Neutrino Oscillation and the Mass Ordering Problem at JUNO

31
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Vincent Ruiz  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Serena Gumusoglu (Obstetrics/Gynecology) | Robert Taylor  (Psychiatry)

Prenatal Exposure to PFOS Alters Behavior, Vasculature and Myelination in Mouse Offspring

32
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Abdul Quraishi  (Chemistry BA)
Mentor(s):  Darrin Thompson (Ctr Hlth Effect Of Enviro) | David Cwiertny  (Civil-Environmental Engin)

Assessing Fluoride Concentrations in Iowa's Groundwater and Drinking Water: Implications for Public Health and Water Management

33
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Olivia Sassman  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  John Wemmie (Psychiatry)

Role of acid-sensing ion channel 1A (ASIC1A) in stress-induced mechanisms of opioid tolerance

34
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Brandon Cole  (Biomedical Sciences)
Mentor(s):  Erin Talbert (Health Sport & Human Phys)

TGF-beta Suppresses Expression of CoA Synthesis Enzymes

35
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Savannah Downing  (Music Therapy and Psychology)
Mentor(s):  Abbey Dvorak (Music)

Music-Assisted Relaxation for Stress Management in Pediatric Oncology

36
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ryan Dunn  (Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics)
Mentor(s):  Jane Nachtman (Physics & Astronomy)

Study of Hybrid Neutrino Detector Deployment for Weapons Test Verification

37
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Parker Nicks  (Chemistry, Math)
Mentor(s):  Tori Forbes (Chemistry) | Nicholas Dahlen  (Chemistry)

Isolation of a Thorium Peroxide Complex to Model High Activity Speciation

38
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Marissa Majewski  (Chemistry)
Mentor(s):  Florence Williams (Chemistry)

Tuning Florescence with Boron

39
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Nicholas Cory  (Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Jared Mclendon (Pharm Sci & Exper Therap)

Identify and prioritize candidate cytoskeletal adapter proteins for heart therapy.

40
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Neil Manickam  (Psychology)
Mentor(s):  Aislinn Williams (Psychiatry) | Isaias Herring  (Psychiatry)

16p11.2dp/+: A Microduplication with Macro Implications

41
3:30-4:15pm
2nd Floor Hall

Audrey Coleman  (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Mentor(s):  Ronald Weigel (Surgery)

The Role of TFAP2c in Tumorigenesis and Progression in HER2+ Breast Cancer

42
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

Isabella Holtze  (Cinema)
Marisa Rodriguez  (Theater Arts)
Mentor(s):  Stephanie Miracle (Dance) | Daniel Fine  ()

FAKERS CLUB: Fanny and Calvin

43
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

William Sprengelmeyer  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Tiffany Adrain (Earth, Envir, Sustainblty) | John Doershuk  (State Archaeologist)

3D Scanning and Publishing Paleontological Collections: Dolly the Mastodon

44
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

Kristin To  (Computer Science)
Calvin Czeschin  (Cinema & Screenwriting)
Mentor(s):  Kaia Olsen (Cinematic Arts)

Using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) for Cultural Access at the Stanley Museum

45
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

Mayra Gomez  (Political Science)
Eric Newton  (Computer Science, Music)
Mentor(s):  Nicole Novak (CommunityBehavioralHealth) | Julianna Pacheco  (Political Science)

The Iowa Vital Voices Project: Participatory action research to promote Latino civic engagement, political voice, and community health

46
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

Kathit Patel  (Biomedical Sciences)
Mentor(s):  Jon Resch (Neurosci & Pharmacology) | Trevor Butler  (Biology)

Investigating Lateral Hypothalamic Area and Periventricular Hypothalamus Mediated Thirst.

47
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

Erin Morrow  (Health Studies)
Mentor(s):  Juliana Souzatalarico (Nursing)

Engaging Rural Communities to Understand Psychosocial Stress Impacting Brain Health in Latino Middle-Aged and Older Adults

48
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D

Samuel Buman  (Political Science)
Mentor(s):  Brian Lai (Political Science)

Are Terrorists Using Generative AI to Spread Propaganda?

49
3:30-4:15pm
UCC-2520D
 

Riley Rosenmeyer  (Neuroscience)
Mya Messenger  (Health and Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Shujie Yang (Pathology)

Developing Novel Endometrial Cancer Drug Treatments using Patient-Derived Xenograft Models In-Vivo and In-Vitro

50
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Kassandra Sigafus  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Bryan Phillips (Biology)

Is ABCF-1 the Missing Link in the RNA Processing Body Assembly Pathway in C. elegans?

51
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Katie Noll  (Music Therapy)
Mentor(s):  Jonathan Allen (Music)

The Role of the Pelvic Floor in Respiration: Considerations for Brass Pedagogy

52
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Noura Ibrahim  (public health)
Mentor(s):  Nichole Nidey (Epidemiology) | Jonathan Platt  (Epidemiology)

Maternal Health in Migrant Communities (public health related)

53
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Annika Ellis  (Nursing)
Mentor(s):  Chi Nai Ching (Nursing) | Kyuri Lee  (Nursing)

Profiling verbal interactions between persons with nursing home staff and persons with dementia

54
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Kynan Renshaw  (Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Charles Jennissen (Emergency Med)

Infant Safe Sleep Practices of Rural Iowa Adolescents

55
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Jack Olson  (Environmental Science (Hydrology))
Mentor(s):  Benjamin Swanson (Earth, Envir, Sustainblty)

Bank Erosion Evaluation of Camp Cardinal Creek

56
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Taylor Lawrence  (Microbiology)
Mentor(s):  Thomas Kehl Fie  (Microbiology & Immunology) | Riley McFarlane (Microbiology & Immunology)

Identifying regulators of the S. aureus superoxide dismutases

57
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Leah Aitchison  (Health and Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Lucas Carr (Health Sport & Human Phys)

Patient and Provider's Perceived Acceptability of an Exercise is Medicine Protocol

58
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Samuel Lindgren  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Ryan Lalumiere (Psychological Brain Sci) | Aspen Holm  (Psychological Brain Sci)

The role of basolateral amygdala-medial entorhinal cortex pathway in memory strength and precision

59
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ava Nollen  (Japanese, History)
Mentor(s):  Cory Young (History)

Beyond Banh Mi: Vietnamese Entrepreneurship in New Orleans from the Fall of Saigon through Hurricane Katrina, 1975-2011

60
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Calla Brunkan  (History and Social Studies Secondary Education)
Mentor(s):  Colin Gordon (History)

Letters from the Heart and Mind: The Vietnam War Correspondence Between Dick and Linda Kerber

61
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Delaney Sondgeroth  (Biomedical Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Sarah Gerard (Biomedical Engineering)

Automated Analysis of Kidney Structure using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Deep Learning

62
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Sophia Heim  (Environmental Science)
Mentor(s):  Hans Joachim-Lehmler (Occup & Environ Health) | Nicole Breese  (Graduate College-Admin)

Voluntary Oral Dosing of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Mice: A Refinement of Traditional Gavage Techniques

63
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Alexandra Gutierrez  (Public Health)
Mentor(s):  Hans Joachim-Lehmler (Occup & Environ Health) | Laura Dean  (Occup & Environ Health)

Counting Astrocytes: A Flow Cytometry Screen for Culture Purity

64
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Piper Sandage  (History)
Mentor(s):  Shane Bobrycki (History)

John Paston and His Sons: Knighthood

65
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Justin Weber  (History)
Mentor(s):  Elizabeth Yale (History)

Virgin Troops, Maiden Cities, Monstrous Men: Gender, Siege Conduct & Rhetoric During the English Civil Wars

66
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Grace Tesene  (Biomedical Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Steven Offer (Pathology)

Partial alternative splicing of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in carriers of rs75017182 explains modest association between the variant and severe toxicity to 5-FU relative to other biomarkers

67
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ellie Felderman  (History and Ancient Civilizations)
Mentor(s):  Nick Yablon (History)

Politics and the City: The New Yorker’s Editorial Response to the Rise of Political Consciousness Among Audiences.

68
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Fiona Holmes  (Astronomy, Applied physics)
Mentor(s):  Valerie Payre (Earth, Envir, Sustainblty)

Effects of Grain Size On Visible/Near Infrared Signals In Feldspar-Bearing Terrains On Mars.

69
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Leah Stringer  (History, Religious Studies)
Mentor(s):  Elizabeth Yale (History)

"A perfect pattern of Christianity": Good, Christian Wives and Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain

71
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Tobias Wood  (History / Secondary Education)
Mentor(s):  Robert Rouphail (History)

Lost in Translation: The Peace Corps and Postcolonial Language Politics in Indonesia

72
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Michael Danos  (History, Philosophy, Ethics and Public Policy)
Mentor(s):  Ashley Howard (History)

Oh Kinsmen!: Federal Surveillance and the Search for Black Radical Unity, 1918-1924

73
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Brett Wasick  (Physics)
Mentor(s):  Ravitej Uppu (Physics & Astronomy)

Erbium Doped PbWO4 Thin Films for Applications in Quantum Repeaters

74
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Disha Chawla  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)

16p11.2 Deletion in Male Mice leads to Impaired Placentation Detrimental to Fetal Growth

75
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Minou Emmad  (Physics, CS, Math)
Mentor(s):  Michael Schnieders (Biomedical Engineering)

Protonation Coupling in Zinc Finger–DNA Recognition Explored by Polarizable CpHMD

76
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Caden Noeller  (Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics)
Mentor(s):  Shaoping Xiao (Mechanical Engineering) | Jiefeng Jiang  (Psychological Brain Sci)

Evolution of Human Trust in Artificial Intelligence

77
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Vivian Odubasa  (Microbiology and Global Health)
Mentor(s):  Mark Santillan (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

The role of PFAS exposure in male partners in pregnancy outcomes.

78
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Bailey Newberry  (Health Promotion)
Mentor(s):  Serena Gumusoglu (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

Maternal Brain and Behavior in a Model of Chronic Gestational IL-17

79
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Chiara Dusanek  (Music Therapy)
Mentor(s):  Abbey Dvorak (Music)

Legacy Project Songwriting for Families Grieving Loss from Substance Use Disorder

80
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Emily Formella  (Biomedical Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Kristan Worthington (Biomedical Engineering) | Richard Cliver  (Biomedical Engineering)

The role of mechanotransduction pathways in chorioretinal cell response to simulated microgravity

81
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Matieis Mayes  (Double major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Aparna Pathmanathan (Anatomy & Cell Biology) | Amy Ryan  (Anatomy & Cell Biology)

Generation of a novel iPSC tool to understand the club-cell specific role of CFTR in the airway epithelium

82
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Nina Osborne  (Geographical and Sustainability Science; Environmental Policy and Planning)
Mentor(s):  Susan Meerdink (Earth, Envir, Sustainblty)

Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Temperature on Leaf Spectral Reflectance in Quercus macrocarpa

83
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Liberty Nyberg  (Microbiology, pre-pharmacy)
Mentor(s):  Jessica Tucker (Microbiology & Immunology) | Kyle Rapchak  (Microbiology & Immunology)

Knockdown of Brf1 dependent RNA polymerase III activity causes differential expression of transcripts during MHV68 infection

84
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Emily Roberts  (Microbiology and Music performance)
Mentor(s):  Jeremiah Johnson (Microbiology & Immunology) | Lincoln Lewerke  (Microbiology & Immunology)

The Role of Calprotectin in Nutritional Immunity: Inflammatory Dynamics During Campylobacter Infection

85
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Nikolas Vinovich  (Physics, Statistics, Mathematics)
Mentor(s):  Jane Nachtman (Physics & Astronomy)

Timing Calibration in the Eos Hybrid Neutrino Detector

86
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Darren Timmerman  (Applied Physics)
Mentor(s):  Ravitej Uppu (Physics & Astronomy)

Large-Scale Multi-Emitter Tracking for Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence

87
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Nancy Nahra  (Computer Science, Mathematics)
Mentor(s):  Joe Reinhardt (Biomedical Engineering) | Seyed Soheil Hosseini  (Radiology)

Investigating Diffusion Models in Learning and Reconstructing Two-Dimensional Probability Distributions

88
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Paige Liebrecht  (Environmental Science)
Mentor(s):  Matthew Dannenberg (Earth, Envir, Sustainblty)

Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and temperature on photosynthetic capacity in bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

89
4:20-5:05pm
2nd Floor Hall

Abby McLeod  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Anna Dabrowski (Pediatrics)

Effects of viral and genetic strategies on synaptic microcircuitry

90
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Augustin Heitman  (Physics, Astronomy, Math)
Mentor(s):  Jane Nachtman (Physics & Astronomy) | Yasar Onel  (Physics & Astronomy)

A Comparative Analysis of Timing Data from a Hybrid Neutrino Detector Between Two Media

91
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Kelsey Klassen  (Speech and Hearing Science)
Mentor(s):  Elizabeth Walker (Communic Sci & Disorders)

Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension in Adolescents with Hearing Loss and Typical Hearing

92
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Seighin McElderry  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Abbey Dvorak (Music) | Livia Umeda  (Music)

Music and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review

93
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Heidi Du  (Biomedical Sciences)
Carolyn McCann  (Psychology)
Mentor(s):  Grazyna Kochanska (Psychological Brain Sci) | Haley Herbert  (Psychological Brain Sci)

Parents’ Trait Anger and Mental Health Symptoms Predict Hostile Representations of Their Children

94
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Rachel Preves  (Psychology)
Arely Ramirez  (Psychology, Political Science)
Mentor(s):  Grazyna Kochanska (Psychological Brain Sci) | Haley Herbert  (Psychological Brain Sci)

Early Parental Affect, Child Responsiveness, and Toddler Internalization

95
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Sean Strand  (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Tina Tootle (Biology) | Ashley Goll  (Anatomy & Cell Biology)

Implications of Fascin During Drosophila Oogenesis

96
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Grace Gutzman  (Microbiology)
Mentor(s):  Mary Wilson (Internal Medicine) | Natalie Jarvis  (Microbiology & Immunology)

Dietary intake is a determinant of the course of disease and the inflammatory response in a murine model of visceral leishmaniasis

97
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Abigail Edwards  (Biomedical Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Geb Thomas (Industrial Engineering)

Assessing Skill from Behaviors Analyzed in Videos of Knee Arthroscopy

Authors: Abigail Edwards, Geb Thomas, Evan Williams, Steven Long, Richard VanTienderen, Donald D. Anderson

99
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Jamison Stone  (History)
Mentor(s):  Robert Rouphail (History)

The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak 1965 and the Critical Turning Point in Disaster Legislation.

100
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ryley Blake  (Biology)
Madeline Roberts  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Jan Fassler (Biology)

Impact of Heat on Physical and Physiological Characteristics of Candida albicans Biofilms

101
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Madeline Broghammer  (Microbiology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Mentor(s):  Hillel Haim (Microbiology & Immunology)

Deep mutational scanning of the HIV-1 capsid protein

102
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Mia Zdionica  (Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Martine Dunnwald (Anatomy & Cell Biology) | Lindsey Rhea  (Anatomy & Cell Biology)

Interferon Regulatory Factor 6 Influences Epidermal Differentiation

103
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Vamsi Challa  (Biomedical Sciences and Physics)
Mentor(s):  Renata Pereira (Internal Medicine) | Ayushi Sood  (Internal Medicine)

GDF15 Signaling Through GFRAL Mediates Metabolic Improvements in Response to Mitochondrial Stress

104
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Allison Stolte  (Microbiology)
Mentor(s):  Wendy Maury (Microbiology & Immunology) | Paige Richards  (Microbiology & Immunology)

Investigating Novel Entry Inhibitor Efficacy During Filovirus Glycoprotein-mediated Infection

105
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Blake Etringer  (Economics, Political Science)
Josie Hartman  (Political Science, Environmental Policy/Planning)
Mentor(s):  Sara Mitchell (Political Science) | Elise Pizzi  (Political Science)

Disasters, Migration, and Violence Lab: Disaster Response in Asian Nations

106
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Brendyn Little  (Astronomy and Physics)
Fiona Holmes  (Astronomy, Physics, and Geoscience)
Mentor(s):  David Nataf (Physics & Astronomy)

Revisiting Stellar Populations of Low-Extinction Fields in the Galactic Bulge

107
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Lauren Smith  (Neuroscience, Anthropology)
Mentor(s):  Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

Lack of Central Serotonin Neurons Alters Respiratory Responses to CO? in a Mouse Model of Epilepsy

108
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Seren Castellano  (Biology and Anthropology)
Mentor(s):  Maurine Neiman (Biology)

Unraveling Ribbon Worm Diversity: Biodiversity and Systematics of Antarctic Nemertea

109
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Jacqueline Ott  (Health and Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Erin Talbert (Health Sport & Human Phys)

Understanding the mechanistic pathway in which TGF-b drives metabolic dysfunction

110
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Abdul Quraishi  (Chemistry BA)
Mentor(s):  Renee Cole (Chemistry) | Vinay Bapu Ramesh  (Chemistry)

Exploring How Undergraduate Chemistry Labs Foster Science Practice Competencies

111
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Tyler Draayer  (Biology (Genetics and Biotechnology), Pre-Medicine)
Mentor(s):  Karen Cyndari (Emergency Med) | Mitchell Coleman  (Orthopaedics and Rehab)

Does Oxidative Stress Cause Immune Cell Degranulation in Osteoarthritic Synovium

112
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Elleri Herman  (Human Physiology)
Mentor(s):  Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

Time-of-Day Influences on Seizure Severity and Mortality in Bmal1 Knockout Mice

113
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Josephine Norris  (Psychology)
Mentor(s):  Teresa Treat (Psychological Brain Sci) | Solange Bolger  (Psychological Brain Sci)

College Students Underperceive Same-Sex Peers’ Use of Cannabis-Related Protective Behavioral Strategies

114
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Ella Schlueter  (Chemistry, Sociology)
Mentor(s):  Donna Santillan (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

Decreased Fetal Movement Association with Adverse Maternal and Child Outcomes

115
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Maxwell Shumaker  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BS, Chemistry BA)
Mentor(s):  Lori Wallrath (Biochem & Molecular Bio)

Identification of mis-regulated genes in a fruit fly model of the vision disorder Retinitis Pigmentosa

116
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Amya Saxena  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Pre-Med track))
Mentor(s):  Lori Wallrath (Biochem & Molecular Bio)

Treating a Fruit Fly Model of Muscular Dystrophy with TGFbeta Pathway Inhibitors

117
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Noah Beem  (Environmental Bioscience and Geoscience)
Mentor(s):  Benjamin Swanson (Earth, Envir, Sustainblty)

Avian Abundance and Diversity in Ashton Prairie

118
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Alex Bock  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BS)
Mentor(s):  Sheila Baker (Biochem & Molecular Bio)

Quantification of photoreceptor loss in mouse models of KCNV2 retinopathy

119
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Na'lLa Clarkson  (Therapeutic Recreation and African American Studies)
Mentor(s):  Cory Young (History)

Returns and Registrations: An Analysis of Gradual Abolition ?

Paperwork in Cumberland County?

120
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Jiya Patel  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Julie Gudenkauf (Neurology)

ABO Blood Types and Patterns in Acute Stroke Population: Preliminary Analyses

121
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Nathan Barlow  (Biomedical Science)
Mentor(s):  Gary Pierce (Health Sport & Human Phys)

Smoking Contributes to the Structural Component of Higher Aortic Stiffness Independent of COPD Status Among Older Adults

122
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Sophia Friton  (German, Global Health)
Mentor(s):  Daniel Liebzeit (Nursing)

Exploring Transportation for Older Adults in Johnson County through the JCLC 2024 Survey

123
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Saina Narsian  (Neuroscience)
Mentor(s):  Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

Impact of Seizures on the Arousal Response to CO2

124
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Jacob Bowen  (Psychology)
Mentor(s):  Ed Wasserman (Psychological Brain Sci)

Pigeons’ behavior in contingent and non-contingent reinforcement schedules: Do they understand the difference?

125
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Caleb Powers  (Psychology)
Mentor(s):  Leyre Castroruiz (Psychological Brain Sci)

The role of action-outcome contingency in pigeons’ understanding of agency

126
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Olivia Heller  (Biochemistry)
Mentor(s):  Jessica Tucker (Microbiology & Immunology) | Sheila Gonzalez  (Microbiology & Immunology)

Roles of tRNA splicing enzymes in Infection

127
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Bailey Vergara  (Journalism and Mass Communication)
Mentor(s):  Bingbing Zhang (Journalism & Mass Communi) | Yasar Onel  (Physics & Astronomy)

Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Generative AI Usage in Newsrooms Among College Journalism Students

128
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Khushi Patel  (Public Health)
Mentor(s):  Bengi Baran (Psychological Brain Sci) | Hazal Arpaci Atmacaoglu  (Psychological Brain Sci)

Sleep Dependent Consolidation of Visuospatial memory

129
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Adriana Castellano  (Marketing, Pre-Law)
Alexis Collins ( Neuroscience)
Peter Nitsche (Biology)
Tae Shaun Presswood (Exercise Science)
Katherine Prichard (Biology)
Mentor(s):  Maurine Neiman (Biology)

"Tentacle Tales: How Genome Architecture and Nutrient Availability Shape Tissue Regeneration in a Freshwater Snail”

130
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Bahaaaldin Mohammad  (Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Sajangoud Lingala (Biomedical Engineering)

A Computational Pipeline for Reconstructing and Visualizing Advanced MRI Data Using BART

131
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Kylen Phillips  (Theatre Arts, Screenwriting Arts)
Mentor(s):  Caroline Clay (Theatre Arts)

Duality, a short film by Kylen Phillips

132
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Julia Correia  (3D Design)
Mentor(s):  Monica Correia (Art, Art History & Design)

Indigenous Brazilian Weaving: Colors and Materials

133
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Tara Joiner  (3D Design)
Mentor(s):  Monica Correia (Art, Art History & Design)

Exploring Geometric Forms through Weaving

134
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Sarah Dockery-Jackson  (Accounting, Entrepreneurship, 3D Design)
Mentor(s):  Monica Correia (Art, Art History & Design)

Hand Woven Textiles for Home Decor

135
5:10-5:55pm
UCC-2520D

Shreyas Natarajan  (Biomedical Sciences)
Kathit Patel  (Biomedical Sciences)
Rohan Ramesh (Computer Science)
Rohith Senthil Kumar (Data Science)
Mentor(s):  Isaac Samuel (Surgery)

AI Image Analysis of Intraoperative Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery

136
5:10-5:55pm
2nd Floor Hall

Preethika Naveen  (Biomedical Engineering)
Mentor(s):  Karen Cyndari (Emergency Medicine)

The Interaction Between Serotonin, Dopamine, Histamine, and Norepinephrine-related Drug Classes on Osteoarthritis Diagnosis