U-RISE Presenters at URCAD!

U-RISE Presenters at URCAD! Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Kiah Alabi | The Role of RWP-RK Transcription Factors in the Evolution of Cell Differentiation in Volvox Carteri | Biological Sciences | Stephen Miller

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 4

Ajeetha Arudchandran | Investigating the Mechanisms underlying Convergence of the neural

Folds | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 10:40-10:55

Xander Barton | Mechanistic Regulation of Planarian Shape During Regeneration | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Daniel Lobo

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 12

Jane-Frances Chia | Small Molecule Inhibition of RAS Regulates Downstream Signaling and Cell Proliferation in NF1/RASA1 Mutant Cancer Cells | Biological Sciences | Maria Cambraia

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 26

Darrell Davis | Age Related Changes in Aromatase Expression in the Ventromedial PrefrontalCortex, Claustrum, And Nucleus Accumbens. | Biological Sciences | Todd Gould

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 32

Joshua Dayie | Engineering CRBN for Improved Assay and Structural Enablement Using DeNovo Protein Scaffolds | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Nicole LaRonde

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 34

Nathan Dayie | Filter Bank Common Spatial Pattern on Motor Imagery EEG Data | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Ramana Vinjamuri

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 34

Evalynn Ellison | Ultrasound-Responsive Phospholipid-Coated Microbubbles for Controlled Drug Delivery Across Mucosa | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Canan Dagdeviren

Oral Presentation | UC 310 | 3:00-3:15

Raine Gibson | Leveraging Longitudinal Datasets to Improve Genetic Associations with Alcohol Use | Biological Sciences | Luke M. Evans

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 28

Elias Gilotte | Uncovering the Relationship Between Oxygen Availability and Energy Sources in Cell-free Protein Synthesis | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Govind Rao

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 29

Jessica Hoffman | Characterizing the Role of Zinc Finger Protein 217 in Ovarian Carcinogenesis |

Biological Sciences | Achuth Padmanabhan

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 11:20-11:35

Sydney Hofstetter | Sucrose Density Gradient Centrifugation Versus Anion Exchange for Exosome Sample Purification | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Jorge Almodovar

Poster Presentatation| UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 42

Oluwaseun Kintunde | Evaluating the Function of Set6 in Proteostasis | Biological Sciences |

Erin Green

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 6

Jacob Lombardo | Next-Generation Scalable and Environmentally Friendly MXene-Tetrahedrite

Flexible Thermoelectric Generators | Mechanical Engineering|Deepa Madan

Oral Presentation | UC 204 | 9:20-9:35

Megan Nguyen | Crystallization and Structural Determination Of 3’ Cap-Independent Translation Enhancer from Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Deepak Koirala

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 8

Lea-Pearl Njei | Muscarinic Receptor Regulation of Human Colon Cancer Cell Microtentacle Formation | Biological Sciences | Jean-Pierre Raufman

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 6

Munachiso Nkeonye-Mbaekwe | Identifying Ectopic Synapses in Neuromuscular Junctions of Drosophila Larvae with Candidate Autism Genes Manipulations | Biological Sciences | Fernando Vonhoff

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 7

Daisy Parry | Determining a Role for the MicroRNA, Bereft, During Border Cell Migration | Biological Sciences | Michelle Starz-Gaiano

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 15

Ella Reinders | Examining Learned Associations Between Contextual Cues and Stress-Inducing Experiences | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 18

Aliyyah Roberson | Novel Dual-mode Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Probes for Ratiometric in Vivo Oxygen Sensing | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Marcin Ptaszek

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 20

Sydnee Vance | Identifying Areas of Convergence Between Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Pathways in the Nucleus Accumbens | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

POSTER PRESENTER | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 41

Briana Young | Gadd45ba, A Regulator of Blood Cell Production in Response to Anoxia | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 10:00-10:15

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Ajeetha Arudchandran | Transcriptional Characterization of Nephrogenic Adenoma | Rahul Mann | University of Michigan

Zam Cing | Unveiling the Diversity of Fusobacterium in Colorectal Cancer | Jessica Queen | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Courtney de Leon | Determining the Impact of MAPK15 Depletion On Ovarian Cancer Cells | Achuth Padmanabhan | Fatimah Alfaran | Biological Sciences

Evalynn Ellison | A Synthetic Data Generator to Accelerate Machine Learning Algorithm Development | Brandon DeKosky | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Leila Ghaffari | The Effect of Bisphenol A on Repetitive Behaviors of OCD | Fernando Vonhoff | Biological Sciences

Ryan Hoffman | Gold Nanoparticle-Based Sensor for the Detection of Lead Ions in Water | Marie-Christine Daniel | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Raey Hunde | Advancing In Vitro Tissue Models: The Development of an Innovative High Throughput Model of the Colon | Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Chioma Iheacho | The Biophysical Characterization of BqsS in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa's Two-Component System, BqsR/S | Aaron Smith | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Arjun Kanjarpane | Elucidating Possible Interactions Between HIV-1 Rev And Gag On Stem 1 of the Rev Response Element | Michael Summers and Jan Marchant | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Lilly Kidd | Targeting Influenza by Inhibiting Palmitoylation | Paul Smith | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Munachi Mbaekwe, Shreya Singh, Claudia Gualtieri | Identifying Ectopic Synapses in Neuromuscular Junctions of Drosophila Larvae Carrying Candidate Autism Gene Manipulation | Fernando Vonhoff | Biological Sciences

D'Juan Moreland | Impact of Bias on Birdsong Research: Male And Female Syllable Categorization in Orchard Orioles | Kevin Omland | Biological Sciences

Rameesha Mustafa | Investigating the Role of the Intracellular Domain of Amyloid Precursor Protein Like (AICD) in Drosophila | Fernando Vonhoff | Biological Sciences

Obehi Oniha | Cognitive Assessment and Care Planning in Primary Care | Halima Amjad | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Gabriel Otubu | Investigating GD2 Expression in Oligodendrogliomas | Michelle Monje and Anna Geraghty | Stanford University

Tatiana Perez | Phenotypic Characterization of the Aspergillus Nidulans Double-deletion Mutant ΔmpkAΔnrc2 | Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Isabella Salguero Cespedes | Iron Feeding And Aging-Dependent Degeneration: Insights From D. Melanogaster And the Alzheimer's-Associated APPL Gene | Fernando Vonhoff |Biological Sciences

Kieran Soliday | The Role of MAP3K13 in Ovarian Cancer Progression | Achuth Padmanabhan | Ayo Ogunsanya | Biological Sciences

Ayeoritse Tuedon | Developing an In Vitro Model for Asthma Pathogenesis | Maureen Kane | University of Maryland

Sydnee Vance | Identifying Areas of Convergence Between Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Pathways in the Nucleus Accumbens | Tara LeGates | Biological Sciences

Anya Viswanathan | Hypoxia-Responsive Regenerative Genes in The Zebrafish Inner Ear | Rachel Brewster | Biological Sciences

Briana Young | Characterizing the Molecular Interactions of Myocyte Enhancing Factor 2 C (MEF2C) in Alzheimer's Disease | Ania Podlesny-drabiniok | Icahn School of Medicine

Nathan Zekarias, Michelle Moyer, Michael Ocasio | Investigating the Effects on Cowbird Parasites on Puerto Rican Oriole Reproductive Success | Kevin Omland | Biological Sciences

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AnjayooluwaAdegboyo | Analysis of the Interactions Between QUEEN-37C and ATP | Dr. Minjoung Kyoung | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Sarah Arrieta | Understanding Exocyst-SNARE Complex Binding in Vesicle Fusion and Exocytosis | Dr. Mary Munson | Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts

Nelanne Bolima | Engineering Fungal Growth Conditions to Create Mycelial-Materials | Dr. Mark Marten | hemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Enya Caballero | Determining the SARS-CoV-2 Structural Protein that Activates the Inflammasome Priming Signal | Dr. Andrea Cox | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Isabella Salguero Cespedes | Lizard Size Influences Intraspecies Territorial Behavior in the Western Fence Lizard | Dr. Abraham Borker | UC Santa Cruz

Jasson Crentsil | Characterizing the Signature of a Lymph Node Sample Using Low and High-Resolution X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy | Dr. Gayle Woloschak | Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

SenaliDansou | Crystallization and Structure Determination of Fluorogenic RNA Aptamer RhoBAST| Dr. Deepak Koirala | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Taylor Drake | Exploring the Effects of N-linked and O-linked Glycosylation on Membrane Trafficking and Signaling in Melanopsin | Dr. Phyllis Robinson | Biological Sciences

Leila Ghaffari | Characterizing Zincergic Neuron Projections and Elucidating their Role in Cocaine Mediated Behaviors | Dr. Mike Michaelides | National Institutes of Health

Kevin Gibbons | Investigating the Role of ADCK5 in Ovarian Cancer Carcinogenesis | Dr. Achuth Padmanabhan | Biological Sciences

Ryan Hoffman | Nanoparticle-Based Sensor for the Detection of Lead Ions in Tap Water | Dr. Marie-Christine Daniel | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Raey Hunde | Developing a 3D Colon Model | Dr. Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Chioma Iheacho | Biophysical Characterization of BqsS, Part of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa BqsR/S Two-Component System | Dr. Aaron Smith | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Arjun Kanjarpane | Exploring Gag and Rev RRE Interactions in HIV-1 Through a Multimodal Biochemical Approach | Dr. Michael Summers | Chemistry and Biochemistry

D’Juan Moreland | Impact of Bias on Birdsong Research: Male and Female Syllable Categorization in Orchard Orioles | Dr. Kevin Omland | Biological Sciences

Oluwatomisin Olajide | Breast Cancer Induced Changes in Adipose Tissue Morphology | Dr. Nykia Walker | Biological Sciences

Anita Osoh | Understanding the Link Between Blood Flow Dynamics and Atherosclerosis | Dr. Guillermo Garcia-Cardena | Harvard Medical School

Tatiana Perez | Characterization of the Growth Rate and Mycelial Cell Size for Aspergillus Nidulans ΔmpkAΔnrc2 | Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Caela Phillips | Structural Assessment of a Ternary HIV-1 Complex: Gag Polyprotein, Cyclophilin A, and Genomic RNA Complex | Dr. Michael Summers | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Roshnee Roberts | Understanding the Nutrigenomics of Alzheimer's Disease Using Drosophila Melanogaster | Dr. Fernando Vonhoff | Biological Sciences

Viviana Smart | Synthesis and Evaluation of Flex AT-527 Nucleos(t)ide Analogue as a Potential Antiviral Therapeutic | Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Maya Tondravi | Investigating Learned Associations Between Contextual Cues and Aversive Stimuli | Dr. Tara LeGates | Biological Sciences

Anya Viswanathan | Restoring Homeostasis in Activated Microglia | Dr. Matheus Victor | Biological Sciences

Sarah-Fatime Yoda | Development and Optimization of a Novel, Multi-material Scaffold Manufacturing Process | Dr. Yonghui Ding | Northwestern University

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