Alejandra Chavez '23, Niall Dermady '23, Daniel Ruiz '23
Presentation Title:
Neuronal excitability modulates developmental time of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Alexis Hill
David Chen '23, Shuqi Yun '23
Presentation Title:
Investigating the Effects of High-Glucose Diets on Male Fertility in C. elegans
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Michelle Mondoux
Khushi Patel '25, Catherine Brodie '24, Nachelle Duque '25, Mariana Fry '24, Sarah Rocha '24, Samantha Vleck '24
Presentation Title:
High-glucose diet reduces hermaphrodite fertility by increasing physiological germline apoptosis via an unknown genetic pathway in C. elegans
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Michelle Mondoux
Gabrielle Aucello '23, Allison Maher '23, Caitlin McCutcheon '23, Michael Slanetz '23
Presentation Title:
Exploring the Role of Fibroblast-Shed Syndecan-1 Ecto Domain Molecules in the Promotion of Mammary Tumor Formation
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Robert Bellin
Salim Metri '23, Brenna McCormick '24, Alex Thurber '24
Presentation Title:
Functional consequences of the adaptive evolution of a newly evolved gene required for Drosophila spermatogenesis
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Geoff Findlay
Samantha Marzi '23, Sara Cahill '23
Presentation Title:
Examining the Correlation between Catalysis and Antiviral Activity of APOBEC3G, an Innate Defense Against HIV-1
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Ann Sheehy
Dylan Hickey '23
Presentation Title:
Investigating Critical Amino Acid Residues of a Hypercatalytic Variant of Anti-HIV Protein APOBEC3G
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Ann Sheehy
Goniola Bode '23
Presentation Title:
Investigating the Roles of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Genes mog-4 and smn-1 in the Insulin Signaling Response to a High-Glucose Diet
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Michelle Mondoux
Samuel Weikle '23
Presentation Title:
Microplastic Abundance in the Tatnuck Brook Watershed
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Sara Mitchell
Marguerite Gilmore '23
Presentation Title:
Exploring Regenerative Assays for Hofstenia miamia
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Julia Paxson
Patrick Molluso '23, Sagar Patel '23, Andrew Shapiro '23, Briti Prajapati '23
Presentation Title:
Canine Lung Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Cellular Characteristics and Markers of Aging
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Julia Paxson
Abigail Bryant '23, Tyler Dougherty '23
Presentation Title:
A Growing College Campus Arboretum: Removals and Planting Changes to Species Composition
Faculty Mentor:
Professor Nicholas Geron