Life Sciences

LS-01: "Influence of climate on growth and survival of Joshua trees" - Bjorn Domst, Willamette University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Chris Smith and Dr. Rob Bills

1:30-1:50pm

LS-02: "Coding-sequence evolution does not explain divergence in petal anthocyanin pigmentation between Mimulus luteus var. luteus and M. l. variegatus" - Iker Sánchez, Whitman College

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Arielle Cooley

1:50-2:10pm

LS-03: "Investigating Genetic Diversity of American Chestnut in the Inland and Pacific Northwest" - Kelvin Sakyi, College of Idaho

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Robert Laport

2:10-2:30pm

LS-04: "Combining the powers of ecology, morphology, and genetics to understand cryptic species of freshwater algae" - Nicole Teola and Lilka Clocksin, Seattle University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Michael Zanis

2:30-2:50pm

Break: 2:50-3:10pm

LS-05: "Does Nutrient Limitation and UV Stress Influence Metabolite Production in Marine Phytoplankton?" - Ashley Fairbanks, Pacific Lutheran University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Angie Boysen

3:10-3:30pm

LS-06: "Phytophthora Species Detection in the Tualatin River Watershed: An Invasive Species Assessment " - Brodie Buchert, Pacific University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Kara Lanning

3:30-3:50pm

LS-07: "Identification of Reynoutria taxa through DNA analysis: determining the dispersal methods of highly invasive knotweed species along the Chilliwack River" - Lauren McKenna, Trinity Western University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. David Clements

3:50-4:10pm

LS-08: "Salamanders Under Stress: Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events on Larval Salamander Morphology and Feeding Behavior " - Mia Mastrangelo and Holly Fijolek, Gonzaga University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Betsy Bancroft

4:10-4:30pm 

LS-09: "Sound of a New Species: Using Bioacoustics to Assess a Unique Population of Poison Frog" - Kieran Kranzow, Northwest Nazarene University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. John Cossel

8:30-8:50am

LS-10: "Carapace Shape and Autotomy in Intertidal Crabs" - Melissa Steinert, Alexander Melendez, Kenneth Taylor, and Sophia Swain, University of Portland

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Glenna Clifton

8:50-9:10am

LS-11: "Chemosensory Receptor Expression in the Abdomen Tip of the Female Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)" - MacKenzie Evans, Heritage University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. William Walker

9:10-9:30am

LS-12: "Effects of 5α-reductase inhibition on pond snail Helisoma duryi" - Dominique Langevin, University of Puget Sound

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Siddharth Ramakrishnan

9:30-9:50am

Break: 9:50-10:10am

LS-13: "A 3D-Printed Microfluidic Device for Roundworm Sorting and Imaging" - Alex Peters, Whitworth University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Aaron Putzke

10:10-10:30am

LS-14: "Using Capture-SELEX and MinION Nanopore Sequencing to Develop and Discover Lanthanide based Luminescent probes for RNA-Detection" - Jonathan Savell, Seattle Pacific University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Wade Grabow

10:30-10:50am

LS-15: "Functional diversity of phospholipase Ds in the SicTox gene family" - Finn Watson, Lewis & Clark College

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Greta Binford

10:50-11:10am

LS-16: "Development of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Arp2/3 Complex" - Elisa Guerrero Regalado and Allan Fernandez, Linfield University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Andrew Baggett

11:10-11:30am