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USCIENCES (now SAINT JOSEPH's UNIVERSITY) UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EVENTS IN 2021 !!!

Council of Undergraduate Research features USciences CUR Festival:  

"Five in Five: How One University’s Quick Thinking Led to a Successful Virtual Experience" 

2022 CUR Undergraduate Research Festival Schedule of Events (March 21-24, 2022) at a Glance

Mon March 21,2022, 12-1 pm USURF Recognition Lunch (By Invitation)

Tues March 22, 2022, 

         10 am Soft Opening, CUR Images of Research & Scholarship Exhibit-Competition, STC Atrium

         1-2/2-3pm Humanities Hybrid Panel Discussions (1-2 pm/2-3 pm STC 237)/ Zoom: https://usciences.zoom.us/j/93960954156 

 Meeting ID: 939 6095 4156 Passcode: CUR2022 

Wed March 23, 2022 

         11:30 am Onsite Registration (STC Atrium)

      12 pm Ribbon Cutting to open Images Exhibit, STC Atrium (Refreshments/Hors d'Oeuvres served)

         12:30-1:30 pm, Elevator Talk Competition (STC Elevator)

         1-4 pm Faculty Judging of Images of  Research and Scholarship Entrees (STC Atrium)

Thurs March 24, 2022 

          4-5 pm Students setup posters (ARC REC GYM)

          5-7:30pm  Symposium/Poster Session/Dinner (ARC REC GYM)

MARCH 22, 2022 (TUESDAY) - THE  HUMANITIES PANEL SESSIONS (hybrid Format) &  Soft Opening, Images of  Research & Scholarship Exhibit

10:00 am. IMAGES OF RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBIT OPENING (STC Atrium) "Images" participants mount poster entries at STC Atrium. Entries viewable online

• • 1 Hunt, Jenna   "Mickey Mouse or Fly Brain?"

  • 2 Creamer, Ryan   "Chaotic Synchronization"

  • 3 O'Reilly, Owen  "3D Structure of 6-Way RNA Junction From 2D Prediction"

  • 4 Pompan, Taylor   "Micron by Micron: Endothelial Cell Migration Over 10 Hours"

  • 5 Scanlon, Christina   "Neuroprotective Properties of Achillea millefolium Extract"

12:00  pm.   HUMANITIES PANEL DISCUSSIONS (STC 237 and  via Zoom)  Theme: The  Crossroads of  Health Care and Humanities Faculty Moderator: Prof. Christine Flanagan  Zoom Link: https://usciences.zoom.us/j/93960954156 Meeting ID: 939 6095 4156 

Passcode: CUR2022  Download Summaries of Panel Presentations

Panel 1: Creative and Scholarly Investigations in Narrative Medicine

• • Scanlon, Christina   "The Dichotomy of My Health?"

  • Agyemang, Laura   "Reflections on the Unspeakable"

  • Hoskins, Isaac  "Clinical Communication and Narrative Medicine in Galen’s On Prognosis and On the Affections and Errors of the Soul"

Panel 2: The Legacy of Listening: The Impact of Legacy Interviews and Memoirs in Narrative Medicine 

• • Hoskins, Isaac   "Angelica German: A Study of Editorial Power"

  • Pantano, Sharon   "Traversing the Self"

  • Smerina, Dayna "The Legacy of Rosemarie Smerina"

WEDNESDAY March 23, 2022

11:30 am - 12 noon  CUR FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION at STC Atrium/CUR Table.

12:00 pm  CUR RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONIES/RECEPTION FORMAL OPENING OF CUR Undergraduate Festival (STC Atrium). "Images" participants present their posters.

12:20 pm  RESEARCH ELEVATOR TALK COMPETITION (STC Atrium Elevator)

• • Narahari, Akshara   "How integrin αVβ5 increases the risk of diabetes in COVID-19 patients"

  • Khan, Maryam   "The Effects of Novel Compounds on ROR1 Receptors Revealing Inhibitory Potential Towards Triple Negative Breast Cancer Proliferation and Migration."

THURSDAY March 24, 2022

4:00-5:00 pm  Students: Mount Research Posters ARC REC GYM. After mounting your posters, browse other posters and interact with other presenters.

5:00-5:30 pm 10TH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - HIGHLIGHTS OF CUR RESEARCH EVENTS, STUDENT TESTIMONIES

5:30-7:30 pm SYMPOSIUM RESEARCH POSTER SESSION / BANQUET/ AWARDS CEREMONY(35 posters)

Category:  Course-Based (1)

• 1 Chapla, Raahi   "A Comparison of Executive Function and Literacy in Bilingual and Monolingual Children"

Category: New Ideas/Catalyst (1)

• 2 Creamer, Ryan   "Study of Synchronization of Chaotic Systems Using Analog Circuitry"

Category: Rookie (12)

• 3 Basara, Jake   "Investigating the importance of peripheral regions on triplex stability"

• 4 Davis, Gregory   "Investigating the effect Desformylflustrabromine (dFBr), a positive allosteric modulator of alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor on voluntary ethanol consumption in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats"

• 5 Grabowski, Nell   "The Chaos of Walking; an Implementation of the Rossler Attractor to Drive the Locomotion of a Robot"

• 6 Hess, Ryan   "Characterizing Electric Field and Forces via Physical Modeling in Digital Microfluidics"

• 7  Patel, Nikita "The Pythia at Delphi: Classical Studies meets Neuropsychology"

• 8 McKay, Jessica   "Investigations of the Neuroprotective Properties of NMDA Receptor Antagonists in C. Elegan Chemotaxis Assays"

• 9 Megedyuk, Tammy   "Investigating the Impact of Levels of Anxiety and Increasing Cognitive Load on Gait Parameters in Young Adults"

• 10 Mukund, Ritika   "Evidence for Executive Function Impairment in Heart Failure"

• 11 Shah, Ishani   "The Effects of Telehealth Exercise on Cognitive Function in Patients who have had a Stroke"

• 12 Simankin, Rachel   "Investigation on β-catenin signaling in HIV latency"

• 13 Timothy, Zoe   "Molecular modeling studies of the NMDA receptor upon binding of a bicyclic analog of ketamine"

• 14 Linneman, Brianna   "Investigation of Neurotoxicity of Tat Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster"

Category: Expert (18)

• 15 Linneman, Brianna   "An Investigation of Neuronal Synchronization Behaviors Using the FitzHugh-Nagumo and INa,p+IK Models"

• 16 Alunni, Faith   "Analysis of MALAT1 variants M1LinkAtruncA3 and M1TH_t11 using UV thermal melt"

• 17 Bartek, Kyle   "Investigations into Differential Protein-Protein Interactions of RAF Kinase During Membrane Translocation"

• 18 Basu, Aditi   "Drug Release Study on Kaempferol-Coated Gold Nanoparticles"

• 19 Blum, Christopher   "Terminal Labeling of MALAT B RNA Through Modified Nucleotide Addition and Fluorescent Dye Attachment"

• 20 Duffy, Joseph   "Chaotic Motion in String Vibrations "

• 21 Fauni, Dan   "Developing Detection Electronics for Measuring the Quantum State of a Josephson Junction"

• 22 Gonsai, Radha   "The Isolation of a Novel, Neuroprotective Compound from Achillea millefolium for Symptomatic Treatment of Parkinson's disease"

• 23 Hunt, Jenna   "Expression of 0N4R tau variants in Drosophila neurons"

• 24 Kemper, Halee   "Synthesis of Borononucleoside Mimetics of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors"

• 25 Kim, Minkyung   "Novel drug discovery for COVID-19 using computer aided drug design (CADD) methods"

• 26 Markusic, Borna   "Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Oncogenic BRAF Mutations"

• 27 Pompan, Taylor   "Septins Guide Non-Centrosomal Microtubules to Promote Focal Adhesion Disassembly in Migrating Endothelial Cells"

• 28 Ramanathan, Keeran   "Probing the Energy Gaps of a Multi-Gap Superconductor: Ba(1-x)KxFe2As2"

• 29 Serra, Oscar   "Chaotic Mixing Inside Thermocapillary Driven Droplets"

• 30 Singh, Muskan   "The Effect of Stress on Immobility in Male Mice"

• 31 Tomlinson, David   "Glial Uptake in Response to Injury: Temporal MApHS of Neuronal Phagocytosis in Neurodegeneration"

• 32 Tufaro, Luke   "Diimine-Dihydrazone Cobalt Complexes for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis"

Category: High School (3)

• 33 Chui,  Adrian   "Computational Simulations of Contact Angles and Surface Liquid Interactions"

• 34 Kane, Bintou   "Extraction and Isolation of natural compounds from Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)"

• 35 Hall, Sanaa   "Extraction and Isolation of Pigments from Spinach using Chromatography"

Link to CUR Festival info:  https://sites.google.com/usciences.edu/CUR/undergraduate-research-festival 

CUR Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/usciences.cur.90 

2022 Faculty Choice for  Images of  Research & Scholarship:  Taylor Pompan for "Micron by Micron: Endothelial Cell Migration Over 10 Hours". Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Myers.

2022 Popular Choice Award for Images of Research & Scholarship: Christina Scanlon for "Neuroprotective Properties of Achillea millefolium Extract " Mentor: Dr. Bela Peethambaran.

2022 Misher Festival Award/CUR Prize for Best Research Presentation in Humanities:  Isaac Hoskins for “Clinical Communication and Narrative Medicine in Galen’s On Prognosis and On the Affections and Errors of the Soul” and “Angelica German: A Study of Editorial Power”  Mentor: Dr. Clifford Robinson.

2022 Elevator Talk Awards: Akshara Narahari/Mentor: Dr. Taezuki Izumi and Maryam Khan/Mentor: Dr. Bela Peethambaran.

2022 Research Presentation Awards: The following Research Symposium first author/presenters will receive cash awards for their outstanding research presentations:

Chapla, Raahi; Basara, Jake; Davis, Gregory; Grabowski, Nell; Hess, Ryan; McKay, Jessica; Megedyuk, Tammy; Mukund, Ritika; Shah, Ishani; Simankin, Rachel; Timothy, Zoe; Linneman, Brianna; Alunni, Faith; Bartek, Kyle; Basu, Aditi; Blum, Christopher; Duffy, Joseph; Fauni, Dan; Gonsai, Radha;Hunt, Jenna; Kemper, Halee; Kim, Minkyung; Markusic, Borna; Pompan, Taylor; Ramanathan, Keeran; Serra, Oscar; Tomlinson, David; Tufaro, Luke; Chui,  Adrian; Patel, Nikita