All fellows present the results of their research at an end-of-summer symposium. Several fellows have also published or presented their SURF projects in professional venues beyond St. Mary's College of Maryland!

Published articles (Undergraduate fellows bolded):

• Latchney S.E., Ruiz Lopez B.R., Womble P.D., Blandin K.J., and Lugo J.N.  Neuronal deletion of phosphatase and tensin homolog in mice results in spatial dysregulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1308066.

• Townsend, T.K., Durastanti, D. Heuer, W.B. Foos, E.E. Yoon, W., Tischler, J.G. 2016. Fabrication of Fully Solution Processed Inorganic Nanocrystal Photovaltaic Devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments (113), e54154. 

• Neiles, K.Y., Todd, I., Bunce, D.M. 2016. Establishing the validity of using network analysis software for measuring students’ mental storage of chemistry concepts. Journal of Chemical Education 93(5): 821 – 831. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00748.

Conference Presentations (Undergraduate fellows bolded):

• Raheja, A.C., Ruiz Lopez, B.R., Lugo, J.N., 2024. Latchney, S.E. Male NS-Pten Adult Knockout Mice Display Increased Density of Iba1-Positive Microglia of an Immature Morphology Throughout the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL.

• Thomas, J., Dennis, T.S. 2024. Investigating the effects of environmental enrichment on morphine-induced withdrawal symptoms and anxiety-like behavior. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL.

• Ruiz Lopez, B.R., Lugo, J.N., Latchney, S.E. 2023. Neuronal deletion of phosphatase and tensin homolog in mice results in spatial dysregulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.

• Estremsky, A.C., Barnes, T.M., Haines, A.R., Huynh, M.T., Long, K.M., Duncan, K.A. Tobiansky, D.J. 2023. Examining neuropathological responses in woodpeckers to gain insights into chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.

• Koontz, S., McClean, J., Smith, C., LaBorie, A., Raley, A., Torres Martínez, L. 2023. Native rhizobia promote growth of an important Maryland cover crop under saltwater intrusion. 2nd International Forum on Research Excellence, Long Beach, CA.

• Keppler, T. 2017 . Attenuation of Ultrasonic Waves in Rodent Skeletal Tissue in Contracted and Relaxed States.  American Physical Society Mid-Atlantic Section, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

• Day, T.  2016. Computing particle interaction rates near black holes. PhysCon, The 2016 Quadrennial Physics Conference, San Francisco, CA. 

• Dignan, L., Koch, A.S., 2016. Electron-rich asymmetric viologens via reductive eliminations of diaryl-l3-iodanes, 252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

• Major, A.K., Fokala D.A., Leininger, E.C. 2016. The effect of androgens on vocalizations of Xenopus species with temporally simplified advertisement calls. Poster, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR. 

• Long, M., Jordan, W.P. 2016. Estrogen replacement during pre-exposure enables latent inhibition of fear conditioning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 42, 174.24. 

• LaCourse, C.M., Jordan, W.P., Leaton, R.N. 2015. Delayed extinction following pre-exposure is abolished by a context change. Proceedings and Abstracts of the Eastern Psychological Association, 86, 56. 

• Jordan, W.P., d’Ambrosio, S.A., deAngeli, N.E., Klima, M.L., Pribut, H.J. 2014. d-cycloserine hastens extinction of fear conditioning in a latent inhibition paradigm but does not interact with prolonged extinction in the pre-exposed groups. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 40, 467.07.

• Todd, I., Neiles, K.Y. 2014. A novel approach to measuring students’ mental storage of chemistry information. Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Allendale, MI.

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