Session B: 5:30-7:00pm
Posters by mentoring department

         • Beth Berger - Poster # B023

         Association between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and cereals

         PI: Jean Michel Ané - Mentor(s): Valentina Infante

         • HannahRose Mayer - Poster # B154

         Studying effects of various microbes on plant root nodules

         PI: Jean Michel Ané - Mentor(s): Minesh Tiwani

         • Julia Dorothy Schultz - Poster # B157

         Nitrogen fixation of sorghum aerial root bacteria: bacteria-bacteria and plant-bacteria interactions

         PI: Jean Michel Ané - Mentor(s): Paulo Ivan Fernandes Júnior

         • Sadie Stark - Poster # B005

         Antimicrobial activity of chitosan hydrogels and carvacrol ​as an alternative for treating bovine mastitis

         PI: Hilario Mantovani - Mentor(s): Hilario Mantovani, Fiorella Vizquez Umaña

         • Heather Tampa - Poster # B006

         Effects of storage length, temperature, and LBLD inoculation on whole-plant corn silage feed

         PI: Luiz Ferraretto - Mentor(s): Cole Diepersloot, Gabriel Ferreira De Lima Cruz

         • Katie Dickrell - Poster # B025

         Regulation of sucrose metabolism in Zymomonas mobilis

         PI: Robert Landick - Mentor(s): Bailey Marshall

         • Anika Klein - Poster # B137

         The genetic alteration of L. plantarum using a modified plasmid to produce solely L. lactic acid to be used in the production of bioplastics.

         PI: Timothy Donohue - Mentor(s): Grace Enzien

         • Aarav Barde - Poster # B010

         The use of photoacids as pH manipulators for solution-state NMR

         PI: Chad Rienstra - Mentor(s): Thirupathi Ravula

         • Gavin Chang - Poster # B011

         Investigating the conditional cytotoxicity of deguelin

         PI: Jason Cantor - Mentor(s): Kyle Flickinger

         • Cate Schwake - Poster # B014

         Using an engineered plasmid to produce a peptide that inhibits Chlostridoides difficile

         PI: Ophelia Venturelli - Mentor(s): Yiyi Liu

         • Lewis Tanner - Poster # B015

         Biodegradation of water-soluble molecules in Polyamide 6

         PI: Brian G. Fox - Mentor(s): David Rivera-Kohr

         • Aidan Niermeyer - Poster # B003

         Changes in dairy cow mineral concentrations during the periparturient period

         PI: Heather White - Mentor(s): Sophia Kendall

         • Ori Arvidson - Poster # B133

         Wedge-shaped beetle diversity in the western great lakes region (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)

         PI: Dan Young - Mentor(s): Dan Young

         • Jamie Resis - Poster # B049

         Contrasting the microbial medicinal effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera) honey vs. stingless bee (Meliponini) honey

         PI: James Crall - Mentor(s): Olivia Bernauer

         • Emmah Daanen - Poster # B056

         Measuring adaptive potential in Drosophila melanogaster under environmental selective pressure

         PI: John Pool - Mentor(s): Jamie Freeman

         • Serenity Her - Poster # B058

         Gene regulation of the endo-lysosomal in C. elegans

         PI: Claire Richardson - Mentor(s): Ruiling Zhong

         • Trishelle Iñiguez - Poster # B059

         Effects of manipulated yeast diet on egg production in Drosophila melanogaster

         PI: Daniela Drummond-Barbosa - Mentor(s): Daniella Drummond-Barbosa

         • Kyle Cech - Poster # B149

         Viral presence in Wisconsin hemp

         PI: Shelby Ellison - Mentor(s): Shelby Ellison

         • Anthony Arnholt - Poster # B164

         Root microbiota of lavender and oak plants: comparison of antibiotic production

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Claire Choi - Poster # B164

         Root microbiota of lavender and oak plants: comparison of antibiotic production

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Katherine Feick - Poster # B164

         Root microbiota of lavender and oak plants: comparison of antibiotic production

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Grace Anne Gehrke - Poster # B151

         Endophyte exploration: growth on varying media types

         PI: Richard Lankau - Mentor(s): Shayden Fisher

         • Noelle Glassbrenner - Poster # B161

         Antibiotic-producing bacteria in the rhizospheres of medicinal plants: examining the broadleaf plantain (Plantago major)

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Sophia Gosset - Poster # B161

         Antibiotic-producing bacteria in the rhizospheres of medicinal plants: examining the broadleaf plantain (Plantago major)

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Meredith Griffith-Topps - Poster # B152

         Comparing endophytic microbe growth in North American tree roots in different media

         PI: Richard Lankau - Mentor(s): Richard Lankau, Shayden Fisher, Shayden Fisher

         • Davanika Langseth - Poster # B164

         Root microbiota of lavender and oak plants: comparison of antibiotic production

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Margaret Mouw - Poster # B161

         Antibiotic-producing bacteria in the rhizospheres of medicinal plants: examining the broadleaf plantain (Plantago major)

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Diya Patel - Poster # B163

         Analyzing antibiotic production of soil bacteria in the presence of Irish sea moss

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s): Dr. P

         • Emma Schmit - Poster # B163

         Analyzing antibiotic production of soil bacteria in the presence of Irish sea moss

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s): Dr. P

         • Katherine Shenot - Poster # B162

         Niacin impact on antibiotic production in soil microbes

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s):

         • Allison Sowatzka - Poster # B158

         The role of the Lov gene in Ralstonia solanacearum’s aerotaxis

         PI: Caitlyn Allen - Mentor(s): Bridget O'Banion

         • Steven (Yinghao) Wang - Poster # B159

         Analysis of media relation to endophyte microbial growth

         PI: Richard Lankau - Mentor(s): Richard Lankau

         • Allison Wong - Poster # B160

         The effects of different ralstonia mutations on tomato health

         PI: Caitilyn Allen - Mentor(s): Jake Criscoulo

         • Norah Mae mZimmerman - Poster # B163

         Analyzing antibiotic production of soil bacteria in the presence of Irish sea moss

         PI: Josh Pultorak - Mentor(s): Dr. P

         • Drake Stallworth - Poster # B050

         The effectiveness of Snapshot Wisconsin cameras in detecting seasonal change in fisher (Pekannia pennanti) home range

         PI: Christine Anhalt-Depies - Mentor(s): Christine Anhalt-Depies

         • Logan Talbot - Poster # B124

         Zika virus impact on infant macaque development

         PI: Karla Ausderau - Mentor(s): Ben Boerigter

         • Madeline Cicero - Poster # B106

         Methotrexate impact on neural tube defect risk using neural rosette array model

         PI: Randolph Ashton - Mentor(s): Brady Lundin

         • Zoe Holland Kreller - Poster # B115

         How does the inhibition of a protein that produces excess collagen-1 and fibronectin effect cancer cell aggregation?

         PI: Pamela Kreeger - Mentor(s):

         • Lia Devereux - Poster # B108

         Using Interstitial Fluid to Measure Glucose Levels A Non-Invasive Monitoring Device

         PI: Joseph Andrews - Mentor(s): Thor Larson

         • Mason Lind - Poster # B012

         Fossil evidence for ocean deoxygenation during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maxiumum

         PI: Clay Kelly - Mentor(s): Clay Kelly

         • Raquel Bello - Poster # B147

         Comparing the forms of the American lotus regarding depth

         PI: Thomas Givnish - Mentor(s): Thomas Givnish

         • Jackson Bussey - Poster # B148

         Stomatal density of Acer saccharum on Mt. Washington

         PI: Kate McCulloh - Mentor(s): Lena Berry

         • Fiona Flint  - Poster # B150

         Stomatal density of Abies balsamea moving up the elevation gradient of Mount Washington

         PI: Kate McCulloh - Mentor(s): Lena Berry

         • Margo Nicholds - Poster # B155

         Analysis of salicinoids in chemical defense trade-offs of Populus deltoides in response to flooding stress

         PI: Ken Keefover-Ring - Mentor(s): Tyler Wintermute

         • Madeline Pluckhahn - Poster # B156

         Effects of elevation on stomatal size and density in Diapensia lapponica

         PI: Kate McCulloh - Mentor(s): Lena Berry

         • Skylar Culek - Poster # B135

         Vagal nerve stimulation and its effects on various neurological diseases

         PI: Timothy Bertram - Mentor(s):

         • Megan McCarty - Poster # B013

         The effect of linked ligands on quorum sensing in Staphylococcus epidermidis

         PI: Helen Blackwell - Mentor(s): Troy Vulpis

         • Ella Graham - Poster # B110

         Comparing pitch adaptation and compensation in patients with cerebellar ataxia versus neurobiologically healthy speakers

         PI: Ben Parrell - Mentor(s): Anneke Slis

         • Owen Blomberg - Poster # B134

         A unique pathology in an Apatosaurine (sauropoda, diplodocidae) femur from the morrison formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA

         PI: David Lovelace - Mentor(s):

         • Madeline Alsteen - Poster # B146

         Interspecific and intraspecific variation of Vaccinium uliginosum and Vaccinium vitis-idaea along an elevational gradient on Mount Washington, NH

         PI: Ellen Damschen - Mentor(s): Katherine Charton

         • Lydia Gerges - Poster # B057

         Tracking migratory paths and cell cycle progression of neural crest cells in zebrafish

         PI: Yevgenya Grinblat - Mentor(s): Angel Banuelos

         • Mariam Lubbad - Poster # B153

         The impact of elevational gradients on the specific leaf area of two plant species: Diapensia lapponica and Fagus grandifolia

         PI: Ellen Damschen - Mentor(s): Katherine Charton

         • Sam Morell - Poster # B047

         The effects of elevation on the leaf mass per area (LMA) of leaves from Mount Washington, NH

         PI: Monica Turner - Mentor(s): Nathan Kiel

         • Lydia Pulsinelli - Poster # B048

         Effects of land-use history and fire intensity on germination rates of two savanna grasses

         PI: Ellen Damschen - Mentor(s): Angelica Bautista

         • Raferty Todd - Poster # B060

         The current misclassification of some genus of Solifugae (camel spiders) and how they are now correctly classified: Dinorhax sp. & Trichotoma sp.

         PI: Prashant Sharma - Mentor(s): Prashant Sharma

         • Samantha Eckhardt - Poster # B136

         Effects of inflammatory disease on mental well-being

         PI: Simon Goldberg - Mentor(s):

         • Samantha Fuchs - Poster # B109

         Assessing the impact of leuprolide acetate on inhibin A production in the gonads on a rodent model

         PI: Anthony Auger - Mentor(s): Anthony Auger, Amber Nguyen

         • Jaden Sauer - Poster # B140

         Psychological and physiological effects of different objects of breath meditation

         PI: Matthew Hirshberg - Mentor(s): Canaan Bracey

         • Chaewon Yoo - Poster # B141

         The effect of altering parameters in the multiple object tracking task on perception of various difficulty levels

         PI: Shawn Green - Mentor(s): Freya Joessel

         • Priya Suraj Joshi  - Poster # B113

         Examining the effects of CPXM1 on metastatic melanoma

         PI: Alexander Birbrair - Mentor(s): Brajesh Kumar, Debpali Sur

         • Paige Rummel - Poster # B122

         Effects of Ramp 1 primer on metastatic melanoma tumor growth in mice

         PI: Alexander Birbair - Mentor(s): Debpali Sur

         • Molly Schilling - Poster # B123

         Molecular mechanisms of skin cancer melanoma tumorigenesis and progression

         PI: Vijay Setaluri - Mentor(s): Sarah Altameemi

         • Lauryn Brinkman - Poster # B055

         Impact of mouse genetic background on the livers of Tmem135 overexpressing mice

         PI: Akihiro Ikeda - Mentor(s): Michael Landowski

         • Lia Sweeney - Poster # B029

         Cleavage of enzymes by caspase-8 to block host antiviral response during KSHV infection

         PI: marta gaglia - Mentor(s): Idalia Myasnikov, Machika Kaku

         • Lena Komar - Poster # B114

         Evaluation of p-tau mutation in Rhesus macaques causing frontotemporal dementia

         PI: Marina Emborg - Mentor(s): Marina Emborg

         • Lucia Breuer - Poster # B105

         Effect of dietary protein on cellular senescence in the adipose tissue of mice

         PI: Dudley Lamming - Mentor(s): Mariah Calubag

         • Katelyn Jacobs - Poster # B112

         The effects of psychsocial stress on sensory neural markers in the larynx

         PI: Susan Thibeault - Mentor(s): Anumitha Venkatraman

         • Trevor Langel - Poster # B129

         The effects of hexosamine biosynthetic pathway nutrient modulation on lung myofibroblast differentiation in the case of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

         PI: Nathan Sandbo - Mentor(s): Angie Oler

         • Abigail Thiel - Poster # B030

         Membrane localization and ER Acetylation of CD133 R373C, a mutation associated with macular degeneration

         PI: Luigi Puglielli - Mentor(s): Tzu Lin

         • Taylor Tourdot - Poster # B125

         Short-hairpin RNA inhibition of Pax5 transcription factor, reveals key target in B-cell lymphoma pathways

         PI: Lixin Rui - Mentor(s): Xiaoyue Gao

         • Ben Usatinsky - Poster # B126

         Effects of FGF21 and a low isoleucine diet on frailty

         PI: Dudley Lamming - Mentor(s): Michaela Trautman

         • Owen O'Donoghue - Poster # B118

         Analyzing motion adaptation trends to test a theory on population neural coding in the V1 visual cortex

         PI: Xin Huang - Mentor(s): Steven Wiesner, Bikalpa Ghimire

         • Milan Patel - Poster # B120

         Identifying biomarkers for parkinson's disease in REM sleep disorder patients using quantitative T1 imaging

         PI: Catherine Gallagher - Mentor(s):

         • Taylor Vander Groef - Poster # B127

         Patient and clinician perspectives on early disclosure of huntington’s disease diagnosis information

         PI: Jane Paulsen - Mentor(s): Jane Paulsen

         • Grace Benish - Poster # B022

         Using immunohistochemistry and rnascope co-detection to examine discordant expression of somatostatin mRNA and protein in the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

         PI: André M. Sousa - Mentor(s): Hannah Doll, PhD canidate

         • Emily Broker - Poster # B024

         Cre recombinase affecting Cip4 knockdown

         PI: Erik Dent - Mentor(s): Russel J. Taylor

         • Meadow Leisen - Poster # B117

         The effects of neuro-infusion virus on ERα proteins in Rhesus macaques

         PI: David Abbott - Mentor(s): David Abbott

         • Abigail Laughlin - Poster # B116

         Optimizing circulating tumor cell biomarker quality from automated and manual DNA isolation methods

         PI: Joshua Lang - Mentor(s): Jamie Sperger

         • Evan Li - Poster # B016

         Effect of cosmetic chemicals on PP2A inhibition

         PI: Yongna Xing - Mentor(s):

         • Malorie Larsen - Poster # B138

         CD81 as a novel arterivirus recptor for equine arteritis virus

         PI: Adam Bailey - Mentor(s): Adam Bailey

         • Kaia Heimstreet - Poster # B111

         Antigen density of B7-H3 and its effect on the efficacy of bispecific SNIPER antibody immunotherapy

         PI: Paul Sondel - Mentor(s): Amy Erbe Gurel

         • Prithvi Thakur - Poster # B007

         Melanin promotes intracellular survival of Pseudogymnoascus destructans during white-nose syndrome of bats

         PI: Bruce Klein - Mentor(s): Marcos Isidoro-Ayza

         • Ellise Markevitch - Poster # B018

         An analysis of the relationship between asthma severity and psychological wellbeing

         PI: Melissa Rosenkranz - Mentor(s): Estelle Higgins, Danielle Carrol

         • Stephany Osei Opoku - Poster # B119

         Association of guardian cap use with incidence of sport-related concussions in high school football players

         PI: Alison Brooks - Mentor(s):

         • Saira Shah - Poster # B028

         Production of CD45 and evaluation of immune cells in NeoThy and cord blood-only humanized mouse models

         PI: Matthew Brown - Mentor(s): Misbah Zaeem

         • Claire Zdroik - Poster # B028

         Production of CD45 and evaluation of immune cells in NeoThy and cord blood-only humanized mouse models

         PI: Matthew Brown - Mentor(s): Misbah Zaeem

         • Emma Slatalla - Poster # B004

         Combatting catheter-associated biofilm infections with dictyostelid amoebae

         PI: Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam - Mentor(s): Matthew Wielgat

         • Tommy Naze - Poster # B002

         Effect of bedding types on dairy cattle

         PI: Nigel Cook - Mentor(s): Nigel Cook, Courtney Halbach

      • Ashna Desai - Poster # B107

         The effects of differening glottal gaps on chaotic measurements as it relates to vocal phonation.

         PI:  - Mentor(s):

         • Lamees Elhassan - Poster # B001

         Altered sexual behaviors in response to estradiol and letrozole dosing in Rhesus Macaques          

         • Bohan Li - Poster # B021

         Not reported

         • Medha Malik - Poster # B026

         Generating a cell line of genetically modified hematopoietic progenitor cells from iPSCs

         PI: Igor Slukvin - Mentor(s): Portia Smith

         • Maya Quiroz  - Poster # B027

         A field-deployable, forensic DNA test for identifying Norway spruce

         PI: Alex Wiedenhoeft - Mentor(s): Alex Wiedenhoe

       • Qamryn Ross - Poster # B121

         Using educational intervention to reduce infection in dialysis patients

         PI: Marin Schweizer - Mentor(s): Marin Schweizer