Found 60 projects

Poster Presentation 1

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Add to my favorites Quantifying Alpine Tree Line Changes through Repeat Photography in Mount Rainier National Park 
Presenter
  • Tristan Michaela O'mara, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management, Biology (General)
Mentors
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
  • Ian Breckheimer, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Characterizing the Role of AFB5 in the Auxin Response Pathway
Presenter
  • Mollye Lucile Zahler, Sophomore, Pre-Major (Arts & Sciences)
Mentors
  • Jennifer Nemhauser, Biology
  • Clay Wright, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Conserved Hox Gene Expression during Larval Stages in the Bat Star, Patiria miniata   
Presenter
  • Alia Shifa (Alia) Hidayat, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Paul Minor, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Identifying Functional Phosphorylation Sites on p120 Catenin
Presenters
  • Alexis Rodriguez, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Sasha Marie Inglin, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Ariana Kupai, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Riley Klara Willis, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Matthew Hirano, Junior, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Whitman College
Mentor
  • Merrill Hille, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites The Cognitive Effects of Bisphenol-A (BPA) on the Ramshorn Pond Snail, Helisoma trivolvis
Presenters
  • Seth Novak, Sophomore, Education, Communities & Organizations, North Seattle College
  • Mary Amstrup, Sophomore, Environmental Science, North Seattle College
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Kalyn Owens, Chemistry, North Seattle College
Session

Add to my favorites Boom and Bust: Do Conifer Trees at Mt. Rainier National Park Exhibit Mast Seeding?
Presenter
  • Elise Michelle (Elise) Pletcher, Junior, Biology (General)
Mentor
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites AGO4 May Play a Role in Cold Susceptibilty in Arabidopsis thaliana  
Presenter
  • Daisy Zhen, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Amanda Schivell, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Impact of Warming on Mimulus tilingii’s Reproductive Success
Presenter
  • Teodora Stefana (Teodora) Rautu, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
Mentors
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
  • Ian Breckheimer, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Duplication of CYCLOIDEA Genes in Rhododendrons
Presenter
  • Jacob Fong-Gurzinsky, Junior, Biology, History, Lewis & Clark Coll
Mentors
  • Valerie Soza, Biology
  • Benjamin Hall, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Ecomorphology in Tropical Free-Tailed Bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae)
Presenter
  • Ji Eun (Ji) Park, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation) UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Sharlene Santana, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Will Cyanobacteria Increase Carbon Fixation in Response to CO2 Limitation?
Presenters
  • Joseph (Joe) Amann, Sophomore, Nanotechnology, North Seattle College
  • Gavin Caruso, Sophomore, Biology, North Seattle College
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Kalyn Owens, Chemistry, North Seattle College
Session

Add to my favorites Screening for Quorum Sensing Inhibitors in Marine Organisms of Puget Sound
Presenter
  • Sue Yang, Recent Graduate, English, Creative Writing, North Seattle College
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Marina Halverson, Oceanography, Seattle Central College
Session

Add to my favorites How Do Climatic Influences on Alpine Tree Growth Vary across Climate Regimes?
Presenter
  • Myesa I. (Myesa) Legendre Fixx, Senior, Oceanography Mary Gates Scholar, McNair Scholar
Mentors
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
  • Leander Love-Anderegg, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites New Mammalian Teeth Fossils from the Mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of Eastern Idaho with Implications for Early Mammalian Evolution
Presenter
  • Kayla Maureen (Kayla) Mc Laughlin, Senior, Earth & Space Sciences (Biology)
Mentor
  • Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Effects of Auxin Signaling on Shoot Architecture in Arabidopsis
Presenter
  • Josephine Cordelia (Josephine) D'angelo, Senior, Neurobiology
Mentors
  • Jennifer Nemhauser, Biology
  • Mallorie Taylor-Teeples, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Does Light, Temperature, or Both Cue the Phenology of Montane Grasshoppers?
Presenter
  • Bryan Antonio (Bryan) Briones Ortiz, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Rory Telemeco, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites In-Situ Hybridization of Zebrafish Embryos to Investigate Regulation of p120 Catenin during Gastrulation
Presenters
  • Emili Diane (Emili) Allen, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Clemence Lamson Mendoza, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Lindsay Maling, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Merrill Hille, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Is Phosphorylation of p120-Catenin's Y228 Residue Important for Binding to E-Cadherin?
Presenters
  • Dane Kazuo (Dane) Kawano, Senior, Biochemistry, Biology (General) Mary Gates Scholar
  • Ariana Kupai, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Merrill Hille, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Identifying Potential Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria in the Puget Sound
Presenters
  • Adam Von Barnau Sythoff, Recent Graduate, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Brittney Slucher, Fifth Year, Oceanography, Seattle Central College
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Marina Halverson, Oceanography, Seattle Central College
Session

Add to my favorites A Comparison of the Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil from Three Orange Varieties
Presenters
  • Alagie Jobarteh, Sophomore, Biochemistry, Pre-medicine, North Seattle College
  • Rolando Roxas, Sophomore, Microbiology, North Seattle College
  • Danielle Townsend, Sophomore, BioEngineering, North Seattle College
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Kalyn Owens, Chemistry, North Seattle College
Session

Add to my favorites Construction and Analysis of DNA Origami Springs
Presenters
  • Amy Swanson, Sophomore, Electrical Engineering, North Seattle College
  • Claudia Caro, Sophomore, Chemistry, North Seattle College
  • Amy Stegmann, Sophomore, Material Science, University of Washington
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Kalyn Owens, Chemistry, North Seattle College
Session

Add to my favorites Do Bite Force Differences Enable Dietary Specialization in Sea Otters?
Presenter
  • Kristin Marie (Kristin) Campbell, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation)
Mentor
  • Sharlene Santana, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Using Ion Chromatography to Quantify Organic Acids during Wine Production
Presenters
  • Lindsay Hayward, Junior, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Brianna Rice, Sophomore, Chemistry , North Seattle College
Mentors
  • Ann Murkowski, Biology, North Seattle College
  • Kalyn Owens, Chemistry, North Seattle College
Session

Add to my favorites Using Zebrafish to Model a Genetic Mutation Causing Pediatric Epilepsy
Presenter
  • Sehribani Ulusoy Oktay, Non-Matriculated, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
Mentors
  • Joy Sebe, Biological Structure, Biology
  • Candace Myers, Pediatrics
Session

Oral Presentation 1

12:30 PM to 2:15 PM

Add to my favorites Encoding Properties of Moth Wing Mechanosensors are Similar to That of Haltere Neurons
Presenter
  • Brandon Gene (Brandon) Pratt, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental), Neurobiology Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Tom Daniel, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Circadian Modulation of Neuromotor Control 
Presenter
  • Jazmine Guadalupe Perez, Senior, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Biology (Physiology) Levinson Emerging Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentor
  • Horacio de la Iglesia, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites The Importance of Circadian Timing in Mediating Plant-Pollinator Interactions
Presenter
  • Le Ann Pham Nguyen, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Takato Imaizumi, Biology
  • Myles Fenske, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Visualizing and Quantifying Peptide Behavior in Arabidopsis Stomatal Differentiation and Epidermal Patterning
Presenter
  • Emily K. (Emily) Lo, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Levinson Emerging Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Keiko Torii, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Exploring the Genetic Basis for Diverse Floral Symmetry among Rhododendrons
Presenter
  • Haley Alyssandra (Haley) Deal, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
Mentors
  • Benjamin Hall, Biology, Genome Sciences
  • Valerie Soza, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites The Effect of Light Quality on Flowering Gene Expression
Presenter
  • Ella Rand (Ellie) Taagen, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Akane Kubota, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Comparative Leaf Growth Strategies in Response to Water Stress and Shade: Uncovering an Ecophysiological Role of Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) in Populus tremuloides
Presenter
  • Alec Stephen (Alec) Baird, Senior, Biology (Plant) Mary Gates Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentors
  • Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, Biology
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Bite for Your Life: A Comparison of Mandibular Bending Strength between Extinct and Extant Metatherian Mammals
Presenter
  • Nicole Rebecca (Nicole) Aqua, Senior, Anthropology: Archaeological Sciences Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Biology
  • Brody Hovatter, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Quantitative Dental Ecomorphology of Arctocyonid and Periptychid "Archaic Ungulates" from the Earliest Paleogene of North America
Presenter
  • Gianni Russell Aranoff, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Stephanie Smith, Biology
  • Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Aversive Conditioning to Vertebrate Body Odors in the Disease Vector Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Presenter
  • Jessica Elizabeth (Jessica) Liaw, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Chloe Lahondere, Biology
  • Jeffrey Riffell, Biology
  • Clement Vinauger, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Adaptation and Diversification of Bacteriophage SBW25Φ2
Presenter
  • Josh Ming Borin, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation), Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Katrina van Raay, Biology
  • Benjamin Kerr, Biology
Session

Poster Presentation 2

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Add to my favorites New Mammalian Fossils from the Early Paleocene (Puercan 1) of Montana with Implications of Early Mammalian Evolution Following the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Mass Extinction Event  
Presenter
  • Hannah Lauren (Hannah) Burson, Senior, Biology (General)
Mentor
  • Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Dental Cancer in a 260 Million Year Old Mammal-Like Reptile and Its Implications in Modern Medicine
Presenter
  • Larry Ian Mose, Senior, Biology (General), Anthropology: Medical Anth & Global Hlth Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Christian Sidor, Biology, Burke Museum
  • Megan Whitney, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Preliminary Investigation of Vertebrate Faunas across the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary in India
Presenters
  • Aneesha Nausheen Usman, Senior, Biology (General)
  • Parth Bhavin Patel, Junior, Extended Pre-Major
Mentor
  • Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Molecular Analysis of Photoperiodic Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana
Presenter
  • Dianne Laboy, Sophomore, Pre-Sciences
Mentor
  • Akane Kubota, Biology
Session

Oral Presentation 2

3:30 PM to 5:15 PM

Add to my favorites Nutrient Parameters are Associated with Metabolomic Profiles across 11 Species of Drosophila
Presenter
  • Ariana Melissa (Ariana) Samuelson, Senior, Biochemistry CoMotion Mary Gates Innovation Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentors
  • Daniel Promislow, Biology, Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Jeasica Hoffman, Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Session

Add to my favorites Some Like It Gradually Hot: The Effect of the Rate of Environmental Change on Available Evolutionary Pathways
Presenter
  • Cierra Maria (Cierra) Leon Guerrero, Senior, Microbiology Presidential Scholar, McNair Scholar
Mentors
  • Benjamin Kerr, Biology
  • Sonia Singhal, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Evolution of UFO: Testing the Conservation of Floral Gene Regulatory Networks
Presenter
  • Jesus Martinez Gomez, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) McNair Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Veronica Di Stilio, Biology
Session

Poster Presentation 3

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Add to my favorites Analyzing the Role of Drosophila Tumor Suppressing Subtransferable Candidate 1 (dTSSC1) in Protein Trafficking during Acrosome Biogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster
Presenters
  • Hyun Sung Park, Senior, Biochemistry, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar
  • Nicholas Collin (Nick) Rigler, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Barbara Wakimoto, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Thermostability as a Mechanism to Evolve Genetic Robustness in RNA Virus phi-6
Presenter
  • Stella Geum Bee Whang, Senior, Biochemistry UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Benjamin Kerr, Biology
  • Sonia Singhal, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites A cis-element Cluster Dictates Photoperiod Sensitivity at the CONSTANS Promoter in Arabidopsis
Presenter
  • Evan David Groover, Senior, Biology (Plant) UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Greg Golembeski, Biology
  • Takato Imaizumi, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance and Collateral Sensitivity in Escherichia coli
Presenters
  • Elsha Eggink, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
  • Homma Marie Khosroyani, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Benjamin Kerr, Biology
  • Peter Conlin, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites FT Expression in Arabidopsis Increases in cdf and tpl-1 Mutants over Time
Presenter
  • Yashkarn Singh (Yashkarn) Bains, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental), Microbiology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Greg Golembeski, Biology
  • Takato Imaizumi, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Effectiveness of Pitcher Plant Volatiles on Trapping Preys
Presenter
  • Yu Chia Edward (Edward) Kuo, Junior, Pre-Sciences
Mentor
  • Winnie Ho, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Predicting Evolution from the Growth Rate of Effective Population Inferred by Bayesian Nonparametric Phylodynamic Reconstruction
Presenter
  • Xiaoxiao Li, Senior, Statistics, Economics UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Vladimir Minin, Biology, Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management, Statistical Genetics, Statistics
Session

Add to my favorites The Effects of Various Decontamination Procedures and Media Additives on Callus Tissue Cultures of Monocots
Presenter
  • Ashley A. (Ashley) Paulsen, Senior, Microbiology
Mentors
  • Delene Oldenburg, Biology
  • Arnold Bendich, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Phytolith Morphotypes in Grasses
Presenters
  • Casey Vieth (Casey) O'keefe, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation), Earth & Space Sciences
  • Brittany Jane Mc Manus, Fifth Year, Earth and Space Sciences: Geology
  • Anna Campbell (Anna) Schorr, Senior, Biology (General), Integrated Sciences
  • Elie Aboulafia, Senior,
  • Ashly Marie Senske, Junior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation)
Mentor
  • Caroline Stromberg, Biology, Burke Museum, Earth & Space Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Effects of Sleep Disruption and High-Fat Diet on Fecal Volatile Production in a Mouse Model
Presenter
  • Shiyuan (Jonathan) Miao, Senior, Biochemistry UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Winnie Ho, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Electrophysiological Responses of Calliphorid Flies to Antennal Stimulation by Sarracenia Pitcher Plant Volatiles
Presenters
  • Kyle Takashi (Kyle) Aoki, Senior, Biochemistry
  • Stephanie W (Stephanie) Huang, Junior, International Studies: Asia
Mentors
  • Jeffrey Riffell, Biology
  • Winnie Ho, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites The Role of Xanthophores in Danio Pattern Development
Presenter
  • Rachel Marie (Rachel) Krzeczowski, Senior, Biology (Physiology)
Mentors
  • David Parichy, Biology
  • Jessica Spiewak, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Fern LEAFY ortholog CrLFY is Important for Normal Sporophyte Development in Ceratopteris richardii 
Presenter
  • Melissa Jean (Melissa) Wong, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management, Biology (Plant)
Mentors
  • Veronica Di Stilio, Biology
  • Kristen Hewett Hazelton, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Utilizing ND2 Mutation in Drosophila as a Model for Leigh Syndrome  
Presenters
  • Emmanuel Gregory (Emmanuel) Cuevas, Senior, Biology (Physiology) UW Honors Program
  • Natalie Elise (Natalie) Pearlman, Sophomore, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Daniel Promislow, Biology, Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Adrienne Wang, Pathology
Session

Poster Presentation 4

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Add to my favorites Cyclic Fear Entrains Circadian Rhythms
Presenter
  • Jeffrey Lee, Senior, Neurobiology, Philosophy Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentors
  • Horacio de la Iglesia, Biology
  • Miriam Ben-Hamo, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Application of Optical Coherence Tomography for Imaging the Structure and Vein Flow in Live Tomato Leaves
Presenters
  • Meera Kandasamy, Freshman, Biology, South Seattle College
  • Ranee Psachos, Sophomore, Associate Science track1, South Seattle College
  • Logan Aikas, Sophomore, neuroscience, South Seattle College
Mentors
  • Sepideh Hariri, Bioengineering, Biology, South Seattle College
  • Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, Biology
  • Ruikang Wang, Bioengineering
Session

Add to my favorites Impact of Genetic Diversity and Phenotypic Plasticity on Ecosystem Productivity under Manipulated Drought
Presenters
  • Erica Qiao, Junior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Stefany Ann Sideris, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Rebecca Jaejin Kim, Fifth Year, Pre-Major, UW Bothell
  • Nicholas Daniel (Nicholas) Vradenburg, Senior, Environmental Studies (Bothell)
  • Elizabeth Ellen Nightingale, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Meerit Y Said, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Cynthia Chang, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Chemosensing Quadrotor Drone Using Manduca sexta Antennae
Presenter
  • Melanie J (Melanie) Anderson, Senior, Electrical Engr: Nanoscience & Molecular
Mentor
  • Tom Daniel, Biology, Neurobiology & Behavior
Session