Found 44 projects

Poster Presentation 1

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

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 SPAMS: The Search for Planets around Post-Main Sequence Stars
Presenters
  • Katherine Grace (Katie) Reil, Sophomore, Pre-Health Sciences
  • Aislynn Wallach, Sophomore, Pre-Sciences NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentors
  • Brett Morris, Astrobiology, Astronomy
  • Eric Agol, Astronomy
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 Undocumented Students at 4-Year Universities 
Presenter
  • Eliseo Banda Gonzalez, Senior, Sociology Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Alexes Harris, Sociology
  • Hedy Lee, Sociology
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 Latent Effects of Marijuana Legalization: Drug Convictions in Seattle Post-Decriminalization
Presenter
  • Kaid Ray Tipton, Senior, Sociology, Communication Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Alexes Harris, Sociology
  • Hedy Lee, Sociology
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 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 Physician Assessment of Blinded Adverse Events in Randomized Controlled Trials in Cystic Fibrosis
Presenter
  • Madeline (Maddy) Wessels, Senior, Computer Science UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Christopher Goss, Medicine
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 Visible Imaging of Sea Ice and Open Water from Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness Flights
Presenter
  • Bryce Elisabeth (Bryce) Martz, Senior, Computer Science NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Chris Chickadel, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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

Oral Presentation 1

12:30 PM to 2:15 PM

Add to my favorites Connecting the Pieces: The Importance of Socially and Psychologically Acclimating Transfer Students
Presenter
  • Marisol Diaz, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Add to my favorites Looking inside Human Libraries
Presenter
  • Wyatt James (Wyatt) Hoffman, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning
Mentor
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Add to my favorites Planning for the Future: A City Illustrated
Presenter
  • Hannah Emily Leigh (Hannah) Keyes, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Add to my favorites Closing the Gender Gap of Seattle Cyclists
Presenter
  • Rachel Laura (Rachel) Edlund, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning
Mentor
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Add to my favorites Activating Alleyways: A Closer Look at the Cleanliness and Safety of Alleyways in the University District 
Presenter
  • Kurt William (Kurt) Blomdahl, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning
Mentor
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Add to my favorites Love Thy Neighborhood Alliance: A Case Study in Lake City (Seattle, Washington)
Presenter
  • Ina Dash Stap, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning, Biology (General)
Mentors
  • Marty Curry, Urban Design & Planning
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Add to my favorites Lessons from Immigration: Acculturation through Art
Presenter
  • Stefanie Menjivar, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning
Mentor
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
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 Power of Expertise: The Effect of Expert Knowledge on the Promotion of Education and Attitude Change
Presenter
  • Hyojung (Halie) Kim, Senior, Community, Environment, & Planning
Mentors
  • Keith Harris, Built Environment, Community Environment & Planning, Comparative History of Ideas
  • Christopher Campbell, Urban Design & Planning
Session

Poster Presentation 2

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Add to my favorites Controlling 4D Stem Cell Differentiation in Hydrogels using Site-Specifically Modified Growth Factors
Presenter
  • Gabrielle Myung Hui (Gabby) Benuska, Junior, Bioengineering NASA Space Grant Scholar, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentors
  • Cole DeForest, Chemical Engineering
  • Jared Shadish, Chemical Engineering
  • Christopher Arakawa, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Pathology
Session

Add to my favorites The Impact of Polymer Size and Architecture on Tumor Penetration
Presenter
  • Nick Tan, Senior, Bioengineering, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Suzie Pun, Bioengineering
  • Christine Wang, Bioengineering
Session

Add to my favorites Effect of PC61BM Addition on P3HT Nanowire Formation
Presenter
  • Josef Sergio Mathias (Sergio) Simanjuntak, Senior, Mat Sci & Engr: Nanosci & Moleculr Engr UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Christine Luscombe, Materials Science & Engineering
Session

Add to my favorites Synthesis and C-H Activation of Benzobisoxazole
Presenter
  • Quynh Mac Nhu Do, Junior, Biochemistry
Mentor
  • Christine Luscombe, Materials Science & Engineering
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 One-Day ChIP-seq Protocol for Low Number of Cells
Presenter
  • Jennifer Ann (Jen) Morgan, Senior, Biochemistry
Mentors
  • David Hawkins, Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Cristina Valensisi, Medicine
Session

Add to my favorites Improving SUMO: Making a Powerful Biotechnical Tool for Protein Expression Even Better
Presenters
  • Kara Lau, Junior, Pre-Sciences
  • Tessa Anne (Tessa) Howard, Senior, Public Health-Global Health UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Christopher Bahl, Biochemistry
Session

Oral Presentation 2

3:30 PM to 5:15 PM

Add to my favorites Metabolic Regulators of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Presenter
  • Kathlyn Acosta, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentors
  • Matt Kaeberlein, Pathology
  • Christopher Bennett, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Pathology
Session

Add to my favorites Investigating the Roles of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway and Mitochondria in Aging
Presenter
  • Christine Lai (Christine) Chen, Senior, Biology (General) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Matt Kaeberlein, Pathology
  • Christopher Bennett, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Pathology
Session

Poster Presentation 3

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Add to my favorites Role of CTCF Insulator in Higher Car5b Expression in Females due to Escape from X Inactivation
Presenter
  • Ana Ruth Tronco, Senior, Extended Pre-Major
Mentors
  • Christine Disteche, Pathology
  • Xinxian Deng, Pathology
Session

Add to my favorites Design and Engineering of Open Source Hardware for Pressure Regulation in the Study of Vascular Processes
Presenter
  • Alexander Novokhodko, Senior, Bioengineering
Mentors
  • Ying Zheng, Bioengineering
  • Christian Mandrycky, Bioengineering
Session

Add to my favorites Toxicity of Imidacloprid to Ghost Shrimp: Implications for the Control of Burrowing Shrimp in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, Washington
Presenters
  • Kelly Lynne Borden (Kelly) De Forest, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
  • Bonnie Mcclaine Henwood, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation)
  • Lisa Yuki (Lisa) Bloch, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Bryan Antonio (Bryan) Briones Ortiz, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation) Mary Gates Scholar
  • Grace A. (Grace) Crandall, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Amanda Aulty Jolean Delaney, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Ariel Delos Santos, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Community, Environment, & Planning
Mentors
  • Christian Grue, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Lisa Crosson, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Darkness and Brown Induction with a Checkerboard Configuration
Presenter
  • Hohjin Im, Senior, Psychology, Economics UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Steven L. Buck, Psychology
  • Joris Vincent, Psychology
  • Tanner DeLawyer, Psychology, Kochi University of Technology
Session

Add to my favorites Marijuana Identity as a Predictor of Use and Use-Related Problems
Presenters
  • Kirsten P (Kirsten) Peterson, Senior, Psychology
  • Jade Keilani Shibata, Senior, Psychology
  • Miyoung Yoo
  • Kedi (Spencer) Zhu, Recent Graduate,
Mentors
  • Kristen Lindgren, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Cecilia Olin, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Devon Abdallah, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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

Poster Presentation 4

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Add to my favorites Changes in Sea Otter Diet Diversity from the 1990s to the 2010s
Presenter
  • Amanda Elisabeth (Amanda) Witt, Senior, Biology (General), Spanish Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Kristin Laidre, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Jessica Hale, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Frequency Dependence in the Evolution of a Syntrophic Mutualism
Presenters
  • Samantha Renee Rhothisen, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Aryanne Mae Calinisan Mac Arulay, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Andrew Myles Tagle, Recent Graduate,
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Cryopreservation of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Presenter
  • Andrea N. (Andrea) Odell, Sophomore, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Mentors
  • Gabrielle Rocap, Oceanography
  • Christina Miller, Oceanography
Session

Add to my favorites Is Specialization a Typical Outcome of 1000 Generations of Evolution in Mutualism?
Presenters
  • Yemesrach Chaka (Yemesrach) Demissie, Recent Graduate, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Irina Stroynyy, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Douglas (Doug) Henderson, Recent Graduate,
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Looking for Evolution in Wastewater Treatment Plants
Presenter
  • Stephen Garth (Stephen) Wallen, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Confining Barium-Ytterbium/Barium-Barium Ion Chain in a Quartic Anharmonic Oscillator for Quantum Computing
Presenter
  • Wen Lin Tan, Senior, Physics: Comprehensive Physics, Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences (Engineering & Physical) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentor
  • Boris Blinov, Physics
Session

Add to my favorites Characterization of PDZ Protein-Protein Binding Kinetics in the Alpha-1D Adrenergic Receptor
Presenter
  • Aaron William (Aaron) Stewart, Senior, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Chris Hague, Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Session

Add to my favorites The Metrics of Cardiac Resuscitations: Measuring CPR Chest Compression Parameters during in-Hospital Cardiac Arrests for the Purpose of Quality Improvement
Presenter
  • Emma Frances (Emma) Jagoe, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Christine Laux, Cardiology, Harborview Medical Center
  • JoAnne Whitney, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems
Session