Found 55 projects

Poster Presentation 1

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Add to my favorites Viability, Growth and Reproduction of Heligmosomoides bakeri during a Secondary Infection of a Host Treated with Rapamycin
Presenter
  • Diego Orea, Junior, Biochemistry, Calif St University San Marcos McNair Scholar
Mentor
  • Deborah Kristan, Biological Sciences, California State University San Marcos
Session

Add to my favorites Developing Tissue-Specific swsn-4 Rescue Constructs for Caenorhabditis elegans in Hydrogen Sulfide
Presenter
  • Silvia Antonia Rus, Senior, Environmental Health UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Dana Miller, Biochemistry
  • Chris Braden, Biochemistry
Session

Add to my favorites Newtonian-Gravitational Calibrator for Low Frequency Improvements in Advanced LIGO
Presenter
  • Kavic Raman Kumar, Senior, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Physics: Comprehensive Physics McNair Scholar
Mentor
  • Krishna Venkateswara, Physics, CENPA
Session

Add to my favorites Historical Masting Patterns of Plants in the Pacific Northwest
Presenter
  • Luke W. Schefke, Senior, Earth & Space Sciences (Biology)
Mentor
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Review of EMS Pre-Hospital Patient Protocols: Restraint and De-Escalation Use in Psychiatric Health Emergencies
Presenter
  • Kosuke Kume, Senior, Public Health-Global Health UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Christopher DeCou, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
Session

Add to my favorites Specific Leaf Area of Vaccinium ovalifolium across an Altitudinal Gradient
Presenter
  • Ammara Touch, Senior, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation), American Ethnic Studies
Mentors
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
  • Kavya Pradhan, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Development of Positive and Negative Photoresist Spin Curves 
Presenters
  • Michelle Marie Ammann, Senior, Japanese
  • Amanda Daokoon Inthavong, Senior, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Angelo Quinn Wai (Angelo) Ong, Senior, Microbiology
Mentor
  • Duane Irish, Washington Nanofabrication Facility
Session

Add to my favorites Host Age Affects Susceptibility to Intestinal Parasite Infection
Presenter
  • Emmanuel Solis, Senior, Biology & Biotechnology, Calif St University San Marcos McNair Scholar
Mentor
  • Deborah Kristan, Biological Sciences, California State University of San Marcos
Session

Add to my favorites Modular Process for Fiber-Based Device Production and a Novel Organic Photovoltaic Architecture
Presenter
  • Kien Quy Nguyen, Senior, Mat Sci & Engr: Nanosci & Moleculr Engr
Mentor
  • Christine Luscombe, Materials Science & Engineering
Session

Add to my favorites UAS Operation and Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments Using Multilateration of Aviation Transponders
Presenter
  • Helen Kuni, Senior, Aeronautics & Astronautics Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentor
  • Christopher Lum, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Session

Add to my favorites Relating Individual Differences in Foreign Music Comprehension to Neurocognitive Aspects of Second Language Aptitude
Presenter
  • Jiafei Li, Senior, Psychology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Chantel Prat, Psychology
  • Steven Morrison, Music
Session

Oral Presentation 1

12:30 PM to 2:15 PM

Add to my favorites Using a Continuous Measure to Study Children's Gender Identity
Presenter
  • Deja Leigh Edwards, Senior, Anthropology: Medical Anth & Global Hlth Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Kristina Olson, Psychology
  • Selin Gulgoz, Psychology
Session

Add to my favorites Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Exploring Global Research Inconsistencies and Deficiencies
Presenter
  • Tahni C. Mc Gaughy, Junior, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Tacoma
Mentor
  • Christine Stevens, Nursing (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma
Session

Add to my favorites Structure Elucidation of Marine Bacterial Compounds that Induce Biofilm Production in Mycobacteria
Presenter
  • Thuy Tran, Junior, Biochemistry, Calif St University San Marcos McNair Scholar
Mentor
  • Jackie Trischman, Chemistry, California State University San Marcos
Session

Add to my favorites Intersectionality and Mortality: Oppression, Health, and Black Women in the United States
Presenter
  • Katherine E. Mijal, Senior, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Tacoma
Mentors
  • Margaret Griesse, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington, Tacoma
  • Christine Stevens, Nursing (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma
Session

Add to my favorites Using Resting-State Functional Connectivity to Detect Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenter
  • Josh Wolfe, Senior, Psychology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Tara Madhyastha, Psychology, Radiology
  • Christine Mac Donald, Neurological Surgery
Session

Poster Presentation 2

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Add to my favorites Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Ovarian Cancer Using Fas Ligand-Mediated Death Signaling in Solid Tumors
Presenter
  • Ayah Y Idris, Senior, Anthropology: Medical Anth & Global Hlth
Mentors
  • Philip Greenberg, Immunology, Medicine
  • Kristin Anderson, Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Session

Add to my favorites Investigating the Role of Sarcomere Structure in the Proliferative Capacity of Cardiomyocytes to Improve Methods of Cardiac Regeneration
Presenter
  • Anna Whitney Klug, Senior, Bioengineering Levinson Emerging Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Charles Murry, Pathology
  • Christine Yoo, Bioengineering
Session

Add to my favorites Distribution of Beached Pinnipeds on the Western Coast of the United States Using Effort-Based Surveys
Presenter
  • Bailey Marie Gilbert, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Mentors
  • Julia Parrish, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Jackie Lindsey, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, COASST
  • Hillary Burgess, College of the Environment
Session

Add to my favorites The Effect of Age on Spectro-Temporal Modulation Sensitivity 
Presenter
  • Erica Joanne Eng, Senior, Speech and Hearing Sci (Com Disorders)
Mentor
  • Christi Miller, Speech & Hearing Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Assessing Abiotic Soil Conditions in Two Subalpine Environments
Presenter
  • Lauren Kay Dorsch, Sophomore, Environmental Science & Resource Management
Mentors
  • Stuart Graham, Biology
  • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites A New Drepanosauromorph Species from the Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Presenter
  • Gabriel Stedman (Gabe) Goncalves, Senior, Earth & Space Sciences (Biology)
Mentors
  • Christian Sidor, Biology, Burke Museum
  • Brandon Peecook, Biology, Burke Museum, Field Museum
Session

Add to my favorites Analysis of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in HEK 293 Cells
Presenter
  • Kevin Ngoc Nguyen, Senior, Anthropology: Medical Anth & Global Hlth
Mentors
  • Chris Hague, Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Dorathy-Ann Harris, Pharmacology
Session

Add to my favorites Characterizing the Growth Patterns of Thickened Synapsid Skulls via Osteohistology
Presenter
  • Lianna Molas Marilao, Senior, English (Creative Writing), Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation)
Mentors
  • Christian Sidor, Biology, Burke Museum
  • Zoe Kulik, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Examining Gender Differences in Student Perceptions of Strategies to Establish, Maintain, and Restore Student-Teacher Relationships
Presenter
  • Nuradin J Abdalla, Senior, Psychology
Mentors
  • Jessica Coifman, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Stephanie Brewer, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Larissa Gaias, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UW Medicine
Session

Add to my favorites Method Development for Measurement of Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter in Household Dust
Presenter
  • Mae Belle Coker, Senior, Public Health-Global Health
Mentors
  • Christopher Simpson, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
  • Michael Paulsen, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patients with Concurrent Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Presenter
  • Lauren Zawacki, Senior, Public Health-Global Health UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Paul Nghiem, Medicine
  • Kristina Lachance, Medicine
Session

Oral Presentation 2

3:30 PM to 5:15 PM

Add to my favorites Comparison of Reinforcement Learning Methods in a Real-World, Real-Time Environment
Presenters
  • Min Jing (Wendy) Jiang, Sophomore, Computer Science, Bellevue Coll
  • Megan Bui, Sophomore, Electrical Engineering, Bellevue Coll
  • Abduselam Mohammed (Abdul) Shaltu, Senior,
  • Samuel Vanderlinda, Sophomore, Computer Science, Bellevue Coll
  • Tejas Rao, Non-Matriculated,
Mentor
  • Christina Sciabarra, Political Science
Session

Add to my favorites The Drosophila Microtubule Acetylase dTAT and Its Role in Mechanosensory Neuron Function
Presenter
  • Jake Cirincione, Junior, Microbiology
Mentors
  • Jay Parrish, Biology
  • Kory Leudke, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Hemlock Encroachment in Olympic Peninsula Alpine Meadows: Digitizing the Story of the Marmot
Presenter
  • Alishia Elizabeth Orloff, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Kristiina Vogt, College of the Environment
Session

Add to my favorites Source of Noise at Low Frequencies in LIGO OPLEV Measurements
Presenter
  • Alexandra Glenn, Junior, Physics: Applied Physics
Mentor
  • Krishna Venkateswara, Physics, CENPA
Session

Add to my favorites When Lower Taxes Are Not Actually Lower Taxes: A State-Level Study of Legal Financial Obligations
Presenter
  • Konan Mauritz Kile, Senior, Sociology, Economics UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Alexes Harris, Sociology
Session

Add to my favorites Quantitative Analysis of the Morphology, Optoelectronic Properties and Processing Conditions of Organic Photovoltaics
Presenter
  • Anton Benjamin Resing, Senior, Materials Science & Engineering Mary Gates Scholar, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentors
  • Christine Luscombe, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Wesley Tatum, Materials Science & Engineering
Session

Poster Presentation 3

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Add to my favorites A Metabolomic Study of Sex Variation in Drosophila melanogaster
Presenter
  • Rene Coig, Fifth Year, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Daniel Promislow, Biology, Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Ben Harrison, Pathology
Session

Add to my favorites Introducing the Feminist Agenda to the Science World
Presenter
  • Piper Jomy Wright, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Iris Viveros, Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
Session

Add to my favorites Access to Crisis Intervention Resources and Outpatient Psychotherapy via Community Mental Health Clinics in Washington State
Presenter
  • Margaret Dujuan (Maggie) Gallagher, Junior, Psychology
Mentor
  • Christopher DeCou, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
Session

Add to my favorites Connecting the Effects of Rapamycin on Lifespan and Development in Drosophila melanogaster
Presenters
  • Shufan Zhang, Senior, Biology (Physiology)
  • Jjay Sukomol, Sophomore, Pre-Health Sciences
  • Kenneth Daniel (Kenneth) Han, Junior, Pre-Sciences
  • Vanessa L. Paus, Sophomore, Biochemistry
Mentors
  • Mitchell Lee, Pathology
  • Ben Harrison, Pathology
  • Daniel Promislow, Biology, Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Session

Add to my favorites The Buffering Effect of Social Support on Internalizing Symptoms in Transgender Youth
Presenter
  • Sophia Robinson, Senior, Psychology
Mentors
  • Kristina Olson, Psychology
  • Lily Durwood, Psychology
Session

Add to my favorites Life Cycle Analysis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Presenter
  • Edward Wei, Senior, Business Administration (Finance), Mat Sci & Engr: Nanosci & Moleculr Engr
Mentor
  • Kannan Krishnan, Materials Science & Engineering
Session

Add to my favorites Differences Between 2D and 3D Cell Modeling
Presenter
  • Jessica Giang, Senior, Public Health-Global Health, Linguistics
Mentors
  • Dorathy-Ann Harris, Pharmacology
  • Chris Hague, Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Eric Janezic, Pharmacology
Session

Poster Presentation 4

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Add to my favorites Call Center Design with Limited Resources for Populations in Need
Presenter
  • Thanika Painruttanasukho, Senior, Industrial Engineering Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Zelda Zabinsky, Industrial Engineering
  • Larissa Prates Guimaraes Petroianu, Industrial Engineering
Session

Add to my favorites Differential N-Glycosylation Controls Function and Expression of α1D-Adrenergic Receptors
Presenter
  • George Williams, Senior, Neurobiology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Eric Janezic, Pharmacology
  • Chris Hague, Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Dorathy-Ann Harris, Pharmacology
Session

Add to my favorites Determining How N-Terminal Domains Regulate the GPCRs CysLT2, MAS1, and NPFFR2
Presenter
  • Michael F. Chungyoun, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentors
  • Eric Janezic, Pharmacology
  • Chris Hague, Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Session

Add to my favorites Photograph Analysis of Wrangel Island Polar Bear Aggregation
Presenter
  • Gary Qin, Senior, English, Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation)
Mentors
  • Eric Regehr, Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Kristin Laidre, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites How Does the Phosphorylation State of p120 Catenin at Y228 Affect Cell Motility during Embryogenesis in Zebrafish?
Presenter
  • Botao Shan, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Merrill Hille, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Is Table Salt a Viable Alternative for the Control of Burrowing Shrimp on Shellfish Beds in Washington State?
Presenters
  • Kylie Sahota, Junior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
  • Eric R. Anderson, Junior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
  • William Gaege Baxter, Junior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
  • Rose Ann Denney, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management (Wildlife Conservation)
  • Victoria S. (Victoria) Fleck, Junior, Environmental Science & Resource Management (Landscape Ecology & Conservation), History
  • Isabela Sofia Garcia, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management (Wildlife Conservation)
  • Raegan E. Jarvis, Junior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Claire Louise Johnston, Junior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
  • Claudia R Penney, Sophomore, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Marine Biology
  • Allison Phillips, Junior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
  • Iona Mae Rohan, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management (Wildlife Conservation)
  • Gushneet Singh Sarna, Senior, Environmental Science & Resource Management
  • Jonathan L. (Jon) Schroeder, Junior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Zach Thomas, Junior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Spanish
  • Ariana Winkler, Senior, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science & Resource Management UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Christian Grue, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Determining the Distribution of Microplastics in the Salish Sea
Presenter
  • Louise Miranda Sutters, Senior, Biology (General)
Mentors
  • Emily Carrington, Biology
  • Lyda Harris, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Modeling Firn Densification to Improve Paleoclimate Research and Predict Sea Level Rise
Presenter
  • Tova Samantha Beck, Junior, Architectural Design Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Edwin Waddington, Earth & Space Sciences
  • Christopher Stevens, Earth & Space Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Establishing The Role Of Prodynorphin-Expressing Parabrachial Nucleus Neurons In Thermoregulatory Circuits
Presenter
  • Lila Diana Faulhaber, Senior, Neurobiology, Biochemistry
Mentors
  • Richard Palmiter, Biochemistry
  • Chris Johnson, Neuroscience
Session

Add to my favorites Do Marine Microplastic Publications Influence Popular Awareness? A Comparison of Publication Metrics, News Media Coverage, and Social Media Impact
Presenter
  • Anthony Krishtan Abruzzini, Senior, Neurobiology
Mentors
  • Lyda Harris, Biology
  • Emily Carrington, Biology
Session

Add to my favorites Limiting Full Contact in Football Practices as a Means to Reduce Head Impact Exposure
Presenter
  • Michael Adler Petroff, Junior, Biology (General)
Mentor
  • Sara Chrisman, Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research Institute and Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Session

Add to my favorites Juvenile Offender Self-Efficacy in Relation to Delinquency
Presenters
  • Damaris Duduman, Senior, Psychology
  • Sam Robert Findlay, Senior, Psychology
Mentors
  • Sarah Walker, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Kristin Vick, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, SAJE Center
Session

Add to my favorites Glial Cell Activation after Degradation of Hyaluronic Acid
Presenter
  • Julia Bergquist, Junior, Neurobiology
Mentors
  • Christoph Hofstetter, Neurological Surgery
  • Zin Khaing, Neurological Surgery
Session

Add to my favorites Can Microbes Fake Coevolution?
Presenters
  • Anna Marie (Annie) Pederson, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Aqsa Mohammed, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Yana Erika Pavlovskiy, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Zebrafish p120 Catenin 4A Mutant Fusion Protein Design and Testing
Presenter
  • Daniel Olegovich Saidov, Senior, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Merrill Hille, Biology
Session