Biology and Biotechnology
Poster Session, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Campus Center, Odeum
Correlating Pentosidine Levels with Age in Avian Species
Allyssa Vincent, Jennifer Lapierre
Advisor: Mike Buckholt
A Pathogenesis Screen Using C. elegans to Identify Virulence Factors in Candida albicans
Kelly Pastor, Margaret Chiasson, Ben Landry, Kurtis McCannell
Advisor: Reeta Prusty Rao
CLK1 and Its Effects on Telogen Stem Cell Differentiation
Jennifer Maurer, Shannon Doherty
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
The Effects of Phytoestrogens Found in Promensil on Human Ductal Carcinoma
Olivia O’Connell, Lauren Gergel
Advisor: Jill Rulfs, Mike Buckholt
A Novel Role of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Maintaining Glucose Homeostasis
Debra Franck, Laura Tracy
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: Hayla Sluss, UMass Medical School
Functional Analysis of MIG-10, a Cytoplasmic Adaptor Protein Important in Neuronal Migration and Process Outgrowth in C. elegans
Subaiou Zhang
Advisor: Elizabeth Ryder
Recombinant Reoviridae HIV Vaccine
Cameron Habib
Advisor: Destin Heilman
Sponsor: Max Nibert
Production and Screening of a Random Peptide Library for Blocking HIV GP120 Attachment to CD4
Andrew Bartley
Advisor: Dave Adams
Alpha-B-crystallin Mediated Rescue of Centriolin Depletion Induced Cell Death in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Catherine Campbell
Advisors: Dave Adams,
Stephen Doxey (UMass Medical School)
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
Swapping Stories: Gaining Insight to Cancer Therapeutics and EGFR Signaling from Flies
Debra Afezolli
Advisor: Joe Duffy
GPI Linkages in the NS1 Protein Causes Induction of IL-8 in Dengue Virus
Myles Walsh, Justin Deveau
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: Jake Collins
Gadd45-Alpha; and Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Migration
Sally Trabucco
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
Movement and Microhabitat Selection of Crayfish Indigenous to the East Brimfield Dam
Jerrod Oltman
Advisor: Mike Buckholt
A Genetic Approach to the C. elegans NMJ
Jason Climer
Advisor: Liz Ryder
Neurotransmitter Signal Transduction and Its Role in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Felipe Strefling, Jenny Strefling
Advisor: Dave Adams, Alice Gardner (Mass. College of Pharmacy)
Sponsor: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Sciences, Worcester Campus
HIV Drugs and Glucan Particles
Joe Walsh, Alexandra Griffin
Advisor: Dave Adams,
Gary Ostroff (UMass Medical)
Sponsor: UMass Medical
Analysis of Microarray Data to Confirm Novel Subtype of Breast Cancer
Justin Liu, Philip Davidson
Advisor: Dave Adams
AFLP analysis of Introgression
Margaret Allard
Advisor: Mike Buckholt, Lauren Mathews
Poster Session, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Campus Center, Odeum
C. elegans Transcription Cofactor
Vcitor Zeng
Advisor: Liz Ryder
The Effect of Analog Compounds and siRNA Combination Treatments Using 4-methylthio-2-oxobutyric Zcid on Cancer Cell Viability
Meghan Elise Cockerill
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: UMass Medical School, Grossman Laboratory
Investigation of the Potential Sec6p/Sec9p Bindiing Site
Ashleigh Elizabeth Wood
Advisors: Dave Adams, Mary Munson (UMass Medical School)
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
Designing the Inner Layer of an Equine Safety Boot
Marcella Granfone, Meggan Birmingham
Advisor: Jill Rulfs, Carl Kirker-Head (Tufts Veterinary School)
Sponsor: Tufts Veterinary School
Characterization of the mig-10 Mutation RY0920 in C. elegans
Jarad Kukla
Advisor: Liz Ryder, Mike Buckholt
Identification of a Rhizobia Species That Can Establish Nitrogen-fixing Nodules in Crotalaria longirostrata
Tamara Mason, Andrea Bisson
Advisor: Ally Hunter
Sponsor: Frank Mangan
Phytoestrogen Project
Mohammed Suhail Akhtar, Christina Ferrari
Advisor: Mike Buckholt
The Effect of 4-methythio-2-oxobutyric Acid on Cancer Cell Migration
Daniel Parker
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
Crayfish as Bioindicators of Water Quality
Matthew Cembrola and Patrick Massey
Advisor: JoAnn Whitefleet-Smith
Effect of Phytoestrogens on Apoptosis of T47D Cells
Nadia Skorinko, Therese Comeau
Advisors: Mike Buckholt, Jill Rulfs
Heterodimers in a Y1H Assay
Brian Renda
Advisor: Joe Duffy
Sponsor: Marion Walout
Activation of the ER Stress Pathway by Endogenous Glucose Fluctuations in the Zebrafish Embryo
Briana Lorenzo, Phoebe Riley
Advisor: Dave Adams
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
Design and Implementation of a Venus-YFP Complementation System for Use in the Detection of Viral Pathogens
Maura Craig, Erin Burns
Advisor: Dave Adams, Allan Rothman, M.D.
Sponsor: CIDVR UMass Medical School
Transformation of Ettlia oleoabundans, a Potential Biofuel Alga
Brant Carter
Advisors: Pam Weathers
Chipilin
Michael Isidoro, Richard Messier
Advisor: Mike Buckholt
The Role of ST18 in Inv16 Leukemogensis
Dana Peterson
Advisors: Dave Adams,
Lucio Castilla (UMass Medical School)
Sponsor: UMass Medical School
