Nearly 40 Biology department students were among the presenters at the 15th Erickson Undergraduate Research Conference on Friday, May 12. The presented research reflects a broad spectrum of biology, including human physiology, ecology, animal behavior, molecular biology, cell biology and genetics. Four Biology research projects were among those honored with awards for Best Oral and Best Poster presentations.
Awardees include:
Best Oral Presentation, Biochemistry and Biology:
Awarded to Valerie Chieng, Denali Dudgeon and Ashton Perry
Advised by Dr. Jenny Tenlen, Assistant Professor of Biology
Title: "Examining the role of candidate genes in early intestinal development in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans"
Best Oral Presentation, Biology:
Awarded to Michaela Rubenstein
Advised by Dr. Janet Bester-Meredith, Associate Professor of Biology
Title: "Effects of ZooTunes concert decibel levels on the behavior of five species at Woodland Park Zoo"
Best Oral Presentation, Molecular Biology:
Awarded to Mariah Conley, Anne Macy, Genny Roberts and Kara Paolisso
Advised by Dr. Derek Wood, Professor of Biology
Title: "CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage in Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 to investigate the role of a duplicated functional ProC gene"
Best Poster Presentation
Awarded to Cori L. Kruger Domes, Aimee D. Sokol and Ashley N. Blair
Advised by Dr. Rick Ridgway, Associate Professor of Biology
Title: "Visualization of putative synapses between interneurons of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis using dual fluorescent dye labeling"
Congratulations to all of our student presenters, and to their Biology faculty research mentors!
Posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017