BBT Project Presentation Day Schedule – Thurs. April 21, 2016
Poster Presentations in the Odeum 9:30am-12:00pm
M-1
Title: Phytoestrogens and their effects on breast cancer cell proliferation
Sarah Gardinier, Nathan Ferron and Kathleen Tran
MQP Advisors: Michael Buckholt and Jill Rulfs
M-2
Title: Investigating the Function of DNA methylation in M. smegmatis
Nicholas Lemere
MQP Advisor: Scarlet Shell
M-3
Title: Conditional Loss-of-Growth 1 (CLoG1) is a novel protein that localizes to microtubules in
Physcomitrella patens
Sakshi Khurana
MQP Advisor: Luis Vidali
M-4
Title: Using biofilms for the detection and bioremediation of arsenic
Mitra Marvasti-Sitterly and Kayla DeSanty
MQP Advisors: Natalie Farny and Michael Buckholt
M-5
Title: Regulation analysis of SERCA3 metabolic pathways in type-2 diabetic human pancreatic
islet cells
Megan Robidas and Victor Chau
MQP Advisor: David Adams
Sponsor: Agata Jurczyk, University of Massachusetts Medical School
M-6
Title: ELEXIS based characterization of Kek1 interactions with DER and ErbB2
Victoria Scott
MQP Advisor: Joseph Duffy
M-7
Title: Bioindicators
Gregory Kasper
MQP Advisor: JoAnn Whitefleet-Smith and Mike Buckholt
M-8
Title: Landscapes that promote nest box occupancy in American Kestrels in Massachusetts
Cara Berner, Francesca Cerio, Paula Miller and Olivia Shraibati
MQP Advisor: Marja Bakermans
Sponsor: Andrew Vitz, Massachusetts State Ornithologist
M-9
Title: Artemisinin and breast cancer
Rebecca Seymour and Jake Rogers
MQP Advisors: Michael Buckholt and Jill Rulfs
M-10
Title: Design and analysis of synthetic MMP-9 sensors as diagnostic tools for concussions
Camneil Daly and Jessica Larsen
MQP Advisors: Natalie Farny and Michael Buckholt
M-11
Title: The importance of actin interacting genes dbn-1, erm-1, plst-1 and F38E9.5 for pore
forming toxin defense in C. elegans
Tammy Zamaitis
MQP Advisor: David Adams
Sponsor: Raffi Aroian, University of Massachusetts Medical School
M-12
Title: Stressed Out! Investigating the effects of bisphenols on cellular stress response
Christina Noyes, Sarah Monteith, Paulina Karabelas and Paige Salerno
MQP Advisors: Natalie Farny and Michael Buckholt
M-13
Title: ELEXIS based screen of human LIGs with ErbB1-4
Julie Mazza
MQP Advisor: Joseph Duffy
M-14
Title: Analyzing profilin dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Victoria Botelho
MQP Advisor: Jagan Srinivasan
Sponsor: Daryl Bosco, University of Massachusetts Medical School
M-15
Title: Diet quality and fast food consumption in relation to food reward sensitivity and
proximity to fast food restaurants among pregnant women
Kathryn Elizabeth Liziewski
MQP Advisor: Jill Rulfs
Sponsor: Molly Waring, University of Massachusetts Medical School
M 16
Title: A pilot study: Understanding health literacy and linguistic factors related to African
immigrant engagement in primary health care in the U.S.
Nicole Baker
MQP Advisor: Jill Rulfs
Sponsor: Nancy Morris, University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing
M-17
Title: The effects of punicalagin and tannic acid on Caenorhabditis elegans models of
Alzheimer’s disease
Veroniki Nikolaki, Florentia Ong and Veronica Coyle
MQP Advisor: Jagan Srinivasan
M 18
Title: Changes in mitochrondrial fitness of fibroblasts due to oxidative stress
Sunny Sang Nguyen
MQP Advisor: Tanja Dominko
M 19
Title: Creating an interactive visualization to monitor Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)
Stephanie Esmond
MQP Advisors: Marja Bakermans and Elizabeth Ryder
Sponsor: Andrew Vitz, Massachusetts State Ornithologist
M 20
Title: A packed bed bioreactor system for enhancing the growth of Vero cells in a semicontinuous mode of operation
Shannon Guertin
MQP Advisors: Joseph Duffy and Kamal Rashid
M 21
Title: Lung macrophage polarization in Cryptococcus neoformans murine infection model
Maureen Hester
MQP Advisor: David Adams
Sponsor: Stuart Levitz, University of Massachusetts Medical School
M 22
Title: Stable hydrogen isotope analysis of American Redstart rectrices
Lauren Puishys, Elior Anina, Alessandra Cerio, Ashilly Lopes and Yasmeen Luna
MQP Advisor: Marja Bakermans
Sponsor: Andrew Vitz, Massachusetts State Ornithologist
M 23
Title: MdmX suppresses chromosome loss and multipolar mitosis in a p53-independent manner
Nicolle Shandrow
MQP Advisor: Michael Buckholt
Sponsor: Stephen Jones, University of Massachusetts Medical School
M 24
Title: The mycobiome, identification and genotyping Candida species in clinical isolates
Heather Bartlett
MQP Advisor: Reeta Rao
M 25
Title: Investigating the role of kinesin 4-11 in plant growth and chloroplast photorelocation
Daniel MacVeigh-Fierro
MQP Advisor: Luis Vidali
M 26
Title: Yeast ATF2 gene expression and wine aroma: A wine production and agent-based
modeling approach
Tete Zhang
MQP Advisors: Tanja Dominko and Elizabeth Ryder
Sponsor: Wine Research Center, University of Nova Gorica