Research Symposium
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES FROM RURAL AND TRIBAL COLLEGES
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Amanda Amacher
Lake Region State College, ND
PI: Archana Dhasarathy, Ph.D.
Project: The role of CCCTC Binding Factor (CTCF) in Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT)
William P. Berning
Concordia College, MN
PI: Kumi Nagamoto-Combs, Ph.D.
Project: Decreased Neural Activity in the Auditory Cortex Associated with Behavioral Abnormality in a Mouse Model of Cow’s Milk Allergy
Dimitri Bazile
Nassau Community College, NY
Stony Brook University, NY
PI: Rebecca B. Simmons, Ph.D.
Project: Identification of the sex-determining gene, doublesex, in tussock moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae)


Lauren A. Fleming
Wayne State College, NE
PI: Van A. Doze, Ph.D.
Project: Cirazoline’s Effect on Mice Behavior, Spatial Learning, and Memory:
Is Neurogenesis the Cause?

J’Kayla Edwards
Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL
PI: James D. Foster, Ph.D.
Project: Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger Isoform  1 (NHE1) Palmitoylation by Palmitoyl Acyl Transferase Isoform 5 (DHHC5)

Davis J. Ekman
University of Minnesota, Crookston
PI: Vasyl V. Tkach, Ph.D.
Project: Digenean larvae in Minnesota and North Dakota mollusks: How common are swimmer’s itch agents?

Rosa Grijalva
Wellesley College, MA
PI: Van Doze, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating the Effects of an Alpha-1A Agonist on Neurogenesis
Guadalupe Guadarrama
University of Washington
PI: Van A. Doze, Ph.D.
Project: The Function of an 1AAR Agonist in the Formation of New Neurons
Christina Francis
Unity College, ME
PI: Brian Darby, Ph.D.
Project: Correlation between Life History Traits and Proportional Reproductive Biomass of Soil Nematodes
Dawson Hollingsworth
Oregon State University
PI: Sergei Nechaev, Ph.D.
Project: The Correlation of Chromatin Modifications H3K4me3 and H3K4me1 to Gene Expression


Nicholas J. Jorenby
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
PI: Vasyl V. Tkach, Ph.D.
Project: Digenean larvae in Minnesota and North Dakota mollusks: How common are swimmer’s itch agents?

Wendie Hasler
University of North Dakota
PI: Colin Combs, Ph.D.
Project: Characterization of Lung Changes in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s disease
Soleille Miller
University of North Dakota
PI: Turk Rhen, Ph.D.
Project: A Novel Method for Effectively Analyzing Open Field Behavior and its Application to the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)


Jakson R. Martens
University of North Dakota
PI: Vasyl V. Tkach, Ph.D.
Project: What’s in Our Fish?
Jessie Nagle
Shippensburg University, PA
PI: L. Keith Henry, Ph.D.
Project: Neonate mouse exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors alters behavior in a sex-dependent manner


Cheyenne N. Perez-Bailey
Dallas Baptist University, TX
PI: James D. Foster, Ph.D.
Project: Regulation of Dopamine Transporter Palmitoylation by Acyl Protein Thioesterase 1 in vitro

Zoë Sweeney
College of the Sequoias, CA
PI: L. Keith Henry, Ph.D.
Project: Characterization of Expression Changes for a Subset of Target Genes Hypothesized to be Involved in Methamphetamine Response
Maya Quinn
Samford University, AL
PI: Brian Darby, Ph.D.
Project: Comparing biological, physical, and chemical indices of soil health

Evan Walter
University of North Dakota
PI: L. Keith Henry, Ph.D.
Project: Impact of N-terminal Phosphomimetic Mutants on Substrate-Induced Enhancement of
Uptake by the Dopamine Transporter


Raba Tefera
Carleton College, MN
PI: Manu, Ph.D.
Project: Role of C/EBP Alpha in Macrophage-Neutrophil Cell Differentiation

Daneyshalee Vargas
Ana G. Méndez University (Cupey Campus), PR
PI: Catherine Brissette, Ph.D.
Project: Use of fluorescent immunohistochemistry to visualize T cells and B cells in the dura mater of mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi
Sydney Winterton
Southern Virginia University
PI: Turk Rhen, Ph.D.
Project: Cause for Shell-ebration: Proteins Involved in siRNA Knockdown are Functional in Chelydra serpentina

2019 Participants