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Spring 2021 Schedule
Spring 2021 ABT 395/399 Student Presentations
Tuesday, April 27 9:25am to 2:45pm
Thursday, April 29 10:55am to 2:30pm
Presentations by Zoom
Please contact Esther Fleming, efleming@uky.edu, for more information.
Tuesday, April 27
9:25am Aardra Kachroo Introductions
9:30am Aaron Harris Effects of mycotoxins Fumonosin and Doxynivalenol
Mentor: Dr. Robert Hirsch, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Food, & Environment
9:45am Kaitlin Cox Salivary flow and intensity of pain in patients with burning mouth disorder
Mentor: Dr. Craig Miller, Division of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry
10:00am Angelica Garza Genetic components of male-female interactions of transgenic insects carrying a conditional dominant lethal gene
Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Teets, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
10:15am Hanna Lefevers Comparing the effects of global DNA methylation on soybean epimutants and dem mutant tomatoes
Mentor: Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
10:45am Sydney Rogers Measuring the over-wintering success in both latent and virulent strains of HzNV-2
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Webb, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
11:00am Cessna Langford Megasphaera elsdenii supplementation effects on performance measures of crossbred Holstein X Angus calves
Mentor: Dr. Joao Costa, Department of Animal & Food Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
11:15am Allison Snyder Azithromycin's impact on the inflammatory properties of neutrophils
Mentor: Dr. David Feola, Pharmacy Practice & Science Department, College of Pharmacy
11:30AM - 1:55PM LUNCH BREAK
2:30pm Henry Smith Identification and characterization of Fusarium spp. affecting Kentucky hemp
Mentor: Dr. Nicole Gauthier, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
2:45pm Rebecca Martinez; Mitochondrial OXPHOS signaling regulates Wnt pathway in colon cancer
Mentor: Dr. Tianyan Gao, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine
3:00pm Elizabeth Yates Comparing Physical and Chemical Methods to Enhance Hemp Seed Germination
Mentor: Dr. Luke Moe, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
Thursday, April 29
10:55am Aardra Kachroo Introductions
10:45am Tristan Donovan Physiological limits in the use of channel opsins with Drosophila melanogaster: Body wall muscle and motor neuron
Mentor: Dr. Robin Cooper, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
11:00am Jaxon Boley Survival of bluegrass hardwood tree seedlings under varying conditions
Mentor: Dr. John Cox, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
11:15am Alexi Linneman The mechanisms of the protective immunity against Toxoplasma gondii
Mentor: Dr. Yasuhiro Suzuki, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine
11:30am Hayden Bouren Characterization of the Australian cane toad blood microbiome
Mentor: Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
11:45am Kylie Bickler Dose Response of RNAi in Multiple Insect Species
Dr. Lynne Rieske-Kinney, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
12:00 - 12:55 pm LUNCH BREAK
1:00pm Rebecca Caldbeck; Feeding a growing population: Leghemoglobin as a visual marker for developing cisgenic plants
Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Kachroo, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Food, & Environment
1:15pm Hanna Fischer Characterizing SATB2 circular RNAs in arsenic-mediated carcinogenesis
Mentor: Dr. Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine
1:30pm James Campbell The potential of CASC3 as a LEAP client protein
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Downie, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment
1:45pm Alexandria Pete Investigating the role of myosin XI-G in synergid cells for Arabidopsis thaliana
Mentor: Dr. Tomokazu Kawashima, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food, & Environment
2:00pm Taylor La Mantia Virtual authentic learning experiences in molecular biology using data sonification
Mentor: Dr. Luke Bradley, Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
9:30am Rachael Klueppel Small molecule inhibitors of bacterial type IV secretion systems
Mentor: Dr. Carrie Shaffer, Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, Food, & Environment
2:30pm Morgan Erwin Transmission of the Helicoverpa zea nudivirus by sterile males
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Webb, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food & Environment