Fall Research Symposium

The Fall Research Symposium provides students from all disciplines an opportunity to present their research or creative project, including those undertaken in the previous summer or academic year. 

The 2023 Symposium will be held on Friday, September 15 in Beck Hall and includes both oral presentations and posters.

  • Each panel session will include 4 presenters; after all the presenters have shared their work, there will be 10-15 minutes for Q&A between the audience and the presenters.

Friday, September 15, 2023 (2:30-4:30 p.m. CT)

Fall Research Symposium 2023 Conference Abstracts

PANEL SESSION A
2:30 - 3:30
Beck Hall 115

Effects of Diurnal Cooling on RCH Induction in Drosophila melanogaster

Madeline Chaplin '25

Faculty Sponsor: Yuta Kawarasaki, Biology


Investigating temperature tolerances on diploid versus polyploid germination: implications for cytogeographic patterns of Solidago gigantea

Ella Sontowski '26

Faculty Sponsor: Angela Walczyk, Biology


Forecasting the Sensitivity of Red Pine Growth to Climate Effects 

Lucy Peterson '24

Faculty Sponsor: Erik Gulbranson, Geology


Enhanced Target Separation from Complex Matrices Using Multiple Heart-Cutting Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography

Jack Vukovich ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


Panel Chair: Amanda Nienow

PANEL SESSION B
2:30 - 3:30
Beck Hall 201

Analyzing inflow in a z=2.45 galaxy

Erin Coleman ‘25

Faculty Sponsor: Tucker Jones, Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Davis


Timing Precision: the ticket to increasing quantity and quality of high-throughput measurements in liquid chromatography

Trevor Kempen ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


“Installation of a Campus Radio Antenna Array for Radio Astronomy: Enhancing Exomoon Exploration Through Teamwork"

Sophia Smith ‘26

Faculty Sponsor: Darsa Donelan, Physics


Leveraging React for Data Analysis and Visualization

Richmond Boahene ‘26

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


Panel ChairKatie Leehy

PANEL SESSION C
2:30 - 3:30
Beck Hall 211

Predicting isocratic retention factors from gradient elution conditions using a re-parameterized Neue-Kuss model

Kathryn Cash ‘24, Dwight Stoll, Sarah Rutan

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


An Overview of the Push-Pull Modulation in Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography

Ryan Schimek ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


Targets of Nonsense-Mediated Decay, A Specialized RNA Degradation Pathway

Akwasi Amoah ‘26, Samara Goltz ‘26

Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Dahlseid, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


Panel Chair: Ian Hill

PANEL SESSION A
3:30 - 4:30 
Beck Hall 115

Changes in metabolic rates of Belgica antarctica during recovery from sublethal freezing 

Kaia Meyer ‘26

Faculty Sponsor: Yuta Kawarasaki, Biology


Modeling the Effects of Solvent Composition and Pressure on Retention in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Zach Kruger ‘23, Josh Kruger ‘25, Trevor Kempen ‘24, Ronard Pabi ‘24, Sarah Rutan, Dwight Stoll

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


COF Synthesis from Computational Prediction

Isabella Aase ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Ian Hill, Chemistry


Automation of Chromatogram Data Collection for Model Development

Ronard Pabi ‘24, Trevor Kempen ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


Panel Chair: Hayley Russell

PANEL SESSION B
3:30 - 4:30 
Beck Hall 201

Lipoprotein Fractionation Method Development for Alzheimer's Disease Research 

Sarah Carr ‘24, Soren Grant ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Dwight Stoll, Chemistry


How do fungal pathogens develop tolerance to anti-fungal drugs?

Bode Hogan ‘26

Faculty Sponsor: Laura Burrack, Biology


Computational Modeling of Neural Activity in Both Awake and Asleep States With Specific Focus on Identifying Instances of Replay

Iris Youngdahl ‘24

Faculty Sponsor: Woodrow Shew, Physics


Role of RNA Structure in Gene Regulation by sRNA 

Rachel Trebesch ‘25

Faculty Sponsor: Janie Frandsen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology



Panel Chair: Kennedy Nyongbela

  Poster Presentations (2:30-4:30 pm) in Beck Atrium  

Regulation of Transcriptome and Myofibroblastic Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cells by ALKBH5

Maria Sylvester ‘24

Faculty Mentor: Ningling Kang, The Hormel Institute

   

Quantifying Somatic Instability in Huntington’s Disease Using Long Read Sequencing Data

Emiliy Sagstetter ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Aaron Quinlan, Biomedical Information at University of Utah

   

Measuring Intercultural Competence via Community Engagement

Angelique Dwyer, Cosette Melton Hanily ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Angelique Dwyer, Modern Languages and Literatures and Cultures

   

GC-MS analysis of Prunus americana extracts and their anti-proliferation and anti-migration activity on Glioblastoma multiforme

Zoya Akhtar ‘26, Kennedy Nyongbela, Davild Odde

Faculty Mentor: Kennedy Nyongbela, Chemistry

   

GC-MS analysis of Minnesota salvia essential oils and activity against proliferation and migration on Glioblastoma multiforme

Gabriella Stoudt ‘26

Faculty Mentor: Kennedy Nyongbela, Chemistry

   

Sequential Priming Task of Insects

Maria Widen ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Lauren Hecht, Psychological Sciences

   

The Evolution of Science and Ethics across the Nobel Conference: Archival Groundwork for Future Video Series

Jocelyn Morningstar ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Lisa Heldke, Philosophy and Noble Conference

   

ISGylation disrupts neuronal proteostasis & methods for quantifying miRNAs isolated from neuronal extracellular vesicles 

Emma Stock ‘25, Rioghna Pittock, Sara Muhammad

Faculty Mentor: Charles Howe, Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology

   

In vitro tonic and phasic dopamine measurement using advanced voltammetry

Kaylee Cepress ‘25

   

Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in D. melanogaster

Henry Noma ‘24

   

The Role of SLCO3A1 in Macrophage Efferocytosis

Blake Rose ‘24

   

Endocytic Trafficking of Cedar Virus Fusion Protein is Critical for Assembling Viral Particles that Allow Sustained Infection of Bat Cells

Quinn Allabouni ‘24

   

JOVE Radio Telescope and Indigenous Involvement 

Andy Larson ‘24, Sophia Smith ‘26, Andrew Jensen ‘24, Zachary Stordahl ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Darsa Donelan, Physics

   

Radio JOVE Pi-brary Construction

Andrew Jensen ‘24, Andy Larson ‘24, Zachary Stordahl ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Darsa Donelan, Physics

   

Remote Data Collection Using Raspberry Pi

Zack Stordahl ‘25, Erin Coleman ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Darsa Donelan, Physics

   

Identifying Synergistic Drug Combinations with Pevonedistant (MLN4924) in Cancer Cell Lines

Victor Solano ‘25, August John, Liewei Wang

Faculty Mentor: August John, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

   
     

Examination of the Biological Role of NRF1 on Mitochondrial Translation in CLL B Cells

Alexander Johnson '25

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Kay, Biology at the Mayo Clinic

   

Genetic Variants in the Asprosin-PTPRD Pathway that may Influence Treatment Outcomes for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Grace McFarlane ‘25

Faculty Mentor: Richard Weinshillboum, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the Mayo Clinic

   

Questions may be directed to the Director of Undergraduate Research.