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 A2:30 - 3:30Beck 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 B2:30 - 3:30Beck 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 Chair: Katie Leehy |
PANEL SESSION C2:30 - 3:30Beck 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 A3:30 - 4:30Beck 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 B3:30 - 4:30Beck 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 |
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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 |
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Measuring Intercultural Competence via Community Engagement Angelique Dwyer, Cosette Melton Hanily ‘25 Faculty Mentor: Angelique Dwyer, Modern Languages and Literatures and Cultures |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sequential Priming Task of Insects Maria Widen ‘25 Faculty Mentor: Lauren Hecht, Psychological Sciences |
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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 |
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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 |
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In vitro tonic and phasic dopamine measurement using advanced voltammetry Kaylee Cepress ‘25 |
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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in D. melanogaster Henry Noma ‘24 |
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The Role of SLCO3A1 in Macrophage Efferocytosis Blake Rose ‘24 |
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Endocytic Trafficking of Cedar Virus Fusion Protein is Critical for Assembling Viral Particles that Allow Sustained Infection of Bat Cells Quinn Allabouni ‘24 |
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JOVE Radio Telescope and Indigenous Involvement Andy Larson ‘24, Sophia Smith ‘26, Andrew Jensen ‘24, Zachary Stordahl ‘25 Faculty Mentor: Darsa Donelan, Physics |
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Radio JOVE Pi-brary Construction Andrew Jensen ‘24, Andy Larson ‘24, Zachary Stordahl ‘25 Faculty Mentor: Darsa Donelan, Physics |
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Remote Data Collection Using Raspberry Pi Zack Stordahl ‘25, Erin Coleman ‘25 Faculty Mentor: Darsa Donelan, Physics |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.