The was held in Vancouver, WA, and hosted by the University of Portland. This conference featured undergraduate student researchers from universities around the Pacific Northwest, including 15 from ɬÀï·¬ Pacific. The students were accompanied by Assistant Professor of Biology Jenny Tenlen.
Ryan Alcantara: Push it, Push it Real Good: The Energetic Cost of Stroller Running (research mentor: Dr. Cara Wall-Scheffler)
Kaylan Banks: Cellular Assays and Image Analysis for iCHIP Platforms (research mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Wheeler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Julian Conn Busch: Tardigrades contain at least six putative proteins involved in gene silencing (research mentor: Dr. Jenny Tenlen)
Laura DeWald: Characterization of a novel RNA tertiary interaction found in the THF riboswitch (oral presentation) (research mentor: Dr. Wade Grabow)
Loa Griesbach: Genome Assembly and Investigation of Agrobacterium F5R19 (research mentor: Dr. Derek Wood)
Elizabeth Knodel: Effect of Internal Torsion on the CH-stretching Overtone Spectra of 2,2'-Substituted Biphenyls (research mentor: Dr. Daniel Schofield)
Jacob Krodel: Assessing the feeding, growth, and energetics of hydrothermal vent gastropod larvae (Shinkailepas n. sp.) (oral presentation) (research mentor: Dr. Shawn Arellano, Shannon Point Marine Center)
Grace Mammarella: Impaired Olfaction Decreases Aggression in California Mice (Peromyscus californicus) (research mentor: Dr. Janet Bester-Meredith)
Sean Morton: Monitoring complex RNA nanoparticle formation using the split-Spinach aptamer (research mentor: Dr. Wade Grabow)
Thao Nguyen: A Dopamine-PABA Adduct Assay Enables Spectrophotometric Quantification of Dopamine Release by the Marine Alga, Ulvaria obscura (research mentor: Dr. Rick Ridgway)
Amber Olander: Abundances and distributions of invertebrate colonists in sandy beach algal wrack (research mentor: Dr. Ryan Ferrer)
Eliot Orando: Old growth forest vs. transmission powerline right-of-ways: variation in avian populations based on habitat differences (research mentor: Dr. Eric Long)
Genny Roberts: Hybrid genome assembly and analysis of Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 (research mentor: Dr. Derek Wood)
Sierra Sanders: Identifying and characterizing the germline protein Vasa in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini (research mentor: Dr. Jenny Tenlen)
Jessica Soderquist: Dopamine Production and Storage Correlate with Acidic Compartments in Living Cells of the Marine Alga, Ulvaria obscura (research mentor: Dr. Rick Ridgway) [Jessica was a Best Poster awardee in the Ecology / Plants / Birds category!!!]