Friday April 24, 2025

12:00-1:00pm, Hurley Convergence Center

Posters 1-35 in the Digital Auditorium

1. Using Large Skeletal Architecture Fossil Coral Rubble to Reconstruct the Central Tropical Pacific Climate, Ainsley Lord.
2. Targeting Tuberculosis with the Synthesis of a KasA Inhibitor, Aliya Ather, Lauren Tant.
3. CRISPR Cas-9 Comparison for Inducing Genetically Engineered Mutation, Anna Dobson, Youssef Kasim.
4. Synthesis of Tuberculosis Drug, Anna Dube, Summerlin Gates.
5. Battery Performance from a Computational Perspective: Quantum Analysis of Ionization Energy in Alkali Metals, Elise Henry, Clara LaMoy.
6. Exploring Phage-Antibiotic Synergy to Enhance Inhibition of Pathogenic Bacillus cereus, Anna Reed.
7. Investigating the Use of Two Modern Tridacna maxima from Kiritimati Island as ENSO Reconstruction Proxies, Avery Duncan.
8. Investigating the viability of coral species Dipsastraea speciosa and Hydnophora microconos as reliable archives of central tropical Pacific climate change using Sr/Ca and δ18O, Calleigh Keeley.
9. Determining concentrations of various metals in Red Bull energy drink using ICP-AES​, Calleigh Keeley, Liv Ewing.
10. Restoring Useful Filed of Vision in Drosophila Using RNAi Knockdown of the eys Gene and Duloxetine Treatment, Camille Jacome.
11. Analyzing the Upper Body Biomechanics of the Volleyball Spike, Camille Jacome.
12. Neurological Phenotypes of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 in Drosophila melanogaster, Carleigh Wood.
13. EPHB6 Downregulation as a Predictor of Breast Cancer Progression and Anti–PD-L1 Immunotherapy Response, Carolina Brooks.
14. Characterization of the bioluminescent gene pathway engineered into the Firefly© Petunia, Cat Williams.
15. Sports, Sentiment, and Stock Returns: A Student Research Project in Business Analytics, Cooper Chasse.
16. Determining Caffeine Concentrations of Energy Drinks Via GC-MS, Dylan Becker, Rae Saucedo, Daniel Wheeler.
17. Development of the Strontium-Uranium Coral Thermometer, Edmund Gable.
18. The Effects of Myoglianin Knockdown in Drosophila melanogaster with Myotonic Dystrophy Type One, Eleni Kepler.
19. The Possibility of Quantum Thermalization in an Isolated Molecule, Elijah Smith, Ariel Zimmer.
20. Myotube and endothelial cell coculture optimization to determine the effect of DM1 on angiogenesis, Emily Boyd, Abigail Powers.
21. Restaurant Turnover Rates: An Analysis of Turnover Contributors at Mellow Mushroom Fredericksburg, Emily Mousso.
22. Assessing the Effects of Lead and Cadmium Contaminated Sediments on Viability and Locomotor Behavior in the Amphipod Hyallela azteca, Garrett Driscoll.
23. Estimating Species Diversity of Trees and Shrubs in the UMW Woodlots​, Genevieve Benton, Addison Felts, Lilly Foster.
24. Adsorbate-Adsorbate and Adsorbate-Substrate Interactions on Carbon-Like surfaces using the ABC isotherm, Grayson G Camp.
25. Exploring Transition State Energies of Nitric Oxide Reaction with Ozone Using GAMESS, Kaylee Knox, Sophia Redmond, Grayson Camp.
26. Initiation of a long-term study to track fecal coliform contamination in the Rappahannock River and share results with scientific community, Hannah Reents.
27. Quantification of Caffeine, Riboflavin, and Pyridoxine Content in a Bang Energy Drink via HPLC Analysis, Hayden George, Jill Rosenquist.
28. Investigation of Caffeine Concentration Accuracy in Kong Strong Energy Drink Via GC-MS, Hyun Cho, Austin Allen.
29. Synthesis of Potential KasA Inhibitor in Search of Alternative Tuberculosis Treatments, Hyun Cho, Hayden George
30. The Effect of Embryonic Bisphenol B Exposure on the Reproductive Development of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Jamie Volk
31. Click Reactions with Surface-Bound Phosphonate Films toward an Electrocatalytic System for Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Iaroslavna Koavlenko.
32. Evaluating the Applicability of GAMESS for Determining Bond Lengths and Bond Dissociation Energies Through Constructing Potential Energy Curves for H2, N2, F2, Cl2, and Br2, Iaroslavna Kovalenko and Jillian Pabalan.
33. Comparative Analysis of HPLC and Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Caffeine Detection in Alani Dream Float, Jenna Compton-Padua, Henry Gudiel Vargas.
34. Characterization of the Gene Protein TGME49_232050 in Membrane Contact Sites, Jessica Kamel
35. The Role of Magnesium in Promoting Skeletal Muscle Cell Viability in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1, Jessie Bronski.

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Posters 36-61 on 3rd floor gallery

36. Investigating the Relationship Between CDOM and Bacterial Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay, Kate Stoneman.
37. The Puppet Theatres of Hand to God, Katherine Farmer.
38. The Distribution of Mercury and other Trace Metals in South Fork Shenandoah River, VA., Katie Burbridge, Abi Baldwin.
39. Mast cell contributions to connective tissue weakness, Katriana Meiman.
40. Improved synthesis of indazole-based sulfonamides for use in treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Jillian Pabalan.
41. Temporal Analysis of Jurkat T-Lymphocyte Viability after Treatment with Proton Pump Inhibitors, Kiara Clark.
42. Measuring the Concentration of Vitamins B2 and B6 in Bloom Energy Drink with UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Lillianne Fish, Savannah Welge.
43. Discovering Gene Function in Phage Zapner, Lucca Muta and Emily Wills.
44. Industrialization Imprint in Brick Chemistry: A PXRF Comparison of Pre-Industrial and Modern Bricks, Madeline Binkley.
45. Predicting Sports Injuries Using Machine Learning, Madison McCarty.
46. Methionine Restriction Enhances Platinum-Based Chemotherapy-Induced Immunogenic Cell Death in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Mallory Thompson.
47. Assessing Heavy Metal Concentration in Fresh Produce Across Local, Domestic and Imported Sources using the portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, Mariana Lira.
48. Cisplatin-Induced Immunogenic Cell Death Delayed Tumor Onset in a Preclinical Model of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer​, McKenzie Cheynet, Mohammad Ali Hassan, Evan Fisher.
49. Overexpression screening of mycobacteriophage Mercurio reveals inhibitors of mycobacterial growth, Rae Garber, Amanda Donovan.
50. Buffer Analysis of Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Reagan Makfinsky, Larry Almariento.
51. RESEARCH ON BEE ABUNDANCE/RICHNESS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION, Roheel Nawaz.
52. Paleo-Detectors for Dark Matter, Modeling Damage Tracks in Ancient Minerals, Ryan Coupland.
53. Validating the geochemistry from a lagoon-recovered Porites spp. coral from Kiritimati Island for paleoclimate reconstruction, Sophia Pedroza.
54. Comparison of Fluorescence and Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry Methods for Caffeine Quantification in Coconut Berry Red Bull, Tabitha Melendez, Morgan Stubbs.
55. Microplastics on Blood Rheology, William Burkey.
56. Modeling of Projectile Motion Through Iterative Numerical Methods, Elijah Harrington.
57. THE EFFECTS OF GROUP VERSUS INDIVIDUAL HOUSING AND SEX SEGREGATION ON WHOLE BODY CORTISOL AND ANXIETY BEHAVIOR IN ADULT ZEBRAFISH , Arlie Scott, Daniel Johnson.
58. Effects of isolation and co-housing on cortisol levels and anxiety- like behavior in female zebrafish, Arezo Mansoor, Caroline Kim.
59. Predicting Next Day Stock Price Direction, Belen Telahun.
60. Tuberculosis Drug Synthesis, Abaigeal Higgins & Molly Ryan Gates.
61. Tuberculosis Drug Synthesis Project, Devda Nair, Rachel Rios.