The 3rd Annual BMB Undergrad Poster Symposium was held on April 6, 2023. We would like to thank all of those who presented posters and attended the event. A special thank you to the Office of Graduate Education and the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology for sponsoring this event!
Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Undergraduate Poster Award
Michael Yao
Investigating the target-directed microRNA degradation in Xenopus laevis
Faculty Advisor: Mingyi Xie
Lab Mentor: Nicholas Hiers (not pictured)
2nd Place Poster Award
Robert Davis
Determining the binding site of Escherichia coli of single-stranded DNA binding protein on the YoaA-X complex
Faculty Advisor: Linda Bloom (not pictured)
Lab Mentor: Savannah J. Weeks-Pollenz
3rd Place Poster Award
Aleezeh Shaikh
Isotopic Tracing of Glycolytic Metabolic in Glioblastoma Cells After Ketogenic Diet
Faculty Advisor: Matthew Merritt
Lab Mentor: Anna Rushin
Posters
| Presenter | Faculty Advisor | Lab Mentor | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keely Gliwa | Robert McKenna | Antonette Bennett | A Biophysical Study of AAV Genome Ejection |
| Ashlyn Hu | Chalermchai Khemtong | Usa Suwannasual | Investigation of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism Genes in Pheochromocytoma Cells |
| Michael Yao | Mingyi Xie | Nicholas Hiers | Investigating the target-directed microRNA degradation in Xenopus laevis |
| Julia Eby | Robert McKenna | Austin Nelson | Evading Human Monoclonal Antibodies: Mutational Strategies in Adeno-Associated Viruses |
| Bianca Lederfeind | Mingyi Xie | Lu Li | Investigating the Function of miRNA Isoforms in Mammals |
| Matthew Patney | Robert McKenna | Jane Hsi | Structural Characterization of the Turkey Parvovirus Capsid |
| Aleezeh Shaikh | Matthew Merritt | Anna Rushin | Isotopic Tracing of Glycolytic Metabolic in Glioblastoma Cells After Ketogenic Diet |
| Mira Menon | Joanna Long | James Collins | Development of MR Brain Phantoms to Improve Understanding of In-vivo Molecular Dynamics |
| Jessi Effinger-Morris | Mingyi Xie | Tianqi Li | The Role of snaR-A non-coding RNA in Cellular |
| Alexa Harris | Robert McKenna | – | Structure Function Characterization of the “ON” and “OFF” State of an AAV9 Provector |
| Tanay Parwal | Melike Caglayan | Qun Tang | Preparation and Purification of Mitochondrial DNA Ligase III Alpha Base Excision DNA Repair Protein |
| Robert Davis | Linda Bloom | Savannah J. Weeks-Pollenz | Determining the binding site of Escherichia coli of single-stranded DNA binding protein on the YoaA-X complex |
| Kosidinma Oguejiofor | Melike Caglayan | Mitchell Gulkis | Preparation of Base Excision Repair Protein: DNA Ligase III Alpha Mutant Construct F487A |
| Geraldine Pierre | Matthew Merritt | Mario Chang | Metabolomic Profiling of Oncolytic Myxoma Viral Infection |