91 Undergraduate Student Poster Session: Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:00 AM
Grand Ballroom B (Hilton)
Description:
One of nine student poster sessions.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Education (04)

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.


Development of Peptides for Detection of Munitions Constituents Using Genetic Modification of E. Coli
Aaron Beyea, Robert Bozic, Bryn Adams and Dimitra Stratis-Cullum

The Effect of Pressure on Fluid Transport Across the Endothelial Layer of a Rat Aorta
Roman Yakobov and David Rumschitzki

Interactions Between Two Morphogen Systems in Patterning the Dorsovental Axis of the Drosophila Melanogaster Embryo
Alexander S. Thomas, Sophia Carrell and Gregory T. Reeves

Physiological Levels of Blood Coagulation Factors IX and X Control Coagulation Kinetics in an in Vitro Model of Circulating Tissue Factor
Ayesha Khader, Garth Tormoen, Andras Gruber and Owen J T McCarty
File available
Colorimetric Enzyme Amplification: In Vitro Analysis of Fatty Acid Synthesis and Tissue Transglutaminase Systems
Michael Su and Chaitan Khosla

Increase in Cytosolic Ca^(2+) Contributes to NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Response to Bacterial Pore Toxins and Lysosomal Destabilization
Louis Graham Rucker

Aggregation Studies of Beta-Amyloid Using Peptoids
Omkar Bhave, Shannon L. Servoss, Philip Turner and Melissa A. Moss
File available
Combinatorial Approach to Determine Soybean Peroxidase Interaction with Carbon Nanotubes
Deanna Boyer and Cerasela Zoica Dinu

Method of Using Fastcloning Technique to Express Thymidylate Synthase with Polyhistidine-Tag to Aide in the Extraction of a Pure Protein
Catherine Suchanek, Thelma Abeysinghe and Amnon Kohen
File available
Metabolic Engineering of the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for Itaconic Acid Production
Anny Pan, John Blazeck and Hal Alper
File available
Polymer Encapsulation Of Cells For High Purity Cellular Separation
Nathan Abraham, Jacob Lilly, Gabriela Romero-Uribe, Hainsworth Shin and Brad Berron

Intracellular Drug Delivery Using Laser Activated Carbon Nanoparticles
Lara Tucci, Aritra Sengupta and Mark Prausnitz
File available
Yeast Metabolic Dynamics for Metabolic Engineering
Taylor Dolberg, McKenzie Smith and Mark P. Styczynski

Ras, p16 Expression Levels and Cancer Cell Metabolism
Stephanie J. Doong

Expression of the Propanoyl-CoA Metabolic Pathway from T. Fusca in E. Coli
Allison Yaguchi and Stephen S. Fong

Vertically Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes As a Delivery Vehicle to Activate an Immune Response
Elizabeth Allan-Cole, Jun Jiao and Lester Lampert

Ex Vivo DNA Assembly
Laura C. Hayward, Adam B. Fisher, Zachary B. Canfield, Stephen S. Fong and George H. McArthur IV
File available
“Smart” Nanocomposite for Enhanced Drug Delivery of Insulin
Adam Milton

Amphiphilic Synthetic Copolymer with Membrane-Disrupting Antibacterial Properties
Daniela Espinosa, Mingming Ma and Robert Langer

Assessing Biodistribution and Transport Mechanisms of Polyanhydride Nanoparticles
Eva C. González Díaz, Paola M. Boggiatto, Timothy Brenza, Balaji Narasimhan and Michael J. Wannemuehler
File available
Bioreducible Layer-By-Layer Films for Sequential Release of DNA
Sean Carroll, Yi Zou, Lingxiao Xie and Guangzhao Mao

Can Growth Factors be Used to Avoid Corneal Blindness?
Jacqueline J. Masehi-Lano, Amy H.Y. Fu and Julie A. Kornfield

Synthesis and Characterization of Multiblock Copolymers for Vaccine Applications
Jill Schoborg, Xunpei Liu and Surya K. Mallapragada
File available
The Anticancer Mechanisms of Digitoxin
Neha Gupta

Assaying Interactions at the Ribosomal Tunnel in Vivo
Peter Dailey, Jeff Thompson, Justin Janovsky and Lydia M. Contreras

Neovascularization of Peg-Fibrinogen Hydrogels through the Encapsulation of Equine Endothelial Cells
Shasta N.K. Rizzi, Wen J. Seeto, Petra Kerscher, Alexander J. Hodge, Margaret M. Salter, Anne A. Wooldridge and Elizabeth A. Lipke

Examining the Effects of Thermally-Degraded Nanoclay Enforced Polylactic Acid Composite on Cellular Systems
Savannah Sims, Reem Eldawud, Sushant Agarwal, Rakesh K. Gupta and Cerasela Zoica Dinu

Dynamic Dressings: Healing Wounds with Self-Assembled Bioactive Films
Julia B. Sun, Benjamin D. Almquist and Paula T. Hammond

Developing Novel Selectable Protein Engineering Using Crispr Genome Editing
E. Hutson Chilton, Andrew Garst and Ryan T. Gill

Insulin As a Model System for Beta-Amyloid Protein Aggregation Reversibility
Milos Atz and Mu-Ping Nieh

A Peptoid-Based Targeted Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Metastatic Cancer
Hugh Purdy and Shannon L. Servoss

Use of Peptoids As a Method to Increase Proteolytic Stability of Therapeutic Proteins
Florencio Serrano Castillo

Additive Printing of Curcumin-Based Biodegradable, Antioxidant Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications
Alexandra May, Andrew Vasilakes, Vinod S. Patil, Douglass S. Kalika and Thomas Dziubla

Single-Cell-Based Investigation of HL60 Differentiation Using a Microwell Array
Liza Man, Lina Aboulmouna, Abraham D. Stroock and Jeffery D. Varner

A Dynamic, Non-Sink Ultrafiltration Method of Determining Dexamethasone Phosphate Liposome Permeability
Amy Allen, Kyle Fugit, Tian-Xiang Xiang, Thomas Dziubla and Bradley D. Anderson

Production of Acyl Homoserine Lactones in Bacillus Megaterium
Lakshmi Nathan, Manuel R. Jiménez Díaz and Cynthia H. Collins

Studies on Increasing the Binding Capacity of a Peptide Affinity Absorbent for Antibody Purification
Tracy Hendrick, Ruben Carbonell and Amith D. Naik

Optimization and Effects of Sequential Mixing on Plasmid DNA-Polyethylenimine-Polyaspartic Acid Ternary Complexes As Synthetic Gene Delivery Vectors
Logan Warriner

Condensing Genomic Information Toward Screening Distal Chromosomal Sites
George Degen, Ramsey Ibrahim Zeitoun, Andrew Garst and Dr. Ryan T. Gill

An Improved Genome-Scale Metabolic Network Model of Scheffersomyces Stipitis
Jeffrey Liu, Pranjal Gupta, Andrew Damiani and Jin Wang

Direct Formulation of Succinic Acid Amorphous Dispersions Via Monodisperse Droplet Evaporation
Luke P. Webster and Ryan C. Snyder

SH3-Domain Affinity Based Fibronectin Biomaterials for Wound Healing
Bradley Silverman and Julie A. Champion

Cardiac Cell Growth Supported By Biomimetic, Electrically-Conductive Polymer Substrate
Benjamin Spearman, Alexander Hodge, John Porter and Elizabeth Lipke
File available
Understanding the Flow Dynamics of Nanoparticles for Improved Cancer Therapy
Meaghan Sullivan, Vinit Patel, Michael Ward, Diva Evans, Erik Carboni, Grant Bouchillon, Leslie Shor, Suzy Torti and Anson W. K. Ma

Artificial Cells with Nano-Engineered Surface for Drug Delivery
Tyler Hickerson, Sasitorn Manning, Anna Pyayt, Mikhail Ladanov and Sekhar Cheemalapati

High-Throughput Chemical Lysis of Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803
Niklaus Evitt, Kunal Mehta and James R. Swartz

Effects on the Migration of Breast Cancer Cells By Toll-like Receptor (TLR) Ligands
Melanie J. Coyne, Helen C. Chen and Hong Shen

Combinatorial Gene Assembly and High-Throughput Assay for Increased Methyl Ketone Yields in E. Coli
Joshua Borrajo, Ee-Been Goh, Jay D. Keasling and Harry R. Beller

Multicellular Spheroids Compared to Conventional Cell Culture in the Evaluation of Synergistic Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Cancer
Kendall Huddleston, Anastasia Kruse, Samantha Meenach, J. Zach Hilt and Kimberly Anderson

Microencapsulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells As a Platform for Engineering an Injectable Cartilage Repair/Regeneration Strategy
David J. Letteer, Kevin B. Miles and Howard W. T. Matthew

Computational Models for Nucleic Acid Assembly Processes at Bio-Nano-Interfaces
Mathew J. Boyer, Yajun Ding and Jeetain Mittal

Protein Adsorption and Cell Growth Responses to P(MEO2MA-co-OEGMA) Thermoresponsive Polymer Brushes
Matthew Warrener and Christopher Anderson

Creation, Pegylation, and Functionalization of Radioactive Nano-Particles for Cancer Therapy
Kendall Wright

In Vitro Study of Inhalable Cisplatin and Erlotinib for the Treatment of Lung Cancer
Shuo Tang, Nathanael A. Stocke and J. Zach Hilt

Investigation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Induced By Chitosan Nanoparticles
Kimaya Padgaonkar, Thomas Richardson, Joseph E. Candiello, Shilpa Sant and Ipsita Banerjee

Radiosensitization in the Treatment of Lung Cancer Via Hyperthermia, Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, and Gold Nanoparticles
Michelle Pressly, Anastasia Kruse, Samantha A. Meenach, Kimberly Anderson and J. Zach Hilt

A Subcutaneous Insulin Absorption Model for Critically Ill Patients
Michael Vilkhovoy, Ari Pritchard-Bell, Robert S. Parker and Gilles Clermont

Effect of Functionalization on the Adsorption of Plant-Derived Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Onto Silica Particles
Cory Jones, Kaitlyn Wooten, Stephen E. Rankin and Barbara L. Knutson

Endothelial Cell Response to Impinging Flow and Aneurysm Formation
Charlotte Poplawski

Hemolysis of Frozen-Thawed Red Blood Cells Using a Single Step Deglycerolization Process
Jolynn Meza Wynkoop

Development of Adhesive Elastomeric Proteins for Surgical Adhesive Applications
Haefa Mansour

Effect of Urea on the Surface Activity of Amyloid Beta Peptide
Melissa Hernandez and Eva Chi

Isolation and Purification of Xylose Isomerase for Improved Biofuel Production
Lynda Bradley

Economic Assessment of Bi-Functional Chemicals
David Madden, Robert Anex and Sampath Gunukula

Modeling miRNA-mRNA Interactions in Breast Cancer
Robert DeJaco and Michael Paulaitis
File available
Intelligent detection of miRNA by competitive strand displacement
Esmarline J. De León Peralta
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