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

Monday, November 17, 2014: 10:00 AM
Galleria Exhibit Hall (Hilton Atlanta)
Description:
One of nine student poster sessions.

Chair:
Victor Breedveld
Email: victor.breedveld@chbe.gatech.edu

Co-Chair:
Ryan Toomey
Email: rtoomey@eng.usf.edu

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


Evaluating Nanocomposite Microparticles for the Delivery of Therapeutics for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Julie Cuddigan and Samantha A. Meenach

Citrate-Capped Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Effect of BSA Addition on Macrophage Uptake
Thomas Hercula

Targeted Drug Delivery with Peptoid- Based Nanospheres
Kaylee Smith and Shannon L. Servoss

Role of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Against UVB-Induced DNA Damage and Apoptosis in Human Keratinocytes
Lilia Rusu

Synthesis and Characterization of Anticancer Nanoparticles
Steven Jacek and Matthew Pratt

Water in Oil Microemulsion for Nanocomposite Particles and Its Application in Oral Drug Delivery
Colton Martinez

Evaluation of the Cancer-Preventive Effect of Resveratrol-Loaded Nanoparticles on the Formation of Tumor Spheroids
Alexandra Tsoras and Samantha A. Meenach

Synthesis of Protein Loaded Nanoparticles in the Presence of Surfactants Utilizing a High Throughput Automation System
Lucas Dunshee, Jonathan Goodman, Akash Mitra and Balaji Narasimhan

Synthesis of Monodisperse Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors
Gregory Carnes

Internalization and Trafficking of Protein Nanoparticles in Dendritic Cells
Erika Staskevicius

Mathematical Modeling of Electroosmotic Flow in Tumor Cells for Tumor Treating Fields (TTF) Therapy
Leora Maxwell

Modeling Breast Cancer Extravasation Using Nanoarrays in-Vitro
Kristina Maxwell

Development of a Novel Embryonic Zebrafish Xenograft Model for Early-Stage Glioblastoma Tumor Cell Invasion
Christine Kang, John Gamble and Julie Greenwood

Combining Radiation and Hyperthermia Methods for the Vitro Cancer Treatment of Multicellular Tumor Spheroids
Sarah Patterson, Anastasia M. Kruse, J. Zach Hilt and Kimberly Anderson
File available
Efficacy of Select Viability Assays in Multicellular Tumor Spheroid Culture
Jonathan F. Coburn, Sarah E. Patterson, Anastasia K. Hauser, Kimberly W. Anderson and J. Zach Hilt

Computational Modeling of the in Vivo Effects of Cannabinoids on Glioma Tumors
Daniel Bier, Colleen Fridley, Megan Kelly and Pavlos Pachidis
File available
Targeted Delivery and Macrophage Reprogramming for Tumor Suppression
Rachel Lieser, Hannah Bygd, Paige Dettman and Kaitlin Bratlie

Development of Gold-Lipid Nanocomposites As a Two-Stage Drug Delivery System
Connor Dobson, Christina Pickering, Allan David, Peter Panizzi and Robert Arnold

Targeting Key Genes of Cervical Carcinogenesis in Cancer Cell Lines Via siRNA
Khiem Lam, Oleh Taratula and Andriy Morgun
File available
Computational Modeling of Cancer Stem Cell Sphere Formation
Erin Retzlaff-Roberts, Yonghyun (John) Kim and David A. Dozier

Biomarker Significance of Exosomes in the Initiation and Progression of Breast Cancer
Kendall Huddleston, Farrukh Aqil, Ramesh Gupta and Radha Munagala

Dwr-SECM Testing of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms
Curran Gahan

Determination of Evaporative Loss in Revolving Algal Biofilm Systems
Vernon Mascarenhas, Martin A. Gross and Zhiyou Wen

Behavior of Biofilms in Microfluidic Devices
Bowen Huo, Nil Tandogan and Edgar D. Goluch

Rule-Based Modeling of B-Cell Receptor Clustering
Christopher M. Dundas and James R. Faeder

Intracellular Heterogeneity: Seeing the Branches through Gaussian Mixture Modeling
Daniel Cardona, Chakra Chennubhotla and Robert Boltz

Modeling the Compartmentalization of Tetrahydrobiopterin Production in the Yeast
Morgan Rex

Investigation of Tailoring Enzymes in Pradimicin a Biosynthesis
Eugenio Soto

Bionano Enzyme Conjugates for Efficient Bacterial Decontamination of Surfaces
Andrew Maloney, Alan Campbell and Cerasela Zoica Dinu

Use of Peptoids Microspheres to Improve Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Microarrays
Valerie Reyes

Development of a Selection Marker for Automated Genome Construction
Eduardo Aponte, Julie E Norville and George M Church

Mutational Analyses of Amyloid Beta Using Yeast Model for Alzheimer's Disease
Kristin Casey, Pavithra Chandramowlishwaran and Yury O. Chernoff

Designing Peptide Ligands Against the Ras Proteins Using mRNA Display
Zhiyin Qin and Mary Boyd

Development of a Paper-Based Test for Salmonella Dublin Detection in Cow Milk
Wyatt Self

Ultrasound Mediated Transfection of Yeast for Bio-Sensing Applications
Andrew Hunt

Evaluationg in Vitro Neutralizing Activity of Anit-Pertussis Antibodies
Alexis Prybutok

Development of Novel Sentinel Species-Based Bacterial Biosensors for Estrogenic Compounds
Angela Chen, Miriam Shakalli and David W. Wood

Isothermal Double Stranded DNA Detection Using Modular Dnazyme Sensors
Nicholas Baker, Steven Graves, Darko Stefanovic, Carl Brown III, Matthew Lakin, Aurora Fabry-Wood and Eli Horwitz

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

Characterization and Optimization of α-Polyglutamic Acid and Branched Polyethyleneimine Polyplexes for Gene Transfection Via a Combinatorial Approach
Robert Mines, Jason Absher, Dr. Younsoo Bae and Daniel W. Pack

Validation of a Systems Model for Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells with and without Cystic Fibrosis
Lauren E. Musgrave, Matthew R. Markovetz, Robert S. Parker and Timothy Corcoran

The Efficacy of Poly(trolox ester) Antioxidant Therapy in Cancer Metastasis Inhibition
Paige Clark

Interactions Between Opioid Receptor Subtypes
Kimberly Stevens, Faruk Moonschi and Chris Richards

Identification of Enhancer Elements for Onecut1 and Onecut2 Genes in Retinal Development
Sneha Gopal

Aptt, PT, and Spectrophotometric Analysis of Coagulation Cascade Activation and Inhibition
Heidi Oldenkamp, Owen J.T. McCarty and Cristina Puy

Stochastic Electrotransport of Activity-Modulated Molecules for Rapid and Scalable 3D Phenotyping
Austin Hubbert, Sung-Yon Kim, Jae Hun Cho, Evan Murray, Naveed Bakh, Areum Jo, Kimberly Ohn, Luzdary Ruelas and Kwanghun Chung

Development of a Microfluidic Emulsion Generating Device for Increased Throughput
Jasmine Naik and Christopher Easley

Interfacing Cancer Cells with Silicon Nanowires on Soft Substrates
Alex Heatherly, Hung-Ta Wang, Yonghyun (John) Kim and Elizabeth Haley

Reliable Bonding of Microfluidic Devices to Gold for Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Bacteria
Richard Crowley

Exploring Applications for Digital Microfluidics in the Realm of Medical Diagnostics and Environmental Sampling
Carmen Gondhalekar and Branden Kusanto

Automated, Tablet-Based Microscope for Imaging 3D Culture Models of Breath Epithelial Growth and Behavior
Sarah McFann

Graphene Field Effect Transistors for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Rodrigo Rodriguez

Single Cell Encapsulation Using a Droplet-Microfluidic Array
Seleipiri Charles, Corey Landry and Adam Melvin

Microfluidic Device for Washing Frozen/Thawed Erythrocytes
Anica Neumann, Audrey Dickinson, John Lahmann and Adam Z. Higgins

The Effect of pH and Ionic Strength on the Filtration of Bacteriophage φX-174 through a Commercial Virus Removal Filter
Ki-Joo Sung, Matthew Micklin, Shudipto Konika Dishari and Andrew L. Zydney

Development of a Flow-Free Microfluidic Gradient Generator
Kelly O'Quinn, Michael Tullier, John Pojman and Adam Melvin

Filter Integrity Test: Wetting & Procedures
Johnny E. López Calero

Thermophysical Properties and Gas Solubilities of Brominated Vegetable Oil
Katlyn Bramblett

Ribosomal Protein L29 Enhances Protein Expression in Bacteria By Increasing Translated mRNA Transcript
Sang Hyun Ju, Seung Hee Cho and Lydia M. Contreras

Regulation of ABI3 Transcription Via Cloning of Drought-Responsive Promoters in Arabidopsis thaliana
Zubair Bhuiyan

Deglycerolization of Human Red Blood Cells in Microfluidic Devices
Audrey Dickinson

Genome Sequence, Metabolic Model Reconstruction and 13C-Metabolic Flux Analysis of an Extremely Thermophilic, Fast Growing, Xylose-Consuming Geobacillus Strain LC300
Lauren Cordova and Maciek R. Antoniewicz

Synthesis, Characterization, and Cellular Internalization of Mitochondrial Targeting PAMAM Dendrimer Nanocarriers
Matthew Brown, Elizabeth Bielski, Qian Zhong and Sandro R.P. da Rocha

The Effects of 4-Hydroxynonenal on Reactive Oxygen Species Generation By Pressurized Macrophages
Marcos N. Barcellona, Thomas D. Dziubla and Hainsworth Y. Shin

CHO Platform Evaluation for Biopharmaceuticals Production
Emily Facchine, Justine Panian, Anna Crumbley, Joanna Urli, Michael Steadman, Ningning Xu and Margaret Liu

E. coli Pilot-Scale One-Step Purification of Amine Dehydrogenases Employing an Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction System
Junxian Wu, Bettina Bommarius, Samantha Au and Andreas S. Bommarius

Microalgae Production in an Open Raceway Pond: Analyzing the Paddle Wheel Velocity Effects on the L/D Frequency
Soo Hyun Park and Jay H. Lee

Purification of Invertebrate Hemoglobins for Use As an Alternative to Donated Blood
Jack A. Dienes, Devon C. Zimmerman and Jacob Elmer
File available
Purification of Maltose Binding Protein By Starch Precipitation
Hannah Zierden

New Carbon Source for GDP-L-Fucose Synthesis
Jiangyang Xu

Role of Vibrational Motions on Thymidylate Synthase Catalysis
Catherine Suchanek

Process Engineering of Clostridium Tyrobutyricum to Improve Butyric Acid Production
Karthika Solai Venkatesh Babu, Chao Ma and Margaret Liu

Investigating a Three Step Deglycerolization Method for Cryopreserved Red Blood Cells
Jolynn Meza Wynkoop

Biodegradable, Selectively Permeable Membranes for Crosslinking of Polypeptides
Kevin Reed, Nick Carroll, Joseph Simon, Ali Ghoorchian and Gabriel P. Lopez

Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Silver-Containing Sulfonated Pentablock Copolymers
James Parks

Hydrogels in Spinal Disk Replacement
Kylee Mockler Martens

Effects of Cross Linking Time and Temperature on Alginate Beads Dissolution
Ai Lin Chin and J. Robby Sanders

PEGDA Cross-Linked Pnipam Microgel Particles for Protein Delivery to Macrophages
Christopher Isely, Kiva Forsmark and Kaitlin Bratlie

Evaluation of Porous Polycaprolactone Microspheres for Extended-Release Drug Delivery
Shasta N.K. Rizzi

Developing Correlations Between Bulk Powder Properties and DEM Contact Model Parameters
Charles Foster, Amanda Rogers and Marianthi Ierapetritou

Understanding the Effects of Nanotopography on Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
Akili Smith-Washington, Jessica Allen and Tejal Desai

Measurement of Elastin Expression after in Vitro Application of Potassium Channel Openers in RFL6 Cells
Jaya Parulekar

Using Fluorescence Lifetime Flow Cytometry for Leukocyte Counting
Diego Gomez

Image Alignment and Segmentation Algorithms for Image-Based Screens of Subtle Features Using C. Elegans
Daniel Puleri

The Effects of Y-27632 on the Propagation of Glioblastoma Stem Cells
Samantha G. Tilson, Elizabeth M. Haley, David A. Dozier, G. Yancey Gillespie and Yonghyun (John) Kim

Semi-Quantitative Readout in a Paper-Based Test for the Home Monitoring of Phenylalanine Levels in Phenylketonuria Patients
Liam Wong

The Investigation of Reovirus Induced Thymic Stromal Lymphoietin Expression through the Analysis of NF-Kb and Its Link in the Signaling Pathway
Brock Karolcik

Development of a Thermostable Microneedle Patch for Influenza Vaccination
Miraj Desai

Construction of Gene Deletion Mutants in Teredinibacter Turnerae to Determine Gene Function
Jessica Steigerwald, Hiroaki Naka and Margo Haygood

Correlation of Concentration Versus Pressure: A Step in the Direction Towards a New Method for Measuring Endotoxin
Melea Gilmore, Andrew Denny and J. Robby Sanders

Measurement of Tag Translocation Efficiency in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Via Confocal Microscopy
Jonathan Striepen, Amy M. Ehrenworth, Mitchell Haines and Pamela Peralta-Yahya

Early Atherogenesis: Aquaporin-1 and Pressure Affect Intima Thickness and Water Transport Across Rat Aorta Walls
Roman Yakobov

Towards Inducing hMSC Chondrogenesis in Hydrogels through Treatment with Kartogenin
Theresa Cloutier and Anita Shukla

Effect of Substrate Properties on the Growth Kinetics of Encapsulated Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Sierra Barner, Thomas Richardson, Prashant N. Kumta and Ipsita Banerjee

The Development of Injectable Hydrogels for the Management of Chronic Pain
Maggie Manspeaker and Brandon M. Vogel

Polymer Film Coatings on Erythrocytes for Extended Release of Chemotherapy
Katherine Donaldson, Jacob Lilly, Hainsworth Shin and Brad Berron

Development of Chitosan-GAG Fibers As a Platform for Modular Tissue Engineering
Alexander Gagliardi

Characterization of E. coli Encapsulated in mPEG-Pdlla Polymersomes
Jacob Barlow and Kevin Gozzi

Polymer Therapeutics for Protein Drug Delivery System
Adrian Salgado

Optimization of an Ultra-Fast Degrading Polymer Coating for Temporary Reinforcement of Cortical Electrodes during Implantation
Jared Forman

Development of Polymersomes for Delivery of Therapeutics to the Brain Via Intravenous Injection
Elizabeth Pearce, Jessica Larsen, Doug Martin and Mark Byrne
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