Targets of Filastatin, a Chemical Inhibitor of Adhesion and Morphogenesis by Pathogenic Fungi Damien Cabral, Michael Boyd Advisor: Reeta Prusty Rao Mapping the Position of an Aptamer on Z05 DNA Polymerase to Better Understand the Complex’s Stability and Compatibility with Hot Start PCR Danielle Wisheart Advisor: Destin Heilman Sponsor: Roche Molecular Systems Inc. Development and Analysis of Beta Glucan Particles for High Throughput Peptide and Protein Loading Zachary Duca, Lindsay Jones Advisor: Sam Politz Sponsor: UMass Medical School A Single Poxvirus Protein Disarms Immunity to RNA Virus Infection in Lymantria Dispar Charles White Advisors: Dave Adams, Destin Heilman Sponsor: Craig Mello, UMass Medical School Simulations of Early C. elegans Embryogenesis Rachel Warden, Rachel Wigell, Sarah Thayer Advisors: Liz Ryder, Matt Ward Isolation of Temperature-Sensitive Mutants in the Moss Physcomitrella patens and Mapping of Their Casual Mutation by Genome Sequencing of Pooled Segregants Xinxin Ding Advisors: Luis Vidali, Patrick Flaherty The Search for srf-6 Mutations Nick Van Sciver, Caitlin Rush Advisor: Sam Politz Assessing the Efficacy of Known Procambarus clarkii Primers to Amplify Microsatellite Loci in Orconectus limosus and Orconectus quinebaugensus Angela Wood, Nicole Smolko, Brandon Poole, Meghan Sawicki Advisors: Mike Buckholt, Lauren Mathews POSTER SESSION, 1:00 to 3:00pm Campus Center, Odeum Activity of Peroxidases and Post-Harvest Flavonoids in Artemisia annua Meredith Ghilardi, Jason Purnell Advisor: Pam Weathers Local and Site-Level Effects on Nesting Barn Swallows Mariah Eldredge, Margaret Hester Advisor: Marja Bakermans
Analysis of Myosin XI and RabA Proteins during Polarized Tip Growth in Physcomitrella patens Kelsi Callahan Advisor: Luis Vidali The Effect of RNAi Knockdown of CSN-5 and MIG-10 on Neuronal Migration on C. elegans Rebekah Cocks Advisor: Liz Ryder The Effect of Immuno-Stimulation on the Health of Bumblebees Brooke Coughlan Advisor: Rob Gegear Heritable Aphid Resistance in Phaseolus vulgaris Jeannette Gerry, Poonam Barot Advisors: Lauren Mathews, Mike Buckholt Identification of Cdk1 Phosphosites Required for Activation of the Transcription Factor Hcm1 Kristin Poti Advisor: Reeta Prusty Rao Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Benanti, UMass Medical School The Effect of Flavonoids on Artemisinin Transport Across Intestinal Caco-2 Cells Laura Sandford. Brianna Hayes, Kate Harten Advisor: Pam Weathers Characterizing the P2X3 and CASK Interaction Jessica Guyette, Jennifer Pulkowski, David Karbassi Advisor: Tanja Dominko Sponsor: University of Nova Gorica Bioaccumulation of Benzo[alpha]Pyrene in Orconectes Limosus Crayfish Taylor Isabel Briseno, Michael Chadwick, Benjamin Kwame Owusu-Ansah Advisor: JoAnn Whitefleet-Smith Candidiasis Risk Factors and Co-Morbidities Allison Simpson Advisors: Reeta Prusty-Rao, Brenton Faber Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Lee Keaffer Advisor: Dave Adams Sponsor: Hong Zhang, UMass Medical School The Role of Calmodulin in PKC-Regulated DAT Surface Expression Stephen Dalton-Petillo Advisor: Dave Adams Sponsor: Haley Melikian, UMass Medical School Investigating the Participation of Kinesin-4lls and Kinesin-7ls on Chloroplast Motility Using RNA Interference Divya Ramachandra Panickar Advisor: Luis Vidali 3