Please join the Biology department on Friday, November 19th, and Saturday, November 20th, as their seniors virtually present their senior comps projects.
BIOLOGY SENIOR COMPS
PRESENTATIONS
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Please reach out toÌýoasin@oxy.eduÌýfor Zoom details.
Defensive Strategies | Professor North
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
1:30-2:15 JESS THOMPSON
Bullseye! Targeting Mosquitoes to Control the Spread of Malaria
2:15-3:00 ELIZA KIRSCH
Beavers: A Dam Good Solution to the Freshwater Biodiversity Crisis
3:15-4:00 OLIVIA GITTINGS
Snowshoe hares and an evolutionary defense against increased predation
4:00-4:45 JOSEPH SHIINA
Exploring the role of volatile organic compounds in plant communication to replace pesticides
4:45-5:30 CLARE FOWLER
IT STINGS!!! A Genetically Based Defensive Mechanism Found in Stinging Nettles (Urtica thunbergiana)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021
9:00-9:45 ALISA DITTEMORE
Thieves of the Sea: Chemical Sequestration as a Defense Mechanism by Sea Slugs
9:45-10:30 SYDNEY TAKAUYE
Wing Pattern Trends of a Deceptive Butterfly May Soon Be Out of Style
10:45-11:30 ALYSSA ALDAZ
Embryos on Alert: The Influence of Predator Exposure on Cuttlefish Defense Behaviors
11:30-12:15 ALLISON SMITH
Alligator immune defenses vs antibiotic resistant diseases
1:00-1:45 RODRIGO GUERRA
Hidden in plain sound: Are firefly clicks evidence of a new defense mechanism ?
1:45-2:30 BELLA BONOMI
Keep it clean - How Marine Bacteria May be Key in Oil Spill Cleanup
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Genetics and Disease | Professor Baran
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
1:30-2:15 ANNE WERUM
Serotonin Signaling in Canine Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease
2:15-3:00 THEODORE BORTZ
Base Editing Insertion of the Rare, Protective A673T Alzheimer's Disease Mutation
3:15-4:00 ALEJANDRA HERRERA
Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR: A Gateway to Understanding Cervical Cancer
4:00-4:45 THEODIS TALBERT
You got eczema?? An Exploration of Atopic Dermatitis
4:45-5:30 JOANNE YI
The Casebook of SOCS1: Haploinsufficiency of SOCS1 and Dysregulation of the JAK-STAT Pathway
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021
9:00-9:45 GRACE HILDNER
Knocking out HIV: a Combinational Gene Therapy
9:45-10:30 TRACY WATANABE
The Royal Remedy: CRISPR/Cas-9 Mediated Genetic Correction of Hemophilia A
10:45-11:30 DELANEY RUSSELL
Not So Smooth: How Changes in TGF-B and KLF4 Alter Smooth Muscle Cells in the Aorta of Marfan Syndrome Patients
11:30-12:15 SHANNA YEH
A Plastic Body: Bisphenol A epigenetic modifications
1:00-1:45 RAIN (JUN HYEOK) CHOI
The Potential of CRISPR-CAS9 Epigenome Editing for Angelman Syndrome
1:45-2:30 HANNAH PEARSON
The Role of the SMOC2 gene in Canine Brachycephaly
2:30-3:15 DANIELLE SHORES
Oh Baby! In utero Interception of Beckwith Wiederman Syndrome Phenotypes
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