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1:00 to 2:00 PM Odd-numbered Posters Attended by Presenters
2:00 to 3:00 PM Even-numbered Posters Attended by Presenters

Last Name	First Name	Poster Board No	Funding	Mentor(s)	Title
Adelman	Peter	Purple 14	HHMI	Twiss/Beebe	Neurite Growth Preference between Laminin and Fibronectin Patterning
Ambrose	Jennifer	Blue 27	S+E	Sikes	Evaluation of Four Cell Viability Assays for the Construction of
Atchison	Keith	Blue 07	HHMI	van Golen	Gα12 Heterotrimeric Subunits and Rho Activation
Bah	Mohamed	Orange 22	S+E	Nowak	Noise Challenges for Achieving Pico-Tesla Sensitivity in Tunneling Magnetoresistive Sensors
Baldanza	Vincent	Green 10	USDA	Schmidt	Jun binding protein p21 SNFT as a target for Meq oncogene function
Barton	Elizabeth	Green 16	EPSCoR	Tallamy	A Comparison of Butterfly Foraging on Joe-pye weed and Butterfly bush
Bazzoli	Tyler	Yellow 21	HHMI	Brown	Identifying Biomarkers of the MHC Gene to Investigate Chemosensory Discrimination
Benavidez	Ann	Yellow 19	CHEM ALUMNI	Zondlo	Development of a Fluorescent Sensor of ErbB2 Kinase Activity for Application in Breast Cancer Research
Berg	Amanda	Blue 08	S+E	Wang	Expression of Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) Protein in Baculovirus
Bolton	Laura	Purple 16	INBRE	Aveno	Investigating Complementary and Alternative Medicine Within Nursing’s Scope of Practice.
Bosco	Jeffrey	Purple 01	S+E	Chen	Characterization of Supported PtNi and PtCo Bimetallic Catalysts
Bourreza	Aly	Purple 11 & Talk 2:00	HHMI	Koh	Evaluating Anti-Androgen Resistance by In-Vitro Selection
Boyle	Michael	Purple 03	S+E	Furst	Creating Patterned Surfaces Using Particle Spreading at Air/Water and Oil/Water Interfaces
Brady	Adam	Blue 01	HHMI+INBRE	Galileo	Modeling Tumor Development: the Role of L1
Brady	Marissa	Green 21	EPSCoR	Fox	Development of analog Atlantic horseshoe crab bait for the American eel fishery: results from recent field trials
Carter	Shannon	Yellow 09	INBRE	D'Sousa	A Study of the Effect of a t-Butyl Group on the α-Carbon of Chloroformate Esters
Cheong	Colleen	Withdrawn	HHMI	Naik	Developmental Expression Pattern of Calcium and Integrin Binding Protein 1 (CIB1)
Cherian	Deepthi	Yellow 02	HHMI	Roberts	Soluble Aggregates in Nonnative Aggregation of aCgn and a-La
Cooper	Ashlee	Blue 13	INBRE	Harrington	Investigating the Neurobiology of Sensory Processing and Learning in an Invertebrate Model System
Culver	Stephanie	Blue 02	HHMI	Galileo	The Effects of Cell Surface NgCAM Expression on Developing Chick Brain Axons in Vitro
Currier	Jenna	Purple 07	HHMI	Colman	Evaluation of Complementation Among Mutants of Human Adenylosuccinate Lyase
Decker	Corinne	Talk 1:45	HHMI	DuncanM	The role of bB2-crystallin in epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Desai	Vivek	Red 10 & Talk 1:30	Beckmann	DuncanM	CD44 and Posterior Capsular Opacification (PCO)
Dignan	Michael	Purple 08	HHMI	Colman	Stabilization of Human Adenylosuccinate Lyase Through Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Cysteine Residues
Dominica	Carolyn	Blue 24	CPW	Selva	The Function of N-Glycosylation in Drosophila Growth and Development:
Dougherty	Lorna	Green 06	USDA	Keeler	Multi-species Use of an Avian Microarray
Dreher	Stephanie	Yellow 13	HHMI	Schneider	Bulk Material Properties of β–Bulge Peptide Hydrogels For Tissue Engineering
Drummer	Christopher	Blue 30	HHMI-NUCLEUS	Edwards	Effects of Aging and Exercise on Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Edobor	Osemeke	Blue 11	DoD	Sikes/VanGolen/F-C	Adhesion Mediated Chemoresistance of Pc3 Cells to Docetaxel.
Eierman	Jodi	Green 01	EPSCoR	Jackson	Effectiveness of the Buck Effect in Inducing Out-of-Season Breeding in Goats
Elder	Christopher	Red 06	S+E	DeLeon	In Vitro TiO2 Nanoparticle Exposure and Its Effects
Eppes	Elisabet	Blue 17	Nemours	Hobson	The effects of point mutations in PLP1 intron 3 on RNA splicing
Ferrara	Kristen	Blue 16	INBRE	Fawcett	Comparison of Cytokine Levels and Differential WBCs in Synovial Fluid
Fischel	Jason	Green 26	EPSCoR	Sparks	Arsenic Mobilization in the Critical Zone: Oxidation by Hydrous Manganese Oxide
Fisher	Megan	Blue 19	HHMI	Hoyer	Functional Assessment of Recombinant Human Bikunin
Fisher	Grant	Orange 18	S+E	Hegedus	Predicting the Lifetime Stability of Photovoltaic Modules Using Accelerated Environmental Testing
Fleagle	Carly	Yellow 04	HHMI	Robinson	Aggregation of a Model β-helical Protein in Solutions of Varying pH and Ionic Strength
Frank	Sander	Blue 28	S+E	Sikes	Localizing Compartmental Gene Expression in Urogenital Sinus (UGS)
Friedberg	Carlyn	Orange 03	S+E	Papafragou	Theory of Mind Development and Language Acquisition in Preschoolers
Fuentes	Julio	Blue 25	HHMI-NUCLEUS	Selva	The 7H24 mutation disrupts the Drosophila O-xylosyltransferase required for Heparan and chondroitin sulfate biosynthesis
Gambogi	Alex	Yellow 24	INBRE	Bauer	Management of Pulmonary Carcinoids: An Institutional Experience
Gangloff	John	Orange 12	S+E	Agrawal	Design of a Wearable Upper Extremity Orthotic Exoskeleton
Gao	Belinda	Purple 04	S+E	Lauterbach	Ammonia Decomposition Catalysis for Hydrogen Generation for Fuel Cell Technology
Gentile	Nicole	Blue 26	CPW	Selva	Role of O-xylosytransferase in Drosophila melanogaster Cell Signaling: Phenotypic Characterization of 7H24
Gibson	Olivia	Red 04	HHMI-NUCLEUS	Cooper	H202-Induced Oxidative Stress in PC3s Increases Adhesion to BMECs
Green	Stacy	Green 05	USDA	Dohms	Characterization of Escherichia coli Isolates from the Delmarva Peninsula
Greenwood	Abigail	Yellow 25	INBRE	Bauer	Esophageal resections: An institutional experience
Grey	Becky	Red 16	CANCER GENETICS	Farach-Carson	Pathway to a Career in Genetic Counseling
Grindel	Brian	Red 17	HHMI	Farach-Carson	Regulation and expression of ERp57 in hepatocellular carcinoma
Harmon	Andrew	Talk 1:15	UDRF	Selva	Investigating Human and Drosophila Sprinter Function
Healy	Jennifer	Purple 19	INBRE	Riley-Lawless	Promoting The Family’s Role in Medication Reconciliation: A Telephone Intervention
Hill	Norman	Blue 29	HHMI	Sikes	Influence of Androgen on the Stability of IGFBP-2 mRNA
Hoffmann	Kyle	Purple 02	HHMI	Dhurjati	Mathematical Models for the Simulation of Gene Expression
Hullmann	Jonathan	Purple 05 & Talk 2:30	HHMI	Bobev	Synthesis and Characterization of New Alkaline-Earth Metal Indium-Antimonides
Huntley	Margaret	Blue 15	INBRE	Barone	Immunofluorescent Staining of Muscle Cell Membrane
Ireton	Jennifer	Purple 17	INBRE	Hardie	Laparoscopic Gastric Banding vs. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Procedures for Morbid Obesity:
Isaacs	Lauren	Red 11	HHMI	DuncanM	Protein-protein Interactions of Arid2 and Prox1
Jackson	Brittany	Green 11	USDA	Schmidt	The Effects of High Pressure Treatment on the Conformation
Jenkins-Kabaila	Mashariki	Blue 14	DOD	van Golen	The Roles of RhoG, Rac1, and Rac3 GTPases in PC-3 Human Prostarte Cancer Tumor Cell Diapedesis
Kasmari	Allison	Red 18	CANCER GENETICS	Farach-Carson	Identifying the potential gene targets of microRNAs involved in breast and prostate cancer
Kelly	Jessica	Red 24	CPW	Rudolph	Dorsiflexior and plantarflexor stimulation to aid in post-stroke hemiparetic gait
Knerr	Patrick	Yellow 10 & Talk 1:00	Beckmann	Schneider	Metal-triggered Hydrogelation of Designed β-hairpin Peptides
Knieriem	Donald	Orange 10	HHMI	Braun	The Structure of Social Networks and Its Role in Modeling the Spread of Infectious Disease
Knox	James	Red 12	INBRE	DuncanR	Regulation of early mechanotransduction responses by osteoblast adhesion to the extracellular matrix
Kostielney	Mollie	Yellow 26	S+E	McLane	The Disintegrin Eristostatin and Its Effects on Matrix Metalloproteinases -2 and -9
Koterwas	Matthew	Purple 18	INBRE	Rempusheski	An Exploration of Hispanic Mothers and Fathers Timidity and Respect as Perceived by Grandparents
Koyoshi	Fumie	Yellow 08	INBRE	D'Sousa	Understanding the Mechanisms of Reaction of Aryl Chloroformates
Kuznekoff	Laura	Red 01		Boyd	Analysis of the sialic acid synthesis genes neuA and neuB from V. vulnificus
Lagasse	Grace	Green 02	INBRE	Burnside/Morgan	Conservation of Nucleotide Sequence in microRNAs from MDV Field Isolates and Reference Strains
Lansing	James	Yellow 16	CHEM ALUMNI	Theopold	Synthesis of 1,1’- Diaminoferrocene
LaPenta	Dante	Purple 6a	EPSCoR	Powers	Science, Ethics, and Public Policy (SEPP) Program Website
Lapera	Michelle	Green 07	S+E	Keeler	Sequencing the Unique Short Region of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus
Lavender	Marysol	Red 05	CPW?	David	Regulation of Spot14, a Gene Induced by Thyroid Hormone in Preadipocytes
Lavoie	Danielle	Blue 18	Nemours	Hobson	Copy Number Changes in the PLP1 Region in Patients with PMD
Lenihan	Dawn	Green 08	S+E	Parcells	Construction of Recombinant Marek’s Disease Viruses In Vivo
Lort	Richard	Orange 13	S+E	Agrawal	Use of Resonant Systems to Achieve Hovering Flight in Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles
Lovett	Jackie	Green 27	EPSCoR	Wommack	The Effects of Acidified Soil on Bacteria and Viruses
Madden	Gregory	Red 13	NIH	DuncanR	Shear-Induced Activation of Ras Homologous A (RhoA) GTPase
Majid	Amber	Red 19	HHMI DEAN'S SPECIAL	Farach-Carson	Characterization of Voltage Sensitive Calcium Channel Subunits in MLO-Y4 Osteocyte-Like Cells
Marchesiello	Greg	Orange 06	EPSCoR	Levia	Formation patterns of radiation fog in relation to evapotranspiration in the Central Valley of California
McCartney	Taima	Red 27	S+E	Kaminski	Does Heading Frequency Affect Neuropsychological Test Performance In Interscholastic Female Soccer Players?
McCole	Kathleen	Green 14	S+E	Miller	The Use of the Inland Bays’ Beaches as Horseshoe Crab Nesting Sites (Limulus polyphemus).
McLaughlin	Eamon	Red 14	INBRE	DuncanR	The Role of Caveolin in Mechanotransduction in Osteoblasts
Michael	Rowan	Talk 2:15	HHMI	DeLeon	Investigation of long-term effects of Nanoscale TiO2 on Murine Spermatogenesis
Miller	Daniel	Purple 04b	HHMI	Lenhoff	The Effects of Surfactant Mixtures and Phase Behavior on Membrane Protein Stabilization
Millner	Patricia	Blue 12	INBRE	Brougher	Development of an In Vitro Explant Culture System for the Avian Embryonic Lung to Examine
Mills	Timothy	Green 28	INBRE	Wommack	Carbon Source and Acidification effects on Soil Microbial Ecologies
Mmagu	Obinna	Red 03	HHMI/McNair	Carson	The PPARα Agonist, Fenofibrate, Increases MUC1 Expression in T47D Breast Cancer Cells
Mogere	Brenda	Blue 10	DoD	Sikes	Ion Channel Therapeutics in Prostate Cancer
Morgan	Jessica	Green 19	S+E	Williams	The effect of riparian corridor width on the presence of invasive plants
Mylnarski	Stacy	Yellow 17	INBRE	Theopold	Synthesis of a Redox-Active Scorpionate Ligand
Myrick	Stephanie	Yellow 06	HHMI	Sullivan	Investigating the Utilization of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) as a Tool
Neal	Krista	Blue 05	HHMI	Simmons	Mutational Analysis of selected residues in the J-Domain and Hinge region of SV40 Large Tumor Antigen
Nguyen	Aivi	Blue 06	HHMI	Usher	Apolipoprotein C-I Production During Adipocyte Differentiation
Nigro	Samantha	Red 15	NIH	DuncanR	Viability and In Situ Intercellular Ca2+ Imaging of Bone Cells
Nuzzio	Kristin	Yellow 11	CHEM ALUMNI	Polenova	Isolation and Purification of Vanadium Haloperoxidase Mutants for Characterization by 51V Solid-State NMR
Ociepa	Tomasz	Purple 20	INBRE	Pruitt	Small Molecule Inhibitors of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)
Ogden	Lindsay	Red 23	INBRE & S+E	Farguhar	Exercise Pressor Reflex in Hypertensive Humans
O'Neal	Kathryn	Purple 6a	EPSCoR	Powers	Science, Ethics, and Public Policy (SEPP) Program Website
Pagels	Rebecca	Yellow 03	HHMI	Roberts	Effects of sorbitol on folding/unfolding and aggregation of a-chymotrypsinogen
Panunto	Matthew	Green 20	EPSCoR	Allison	Mapping the Loss of Wetlands in the Milford Neck Coastal Region of Delaware
Paras	Kelsey	Green 12	EPSCoR	Hough-Goldstein	Antipredator Defense of the Weevil Rhinoncomimus latipes a Biological Control Agent of Polygonum perfoliatum
Parkhurst	Matthew