Session 1—1:00-2:00pm

• 12:55 Introduction by Jon Monroe
• 1:00 T1. Nick Heslep, Jenna Lindsey, Aubrey Murphy, Claire O’Hanlon, Dr. Roshna Wunderlich
  • Using collar-mounted accelerometers to assess behavior in Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
• 1:10 T2. Emily B. Thompson, Dr. M. Rockwell Parker, Dr. Morgan M. Steffen
  • Classifying the cloacal microbiome of the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, to determine possible sexual transmission
• 1:20 T3. Alexander B. Clippinger, Dr. Raymond A. Enke
  • Transcriptome analysis of the developing human retina in culture
• 1:30 T4. Andrew Lopuch, Brian Swinehart, Eden Widener, ZL Holley, Katherine Bland, Christopher Handwerk, Cooper Brett, Hollyn Cook, Anna Kalinowski, Hilda Rodriguez, Dr. George Vidal
  • Role of Integrin Beta 3 within Forebrain Excitatory Pyramidal Neurons and Glia in Regulating Cortically and Hippocampally-Mediated Behaviors of Mice
• 1:40 T5. Julianne B. Carroll, Dr. Mark L. Gabriele
  • Microglial heterogeneity and complement signaling alignment with emerging multisensory midbrain maps during an early critical period
• 1:50 T6. David R. Weisenbeck, Dr. David McLeod
  • Population study of native and invasive turtles in Harrisonburg, Virginia
• 2:00 20-MIN BREAK

Session 2—2:20-3:30pm

• 2:20 T7. Claire M. Ravenburg, Dr. Christopher E. Berndsen, Dr. Jonathan D. Monroe
  • Catalytic and structural properties of a corn Beta-amylase enzyme that is encoded
    by an alternatively transcribed gene
• 2:30 T8. Calvin L. Chenault, Dr. Raymond A. Enke
  • Epigenetic Regulation of Healthy and Diseased Human Retinal Neurons
• 2:40 T9. Brian D. Swinehart, Dr. George S. Vidal
  • Dendritic Spine Density of Developing Layer II/III Cerebral Cortical Excitatory
    Pyramidal Neurons with Itgb3 Loss-of-Function
• 2:50 T10. Dagmawi Mamo, Dr. Casonya Johnson
  • Characterization of HLH-25 in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryonic Development
    Through a Heat Shock Induced Transgene Expression
• 3:00 T11. Isabella R. Becker, Malia I. Gardner, Dominique J. Lockwood, Dr. Louie L. Wurch,
  Dr. MorganSteffen
  • Interaction markers of Microcystis phycosphere bacteria isolated from Lake Tai
    (Taihu)
• 3:10 T12. Amelia C. Kahle, Dr. Corey L. Cleland
  • Co-contraction and lateral synergies identified in rat extrinsic tail muscles by
    selective, multi-channel electromyography during heat-evoked tail nociceptive
    withdrawal
• 3:20 T13. Malique Middleton, Dr. Michael Renfroe
  • Antioxidant Capacity and Antimicrobial Activity of Four Plant Essential Oil

SESSION 1—10:00-11:00am

• P1 Abigail L. Hinson, Michael Pamonag, Elisha Burton, Dr. Kristopher E. Kubow
  • The Influence of Scaffold Fiber Mobility and Density on Cell Migration Distance
    and Persistence
• P2 April Hale, Allison Newhart, Steven J. Beaupre, and Dr. M. Rockwell Parker
  • Field-based quantification of post-strike chemosensory behavior patterns in the
    Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus
• P3 Claire O’Hanlon, Nick Heslep, Aubrey Murphy, Elaine Guevara and Dr. Roshna Wunderlich
  • Quantifying physical aging in sifakas (Propithecus coquereli)
• P4 Lauren O. Trzcinski, Emily C. Watts, Alexandra K. Black, Katarina A. Knudsen, and Dr. Justin W. Brown
  • The Role of Brain Stem 5HT1A and GABA-A Receptors in the Thermoregulatory
    Response to Hypoxic Stress
• P5 Lori Friend, Nicole Cubbage, Dr. Marquis Walker
  • Simplifying site-directed gene editing in Drosophila using Crispr/CAS9
• P6 Miranda Landmann, Corbyn Tabod, Patrick Kilkenny, Dr. Roshna Wunderlich
  • The Role of the Plantar Intrinsic Foot Muscles in Balance

SESSION 2—11:30am-12:30pm

• P7 Claire O’Hanlon, Dr. Oliver Hyman
  • General biology (BIO150) student performance decreased significantly in online versus in-person delivery
• P8 Emily Dickson, Dr. Corey Cleland
  • Contributions of extrinsic muscles to the nociceptive withdrawal response in the rat tail through the use of tail tendon lesions
• P9 Lauren E. Harris, Dr. Corey L. Cleland
  • Contributions of extrinsic and intrinsic dorsal tail muscles of rats to cocontraction synergies
• P10 Mark Pavlichenko, Seerat Mavi, Dr. Corey Cleland
  • Differences in the tail nociceptive withdrawal reflex of restrained and freeroaming Rats
• P11 Hali Mai, Gabrielle Massey, and Dr. Janet Daniel
  • Investigating Phenotypic Differences Between the STP1 k/o and WT Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to the Environmental Stress of Salinity
• P12 Tiffany Tolley, Lisa Jagannathan, Dr. Corey Cleland
  • Identification of muscle synergies based on mathematical reconstruction of the tail nociceptive withdrawal response in rats
• P13 Jacob Little, Quinn Danehy, Dr. Bisi T. Velayudhan, Dr. Marquis T. Walker
  • Investigating the effects of Trpml1 mutation on the gut wall structure using
    knockout mice and Drosophila models

SESSION 3—1:00-2:00pm

• P14 David A. Hayes, Camden N. Brewer, Jon F. Burkart, Emmaline A. Clark, Dharmi K. Desai,
  Jared A. Gordon, Nathan H. Flynn, William C. Hunter, Kathryn L. Motley, Julia M. Portman, and Dr. Bruce A. Wiggins
  • The effect of canopy coverage on macroinvertebrate community composition in Rockingham County, Virginia
• P15 Grant J. Brennan, Malia Gardner, Dominque Lockwood, Dr. Louie Wurch, Dr. Morgan Steffen
  • Determination of Indole-3-acetic acid Plant Hormone production by Bacteria Isolated from a Microcystis Bloom in Lake Taihu and Erie
• P16 Hanna Terrill, Hannah Donkoh-Moore, Dr. Terrie Rife
  • The Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 by Tau
• P17 Camden Brewer, Lauren Charles, Rhett Elliott, Hailey Grove, William Hunter, Luke Shiley, Kathryn Motley, Brittany Sweet, David Wilcox, and Dr. Bruce Wiggins
  • Effectiveness of Stream Restoration on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities
    and Water Quality
• P18 Ireland Johnson, Grant Brennan, Niki Lockwood, Emily Burdige, Dr. Louie Wurch
  • The effect of heterotrophic bacteria on the growth of brown tide-forming Aureococcus anophagefferens
• P19 Jacob M. Weakley, Dr. Mark L. Gabriele
  • Segregation of multimodal inputs into discrete midbrain compartments during an early critical period