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
Fall 2021
Please reach out to oasin@oxy.edu for 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
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