Current Student Presentations at Conferences

Mathematical Association of America Math Fest 2022
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 3–5, 2022

Presentation: “STEM Model-Eliciting Activities for Middle School Students”
Student: Jean Ciscell, Mathematics
Mentors: Dr. Diana Cheng and Dr. Kimberly Corum (Mathematics)

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American Chemical Society Fall 2022 Meeting
Chicago, Illinois,  August 21–25, 2022

Presentation: “Water Soluble Gold Nanoclusters for Biological Applications”
Student: Zara Freeland, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Mary Sajini Devadas (Chemistry)

Presentation: “Bimetallic Superatom Bi-icosahedron Au25 Clusters: An Optical and Electrochemical Study”
Student: Samantha Topka, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Mary Sajini Devadas (Chemistry)

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Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists
Anaheim, California, November 8–12, 2022

Presentation: “The Effects of TcpC on Grazing Resistance by the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum”
Student: Victoria Akingbehin, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Snyder (Biological Sciences)

Presentation: “Identification of Food Contaminants Using Innate Immune Toll-like Receptors (TLRs)”
Student: Phoebe Calkins, Biological Sciences 
Mentor: Dr. Erin Harberts (Biological Sciences)

Presentation: “NADase Function of TcpC May Induce Suppression of Innate Immune Response”
Student: Britney Erickson, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Snyder (Biological Sciences)

Presentation: “Evaluation of Dematin Expression in Wild-type and TLR4-/- Mice for Application in Studies of Endotoxemia”
Student: Junela Cecille Hunat, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Erin Harberts (Biological Sciences)

Presentation: “Generating a Library of LPS Modified Gram-Negative Bacteria”
Student: Michel Kane-Jackson, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Erin Harberts (Biological Sciences)

Presentation: “Development of a Test for a Pathogen from the Middle East”
Student: Larissa Speaks, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Kelly Elkins (Chemistry)

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