Session 2 Posters

Skin Carotenoid Levels as a Biomarker of Overall Health

Elizabeth King
Linzy Kesler, Utah State University
Aubree Lyman, Utah State University
Mary Ann Joregensen, Utah State University
Sandra Reynolds, Utah State University
Brooke James, Utah State University
Kelly Gibbons, Utah State University
Shawnel Stacy, Utah State University
Shelley Heap, Utah State University
Lea Palmer, Utah State University
Anna Marie White, Utah State University
Marianne Olsen, Utah State University

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Development and characterization of a highly soluble construct of the Shigella flexneri translocator protein IpaC

Jenna Bouvang

College of Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Frequency-interacting RNA Helicase from Neurospora crassa

Keith Olsen

College of Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Dietary Supplementation with Black Raspberries for Prevention of Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer in Mice

Kevin Contreras, Utah State University

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Effects of the supplement ASEA on cardiovascular endurance.

Kyle Shegrud

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Reducing Bird Window Fatalities at Utah State

Michael Preece
Rachel Sagers
Brinnlie Harward
Jonas Johnson

College of Science, Biology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

IMPACT OF CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D OR METHYL DONOR SUPPLEMENTATION ON INFLAMMATION-ASSOCIATED COLON TUMORIGENESIS IN C57BL/6J MICE

Michaela Brubaker, Utah State University
Elizabeth Park, Utah State University
Kristina Krepinski, Utah State University

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

DNA SNPs and Parentage Testing in Cattle: The History, Procedures, Importance and Future

Nicole Mastroluca

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Documenting Traditional Growing and Cultural Practices of Native Peaches and Navajo Spinach in the Four Corners

Reagan Wytsalucy

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Plants, Soils, and Climate Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Growth of imperiled bluehead sucker under anthropogenically-altered temperature and flow regimes

Thomas Hafen

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources, Watershed Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Dietary supplementation with tart cherries for prevention of inflammation-associated colorectal cancer in mice

Ashli Hunter
Abby Benninghoff, Utah State University
Korry Hintze, Utah State University
Sumira Phatak, Utah State University
Deanna Larson, Utah State University

College of Science, Biology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Murder She Wrote: Death and Drama in Nesting Woodpeckers

Taryn Rodman, Utah State University
Ryan Sabel, Utah State University
Blake Christensen, Utah State University
Taylor Albrecht, Utah State University
Ryan Gallegos, Utah State University

College of Science, Biology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Effects in Mice of Medium Chain Triglycerides During a State of Endotoxemia

David Dang

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Impact of Thermally Abused Oil on Gut Inflammation and Colon Tumorigenesis in Mice Fed Standard Diet or the Total Western Diet

Emily Speas
Rachelle VandenBoomen
Kimberly Campbell

College of Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Nitrogen availability and use efficiency in corn treated with contrasting nitrogen sources.

Avneet Kakkar
Jeanette M. Norton, Utah State University
Yang Ouyang

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Plants, Soils, and Climate Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

DNA STABLE ISOTOPE PROBING METHODS TO EXAMINE CARBON ASSIMILATION IN STREAM BIOFILMS

Elizabeth Ogata, Utah State University
Sandra Udy, Utah State University
Michelle Baker, Utah State University
Zachary Aanderud, Brigham Young University

College of Science, Biology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

An Evolutionary Analysis of Gender and Reproduction in Latter-Day Saints

Claire Hanson, Utah State University
Amanda Cook, Utah State University

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hypervigilance in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder

Colten Brown

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Psychology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Testing for an association between Wolbachia bacterial symbionts and insecticide resistance in sand fly populations (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Cody Bills, Utah State University

College of Science, Biology Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Public Health Interventions’ Impact on Fatality Rates in Cache Valley (1865-1975)

Daniel Brandley
Michael T. Nelson, Utah State University

College of Science, Nursing and Health Professions

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Impact of diet and microbiota composition on the phenotype of humanized mice using fecal microbiota transplant method.

Daphne Rodriguez, Utah State University
Niklas Aardema, Utah State University
Canyon Neal, Utah State University
Sumira Phatak, Utah State University
Ashli Hunter, Utah State University
Kevin Contreras, Utah State University
Tess Armbrust, Utah State University
Hope Tinsley, Utah State University
Takayuki Yasui
Michaela Brubaker, Utah State University
Elizabeth Park, Utah State University
Kristina Krepinski, Utah State University
Melissa Herrera, Utah State University
Emily Speas, Utah State University
Rachelle Boomen, Utah State University
Kimberly Campbell, Utah State University
Korry Hintze, Utah State University
Abby Benninghoff, Utah State University

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department

North Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Modified Electrospinning and Cross-linking of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins

Dan Gil, Utah State University
Blake Taurone, Utah state university
Bailey McFarland, Utah State University

College of Science, Biology Department

South Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Measuring the Conductivity of Highly Insulating Materials with Constant Voltage Chamber Modifications

David King

College of Science, Physics Department

South Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Shigella Spa47 Regulator Proteins Provide a Potential Means of Controlling Type Three Secretion System Activation and Pathogen Virulence

Heather Jones

College of Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

South Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Facile Synthesis of Fe-doped Co-P catalyst for water splitting

Irina Terrero Rodriguez

College of Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

South Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Manipulating Microparticles by the Electrostatic Force

Jonny Britt
Tyler Kippen, Utah State University

College of Science, Physics Department

South Atrium

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM