SAMURS

Welcome to the Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Symposium!

The University of Washington Tacoma Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Environmental Sustainability, and Mathematics majors host an Environmental Research Symposium, Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Symposium (SAMURS). This event showcases the capstone research projects of our undergraduate students. The presentations by our undergraduate students, cover a broad range of questions and projects related to the environment, mathematics, sustainability and much more. Projects are conducted in the lab, in the trees, in the mud, in the classroom, at an aquarium, on the water, underwater and on land. Some are original research with a faculty mentor, pushing the boundaries of what is known in their fields. Others participate in internships, where they help community partners further their missions through service. What all these diverse students have in common is the determination and dedication to complete an independent study as part of their undergraduate education. We hope you are inspired and educated by what they have accomplished.

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SAMURS Agenda - Scroll below to view student abstracts and posters

9:00am Session

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10:00am Session

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11:00am Session

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12:00pm Session

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1:00pm Session

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2:00pm Session

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Abstracts & Posters

Student Name(s)	Faculty Mentor	Title (Click on title for poster)	Abstract (Click on photo for abstract)
Abruzini, Sarah	Cowgill, Karen	Approaches Improving Opioid Use Disorder Outcomes
Alhaj, Dana Nael	TBD	TBD
Anderbery, Alyssa Marie	Julie Masura	Clayoquot Sound Harmful Algal Blooms Investigation of Sydney Inlet – 2019
Banados, Royze Varias	TBD	TBD
Begazo, Vanessa Y	Anna Groat-Carmona	Conserved RNA Sequence and Structural Elements in Dengue Virus
Bockman, Megan	TBD	TBD
Braden, Taylor Ryan	TBD	TBD
Brar, Jasmeet	TBD	TBD
Byers, Claire	TBD	TBD
Cardis, Haley Marie	TBD	TBD
Chang, Gina	Marc Nahmani	Applying Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Identify Sites of Active COVID-19 Transmission in Pierce County
Chua, Paola Jean Caguiat	TBD	TBD
Comber, Jason	TBD	TBD
Cornwall, Natalie Jean	Jeremy Davis	Cold-Weather Suburban Survey of Carrion-Associated Flies in Lacey, Washington
Dahl, Fiona	TBD	TBD
Daniel, Steve Bennet	Alison Gardell	Induced Endocrine and Obesogenic effects of Perchlorate in Daphnia Magna with regards  to the Doublesex gene expression for Environmental Sex Determination
Dupont, Lindsay Lynette	TBD	TBD
Ferlance, Shylog Sofia	Sarah Alaei	Bacterial Lipids Disrupt Strep Biofilms
French, Gibson Oren	TBD	TBD
Geer, Jacob Sean	TBD	TBD
Gonzale Perez, Eli David	TBD	TBD
Gore, Ashley Aimee	Marc Nahmani	3D Analysis of CA1 Hippocampal Excitatory Synapses Reveals Two Distinct Populations:  Spinule-Bearing and Non Spinule-Bearing Presynaptic Boutons
Haldeman, Jessica Rose	TBD	TBD
Hanson, Chanda	TBD	TBD
Hargett, Kirsten Lynn	TBD	TBD
Haverkamp, Hailey Sue	TBD	TBD
Hernandez, Kristian J	TBD	TBD
Hoang, Thu Tran	TBD	TBD
Jhuty, Sharon	Kelly Kim	Proposed Synthesis of Phenylpropenoids via Esterification with Applications against The Human Rhinovirus
Kaur, Jasmeen	TBD	TBD
Kerns, Colton	TBD	TBD
Kim, Cheri	Marc Nahmani	3D Volumetric Reconstructions Reveal Distinct Difference in Spinule Sizes Within Primary Visual Cortex
Kim, Seohyun	Anna Groat-Carmona	Discerning the biochemical function for the catalytic domain of the Plasmodium BEM46-like protein (PBLP)
Kingsley, Grant	TBD	TBD
Kloby, Joe Bronson Badi	TBD	TBD
Kramer, Lucy	TBD	TBD
Landowski, Tanner Jay	TBD	TBD
Lee, Jung	TBD	TBD
Loucks, Brianna Paige	TBD	TBD
Mackler, Matt	Laura Murphy	Eumycetoma: Synthesizing a Fenarimol Derivative as an Efficacious, Non-Toxic, and Affordable Treatment Option
Marshall, Nick	TBD	TBD
Martin, Lexus Mannhattan	TBD	TBD
McCormick, Carter	TBD	TBD
Menefee, Britt	Anna Groat-Carmona	Discerning the Biochemical Function for the Catalytic Domain of Plasmodium BEM46-like  Protein (PBLP)
Mercado-Marquez, Fanny Jacqueline	Sarah Alaei	Outer membrane vesicle formation in Porphyromonas gingivalis with removal of relA and rshB genes
Miller, Alexis Kayla	TBD	TBD
Nguyen, Dinh Phan Lac	TBD	TBD
Nugent, Ruby	TBD	TBD
Olson, Abigail Therese	Sarah Alaei	Porphyromonas gingivalis Lipid A Structure and Biofilm modulation
Perry, Connor Wayne	TBD	TBD
Peterson, Leslie michelle	TBD	Synthetic Approach toward Substituted Phenylpropenols: Key Precursors to Potential Antivirals for Prevention of HRV Infection
Reite, Elizabeth	TBD	TBD
Rhoads, Sarah K	John Finke	Virtual Protein Simulations: Visualizing Interactions with the Environment
Saeed, Hannah A	Jutta Heller	The Emotional and Economical Distress COVID-19 had on this South Seattle Community
Saefong, Kayla	Sarah Alaei	A Proposal on Introducing P. gingivalis OMVs to Other Bacterial Biofilm
Sanchez, Caritina	Anna Groat-Carmona	Creating a parasite to express PBLP with a BirA* tag
Sanchez, Yeltsin	TBD	TBD
Sandhu, Ruby Kaur	Laura Murphy	Eumycetoma: Synthesizing a Fenarimol Derivative as an Efficacious, Non-Toxic, and Affordable Treatment Option
Selness, Colleen Aurora	TBD	TBD
Sharma, Avika Vijay	Erica Cline	AISquare Blog Collection
Sidhu, Harman S	TBD	TBD
Singh, Chetanjit	Sarah Alaei	Using P. gingivalis OMVs in different bacterial biofilms
Slattery, David Joel	TBD	TBD
Spence, Jamison Fernando	Sarah Alaei	How RelA Impacts OMV Production in P. gingivalis
Starke, Joel Casey	Marc Nahmani	Applying Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Identify Sites of Active COVID-19 Transmission in Pierce County
Stewart, Kaiya Rose	Anna Groat-Carmona	Dengue Virus Replication Disruption through Examination of Conserved Sequences and Structures
Stowers, Brandon Michael	Laura Murphy	Treatment of Eumycetomas Through Synthesis of Fenarimol Analogues
Swanson, Tomara	Jack Vincent	Identification of Conserved Phosphorylation Sites of the Ndc80 Protein
Toor, Gurleen	TBD	TBD
Ugas, Jose A	Marc Nahmani	3D Image Analysis of Spinule Prevalence and Origin
Valdez, Mara	TBD	TBD
Waters, Eric	Jack Vincent	The phosphorylation of the Cdc28/CDK1 kinase is essential for proper cell cycle function, kinase signaling within the Saccharomyces cerevisiae and conservation of known sites of phosphorylation
Whelan, Kat	TBD	TBD
Wiggins, Kiara	TBD	TBD
Williamson, Kealie Anne	TBD	TBD
Wolford, Jessica	TBD	TBD

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