Biology Undergraduate Research SymposiumTorrey Life Sciences, Rm 111Friday, April 28, 2017

Time Name Advisor Title

12:30 Welcome remarks Sally Reis, Vice Provost for Academic A�airs

12:45 Spoorthi Sampath Graf Characterization of Four T6SS VgrG Proteins in Aeromonas veronii Hm21

1:00 Diler Haji Simon Developmental timing in periodical cicada(Cicadidae: Magicicada) life cycle evolution

1:15 Brock Chimileski Jackson The neurochemical phenotype of lateral hypo-thalamic Hcrt/Ox and MCH neurons identi�ed through single cell gene expression pro�ling

1:30 Isabel Nip Campellone Roles for Autophagy and the Actin Cytoskeleton in Promoting α-Synuclein Clearance in Parkinson'sDisease

1:45 BREAK 2:00 Dinah Parker Goffinet One fungus-two lichens: Dendriscocaulon

intricatulum is the cyanomorph of the EasternNorth American endemic Ricasolia quercizans(Lobariaceae)

2:15 Colin Cleary Mulkey Purinergic regulation of vascular tone in theretrotrapezoid nucleus is specialized to support thedrive to breathe

2:30 Sean Gosselin Gogarten An ANI-Derived Distance Approach for Delimitating Species and Constructing Phylogenies

2:45 Michael Stankov Elphick Can extinction likelihood be predicted by physicaland behavioral characters of wetland bird species?

3:00 Ashley Hine

3:15 – 5:00 Poster session & Refreshments (Biophysics Building Lobby) ~ Poster boards will be ready by 2:00 pm ~ All undergraduate researchers with a poster are welcome to present your poster

Kendall Characterization of Novel Cannabinoid Receptor 2-Selective Agonists at the Biochemical and Cellular Levels: Leads for Therapeutic Agents

4:30 Awards Announcement