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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- First Place: Abuk Akeck
Project: "Simulating the Effects of Visual Cataract on Facial Recognition"
Mentor: Benjamin Balas, PhD, Psychology
- Second Place: Alyssa Willis
Project: "The impact of social networks on life satisfaction in older adults"
Mentor: Heather Fuller, Ph.D., Human Development and Family Science
- Third Place [TIE]: Grant Parker & Isaac Wanner
Project: "Exploring the Role of Nitrosylation in Insulin Resistance"
Mentor: Natasha Fillmore, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Third Place [TIE]: Kimaria Stevenson
Project: "Vitamin D and its roles in immune function and reproduction in the nocturnal Leopard Gecko (Eublpharis macularius)"
Mentor: Matthew Smith, Ph.D., Biological Sciences
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
- First Place: Kaylin Trosen
Project: "Examining the role of checkpoint kinase target sites within replication factor A2 upon challenge with chemotherapy-like DNA damaging agents"
Mentor: Stuart Haring, Ph.D., Civil, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Second Place: Andrea Clarisse Corrales
Project: "Temperature-dependent corrosion inhibition of soybean extract on carbon steel in acidic medium"
Mentor: Eugene Caldona, Ph.D., Coatings and Polymeric Materials
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Graduate Student Council
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POSTERS
- First Place: Debarati Kole, Doctoral Student, Developmental Sciences
Project: "Self-Esteem as a Mediator of the Association between
Helping Others and Wellbeing in Older Adults"
Mentor: Heather Fuller, Ph.D., Human Development and Family Sciences
- Second Place: Teala Matiur, Master's Student, Microbiology
Project: "VIP Receptor Deficiency negatively impacts
Gut Epithelial and Immune Cell Homeostasis"
Mentor: Glenn Dorsam, Ph.D., Microbiology
- Third Place: Redemptor Zhou, Doctoral Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Project: "Sex-dependent Protective Effects of Alamandine in
Cardiac Aging"
Mentor: Natasha Fillmore, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
- First Place: Theo Knowles, Master's Student, Natural Resource Sciences
Project: "Floral Frenzy: Reintroducing Wildflowers into North Dakota Grassland Restorations"
Mentor: Shawn DeKeyser, Ph.D., School of Natural Resource Sciences
- Second Place: Gopal Marwaha, Master's Student, Natural Resource Sciences
Project: "Nitrogen and Plant Competition: Exploring Native-Invasive Species Interactions in a Greenhouse"
Mentor: Rakhi Palit, Ph.D., School of Natural Resource Sciences
- Third Place: Matheus Belin, Doctoral Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Project: "From Waste to Remedy: Bergamot Byproduct Prevents Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Diseases"
Mentor: Jagdish Singh, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Gamma Sigma Delta
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POSTERS
- First Place: Marisol Morocho, Plant Sciences
Project: "Salinity affects seed germination and vigor in spring and winter camelina"
Mentor: Marisol Berti, Ph.D., Plant Sciences
- Second Place: Katrina Kratzke, Natural Resource Sciences
Project: "Short Term Impacts of Grazing Cover Crops on Profitability and Soil Health"
Mentor: Miranda Meehan, Ph.D., Animal Sciences
- Third Place: Maria Batool, Soil Sciences
Project: "Long-Term Soil pH Changes in Southwestern North Dakota"
Mentor: Larry Cihacek, Ph.D., Natural Resource Sciences
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
- First Place: Dinesh Poudel, Plant Pathology
Project: "Evaluation of breeding lines for resistance to soybean cyst nematode, a devastating pest in soybean"
Mentor: Guiping Yan, Ph.D., Plant Pathology
- Second Place: Dayne Tallier, Soil Science
Project: "Optimizing Phosphorus for Soybean: Impacts on Yield and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi"
Mentor: Lindsay Malone, Ph.D., Natural Resource Sciences
- Third Place: Ashley Barstow, Plant Sciences
Project: "Variant filters using segregation information improve mapping of nectar-production genes in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)"
Mentor: Brent Hulke, Ph.D., USDA Agricultural Research Service
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