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Judges will be given specific posters to judge based upon a judge’s expertise and interest.
Biochemistry and Chemistry
Avery Belenos, Nataliya Myshakina PhD, Science Department, Chatham University, 1 Woodland Rd Pittsburgh PA 15232
COMPUTING AFFINITY BETWEEN ESTROGEN RECEPTORS AND MODIFIED OXYBENZONE
Alexandrea Papadelias, Emer-Rico E. Mojica PhD, Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038
FATTY ACID PROFILE OF HUMAN MILK SAMPLES FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Baylee Caudill, Pace University. Elmer-Rico E. Mojica, Pace University Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences
SPECTROSCOPIC DIFFERENTIATION OF BEE PROPOLIS EXTRACTS
Dylan Cho and Alex Pinto, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, United States
HYDROTHERMAL PREPERATION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE (TiO2) FROM PRECURSORS SYNTHESIZED BY THE OXIDANT PEROXO METHOD (OPM)
Jennifer Hutnik, Chemistry Department, Pace University 1 Pace Plaza New York, NY 10038
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF BEE PROPOLIS EXTRACTS FROM THE UNITED STATES
Christian Machado, Yelda Balkir, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY, 10471)
SYNTHESIS OF BIOFUELS FROM WASTE MATERIALS
Lawrence Phillips, Chemistry, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY, 10038
CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF BEE PROPOLIS FROM DISTINCT SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ecology
Aidan Lawrence Murphy, Patrick O'Donnell, and Latina Steele department of biology at Sacred Heart University 5252 Park Ave Fairfield CT 06825
EFFECTS OF USING PHYTOPLANKTON OR ZOOPLANKTON AS A FOOD SOURCE FOR DUNCANOPSAMMIA AXIFUGA
Alexis Ayrey, Biology Department, Iona College 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801
Invasional Meltdown: The dispersal of the non-native C. incisa in a non-native dominated ecosystem
Elizabeth Kelsey - Gossard, Dr. William Edwards, Dr. Cassandra Marnocha,
Professor Coleen Edwards, Biology Department, Niagara University, Niagara University, New York, 14109
ZOOPLANKTON GUT ANALYSIS USING MICROBIAL 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING
Noah Kaczmarek, Niagara University Biology Department. 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109
ZOOPLANKTON RELATIVE ABUNDANCE: FAYETTEVILLE GREEN LAKE
Tiana Giovatto and Dr. LaTina Steele Sacred Heart University, Department of Biology, Fairfield, CT 0682
PATTERNS OF GRAZING AND PHENOLIC CONTENT WITHIN RESTORED AND NATURAL SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA MARSHES
Sarah Weiby, Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, 14109 Cassandra Marnocha, PhD., William Edwards, PhD. Biology Department, Niagara University
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNECHOCOCCUS FROM FAYETTEVILLE GREEN LAKE
Sarah Weiby, Mark Gallo, PhD. Niagara University, Lewiston, NY.
Long Term Effects of Plasmid Stability in E. coli in a Non-Selective Environment.
Thomas DeVantier, Mark Gallo, Biology, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109
NON-MIGRATORY HONEY BEE (APIS.MELLIFERA) COLONIES PERISH DURING WINTER DUE TO POSSIBLE PATHOGENS TRANSMITTED BY VARROA DESTRUCTOR
Mikayla Henry, Biology Department, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road Ithaca, NY 14850
DOES PROXIMITY TO CULTIVATED HIVES IMPACT GENETIC DIVERSITY IN SCAEVOLA PLUMIERI?
Environmental Science
DeCoff, Brendan; Stablewski, Jacob; Marnocha, Cassandra Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FROM THE IROQUOIS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Christopher Gonzales(Student),Dr. Christina Andruk(Mentor),Dr. Mychel Varner (Helper) , Biology Department, Iona College, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801
THE EFFECT OF BIOCHAR ON CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTION IN VERMICOMPOSTING AND NORMAL COMPOSTING
David Albro,Biology, St. Francis College 180 Remsen St #4305, Brooklyn, NY 11201
COMPARISON OF TWO NYC WATER QUALITY DATABASES OBTAINED THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT AND A CITIZEN SCIENCE GROUP
Joshlyn Mensah, Department: Biology and Health Sciences Department, Institution: St. Francis College, Institution Address: 180 Remsen St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FISH CONSUMPTION AND HUMAN HEALTH
Molecular Biology | Microbiology
Cassidy Baldauf, Dr. Nicole Roy, Biology Department, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue Fairfield CT 06825
DI-BUTYL PHTHALATE (DBP) INDUCES DEFECTS IN EYE DEVELOPMENT IN ZEBRAFISH
Eleanora Robinson, Natural Science Department at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY 12550
EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE TTLL4A AND WUN2 PSEUDOGENES
Erica Eack, Natural Science Division, Mount Saint Mary College, 330 Powell Avenue Newburgh, NY, 12550
ANNOTATION OF A NOVEL MICROBACTERIUM FOLIORUM PHAGE PARLEG
Joseph Annabi, Jack Dunican, and David Zuckerman, Biology, Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York, 10801
EXAMINING MULTIPLE PROTEIN ISOFORMS IN BACTOFILINS OF M. XANTHUS AND C. CRESCENTUS
Kassandra Cortes, Biology and Health Sciences Department, St. Francis College, 180 Remsen St. Brooklyn NY 11201
ARE GENETIC DIFFERENCES IN VARIOUS ETHNICITIES CORRELATED WITH SURVIVAL RATE IN BREAST CANCER?
Ryan Kim, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology and Department of Biological Sciences, Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ, 07079)
NETWORK META-ANALYSIS ON THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL ACTIVATION OF NEUROINFLAMMATION SIGNALING PATHWAY
Katherine Lee, Biology, Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801
INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BACM ISOFORMS TO MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS CELL SHAPE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
José A. Gómez Leuridan & Dr. Cassandra Marnocha, Environmental Science, Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109
THE EFFECT OF PARK VISITORS ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
Jesse Kozub (Niagara University, Chemistry, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109), Pavel Kovtunov (Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109),
Brandon Bruno (Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109), David Vorobey (Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109),
and Dr. Mark Gallo PhD (Niagara University, Biology, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109)
CLONING GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES
Ian O'Neill/ Maki Inada/ Rory Cohan, Biology Department, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
IDENTIFYING NOVEL SPLICE FACTORS: DEPLETION OF MTDNA FROM WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING SAMPLES IN YEAST
Christopher Clark, Manpreet Singh, Dr. Mark Gallo PhD, Biology, Niagara University, 5795 Lewiston Rd, Niagara University, NY 14109
THE CHARACTERIZATION AND DETAILED BIOINFORMATIC STUDY OF NOVEL STAPHYLOCOCCUS BACTERIOPHAGE
Catrina Sullivan Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut Statement University, 83 Windham St, Willimantic, CT, 06033
CHARACTERIZATION OF MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA PLANT MUTANTS WITH DEFECTIVE SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION AND SUPERNODULATION PHENOTYPES
Psychology
Christina Chodkowski. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University. 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY 11530
GENDER ROLES AND SELF-ESTEEM
Jada Rojas, Itati Abadie, Samantha Healy, Michelle Pei. Psychology Department, Ithaca College 953 Danby Rd Ithaca, NY 14850
FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC ANXIETY
Kasey Charron, Brianne Cooley, Jessica Mobbs, Bleue Silkensen, & Parise Ricks, Psychology Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, 14850
CHANGES IN DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SOCIAL MEDIA USE, AND EATING DISORDERS DURING THE 2020 COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Katherine Peake and Robert Fogle, Department - Neuroscience Program, John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
THE EFFECTS OF CACAO ON SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY IN RATS
Nora Foster, John Egan, Cade Ferreras, Psychology Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, 14850
MINDFULNESS, EMPATHY, AND ROMANTIC BELIEFS
Riley Justice and Jamie Gatesman, Neuroscience Program, John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
THE IMPACT OF CHRONIC PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA ON MEMORY AND SOCIALIZATION IN RATS
James Bonanno (Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06510; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604), Jenny Lin (Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604),
Julia D'Orazio (Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604), Kayen Tang(Pi) Lori Newman (Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604)
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX ASTROCYTES IN SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY
Jason DeBoard, Rose Dietrich, Angela Croop, James Hughes, James Oschal Wilkes University.
CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRELATION OF NEURODEGENERATION AND BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF MODEL MICE WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Mathematics
Areeba Khalid, Mathematics & Computer Science, Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Garden City NY, 11530. Nara Yoon, PhD,
Mathematics & Computer Science, Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Garden City NY, 11530
AN ADVANCED SIMULATION MODEL TO PREDICT THE IMPACT OF COLLATERALLY SENSITIVE DRUG CYCLES FOR CANCER THERAPY
Physics
Cordell Siggins, Thomas Smith, Matthew Costello, Physics, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, 18766
PREDICTING PROTEIN-DRUG AFFINITY WITH TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND DEEP LEARNING
Joshua R. Hughes, Neuroscience Program, John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
HIGH THROUGHPUT CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR ASSEMBLY FOR RAPID SENSOR DEVELOPMENT
Spencer Yacuboski, Electrical Engineering and Physics, WIlkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18702
THE FLUOROUS EFFECT
Physiology
Karlee Schultz, Haley Kovach Department: Neuroscience Program Institution: John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
CLOCKS AND CAFFEINE: HOW TIME OF DAY IMPACTS ANXIETY IN LONG EVANS RATS
Melis Akman, Department of Biology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT 06285; Nicholas Ayala, Department of Biology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT 06285
METABOLIC EFFICIENCY AND MECHANICS OF WALKING ON SLOPED TERRAIN