Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Presentation Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center Thursday August 11, 2016 11:00am-12:00pm
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY #
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Nasam AlTwal 1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kaichao Pan 2 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Marion Gillcrist 3 Creighton University Karli Wittorf 4 Simpson College Manisha Kalaga 5 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chloe Briney 6 Grinnell College Jay Jiang 7 Washington University in St. Louis Kaichao Pan 8 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Avi Prajapati 9 Vanderbilt University
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Authors Nasam AlTwal, Mohd Wasim Nasser, The Role of MicroRNA-1/PAX6/CXCR4 Axis Deborah Lang, in Pancreatic Cancer Progression and Ravi Salgia, Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu a Metastasis nd Surinder K. Batra In Colon Cancer Cells, Claudin-2 is Epigenetically Regulated to Control Rizwan Ahmad, Kaichao Pan, Punita Differentiation Dhawan and Amar B. Singh Srijayaprakash B Uppada, Marion Gillcrist, BMX-001 protects Mucosal Barrier Saiprasad Gowrikumar, Elizabeth A. structure/function from Radiation induced Kosmacek, Rebecca E. Deegan, and damage Punita Dhawan Karli J. Wittorf, Jawed A. Siddiqui, Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu, and Surinder K. Batra Spontaneous Mouse Model Manisha Kalaga, Satyanarayana Role of miR-217 in Pancreatic Cancer Rachagani, Ramesh Pothuraju, Raghu Pathogenesis Venoji, and Surinder K. Batra Expression and Binding Analysis of the Putative Dictyostelium discoideum Mannose Chloe Briney, Megan Zavorka Thomas, 6-Phosphate Receptor Richard MacDonald HDAC1 Binds to CBFβ-SMMHC Indirectly in Jay Jiang, Lisa Richter, Yiqian Wang, Michelle Inversion 16 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Becker, and Kate Hyde, Ph.D. In Colon Cancer Cells, Claudin-2 is Epigenetically Regulated to Control Rizwan Ahmad, Kaichao Pan (presenting Differentiation author), Punita Dhawan and Amar B. Singh Endothelin Axis in Pancreatic Inflammation and Cancer: Expression of Endothelin Avi Prajapati, Suprit Gupta, Satyanarayana converting enzyme (ECE-1) in Murine and Rachagani, Kavita Mallya, Surinder K Batra Human tissues and Maneesh Jain
CELLULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY #
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Andi Zhang 10 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cayla Bales 11 University of Notre Dame
Title NF-kB Protein Levels in Chronic Heart Failure after Cardiac Afferent Denervation Compensatory mechanisms for maintaining K balance in ROMK deficient mice on a low Na, high K diet
Authors Andi Zhang, Hanjun Wang, and Irving Zucker Cayla Bales, Jun Wang-France, Bangchen Wang, Huaqing Li, and Steven C Sansom
EPPLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER #
Student Anthony Cloyd 12 Hastings College Clara Rich 13 Concordia University-Nebraska Alisa Rodriguez 14 University of Dallas
Title Impact of DNA Repair Genes on Cytotoxicity of Gemcitabine TIMELESS is a novel effector of tumorigenesis in colon cancer Comparison of APOBEC Deaminaseinduced Mutagenesis Activity in a Silenced or Active URA3 Reporter Gene
Tyler J. Ripperger 15 Midland University
WDR5 as a Player in Colorectal Cancer
Hannah M. King 16 Oral Roberts University
Phospho-Regulation of FANCI by CTDP1
Authors Anthony Cloyd and Tadayoshi Bessho, Ph.D. Clara J. Rich, Beth K. Clymer, Robert E. Lewis Alisa Rodriguez, Dr. Elena Stepchenkova, Dr. Youri Pavlov Tyler J. Ripperger, Beth K. Clymer, Binita Das, Jamie L. McCall, Drew Gehring, Eyerusalem M. Lemma, Kurt W. Fisher, Hyunseok Kim, David L. Kelly, Michael A. White, and Robert E. Lewis Hannah King, Dragana Lagundzin, Wenfeng Hu, Kimiko Krieger, and Nicholas T. Woods
INTERNAL MEDICINE #
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Katelyn Dickes 17 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Authors L.A.G. Armas, J.C. Siebler, C. Hanson, K. Dickes
Anne Prouse 18 Creighton University
Retrospective Chart Review for Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Fragility Fracture The Role of Acyloxyacyl Hydrolase in Mediating Organic Dust-Induced Bone Resorbing Osteoclasts
Asmini KC 19 Duke University
Diltiazem Decreases Heart Rate and Improves Exercise Capacity in Heart Transplant Recipient
Asmini KC, Sara Varnado, Pharm.D, Brian D. Lowes, MD, PhD, Ronald Zolty, MD, John Y. Um, MD, and Eugenia Raichlin, MD Lauren Ward, Jason Shiffermiller MD MPH, Elizabeth Lyden MS, and Rachel Thompson MD MPH Collin Gilmore, Karl Krieser, Bailey Wobig, Michel Ouellette, Ph.D. Eric C. Daubach, Peter M. Maloley, Michael J. Duryee, Carlos D. Hunter, James R. O’Dell, Lynell W. Klassen, Geoffrey M. Thiele and Ted R. Mikuls.
Lauren Ward 20 Bethel University Collin Gilmore 21 Rockhurst University
Eric Daubach 22 Cornell College Courtney Olson 23 Ripon College
Jared Vanlandingham 24 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Elizabeth Loos 25 Northwest Missouri State University Carmen Ma 26 University of California, Santa Cruz
Hospital to Home Care utilizing a PCMH Model Characterization of Gemcitabine-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer Cells Serum Antibodies to Citrullinated and Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adducted Histones are differentially expressed in Rheumatic Diseased Patients. How clean are the clinics? An evaluation of the cleanliness of high touch objects in six ambulatory clinics In vitro Ethanol Metabolism Generates Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adducts (MAA) in Precision Cut Liver Slices from C57BL/6 Mice. Lipophagy prevents cholangiocyte lipid droplet formation and increases lipoapoptosis Effects of different long-chain saturated fatty acids on obesity-linked inflammation and metabolic disorders
Anne Prouse, Amy Nelson MT (ASCP), and Jill A. Poole, MD
Courtney Olson, R. Jennifer Cavalieri RN, Liz Lyden MS, Mark E. Rupp MD Jared D. Vanlandingham, Michael J. Duryee, Karen C. Easterling, Carlos D. Hunter, Ted R. Mikuls, Lynell W. Klassen and Geoffrey M. Thiele Elizabeth R. Loos, Mary Anne Phillippi, Ashley M. Mohr, Cody J. Wehrkamp, Justin L. Mott Carmen Ma, Curtis Perriotte-Olson, Gopalakrishnan Natarajan, and Viswanathan Saraswathi
Nam Nguyen 27 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lauren Hunt 28 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Acetaldehyde Suppresses Interferon Signaling in HCV-infected Liver Cells by Inducing Demethylase JMJD6 Does a composite correlated random walk describe mouse movement behavior in a home cage environment? Altered Expression of Relaxin and its Receptors in Classically Activated M1 Macrophages
Nam V. Nguyen, Shiva S. Vangimalla, MD, Murali Ganesan Ph.D, Natalia Osna, MD, Ph.D.
Sydney Torgrude 32 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lauren E. Hunt, Tammy Chaudoin, MS, Stephen J. Bonasera, MD PhD Lina M. Adwer, Ronda L. Simpson, MS; Kelsey R. Tieken, BS; Elle M. Lang, BS; Robert G. Bennett, PhD Zachary Higgins, Katrina Schneider, Inhibition of Inflammatory Pathways in Acute Jonathan Hall, Shailender Singh, M.D., and Pancreatitis Dahn Clemens, Ph.D. Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde (MAA) adduction decreases surfactant protein D anti-microbial action against Streptococcus Karen Saavedra; Jane M. DeVasure, BS; pneumoniae Muna Sapkota, PhD; Todd A. Wyatt, PhD Sydney Torgrude, Imay lakshmanan, Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu, Role of Mucins on chemoresistance of lung Satyanarayana Rachangani, Yiwei Liu, Apar cancer Kishor Ganti, Surinder K Batra
Alexander Penrice 33 Marquette University
Changes in Content of Adipose Triglyceride Lipase (ATGL) and Hormone Sensitive Alexander Penrice, Jacy Kubik, Karuna Lipase (HSL) May Contribute to Altered Rasineni and Carol Casey Metabolism of Lipid Droplets in Livers of Rats Fed Ethanol or High-fat Diets
Lina M. Adwer 29 University of Houston Zachary Higgins 30 Winona State University
Karen Saavedra 31 College of Saint Mary
Mati Nemera 36 University of Notre Dame
MD/PHD Title Modification Status of RAD52, Hyperdimensional Modulated Crystal Refinement, & Web Development HIV-1 Tat protein induces astrocytosis through dysregulated autophagy Characterization of the CXCL8 promoter region in Kras-mutated pancreatic cancer cells
Meghana Babu 37 University of Illinois at Chicago
The Role of Human Ecdysoneless in the Unfolded Protein Response
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Philion Hoff 34 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Erin Seefus 35 The Ohio State University
Erica Dolph 38 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Brigham Killips 39 University of Kansas Andreas Seas 40 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Children with Cerebral Palsy have Altered Cortical Oscillations when Planning and Executing their Motor Actions
Authors Philion L. Hoff, Jeffrey J. Lovelace, Carol Kolar, and Gloria E. O. Borgstahl Erin Seefus, Susmita Sil, Palsamy Periyasamy, and Shilpa Buch Mati T. Nemera, Michelle L. Varney, Rakesh K. Singh Meghana Babu, Appolinaire Olou, Aniruddha Sarkar, Irfana Saleem, Hamid Band, Vimla Band Erica M. Dolph, Elizabeth HeinrichsGraham, Tony W. Wilson, Max J. Kurz
Determining the functional start codon of δ- Brigham Killips, Li Yuan, Jyothi Arikkath, catenin PhD Use of Neural Networks to Predict Peripheral Artery Pathology
Andreas Seas, Jason MacTaggart, Mariajose Castellanos, Alexey Kamenskiy
nanoSURP #
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LaTrice Montgomery 42 Hampton University
Title Evaluation of Cy5-conjugated Polymeric Nanogels on 3D Spheroid Tumor Model of BT-474 Breast Cancer Cells Mannose functionalized nano formulations for improved macrophage targeting of antiretroviral therapy
Authors Tia Westmoreland, Shaheen Ahmed, Xinyuan Xi, Fan Lei, Kruti Soni, Tatiana K. Bronich LaTrice Montgomery, Mary G. Banoub, JoEllyn M. McMillan, Benson J. Edagwa, and Howard E. Gendelman
Bolutito Alade 43 Hampton University
Characterization of polycation and hydroxychloroquine conjugated polycation for miRNA delivery against colon cancer
Bolutito Alade, Ying Xie, Dr. David Oupicky
Tia Westmoreland 41 Hampton University
PATHOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY #
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Natalie Sturd 45 Carleton College
Title Menaquinone Biosynthesis Pathway Inhibitor Against MRSA Infection Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli are predominant in clinical samples
Lucinda Simmons 46 Elmhurst College
Identifying Aap-dependent Staphyloccocus epidermidis Biofilm Isolates from ica -negative High Shear Clinical Samples Lucinda Simmons and Paul D. Fey
Madeline Cloonan 44 Truman State University
Authors Madeline Cloonan, Seoung-Ryoung Choi, Joel Frandsen and Prabagaran Narayanasamy
Natalie A. Sturd and Paul D. Fey
PEDIATRICS #
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Emily Dickinson 47 Midland University Sofia Rahmanzai 48 University of Nebraska Omaha
Collin Erickson 49 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Garrett Sacco 50 Baylor University Brooke A. Zerbian 51 Creighton University Madison Wolfe 52 Creighton University
Harriet Appeah 53 University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Sai Sujana Maddipati 54 Creighton University Morgan Harris 55 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Michael Eller 56 Creighton University
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Catheterization Risk Scoring for Adult Cogenital Heart Disease Outcomes of Early Transition from Intravenous to Oral Antimicrobial Treatment in Pediatric Osteomyelitis
Emily Dickinson, Anji Yetman MD, Jonathan Cramer MD, Jeffrey Delaney MD Charlie Treinen, MS, Sofia Rahmanzai, Kari A. Simonsen, MD, Jessica N. Snowden, MD, H. Dele Davies, MD
Development of Data Integration Software Applied to Transcranial Doppler Sonography in Cardiothoracic Surgery Healthcare-seeking behavior, treatment methods, & perception of illness in Kano and Abuja, Nigeria: a pilot study
Collin T. Erickson, Ben Hage, Gregory R. Bashford, Ph.D., Edward Truemper, M.D.
Garrett Sacco, Amy Rezac-Elgohary, Nicholas Kocmich, Stephen Obaro Brooke A. Zerbian, Paul H. Sammut, M.D., Cyproheptadine and Liver Function in a Timothy K. Hallberg, M.S., Heather M. Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Population Thomas, M.D. Biochemical Characterization of the Retinas Madison G. Wolfe, Dana S. S'aulis, of a Mouse Model of Sjögren-Larsson Elizabeth E. Dorwart, Samantha M. Stoupa, Syndrome William B. Rizzo, M.D. Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, FAND (principal investigator), Ann L. Anderson Socioeconomic Effects on Omega-3 Fatty Berry, MD, PhD, FAAP (secondary Acid Intake of Pregnant Women investigator), Harriet Appeah Corrine Hanson PhD, RD, LMNT, FAND (Principle Investigator), Ann L. Anderson Berry, MD, PhD (Secondary Investigator), Sai Sujana Maddipati Morgan Harris, Matthew Beaver BS, Gwenn Skar MD, Kathryn Woods MS, Jessica Snowden MD
Food Security and its Effects on the Intake of Prenatal Vitamins Pro-inflammatory responses to S. epidermidis CNS catheter infection are regulated by IL-10 in macrophages The Association of Perioperative Blood Glucose, Inspired Oxygen and Temperature on Surgical Site Infections Michael Eller and Robert Cusick, MD
Kelly Cronin University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Sujaytha Paknikar, Kelly Cronin, Molly McCarthy, Ph.D.(c)., MPH., Arwa Nasir, M.D., MSc., MPH.
Sujaytha Paknikar 57 University of Michigan
Medical Complexity in Academic General Ambulatory Pediatrics
Heather Gosnell 58 University of Kentucky
The Emerging Genetics Workforce: A Study Heather Gosnell and Eric Rush, MD, FAAP, of Physician Geneticists’ Professional Lives FACMG
PHARMACUTICAL SCIENCES #
Student Nga Nguyen 59 University of Nebraska at Kearney Mikenzie Nordeen South Dakota School of Mines and 60 Technology William Bakke 61 University of Nebraska Omaha
Title Development of HPMA copolymer for prostate cancer imaging. UV/CD Spectral Characteristics and Unfolding Thermodynamics of a Pseudoknot Containing a CGCGCG/CGCGCG Duplex Motif Nucleosome Positioning on Non-Specific DNA sequence
Authors Nga Nguyen, Sameer Alshehri, Wei Fan, Ph.D., and Jered Garrison, Ph.D.
Mikenzie Nordeen, Calliste ReilingSteffensmeier, and Luis A. Marky William Bakke, Micah Stumme-Diers, Siddartha Banjaree, Mohtadin Hashemi, Yuri Lyubchenko
PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE #
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Serenity McAndrews 62 Creighton University
Anthony Rangel 63 Creighton University Joslynn Hoburg 64 Creighton University
Jordan Andrew Brabec 65 Creighton University Steven Malouff 66 University of Nebraska Omaha
Abi Heller 67 University of Nebraska Omaha Alisha Dalal 68 Johns Hopkins University Tiana Peterson 69 Nebraska Wesleyan University Nathan Zaroban 70 Grinnell College
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Somatosensory gating in HIV-infected patients with and without HAND, a magnetoencephalography study
Serenity McAndrews, Elizabeth HeinrichsGraham, Tim McDermott, Rachel Heater, Alex Wiesman, Tony W. Wilson Anthony J. Rangel, Alexandria M. Valdrighi, Volumetric and Functional Connectivity Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, YuDifferences in the Developing Hippocampus Ping Wang, Tony W. Wilson, David E. Affect Memory Warren Characteristics of motor related neural oscillations during the Eriksen flanker task: Joslynn Hoburg, Tim McDermott, Elizabeth a magnetoencephalography study Heinrichs-Graham (Pre)Test-Enhanced Learning: Pre-Testing Potentiates Learning and Facilitates Retention in the Philosophy Classroom Colors, Choices, and Mazes: Learning Behavior in Bold and Shy Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Brain Networks Supporting Loneliness in Children Generation of simian tropic Human Immunodeficiency Virus (stHIV) model for HIV vaccine development Regulatory T cells Drive Amyloid-ß Uptake and Degradation in Human MonocyteDerived Macrophages Evidence of Cardiac Disease in HIV-1 Infected Humanized Mice
Brabec, Jordan Andrew; and Khanna, Maya Michelle Steven Malouff, Jacalyn Russ, Ryan Wong, Ph.D. Abi M. Heller, David E. Warren, Tony W. Wilson, Vince D. Calhoun, Julia M. Stephen, Yu-Ping Wang, & Janelle N. Beadle Alisha Dalal, Debashis Dutta, Heather Vahle, Siddappa Byrareddy Tiana Peterson, Yaman Lu, David Huang, Howard E. Gendelman, Tomomi Kiyota Nathan Zaroban, Santhi Gorantla, PhD, Prasanta Dash, PhD
RADITAION ONCOLOGY #
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Amelia Simmons 71 Creighton University
Kristina Zvolanek 72 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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A Comparison of Radiation Dosimetry Between Prone Versus Supine Positioning for Pediatric Patients with Medulloblastoma Dosimetric impact of density differences between free breathing and average intensity projection CT datasets for lung SBRT
Amelia Simmons, Guangyin Wu, M.D., Shuo Wang, Ph.D., Sicong Li, D.Sc.and Chi Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Kristina Zvolanek, Anthony Ma, M.S., Christina Zhou, and Dandan Zheng, Ph.D.
SURGERY #
Student Willow Head 73 University of Wisconsin Emily Jezewski 74 University of Nebraska-Lincoln John Carter 75 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Harrison Greene 76 University of Nebraska Omaha
Title Apoptosis Inducing Factors Contribute to Aortic Aneurysm Growth in mgR Mice Gender Differences in Living Kidney Donation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Fas Ligand Impact on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Doxycycline and Cyclosporin A: Effect on MMP-2 Expression in a Murine Model of Marfan Syndrome
Authors Willow Head, Trevor Meisinger, Dr. B. Timothy Baxter, Dr. Wanfen Xiong Emily Jezewski, Elizabeth Lyden M.S., Arika Hoffman, MD John Carter Trevor Meisinger, Dr. Wanfen Xiong, Dr. B. Timothy Baxter Harrison Greene, B.A., Trevor Meisinger, B.S., B. Timothy Baxter, MD., and Wanfen Xiong, M.D. Ph.D.
TRAVIS B. LEWIS #
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Priya P. Kukreja 77 Millard North High School
Amy Conaway 78 Westside High School
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A novel approach to study human brain Priya P. Kukreja, Brittney M. Meays, development - Using Cerebral Organoids as Lepakshe Madduri, and Sowmya V. a tool to study Autism Spectrum Disorder Yelamanchili Amy Conaway, Divya Prakash Gnanadhas, URMC-099 Induces Autophagy and Brady Sillman, Aditya Bade, JoEllyn Increases Nanoformulated Antiretroviral McMillan, Howard E Gendelman, Santhi Drug Retention Gorantla