2024 Poster Presentations
Wednesday, July 24 @ Iowa Memorial Union, Main Lounge
| PRESENTATION SESSION I (1:00 - 1:45 p.m.) | ||||
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| Student Name | Poster Title | Program | Faculty Mentor | Poster Number |
| Annie Paik & Seojin Pyoun | Specifying the biochemical properties of the tardigrade damage suppressor (Dsup) protein | Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) | Todd Washington | 1 |
| Aaron Smith | Siritnol’s Cytotoxic Effects in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Michelle Howard | 2 |
| Abdul Quraishi | Comparative Analysis of Water Quality: University of Iowa Water, Iowa City Water, and River Water | BEST Summer Training Program | Darrin Thompson | 3 |
| Adam Benmoussa | The Crystallization and Structure of Human Alternative Replication Protein A | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Maria Spies | 4 |
| Adam Sayyed | Evaluating The Performance Of LLAMA3 Model | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Bijaya Adhikari | 5 |
| Adriana M. Rosario-Reyes | Optimizing Bacterial Ghost Production and Loading Ciprofloxacin in E. coli Strains for Enhanced Drug Delivery | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Chris Vidmar | 6 |
| Adriana Novello | Transforming Trauma: Insights from Formerly Incarcerated Survivors on Advocating for Criminal Justice Reform in Gender-Based Violence | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Amber Joy Powell | 7 |
| Afuosino Oiboh | Examining the relationship between preschoolers' density of African American English usage and ratings of language ability in different language sampling environments | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Philip Combiths | 8 |
| Aimee Rodriguez | Loss of GPx2 promotes migration of colon cancer cells | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Sarah Short | 9 |
| Ajwad Iqbal | Role of Complement Cascade in Juvenile Onset Huntington's Disease | BEST Summer Training Program | Peg Nopoulos | 10 |
| Alejandra Vilca Landa | Effectiveness of Ascorbate + Ferumoxytol treatment in the reduction of Non-Small cancer lung cell growth | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Douglas Spitz & Melissa Fath | 11 |
| Alex Valdez | Localization of Essential Proteins Potentially Involved in Cell Division in Clostridioides difficile | Microbiology | Craig Ellermeier | 12 |
| Aliyah Basham | Metabolic Effects of Cachexia-related Cytokines | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Erin Talbert | 13 |
| Allie Marmaras | Sensitizing Keap1 Mutant NSCLC to Auranofin and Ascorbate through Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Douglas Spitz & Melissa Fath | 14 |
| Alyson Honeyman | Optimizing the therapeutic index in pediatric brain cancers | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Michelle Howard | 15 |
| Amrita Gajmer | Effects of Placental Igf-1 Expression on Stereotypical Behaviors and Striatum Structure in Mice. | BEST Summer Training Program | Dr. Stevens / Annemarie J. Carver | 16 |
| Analise Pugh | "American Woman": How do Corporate Sponsors Frame the USWNT? | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Thomas Oates | 17 |
| Angie Li | Investigating the Role of Iron in E. coli Growth in the Presence and Absence of Lactoferrin | BEST Summer Training Program | Jennifer Bermick | 18 |
| Annika Ellis | Exploring Verbal Interaction during Mealtime Care: An Overview of Verbal Coding for the OPTIMAL Study | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Wen Liu | 19 |
| Arissa Khan | HALCYON: Differential Energy Measurements of Cosmic Rays as a Function of Altitude | Edge of Space Program | Allison Jaynes | 20 |
| Ashlyn Frahm | Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Cystic Fibrosis | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Anthony Fischer | 21 |
| Avery Babcock | Protective Role of a Macrophage Lysosomal Reductase in Atherogenesis | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Ling Yang | 22 |
| Ben Otoadese | Categorizing What Healthcare Professionals Touch During Their Processes of Care | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Loreen Herwaldt | 23 |
| Berkley Barnett | The Integration of Israeli Food into American Jewish Identity | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Ari Ariel | 24 |
| Brianna Blaine | The Effect of Extracellular Vesicles from Diseased Pregnancies on Human Cortical Organoids | INI Summer Scholars | Serena Banu Gumusoglu | 25 |
| Brittany Ramirez | Effects of early life stress on gene expression in the medial prefrontal cortex: Connections with neuropsychiatric disorders and the maternal brain | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Hanna Stevens & Rainbo Hultman | 26 |
| Bryanna Shao | Effect of mitochondrial-targeted drug mitoquinone on mouse stress vulnerability network | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Rainbo Hultman | 27 |
| Carrington Mattis | Wartime Restrictions: The Changing Landscape for NGOs in Conflict Zones | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Brian Lai | 28 |
| Carson Page | Elucidating functions of ICP22 in HSV-1 by analysis of point mutant phenotypes | Microbiology | Richard Roller | 29 |
| Cassandra Garcia | Investigating the Methyltransferases Responsible for Hypermethylation Under Hypoxia | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Adam Mailloux | 30 |
| Cindy Lara | The Role of Socioeconomic Status in the Development of Children's Externalizing Problems: Examining Parental Acceptance as a Potential Moderator | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Isaac T. Petersen | 31 |
| Colin Houts | Fluorescent Hydrogels for Implant Infection Control | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Eric Nuxoll | 32 |
| Connor McMillin | Studying Dark Matter Through Black Hole Geodesics | Non-UI Student, No Program | Vincent Rodgers | 33 |
| Danielle Nagaito | Fetal growth restriction is not an indicator of a baby being small for gestational age | BEST Summer Training Program | Mark Santillan | 34 |
| Darby Forsyth | Impact of Simulated Heatwave on Pregnant Mice: Insights into Pulmonary Metabolic Function | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Laura Dean | 35 |
| Dean Omar | Acute Change in Inflammatory Response By Coating Endotracheal Tubes | BEST Summer Training Program | Marlan Hansen | 36 |
| Elizabeth Quam | Biochemical Insights into Type IV Pili-Mediated Motility: A Study on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Protein-Protein Interactions | Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) | Ernesto Fuentes | 37 |
| Elizabeth Theeler | Examining the Impact of Early Adolescent Bicycle Safety Education on Youth Riding Behavior | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Ryan Dusil | 38 |
| Ella Sherlock | Clusters of continuous glucose, sleep monitoring, and pain: Identifying phenotypes as a step towards dementia reduction | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Alison Anderson | 39 |
| Ellie Gardner | Characterization of snai2misexpression in ism1 knockdown Xenopus embryos | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Douglas Houston | 40 |
| Emma Demuth | Assessing Depression and Anxiety in Participants with Chiari Malformation Before and After Surgery. | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Daniel Tranel | 41 |
| Erik Sillaste | The Role of Satellite Cell-Derived FGF21 on Skeletal Muscle in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Hongshuai Li | 42 |
| Eryka Appiah-Amaning | Disrupting redox regulation in rare pediatric brain tumor | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Michelle Howard | 43 |
| Evan Larson | Determining the Correlation Between Polymorphic HLA Class II Genes and the Gut Microbiome in Multiple Sclerosis Patients | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Ashutosh Mangalam | 44 |
| Fabiola Castaneda-Santiago | How does proximity to old growth forests affect tree diversity in young forests? | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Andrew Forbes | 45 |
| Faith Fairbairn | Placental Igf-1 overexpression alters cell cycle transition from G1 to S phase in the mouse ganglionic eminence | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Hanna Stevens | 46 |
| Grace Peil | GPx1 Attenuates Migration and EMT in Colon Cancer Cells | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Sarah Short | 47 |
| Grayson Bonilla | Synergy Observed: PARP Inhibitor Combined with Wee1 or HDAC Inhibitors in Serous Endometrial Cancer | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Shujie Yang | 48 |
| Hiruni Sumanasiri | Preclinical Models of Gynecologic Cancer from Diverse Populations | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Kristi Thiel | 49 |
| Ian Chan | Using Historical Land Patterns to Predict the Spread of Periodical Cicadas Across Johnson County | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Andrew Forbes | 50 |
| Ian Holtz-Hazeltine | Evaluating the importance of Cathepsin L during Filovirus Glycoprotein mediated entry | Microbiology | Wendy Maury | 51 |
| Jake Gioffredi | Mapping a direct DRN-PBel connection: a central piece in the hypercapnic arousal circuit with implications in SUDEP | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Gordon Buchanan | 52 |
| James Neal | Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Basic Cognitive Processing in Mice | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Kumar Narayanan | 53 |
| Jan Bilbao Del Valle | Using CRISPRi to study essential DNA repair genes in Bacteroides spp. | Microbiology | Dustin Bosch | 54 |
| Jessica Miller | Polyphosphate Dynamics and Cellular Responses to Phosphate Starvation in Related Yeast Species | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Bin He | 55 |
| Johanna Kopelman | The Power of a Hot Lunch: School Lunch Programs, Rural Electrification, and "Modern" Education in 1930s-1940s Iowa | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Ashley Howard | 56 |
| Lonni Garcia | "Who Would Believe Me?" How Incarcerated Boys Describe Sexual Harassment & Abuse by Female Staff | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Amber Joy Powell | 57 |
| Makenzie Kennedy | Affective Prosody Perception and Psychopathology | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Dorit Kliemann | 58 |
| Natalee Kohl | Investigating Histone Modifications in Memory Consolidation via Immunofluorescence | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Snehajyoti Chatterjee | 59 |
| Skye Amann | Illuminating the Role of Aromatic Interactions in Voltage Sensor Movement | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Chris Ahem | 60 |
| Taylor Stalnaker | On the tip of the tongue: Left anterior insula damage is associated with category-specific performance deficits in fruit/vegetable naming and fluency | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Daniel Tranel | 61 |
| PRESENTATION SESSION II (1:50 - 2:35 p.m.) | ||||
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| Student Name | Poster Title | Program | Faculty Mentor | Poster Number |
| Anya Nanjappa & Anika Jain | Bridging Impulse Control and Academic Success: The Impact of Teacher and Parent Connections | UI Student, No Program | Isaac T. Petersen | 1 |
| Andrew Nguyen | Beam Collimation and Electron Scattering Accessories for FLEX-9 LINAC Delivering Ultra-High Dose Rate Radiotherapy | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Ryan Flynn | 2 |
| Caiden Atienza | Dosimetric Analysis of MR-guided Adaptive Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Daniel Hyer | 3 |
| Cameron Moore | Investigating the Role of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) in Mouse Model of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) | UI Student, No Program | Yuriy Usachev | 4 |
| Elizabeth Castillo | Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Achilles tendinopathy surveys for Spanish speaking populations | BEST Summer Training Program | Ruth Chimenti | 5 |
| Elizabeth Ramirez | Lung Texture Comparison between Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging | BEST Summer Training Program | Dr. Sean Fain; Marrissa McIntosh | 6 |
| Ethan Hahlbeck | Assessing the stability of pancreatic lipase and its inhibition by ANGPTL4 | UI Student, No Program | Brandon Davies | 7 |
| Evelyn Vega | Building Instrumentation to Measure Height as a Proxy for Biodiversity | Edge of Space Program | Susan Meerdink | 8 |
| Gabriel Bulacan | Activation of Natural Killer Cells using JC virus-Positive Plasma | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | C. Sabrina Tan | 9 |
| Gabrielle Bingener | Moral Injury in Mandated Reporting of Prenatal Substance Use | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Nichole Nidey | 10 |
| Hadrien Lehman | Immunologic and Chest Imaging Abnormalities in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Josalyn Cho | 11 |
| Jackie Chitty | Biodiversity of oak gall-associated Torymus | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Andrew Forbes | 12 |
| Jackson Kilburg | Complex formation of coexpressed mutant ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8 and its ability to inhibit Lipoprotein Lipase | Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) | Brandon Davies | 13 |
| Jayvier Plaza Hernández | Investigating the material state dynamics of Ribonucleoprotein-based membraneless organelles in C.elegans | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Bryan Phillips | 14 |
| Johanna "JoJo" Peplinski | Synovia Treated with Carbon Monoxide Demonstrate Decreased Indications of Protein Oxidation | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Mitchell C. Coleman | 15 |
| Jolcey Santana | Investigating The Contribution of a Unique Immune Cell Population in Inhibiting Malaria | Microbiology | Noah Butler | 16 |
| Jordan Mimms | Flattening and Broadening the Flex-9 electron beam for FLASH Studies | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Joel St-Aubin | 17 |
| Jose Suastes | Identifying Influenza Virus Mutations Required for Diverse Host Glycan Receptor Utilization | Microbiology | Balaji Manicassamy | 18 |
| Julia Mullane | Identifying Disorder-Relevant Behavioral Differences in Mice with Nonsense Mutations in SCN2A | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Aislinn Williams | 19 |
| Kaden Bex | Prostaglandin regulation of the nucleoskeleton promotes collective cell migration | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Tina Tootle | 20 |
| Kaho Hoshi | Evaluating the role of IK-001, a potent small molecule TEAD inhibitor, as an anti-metastatic agent | Non-UI Student, No Program | Michael Henry | 21 |
| Kailey Hogaboom | ISGylation restricts the growth of Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar D during infection | Microbiology | Mary Weber | 22 |
| Kamilla Jacobo | Identifying What Language Persons with Lived Experience of Substance Use Prefer | BEST Summer Training Program | Nichole Nidey | 23 |
| Kate Beeman | Locating Midwest Drinking Water Kiosks: A New Dataset for Understanding the Equity of Drinking Water | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Samantha Zuhlke | 24 |
| Katherine Salmon | Elton John and the Grand Canyon: Measuring Proper Name Retrieval in Cognitively Healthy Individuals | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Daniel Tranel | 25 |
| Katie Piaszynski | Centriole targeting of inactive Polo kinase drives loss of Drosophila germline stem cells | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Pamela Geyer | 26 |
| Kayla Vital | What Are The Types of Physical Activity or Exercise Interventions To Improve Quality of Life In Ovarian Cancer Survivors? | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Jessica Gorzelitz | 27 |
| Kaylee Serrno | Using Cellphone Signal Strength to Study Corn Plant Drinking Habits. | UI Student, No Program | Anton Kruger & Brian Hornbuckle | 28 |
| Kelsey Martin | Evolution of Potential Pioneer Factor Ability Between Orthologous Transcription Factors | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Bin He | 29 |
| Kennedy Tutak | Genetic and Epigenetic Analysis in Schizophrenia from Human Blood | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Marie Gaine | 30 |
| Kevin Guo | Preservation of Catalase Activity in Chronic S. aureus Infections Indicates Continued Exposure to Reactive Oxygen Species | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Anthony Fischer | 31 |
| Kevin Lu | Manipulation of Thiol Metabolism During Carbon Monoxide Treatment for Cartilage Injury Reveals Zone-specific Responses | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Mitchell Coleman | 32 |
| KJ Foster-Middleton | Validation of ThermoMPNN as a Tool for Predicting Mutational Free Energy Difference in Genetic Disease | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Michael Schnieders | 33 |
| Kyle Westhoff | Effects of radiation on cerebral microvessels and mitochondrial activity | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Isabella Grumbach | 34 |
| Lake Palmeri | Sex Determination in New Zealand Mud Snails: Identifying Genes & Chromosomal Regions with Sex-limited Features | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | John Logsdon | 35 |
| Larissa Cooper | Chlamydia trachomatis interacts with host cell centrosomes using type III secretion system effectors | Microbiology | Mary Weber | 36 |
| Lia Scharnau | In vitro RNA processing body biocondensate formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Jan Fassler | 37 |
| Lillian Boge | Effect of carbon monoxide entrapping materials on the prevention of intra-abdominal adhesion | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Jianling Bi | 38 |
| Lydia Watkins | Auditory Cortex Role in Long-Term Fear Memory with Complex Sounds | INI Summer Scholars | Isabel Muzzio | 39 |
| Makenna Eadie | Evaluating the Effect of FOXM1 Overexpression in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs) | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Dawn Quelle | 40 |
| Mamadu Diallo | The Use of Rotarod Training to Study Stereotyped Behaviors | BEST Summer Training Program | Ted Abel | 41 |
| Marielena Chacon-Pacheco | Non-Invasive Detection of Cancer Biomarkers: A Metallomic Approach Using Toenail Samples | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Jong Sung Kim | 42 |
| Max Halbach | Murder on Lake Pepin: Contested Constructions of Justice in the Western Great Lakes, 1824-1829 | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Stephen Warren | 43 |
| Nate Koester | Quantitative Analysis of PCB 11 (3,3’-dichlorobiphenyl) and Hydroxylated Metabolites in the Brain of P21 Wildtype Maternal Mice | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Crystal Roach | 44 |
| Nathan Barlow | Feasibility of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Aortic Stiffness from Radial Pulse Waveforms | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Matthew K. Armstrong | 45 |
| Nathan Steimel | Impact of PRC2 loss on MPNST sensitivity to MEK and CDK4/6 inhibition | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Rebecca Dodd | 46 |
| Nina Sandoval | Studying Signaling Properties of Human Disease Associated TRAF3 Mutations in Cell Line Models | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Bruce Hostager | 47 |
| Omar Aristizabal | VIRAL PATHOGENESIS IN THE BRAIN OF RHESUS MACAQUES DURING ACUTE SIV INFECTION TREATED WITH A BI-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY | UI Student, No Program | C. Sabrina Tan | 48 |
| Parker Sternhagen | Utility Task Vehicle Crashes and Injuries in Iowa | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Charles Jennissen | 49 |
| Puja Mekala | LEARNING AND APPLYING RESEARCH METHODS TO SCORE ACTIGRAPHY DATA IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD | BEST Summer Training Program | Kara Whitaker | 50 |
| Raha Goodarzi | Effects of Marbach-Schaaf Neurodevelopmental Syndrome (MASNS) on Protein Kinase A (PKA) | BEST Summer Training Program | Stefan Strack | 51 |
| Rowan Boulter | Uncovering regulatory mechanisms of autoimmunity through examination of PD-1 inhibitor-induced Bullous pemphigoid. | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Kelly Messingham | 52 |
| Ruben Delatorre | How Convective Storms Impact Biological Atmospheric Particles | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Elizabeth Stone | 53 |
| Samantha Anema | Investigating the effect of chronic sleep restriction on tau pathology | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Ted Abel | 54 |
| Stella Mesch | Examining child sleep problems as a mediator of the association between parent and child internalizing psychopathology | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Isaac T. Petersen | 55 |
| Sydney Sands | To Explore or to Exploit | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Leyre Castro | 56 |
| Tina Hong | ADH5 maintains sympathetic innervation and activity in brown adipose tissue | Non-UI Student, No Program | Ling Yang | 57 |
| Trinity Janecek | Efficacy testing of novel antifungals against pathogenic mold species to identify candidates for preclinical development | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Sarah Beattie | 58 |
| Tyler Draayer | Relaxed selection in sperm genes in Camelids: evidence for rapid gene evolution and pseudogenes | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | John Logsdon Jr. | 59 |
| Yihan Shen | Studying Dark Matter Through Black Hole Geodesics | Non-UI Student, No Program | Vincent Rodgers | 60 |
| Kyarra Sweeney | Brain Changes in Suicidal Behavior | BEST Summer Training Program | Vincent Magnotta | 61 |
| PRESENTATION SESSION III (2:40 - 3:25 p.m.) | ||||
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| Student Name | Poster Title | Program | Faculty Mentor | Poster Number |
| Arianna Escandon & Waad Abdella | Quantifying natural variation in algae elemental composition: testing a hypothesis linking ploidy and nutrient availability | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Briante Najev | 1 |
| Seren Castellano & Zoe Marriner | Investigating the Impact of Genetic Background on Evolutionary Potential | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Bin He | 2 |
| Adriana Castellano | Putting Snails to Sleep for Science: Refining Anesthesia Techniques for Regeneration Research | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Maurine Neiman | 3 |
| Ainsley Rothgeb | Grooming Microstructure in Rats with Lesions of the Lateral Cerebellar Nucleus | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Krystal Parker | 4 |
| Ana Barroso | Regulation and Expression of an Insulin Secretion-Enhancing Micropeptide in CFRD | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Tate Neff | 5 |
| Andrea Medina | Neurophysiological Correlates of Visual Perspective Taking in Theory of Mind: A Literature Review | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Amanda McCleery | 6 |
| Avery Wilson | DNA-RNA hybrids in the rDNA as a source of genomic instability in the C. elegans germline | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Sarit Smolikove | 7 |
| Bailey Baumert | Brf1-dependent antiviral activity during gammaherpesvirus infection | Microbiology,OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Jessica Tucker | 8 |
| Bhoomika Shettigar | Relations Between Green Space Access and Children’s Cognitive Performance | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Ece Demir-Lira | 9 |
| Caitlin Messingham | Acute malaria reduces the antibody response to the Ebolavirus vaccine | Microbiology,UI Student, No Program | Wendy Maury | 10 |
| Elizabeth Barroso | The Role of GSNOR in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Ling Yang | 11 |
| Ellie Wojcikowski | Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Along the Schizotypal Spectrum: A Literature Review | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Amanda McCleery | 12 |
| Jasmyn Hoeger | Translational Control of Cardiac Gene Expression through Alternative Open Reading Frames | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Ryan Boudreau | 13 |
| Jessie Newbanks | Effects of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine on innate immune response-driven seizures in a fly epilepsy model | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | John Manak | 14 |
| Krishna Bharadwaj | phylogenetic TBR1 gene tree for primates | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Andrew Kitchen | 15 |
| Kya Foxx | Exploring the binding properties of KRT32/KRT82 to understand disruption of hair shaft anchoring in Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Hatem El-Shanti | 16 |
| Kyle Balk | Carbon Monoxide Gas Entrapping Materials Prevent Abdominal Adhesions in a Mouse Model | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | James Byrne | 17 |
| Lee Flores | Automated Behavioral Training for Teacher-Student Interactions: Leveraging Large Language Models to Dynamically Generate Assessment and Feedback | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Tyler Bell | 18 |
| Lily Schaefer | Effects of Salt and Pathway Inhibitors on Trachea Epithelial Cell Differentiation | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Tina Zhang | 19 |
| Luke Halligan | Deciphering Alternative Splicing of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) in Cardiomyocytes | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Ferhaan Ahmad | 20 |
| Luke Hawkins | Enhancing Feedback-Informed Group Therapy Using Machine Learning | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Martin Kivlighan | 21 |
| Lydia Karr | Comparing and contrasting current methods used to assign behavior states to human infants aged 0-6 months | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Greta Sokoloff & Mark Blumberg | 22 |
| Mark Schultz | Optimization of NPC1 over-expression to mimic endogenous proteostasis | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Mark Schultz | 23 |
| Matthew Lopez | Exploring the role of sRNAs in modulating CsrA activity in Acinetobacter baumannii | Microbiology | Michael Gebhardt | 24 |
| Max Casini | The Effects of Stimulant Medication on the Social Behavior of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Matthew O'Brien | 25 |
| Mostafa Telfah | Analyzing motor cortex neural activity in Parkinson's disease patients and healthy participants performing an interval timing task | INI Summer Scholars | Rodica Curtu | 26 |
| Nabil Othman | Puff and Run: How PPL2 Dopaminergic Neurons Regulate Arousal States in Drosophila | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Seth Tomchik | 27 |
| Natalie Brown | Project Gaea | Edge of Space Program | Susan Meerdink | 28 |
| Natalie Kehrli | Tracking Physical Activity in Severe Mental Illness: Insights From Pedometry-Based Studies | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Amanda McCleery | 29 |
| Nathan Schwartz | Mechanisms of cell death in mouse bone marrow derived macrophages following ionizing radiation | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Prajwal Gurung | 30 |
| Nikhil Anand | Progestin treatment of endometrial cancer: Using CRISPR to determine the role of non-canonical steroid-hormone receptors. | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Miles Pufall | 31 |
| Njenga Kamau | Evaluating the Utility of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Pre-Clinical Radiation Dose Estimation | Radiation Biology & Physics Undergraduate Research Diversity Program | Michael Petronek | 32 |
| Noah Sanders | Expanding Dataset's Diversity and Inclusion for Lung Cancer Prediction Using Repeatable Semi-automated Segmentations of Pulmonary Nodules | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Jessica Sieren | 33 |
| Nohshin Nafisa | Simulation of Rationally Designed Anisotropic and Auxetic Hydrogel Patches to Predict Property Materials | Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program (SUMR) | Shaoping Xiao | 34 |
| Olivia Frary | Sex Determination in New Zealand Mud Snails: Identifying Genes & Chromosomal Regions with Sex-limited Features | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | John Logsdon | 35 |
| Paige Wiebke | A new mouse model for the vision disorder Retinitis Pigmentosa | UI Student, No Program | Lori Wallrath | 36 |
| Pasi Jouhikainen | Continuous Rating of Basic Emotional Dimensions | UI Student, No Program | Dorit Kliemann | 37 |
| Paul Roscoe | Characterizing Human RDM1: A Novel Anticancer Target | Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) | Maria Spies | 38 |
| Rachel Brown | Comparing Demographics and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Between Endometrial Cancer Survivors and Healthy Postmenopausal Women | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Jessica Gorzelitz | 39 |
| Riaz Meah | New Insights into Popular Cancer Drugs: Visualizing PARP1 Activity and Inhibition on DNA G-Quadruplexes | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Maria Spies | 40 |
| Ryan Kiddle | Determinants of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis Colonization by Commensal and Pathobiont Bacteria | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Dustin Bosch | 41 |
| Rylie Elbert | The Impact of RNA Polymerase III Transcription on MHV68 Spread | Microbiology | Jessica Tucker | 42 |
| Samantha Mock | Beneficial Bacteria Bifidobacterium adolescentis Suppresses Tumorigenic Effects of Pathobiont Fusobacterium nucleatum in an in vitro Colonic Epithelial Cancer Cell Model | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Ashutosh Mangalam | 43 |
| Sana Nadeem | Impact of Long-Term SSRI Use and Pregnancy on Mood and Cognition in Mice with and without Preeclampsia | BEST Summer Training Program | Serena Banu Gumusoglu | 44 |
| Sara Lastine | Archetypal Analysis for Categorizing Poetry Lines Based on Psychological Trait Symptoms | BEST Summer Training Program | Jacobs Michaelson | 45 |
| Sarah Sheitelman | Adipokine Changes in Women with Pregnancy Complications Affect Microvessel Function | BEST Summer Training Program | Anna Stanhewicz | 46 |
| Semaj Willis | Evaluation of Title V Community-Based Doula Project for African American Families | BEST Summer Training Program | DeShauna Jones | 47 |
| Shanmukh Boggarapu | Placental Igf-1 Overexpression Alters Striatal Development Embryonically and Postnatally in Mice | Non-UI Student, No Program | Hanna Stevens | 48 |
| Sophia Heim | Accelerating Knowledge Discovery: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Systematic Reviews | UI Student, No Program | Hans-Joachim Lehmler | 49 |
| Sorayya Nazari | Impact of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 on Breast Cancer | Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI) | Michael K Wendt | 50 |
| Spencer Yates | Profiling the Immune Antagonistic Properties of MERS-CoV ORF5 Protein | Microbiology | Stanley Perlman | 51 |
| Sunny Fieser | Methodology for Studying Alzheimer's Disease in Cultured Neurons | Iowa Sciences Academy (ISA) | Marco Hefti | 52 |
| Taylar Simmons | Optimization of NPC1 over-expression to mimic endogenous proteostasis | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Mark Schultz | 53 |
| Thomas Hart | Anxiety Symptom Severity Is Associated with Increased Arterial Blood Pressure and Arterial Blood Pressure Variability in Apparently Healthy Young Adults. | BEST Summer Training Program,OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Nathaniel Jenkins | 54 |
| Vinny Chloros | Children and Choices: Parental Investment under Environmental Nutrient Limitation | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Maurine Neiman | 55 |
| Viviana Ramirez | Exploring Sleep Patterns and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: Regularity, Midpoint, and Sleep Tracking Apps | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Chooza Moon | 56 |
| Xandra McGlasson | Can Your Car Be a Cardiac Monitor? | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Deema Totah | 57 |
| Yiping Geng | The Role of Myeloid-Derived Mononuclear Phagocytes in Early Ebola Virus Infection. | Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSSURP) | Wendy Maury | 58 |
| Zachary Darr | SMAD7 to the rescue: Curing Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy | OUR/ICRU Research Fellow | Lori Wallrath | 59 |
| Zachary Minthorn | Does genome architecture influence susceptibility to nutrient limitation? | Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Biology | Maurine Neiman | 60 |