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20TH ANNUALSTUDENT RESEARCH AND

CREATIVE WORKS SYMPOSIUM

February 19, 20168:00 AM - 4:00 PM

University Student UnionCalifornia State University, Northridge

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CALIFORNIASTATEUNIVERSITY,NORTHRIDGE

February19,2016

DearStudentParticipants,FacultyandStaff:

Welcome to the 20th Annual Research & Creative Works Symposium at California State University,Northridge.Wearepleasedthatyouhavefoundtimetoattendthistrulysignificantacademiceventandexperiencetheimpressivedepthandvarietyofresearchconductedbyourundergraduateandgraduatestudents.

Theopportunitytoparticipate inacademicresearchandcreativeactivities isan importantcomponentof the educational experience available to students at Cal State Northridge. As the poster and oralpresentationsattoday’ssymposiumdemonstrate,ourstudentshavededicatedthemselvestoresearchand scholarship. Their scholarship addresses fundamental questions in the arts, sciences, andtechnology.

The University’s distinguished faculties are at the heart of the research you see today. They areresponsibleforsupportingandnurturingtherichvarietyofresearchandotherscholarlyopportunitiesavailable to students at CSUN. As many of our alumni will tell you, working with their professorspreparedthemforsuccessinadvanceddegreeprograms.Infact,theNationalScienceFoundationranksCSUNasoneofthenation’stopratedmaster’sdegreegrantinginstitutionsforgraduatingstudentswholaterearndoctoratesinPsychology,Science,Engineering,andBiology.Ourcommitmenttotraditionallyunderservedstudentsisnotableaswell.AccordingtotheHispanicOutlookinHigherEducation,CSUNisrankedsecondinthenationforawardingHispanicstudentsdegreesinLiberalArtsandHumanities,thirdin Psychology, fourth in Communication Studies and Journalism and fifth in both Social Sciences andVisual and Performing Arts. Research and creative activity are essential to achievement in theseprograms.

Please join us in thanking our students for their presentations and in celebrating their academicaccomplishments.

DianneF.Harrison YiLi CristKhachikianPresident Provost AssociateVicePresident

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TableofContents

Schedule 3FacultyJudges 4FacultyMentors 5-6OralPresentations 7PosterPresentations 23IndexofParticipants 36-38Notes 39CampusMaps 40-41

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SymposiumScheduleofEventsFebruary19,2016

8:00am Registration* USUNorthridgeCenter8:30am 3-MinuteOralPresentations

Session10:AllDisciplines ChaparralHall5201Session11:AllDisciplines ChaparralHall5201

8:30am 10-MinuteOralPresentations

Session1:CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciences USUTujunga Session2:CollegeofScienceandMath USUAltadena Session3:CollegeofHealth&HumanDevelopment USULaCrescenta

Session5:CollegeofScienceandMath(Bio) USULakeViewTerraceSession6:CollegeofScienceandMath(Bio) USUFlintridge Session7:CollegeofScienceandMath(Bio) USUVanNuysSession8:CollegeofScienceandMath(Bio) USUPanoramaCity

9:00am CaminoThesisTalks USUPlazaDelSol

Theatre10:30am 10-MinuteOralPresentations Session4:CollegeofArts,Media&Comm. USULaCrescenta12:00pm Lunch* USUNorthridgeCenter12:00pm PosterPresentations USUNorthridgeCenter12:30pm 10-MinuteOralPresentations

Session9:CollegeofScienceandMath(Bio) USUTujunga

3:30pm AwardsCeremony* USUGrandSalon

*Refreshmentswillbeserved

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SymposiumJudges

AfricanaStudies TheresaWhiteBiology MariaAdreani,DavidBermudes,ChrisChabot,MarianoLozaColl,KerryCooper,MariaEllenaDeBellard,RobertEspinoza,JamesHogue,TimKarels,Rachel Mackelprang, Sean Murray, JeanneRobertson, Crystal Rogers, Christian Ruiz-Rueda,EmilyShaw,CaseyterHorst,VirginiaVandergon,PeterZeeChemistry/BioChemistry KarinCrowhurst,SimonGarrett,GagikMelikyan,MaoshengMiao,JessicaVeyChicano/aStudiesJuanaMoraChild&AdolescentsDevelopment KandiceGrote,EmilyRussellCommunicativeDisorders KarenKochis-JenningsEnglish RanitaChatterjeeFacultyAffairs DaisyLemusEnvironmentalOccupationalHealthNolaKennedyFamilyandConsumerSciences AnnetteBesnilian

Geography EdwardJackiewicz,ReganMaasGeology JenniferCottonGraduateStudiesMaggieShiffrarGraduateStudentJudgesLilianaAlvarez,ChelseaTurner,YeimyRivera,ArmenGharibiHealthSciences DorisAbrishami,StephanieBenjaminKinesiology KimberlyHenige,WilliamWhitingKlotzStudentHealthCenter YolandaReid-ChassiakosOviattLibrary ChristinaMayberry,IsabelleRamos,AndrewWeiss,JamieJohnsonSocialWork JudithDeBonisNursing SamiraMoughrabiPsychology TaraFahmie,EliseFenn,DebbieMa,JonathanMartinez,HolliTonyanPublicHealth BethanyRainischSociology LoriCampbell

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FacultyMentorList

Anthropology MatthewDesLauriers,SabinaMagliocco

Art SamanthaFields,TimForcum

Biology LarryAllen,LarryBaresi,DavidBermudes,RobertCarpenter,RandyCohen,KerryCooper,MariaEllenaDeBellard,SteveDudgeon,GilbertoFlores,DavidGray,CherylCourtney-Hogue,RayHong,TimKarels,JonathanKelber,MarianoLozaColl,CindyMalone,AidaMetzenberg,SeanMurray,JeanneRobertson,MarkSteele,MichaelSummers,CaseyterHorst,CherylVanBuskirk,PaulWilson

Chemistry&Biochemistry PaulaFischhaber,JheemMedh,GagikMelikyan,ThomasMinehan,TaeboemOh,JessicaVey

ChicanaandChicanoStudies Orona-CordovaRoberta,YarmaVelazquez

ChildandAdolescentDevelopment EmilyRussell,VirginiaHuynh,NancyMiodrag,RoxanneMoschettiComputerScience AniNehapetian,TaehyungWang

Cinema&TelevisionArts ElizabethKeyishianEducation NathanDurdella,DimpalJain,JohnReveles

EducationalPsychology CarrieRothstein-Fisch

English DanielleSpratt

EnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth NolaKennedyFamily&ConsumerSciences Annette Besnilian, Jongeun Kim, ElizabethSussmanGeography EdwardJackiewiczGeologicalSciences RichardHeemance,ElenaMiranda,CecilRobinson,DougYuleHealthScience StephanChung,VickiEbin,SuzanneSpearJournalism MelissaWall

Kinesiology RosaAngulo-Barroso,SeanFlanagan,OvandeFurtadoJR,VictoriaJaque,StevenLoy,JenniferRomack

Linguistics CynthiaHagstrom

Mathematics DavidKleinMechanicalEngineering AbhijitMukherjee,BrunoOsorno

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Music DianeRoscetti

PhysicsandAstronomy AnaCristinaCadavidPoliticalScience AlexandraColePsychology GabrielaChavira,StefanieDrew,TaraFahmie,LucianaLagana,JonathanMartinez,JanetOh,Scott Plunkett, Jill Razani, Holli Tonyan,JenniferMoses

Sociology LoriCampbellSocialWork JodiBrown,SarahMountz,Hyun-SunParkSpecialMajor/Interdisciplinary RubenMartinezTheatre Ah-JeongKim,ShaghayegEsfandyari

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession1CollegeofSocial&BehavioralSciences,USUTujungaRoom(8:30am-11:00am)

8:30am HoneyBianchi

Graduate,DepartmentofSocialWorkFacultyMentor:JodiBrown

AbstractTitle:TheFalconProject:Exploringtherelationshipbetweentransition,servicesanddemographicsinyoungadultsfromtheFrostigCenter

8:50am ClaudiaOchoaandCharvieKong

Graduate,DepartmentofSocialWorkFacultyMentor:JodiBrown

AbstractTitle:ProgramEvaluationofValleyCareCommunityConsortium’sCommunityHealthProgramusingKPKidsCurriculum

9:10am JesseBozoandMichelleRevels-Macalinao

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:VirginiaHuynh

AbstractTitle:ExaminingSkinColor,Microaggressions,andDistressamongEthnicMinorityAdolescents

9:30am HollyGover

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:TaraFahmie

AbstractTitle:TeachingFunctionalPlaySkillstoPreschoolerswithDevelopmentalDisabilities

9:50am BREAK10:00am CiobhaMcKeown

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:TaraFahmie

AbstractTitle:EvaluatingtheEffectsofPreferenceforPeerandAdultAttentiononTeachingOutcomes

10:20AM DustinMerrickGraduate,DepartmentofAnthropologyFacultyMentor:MatthewDesLauriers

AbstractTitle:ArchaeologyonIslaCedros10:40am MicheleZamora Undergraduate,DepartmentofPoliticalScience

FacultyMentor:AlexandraCole

AbstractTitle:FederalismandtheLARiver:NationalGovernmentandLocalWaterResourceManagement

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession2CollegeofScience&Mathematics,USUAltadena(8:30am-10:10am)

8:30AM LilianaGonzalez-Osorio

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistry&BiochemistryFacultyMentor:JessicaVey

AbstractTitle:ExaminingthefunctionalrolesofactivesiteresiduesinthecatalyticmechanismofDibenzothiophenemonooxygenase

8:50AM KevinKossickandAlexSchultz

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistry&BiochemistryFacultyMentor:TaeboemOh

AbstractTitle:N,N-diarylbenzimidazoliumcompounds9:10am GarryLeonardandCarolinaYulek(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistry&BiochemistryFacultyMentor:TaeboemOh

AbstractTitle:AtropeisomerisminPyridylSystems9:30am EricMcDonald

Graduate,DepartmentofGeologicalSciencesFacultyMentor:CecilRobinson

AbstractTitle:BasinAnalysisandDetritalZirconGeochronologyoftheElPasoMountainsPermianStratigraphicSequence

9:50am JakeReschke

Graduate,DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyMentor:DavidKlein

AbstractTitle:GeometricExtensionsofRobertson-WalkerSpacetimes

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession3CollegeofHealth&HumanDevelopment&CollegeofEducation,USULaCrescenta

(8:30am-10:10am)

8:30am AmyEdwards Graduate,DepartmentofEducationalLeadership&PolicyStudies

FacultyMentor:JohnReveles

AbstractTitle:GenderinHigherEducationalLeadership8:50AM CairesseGrimes Graduate,DepartmentofEducationalLeadership&PolicyStudies FacultyMentor:NathanDurdella&DimpalJain

AbstractTitle:ImpactofSecondary-PostsecondaryPartnershipsServingStudentsofColor

9:10am DevyaniKohli

Undergraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:OvandeFurtadoJR

AbstractTitle:Anewpictorialinstrumentforassessingfundamentalmovementskilldevelopment:apilotstudy

9:30am EugenneRivasandTaraEfran

Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciencesFacultyMentor:SuzanneSpear

AbstractTitle:TextYouLater:PreliminaryresultsofaTextingandDrivingHealthEducationProgram

9:50am SaraStevens

Graduate,DepartmentofFamily&ConsumerSciencesFacultyMentor:JongeunKim

AbstractTitle:Project-BasedServiceLearninginApparelDesignandMerchandisingCurricula

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession4CollegeofArts,Media,&CommunicationandCollegeofHumanitiesUSULaCrescenta

(10:30am-12:50pm)10:30am DianneDurazoandSamanthaHughes

Graduate,DepartmentofCinema&TelevisionArtsFacultyMentor:ElizabethKeyishian

AbstractTitle:TheImportanceofWomenScreenwritersinHollywood10:50AM DavidKano

Graduate,DepartmentofJournalismFacultyMentor:MelissaWall

AbstractTitle:VirtualReality:SplitBorders11:10am NazaninKeynejad Graduate,DepartmentofEnglish

FacultyMentor:DanielleSpratt

AbstractTitle:TracingtheThematicEtymologyoftheEighteenth-CenturyNovel11:30am ElizabethLuna Graduate,DepartmentofChicanaandChicanoStudies FacultyMentor:Orona-CordovaRoberta

AbstractTitle:PalabrasandPraxis11:50am Hsiao-HsienShen Graduate,DepartmentofMusic FacultyMentor:DianeRoscetti

AbstractTitle:ChopinPianoConcertoNo.1ineminor,Op.1112:10pm DavidStamps

Graduate,DepartmentofJournalismFacultyMentor:MelissaWall

AbstractTitle:EntertainmentMedia'sPerceptionofSNSuseamongteenagers12:30pm MrinaliniWatson

Graduate,DepartmentofLinguisticsFacultyMentor:CynthiaHagstrom

AbstractTitle:AnexaminationofInter-GenerationalLanguageTransferintheMarwarispeechcommunityofIndia

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession5CollegeofScience&Mathematics,USULakeViewTerrace(8:30am-11:40am)

8:30am BrianClark

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:LarryAllen

AbstractTitle:Courtingbehaviorofgiantseabass,Stereolepisgigas8:50AM SamuelGinther

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:MarkSteele

AbstractTitle:Theeffectofaninvasivealgaonkelpforestfishes

9:10am MaureenHoGraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:RobertCarpenter

AbstractTitle:Physiologicalandgrowthresponsesbytropicalnon-calcifyingmacroalgaetoelevatedpCO2andtemperature

9:30am JoshuaManning

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:RobertCarpenter

AbstractTitle:EffectsofoceanacidificationandwarmingontwocrustosecorallinealgaeinMoorea,FrenchPolynesia

9:50am SarahMerolla

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:RobertCarpenter

AbstractTitle:Effectsofoceanacidificationandwaterflowoncalcificationfordifferentmorphologiesofcorallinealgae

10:10am BREAK10:20am AlexaMutti

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:SteveDudgeon

AbstractTitle:InvestigatingpreypreferenceininvasiveEuropeangreencrabs10:40am GriffinSrednick

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:MarkSteele

AbstractTitle:Influenceofthestructureofaninvasivealgaonthedistributionoffishes

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11:00am BarbaraWeiserGraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:MarkSteele

AbstractTitle:EstuaryopeningeffectsonpopulationconnectivityofCaliforniakillifish11:20am CalvinWon

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:LarryAllen

AbstractTitle:MoonlitSummerLove:ExploringthelunareffectonBarredSandBassspawningaggregationbehavior

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession6CollegeofScience&Mathematics,USUFlintridgeRoom(8:30am-11:00am)

8:30am MariaAkopyan

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JeanneRobertson

AbstractTitle:Whereyou'refromandhowyouspitgame:Geographicvariationinmaleandfemalecourtshipsignalsinred-eyedtreefrogs

8:50am NickieCammisa

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CaseyterHorst

AbstractTitle:Genotypicvariationinresponsetomutualistsanddroughtinaninvasiveplant

9:10am AndreaHaberkern

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:DavidGray

AbstractTitle:Spiderformandfunction:foragingguild,morphologyandperformance9:30am CarsonKeller

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:TimKarels

AbstractTitle:SublethalEffectsofPredatorsonPreyBehavior,Fitness,andDemography9:50am BREAK10:00am AndrewOliver

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:KerryCooper

AbstractTitle:ComparativegenomicsandepigeneticsofsixstrainsofSporosarcinaureae

10:20am ZoeScott

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CaseyterHorst

AbstractTitle:Effectsofaninvasivehabitat-formingfoundationspeciesoncommunitiesacrossenvironments

10:40am LuigiVigilGraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CherylHogue

AbstractTitle:InteractionsbetweentheVelvetyTreeAntLiometopumoccidentale(Hymenoptera:Formicidae)andPhoridFlies(Diptera:Phoridae

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession7CollegeofScience&Mathematics,USUVanNuys(8:30am-11:20am)

8:30am YvessAdamian

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:TargetingthePEAK1/ZEB1SignalingAxistoReversePro-tumorigenicTGFβSignaling

8:50am ErikaDuell(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:TheEffectofGlucoseConcentrationonSolubleCriptoLevelsandCellularLocalization

9:10am JulieHong(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:RAI14regulatespancreaticcancercellproliferation,migrationandresponsetoSrckinaseinhibition

9:30am MalachiaHoover

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:IdentificationofanovelCripto/MyosinIIinteractionthatpromotesstemcellmediatedtissueregeneration

9:50am BREAK10:00am SaLaKim

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:TheRoleofITGA1inPancreaticCancer10:20am JustinMolnar

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:QuantificationofthemetastaticpotentialofHER2positivebreastcancerusingthechorioallantoicmembraneassay

10:40am PrestonShisgal

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:PEAK1FunctioninCancerAssociatedFibroblasts(CAF)-MedicatedCancerProgression

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11:00am WesleyTierney

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:RandyCohen

AbstractTitle:ASelectiveSweetTooth:TheEffectsofVariousInjectedMonosaccharidesontheDietarySelectionofRhyparobiamaderaeNymphs

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession8CollegeofScience&Mathematics,USUPanoramaCity(8:30am-11:40am)

8:30am AlinaAdamian Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:SmallLymphocyticLymphomaAssociatedMiRNA-155HGPromoterIsolation,CharacterizationandAnalysis

8:50am AndreaBanuelosMota Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:ConstructionandValidationofPAX7ReporterLinesUsingDirectedDifferentiationtoGenerateSMPCsfromhSPCs

9:10am NicholasBohn Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:MitoBloCK-6:ASmallMoleculeInhibitorKillsHumanPluripotentStemCellsLeavingDifferentiatedCellsUnharmed

9:30am NazillaForootan Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:Dendrimer-mediateddeliveryofsmallnon-codingRNAstohumanEmbryonicStemCells

9:50am BREAK

10:00am LoniHands Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:PromotercharacterizationofthemantlecelllymphomaassociatedgeneNAP1L1

10:20am StephanieKennedy Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:RegulationofTumorNecrosisFactorAlpha-InducedProtein8andItsAssociationwithB-CellLymphomas

10:40am HermanPappoe Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:IdentificationofKeyRegulatorsintheDifferentiationofCardiomyocytes

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11:00am ElianaOchoa-Bolton Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:BMPsignalingpatternsdorsalinterneuronpopulationsthroughoutspinalcorddevelopment

11:20am CharlieSeibert Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:PromoterCharacterizationofTumorNecrosisFactor(ligand)Superfamily8

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10-MinuteOralPresentationSession9CollegeofScience&Mathematics,USUTujunga(12:30pm-2:30pm)

12:30pm MohammadEhsani-Nia Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CherylVanBuskirk

AbstractTitle:NeuralPotassiumChannelInvolvementinStress-InducedSleepinC.elegans

12:50pm UlisesLopez Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:GilbertoFlores

AbstractTitle:Seasonaldynamicsofaphototrophicmicrobialmatinanintertidalmarineenvironment

1:10pm OsvaldoMiranda Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CherylVanBuskirk

AbstractTitle:DevelopmentalGenesRegulateStress-InducedSleepInC.elegans.1:30pm MarieParma Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:SeanMurray

AbstractTitle:AlternativeIDLVdonortemplatesforgenecorrectionofSCD1:50pm BobbyTeng Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

Abstract Title: Characterization of TBX5 Cardiac Progenitor Cells derived fromHumanEmbryoticStemCells

2:10pm NedaVishlaghi Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:OptimizationofCerebralOrganoidsProducesforDifferentlinesofHumanEmbryonicStemCells

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3-MinuteOralPresentationSession10ChaparralHall5201(8:30am-9:18am)

8:30am MadlenAvetyan Graduate,DepartmentofAnthropology FacultyMentor:SabinaMagliocco

AbstractTitle:EthnodoxyandtheDiaspora8:36am KristaBonelli Graduate,DepartmentofArt-VisualArts FacultyMentor:TimForcum/SamanthaFields

AbstractTitle:TheLayersofTime8:42am GenevaCosta

Graduate,DepartmentofArt-VisualArts FacultyMentor:TimForcum/SamanthaFields

AbstractTitle:GenderandtheSociopoliticalBody8:48am JenniferJensen,EleniePhilippas,andSamanthaCappuccino

Graduate,DepartmentofFamily&ConsumerSciences FacultyMentor:GagikMelikyan

AbstractTitle:MetabolicTransformationsofResveratrolbyHumanEnzymes8:54am JoseLara-Ruiz

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychology FacultyMentor:JillRazani

AbstractTitle:FunctionalOutcome,CognitiveDeclineandSymptomsofDepressioninParticipantswithAlzheimer’s

9:00am SaharaRamirezandShantDeravanesian

Graduate,DepartmentofSocialWork FacultyMentor:SarahMountz

AbstractTitle:SocialWorkerFeelingsandPerceptionsaboutEmployeeSafetyintheChildren’sSocialWorkEnvironment

9:06am KelceySholl

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychology FacultyMentor:LucianaLagana

AbstractTitle:UsingdocumentariesinLGBTResearch9:12am AlexandriaWiesel

Graduate,DepartmentofTheatre FacultyMentor:Ah-JeongKim

AbstractTitle:CreatingNecessaryTheatrein21stCenturyAmerica

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9:18am SarahStembridgeGraduate,DepartmentofSociologyFacultyMentor:MichaelCarter

AbstractTitle:Behavioral,Social,andPsychologicalOutcomesofaHealthy-EaterIdentity

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3-MinuteOralPresentationSession11ChaparralHall5201(10:30am-11:12am)

10:30am IgnacioArvizu

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:SeanMurray

AbstractTitle:Multidrugresistance,reducedmotility,andectopicpoleformationresultingfromspontaneousoverexpressionofabacterialeffluxpump

10:36am ChristopherChambers

Graduate,DepartmentofComputerScience FacultyMentor:TaehyungWang

AbstractTitle:SparkBLASTandSparkBLAT:ImplementingBLASTandBLATintheApacheSparkFramework

10:42am SamatarJirde

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistry&Biochemistry FacultyMentor:JessicaVey

AbstractTitle:TheExpressionandPurificationofRecombinantVibriofischeriFlavinReductase

10:48am ElenaKorsakova

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistry&Biochemistry FacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:Investigatingtherole(s)ofXistRNA-associatedProteinsininitiationofXChromosomeInactivation

10:54am RichardLengkongUndergraduate,DepartmentofChemistry&Biochemistry

FacultyMentor:JessicaVey

AbstractTitle:Isobutylamine-N-hydroxylasePurificationandActivityAssays

11:00am TessRenahanGraduate,DepartmentofBiology

FacultyMentor:RayHong

AbstractTitle:TranscriptionaltargetsinnematodeP.pacificusinvolvedinhost-pheromonesensing

11:06am CasperWong

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistry&Biochemistry FacultyMentor:JessicaVey

AbstractTitle:ExpressionandPurificationofAcinetobacterBaumanniiEnoyl-ACPCarrierProteinReductase

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CAMINOThesisTalkUSUPlazaDelSolTheater(9:00am-12:00pm)

ChristopherBalamGraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:StevenLoyAbstractTitle:100Citizens-CommunityExerciseProgram

EstebanCampaGraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:StevenLoyAbstractTitle:100CitizensReshapingSouthLA

YesemDemekeGraduate,DepartmentofFamilyandConsumerSciencesFacultyMentor:ElizabethSussmanAbstractTitle:NutritionandEducation

JadeFacklerGraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:StevenLoyAbstractTitle:100Citizens:SchooloutreachandSafepassage

CatherineFranciscoGraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:StevenLoyAbstractTitle:100CitizensandElementarySchools

EsmeraldaGalavizGraduate,DepartmentofFamilyandConsumerSciencesFacultyMentor:ElizabethSussmanAbstractTitle:CulturalCompetenceandRenalFailure

JazmynJassoGraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:StevenLoy AbstractTitle:100Citizens:Promotion

NicoleMayoGraduate,SpecialMajor/InterdisciplinaryFacultyMentor:StevenLoyAbstractTitle:100Citizens:HealthyYou

StevenMendozaGraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:StevenLoyAbstractTitle:100Citizens:ReshapingSouthLA

JessicaZaragoza Graduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:VictoriaJaqueAbstractTitle:ThePhysiologyofFlowinDancerswithDissociationandAnxiety

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Poster1 SaraiAguirre(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:JonathanMartinez

AbstractTitle:AddressingBarrierstoParentEngagementinSchool-BasedMentalHealthServices

Poster2 DanielleAmoroso

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:PaulWilson

AbstractTitle:ComparingrecruitmentsuccessamongDudleyaspeciesPoster3 CalvinApodaca(BUILDPODER) Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology

FacultyMentor:AniNehapetian

AbstractTitle:MindInterfaces:ExplorationintoBinaryBrain-ComputerInterfacesUsingBrainwavesforWordBuilding

Poster4 KimberlyArellano,StephenUpdykeandEricAnderson

Graduate,DepartmentofHealthSciencesFacultyMentor:SuzanneSpear

AbstractTitle:“Smokingisstillaproblemoncampus”:TheUseofPhotovoicetoEmpowerStudentstoPromoteSmoke-FreeLifestyles.

Poster5 ShawntelBarreiro(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofLinguisticsFacultyMentor:EmilyRussell

AbstractTitle:Theinfluenceoflanguageonchildren’svocabularycontentPoster6 TabithaBayangos

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:KerryCooper

AbstractTitle:PrevalenceoffoodbornepathogensinfreshproducefromgrocerystoresintheSanFernandoValley

Poster7 JavierFranciscoBlas

Graduate,DepartmentofSocialWorkFacultyMentor:JodiBrown

AbstractTitle:NewbornswithCongenitalAdrenalHyperplasiaandMarkedlyVirilizedGenitalia:ConsiderationsofAlternativeGenderAssignments

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Poster8 StephanieBonilla(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,SpecialMajor/InterdisciplinaryFacultyMentor:RubenMartinez

AbstractTitle:SocialIsolationAmongLatinoDairyFarmWorkersPoster9 JeannetteBuenrostro

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:StefanieDrew

AbstractTitle:WhenColorsSpellWords:AStudyontheBidirectionalityEffectinSynesthesia

Poster10 NatalieCamacho(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofCommunicationStudiesFacultyMentor:JenniferMoses

AbstractTitle:GenderDifferencesinOnlineVolunteerismPoster11 AngelaCannataandCalWeeks

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:EricKelson

AbstractTitle:Preparationofterpyridinebasedanti-tumoragents.Poster12 AdrianCarranza

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:MichaelSummers

AbstractTitle:RegulationofanABCtransporterinNostocpunctiformeoccursthroughrepression

Poster13 JocelynCastellanos

Undergraduate,DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealthFacultyMentor:NolaKennedy

AbstractTitle:DNAmutationscreeningsonRS112yeaststrainsPoster14 BryanChristianandKarapetGyurdzhyan

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:JheemMedh

AbstractTitle:InvestigatingaRoleforPPARsandotherAtherosclerosis-RelevantGenesinLipoproteinLipase-DependentCholesterolHomeostasisinTHP-1Macrophages

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Poster15 MariadeJesusCisneros

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:GabrielaChavira

AbstractTitle:TheImpactofLatinoParent’sCollegeAwarenessandLatino/aAdolescent’sAcademicIntegrationonAcademicAchievement

Poster16 HannahCohenGraduate,DepartmentofGeologicalSciencesFacultyMentor:RichardHeermance

AbstractTitle:ConstraintsonthereorganizationoftheSanAndreasFaultsystemintheLateMiocenebasedondrainagedevelopmentandsyn-tectonicdepositionoftheHungryValleyFormation,RidgeBasin,CA

Poster17 EdgarCruzandPaolaMoreno

Undergraduate,DepartmentofSociologyFacultyMentor:LoriCampbell

AbstractTitle:1997LongitudinalStudy:Latino/aEducationAttainmentFactorsPoster18 RussellDauksis

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:MarkSteele

AbstractTitle:Evaluatingfishassemblagesandtrophicdynamicsineelgrassbeds(Zosteramarina)atSantaCatalinaIsland

Poster19 DanielDelCid,JasmineAwadandBrandonHackneyUndergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:StefanieDrew

AbstractTitle:Aresynestheticperceptionsa2-waystreet?Astudyonthebidirectionalityofgrapheme-colorsynesthesia.

Poster20 SharleaEllison(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:SeanFlanagan

AbstractTitle:Theamountofenergygeneratedandabsorbedduringjumping

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Poster21 JoseEstrada(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychology FacultyMentor:ScottPlunkett

AbstractTitle:Parenting,DiscriminationandLatinoCollegeStudents’VerbalandRelationalAggression.

Poster22 BasiaGala

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:CherylVanBuskirk

AbstractTitle:UncoveringSleepRegulatorsinC.elegansPoster23 ArmenGharibi

Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:JonathanKelber

AbstractTitle:TheFunctionandMechanismofITGA1inthePathogenesisofPancreaticCancer

Poster24 RichardGonsalez(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:ScottPlunkett

AbstractTitle:Work-FamilyConflict:BringingtheHomeintoJobSatisfactionPoster25 KatieGonzalezandRoxxetteZepeda(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:NancyMiodrag

AbstractTitle:TheEffectsofMindfulnessPracticeonMothersofChildrenwithAutism

Poster26 ElizabethGordian

Undergraduate,DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealthFacultyMentor:NolaKennedy

AbstractTitle:PropertiesofElectronicCigaretteAerosolsPoster27 TaravatGorjiandAlisonHochman

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:StefanieDrew

AbstractTitle:EyesOffthePrize:ImpactofVisualDiscomfortinCollegeStudents

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Poster28 JaleshiaGreen(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciencesFacultyMentor:VickiEbin

AbstractTitle:TheEffectsofnotHavingProperSexEducationPoster29 GerardoGutierrez

Undergraduate,DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealthFacultyMentor:NolaKennedy

AbstractTitle:DeterminethegeneticrequirementsforBisphenol-Aeffectsongermcellchromatinde-silencing

Poster30 SamanthaHain

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:ExpressionRegulationofUltravioletRadiationResistanceAssociatedGeneWithinSmallLymphocyticLymphoma

Poster31 ArmenHalajyanandArisMazamanian

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:MarianoLoza-Coll

AbstractTitle:IntegratingpublicdatatohypothesizenewgeneticinteractionsPoster32 KeatonHeasley

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:SeanMurray

AbstractTitle:Gyrase-mediatedsupercoilingoftheCauobactercrescentussciPpromoterdrivesitsexpression

Poster33 AliceHerrera

Graduate,DepartmentofChicana/oStudiesFacultyMentor:YarmaVelazquez

AbstractTitle:ChicanaFashion:AThirdSpaceCommodityinModernPrintCulture

Poster34 FridaHerrera(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofFamilyandConsumerSciencesFacultyMentor:AnnetteBesnilian

AbstractTitle:GardenEnhancedNutritionEducation

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Poster35 SeyaJingandGraceHuang

Graduate,DepartmentofFamilyandConsumerSciencesFacultyMentor:ElizabethSussman

AbstractTitle:AutomaticTitrationinfoodsciencelabPoster36 LesslieJocol-Perez

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:TheIsolationandCharacterizationoftheAFF3GenePromoterRegioninMantleCellLymphoma

Poster37 JefferyJosephIII

Graduate,DepartmentofGeologicalSciencesFacultyMentor:ElenaMiranda

AbstractTitle:FabricTranspositionintheLowerCrustDuringExtensionalCollapseinWesternFiordland,NewZealand

Poster38 SamaraKattenGraduate,DepartmentofSocialWorkFacultyMentor:JodiBrown

AbstractTitle:WellnessandQualityofLifeinaUniversitySettingPoster39 AidanKimandBryanChristian

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:JheemMedh

AbstractTitle:DecreasedCholesterolLevelsinLPL-Knock-DownTHP-1MacrophagesCorrelatewithDown-RegulationofScavengerReceptorandNuclearReceptorTranscriptionFactors

Poster40 NariKim,EsterYangandMelissaYeghiazarian

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChildandAdolescentDevelopmentFacultyMentor:EmilyRussell

AbstractTitle:Todder’sUseofTechnologyandTheirLanguageandPhysicalDevelopment

Poster41 PriyaKumar(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:SeanMurray

AbstractTitle:AstudyoftheroleofYacG,agyraseinhibitor,duringthebacterialcellcycle

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Poster42 TaniaKurbessoian

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:BaresiLarry

AbstractTitle:ComparativeAnalysisof16SRibosomalRNAtypingandPhysiologicalTraitswithinthespeciesSporosarcinaureae

Poster43 MelissaKurman

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CaseyterHorst

AbstractTitle:Variablepopulationresponsesofagiantkelp(Macrocystispyrifera)towarmingtemperatures

Poster44 RoxanaLesso(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:VirginiaHuynh

AbstractTitle:DiscriminationandAdjustmentofLatinoandAsianAmericanadolescents

Poster45 DanielaLevin

Graduate,DepartmentofSocialWorkFacultyMentor:Hyun-SunPark

AbstractTitle:ThePowerofPlay:PilotProgramEvaluationofaNurserySchoolPoster46 GabrielLewin

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:CharacterizationoftheEssentialCorePromoterofG-proteinCoupledReceptor18

Poster47 KatherineLewis

Graduate,DepartmentofGeologicalSciencesFacultyMentor:DougYule

AbstractTitle:LatePleistocenesliprateofthewesternPintoMountainFault,SanAndreasFaultsystem,southernCalifornia

Poster48 GonzaloLopez(BUILDPODER)Undergraduate,DepartmentofKinesiologyFacultyMentor:SeanFlanagan

AbstractTitle:Isthelandingofajumpthemirrorimageofthetake-off

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Poster49 KimberlyRoseMadhwaniandAidanKim

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:JheemMedh

AbstractTitle:TheLipolyticActivityofLipoproteinLipaseContributestoitsAbilitytoModulateInsulinSensitivity

Poster50 GriseldaMartinez

Graduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:GabrielaChavira

AbstractTitle:EffectsofaCollegeKnowledgeInterventionProgramonLatina/oAdolescents’CollegeAwarenessandAcademicMotivation

Poster51 AdrianaMendez(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofSociologyFacultyMentor:JanetOh

AbstractTitle:Latina/oAdolescentLanguageBrokers:TheInfluenceofParentRelationshipsandFeelingsaboutLanguageBrokeringonDepression

Poster52 GilbertoMendezandBilalMadha

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:JessicaVey

AbstractTitle:PurificationandcharacterizationofVh_FreandDszD

Poster53 StevenMeza(BUILDPODER)Undergraduate,DepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringFacultyMentor:AbhijitMukherjee

AbstractTitle:Understandingofdiffusionofwaterintoaporousmedia

Poster54 AaronMillerGraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:PaulaFischhaber

AbstractTitle:RoleofDNApolymerasesδandεinrepairingshortnon-homologousDNAoverhangsduringsingle-strandannealinginSaccharomycescerevisiae

Poster55 YasamineModarresiandMineliHarten

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:AidaMetzenberg

AbstractTitle:ImprovedPlasmid-basedMuscleGeneTherapy

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Poster56 AdamMogulandAnoshDadabhoy

Graduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:JheemMedh

AbstractTitle:RoleofFattyAcidDerivativesinRegulationofHexokinaseActivityinLipoproteinLipase-Knock-DownSkeletalMuscleCells

Poster57 MarinaNakhlaandDayanaBanuelos(BUILDPODER)Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:JillRazani

AbstractTitle:PerformanceofAlzheimer’sDiseasePatientsonMMSEandDAFSPoster58 PedroNegrete(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:IdentificationoftheUSP47promoterregionPoster59 AmandaNuno(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:RegulationofMYL12A,agenefoundassociatedwithSmallLymphocyticLymphoma

Poster60 SayuriPacheco(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:ThomasMinehan

AbstractTitle:SynthesisofAzinomycinPoster61 BrianPena

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:LarryAllen

AbstractTitle:AgeStructureandGrowthRatesofVermilionRockfish(Sebastesminiatus)AlongCaliforniaCoast

Poster62 JordyPenagos(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:HolliTonyan

AbstractTitle:HowDoHusbandsfeelabouthavingachildcareintheirHome?

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Poster63 MoniquePerez(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyandPsychologyFacultyMentor:MariaEllenadeBellard

AbstractTitle:ChromophoreFormationinDevelopingFrog?Poster64 SamuelRamos(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringFacultyMentor:BrunoOsorno

AbstractTitle:ThePotentialofWearableTechnologiesPoster65 AshleyRazzano

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CherylCourtney-Hogue

AbstractTitle:ParasitismandtheHealthofVermillionRockfish,Sebastesminiatus,fromSouthernCalifornia

Poster66 NicholasRhoades

Graduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:GilbertoFlores

AbstractTitle:DietarydriversofthegutmicrobiomeinchildrenPoster67 GabrielaRiveraandJenniferFlores(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciencesFacultyMentor:StephanChung

AbstractTitle:LatinoIn-HomeSupportiveServicesRecipients:Whatdotheyreceiveattheendoflife?

Poster68 YeimyRivera

Graduate,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomyFacultyMentor:AnaCristinaCadavid

AbstractTitle:MultifractalpropertiesofEUVIntensityFluctuationsandImplicationsforImpulsiveHeatingMechanismsoftheSolarCorona

Poster69 CacheRobinson(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:ShaghayegEsfandyari

AbstractTitle:TheAssociationbetweenCreativityandMentalHealthDisparities

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Poster70 KennethRocha

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:KerryCooper

AbstractTitle:Roleoffoodsintransmissionofantibioticresistance

Poster71 AdanRodriguezUndergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:KerryCooper

AbstractTitle:Detectionandquantificationoffoodbornepathogensfromrawready-to-eatmushrooms

Poster72 UmuRogersandChiemelieOnyekonwu(BUILDPODER) Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistry FacultyMentor:DavidBermudes

AbstractTitle:ProteaseInhibitorAssayPoster73 MarceloRosalesandKarissaSandoval Undergraduate,DepartmentofKinesiology FacultyMentor:RosaAngulo-BarrosoandJenniferRomack

AbstractTitle:DropLandingSkillsinAutismSpectrumDisorder:ACaseStudyPoster74 AzadouhiRptchian,YvetteMendezandEdwinSanchez Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor,AidaMetzenberg

AbstractTitle:TheMolecularbasisofDyskeratosisCongenitainanAffectedIndividualfromIndia

Poster75 JacquelineSaenz Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:RandyCohen

AbstractTitle:EvaluatingtheeffectivenessofminocyclineonreducingneurodegenerationinthespasticHan-Wistarrat,amodelofataxia

Poster76 CynthiaSanchez(BUILDPODER) Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciences FacultyMentor:EdwardJackiewicz

AbstractTitle:LatinaBreastCancerDetectionBarriers

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Poster77 PhatraweeSanguanvichaikul(BUILDPODER) Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychology FacultyMentor:MariaDeBellard

AbstractTitle:NeuralCrestDerivedChromatophoresandSkinHistologyofTreeFrogs

Poster78 ShazieSenen,JanellyJuarezandDanielleManago Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciences FacultyMentor:SuzanneSpear

AbstractTitle:HPVAwarenessandVaccineAccessibilityProgram:APilotStudyPoster79 JayslenSerrano Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:RobertCarpenter

AbstractTitle:TwocoralreefcalcifiersshowcalcificationresponsesareunaffectedbyincreasedpCO2andtemperaturelevels

Poster80 ForoughTaghavifarandYasamineModarresi Graduate,DepartmentofBiology FacultyMentor:AidaMetzenberg

AbstractTitle:DifferentialGeneExpressionandSplicingSignaturesinnon-HodgkinLymphoma

Poster81 ArianaTran(BUILDPODER) Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciences FacultyMentor:AnnetteBesnilian

AbstractTitle:MyPlateNutritionMusicalatAnatolaElementarySchoolPoster82 VictoriaVillagomez(BUILDPODER) Undergraduate,DepartmentofHealthSciences FacultyMentor:VickiEbin

AbstractTitle:HealthyEatingandAttitudesPoster83 AndreaVillanuevaandGladysHernandez(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofPsychologyFacultyMentor:RoxanneMoschetti

AbstractTitle:EffectsofpeermentoringoncollegestudentintegrationandperceivedsupportataHispanicservinginstitution

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Poster84 AshleyWardandCesarDeJeronimoDiaz(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryFacultyMentor:EricKelson

AbstractTitle:InvestigationofDNAbindingbyterpyridinebasedanti-tumoragents.

Poster85 JasonWodleyNadejdaIvanovaandJazminRojanoUndergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:AidaMetzenberg

AbstractTitle:DyskeratosisCongenitaNHP2Gene

Poster86 YasminWoodruffGraduate,DepartmentofEducationalPsychologyFacultyMentor:CarrieRothstein-Fisch

AbstractTitle:What'sBlockingYou?InvestigatingTeacherCurricularPracticesPoster87 DavidWu(BUILDPODER)

Undergraduate,DepartmentofBiologyFacultyMentor:CindyMalone

AbstractTitle:IsolationandCharacterizationoftheAICDAGene

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IndexofParticipants

AaronMiller 30AdamMogul 31AdanRodriguez 33AdrianCarranza 24AdrianaMendez 30AidanKim 30AidanKim 28AlexSchultz 8AlexaMutti 11AlexandriaWiesel 19AliceHerrera 27AlinaAdamian 16AlisonHochman 26AmandaNuno 31AmyEdwards 9AndreaBanuelosMota 16AndreaHaberkern 13AndreaVillanueva 34AndrewOliver 13AngelaCannata 24AnoshDadabhoy 31ArianaTran 34ArisMazmanian 27ArmenGharibi 26ArmenHalajyan 27AshleyRazzano 32AshleyWard 35AzadouhiRptchian 33BarbaraWeiser 12BasiaGala 26BilalMadha 30BobbyTeng 18BrandonHackney 25BrianClark 11BrianPena 31BryanChristian 24BryanChristian 28CacheRobinson 32CairesseGrimes 9CalWeeks 24CalvinApodaca 23

CalvinWon 12CarolinaYulek 8CarsonKeller 13CasperWong 21CatherineFrancisco 22CesarDeJeronimoDiaz 35CharlieSeibert 17CharvieKong 7ChiemelieOnyekonwu 33ChristopherBalam 22ChristopherChambers 21CiobhaMcKeown 7ClaudiaOchoa 7CynthiaSanchez 33DanielDelCid 25DanielaLevin 29DanielleAmoroso 23DanielleManago 34DavidKano 10DavidStamps 10DavidWu 35DayanaBanuelos 31DevyaniKohli 9DianneDurazo 10DustinMerrick 7EdgarCruz 25EdwinSanchez 33ElenaKorsakova 21EleniePhilippas 19ElianaOchoa-Bolton 17ElizabethGordian 26ElizabethLuna 10EricAnderson 23EricMcDonald 8ErikaDuell 14EsmeraldaGalaviz 22EstebanCampa 22EsterYang 28EugenneRivas 9ForoughTaghavifar 34FridaHerrera 27

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GabrielLewin 29GabrielaRivera 32GarryLeonard 8

GenevaCosta 19GerardoGutierrez 27GilbertoMendez 30

GladysHernandez 34GonzaloLopez 29GraceHuang 28GriffinSrednick 11GriseldaMartinez 30HannahCohen 25HermanPappoe 16HollyGover 7HoneyBianchi 7Hsiao-HsienShen 10IgnacioArvizu 21JacquelineSaenz 33JadeFackler 22

JakeReschke 8JaleshiaGreen 27JanellyJuarez 34JasmineAwad 25JasonWodley 35JavierFranciscoBlas 23JayslenSerrano 34JazminRojano 35JazmynJasso 22JeannetteBuenrostro 24JefferyJosephIII 28JenniferFlores 32JenniferJensen 19JesseBozo 7JessicaZaragoza 22JocelynCastellanos 24JordyPenagos 31JoseEstrada 26JoseLara-Ruiz 19JoshuaManning 11JulieHong 14JustinMolnar 14KarapetGyurdzhyan 24KarissaSandoval 33KatherineLewis 29KatieGonzalez 26KeatonHeasley 27KelceySholl 19

KennethRocha 33KevinKossick 8KimberlyArellano 23KimberlyRoseMadhwani 30KristaBonelli 19LesslieJocol-Perez 28LilianaGonzalez-Osorio 8LoniHands 16LuigiVigil 13MadlenAvetyan 19MalachiaHoover 14MarceloRosales 33MariaAkopyan 13MariadeJesusCisneros 25MarieParma 18MarinaNakhla 31MaureenHo 11MelissaKurman 29MelissaYeghiazarian 28MicheleZamora 7MichelleRevels-Macalinao 7MineliHarten 30MohammadEhsani-Nia 18MoniquePerez 32MrinaliniWatson 10NadejdaIvanova 35NariKim 28NatalieCamacho 24NazaninKeynejad 10NazillaForootan 16NedaVishlaghi 18NicholasBohn 16NicholasRhoades 32NickieCammisa 13NicoleMayo 22OsvaldoMiranda 18PaolaMoreno 25PedroNegrete 31PhatraweeSanguanvichaikul 34PrestonShisgal 14PriyaKumar 28

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RichardGonsalez 26RichardLengkong 21RoxanaLesso 29RoxxetteZepeda 26RussellDauksis 25SaharaRamirez 19SaLaKim 14SamanthaCappuccino 19SamanthaHain 27SamanthaHughes 10SamaraKatten 28SamatarJirde 21SamuelGinther 11SamuelRamos 32SaraStevens 9SarahMerolla 11SarahStembridge 20SaraiAguirre 23SayuriPacheco 31SeyaJing 28ShantDeravanesian 19SharleaEllison 25ShawntelBarreiro 23ShazieSenen 34StephanieBonilla 24StephanieKennedy 16StephenUpdyke 23StevenMendoza 22StevenMeza 30TabithaBayangos 23TaniaKurbessoian 29TaraEfran 9TaravatGorji 26TessRenahan 21UlisesLopez 18UmuRogers 33VictoriaVillagomez 34WesleyTierney 15YasamineModarresi 30YasamineModarresi 34YasminWoodruff 35YeimyRivera 32YesemDemeke 22YvessAdamian 14

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