BAHS Students shine at the Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium was held at Kehr Union at Bloomsburg University on August 2, 2017. This event was sponsored by Bloomsburg University, Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, Geisinger Health System, and Susquehanna University. Dr. Scott Inch, Department of Mathematics and Digital Sciences, delivered the keynote address on Murder, Malpractice, and A Really Big Oil Spill: My Strange Academic Career. Undergraduates in  the region had the opportunity to showcase their research in all disciplines at this annual poster symposium. With 95 submissions this year, the event provided students with ample opportunities to interact with fellow researchers and to learn about new methods and fields of study. Presentations were evaluated in the categories of Biological Science, Clinical & Translational Research, Natural Science & Engineering, and Social Science & Humanities. Participating as judges were Drs. Hess, Schwindinger, Surmacz, Venditti.  This year BAHS students certainly did stand out at the annual event in the category of Biological Sciences:

 Top Abstract Award: (Invited to present a talk and awarded a certificate)
Joshua Petersheim (Biology, molecular biology). Sublethal Effects of Imidacloprid on Motor Responses in Honey Bees. Co-authors Heather Llewellyn. Mentors: Drs. Surmacz and Hranitz

Top Poster Award: 
Glen Maneval, Jr. (Biology, molecular biology) Antisense Oligonucleotide Knock-Down of GNG5 and GNG11 in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cells. Mentor: Dr. Schwindinger

Audience Favorite Award:
                      Dhir Gala (Biology, pre-medical science). Identifying the prevalence of 
                      mutations affecting the splicing process in the DiscovEHR cohort and                                their disease associations. Dhir conducted this research in the Clinical &
                      Translational category as part of Geisinger’s Summer Undergraduate 
                      Research program. His mentors are Raghu Metpally, Sarathbaby 
                       Krishnamurthy and David Carey.

 Presenting URSCA Research:
                     Brandon Arnsberger (Biology, pre-medical science) and Jared Harris 
                     (Biology, molecular biology) . Determination of Stress Response Genes, 
                     Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 and Nicotinamide Mononucleotide 
                     Adenylyltransferase, in the Solitary Bee Species, Megachile rotundata, in 
                    Response to Heat Shock. Mentor: Dr. Brubaker

                     Haley L. Kravitz. (Health Science) M1 muscarinic receptor cholinergic 
                    transmission efficacy increased by the positive allosteric modulators BQCA                       and DTT. Mentor:  Dr. Schwindinger   
Dr. Brubaker, Jared Harris and Brandon Arnsberger

Haley Kravitz and Dr. Schwindinger

 
BAHS faculty at the SVURS!

Dhir Gala, participant in Geisinger's Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Joshua Petersheim and Dr. Surmacz
Glen Maneval and Dr. Schwindinger

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