BAHS students take home research prizes!

Prize winners at College of Science and Technology Career Day, April 26, 2019
Congratulations to the following BAHS undergraduate and graduate students who took honors at the recent College of Science and Technology Research Day held in Andruss Library.
Julia Smith, biology major, takes home
Audience Favorite Award for her research
on the effect of anandamide on zebrafish activity.
Her  research is an offshoot of  interests that
she developed in her Current Topics
Course in Obesity with Dr. Klingerman.

 Audience Favorite:  
Julia Smith: The Effect of Anandamide on Zebrafish Activity. Advisor: Dr. Candice Klingerman
Top Prize in Graduate Clinical Practice or Lab-Based Research:
 Ian Whiteside – “Investigating the Effects of BORIS Expression on Telomere Regulation and Stability”.   Advisor: Dr. Kate Beishline
Graduate Student Honorable Mentions 
 Kyle Flannery - Assessment of Language Development Milestones in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Advisor: Dr. Abby Hare-Harris

Undergraduate Student First Prize 
Amanda Aulenbach – “Algal Community Composition in a Natural vs. Artificial Wetland”.  Advisor: Dr. Lauri Green

Mikayla Ulicny – “Evaluating the Neurological Phenotype of 15q13.3 Deletions”.  Advisor: Dr. Abby Hare-Harris. 

Rachael Ryver – “Investigating the Presence of Synapsin Proteins in Hamster Sperm”.  Advisors: Drs. William Coleman and Jennifer Venditti

Julia Smith – “The Effect of Anandamide on Zebrafish Activity”.  Advisor: Dr. Candice Klingerman

Undergraduate Student Honorable Mentions
Andrew Cross – “Assessing Oxidative Stress in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) After Exposure to Neonicotinoid Insecticides”.  Advisors:    Drs. John Hranitz and Cynthia Surmacz

Morgan Ilgenfritz – “Investigating the Functional Role of GABAergic Signaling at the Lumbricus Terrestris Neuromuscular Junction Using Synaptogreen C4 Dye and Confocal Microscopy”.  Advisor: Dr. William Coleman  

Allison McCracken –“Effect of Postural Influence on the Assessment of Body Composition When Using Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis”. Advisor: Dr. Joseph Andreacci 

Jessica Paoletti – “Feeding Competition between Avian Insectivores in Manmade Wetlands”. Advisor: Dr. Lauri Green

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