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Congratulations 2022 REW Winners!
Course Associated Posters
1st place:
Soojeong Moon (Biology)
Phenotypic Assay Reveals Toxicity and Potential Function of Phage Lebron
2nd place:
Uriel Lejtman (Psychology)
Does Morality and Divine Command Beliefs Predict Anti-atheist Prejudice?
3rd place:
Katrina Yap (Psychology)
The Effect of Directional Preference and Speed on Time Perception
Faculty-Mentored Posters
1st place: Daniel Bazan, Jenny Peruch, Grant Yonemoto, Dr. Trueblood (Biology)
Bloody Interaction: The Effect of elevated ocean pCO2 levels on blood oxygen binding in Metacarnicus magister
2nd place: Daniel Bazan (Biology)
Targeted Glycolysis Inhibition by Novel Enolase-1 Inhibitors Cause Cell Death in Chemoresistant Prostate Cancer Cells
3rd place: Aya Miyajima (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Cost Effective Chemical Reactor to Study Pseudo-First Order and Second Order Degradation of Methyl-Green under Basic Conditions
Papers
1st place: Uylae Kim (Biology)
Isolation and characterization of three phages that infect Microbacterium foliorum
2nd place: Erin Ly (Psychology)
Perceptions and Communications Surrounding Anti-vaxxers
3rd place: Cameron Martinez
Psychosis: A Family Approach
2022 Keynote Presentation: Dr. Geriguis
2021 Keynote Presentation: Dr. Diaz
2021 Student Presentations
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Emily Bouit & Jennifer Ramon
Mystery of Phage Biology: The Presence of tRNAs in the Phage Genome
Joshua Cantos & Earick Cagang
Bacteriophage Endolysins: A Promising Therapeutic Alternative to Antibiotics
Elizabeth Chau
Effect of toxic bacteriophage Amelie gene 55 in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Rita Dementyev & Elizabeth Paul
Phage Lysogeny Is Established By Genes That Integrate Their Genome Into The Host Bacteria And Maintain Latency
Christian Figueroa & Joanna Shelim
Looking Down the Slippery Slope: Ribosomal Frameshifting within Tail Assembly Chaperones of Bacteriophages Skylord & Blackberry
Amanda Kaatz
Convergent evolution of ecomorphology and karst habitat preference in three species of Bent-toed Geckos (Cyrtodactylus) from Peninsular Malaysia
Daniel Kim
Isolation and characterization of Enterococcal species from La Sierra University
Efrain Martinez & Rodney Saenz
SINEC_a1 in Canis lupus familiaris, its Presence in Noncoding Regions of Protein-Coding Genes, and CpG Variance due to Divergence
Kristen Ngo
DNA Replication Genes Within Bacteriophage Skylord and Other Phages in Cluster E
Brian Nguyen & Nicole Kim
It All Measures Up: Correlation between Tape Measure Protein Gene Length and Amino Acid Sequence with Phage Tail Length in Siphoviridae and Myoviridae
Michael Reeves
Genes 43 and 73 of Mycobacterium Smegmatis Phage Amelie Inhibit Cell Growth
Chelsea Tafoya
The Finding of 6 Toxic Molecularly Cloned Genes of the Mycobacterium smegmatis Bacteriophage Amelie.
Madyllyne Vaca
Molecular Cloning and Discovery of Toxic Genes 8, 17, and 29 in Mycobacterium smegmatis Bacteriophage Amelie
Tyler Yonemoto
Cytotoxicity of Amelie Genes in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Application to Phage Therapy
Grant Yonemoto
Overexpression of NKF Amelie Gene 50 Inhibits Mycobacterium smegmatis Growth
Jiacheng Zhang & Rosalia Marenco
Phage Genome Length and Capsid Diameter Correlates for Most Icosahedral Phages, Unlike Prolate Phages
Ashley Wysong
Characterization of the Electronics of Near-Infrared Dyes via Reduction of Anthraquinone Compounds
Houting Yu
The Application of Flow Reactor in Industrial Scale Chemical Synthesis and Processes
Elias Castellanos
For College Students, Is the Physical or Mental Barrier Greater In Returning to Sports/Exercise That Required Use of the Injured Body Part?
Ivan Egbunike & Jorge Ramirez
The Differences Between College Athletes and Non-athletes
Brandon Hendrix & Julissa Orozco
Effects of Distance Learning on Musculoskeletal and Optical Health in College Students and Faculty
Sochanrasmey Ky & Jing Ai
Has College Students’ Diets Changed During The COVID-19 Pandemic?
Aeriel Lewandowski & Stephen D’Aguiar
Exploring Pandemic-Required Remote Learning Effects on Mental Health of College Students
Karen Lim, Hannah Moore & Blake Robinson
Comparing the Effectiveness of Caffeine Supplements on Power Output in College Students
Eryka Liu & Alysia D’Aguiar
Has COVID-19 Affected the Mental Health of College Students?: Anxiety, Depression, & Stress Levels Before and During COVID-19
Nathan Medina & Victor Santana
How Have The Lockdown Efforts For COVID-19 Affected Physical Activity Levels And The Mental Health For College Students In Southern California?
Ada Nevarez & Natalie King
The Relationship Between the Availability, Accessibility, and Affordability of Healthy Food/Fresh Produce for Southern California Residents
Sydney Wallner & J. Young
Has College Students’ Motivation to Exercise Changed During COVID-19?
Taotou Xiong & Ashley Ingle
Is There a Difference in RPE and HR for Female College Athletes While Listening to Investigator’s Music vs Self-Selected Music?
Lawrence Dorsey III
The Experience of Time Distortion: Relations to Stress and Social Media Usage
Ryan McCarrell
Social Support, Well-Being, and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood
Rafael Segovia
Body Image Satisfaction and Anxiety Levels Predicting Gym Attendance
Bianca Correa
Latino College Students: Family Influence on Seeking Higher Education
Jesse McClennan
Homeless Children and Families: The Effects on Mental Health
Elizabeth Pena
The Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on a Family
Emily Johnson
La función multifacética de las hermanas Mirabal en In the Time of the Butterflies
2020 Student Presentations
Chelsea Tafoya Group Project
Poster Title:
The Correlation Between Bacteriophage Isolated in SEA-PHAGES and their Geographical Location: Using the Bacterial Hosts Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155, Microbacterium foliorum, and Gordonia rubripertincta.
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Elizabeth Chau Group Project
Poster Title:
The Affect of Cro Protein and Integrase genes on the Lysogeny in Bacteriophages
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Heidi Lin Group Project
Poster Title:
The Relationship Between the Tape Measure Proteins and Bacteriophage Tail Length
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Jessica Choi Individual Project
Poster Title:
Staining N2 with Food Coloring
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Jessica Choi Individual Project
Poster Title:
Comparing Sequencing Library Strategies for 433 Dog DNA Samples
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Jessica Choi Individual Project
Poster Title:
A Look Into Varying Strategies of Food Preference in Caterpillars
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Kaitlyn Mamora Group Project
Poster Title:
Full Capacity vs. Site Specific: Comparative Analyses of Termini in Siphoviridae Phages, ClearAsMud, Kauala, Sassafras, and Hammy, Determines Method of DNA Packaging
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Kelsey Bass Group Project
Poster Title:
Holin: A Decisive Protein in the Bacteriophage Life Cycle
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Lelani Del Pinto Individual Project
Poster Title:
Applying the Liquid Freeze Protocol (Brenner 1974) to Caenorhabditis elegans
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Meagan Lopez Individual Project
Poster Title:
Assessing In-House Viability of Heat Shock Protocol for Generating Male Nematodes in N2 and One Environmental Isolate
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Michelle Santos Group Project
Poster Title:
Identifying the Slippage Sequence in the Tail Assembly Chaperone of Microbacterium foliorum’s Bacteriophage Kauala
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Samuel Fisher Individual Project
Poster Title:
The Coyote Mountains’ desert snail (Sonorelix harperi carrizoensis), a Lazarus species with the first documentation of live individuals.
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Samuel Fisher Group Project
Poster Title:
Establishment of brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) across a southern California county and potential interactions with a native lizard species
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Skylar Evans Group Project
Poster Title:
Comparing Capsid Structure and Assembly: Microbacterium Phage Kauala and Vorrps
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Tyler Yonemoto Group Project
Poster Title:
Phage Infection: The Importance of Tail Fibers and Baseplate Proteins in Resulting Phage Host Ranges Used for Phage Therapy.
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
William van Iderstein Group Project
Poster Title:
Viral Transduction in Bacteriophage ClearAsMud and Cluster EC
Biology Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Cassandra Ward Individual Project
Poster Title:
Exclusion of SINE Inverted Pairs from the Genome of the Dog (Canis familiaris)
Sponsored by Nate Sutter
Biology Mentored Research† Individual Project
Jessica Choi Group Project
Poster Title:
A Catalog of Polymorphic SINEC_Cf Insertions in the Dog Genome
Sponsored by Nate Sutter
Biology Mentored Research† Group Project
Lelani Del Pinto Group Project
Poster Title:
Annotation of 367,977 Canis Familiaris SINE Elements
Sponsored by Nate Sutter
Biology Mentored Research† Group Project
Meagan Lopez Individual Project
Poster Title:
The p24 Complex Is Required for Brome Mosaic Virus RNA Replication and Proper Localization of BMV Protein 1a
Sponsored by Arturo Diaz
Biology Mentored Research† Individual Project
Rhiannon Abrahams Individual Project
Poster Title:
Tubular ER shaping proteins Sey1p and Lnp1 are required for brome mosaic virus replication and proper spherule formation
Sponsored by Arturo Diaz
Biology Mentored Research† Individual Project
Samuel Fisher Individual Project
Poster Title:
Reproductive plasticity between an invasive and native population of California King Snake.
Sponsored by Jesse Grismer
Biology Mentored Research† Individual Project
Steven Tran Individual Project
Poster Title:
Establishing the Replication of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sponsored by Arturo Diaz
Biology Mentored Research† Individual Project
Timothy Nguyen Individual Project
Poster Title:
E.facalis with biofilm based on changes of environment
Sponsored by Arun Muthiah
Biology Mentored Research† Individual Project
Yun Seok Lee Group Project
Poster Title:
Characterization of Polymorphic SINE Insertions and Genes in Dog Retrotransposon Free Regions
Sponsored by Nate Sutter
Biology Mentored Research† Group Project
Madona Kelada Group Project
Poster Title:
Solid state tosylation of an alcohol and a subsequent SN2 displacement by Acetate using a microwave reactor
Sponsored by Michael Gutierrez
Chemistry and Biochemistry Mentored Research† Group Project
Balam Ramos Individual Project
Poster Title:
Uniform-Temperature Thermo-Electronic Generator (UTTEG): Building a battery that charges itself using heat from the environment
Sponsored by David Nowack, Andrews University
Chemistry and Biochemistry Mentored Research† Individual Project
Daviah Smith Individual Project
Poster Title:
Synthesis of Cannabinoid Analogs
Chemistry and Biochemistry Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Sara Flores Individual Project
Poster Title:
Modern telling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew (COVID-19 edition)
English Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Malakie Feghali Group Project
Poster Title:
RED WALLS
Film and Television Production Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Annifrid Aceron Group Project
Poster Title:
Relationship Between Screen Time and Mental and Physical Health
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Taihun Choi Group Project
Poster Title:
Is There a Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health in College Students?
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Anthony Escudero Group Project
Poster Title:
The Relationship between Physical Activity and Academic Performance in College Students
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Marco Macias Group Project
Poster Title:
Factors that affect Exercise Likeness
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Isaac Recinos Group Project
Poster Title:
Effects of Music on Exercise
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Sharon Soco Group Project
Poster Title:
Distance Learning and Anxiety with College Students
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Ciryan Toailoa Group Project
Poster Title:
Energy Levels of Sedentary and Active College Individuals
Health and Exercise Science Course/Lab Initiated Research* Group Project
Mesaley Alemseged Individual Project
Poster Title:
The Effect of Music and Religion on Self-transcendence
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Mei-Li Chiang Individual Project
Poster Title:
Love or attachment? The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) and Altruism as a Result of Attachment
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Tadiwanashe Chirongoma Individual Project
Poster Title:
Matching Therapy Patients with Counselors Based On Religion and Spirituality
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Sierra Cole Individual Project
Poster Title:
Quality of Sleep in Comparison to Self-Perception of Memory
Sponsored by In-kyeong Kim
Psychology and Neuroscience Mentored Research† Individual Project
Aram Dimitri Individual Project
Poster Title:
The Effect of misinformation on Perception and Memory Recall as Moderated by Sleep Quality.
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Kierstin Dunaway Individual Project
Poster Title:
Family Systems Direct and Indirect Influence on Conflict Resolution Skills of Emerging Adults
Sponsored by Paul Mallery
Psychology and Neuroscience Mentored Research† Individual Project
Mirna Gomez Individual Project
Poster Title:
Temporal Illusions Mitigated by Attention to Breath Meditation
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Alina Hernandez Miranda Individual Project
Poster Title:
Can a History of Helicopter Parenting & Impulsivity Contribute to Risky Behaviors?
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Rajesh Inparaj Individual Project
Poster Title:
Personality, Stress, and COVID-19
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Scarlett Lee Individual Project
Poster Title:
Effects of Emotional Auditory and Visual Stimuli on Time Perception
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Erin Ly Individual Project
Poster Title:
The Perceptions and Communications Surrounding Anti-Vaxxers
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Edwin Matthiessen Individual Project
Poster Title:
Can Time Perception be Manipulated with Music?
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Jesus Menchaca Individual Project
Poster Title:
COVID-19: Do We Really Know Best?
Knowledge Level, Risk Perception, and Behavior Related to SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Guidelines
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Julia Sanchez Individual Project
Poster Title:
Does Social Support Moderate the Effect of Depressive Symptoms on Risk-Perception?
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Brianna Scott Individual Project
Poster Title:
The Many Influences on Risk Perception
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Samantha Scott Individual Project
Poster Title:
Variations in Heterosexism in Relation to Specific Religious Belief Traits
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
Sana Tariq Individual Project
Poster Title:
Are an Individual's Religious and Spiritual Behaviors Related to Conservatism?
Psychology and Neuroscience Course/Lab Initiated Research* Individual Project
* Student Research originating from a class or lab (original research)
† Faculty Sponsored Student Research (apart from a class/lab)
Contact Us
For any questions about Research Emphasis Week or the poster session, please contact:
Aimee Leukert
rew@lasierra.edu
951-785-2270