Poster Session A:
8:00 - 9:00 am
Animal and Food Sciences; Integrative Biology; Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Physiological Sciences; and Veterinary Pathobiology (45 posters)
Note: Presentations are grouped by the student’s area of research (based on the faculty mentor’s academic department), not the student’s academic major.
Presentations:
A-01 Elleigh Campbell
Research Presentation Title: Determining Correlation between Cattle Docility and Virtual Fence Interaction
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan Reuter, Animal and Food Sciences
A-02 Isabelle Davison
Research Presentation Title: Effect of Timing of Prenatal Stress on Social Behavior and Immune Phenotype of Piglets
Faculty Research Mentor: Janeen Salek-Johnson, Animal and Food Sciences
A-03 Kinley De Leon
Research Presentation Title: Natural Alternatives to In-Feed Antibiotics: Screening Compounds for Antibacterial Activity Against Clostridium Perfringens
Faculty Research Mentor: Glenn Zhang, Animal and Food Sciences
A-04 Cole Kleckner
Research Presentation Title: An In Vitro Model for Assessing Bovine Uterine Epithelial Responses to Viral Infections
Faculty Research Mentor: Khursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences
A-05 Dana Mewhinney
Research Presentation Title: Effect of Opioid adulterants on trophoblast cell development
Faculty Research Mentor: Iqbal, Animal and Food Science
A-06 Olivia Musslewhite
Research Presentation Title: Effects of Maternal Stress on Nursing Behavior and Immune Phenotype During Lactation
Faculty Research Mentor: Janeen Salak-Johnson, Animal and Food Sciences
A-07 Bella Perdue
Research Presentation Title: Enhancing Reproductive Efficiency in Oklahoma Cow-Calf Operations Through Educational Workshops
Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Daniel Stein, Animal and Food Sciences
A-08 Madison Snow
Research Presentation Title: Bovine-Bison Stem Cell Validation through Embryoid Body Formation
Faculty Research Mentor: Joao Moraes, Animal and Food Sciences
A-09 Zach Blankenship
Research Presentation Title: Native American Genealogy and Its Role in Tribal Dynamics
Faculty Research Mentor: Allie Sherier, OSU Center for Health Sciences
A-10 Grace Baldwin
Research Presentation Title: Role of Medium Anionic Composition on Manganese Cytotoxicity in Rainbow Trout Gill Cells
Faculty Research Mentor: Matteo Minghetti, Integrative Biology
A-11 Jaxon Blakey
Research Presentation Title: Production of lungfish defensin-5 and 6 and antimicrobial activity testing
Faculty Research Mentor: Elisa Casadei, Integrative Biology
A-12 Iris Borunda
Research Presentation Title: Identifying Suppressors of DNA Damage-Induced Growth Defects in the Oncohistone Mutant H3G34V using Budding Yeast
Faculty Research Mentor: Anita H. Corbett, Emory School of Medicine
A-13 Kristine Branch
Research Presentation Title: Thermal Responses of Heat Shock Protein Expression in Juvenile Sea Lampreys
Faculty Research Mentor: Ciaran Shaughnessy, Integrative Biology
A-14 Conner Brown
Research Presentation Title: Carbohydrate metabolism in the Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) during acute stress
Faculty Research Mentor: Ciarán Shaughnessy, Integrative Biology
A-15 Sarah Brown
Research Presentation Title: Immune Response to Mycoplasma gallisepticum infections in Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)
Faculty Research Mentor: Jennifer Grindstaff, Integrative Biology
A-16 Juliana Cueva
Research Presentation Title: Distribution of Mucus-Producing Cells in Trout Skin During Development
Faculty Research Mentor: Elisa Casadei, Integrative Biology
A-17 Olivia Emerson
Research Presentation Title: Auditory Effects of Ear Notching on Mice
Faculty Research Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh, Integrative Biology
A-18 – Withdrawn
A-19 Jorja Ford
Research Presentation Title: Effects of Pinto Bean and Resistant Starch Supplementation on Memory and Cognition in Estrogen-Deficient Mice
Faculty Research Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh, Integrative Biology
A-20 Kennedy Funa and Emma Patterson
Research Presentation Title: Does Experience in Multiple Contests Affect Cricket Exploration Behavior?
Faculty Research Mentor: Michael Reichert, Integrative Biology
A-21 Sara Keyser
Research Presentation Title: Morphological and ecological variation in the great tit chest feathers
Faculty Research Mentor: Michael Reichert, Integrative Biology
A-22 Emily Kohn
Research Presentation Title: Quantifying Phenotypic Changes in Anole Lizards Through Scale Measurements
Faculty Research Mentor: Guin Wogan, Integrative Biology
A-23 Raygan Kyeremateng
Research Presentation Title: Citizen Science Effect on Survey Results on Avian Species in Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Micheal Reichert, Integrative Biology
A-24 Cami Michaelson
Research Presentation Title: Something Fishy is Going on Here: Effects of locality on Brooks Stickleback (Culaea inconstans) morphology
Faculty Research Mentor: Guin Wogan, Integrative Biology
A-25 Breck Nauman
Research Presentation Title: Configurations for Coexistence: assessing habitat structures to harbor organisms with varying movement capacities
Faculty Research Mentor: Bo Zhang, Integrative Biology
A-26 Tanna Richardson
Research Presentation Title: Risk-Reward Analysis of Different Movement Strategies in Response to Food Quality and Toxicant
Faculty Research Mentor: Bo Zhang, Integrative Biology
A-27 Bri Rundle
Research Presentation Title: Skipping the Line: determining mechanisms of competitive release in a patchy environment
Faculty Research Mentor: Bo Zhang, Integrative Biology
A-28 Jacqueline Sears
Research Presentation Title: Words vs. Numbers: The Language of Learning – Verbal-Linguistic vs. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence in Education
Faculty Research Mentor: Gary O’Mealey, Integrative Biology
A-29 Samantha Smith
Research Presentation Title: Micronutrients and their Effects on Fly Abundance and Nutritional Content
Faculty Research Mentor: Shawn Wilder, Integrative Biology
A-30 Bennett Upton
Research Presentation Title: Comparing the Sensitivity of Three Rainbow Trout Cell Lines Through Cytotoxicity and Targeted Gene Expression for Aquatic Testing
Faculty Research Mentor: Matteo Minghetti, Integrative Biology
A-31 Addison Browning, Anastacia Simmons, and Julie Luper
Research Presentation Title: Audiogenic Seizure Susceptibility in a Conditional Fragile X Syndrome Mouse Model
Faculty Research Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh, Integrative Biology
A-32 Ariel Bradley
Research Presentation Title: Habitat Selection of Elk in the Oklahoma Ozarks Faculty
Research Mentor: Bryan Murray, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-33 Kaytlyn Cash
Research Presentation Title: Investigating Mortality Causes of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Subsequent Management Implications in Western Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Colter Chitwood, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-34 Addison Galante
Research Presentation Title: A Unique Refuge: Oklahoma’s Ozark Glades and Five Grassland Bird Species
Faculty Research Mentor: Bryan Murray, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-35 Elizabeth Goad
Research Presentation Title: Comparing the Use of Side Scan and Live Sonar for Mapping and Counting American Paddlefish.
Faculty Research Mentor: James Long, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-36 Raegan Hula
Research Presentation Title: Black Bear Presence Increases Coyote Occurrence at Cougar Kill Sites
Faculty Research Mentor: Rob Lonsinger, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-37 Nolan Jobe
Research Presentation Title: Effects of Eastern Redcedar Encroachment on Forest Fire Dynamics in Upland Oak Forests
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan Desantis, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-38 Jonathan Lee
Research Presentation Title: Evaluation of Otolith Development in Paddlefish
Faculty Research Mentor: James Long, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-39 Katherine Miller
Research Presentation Title: Evaluating wild turkey serum chemistries and disease status to assess baseline condition
Faculty Research Mentor: Colter Chitwood, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-40 Ethan Shuck
Research Presentation Title: How Species Composition Influences Fire Behavior
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan DeSantis, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-41 Jack Wise
Research Presentation Title: Wild turkey habitat preferences and response to disturbance on Oklahoma's Ozark Glades
Faculty Research Mentor: Bryan Murray, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-42 Carsten Beets
Research Presentation Title: Exploring the Interplay of diabetes and influenza infection: The role of the Insulin receptor substrate
Faculty Research Mentor: Veronique Lacombe, Physiological Sciences
A-43 Zach Kittle
Research Presentation Title: SARS-COV-2 Infection induces alterations of cardio-respiratory glucose metabolism
Faculty Research Mentor: Véronique Lacombe, Physiological Sciences
A-44 Rei Sherrill
Research Presentation Title: Microglial JUNB deletion exacerbates amyloid plaque load in Alzheimer's disease mice model
Faculty Research Mentor: Neeraj Singh, Physiological Sciences
A-45 Paige Myers
Research Presentation Title: Serological Prevalence of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Sunil More, Veterinary Pathology