Time

Student

Inspire Talk Title

MICROBIOLOGY - A PLATEFUL OF BIODIVERSITY

12:10 pm

Athena Pinero

Social ICE-cell-lation: conjugation events breaking CDC guidelines

12:20 pm

Julia Giroux

Gut Feeling: Understanding Differences in Gut Microbiota Profiles in Individuals with Anxiety Across Geography

12:30 pm

Antonio Mendez

Cro(S)vid-19: a new polVICE391 regulator causing pandemonium

12:40 pm

Kasmira Madina

Got Lacto?  Lactobacillus domination in vagina of females and its implications on fertility.

12:50 pm

Erin Arthur

Join the resistance: a study and characterization of high antibiotic resistant bacteria.

1:00 pm

Break

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION INVADES - SQUIRRELS, BIRDS & CAVEFISH, OH MY!

1:10 pm

Sarah Peterson

More is not merrier: introduced species effects on species richness in connected & isolated lakes

1:20 pm

Diego Diaz

Angry Birds: The Upslope Shift

1:30 pm

Jessica Peterson

Mangrove Madness: How temperature affects mangrove distribution

1:40 pm

Daniel Alvarez

Fuzzy Invaders: Exploring the causes of success for grey squirrels invading Europe

1:50 pm

Mallory Johnson

Blinded by the (lack of) light: the evolutionary regression of eyes in cavefish

2:00

Break

GENETICS - HOW ‘BOUT THOSE MUTATIONS?

2:10 pm

Sebastian Somolinos

Artificial diversity in the age of computer modeling

2:20 pm

Katie Davis

Dog Days: Comparing ways to reduce hip dysplasia in canines

2:30 pm

Gabriel Carroll

Natural Highs: Population genetics of Himalayan and Andean populations

CANCER BIOLOGY - IT’S NOT JUST ALL ABOUT THE PINK RIBBON

2:40 pm

Shi Solis

Slowing the Growth of Endometrial Cancer

2:50 pm

Anthony Seek

Peach not Pink: A look at how claudin-3 affects cellular motility in endometrial cancer