Biological & Biomedical Sciences Research

ROWAN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Student Publications & Presentations

The Biological & Biomedical Sciences Department provides many student research opportunities, below are some presentations and publications on student research in Biological & Biomedical Sciences from the last 24 months.

Publications:

Presentations:

Hope Zaborowski, Dalal Seyhan, Zachary Hassler, Ravinder Abraham. Restoring swimming motility in A. tumefaciens str. C58-dAtu3207 using mariner transposon Himar1. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Michelle Brock. Examining the role of the two-component regulatory system Atu0971/Atu0970 in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Brian Libby. Assessment of whiskey fungus cultures and viability. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Shannon Jordan. Sigma Receptor Modulation as an Opioid-Free Approach to Pain Therapy. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Sophie Ogunsanmi. Impact of social isolation stress on stress-related behaviors, neuroinflammation, and locus coeruleus function.. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Nitish Kasarla. Identifying novel ligands targeting the mu opioid receptors. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Priscila Rosario Abreu, Mathew Pekora, Jason Melendez, Michael Hoban. Honey bee gut bacteria improve larval survival against fungal pathogens. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Katelyn Martino. Dihexa Improves Cognitive Dysregulation Following Repeated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Alicia Petrany. Detangling Gene Expression Dynamics Through The Probabilistic And Deep Learning-Based Modeling Of scRNA-seq Data . CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Elias Elias. Voluntary wheel running promotes resilience to the behavioral effects of unpredictable chronic mild stress in male and female mice. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Michael DiBuono, Gabriel Casquera, Abbigail Busk. Identifying genetic loci that contribute to swimming motility in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Briana Reid. N-lysine acetylation of the histone-like protein HBsu influences antibiotic survival and persistence in Bacillus subtilis. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Zenaida Pinto, Nishi Gupta, Mackenzie Brooks, Shane Adigun. Analysis of Himar1 transposon on C58 delta Atu0970 swimming motility.. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Skye Amann. How Arginines Impact Voltage Sensing. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Ariel Zhang. Investigating Morphology and Activation of Astrocyte Via Chronic Stress-Induced Inflammation in the Brain . CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Gianna Thwaites, Jasmine Mott, Amber Mott, John Chea. Effects of Taxol binding on the dynamic instability of tubulin dimer-GDP interface investigated using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation with explicit solvent. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Hannah DiBella. Observing the effects of HSV-1 infection on human breast cancer cell lines. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Ashley Stroh, Mansi Shah. Stability of song dialects across time in the seaside sparrow (Ammodramus Maritimus). CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Samee Khan. Debunking old evolution theories, proposing new one (near-neutral balanced selection theory/NNBST) using EBOLA-Zaire genomic data. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Kevin Halpin. Microbial Survey of Hot and Cold Water Tanks in Commercial Breweries. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Jordyn Brown. Spatiotemporal and water quality indicators of cyanobacterial blooms across a lake-stream network in New Jersey, USA. CSM / SEE Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Priscila Rosario Abreu, Mathew Pekora, Jason Melendez, Michael Hoban. Antifungal activity in secondary metabolites derived from honey bee gut bacteria . CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Samantha Schmidt, Gabrielle Krouse, Jerica Hudson. Inhibition of infection of two feline coronaviruses by antiviral peptides. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Ariel Zhang, Abigail White, Elias Elias. Establishing a UCMS paradigm in multiple settings. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Ariana Machado. Estrogen Activates Calcium Release via GRP30 in Uterine Fibroids . CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Soumya Rednam, Tajrian Khan, Ibrahim Gocmez. Effects Hydrophobic Ion Fluoroquinolones on pathogenic Bacteria . CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Kathleen Wooster. Decellularized extracellular matrix hydrogels for use in peripheral nerve regeneration scaffolds. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Diandra Panasis, Nitish Kasarla. PRESTO-TANGO Assay for the Interrogation of Opioid Receptors. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Lesslie Montiel. Evaluating macrophage polarization in response to extracellular matrix mechanics altered by spinal cord injuries. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Yoshna Rajendran, Trinh Thi Mong Nguyen. The Effect of Fragmented Sleep on Astrocytes within a Cardiorespiratory Regulatory Brain Center. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Priscila Rosario Abreu, Mathew Pekora, Jack Cummings, Nicolas Buono. Antifungal activity of ROS-producing bacteria derived from acorn ants. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Emerson Harman. Monotypic: Evolution and adaptations of the world's most distinctive species. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Nakoa Webber, Sergio Sola Garcia, Kali Pierson, Shannon Jordan. Building a Platform for Drug Screening of GPCRs Using Structural Biology. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Isys Loaisiga, Sarah Brosman. Inflammation in Stress Response: Identification of Inflammatory Factors in the Brain . CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Jacob Zangaro, Heather Tejeda, Kali Pierson. Structural characterization of liquid-liquid phase separating protein, McdB. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

James MacAulay, Umu Jalloh, Arielle Gsell. Sequential Photopatterning of 8-arm PEG-Nor Hydrogels with Monothiolated Peptides. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Samantha Schmidt, Gianna Rodriguez, Gabrielle Krouse, Jerica Hudson. Investigating the Inhibition of Feline Herpesvirus (FeHV-1) by Melittin. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Mikayla Bonnell, Daniel Arango. Examining the role of the M1 motif of the cuckoo family RNA AbcR1 on developmental phenotypes in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Jordan Pantelione, Suravi Islam, Kaylen Hong. Mutational analysis and effect of nutrient conditions on VtlR function in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Suravi Islam, Jerica Hudson, Yesenia Flores, Aryanna Copling, Mikayla Bonnell. Motility Effects of Himar1 transposon insertion in A. tumefaciens str. C58-delta divK. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Hannah Turrisi, Mackenzie Brooks, Priya Aryal, Matthew Anderson. Functional analysis and genetic interactions of a dual function diguanylate cyclase/phosphodiesterase in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. CSM / SEE Student Research Day 2024. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2024-04-23

Mathew Pekora, Jason Melendez. Gut microbiome influence on honey bees caste physiology. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Mia Tahan, Jason Melendez, Michael Hoban. Antifungal properties of honey bee gut microbiome secondary metabolites. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Ariana Machado, Goutham Kodakandla. Simvastatin modulates the S-acylation of steroid receptors in uterine fibroids . CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Kevin Rice, Victoria Horan. Effects of a high-speed low-resistance bicycling intervention in Parkinson's Disease . CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Ashley Stroh, Mansi Shah. Stability of song dialects across time in the seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus). CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Rosemary Westphal, Emily Setaro, Ashton Paladino, Mariaisabel Marquez. An estimate of the repeatability of display behavior in domestic fighting fish, Betta splendens . CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Rosalind Moore, Brian Libby, Maryfer Garcia. Survey of wild yeast on native trees at Rowan University. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Madison Dautle. scTIGER: A deep-learning method for inferring gene regulatory networks from single-cell data. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Mackenzie Brooks. Comparative proteomics reveals conserved functions of lipid droplets. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Sarita Marshall, Hannah DiBella. Analysis of the role of nectin proteins in the activation of natural killer cells by human breast cancer cells. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Jacob Zangaro, Heather Tejeda, Kali Pierson. Structural characterization of liquid liquid phase separating protein McdBq. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Umu Jalloh, Arielle Gsell. Effect of crosslinker degradation and BMP-2 mimetic peptides on osteogenesis in hydrogel-based bone regeneration therapies. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Maria Lopez Vasquez. Protein-protein interaction of KRAS and CRAF . CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Samantha Schmidt, Alyssa Ochetto, Gabrielle Krouse, Jerica Hudson, Adam D'Souza. An antiviral approach to HSV-1 infection inhibition. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Maha Hanif. Evaluating an alternate means of metastasis. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Wajahat Mobeen. Detecting the marker genes for diverse cell types of Alzheimer's disease. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Jacob Zmuda, Savana Rodriguez, Stephanie Parks, Mikayla Bonnell, Daniel Arango. Contribution of the sibling RNAs AbcR1 and AbcR2 to growth and developmental phenotypes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Lauren Staman, Madison Scott. Investigating the functionality of model shRNA knockdown system for transcriptional modulation of CTCF. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Lesslie Montiel. Evaluating macrophage polarization in response to extracellular matrix mechanics altered by spinal cord injuries. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Jenna Levner. An examination of mutualistic soil fungi in southern New Jersey habitats. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Briana Reid. Characterization of novel lysine acetyltransferases. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Kathleen Wooster. Cell migration through hydrogel and nanofiber composites for use in peripheral nerve grafts. CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-07-26

Mia Tahan, Megan Seraydarian, Jason Melendez. The antifungal properties of honey bee gut microbiome and their secondary metaboliites. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Stephanie Parks. Consequences of transposon mutagensis on Agrobacterium . CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Rachel Cerrate. The effects of Himar1 transposition on genes regulating motility in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Olena Patricia Rosi Mejia, Kimberly Ojeda-Celaya, Mazie Mulford, Rosalind Moore, Daniel Heintzelman, Richard Farkas, Mary Carpinelli, Jordyn Brown. Zooplankton community responses to cyanobacterial blooms in South Jersey reservoirs. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Benjamin Rodriguez. Detecting marker genes for prostate cancer from single cell RNA-Seq data. CSM Research Day. Rowan Ballroom. 2023-04-20

Jacob Schneller, Nicholas Salfi, Benjamin Rodriguez, Matthew Ghabour, Gregory Fatouras. Detecting Marker Genes for Thyroid Cancer using single cell RNA-seq data. CSM Research Day. Rowan Ballroom. 2023-04-20

Jacob Schneller, Nicholas Salfi, Benjamin Rodriguez, Matthew Ghabour, Gregory Fatouras. Detecting marker genes for breast cancer from single cell RNA-Seq data. CSM Student Research Day. Chamberlain Student Center, Eynon Ballroom. 2023-04-20

Nicholas Salfi. Detecting Marker genes in Multiple Myeloma. Student Research Day. Rowan University Ballroom. 2023-04-20

Nicholas Salfi. Detecting marker genes for multiple myeloma. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Stephanie Parks. Regulation of developmental phenotypes in Agrobacterium tumefaciens by VtlR and the sibling RNAs AbcR1 and AbcR2. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Julianna Saez. Determining genetic loci contributing to swimming motility in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Sarah Mackenzie. Himar1 mutagenesis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens impacts swimming motility. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Omar Al-Odat. Mcl-1 inhibitor KS18 overcomes bortezomib, venetoclax, and ABT-737 resistance in multiple myeloma. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Rosemary Westphal. Analysis of the repeatability of display behaviors in Fighting Fish, Betta splendens. Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom. 2023-04-20

Rosemary Westphal. Analysis of the repeatability of display behaviors in Fighting Fish, Betta splendens. Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom. 2023-04-20

Lauren Staman. Investigating the functionality of model shRNA knockdown system for transcriptional modulation of CTCF. CSM Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center. 2023-04-20

Madison Dautle. Inferring gene regulatory network of remote memory formation by deep learning and scRNA-seq. Student Research Day. Eynon Ballroom. 2022-07-27

Rosalind Moore. Cyanobacterial Bloom Impacts on Salem River Zooplankton Community Diversity. 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Rowan University. 2022-07-27

Megan Seraydarian. Super Inhibitor-The Anti-fungal Properties of the Honey bee Gut Microbiome . Summer Undergraduate Research Program . Student Center. 2022-07-27

Anabel Polanco. Investigating Potential Functions of Septin Protein Family in Memory Formation. SURP Poster Event. Eynon Ballroom of the Chamberlain Student Center . 2022-07-27

Alicia Petrany. Detecting Coupled Gene Expression in scRNA-Seq Data With Deep Learning. SURP Research Day. Enyon Ballroom. 2022-07-27

Mary Carpinelli. Cyanobacterial Bloom Impacts on Salem River Zooplankton Biodiversity. Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Enyon Ballroom, Student Center, Rowan University. 2022-06-27