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Student Presenters at SciFest V, July 30, 2015
(organized by Brandeis advisor/lab)
Student Presenter
Poster #
Title
Baskaran
Jianshuo Qiu (Brandeis /
Mathematics, Physics)
2016.619
Emergent Structures in Dense Active Fluids
Chakraborty
2016.704
Shubham Singh (Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore /
Physics)
Modeling fluctuation driven interaction between colloidal rafts :
Casimir Effect
Dogic
Angela Berry (Hampton
University / Pre-Pharmacy)
2016.627
The Nanometer-Scale Stepping Behaviors of Kinesin 401 and Kinesin
365
Billy Chau (Brandeis /
Biological Physics)
2016.644
Exploring the Phase Transition of a filamentous virus
Margaret Morris (Brandeis /
Mathematics, Physics)
2016.620
Elastic Buckling of Rigid Bio-polymers
Helen Yang (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Biological
Physics)
2016.631
Temperature Induced Polymorphic Transitions of Flagella
2016.661
Effect of Sodium Bromide on Pattern Formation in the Chlorine
Dioxide-Iodine-Malonic Acid (CDIMA) Reaction-Diffusion System
Yongwoon Kim (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Chemistry)
2016.659
Coupling Behaviors of Spatially Arranged Oscillating Gels
Zhiheng Wang (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Chemistry)
2016.660
Rhythmic release of an anti-depressant by an enzyme system
Remi Boros (Brandeis /
Physics)
2016.624
Driving Chaos Off the Grid - Analyzing Networks in Microfluidic
Lattices of Chemical Oscillators
Jesse Held (Brandeis /
Physics)
2016.643
Behavioral State Switching in Star Graph Networks
Dolnik
Yunqiao Gan (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Chemistry)
Epstein
Fraden
Alexander Mitchell (Brandeis / 2016.646
Biology, Neuroscience,
Biophysics)
2016.653
Susan Okrah (Hampton
University / Chemical
Engineering )
2016.626
Niya Wilkins (Hampton
University / Environmental
Science)
Phase-Dependent Response to Excitatory Activity in the BelousovZhabotinsky Reaction
Observations of Three Ringed Networks of BZ Droplets
Making Double Emulsions in Thermoplastic Microfluidic Devices
Student Presenter
Poster #
Title
Fulton
Jacqueline Jeon-Chapman
(Brandeis / Biology)
2016.622
Epigenetic Gene Silencing Induced by Invading Homologous DNA in
Naegleria gruberi
Heather Schiller (Brandeis /
Biology)
2016.688
Species, Variation, and Global Distribution of Naegleria
2016.632
Neural circuit control of physiological homeostasis
Garrity
Abigail Daniels (Brandeis /
Biology)
Josefine Striepen (Bryn Mawr / 2016.642
Biology)
Bitter Sweet: Drosophila Interaction with Denatonium through
Ionotropic Receptor 25a
Goode
Erin Evonne Jean (Hampton
University / Cellular Molecular
Biology)
2016.616
Understanding the Role of Coactosin in Actin Dynamics
Julia Schiantarelli (Brandeis /
Biology)
2016.706
The role of Bik1 and formin interactions in coordinating the actin
cytoskeleton
Griffith
Katherine Dorfman (Brandeis) 2016.638
2016.701
Mark Sherer (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
Let-7 is required for development, survival, and fertility in Drosophila
The development of a molecular toolkit to probe in vivo CaMKIIsubunit exchange
Gutchess
Sarah Lipitz (Brandeis /
Neuroscience, Psychology)
2016.625
Effects of Age on Recruiting the Medial Prefrontal Cortex During SelfReferential Encoding
Haber
Ji Eun Bae (Brandeis / Biology) 2016.671
2016.657
Stephanie Howes (Umass
Lowell / Biotechnology )
Characterization of Cas9's Mutagenic Signature in S. cerevisiae
Study Of Histone 3 And 4 Core Domain Post-translational Modification
In Gene Conversion
Hedstrom
Hannah Bernstein (Brandeis /
Biology, Chemistry)
2016.707
Determining Selectivity in Bacterial IMPDH Inhibitor Sensitivity
Alex Cuadros (University of
Massachusetts Amherst /
Biochemistry)
2016.614
Elucidating an Inhibitor Binding Mode in Acinetobacter baumannii IMP
Dehydrogenase
Sabrina McDonnell (Brandeis / 2016.615
Biochemistry)
2016.708
Motilal Uttarkabat (Indian
Institute of Science / Biology)
Sarah Zainelabdin (Brandeis / 2016.686
Biology, Chemistry)
2016.658
Zhongrui Zhang (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
Exploring Interactions Between IMPDH, RNA Polymerase, and
Ribosome in Escherichia coli
Purification of IMPDH from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Flap Deletion May Have an Influence on Penicillium brevicompactum
IMP Dehydrogenase Resistance to Mycophenolic Acid
mTORC1 Signal Inhibitor Cbz-Boc3-Arginine Interacts with Ubiquilin
Student Presenter
Poster #
Title
Ivanovic
2016.677
Frankie Marchan (Brandeis /
undeclared, intended majors in
biochemistry and neuroscience)
Effect of Limited Activation of Fusion Protein on Probability of Viral
Membrane Fusion
Jadhav
Ethan Glantz (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.672
Understanding the Functional Connectivity between Hippocampus
and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Through Chemogenetic Inactivation
Elon Mathieson (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.690
Tasty Place Cells; Multimodality in the Hippocampus
2016.606
The Neurobiology of the Impact of Innocuous Experience on Later
Learning
Nina Feinberg (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Biology)
2016.649
Ancient protein points to life's origin: Knock-in of ancestral adenylate
kinase alters growth profile of a modern mesophile
Jair Flores (University of
Maryland, Baltimore County /
Biochemistry)
2016.698
Understanding the Evolution of Circadian Rhythm in Cyanobacteria by
ABC Protein Complexes
Ayantu Temesgen (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
2016.676
A memo from Millennial Kinases to The Lost Generation: “We are not
so lazy after all!”
Katz
Tamar Parmet (Brandeis /
Psychology)
Kern
Sara Gelles-Watnick (Brandeis 2016.611
/ Biochemistry)
Activity of c-Src and Sortase-ligated models
Kondev
Eduardo da Veiga Beltrame
(Brandeis / Biophysics)
2016.685
Implementation of a simple to use Gene Transcription Simulator
Ziwei Huang (Brandeis /
Physics)
2016.713
Building Logic Gate based on Thermodynamic Model
Everett Weber (Brandeis /
Biological Physics)
2016.711
Time Dependence of Variance in the Limiting Pool Mechanism
2016.697
Direct Evolution of glycoDNAs Antigenic for a Carbohydrate Epitope
on HIV
2016.639
The Molecular Basis of Memory: Calcium-calmodulin-dependent
protein kinase II (CaMKII) is necessary for the maintenance of longterm potentiation and behavioral memory
2016.655
Insights from a bacterial diet: How studying terpene metabolizing
bacteria plays a part in forest blight prevention
Krauss
Scott MacDonald (Brandeis /
Biology, Chemistry)
Lisman
Megan Leubner (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
Lovett
SoJin Chon (Brandeis /
Biology)
Student Presenter
Poster #
Kristin Diamantides (Brandeis 2016.664
/ Biology)
Kati Vu (Salem State University 2016.634
/ Biology)
Title
Bacterial Genome Constructions of lacZ to Study Homologous
Recombination Rates
Screening for genes involved in repairing QP mutations by template
switching
Marder
Cosmo Guerini (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.637
Predominant Algorithm for Computationally Modeling Single-Neuron
Morphology Shown Insufficient in the Stomatogastric Ganglion
Lily He (Brandeis / Biology,
Neuroscience)
2016.648
How Does a Crustacean Neuronal Circuit Respond to Changes in
Extracellular [K+]?
Dahlia Kushinsky (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.709
In Vivo Characterization of Central Pattern Generator Controlled
Rhythms of C. Borealis
Matt Stenerson (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.637
Predominant Algorithm for Computationally Modeling Single-Neuron
Morphology Shown Insufficient in the Stomatogastric Ganglion
James Weiss (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.689
Interplay of Temperature and Neuromodulation on the Activity of the
Crustacean Cardiac Pacemaker
Alexis Corrado (Brandeis /
Biology)
2016.714
Crystallographic Comparison of Electron Difference Densities in Fluc
Senmiao Sun (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Neuroscience)
2016.629
Essential phenylalanine box in a unique fluoride ion channel (Fluc)
Felicia Lee (Brandeis /
Neuroscience, HSSP)
2016.647
Analysis of Sexually Dimorphic Neurons in Mice
Bethany Rennich (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Neuroscience)
2016.652
Investigating Surf2 in the context of conditioned taste aversion
Danielle Robbins (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
2016.700
Gene Silencing with Age in the Mouse CNS
Robin Schectman (Brandeis /
Biology)
2016.636
Homeostatic changes in gene expression and axonal morphology in
response to network activity deprivation
Miller, C.
Nelson
Oprian
Aaron Ammerman (Brandeis / 2016.651
Biochemistry)
2016.684
Natalie Harris (University of
Maryland Baltimore County /
Biochemistry)
Kamsi Odinammadu (UMBC / 2016.681
Biology)
Spectral Tuning of an Opsin-Guanylyl Cyclase Fusion Protein for
Optogenetic Use
Role of Tryptophan Residues in a Novel Opsin Fusion Protein
Engineering Caenorhobditis elegans for Phototaxis
Pandelia
Ben Pomerantz (Brandeis /
Biology)
2016.663
Cyclic-di-Nucleotide Hydrolysis by a Diiron Phosphodiesterase from
the Vibrio cholerae Pathogen
Student Presenter
Poster #
Title
Paradis
Dena Goldblatt (Brandeis /
Biology, Neuroscience,
Psychology)
2016.628
The Role of PlexinB Receptors in Synapse Formation
Keaton Unroe (Longwood
University / Biology)
2016.640
Semaphorin 4D as a Possible Treatment for Epilepsy
Laura Bonvini (Brandeis /
Chemistry)
2016.665
Analysis of Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers in Human Brain Tissue
Phillix Esquea (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
2016.710
Isolating P450 gene in wild bacterial genome
Yihao Zhuang (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
2016.710
Isolating P450 gene in wild bacterial genome
Carly KleinStern (Brandeis /
Physics)
2016.682
JVLA Imaging of X-Shaped Radio Galaxies.I
Micah Margolis (Brandeis /
Physics)
2016.630
Novel Techniques for Examining the Restarting Radio Galaxy 3C 219
in Search of Star Formation
Kevin Wang (Brandeis /
Physics)
2016.683
JVLA Imaging of X-Shaped Radio Galaxies. II
Amber Jones (Hampton
University / Biology)
2016.687
Determining the Relationship Between Nervous Wreck and the Cell
Membrane at Different Phosphoinositide Levels
Amanda Shilton (Brandeis /
Biology, Neuroscience)
2016.621
Identifying Key Players in Growth Factor Signaling Defects in
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Angelina Gallego (Hampton
University / BioPhysics)
2016.623
“Look at that Membrane!” Understanding the Interactions Between
Colloids and Lipid Stabilized Interfaces Using DNA
Kyra Hamel (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Biophysics)
2016.679
Look at Those Curves: Measuring Thermodynamic Properties of
Multi-Strand DNA
Pochapsky
Roberts
Rodal
Rogers
Guillermo Narvaez (Brandeis / 2016.617
Physics)
2016.699
Michael Perlow (Brandeis /
Biological Physics)
Zach Trotz (Brandeis / Physics) 2016.702
Olivia Zou (Brandeis /
Mathematics, Biological
Physics)
Quantitative Study of Linker-Mediated Binding Between DNA-Coated
Colloids
Powering Active Colloids with DNA polymerization
Tiny Tumblebeads: Making Spinning Colloids Roll with DNA-Mediated
Friction
2016.693
Gaining a Toehold in the Thermodynamics of DNA Strand
Displacement
2016.680
Investigation of the Native circadian CLOCK-complex in Drosophila
melanogaster
Rosbash
Micael Maya-Peinl (UC San
Diego / Biochemistry)
Student Presenter
Poster #
Title
2016.703
Investigating the PER and TIM protein profiles in Drosophila
melanogaster circadian clock mutants
2016.641
Characterizing the role of grdn-1 in regulating neuronal morphology
Brian Gzemski (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
2016.650
Ligand-Specific Interactions in the Hsp90 N-Terminal Domain
Radhika Jangi (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
2016.705
Examining Rare Codon Clusters in Hsp90
Nicholas G. Martinez
(University of Kansas /
Biochemistry)
2016.607
Generation of Catalytically Inactive Molecular Chaperone Hsp90 for
Conformational Studies
Avinoam Singer (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
2016.608
Elucidating the structural basis by which substrate proteins activate
Hsp90
Karen Wang (Emory University 2016.691
/ Biology)
Title: Evaluating the pH and Salt Dependence of ATP Hydrolysis in
Trap1
Michael Wang (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Biology)
Sengupta
Sofia Lavrentyeva (Brandeis /
Neuroscience)
Street
Theobald
2016.605
Investigating Active Site Dynamics of Apicomplexans Malate
Dehydrogenase by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
2016.610
Come to Cobalt: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Cobalt-SNS
Complexes for H2 Fuel Catalysis
Victor Suarez (Kean University 2016.656
/ Biology, Chemistry)
Quantitative Comparison of Nuclear and Somatic CaMKIV Expression
in Pyramidal Visual Cortex Neurons
Miriam Hood (Brandeis /
Biochemistry)
Thomas
Jeremy Koob (Brandeis /
Biochemistry, Chemistry)
Turrigiano
Van Hooser
Benyamin Meschede-Krasa
(Brandeis / Biology,
Neuroscience)
2016.613
Spatio-temporal receptive field structure and modeling the
development of cortical direction selectivity
David Landesman (Brandeis /
Biology, Neuroscience)
2016.692
Carbon Fiber Electrode Bundles for Dense Recordings of Neural
Circuits
Isabel Smith (Brandeis /
Biology)
2016.675
Investigating the Role of the Small GTPase Rem2 in a PTZ Seizure
Model
David Barnes (Hampton
University / Mathematics)
2016.694
Generation of Methylene-coupled Products via Reductive Elimination
from an Oxidied Gold(III-III) A-Frame
Rohin Biswas (Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore /
Chemistry)
2016.666
Synthesis And Characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Containing Pd
Diphosphine Pincer Complexes
Anna Rothstein (Brandeis /
Biology, Chemistry)
2016.667
Synthesis and characterization of a zirconium metal organic
framework containing a platinum pincer complex
Wade
Student Presenter
Rachel Voss (Brandeis /
Chemistry)
Poster #
2016.668
Title
Oxidation induced breathing effects in chromium azolate MOFs
Wangh
Ruth-Love Damoah (Brandeis / 2016.696
Biology)
John Deng (Brandeis / Biology) 2016.678
One in a Million: Sensitive Molecular Assay for TB Point of Care
Testing.
Kimberly Montano (Brandeis / 2016.654
Biology, Sociology)
Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical Cancer: Detecting High-Risk
mixed infections using single-closed tube LATE-PCR
Species Identification: Closed-Tube Barcoding of Naegleria Species
Wingfield
Zoe Brown (Brandeis /
Neuroscience, Psychology)
2016.673
Effects of Hearing Acuity on Use of Prosody in Speech
Comprehension
Emily Cohen (Brandeis /
Psychology, Linguistics)
2016.674
Investigating the effect of self-paced listening on the relationship
between hearing acuity and speech recall
Austin Luor (Brandeis /
Biology, Neuroscience)
2016.633
Examining the physiological changes of pupil dilation with increasing
complexity of auditory stimuli
Richard Haburcak (Brandeis /
Chemistry, Mathematics)
2016.662
Ligand-Receptor Interaction Modulates Energy Landscape of
Enzyme-Instructed Assembly of Small Molecules
Yujie Jiang (Brandeis /
Chemistry)
2016.635
Enzyme-Regulated Self Assembly of Cholesterol Conjugates Against
Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells
Adrianna Shy (Hampton
University / Chemistry)
2016.618
Reconstruction of beta-sheet peptides and an analysis of their selfassembling abilities
Xu
Natsuko Yamagata (Brandeis / 2016.669
Chemistry)
Exploring the Unexplored: Supramolecular Hydrogels of Retro-Inverso
Peptides for 3D Cell Culture