BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES  Chairperson(s):  Dr. Letitia Reichart

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 

11:00  MAIBEN LECTURE                      Location: Great Plains Room A-C

ZOOM                    

                     Mr. Grant Reiner,  “Platte Basin Timelapse: A Watershed in Motion” 

11:45  SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

12:00  STATE OF THE ACADEMY

 

12:15  LUNCH                                                Location: East Union Cafeteria

 

12:15   INBRE Steering Committee Meeting       Location: Arbor Suite A

AFTERNOON SESSION – A1 Location: Prairie Suite A 

1:15  Presenters upload Session talks from USB drives onto a room computer.

1:24 Session is open for participants to join ZOOM

1:30        PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF POTATO PROTEIN CONCENTRATE: AN EVALUATION OF NOVEL ADSORPTION RESINS FOR THEIR EFFECT ON POTATO PROTEIN CONCENTRATE. Thomas Wilbur Davis  (abstract) 

1:45        EVALUATING THE ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS OF MARINOPYRROLE A  ON BACTERIA SPECIES. Clare Euteneuer, Brianna Davis, LeeAnna Lui, and Paul H. Davis, PhD (abstract) 

2:00       MICROBIAL FOOT FETISH: COMPARING MICROFLORA UNDER DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE CHOICES. Emily Evans and Jeffrey Kiiskila (abstract)

2:15       PLATING DOG PAWS FOR BACTERIA EVALUATION. Ashlyn Jensen and Jeffery Kiiskilla (abstract)

2:30       ANALYSIS OF ORNATE BOX TURTLE MICROBIOMES AND PHAGE-HOST INTERACTIONS. Matthew Morben, Victoria Martinez, Franziska Sandmeier, and Erin Doyle (abstract)

2:45         BREAK   

During break - Presenters upload Session talks from USB drives onto a room computer desktop.

AFTERNOON SESSION – A2  Location: Prairie Suite A 

2:55  ZOOM Session is open for participants to join 

3:00   FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR SPATIAL REGULATION, TRAFFICKING, AND SIGNAL PATHWAY ACTIVATION IN HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS. Elizabeth Staab, Mahsa Rasekhi, and John Davis(abstract)

3:15       A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DEFORMED WING VIRUS IN THE EUROPEAN HONEYBEE BY DIGITAL DROPLET-PCR. Carol Fassbinder-Orth, Kate Wald, Autumn Woolpert, Kaili Palattao, and Zsaleya Sword-Tua(abstract)

3:30         PUPPER WANTS THE SUPPER: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY ACROSS VARIABLE STORAGE METHODS FOR EXPOSED WET DOG                           FOOD. Alexa Shald, and Jeffrey Kiiskila (abstract)

3:45           COMPARING THE AMOUNT OF BACTERIAL COLONIES THAT GROW ON SILK, SATIN, AND COTTON PILLOWCASES. Jalen    Hoffman, and Jeffrey Kiiskila (abstract)

 

4:00 THE ROLE OF SERUM ALBUMIN IN FILAMENTATION AND FARNESOL SEQUESTRATION. Brigid M. Toomey, Daniel J. Gutzmann, Kenneth W. Nickerson, and Audrey L. Atkin(abstract)

END OF ORAL TALKS PROCEED TO THE POSTER SESSION

4:15-5:15 POSTER SESSION Location: Great Plains Room A-B

Poster presenters please be available to present your poster during the hour presentation time.

4:15-4:45 BUSINESS MEETING Location: Great Plains Room C

PEP, EC, and LRP COMMITTEE MEETING

4:30-6:30    SOCIAL EVENT Location: Great Plains Room A-B

Free, INBRE-sponsored event. Announcement of Raffle Winners (must be present to win). Attend Posters, meet with colleagues, make connections, socialize. Hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks are provided.  Additional cash bar.

                     

POSTER SESSION Location: Great Plains Room A-B

4:15-5:15 Poster presenters please be available to present your poster during the hour presentation time.

BIO -1 PHAGES FORTREYE23, GARDENFAIRY586, ECIDRANES0901: AN ODYSSEY AND A QUEST FOR NATURE’S MICROBIAL WARRIORS. Ye Ye Aye, Evelin Cidranes, Regine Ilboudo, and Bhaswati Manish(abstract)

BIO -2 KLOTHO PROTEIN AND THE STRIA VASCULARIS. Chavez Ayden and Gwendalyn King (abstract)

BIO -3 UNLOCKING KLOTHO: SVZ ADULT NEUROGENESIS INSIGHTS. Ameera Naif  and Gwendalyn King (abstract)

BIO -4 NEST SITE IDENTIFICATION OF EASTERN SCREECH OWLS IN KEARNEY, NE: DESCRIPTION OF NEST SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN RECORDED CALLS. Ran Hirosawa, Jacob Cooper, and Letty Reichart (abstract)

BIO -5 THE WORLD OF NOVEL PHAGES WELCOMES FORTCRAN, A BACTERIOPHAGE WITH A LARGE GENOME TO BE ANNOTATED. Josephine McLean, Laura LaMarche, Rolande Kanyala, Amy LaDue, and Bhaswati Manish(abstract)

BIO -6 PATTERNS IN REPRODUCTIVE MORPHOLOGY BASED ON SIZE AND SEX IN WATER LILIES (NYMPHAEACEAE). Jennifer Omann and Mackenzie L. Taylor (abstract)

BIO -7 HOW DIFFERENT FOOD MATRICES AFFECT THE SURVIVAL RATE OF ANAEROBIC MICROBES. Gabriel Perkins and Jeffrey Kiiskila  (abstract)

BIO -8 PROTOCOL FOR GROWING BASIDIOMYCOTA WITHIN A LAB ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH LAB STRAIN AND STOCK. Lilly Sullivan and Dr. Ann Cavanaugh(abstract)