Microbiology senior Matt Kaiser
Science was well represented at the 2015 Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence event May 14, with more than 30 science students presenting their work. Big congratulations goes to microbiology senior Matt Kaiser who was named OSU Undergraduate Research Student of the Year! Matt’s research focused on “An Epigenetic Perspective: The Anticancer Potential of High-Dose Vitamin C.” Kudos also goes to microbiology student Marcus Weinman won best poster for the College of Science on “GnRH potentiates the expression of RANK and RANKL in canine osteosarcoma cell lines.” We are proud of your extraordinary work in research and of all of our students who participated!
Presenting academic and creative work in a formal setting is a hallmark of true accomplishment in undergraduate studies. This presentation is valuable to include on resumes and on graduate school and scholarship applications.
Microbiology senior Marcus Weinman with College of Science Dean Sastry Pantula
Thanks to all students in the College of Science who participated!
| First Name | Last Name | College | Major | Project Title |
| Amberlie | Barnard | Science | Chemistry | Development of Affordable Field Test Kit to Determine Onion Pungency |
| Ellie | Bohrer | Agricultural Sciences/Science (UHC) | Zoology/Pre-Veterinary Medicine | Histologic and morphometric evaluation of testes of feral tom kittens and cats |
| Jacob | Busche | Science | Physics | Optical tweezers-based probe of charge transfer in organic semiconductors at microscopic scales |
| Teresa | Chase | Science | Zoology | Does Temperature Preference Change in Aging Flies? |
| Elia | deJesus | Science | Zoology | A high-resolution detrital and oxygen isotope record from Flemish Pass, Labrador Sea |
| Jesse | Edwards | Science | Microbiology | Vibrio cholerae Response to Environmental Factors Including pH and Salt Content in the Absence of Specific Antiporters |
| Mariah | Estill | CLA/Science | Psychology and Biology | Look Beyond: Raising Awareness on Facial and Expressive Differences |
| Eric | Fritz | Science | Microbiology | Biowaste utilization with anaerobic digesters assessment and documentation for feasible energy production at OSU |
| Aden | Hassan | Science | Biology | Using Skin Phototype to Assess Risk of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Young Women of Color |
| Anita | Jong | Science | Microbiology | Expression of Phospholipase C-beta Isoenzymes in Embryonic Mice |
| Matthew | Kaiser | Science | Microbiology | An Epigenetic Perspective: The Anticancer Potential of High-Dose Vitamin C |
| Shan | Lansing | Science | Chemistry, Biohealth Sciences | Essential considerations for developing a reporter-probe biosensor |
| Arisa | Larmay Barrientos | Bioengineering | Zebrafish Xenograft Model | |
| Sang | Lee | Science | Biology | Model System for Computing Phosphorylation of Teicoplanin: Conformational Preference of Phospho-Imidazolium |
| Daniel | Lin | Science | Computer Science and Physics | A Novel Method of Detecting Lines on a Noisy Image |
| Larkin | Loewenherz | Science | Biology | Prey characterization and Feeding Activity of Juvenile Flatfish |
| Sophie | Means | Science | Biology | Zebrafish Xenograft Model |
| Alek | Mendoza | Science | Animal and Rangeland Sciences | Monitoring Transpiration Rates in Semiarid Ecosystems |
| Matthew | Newman | Science (UHC) | Microbiology | Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation and the Prevention of Type I Diabetes |
| Jackie | Nguyen | Engineering | Pre-Chemical Engineering | Sintering of BNKT Ceramics: Effect of Na, K, and Bi Content on Densification Kinetics |
| Rachel | Payne | Science | Microbiology | Vibrio cholerae Response to Environmental Factors Including pH and Salt Content in the Absence of Specific Antiporters |
| Logan | Pedersen | Science | Psychology | Stimulus-Response Correspondence in a Visual Go-Nogo Task: Are Reactions Altered by the Presence of Salient Objects? |
| Samuel | Petshow | Science | Biology | Thermoregulation and sickness response: evidence of behavioral fever in red-sided garter snakes |
| Andrew | Pham | Science | Microbiolody | Chemical Screening and Antibacterial Testing of Fungal Endophytes |
| Yuriyah | Reed-Harris | Engineering/Scienc e | Biology, Bio Engineering | Zebrafish Xenograft Model |
| Julianne | Robinson | Engineering/Science | Ecological engineering | Monitoring Transpiration Rates in Semiarid Ecosystems |
| Andrew | Schlueter | Science | Zoology | A Survey of Oregon Raptors for Chlamydia psittaci and the presence of a Rhabdochlamydia sp. |
| Charlie | Ta | Agricultural Sciences/Science | BioResource Research and Microbiology | Nitrobacter winogradskyi Responses to Fe Limitation |
| William | Valiant | Science | Microbiology | The broad spectrum antiviral compound ST-669 affects vesicular trafficking in Chlamydia-infected cells |
| Clara | Weidman | Agricultural Sciences/Science | Biology and BioResource Research | Using soil solarization to eradicate soil borne samples of Phytophthora species |
| Marcus | Weinman | Science | Microbiology | GnRH potentiates the expression of RANK and RANKL in canine osteosarcoma cell lines |
