Twice yearly the Office of Undergraduate Research sponsors the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Students in all academic departments, programs and schools are encouraged to present their original research. In addition to poster sessions, the symposium program includes a keynote address, selected student talks, performances and demonstrations of projects.
Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters contains research posters and abstracts from current and past symposiums.
Students who have participated in the Undergraduate Research Symposium should review the Policies before submitting their posters through the Submit Research link located under the Author Corner in the left sidebar. Students must receive permission from their mentors first to verify that the materials/data can be made publicly available.
Posters/Abstracts from 2019
Negative Parenting Predicts Observed Shame in Preschoolers, Alli Hollender, Ara Nazmiyal, and Sabrina Genoveese
Norepinephrine Induces Macrophage Polarization Critical to Eliciting Renal Fibrogenesis, Hannah Manoj
Symbiotic bacteria can colonize closely-related, but not distantly-related species of its host Dictyostelium discoideum, Rory Vu Mather
Authoritarian Parenting Predicts Callous-Unemotional Behaviors in Preschoolers, Ara Nazmiyal and Alli Hollender
Posters/Abstracts from 2018
Tortuosity calculations, blood flow simulations, and mechanical testing of mouse aortae, Shawn Pavey and Jessica Wagenseil
The Effects of Chitosan on Resveratrol-loaded Zein Nanoparticles, Brian Sohn
Can prescribed fire reduce tick parasitism of birds?, Leslie A. Sterling, Kim Medley, Katie Westby, and Solný Adalsteinsson
Posters/Abstracts from 2017
Antifungal genome mining and genetics in filamentous actinomycete bacteria isolated from local soils, Jacob Alex, Kevin Lou, and Bilal Makhdoom
Pupillometric Response to Implicit Social Exclusion, Jared Balbona, Grace Hwang, and Lori Markson
Who is Morally Responsible for Microfiber Pollution?, Luka Cai
Design and Activation of Frequency Tunable 200GHz Gyrotron, Natalie Golota, Faith Scott, Edward Saliba, Brice Albert, and Alexander Barnes
Treasures in the Salt Flats: Bolivian Perspectives on Lithium Extraction, Gillian Greenberg
Isolation and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Final Third of Satis Genome, Kelly Hartigan, Nicole Curnutt, and Matthew McDermut
Characterizing the Role of CpsA in Mycobacterial Pathogenesis, Amir Hassan
DOX Inducible IDH2 R140Q Expression in Stem Cells Results in Cell Death, Opposite of Cancerous Overgrowth, Reuben Hogan
A nonlocal application of the dispersive optical model to 208Pb, Michael Keim
Investigating Localization and Activity-Dependent Translation of Astrocyte mRNA, Rohan Khazanchi
The Localization and Function of Novel Tetrahymena thermophila Cytoskeletal Genes BBC29 and BBC39, Emily K. Moore and Nicole C. Zanolli
Significance of the Feminization of Male Eating Disorders, Rachel Rothman
Origen For or Against Plato? An Analysis of Origen of Alexandria’s Engagement with Non-Christian Philosophy, Natalie Runkle
Examining the Intergenerational Stake Hypothesis: Relationships and Closeness in Grandparent-Grandchild Dyads, Rachael Spalding
Investigating the relationship between cell size and biosynthetic capacity in Bacillus Subtilis, Zhizhou Yang
Posters/Abstracts from 2016
The Role of Notch Signaling on Heart Rate and Atrial Conduction, Somya Bhatnagar
Mu Opioid Receptor Desensitization in Inflammatory Pain, Matthew Bredder
Trumpeting American Exceptionalism: The 2015 Revision to the AP U.S. History Course and Exam, Sophie Elliott
X-ray Flux/Spectral Variability of the Gravitationally Lensed Blazar PKS 1830-211, Christian Fogerty, Fabian Kislat, and Henric Krawczynski
Effects of S1P Mutation on ER Stress and Cholesterol Synthesis Markers in Human Epithelial Cells, Connie Gan, George G. Schweitzer, Rita T. Brookheart, Robert C. Bucelli, and Brian N. Finck
Robotic Arm Pile Sorting, Jonathan D. Gross
Topological Transitions in a Superconducting Qubit, Arman Guerra
Application of the Dispersive Optical Model to 208Pb, Michael Keim
Investigating activity-dependent regulation of astrocyte local translation, Rohan Khazanchi
Calculating the Observable Properties of Mass Accreting Black Holes, Heather Lee
Organelle-Organelle Communication in Plant Growth and Development, Josephine S. Lee, Margaret E. Wilson, and Elizabeth S. Haswell
What Types of Flashcards Improve Science Test Performance?, Chelsea Lin, Toshiya Miyatsu, and Mark A. McDaniel
Synaptic Dependent Amyloid-β Generation in vivo in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model, Derrick Ogola
Patterns of fecal progestagens, estrogens, and androgens associated with reproduction in blue-throated piping guans (Pipile cumanensis), Leslie Ann Sterling, Helen Clawitter, Corinne P. Kozlowski, Michael Macek, and Anne Tieber
The Next Generation of Wireless Cyber-Physical Simulator, Xinghan Wang and Kevin Xu
Geometric algorithms for modeling protein structures, Dan Zeng
Posters/Abstracts from 2015
Colorism: More Than Just Color, Diane-Jo Bart-Plange
The Global Wars on Terror, Margaret Bavlsik
Effects of Early Life Stress on Resting-State Functional Connectivity in HIV-Positive Individuals, Jee Yoon Chang
Canada’s Stratford: Disentangling and Reimagining Imperial Inherence, David Davison
Influences of Instructor Beliefs, Biases, and Language While Teaching Undergraduate Physics, Marie Draper
Understanding Malagasy Women's Preferences for Reproductive Health Care, Mackenzie Findlay
A novel GABAergic projection links central amygdala to frontal cortex and facilitates reward-like behavior, Samuel C. Funderburk
The C-terminal Linker of FtsZ Acts as an Intrinsically Disordered Peptide during Cell Division in Bacillus subtilis, Steven Grigsby
Patterning Arrays of Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles, Avi Grinberg
Barriers to Health Insurance Enrollment for Black Missourians, Rachel S. Hoffman