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Washington University Senior Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD), Spring 2018, Washington University Office of Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD)
Table of Contents
Table of Contents, Washington University Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD), Spring 2018, Washington University Office of Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD)
Forewords
Foreward, Washington University Senior Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD), Spring 2018, Washington University Office of Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD)
Feature Articles
Conscious and Unconscious Semantic Activation in Episodic Memory Retrieval, Luke Churchill
Strong Coupling of a Spin Ensemble in Ruby Crystal to a Three-Dimensional Copper Cavity, Michael Seitanakis
Sonometry for Osteoporosis: Assessing the Impact of Phase Sensitive and Phase Insensitive Detection, Ryan W. Wahidi
Abstracts A-I
Kidney Outcomes in the Very Low Birth Weight Population, Prachi Aggarwal
Exploring the Role of FGF20 in the Gustatory System of Mice, Sakirat O. Akadri
Fabrication of an Electronic Immersive Coater for Layer-by-Layer Assembly of 3D Priting Nanocomposites, Hari Anandarajah
Forelimb Strength Meter — A Device to Measure Individual Forelimb Strength in Rats, Peter C. Andres
Doping BiI3: A Computational Study of Electronic Properties, Yvette Anguiano
When the Purging Process Goes Wrong: Investigating the Weed-Out Paradigm in Twenty-First Century Higher Education, Chase Antonacci
The Effects of Germline Sequestration on Multicellularity, Odion Asikhia
Cerebrospinal Fluid Parameters Alone Do Not Inform Infection Management in Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus, Brandon Baksh
Studying Implicit Social Exclusion Using Pupillometric Analysis, Jared Balbona
Toll-Like Receptor 4 Is Critical in the Development of Resection-Associated Steatosis, James Bao
Exposure to Bacteria and Bacteria Carriage in the Social Amoeba, Anthony Bartley
A Micro and Macro Analysis of Israel's Organ Donation System, Ronny Bass, Grace Dearing, Sara Miller, and Nathan Ross
The in vitro Biosythesis of Obafluorin ß-Lactone Analogs for Use in a Biological System, Catherine Beamish
Trehalose as a mTOR Independent Inducer of Autophagy in a Mouse Model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Brennan Beeler
Development of an Algorithm to Calculate Torsional Angles of Polypeptide Structures, Krish Tejas Bharat
The Role of Notch Signalling on Heart Rate and Atrial Conduction Velocity, Somya Bhatnagar
Doppler Shift Human Detection Using a Microphone Array, Michael J. Billington
Mu Opiod Receptor Desensitization in Inflammatory Pain, Matthew Bredder
Higher Income Predicts Poorer Long-Term Health Outcomes in China, Ethan Brodeur, Ben Rosenkranz, and Haoshu Xu
Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ether Substrates, Alex Brown
Identifying Protective Genes Against Cognitive Sequelae Following West Nile Mediated Encephalitis, Jasmine Brown
Driving Gene Expression in the Heterochromatic Environment of the Fourth Chromosome of D. melanogaster, Jacob Cantrell
Reconciliation of Protein Coding Genes on the Drosophila elegans Muller F and D Elements, Jacob Cantrell, Emily Chi, Guanlan Dong, and Ben French
Co-application of the Steroid Alfaxalon Enhances the GABAergic Effects of Propofol and Diazepam, Lily Cao
Using Cave Bacteria to Inhibit Pseudogymnoascus destructans,the White Nose Pathogen, Austin Chan
Experimental Verification of Bulk Metallic Glass Prediction from Machine Learning, Ryan Chang
Phenomenal Accent Patterns: A Computational Approach to Exploring the Application of Theoretical Frameworks from Music Theory to Linguistics, Alicia L. Chatten
A Role for Antennal Lobe Baseline Activity in Odor-Related Predictive Coding, Alex B. Chen
Matrix Completion: Climate Field Reconstruction Using Tree Rings, Timothy Chen
A Man's Game: Analysis of the Gender Divide in Chess, Sarah Chiang
Synthesis of Bifunctional Molecules and their Aß-Binding Ability, Justin Chu
Characterization of Four Novel Nonsense Mediated Decay Homologs in Tetrahymena thermophila, Joyce Chung, Jason Kunisaki, Kelsey Pitts, and Joshua Sands
Optical Methods to Quanitfy Oxygen Tension in Microfluidic Devices, Yunli Emily Chu
Automatic Sleep Stage Classification Using a Neural Network Algorithm, Zoe Cohen
Pollinator Visitation and Plant Diversity in Tallgrass Prairie Communities, Cara Cook
Correlates of Suicidal Ideation in Preschool-Onset Major Depressive Disorder, Sarah Curci
Parkinson's Disease Fibrils: Analyzing Aggregation Growth Properties in a Cell System, María I. Dabrowski
Role of Snail1 in Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis, Caroline Davitt
Inferring Natural Symbiotic Relationships Using Experimental Evolution, Ashley D'Costa
A Novel Actinomycete Integration Plasmid Derived from WUSTL Soil-Isolated Phage, Ashby deButts
A Report on Motorcycle Taxi Policy Changes and Associated Effectiveness of Lay First Responder Training Programs in Uganda, Peter G. Delaney
Enlightened Dissent: A Treatment of Eighteenth-Century Baptists and Moravians, Taylor F. DiRoberto
Pathology of Right Ventricular Failure Following LVAD Implantation, Sarah Dyott
The Costs of Altruism in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, Clarissa Dzikunu
Trace Metal Fate during Reaction of Manganese Oxide Minerals with Small Organic Acids under Aerobic Conditions, Claire Elias
Trumpeting American Exceptionalism: The Implications and Consequences of the 2015 Revision to the AP U.S. History Exam, Sophie Elliott
Effects of Grammatical Gender on Developing Lexical Representations in a Second Language, Rebecca Feltman-Frank
India's Influence on Soviet Culture, Ashley Ferguson
X-Ray Flux/Spectral Variability of the Gravitationally Lensed Blazar PKS 1830-211, Christian Fogerty
Complicating 'Revitalization': Understanding How Urban LGBT Communities Impact Metropolitan Neighborhoods, Reuben Forman
Investigating the Mechanism of Microtubule Plus-End Tracking by the Arabidopsis, Layla Foroughi
The Effects of Psychopathic Personality Factors and Gender on Substance Use, Depression, and Anxiety, Lauren Fournier
Investigating the Role of γ3, and Auxiliary Subunit of the BK Channel, in Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cells, Will Freeman
Effects of S1P Mutation on ER Stress and Cholesterol Synthesis Markers in Human Epithelial Cells, Connie Gan
Characterization of Biotinylated Molecules in Triple-Transgenic Alzheimer's Mouse Model, Evan Garden
Nobel Gas Mass Spectometry, Nathan Gartlan
Can Cognitive and Negative Symptom Severity in Schizophrenia Predict Reward Learning Ability?, Maria Gehred
MLL3-Mediated Changes in Chromatin Structure During Hematopoiesis, Natalie Gehred
Examining the Role of Asparagine 564 in E. coli MetH by Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Alyse Gellis and Charlotte Young
Genetic Interaction Between gpr125 and knypek in Convergence and Extension Movements, Songyuan Geng
Effects of Talker Intelligibility and Noise on Judgments of Accentedness, Sarah Gittleman
Intracellular Localization of Staphylococcus aureus in Osteoclasts, Emily Goering
Design and Activation of Frequency Tunable 200GHz Gyrotron, Natalie Golota
Robotic Arm Pile Sorting, Jonathan Gross
Topological Transitions in a Superconducting Qubit, Arman Guerra
The Potential Role of ER-Associated Degradation Protein DERL3 in Multiple Myeloma, Harshath Gupta
Third Party Punishment Preferences Toward White and Black Perpetrators: A Comparison in U.S. Dollars, Gabriel Habtemariam
Best Practices in Peer Learning Sessions: Advice from Peer Leaders, Claudia A. Hendrick
Induction of IDH2 R140Q Mutation in Stem Cells with Doxycycline Increases Rate of Cell Death, Reuben Aaron Hogan
Human Definitive Hematopoietic Specification from Pluripotent Stem Cells Is Regulated By Mesodermal Expression of CDX4, Jolie T.K. Ho
Assessing Astrocyte Neuropathology in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Eric Hsu
A for Average? Going Down the Rabbit Hole of Grade Inflation, Margaret Hua
The Social Status of Islam in Xi'an, Jordan Hughes
Activation of Dendritic Cell Subsets Following alum- or MPL-adjuvanted Vaccination, Kelly Hu
Conductive Composite Filaments for 3D printing, Erica Hwang
Exploring Continuity between Schizoid PD and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pearl Igwe
Analyzing the Effects of PLD3 on APP Processing, Chimezie Ileje
MicroRNA-142 Is Critical for Peripheral NK Cell Homeostasis and Function, Aaron Ireland
Medical Technology in a Developing Developed World, Mexico City 2016, Isabel Izek
Abstracts J-R
Hypoxic Environments Regulate CXCR4 Expression and Drive Collective Cell Migration, Rachel Jacobsohn
Using Bacterial Nanocellulose as a Plasmonic Biosensor, Liz L. Jahng
Towards Discovering Inhibitors of cyt c Biosynthesis in Systems, I, II, and III, Shannon J. Jiang
Studying Competition in the Vegetative State: Using Dictyostelium discoideum Sex Locus as a Stable Marker, Daniela Anabel Jimenez
Rational Radicals: Japanese Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century, Syrus Jin
Genes Associated with Subjective Well-Being in a Recent GWAS Are Associated with Decreased Depressive Symptoms: Possible Biological Mechanisms, Mackenzie Jones
The Effect of Negative Allosteric Modifiers on mGluR5 Activity, Sartajdeep Kahlon
Exploring the Role of DCAF1 in HIV Replication: A 2-Hybrid Screen in Yeast, Anish Kanesa-thasan
The Mechanisms by Which Smaller Images Provide Beneficial Effects in Category Learning, Madison Kasoff