Autumn 2021 Capstone & Symposium

Biological Sciences

December 17, 2021

Zoom room

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome & Introductions

Dr. Alaron Lewis

9:00 AM - 9:35 AM

DNA Methylation in Maize and Setaria: Preparation, Creation and Analysis of Gene Expression between the Orthologues genes in Maize and Setaria

Paula Goelzer
Medelyn Hernandez
Lauren Hsuan
Jeanne Xuan Nguyen
Melanie Alexandra Palomino
Kandice Timmons

Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)

Biology (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Thelma Madzima

9:35 AM - 9:55 AM

Extraction of Alantolactone and Isoalantolactone from Inula Helenium

Hannah Limb
Joleen Nguyen
Saxton Sykes

Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Salwa Al-Noori

9:55 AM - 10:05 AM

10 minute break

10:05 AM - 10:25 AM

Extraction of Hyperforin and Hypericin from St. John's Wort

Julia Crouse
Lilyan Koseki

Biology (B.S.) / Health Studies Minor
Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Salwa Al-Noori

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Extraction Products of Pot Marigold and Eucalyptus and the Identification of Phenols and Iron Levels

Nathasya Asnawi
Nazrawit Getachew
Marivel Ortega

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Salwa Al-Noori

10:45 AM - 11:05 AM

Extraction of Rose Hips and Analysis of Ascorbic Acid and Iron Levels

Anahid Dalakian
Junggil Hong
Vlad Niakhi

Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Salwa Al-Noori

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM

10 minute break

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM

Caws for Alarm: How do American Crow calls differ between mobbing events and pre-roost aggregations?

Jacob Barger
Spencer Cheng
Dylan Deeg
Nikki Kneubel
Elijah Phan
Alexandria Pinney

Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor
Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) /
Ecological Restoration Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Doug Wacker

11:40 AM - 12:05 PM

To Mob or not to Mob?: That is the Question

Anna Belova-Torres
Daniel Greben
Aliyah Hurley
Madeline Ronneberg
Ben Shaver
Austin Tran

Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor
Biology (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Doug Wacker

12:05 PM - 12:20 PM

The Fall Transition's Effect on the Distribution of Dissolved Oxygen and the Marine Heat Wave in the Salish Sea

Connor Trentman

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jan A. Newton

12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

10 minute break

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Analyzing the Role of EFEMP1 on Genetic Risk for Osteoporosis

Prabhat Aluri

Mathematics (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ronald Kwon

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

Discovering Novel Inhibitors of Type II Diabetes Using De Novo Ligand Design

Joanna Tai

Biology (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Anderson

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Using De Novo Drug Design for the Theoretical Discovery of Potential Glioblastoma Treatments Active Ingredients

Saxton Sykes

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Anderson

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Bursting Activity across Simulated Neural Networks

Natalie Gonzales

Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Stiber