Summer 2021 Capstone & Symposium

Biological Sciences

August 20, 2021

Zoom room

8:30 AM - 8:35 AM

Welcome & Introductions

Dr. Alaron Lewis

8:35 AM - 9:00 AM

Effectiveness of Mycoremediation using Pleurotus Florida on contaminated wetland water spiked with bacteria.

Jose Cabigting
Kara Clark
Marta Pigura
Vania Nguyen
Christian Suleiman

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Keya Sen

9:00 AM - 9:25 AM

Comparing the Mycoremediative Properties of Pleurotus Cultivars to Environmental Hybrids in Remediating Crow-Feces Contaminated Wetland Water

Kelsey Cox
Coral Ely
Gabe Nightengale
Mya Tu

Biology (B.S.)
Chemistry: Biochemistry Option (B.S)
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) / Neuroscience Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Keya Sen

9:25 AM - 9:35 AM

10 minute break

9:35 AM - 9:50 AM

Pollination & Foraging Patterns of Solitary Bees on CCUWB Campus

Isabelle Heier

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amy Lambert

9:50 AM - 10:05 AM

Using De Novo Ligand Design to Discover Ligands that Bind to Ribonucleotide Reductase to Treat Sickle Cell Anemia

Meera Kandasamy

Biology (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Anderson

10:05 AM - 10:20 AM

Using De Novo Drug Design to Discover Novel Inhibitors of Myasthenia Gravis

Mehran Serai

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Anderson

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

5000 Generations of Coevolution in Mutations

Elizabeth Blue
Toan Hy
Hasan Ijaz
Jasleen Pawar

Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor
Biology (B.S.) & Health Studies (B.A)
Biology (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland

10:40 AM - 10:50 AM

10 minute break

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Genomic Analysis of Adaptation in Methanogenic Archea

Noor Abdulhameed
Navdha Chahda
Jasmine Bianca Rey-Butts
Allison Vu

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

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Making Mutants to Test Mutualism

Azizullah Bajouri

Kavan Brar
Jakob Johnson
Monica Vorn

Biology (B.S.) / CSS Information
Technology Minor
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor
Health Studies (B.A) /
Neuroscience Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland