Winter 2022 Capstone & Symposium

Biological Sciences

March 18, 2022

Zoom Room

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Welcome & Introductions

Dr. Alaron Lewis

9:15 AM - 9:35 AM

Genetic Structure of Newly Rediscovered Old Kokanee Population

Jodi Signer

Biology (B.S.) / Chemistry Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Jensen

9:35 AM - 9:55 AM

Correlation Between Coral Microbiome Diversity and Bleaching Susceptibility by Genus

Austin Aiona
Gi Chang
Vikas Kunta
Dustin Shaffer

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Zaneveld

9:55 AM - 10:15 AM

Sponge vs. Coral: Comparing the Microbiomes of Tropical Corals and Sponges

Afini Ishaque
Yusuf Rasheed
Jacob Wojcik

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Zaneveld

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

10 minute break

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Investigating Coral Microbiome Stability and Disease Susceptibility

Jocel Clark
Johana Montoya
Beatrice Peggion
Tayler Reed
Emma Tuck

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Zaneveld

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Anatomy and Physiology of Cerata Autotomy in Two Species of Nudibranchs: Melibe leonina and Dirona pellucida

Ryan Tran

Biology (B.S.) / CSSE Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Adam Summers (Friday Harbor Labs)

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Investigating if Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae are Present in Crow Feces and Water Samples within Wetlands at the University of Washington Bothell Campus

Adama Bojang
Mallory Gustafson
Briahna Koger
Imaan Ranjha

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Keya Sen

11:25 AM - 11:30 AM

10 minute break

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Detecting Arcobacter in Bothell Wetland Water: an Emerging Pathogen and its Possible Linkage with Crow Feces in the Wetland

Heather Ali
Mariann Eastwood
Anna E. Kazanchev

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Keya Sen

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

Identifying Virulence Genes in Arcobacter Isolated from Crow Feces and Wetland Water within UW Bothell Campus

Maleah Minch
Briel M Reynolds
Joanna Tai

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Keya Sen