Session A: Posters - Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
8:00 - 9:00 am
Animal and Food Sciences; Biology; Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Physiological Sciences; and Veterinary Pathobiology (45 presentations)
Note: Presentations are grouped by the student’s area of research (based on the faculty mentor’s academic department), not the student’s academic major.
Presentations:
A-01 Kendyl-Rae Bartz
Research Presentation Title: Antiviral Defense Mechanisms in the Bovine Uterine Epithelial Cell
Faculty Research Mentor: Khursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences
A-02 Joseph Clancy
Research Presentation Title: Quantitative Analysis of Heme Release from Myoglobin, Hemoglobin, and Cytochrome c and Its Relationship to Lipid Oxidation
Faculty Research Mentor: Ranjith Ramanathan, Animal and Food Sciences
A-03 Kyra Cole
Research Presentation Title: Social Rank Influences Tonic Immobility Duration During Mid Grow-Out in Growing Broiler Chickens
Faculty Research Mentor: Meaghan M. Meyer, Animal and Food Sciences
A-04 Tatem Cox
Research Presentation Title: Evaluation of the D2Dx Immunity Test™ in High-Risk Feedlot Cattle During the Receiving Period
Faculty Research Mentor: Riley Messman, Animal and Food Sciences
A-05 Alexa Davis
Research Presentation Title: Xylazine-Induced Alterations in Human Placental Cell Fate Faculty Research Mentor: Khursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences
A-06 Emma Fox
Research Presentation Title: Understanding the Molecular Control of Trophoblast Differentiation
Faculty Research Mentor: Kursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences
A-07 Poppy Robinson
Research Presentation Title: Understanding the Utilization and Implementation Patterns of Assisted Reproductive Technologies on Beef Cow-Calf Operations
Faculty Research Mentor: Riley Messman, Animal and Food Sciences
A-08 Andi Wood
Research Presentation Title: An In Vitro Model for Assessing Bovine Uterine Epithelial Responses to Viral Infections
Faculty Research Mentor: Khursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences
A-09 Ashlyn Eschberger
Research Presentation Title: Validation of Supplement Intake Behavior in Beef Cattle Grazing Native Rangeland
Faculty Research Mentor: Mason Henson, Animal and Food Sciences
A-10 McKinley Ayala
Research Presentation Title: Exploring the Gut-Skin Axis in Amphibians
Faculty Research Mentor: Bruce Waldman, Biology
A-11 Conner Brown
Research Presentation Title: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in the hagfish and its evolutionary implications
Faculty Research Mentor: Ciaran Shaughnessy, Biology
A-12 Landry Bruder
Research Presentation Title: Leaf Thickness as a Predictor of Drought Tolerance in Woody Angiosperms
Faculty Research Mentor: Erin Wiley, Biology
A-13 Ali Bruton
Research Presentation Title: Linking Personality and Physiology: Boldness and Resting Metabolic Rate in Hyla chrysoscelis
Faculty Research Mentor: Michael Reichert , Biology
A-14 Olivia Emerson
Research Presentation Title: Auditory Effects of Ear Notching On Mice (Mus musculus)
Faculty Research Mentor: Liz McCullagh, Biology
A-15 Isabela Fermo and Chase Allensworth
Research Presentation Title: Establishing Undergraduate-Friendly Organoid-like Advanced Airway Epithelial-Cell Cultures
Faculty Research Mentor: Ciaran Shaughnessy, Biology
A-16 David Gelnar and Abby Budd
Research Presentation Title: Alterations in Myelin Thickness and Nodes of Ranvier in the Auditory Brainstem of Fmr1 Knockout Mice
Faculty Research Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh, Biology
A-17 Withdrawn
A-18 Withdrawn
A-19 Abigail Lavery
Research Presentation Title: Fluctuating Asymmetry in Peromyscus leucopus and Sigmodon hispidus as an Indicator for Environmental Stress
Faculty Research Mentor: Fabio Machado, Biology
A-20 Carina Mendeck
Research Presentation Title: Dental Morphology in South American Foxes
Faculty Research Mentor: Fabio Machado, Biology
A-21 Ally Owdetallah
Research Presentation Title: Comparison of qPCR and dPCR methods for detecting Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) from American toad (Anaxyris americanus) skin swabs.
Faculty Research Mentor: Bruce Waldman, Biology
A-22 Brady Patterson
Research Presentation Title: Variation in Bark Conductance Between Native Tree Species in Eastern Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Erin Wiley,Biology
A-23 Yicela Rivas
Research Presentation Title: Resting Metabolic Rate and Fight Outcomes in Male Crickets
Faculty Research Mentor: Michael Reichert,Biology
A-24 Anastacia Simmons and Laney Schliesser
Research Presentation Title: Audiogenic Seizure Susceptibility in a Conditional Fragile X Syndrome Mouse Model
Faculty Research Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh,Biology
A-25 Juniper Tapia
Research Presentation Title: Abundance and Seasonality of Hymenoptera and other Insect Taxa in an Urban University Pollinator Garden
Faculty Research Mentor: John F. Barthell,Biology
A-26 Gracie Toben
Research Presentation Title: Investigating the expression and role of oxytocin in the testes of monogamous prairie voles and promiscuous meadow voles
Faculty Research Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh,Biology
A-27 Taylor Vande Brake
Research Presentation Title: Fire resistance versus tolerance: exploring differences in bark thickness and carbohydrate storage in two co-occurring native oaks
Faculty Research Mentor: Erin Wiley, Biology
A-28 Kirby Wilcox
Research Presentation Title: Temperature effects on clonal turion production in European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.)
Faculty Research Mentor: Antonio Castilla, Biology
A-29 Kara Chandler
Research Presentation Title: Staying Grounded: The Effects of Maternal Investment in Shinnery Oaks
Faculty Research Mentor: Antonio R. Castilla, Biology
A-30 Jeff Bumgarner
Research Presentation Title: Effects of DBH, char height, and eastern redcedar encroachment on wildfire-related mortality rates in upland oak forests
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan DeSantis, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-31 Dylan Ferguson
Research Presentation Title: Using down‑imaging sonar to characterize the Paddlefish depth use
Faculty Research Mentor: Jim Long, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-32 Alayna Griffith
Research Presentation Title: Wildfire-Related Mortality in the Cross Timbers Ecoregion of Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan Desantis, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-33 Kaelin Han
Research Presentation Title: Post-Wildfire Relationships Among DBH and Oak Regeneration in the Cross Timbers Ecoregion of Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan DeSantis,Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-34 Raleigh Holt
Research Presentation Title: Effects of Biochar-Based Growing Media on Growth of Containerized Pine Seedlings
Faculty Research Mentor: Aalap Dixit, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-35 Ariel Bradley
Research Presentation Title: Variation in Resource Selection of Mule Deer Surrounding Parturition
Faculty Research Mentor: Colter Chitwood, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-36 Jessica Logan
Research Presentation Title: Winter Habitat Use of Urban Environments by Male and Female American Kestrels
Faculty Research Mentor: Timothy O'Connell, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-37 Brooke Payne
Research Presentation Title: Post-Wildfire Oak Regeneration in the Cross Timbers Ecoregion of Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Ryan DeSantis, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
A-38 John Allan
Research Presentation Title: Exploring the interplay of diabetes and influenza infection: The role of the insulin receptor substrate
Faculty Research Mentor: Veronique Lacombe, Physiological Sciences
A-39 Carsten Beets
Research Presentation Title: Protein Disulfide Isomerase Treatment Improves Glucose Metabolism During Diabetes
Faculty Research Mentor: Veronique Lacombe, Physiological Sciences
A-40 Gage Bridenstine
Research Presentation Title: PARP16 Negatively Regulates Complement-Related Gene Expression During Influenza A Virus Infection
Faculty Research Mentor: Lin Liu, Physiological Sciences
A-41 Jacqueline Chavez
Research Presentation Title: Assessing Oxygen Stress in Bovine Ocular Tissue
Faculty Research Mentor: Joshua Butcher, Physiological Sciences
A-42 Calee Lyon
Research Presentation Title: Atrial Fibrillation Vulnerability is Associated with Cardiac Structure and Function in Horses
Faculty Research Mentor: Veronique Lacombe, Physiological Sciences
A-43 Angelique Robinson
Research Presentation Title: Understanding Rural Health Disparities; A Comparative Analysis of Diabetes, Exercise, and Nutrition in Sequoyah and Latimer Counties, Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Joshua Butcher, Physiological Sciences
A-44 Samison Shakya
Research Presentation Title: From Neural Crest-to-Gut: NCC-Specific RD3 Muting Reshapes Gut Microbial Dynamics
Faculty Research Mentor: Natarajan Aravindan, Physiological Sciences
A-45 Ashley Andres
Research Presentation Title: Recombinant Protein-Based Bovine H5N1 Vaccine Elicits Robust Adaptive Immune Response in Mouse Model
Faculty Research Mentor: Rudra Channappanavar, Veterinary Pathobiology
A-46 Ty Jones
Research Presentation Title: The Impacts of Aging, Freezing and Thawing on the Tenderness of Fresh Pork Loins
Faculty Research Advisor: Logan Johnson, Animal and Food Sciences