Session C: Oral Flash Talks - Various Disciplines

10:15 - 11:30 am

10 flash talks

C-01 Kendyl-Rae Bartz

Research Presentation Title: Antiviral Defense Mechanisms in the Bovine Uterine Epithelial Cells

Faculty Research Mentor: Khursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences

C-02 Emma Fox

Research Presentation Title: Copy of Understanding the Molecular Control of Trophoblast Differentiation

Faculty Research Mentor: Kursheed Iqbal, Animal and Food Sciences

C-03 Sarah Cope

Research Presentation Title: Antagonist and Mutualist: How Fire Disturbances Influence Different Grassland Community Structures

Faculty Research Mentor: Benedicte Marie Philippe Bachelot, Biology

C-04 Elizabeth Merkov

Research Presentation Title: The Roots of the Matter: Tropical Forests' Foraging Strategies Under Altered Climates

Faculty Research Mentor: Benedicte Bachelot, Biology

C-05 MaKayla Friend

Research Presentation Title: Evaluating Soil Physical Properties on Oklahoma Soils: The Role of Biochar and Biocide Amendments

Faculty Research Mentor: Benedicte Bachelot, Biology

C-06 Kylie Spradling

Research Presentation Title: The Blister Beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Oklahoma

Faculty Research Mentor: Jonathan Cammack, Entomology and Plant Pathology

C-07 Nikolai Thielepape

Research Presentation Title: Evaluating Insecticide Susceptibility of the Corn Leafhopper Using a Leaf Dip Bioassay

Faculty Research Mentor: Ashleigh Faris, Entomology and Plant Pathology

C-08 Cole Grayson

Research Presentation Title: Visualization of Stressosome Dynamics Using HaloTag Technology in Live Bacillus subtilis

Faculty Research Mentor: Matthew Cabeen, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

C-09 Gage Keesee

Research Presentation Title: Regulation of σB activation impacts Bacillus subtilis fitness

Faculty Research Mentor: Matthew Cabeen, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

C-10 Finn Pieratt

Research Presentation Title: Elucidating the Role of EF-Hand Protein in a Clinical Isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Faculty Research Mentor: Marianna Patrauchan, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics