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The Effect of Glucotoxicity Induced ROS on Beta Cell Nkx6.1 Expression and Insulin Secretion

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Weston Elison, College of Life Sciences, Physiology and Developmental Biology

Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Anna Everett, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, Neuroscience

Evaluating Feature Correlation in Large Alzheimer's Disease Multi-Domain Datasets

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Erik Huckvale, College of Life Sciences, Biology

The Effects of Nr4a3 on Insulin Secretion

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Peter Ellsworth, College of Life Sciences, Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Staying or Leaving STEM: Factors Influencing Undergraduate Major Decision

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Amanda Aamodt, College of Life Sciences, Biology

Epigenetic Profiling of Human Peripheral Blood Monocytes

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Nolan Cole, Life Sciences, Micor-Molecular Biolody

Microbiome Effects on Drosophila melanogaster Metabolomics

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Sarah Gottfredson, College of Life Sciences, Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Feeding rate as a prediction tool for intraindividual variation in D. Melanogaster

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Tyler Burke, BYU, Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Effects of TMAO on Beta-cell Apoptosis

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Jordan Davis, College of Life Sciences, Physiology and Developmental Biology

Why Parents Say No to Having Their Children Vaccinated Against Measles: A Systematic Review

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Mallory Showalter, College of Life Sciences, Public Health

Synaptic Plasticity: Learning and Unlearning

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Austin Stewart, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, Neuroscience

Reciprocal Peer Tutoring Homework Assignment on Student Learning: Effective Across Different Courses with Different Instructors?

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Madeleine Tullis, College of Life Sciences, Biology Science Education

Nkx6.1 overexpression restores beta cell functionality under glucotoxic conditions

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Kristopher Wieland, College of Life Sciences, Nutrition

Correlation of Physical Activity with White Matter Hyperintensity Change

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Gauri Garg, College of Science, Biology

Bird Age and Likelihood of Fatal Collisions

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Taylor Kenyon, College of Science, Biology

Making Octahedral Particles

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Miles Robertson, University of Utah, Biochemistry

The Mayflies of Utah

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Tabitha Weir, College of Science, Biology

Gluconate Metabolism by Paucilactobacillus wasatchensis WDC04 can be a cause of Late Gas Defect in Aging Cheese

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Kate Sorensen, College of Science, Microbiology

Can students reap the benefits of reciprocal peer tutoring individually, or is the social interaction required?

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Inori Tsuchiya, College of Life Sciences, Bioinformatics

Lineage Tracing in Zebrafish with CRISPR Prime Editing

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Sahar Kanishka, College of Science, School of Biological Sciences

Investigation of a Translatable Animal Model in Order to Understand the Etiology of Heterotopic Ossification

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Rose Godfrey, College of Medicine, Orthopaedics

Antimicrobial Activity of Artemesia tridentata

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: David Suisse, College of Humanities and Social Science, Communication Studies

Visualizing and Describing Science Identity Through an Image Association Survey

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Preston Carroll, Utah Valley University, Biology

The Utilization of Liposomes for Delivery of Gentamicin to Biofilms

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Nathan Buhler, College of Humanities and Life Sciences, Biology

Association of genetic polymorphisms of Cyclooxygenase II gene and prostatic diseases.

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Bryson Edwards, College of Science, Biology

DNA Comparison Within Owlfly Genus Ululodes Reveals New Species

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Jeremy Jensen, College of Science, Department of Biology

Can Little Changes Kill You? Using Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp to Examine Developmental Mortality

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Jessica Jones, College of Science, Biology

Effects of Celiac Disease and a Gluten-Free Diet on the Human Gut Microbiome

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Clayton Rawson, College of Science, Biology

DNA barcoding of Vietnamese Mayflies

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Jake Reed, College of Science, Biology

Contributions to an Insect Survey of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Ernie Vilela, College of Science, Biology

The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Limited Nkx6.1 Synthesis and Translocation

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Jared Wieland, College of Life Sciences, Biology

Interleukin-6 mediated regulation of ENaC via Time-Dependent MAPK Family Activation

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Harini Srinivasan, College of Science, Chemistry

How Consumers Can Reduce Carbon Emissions By Utilizing Human Powered And Electric Assisted Locomotion.

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Andrew Grover, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Marketing and Strategy

Identification and characterization of PD-L1 in bovine placentas

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Andre Nguyen, College of Science, Biology

Isolation and purification of bacterial species from rhizosphere of native plant Ceanothus velutinus (Snowbrush)

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Katherine Webb, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate

Does the Pesticide Imidacloprid Affect the Wing Muscle Tissue in the Honey Bee?

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Holly Thelin, College of Life Sciences, Biology

Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Role in Retinal Regeneration

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Landry Batis, College of Science, Zoology

Paucilactobacillus wasatchsensis WCD04 biofilm formation and adherence to stainless steel

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Lizell Mejias, College of Science, Microbiology

Lactobacillus curvatus Metabolomics

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Dallin Leatham, College of Science, Microbiology

Effect of Inorganic Salts on the Growth of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Niharika Mishra, College of Science, Microbiology

PRSKB: A Web-based Polygenic Risk Score Calculator and Knowledge Base

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Ed Ringger, College of Life Sciences, Biology

Interviews of Undergraduate Bioinformatics Students Suggest Contrasting Reasons Why Men and Women Do or Do Not Participate in Cl

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Emilee Severe, College of Life Sciences, Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Environmental Variation Shapes the D. Melanogaster Microbiota

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Ashton Tanner, College of Life Sciences, Plant and Wildlife Sciences

The Effects of NR4A1 on Insulin Secretion

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Drake Watkins, College of Life Science, Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Development of a Unique Antibiofilm Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Marissa Badham, College of Science, Chemistry

Competitive night-time stomatal response of Populus trichocarpa during drought

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Karrin Tennant, College of Science, School of Biological Sciences

COI barcoding in mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Avery Larsen, College of science, Biology