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Welcome to the 2017 UMaine Student Symposium: Research and Creative Activity electronic event program. This electronic program includes student abstracts, student presentation style descriptions, and presentation schedules. It also includes a map of the venue layout, schedule of the entire day’s events and programs, as well as details and information regarding our sponsors and selected university programs.

We hope you enjoy a full day of student presentations, guest speakers, award ceremonies, and the chance to network with UMaine students, faculty, staff, as well as local and state industry and community leaders! 
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Monday, April 24 • 10:45am - 12:00pm
Exhibits/Performances – Biomedical Sciences

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Speakers
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Francesca J. Armstrong

Biochemistry, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Identification and Characterization of the Novel Mycobacteriophage Cuke Mycobacteriophage (phage) are viruses that infect the genus Mycobacterium. Phage particles are the most numerous biological entities with an estimated population of 1031 individuals, yet to date only a few thousand... Read More →
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Wyatt Austin

Co-Presenter, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Neuropathy Detection/Adipose Innervation Abstract Proper neural innervation and activation in white and brown adipose tissues (WAT, BAT respectively) are essential for certain metabolic processes such as lipolysis, thermogenesis and adipogenesis. However, the exact mechanisms underpinning... Read More →
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Kyle Capistrant-Fossa

Marine Science, Microbiology, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Effect of CFTR Deficiency on Host Pathogen Interactions of Danio rerio and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene for the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein. CF patients... Read More →
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Kaitlin Clark

Biology, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Human Color Acuities Dramatically Depend Upon Specific Background Colors and Individual Subject Differences. Visual Acuity examinations are commonly used to perform tests for visual function within the medical field. Traditional VA charts, like the Snellen and Landolt C, are printed... Read More →
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Laura Horowitz

Microbiology, Biochemistry, 10:45AM-12:00PM
The Role of Cellular Stress in JC Polyomavirus Infection The human JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) causes a life-long persistent infection in the kidneys in 50-80% of the population. However, in immunosuppressed hosts, JCPyV can spread to the central nervous system and cause the fatal disease... Read More →
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Paul Dillon Kress

Biology, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Diabetic Neuropathy Diabetes is a debilitating condition in which the body’s capability to react to or produce insulin is diminished, resulting in an altered metabolic state. This condition is often accompanied by comorbidities, such as peripheral neuropathy, which is defined... Read More →
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Jessica Majors

Animal Science, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Haemonchus contortus in White-Tailed Deer: A Threat Assessment Haemonchus contortus (“Barber pole worm”, HC) is a parasitic nematode that poses an economic threat to sheep and goat producers (Sutherland et al., 2010; Westers et al., 2016). Anthelmintic drugs are becoming less... Read More →
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Hannah Morgan

Bioengineering, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Scratch Assay Device for Keratinocyte Wound Healing Studies Scratch assays are widely used in wound-healing studies, however, current methods, which use a pipette tip to create the scratch and a light microscope to determine the width of the scratch, do not have reproducible results... Read More →
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Ryley Thompson

Microbiology, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Determining Role of LytR Protein in Pathogenicity of Streptococcus agalactiae Streptococcus agalactiae is a bacterial pathogen that can exist in our normal microbiome, only causing disease when it gains access to certain tissues, or when it infects immunocompromised individuals... Read More →
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Jasmine Waite

Biochemistry, 9:15AM-10:30AM, 10:45 AM-12:00PM
Determining gene expression profile changes in cluster E mycobacteriophage Ukulele infection (Section A Poster, 23  9:15AM-10:30AM)Mycobacteriophage (phage) are viruses that infect mycobacterial hosts, including pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-pathogenic M. smegmatis... Read More →

Judges
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Amalia Harrington

Marine Biology, 1:00PM-2:15PM
Effects of ocean acidification on the physiology of subadult American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Increases in anthropogenic input of CO2 into the atmosphere has caused widespread patterns of ocean warming (OW) and ocean acidification (OA). Both processes will likely have major... Read More →
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Melody Neely

Faculty, UMaine
I study infectious diseases using a zebrafish model. My research interests include analysis of the interactions that occur between the host and pathogen during an infection. We examine this dynamic interaction in real time using microscopy of labeled bacteria and zebrafish immune... Read More →
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Stephanie Shea

Graduate Student (PhD/iPhD), Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Monday April 24, 2017 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
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