The following projects from the Fall 2023 semester will be presented at the symposium this year. Projects designated “C” are Course-directed research projects. Projects designated “I” are Independent research projects. Abstracts for the projects can be found at the links provided above.

Poster #	Authors	Advisor and Dept.	Project Title	Type
1	Taylor Nicholson	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	How Gear Selection Influences Fallfish and Bluegill Catch in Alum Spring Park	C
2	Taylor Nicholson, Jenny Vuong, Kaitlin Butler, Joshua Rowe	Dr. Abbie Tomba, Biology	Flow rate effect on Parasitism in the Rappahannock River	C
3	Aisling Berrios, Jenny Vuong, Cyrus Ramsey	Dr. Lynn Lewis, Biology	Antiviral Effects of Chlorpromazine Against NDV in BHK-21 Cells	C
4	Anna Velardi, Faith Jones, Audrey Turner	Dr. Melanie Szulczewski, Earth and Environmental Sciences	Examination of the Potential Health and Ecological Impacts of the Total and Bioavailable Concentrations of Harmful Metals in Some Kingston, Jamaica, Surface Soils	I
5	Jessie Mills, Analisa Ayala, Yamila Merida	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	The Relationship Between CRISPR-Cas9 Dop2R Gene Knockout and Climbing Velocity in Drosophila melanogaster	C
6	Jessie Mills, Kinsey Brotman	Dr. Lynn Lewis, Biology	Antiviral Effects of Echinacea purpurea on NDV in BHK-21 Cells	C
7	Carter Bussey	Dr. Matthew Fleenor, Physics	Observation and Interpretation of Exoplanetary Light Curves	I
8	Katherine Lauderbaugh	Dr. Varun Makhija, Physics	Rotational dynamics of nitromethane using the random phase quantum state model	I
9	Anias Saunders	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	The Influence of Food Availability on Dietary Preferences in Little Black Ants and Carpenter Ants	C
10	Eliana Ramirez, Rosie Stewart, Noah Smith, Anias Saunders	Dr. Abbie Tomba, Biology	Trematode parasite prevalence in Elimia virginica snails based on water depth	C
11	Evelyn Buehren, Charlotte Russell	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	Analyzing the Relationship Between Oxidative Stress Levels and SOD1 Using Drosophila Melanogaster Relating to ALS	C
12	Charlotte Russell	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	The Effect of Myoglianin Knockdown on DM1 Symptoms in Drosophila Melanogaster	I
13	Rachael Harrington, Meghan Ponton	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Rural vs. Urban Species Abundance and Richness in Eastern Virginia	C
14	Abigail Glenn	Dr. Laura Sipe, Biology	Examining the therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy in combination with methionine restriction in breast cancer cells.	I
15	Alan Fletcher, Caitlin Moore, Ellie Shanahan	Dr. Abbie Tomba, Biology	The Relationship Between Runoff Nitrogen and Periphyton Biodiversity in the Rappahannock River.	C
16	Kylie Steffenhagan	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Effect of Food Source Nutritional Content on Little Black Ant Foraging Behavior	C
17	Samantha Schwarting, Arshpreet Brar, Orianne Mbuyi Mujinga Kazadi	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	MBNL1 Downregulation Affects Celf1 mRNA Decay by Alternative Splicing and Polyadenylation	C
18	Caeley Terapane, Tyler Michael, and Melissa Garcia	Dr. Lynn Lewis, Biology	The Antiviral Effects of Elderberry Extract on Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV)	C
19	Samuel Slate	Prof. Rebecca Callaway, Music	Guitar Effects Synthesizer	I
20	Rebecca Baker	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Does the amount of rain effect the number of fish caught each year in alum spring?	C
21	Jaylyn Long, Tyler Lowe, Rose McMullen	Dr. Lynn Lewis, Biology	The effect of Matricia chamomilla on Newcastle Disease Virus on BHK-21 cells	C
22	Madeline Brunt, Bonnie Butler, Rose McMullen	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	Knockdown of Pvr and its Relation to DM1 Muscle Wasting in Drosophila	I
23	Summer Orledge	Dr. Ben Kisila, Dr. Tyler Frankel, Earth and Environmental Sciences	Evaluating Sedimentary Trace Metal Contamination, Bioaccumulation, and Fish Species Diversity Near A Virginia Coal Ash Repository	I
24	Paul James Solis	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Temporal changes in day-night distribution of animal taxa	C
25	Lordina Agyekum, Arianna Chase, Marion Robinson	Dr. Lynn Lewis, Biology	Using Different Concentrations of Ginger Root Extract derivative to Test the Effect on Encephalomyocarditis Virus in BHK-21 cells as a Pre-treatment, Co-treatment, and Post-treatment	C
26	Tyler Downs, Eleni Kepler, Raesa Zia	Dr. Swati Agrawal, Biology	Cytotoxicity of Phage Jabberwock and Phage Atlee Proteins	I
27	Samuel Gibbins Brown, Samuel Preston Trevey	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Predicting Fish Populations: Do Longer Fish one year Predict More Fish the Next year?	C
28	Delaney Baratka	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	The role of the Pvr signaling pathway in Drosophila muscle phenotypes	I
29	Ciara Donnangelo and Delaney Baratka	Dr. Lynn Lewis, Biology	The Effect of the Bloodroot Alkaloid, Sanguinarine, on Newcastle Disease Virus	C
30	Boone Fleenor	Dr. Joe Nicholas, Geography; Dr. Matthew Fleenor, Physics	Fluid Dynamic and Water Flume Design	I
31	Harrison Miles	Dr. Dianne Baker, Biology	In planta gene expression by the fungal endophyte Beauveria bassiana in Glycine max	I
32	Dewey Snyder	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Effect of Different Fishing Methods on Various Species of Fish over Time	C
33	Willa Clore, Alexis Miller	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	The Effect of Apc/Apc2 KO on Drosophila melanogaster Colorectal Tumor Growth	C
34	Jessica Oberlies, Ainsley Lord, Sophia Austin	Dr. Pamela Grothe, Earth and Environmental Sciences	Evaluating the Geochemistry from Coral Species Hydnophora Microconos as a Reliable Proxy for Tropical Pacific Climate	I
35	Hunter Garnett	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	Mammal’s Recorded on Trail Cameras in Relation to Distance from Human Habitats	C
36	Owen Reilly, Nathan Terrell, Peyton Garst	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	The Effect of GlyS Over-Expression on Drosphila melanogaster Exercise Tolerance	C
37	Gabriel Morris	Prof. Rebecca Callaway, Music	Electric Guitar Design	I
38	Tim Philbeck	Dr. Parrish Waters, Biology	An Inquiry into the Validity of the Tube Test as a Measure of Dominance in Mice	I
39	Daniel Paluh	Dr. Desmond Villalba, Physics	Acceleration of gravity on a flat Earth	I
40	Mason Clark	Dr. Varun Makhija, Physics	Molecular Dynamics in Jahn Teller Distortion	I
41	Caroline Pitches, Kylie Jackson, Mary Coy Woodrum	Dr. Andrew Dolby, Biology	A Pilot Study on the Impact of Riparian Restoration Along the Rappahannock River in Belle Isle State Park on Wildlife Biodiversity.	I
42	Delaney Humphrey	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	Long Range PCR for Generation of Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) Probes	I
43	Hudson McNerney	Dr. Parrish Waters, Biology	The Effect of Social Isolation on Orexin Production  and Hedonic Drive in Female Mice	I
44	Ashlyn Rauch Kayla Rodriguez, Sarah White	Dr. Ginny Morriss, Biology	Assessing progression of muscle phenotypes in an adult-onset model of myotonic dystrophy in Drosophila melanogaster	I
45	Aleksandra Witkowski	Dr. Brad Lamphere, Biology	The correlation between fish length and pass number	C