John A. Burns School of Medicine
Undergraduate Research Symposium

129 QUANTIFICATION OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS C/E GENOTYPES IN KAULIA WATERWAYS USING QPCR DURING RAIN EVENTS
Oceanic Institute, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

095 TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS REVEALS AN INCREASE IN GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN NANO- AND MICROPLASTIC-TREATED MAST CELLS
Department of Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

042 NEURAL PROCESSING RELATED TO COGNITION, SENSORY PROCESSING, AND STRESS-REDUCTION TECHNIQUES
Department of Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

107 SHMT1 CONTROLS ALTERATIONS OF GLYCINE LEVELS IN GLUCOSE DEPRIVED CANCER CELLS
Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

098 GENETIC AND MICROBIOME INSIGHTS IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

112 CELL VIABILITY: EVALUATING TEPHRA INDUCED DAMAGE IN HEK293 AS A LUNG CELL MODEL
Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

028 EFFECT OF RGD PEPTIDE ON FOLLICULAR GROWTH AND THECA CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE
Department of Anatomy Biochemistry and Physiology, JABSOM, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

029 NARSEQ: NANOPORE-BASED ANTIBODY REPERTOIRE SEQUENCING
Math and Sciences Department, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

089 POSE ESTIMATION FOR BALANCE ASSESSMENT AND FALL RISK PREDICTION: A VALIDATION STUDY
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

106 ANALYZING GENETIC EXPRESSION OF CULTURED CELL LINES EXPOSED TO TUBULIN DISRUPTORS: BISPHENOL-A, TAXOL, AND COLCHICINE
Mathematics, Natural and Health Sciences, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

056 SYNTHESIS, PURIFICATION, AND ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL CONOPEPTIDE C3.1
Lab Supervisor Department: Department of Molecular Biosciences & BioEngineering, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

134 INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF HAWAIIAN PLANT EXTRACTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES
Math, Health and Natural Science, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

071 ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF LIMU AT KAʻALAWAI
School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

062 DNA BARCODING OF UNIDENTIFIED ANCHIALINE NEMERTEAN WORMS COLLECTED AT KALOKO-HONOKOHAU AND KAPOHO ANCHIALINE POOLS.
Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

145 DEMOGRAPHIC IGHV USAGE AND CDRH3 STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS
Department of Tropical Medicine , UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

068 DETECTION OF PARASITOID HYMENOPTERA IN LEPIDOPTERA LARVAE USING DNA BARCODING
Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

085 CAFFEINE AND ITS ROLE IN EPITHELIAL CELL APOPTOSIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GESTATIONAL HEALTH
Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

100 ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF DODONAEA VISCOSA
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

079 INVESTIGATING HUMAN MAST CELL DEGRANULATION AND MEMBRANE ALTERATIONS DUE TO NANOPLASTIC EXPOSURE
Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

057 ASSESSMENT OF VIABILITY OF PROBIOTIC BACTERIA
Microbiology, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

034 INTERACTION BETWEEN SARS-COV-2 MRNA VACCINATION AND IMMUNE RESPONSE TO COMMON COLD CORONAVIRUSES
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology and Pacific Center For Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i At Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

032 SYNTHETICALLY PRODUCING ANALOGUES OF METHYL EUGENOL TO MODULATE GABA RECEPTORS
Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

037 KETONE BODIES RESCUE BREAST CANCER CELLS FROM GLUCOSE DEPRIVATION INDUCED FERROPTOSIS-ASSOCIATED LIPID PEROXIDATION
Department of Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

084 EFFECT OF COOKING METHODOLOGY ON CULINARY QUINOA (CHENPODIUM QUINOA) FOR SAPONIN REDUCTION
Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS), UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

075 TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS SUGGESTS LIPID PATHWAY DYSREGULATION IN NANO- AND MICROPLASTIC-TREATED MAST CELLS
Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

060 ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AMOEBA FROM SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH NON-TUBERCULOSIS MYCOBACTERIUM ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI'I.
Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

041 DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMBINANT PROTEIN A/G FUSION CONSTRUCTS AS A UNIVERSAL MAMMALIAN ANTIBODY DETECTION REAGENT
Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

118 EXAMINING THE SPATIAL VARIABILITY AND MACROALGAL AFFINITIES OF POTENTIALLY CIGUATERA-CAUSING DINOFLAGELLATE DENSITIES ON OʻAHU, HAWAIʻI.
Marine Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

005 INSIGHTS INTO OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SEVERITY AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS
Sleep Research Unit, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

073 ENDOCYTIC UPTAKE OF NANOPLASTICS BY MAST CELLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSES
Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chaminade University of Honolulu , Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

067 COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE MONITORING AND MITIGATION THROUGH EDNA AND QPCR
Biology, Hawaii Community College (INBRE)

 

114 ADME ANALYSES OF WAIXENICIN A DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL DRUG LEADS FOR ISCHEMIC DISEASE
Chemistry/Biochemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

124 CURRENT STROKE SYSTEMS OF CARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: CHALLENGES, DISPARITIES, AND INEQUALITIES OF ACCESS TO TIMELY STROKE CARE.
Biochemistry , Windward Community College

 

044 GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF PLANKTOTROPHIC GASTROPOD LARVAE FROM HAWAI'I SURFACE SLICKS
College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

110 EXPLORATION AND COMPARISON OF O'AHU'S GENETIC DIVERSITY IN RHIZOBIUM PURE CULTURE ISOLATES OF CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LEGUMES
Math and Science, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

105 DISTRIBUTION OF MICROBES IN THE KA'ELEPULU WATERSHED DURING A KONA STORM
Oceanic Institute , Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

165 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LANTHANIDE CHELATE COMPLEXES FOR ENHANCED MRI APPLICATIONS
Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

111 A TRANSCRIPTOMIC APPROACH TO OPTIMIZING CHO CELL EXPRESSION OF IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
KCC Microbiology Department, Kapiolani Community College (INBRE)

 

167 DEEP ANALYSIS OF THE CLAUDIN GENE FAMILY MRNA EXPRESSION IN PEDIATRIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS
College of Natural & Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

058 DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY AND FIELD DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY FOR BRUCELLA CETI IN STRANDED HAWAIIAN CETACEANS
College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

128 SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF GAMBIERDISCUS SPP. DINOFLAGELLATE DENSITIES AND DISTRIBUTIONS AROUND OʻAHU, HAWAI'I
Marine Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

076 DEVELOPING A PCR ASSAY WITH CETACEAN SPECIFIC PRIMERS TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ALPHA- AND GAMMA- HERPESVIRUS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Biology, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

070 STUDY OF TI RINGSPOT DISEASE ON OAHU
Microbiology, Windward Community College (INBRE)

 

059 SARS-COV-2 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES IN FILIPINOS IN HAWAII WITH UP TO DATE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

019 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE-B SUBFAMILY, THE TRANSMEMBRANE PDI8, AND ITS INTERACTION WITH β-GLUCOSIDASE PYK10
Molecular Biosciences and Biotech, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

102 CUT-FIRST VERSUS QUICK-STEP LIGATION USING MEGAPRIMER
Microbiology, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

046 AN ANALYSIS ON THE GROWTH CYCLE AND BIOCHEMICALS OF HERICIUM ERINACEUS
Department of Molecular, Bioscience and Bioengineering , UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

054 PREPARATION OF AKYL, ARYL DIAZO COMPOUNDS
Chemistry, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

126 OPTIMIZATION OF CIGUATOXIN DETECTION IN FIELD-COLLECTED ALGAE TO CORRELATE TOXIN LEVELS WITH GAMBERDISCUS SPECIES ABUNDANCE AND COMPOSITION
Department of Natural Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

083 LOW-DOSE GLYPHOSATE EXPOSURE DISRUPTS MORPHOLOGY, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND PHENYLALANINE BIOSYNTHESIS IN ULVA FASCIATA
The Department of Chemistry At University of Hawaii In Hilo, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

132 RED BLOOD CELL POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID LEVELS AND PANCREATIC CANCER RISK: FINDINGS FROM THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITY COHORT STUDY
Pacific Center For Genome Research, UH Cancer Center (INBRE)

 

092 USE OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO EXPLORE THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION OF ATRIPLEX SPECIES IN HAWAII
Department of Natural Sciences, Windward Community College, 45-720 Keaahala Rd, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 96744, Mike Ross, John M. Berestecky, Brien Haun Department of Math and Sciences Kapiolani Community College Hongwei Li Department of Natural Sciences Windward Community College, 45-720 Keaahala Rd, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 96744 Kabi Neupane, Helmut Kae Department of Mathematics and Science Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

053 KETONE BODIES MODULATE ENERGY METABOLISM IN GLUCOSE-DEPRIVED BREAST CANCER CELLS
Department of Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

127 CARDIAC REMODELING IS REGULATED BY CHROMATIN READER, PRKCBP1
Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

101 COMPETITIVE GROWTH DYNAMICS OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS STRAINS: A QPCR ANALYSIS OF STRAIN-SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES
Department of Natural Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

045 TRADITIONAL AND NEW LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE (TANICA)
office of Public Health Studies, UH Manoa

 

082 RETINAL ORGANOIDS USED FOR MACULAR DEGENERATION AND STARGARDTS DISEASE RESEARCH
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

036 INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF SECOND GENERATION IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS ON INTRAHEPATIC TREGS
Cancer Biology, UH Cancer Center (INBRE)

 

116 CORRELATION OF SERUM NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT CHAIN AND GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN WITH 2-YEAR DISEASE OUTCOME IN ANTI-NMDA RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS
Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

031 IDENTIFICATION OF CAUSAL BLOOD METABOLITE FOR PROSTATE CANCER RISK: A TWO-SAMPLE MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION STUDY
Pacific Center For Genome Research, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

066 GENERATION AND PURIFICATION OF ANTI-TUMBLEWEED ANTIBODIES
Cell and Molecular Biology Lab, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

080 REVERSIBLE ENZYME INHIBITION: SULFITES DISRUPT LYSOZYME FUNCTION IN LIVING CELLS AND CELL WALL PIECES
The Department of Sciences, University of Hawaii Maui College (INBRE)

 

039 RAGS, BOTS, AND PODS: SUPPLEMENTING HEALTH CARE TRAINING WITH AI-GENERATED KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
JABSOM The Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology , UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

025 LOSS OF ZFY LEADS TO INCREASED GERM CELL APOPTOSIS
Yanagimachi Institute For Biogenesis Research, JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)