John A. Burns School of Medicine
Undergraduate Research Symposium

095 TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS REVEALS AN INCREASE IN GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN NANO- AND MICROPLASTIC-TREATED MAST CELLS
Aranda, Ana Isabel - Department of Biology

107 SHMT1 CONTROLS ALTERATIONS OF GLYCINE LEVELS IN GLUCOSE DEPRIVED CANCER CELLS
Bowman, Scott - Cellular and Molecular Biology

071 ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF LIMU AT KAʻALAWAI
Gamiao, Kyle-Jacob - School of Natural Science and Mathematics

085 CAFFEINE AND ITS ROLE IN EPITHELIAL CELL APOPTOSIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GESTATIONAL HEALTH
Jones, Jett - Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

079 INVESTIGATING HUMAN MAST CELL DEGRANULATION AND MEMBRANE ALTERATIONS DUE TO NANOPLASTIC EXPOSURE
Kekumu, Hailey - Biology

037 KETONE BODIES RESCUE BREAST CANCER CELLS FROM GLUCOSE DEPRIVATION INDUCED FERROPTOSIS-ASSOCIATED LIPID PEROXIDATION
Koko, Kuʻulei - Department of Biology

075 TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS SUGGESTS LIPID PATHWAY DYSREGULATION IN NANO- AND MICROPLASTIC-TREATED MAST CELLS
Lo, Brielle - Biology

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

053 KETONE BODIES MODULATE ENERGY METABOLISM IN GLUCOSE-DEPRIVED BREAST CANCER CELLS
Skaggs, Tia - Department of Biology

067 COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE MONITORING AND MITIGATION THROUGH EDNA AND QPCR
Nadeau, Abigail - Biology

129 QUANTIFICATION OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS C/E GENOTYPES IN KAULIA WATERWAYS USING QPCR DURING RAIN EVENTS
Aguilar, Jerutzy - Oceanic Institute

042 NEURAL PROCESSING RELATED TO COGNITION, SENSORY PROCESSING, AND STRESS-REDUCTION TECHNIQUES
Barnett, Elizabeth - Department of Natural Science

089 POSE ESTIMATION FOR BALANCE ASSESSMENT AND FALL RISK PREDICTION: A VALIDATION STUDY
Diez Marti, Claudia Current student in BS in Biomedical Engineering - Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering

032 SYNTHETICALLY PRODUCING ANALOGUES OF METHYL EUGENOL TO MODULATE GABA RECEPTORS
Kimble, Kenneth - Chemistry

118 EXAMINING THE SPATIAL VARIABILITY AND MACROALGAL AFFINITIES OF POTENTIALLY CIGUATERA-CAUSING DINOFLAGELLATE DENSITIES ON OʻAHU, HAWAIʻI.
Matur, Mylou BS - Marine Science

114 ADME ANALYSES OF WAIXENICIN A DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL DRUG LEADS FOR ISCHEMIC DISEASE
Nguyen, Emily - Chemistry/Biochemistry

044 GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF PLANKTOTROPHIC GASTROPOD LARVAE FROM HAWAI'I SURFACE SLICKS
Nims, Allison - College of Natural and Computational Sciences

105 DISTRIBUTION OF MICROBES IN THE KA'ELEPULU WATERSHED DURING A KONA STORM
Ornelas, Lydia BA - Oceanic Institute

165 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LANTHANIDE CHELATE COMPLEXES FOR ENHANCED MRI APPLICATIONS
Palma, Jayanne - Chemistry

167 DEEP ANALYSIS OF THE CLAUDIN GENE FAMILY MRNA EXPRESSION IN PEDIATRIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Pascua, Princess Paradise BS - College of Natural & Computational Sciences

058 DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY AND FIELD DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY FOR BRUCELLA CETI IN STRANDED HAWAIIAN CETACEANS
Pawlowski, Aspen - College of Natural and Computational Sciences

128 SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF GAMBIERDISCUS SPP. DINOFLAGELLATE DENSITIES AND DISTRIBUTIONS AROUND OʻAHU, HAWAI'I
Pearson, Veronika - Marine Science

076 DEVELOPING A PCR ASSAY WITH CETACEAN SPECIFIC PRIMERS TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ALPHA- AND GAMMA- HERPESVIRUS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Phillips, Emma BS - Biology

126 OPTIMIZATION OF CIGUATOXIN DETECTION IN FIELD-COLLECTED ALGAE TO CORRELATE TOXIN LEVELS WITH GAMBERDISCUS SPECIES ABUNDANCE AND COMPOSITION
Salgado Montanez, Valentina - Department of Natural Sciences

101 COMPETITIVE GROWTH DYNAMICS OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS STRAINS: A QPCR ANALYSIS OF STRAIN-SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES
Tanner, Kate - Department of Natural Sciences

041 DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMBINANT PROTEIN A/G FUSION CONSTRUCTS AS A UNIVERSAL MAMMALIAN ANTIBODY DETECTION REAGENT
Mackey , Malcolm BS - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology

005 INSIGHTS INTO OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SEVERITY AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS
Mettias, Andrew - Sleep Research Unit

059 SARS-COV-2 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES IN FILIPINOS IN HAWAII WITH UP TO DATE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Ramos, Reyson-Jase - Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology

127 CARDIAC REMODELING IS REGULATED BY CHROMATIN READER, PRKCBP1
Stokley, Denicia - Cell and Molecular Biology

116 CORRELATION OF SERUM NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT CHAIN AND GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN WITH 2-YEAR DISEASE OUTCOME IN ANTI-NMDA RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS
Wayne, Jamie BS - Tropical Medicine

025 LOSS OF ZFY LEADS TO INCREASED GERM CELL APOPTOSIS
Yarbabaeva, Benazir - Yanagimachi Institute For Biogenesis Research, JABSOM

111 A TRANSCRIPTOMIC APPROACH TO OPTIMIZING CHO CELL EXPRESSION OF IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
Park, Sae - KCC Microbiology Department

057 ASSESSMENT OF VIABILITY OF PROBIOTIC BACTERIA
Kim, Aaliayah - Microbiology

110 EXPLORATION AND COMPARISON OF O'AHU'S GENETIC DIVERSITY IN RHIZOBIUM PURE CULTURE ISOLATES OF CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LEGUMES
Oleary, Emma - Math and Science

102 CUT-FIRST VERSUS QUICK-STEP LIGATION USING MEGAPRIMER
Rich , Spencer - Microbiology

092 USE OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO EXPLORE THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION OF ATRIPLEX SPECIES IN HAWAII
Simzer, Casey - Department of Natural Sciences, Windward Community College, 45-720 Keaahala Rd, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 96744

132 RED BLOOD CELL POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID LEVELS AND PANCREATIC CANCER RISK: FINDINGS FROM THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITY COHORT STUDY
Simpson, Salvador BS - Pacific Center For Genome Research

036 INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF SECOND GENERATION IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS ON INTRAHEPATIC TREGS
Watumull, Caitlin BA - Cancer Biology

112 CELL VIABILITY: EVALUATING TEPHRA INDUCED DAMAGE IN HEK293 AS A LUNG CELL MODEL
Chen, Isabella BS - Biology

062 DNA BARCODING OF UNIDENTIFIED ANCHIALINE NEMERTEAN WORMS COLLECTED AT KALOKO-HONOKOHAU AND KAPOHO ANCHIALINE POOLS.
Greene, Forrest BS - Biology

068 DETECTION OF PARASITOID HYMENOPTERA IN LEPIDOPTERA LARVAE USING DNA BARCODING
Johnson, Jamie - Biology

100 ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF DODONAEA VISCOSA
Jung, Leilihaupuaikawai - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

060 ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AMOEBA FROM SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH NON-TUBERCULOSIS MYCOBACTERIUM ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI'I.
Loxley, Cameron BS - Biology

054 PREPARATION OF AKYL, ARYL DIAZO COMPOUNDS
Rudo, Benjamin - Chemistry

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

066 GENERATION AND PURIFICATION OF ANTI-TUMBLEWEED ANTIBODIES
Wood, Angel - Cell and Molecular Biology Lab

098 GENETIC AND MICROBIOME INSIGHTS IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER
Cape, Micaiah - Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine

028 EFFECT OF RGD PEPTIDE ON FOLLICULAR GROWTH AND THECA CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE
Chen, Lleyton - Department of Anatomy Biochemistry and Physiology, JABSOM

029 NARSEQ: NANOPORE-BASED ANTIBODY REPERTOIRE SEQUENCING
Choy, Claudia - Math and Sciences Department

056 SYNTHESIS, PURIFICATION, AND ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL CONOPEPTIDE C3.1
Elwir, Imran BS - Lab Supervisor Department: Department of Molecular Biosciences & BioEngineering

145 DEMOGRAPHIC IGHV USAGE AND CDRH3 STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS
Grill, Michelle BS - Department of Tropical Medicine

034 INTERACTION BETWEEN SARS-COV-2 MRNA VACCINATION AND IMMUNE RESPONSE TO COMMON COLD CORONAVIRUSES
Kim, Mary-Magdalene - 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

084 EFFECT OF COOKING METHODOLOGY ON CULINARY QUINOA (CHENPODIUM QUINOA) FOR SAPONIN REDUCTION
Liu, Bobby Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology BS - Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS)

019 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE-B SUBFAMILY, THE TRANSMEMBRANE PDI8, AND ITS INTERACTION WITH β-GLUCOSIDASE PYK10
Ramos, Khrisia - Molecular Biosciences and Biotech

046 AN ANALYSIS ON THE GROWTH CYCLE AND BIOCHEMICALS OF HERICIUM ERINACEUS
Roy, Brandon - Department of Molecular, Bioscience and Bioengineering

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

082 RETINAL ORGANOIDS USED FOR MACULAR DEGENERATION AND STARGARDTS DISEASE RESEARCH
Wada, Minami - Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

031 IDENTIFICATION OF CAUSAL BLOOD METABOLITE FOR PROSTATE CANCER RISK: A TWO-SAMPLE MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION STUDY
Wong, Hoi Tung BS Biochemistry - Pacific Center For Genome Research

039 RAGS, BOTS, AND PODS: SUPPLEMENTING HEALTH CARE TRAINING WITH AI-GENERATED KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
Yamazaki, Kokoro - JABSOM The Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology

106 ANALYZING GENETIC EXPRESSION OF CULTURED CELL LINES EXPOSED TO TUBULIN DISRUPTORS: BISPHENOL-A, TAXOL, AND COLCHICINE
El-Orm, Bashir - Mathematics, Natural and Health Sciences

134 INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF HAWAIIAN PLANT EXTRACTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES
Gamboa, Natalie - Math, Health and Natural Science

080 REVERSIBLE ENZYME INHIBITION: SULFITES DISRUPT LYSOZYME FUNCTION IN LIVING CELLS AND CELL WALL PIECES
Yadao, Francesca BS - The Department of Sciences

124 CURRENT STROKE SYSTEMS OF CARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: CHALLENGES, DISPARITIES, AND INEQUALITIES OF ACCESS TO TIMELY STROKE CARE.
Nguyen , Alexander - Biochemistry

070 STUDY OF TI RINGSPOT DISEASE ON OAHU
Pottenger, Ryan - Microbiology