John A. Burns School of Medicine
Undergraduate Research Symposium

DEVELOPMENT OF A GENOMICALLY TAGGED SIM2 ISOFORM IN A SIM2 KNOCKOUT COLORECTAL CANCER CELL LINE MODEL
Medina, Leigh Antoinette BS - Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, UH Manoa

 

ASSESSING COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS OF CLINICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRIO VULNIFICUS GENOTYPES USING QPCR
Goodlow, Faith - Marine Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILING OF THE ENDEMIC HAWAIIAN PLANT PIPTURUS ALBIDUS AND THEIR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY
Kim, Gangmin - Pharmacy, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

ANTI-ANGIOGENIC AND ANTIOXIDANT EVALUATION OF ISOLATED PHENOLICS FROM HAWAIIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS
Espinoza Vargas, Luz Mariana - Chemistry, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

MAPPING THE RISK: IDENTIFYING LEPTOSPIROSIS HOTSPOTS ACROSS OʻAHU
Macapagal, Colby BS - Department of Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi At Mānoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

DETECTION OF PATHOGENIC LEPTOSPIRA IN MĀNOA STREAM DURING THE WET SEASON
Diaz, Stephanie - Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

ENGINEERING A MODULAR, LIGHTWEIGHT LOWER-EXTREMITY BRACE
Valenzuela, Ava - Engineering, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

MODULATION OF THE TYPE A GABA RECEPTORS BY KAVALACTONES
Mussmacher, Tristan - Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

SURVIVAL AFTER ADRD DIAGNOSIS: A MULTI-CENTER COHORT ANALYSIS USING NACC
Cacpal, Princess - Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, UH Manoa

 

INTEGRATING HAWAIʻI BBTV SEQUENCES WITH GLOBAL REFERENCE DATA AND PILOTING A FIELD-DEPLOYABLE SURVEILLANCE WORKFLOW
Wilbur, Lindsey - Agripharmatech (WCC Certificate), Windward Community College (INBRE)

 

INVESTIGATING EXPRESSION VECTOR CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATION AND EXTRACHROMOSOMAL RETENTION
Joe-Matsushima, Samuel - Tropical Medicine, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF KILAUEA VOLCANIC EMISSIONS ON HUMAN LUNG CELLS
Kobayashi, Kadden - Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

AN EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF COMMELINA DIFFUSA AND WALTHERIA INDICA.
Badamo, Leilani - College of Pharmacy, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (INBRE)

 

A CROSS-SECTIONAL RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF LEPTOSPIROSIS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN HAWAIʻI
Nguyen Tran, Duy Linh - JABSOM Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

ANTIOXIDANTS IN NATIVE SPECIES OF LIMU.
Laboy, Jaydon BS - Natural Science and Mathematics, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

FERROPTOSIS INDUCTION BY BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER CELLS
Torres, Louise - Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS IN JAPANESE AND CHINESE GREEN TEA VIA ISOCRATIC HPLC-UV
Yacas, Kyrina-Belle - UH Hilo Chemistry Department, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

COMPARISON OF DNA EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES USING DEGRADED CETACEAN TISSUE
Dare, Abraham - Biology, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

DETECTING CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS AND WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS IN DIAPHORINA CITRI, VECTORS FOR CITRUS GREENING DISEASE
Mendoza, Eva Mary Grace - Biology, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EU(III)DOTA AND YB(III)DOTA COMPLEXES FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS
Jordanov, Lillie BS - Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

IMPACT OF MPOX VIRUS ON HUMAN BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER INTEGRITY
Le, Lisa - Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

RAPID MOLECULAR EDNA-QPCR FOR EARLY DETECTION OF ORYCTES RHINOCEROS ON HAWAI'I ISLAND
Nadeau, Abigail - Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

STERILITY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTED CONTINUOUS-FLOW BIOREACTORS FOR ORGANOID MAINTENANCE
Wada, Minami BS - Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY OF ANCHIALINE NEMERTEAN WORMS FROM KALOKO-HONOKōHAU AND KAPOHO, HAWAI'I.
Greene, Forrest - Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

UNDERSTANDING ZOONOTIC RISK ZONES AND MOSQUITO FEEDING HABITS THROUGH MOLECULAR SURVEILLANCE
Lange, George - Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

AUTOMATED STANDARDIZATION OF CLINICAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGING TO TRAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HAWAII
Saito, Kanta - Information and Computer Sciences, UH Cancer Center

 

SYNTHESIS AND REDOX CHARACTERIZATION OF EU COMPLEXES WITH VARYING LIGAND ENVIRONMENTS FOR MRI APPLICATIONS
Yanes, Kaesha Biochemistry - Department of Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SYNTHETIC POSITIVE CONTROLS FOR DISEASE DETECTION IN CETACEANS
Walker, Kiana BS - Department of Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES FOR APPLICATIONS IN STABLE MRI CONTRAST AGENTS
Nixon, Charlotte - Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

BIOACTIVITY-GUIDED FRACTIONATION OF DODONAEA VISCOSA FLOWERS REVEALED ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
Kelii, Kalena - Pharmaceutical Research, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF DIAZIRINE PHOTOAFFINITY LABELS
Rudo, Benjamin BS, BA - Department of Chemistry, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF HUA MOA (MUSA SPP.) USING APICAL MERISTEM TISSUE CULTURE FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
tafuna, leona - Windward Community College Agripharmatech, Windward Community College (INBRE)

 

EXAMINING 75+ YEARS OF LYSOZYME ASSAYS: OPTIMIZATION OF A SUBSTRATE SPECIFIC METHOD TO TEST LYSOZYME ACTIVITY AND SULFITE INHIBITION
Casabay, Ian AA - STEM, University of Hawaii Maui College (INBRE)

 

EDNA ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH IN OHIA FORESTS: TURNOVER OF BIRDS AND ARTHROPODS ALONG A MAUNA LOA ELEVATION GRADIENT
Faanunu, Keleni BS Biology - University of Hawaii At Hilo Biology Department, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

THE CRISPR/CAS9 SYSTEM TO MITIGATE ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Tumaneng, Jayzie - Math, Natural and Health Sciences, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

PILOT ENVIRONMENTAL DNA METABARCODING OF FUNGAL AND ANIMAL COMMUNITIES ON ŌHIʻA TREES ACROSS AN ELEVATION GRADIENT IN HAWAIʻI
Scarth, Ian BA - Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

PORTABLE DUAL-SENSOR COLORIMETER FOR QUANTITATIVE POINT-OF-CARE NITRITE DETECTION IN URINARY TRACT INFECTION SCREENING
Mancuso, Marco - Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

SOLVENT-DRIVEN ISOMER SELECTIVITY AND ENZYMATIC ACCELERATION OF OXIDATIVE FOLDING OF THE MINI-M SUBGROUP OF CONOTOXINS
Lazor, Izec - Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

THE EFFECT OF ULTRASONICATION TIME ON THE OXIDATIVE STABILITY OF MACADAMIA-DERIVED OLEOSOME EMULSIONS
Winiecki, Eva BS - Food Science, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

REVERSE GEL ENCAPSULATION USING SODIUM ALGINATE AND CALCIUM LACTATE
Carpizo, Derek BS Biochemistry - MBBE, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

EFFECTS OF RGD AND OVARY FRAGMENTATION SIZE ON EARLY-STAGE FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CULTURE
Horsley, Makayla - Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

CARDIAC REMODELING IS REGULATED BY CHROMATIN READER, PRKCBP1
Stokley, Denicia BS Biology - Cellular and Molecular Biology, JABSOM (INBRE)

 

USE OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO INVESTIGATE HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN TWO ATRIPLEX SPECIES IN HAWAIʻI
Simzer, Casey - Department of Mathematics and Science, Leeward Community College, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCE ON THE PREVALENCE OF ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS IN MOLLUSCAN HOSTS
Tata, Jacklene - Department of Mathematics, Natural, and Health Sciences, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

CONSTRUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PET PLASMID CONTAINING PATHOGENIC LEPTOSPIRA-SPECIFIC PROTEIN
Ramos, Reyson-Jase - Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

TITLE: GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF CANCEROUS AND NON-CANCEROUS MAMMALIAN CELL LINES EXPOSED TO MICROTUBULE DISRUPTORS: BISPHENOL-A, COLCHICINE, AND TAXOL
Kimokeo, Hiwa BS - Math and Natural Health Sciences, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

METABARCODING ARTHROPOD ASSEMBLAGES TO ASSESS INVASIVE PEST PRESSURE AND HUMAN HEALTH RISK ACROSS A HAWAIIAN ELEVATION GRADIENT
Rosenblum, Soleil BS - Elala Labs (Genetics Lab), UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

ENGINEERING EXPRESSION VECTORS FOR ENHANCED ANTIBODY PRODUCTION
Mercado Rovira, Alexandra - Math and Sciences Department At KCC, Kapiolani Community College (INBRE)

 

CIGUATOXIN DETECTION IN REEF FISH AND BENTHIC ALGAE FROM REEF ENVIRONMENTS IN HAWAII
Tanig, Kaylee - College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EU(III) AND YB(III) COMPLEXES FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS
Goudy, Brody - Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

THE GUT MICROBIOME IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER
Cape, Micaiah - Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

SHMT1 AND SHMT2 PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN GLUCOSE-RESTRICTED ER+ BREAST CANCER CELLS SUPPLEMENTED WITH β-HYDROXYBUTYRATE: A WESTERN BLOT ANALYSIS
Bowman, Scott BS - Biology Department, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

SYNTHESIS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DTMA COMPLEXES OF EU (III), YB (III), AND GD (III)
Stevenson, Amelia - Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY OF LIGHT THERAPY FOR AGING EPITHELIAL PROPHYLAXIS
Murakami, Katherine - Biochemistry and Chemistry Programs, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

ULTRAID PROXIMITY LABELING TO MAP THE EXOCYST INTERACTOME IN NEURONS AND DEFINE ITS ROLE IN AMYLOID-Β PROCESSING AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Wilkinson, Marianna - Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE IN BACTERIA FOUND IN OAHU SOILS
Hill, Dylan - Natural Sciences, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

WAIXENICEN A DERIVATIVES ARE POTENT LEADS FOR HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY
Garcia, Isabella - Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

QUANTIFICATION OF MPOX VIRUS REPLICATION KINETICS AND IDENTIFICATION OF DYSREGULATED IMMUNE PATHWAYS IN HUMAN LEYDIG CELLS
Cornell, Johnathan - Department of Tropical Medicine, UH Manoa

 

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND OXIDATIVE FOLDING OF THE MIIIB-R1 CONOTOXIN VARIANT
Tejada, Peyton - Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering (MBBE) In CTAHR, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

EFFECTS OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES ON MICROPLASTIC TRANSPORT ACROSS A MUCUS-PRODUCING INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM
Acosta Figueredo , Isabella BS - Department of Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)