POSTER PRESENTATIONS

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (2 PRIZES - $100, $75)1. ELS1, a Nucleolar SUMO Protease that regulates nuclear structure

Maria Orozco, MariJo DeAguero and Mario Izaguirre-Sierra. Northern New Mexico College, Department of Biology, Chemistry & Environmental Science, Espanola, New Mexico

2. Omitting Spines and Muscles, A Novel Approach to Understanding Spinal Muscular AtrophyAndres Romero & Mario Izaguirre-Sierra. Northern New Mexico College, Department of Biology, Chemistry & Environmental Science, Espanola, New Mexico

3. Screening of BAC and cDNA Libraries Made from Arabidopsis thaliana genomic DNAMaegenLynn Griego & Mario Izaguirre-Sierra. Northern New Mexico College, Department of Biology, Chemistry & Environmental Science, Espanola, New Mexico

4. Investigating regulatory mechanisms for the m6A-methylated RNA reader protein YTHDF2 Cary Mundell¹, Adam Heck², Carol Wilusz². 1University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 2Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology and Program in Cell & Molecular Biology, Colorado State University

GRADUATE STUDENTS (3 PRIZES - $100, $75, $50) GAUSSI students are highlighted5. Plastid and Nuclear Coevolution in Plastid Metabolic Complexes: CLP and Heteromeric ACCase

Kate Rockenbach1,2, J. Grey Monroe3, Justin C. Havird2, Deborah A. Triant4, Douglas R. Taylor5, Daniel B. Sloan1,2. 1Cell & Molecular Biology Program, 2Department of Biology, 3Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University 4Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 5Department of Biology, University of Virginia

6. A Biosensor Design for High Resolution Electrochemical ImagingWilliam Tedjo, Tom Chen. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Colorado State University

7. Alternative and differential polyadenylation detection from single molecule long sequencingMichael Hamilton1, Salah E. Abdel-Ghany2, Anireddy S.N. Reddy2 and Asa Ben-Hur1. 1Computer Science Department, Colorado State University 2Department of Biology, Program in Molecular Plant Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University

8. Breaking Biofilms: nitrate inhibits biofilm formation in Burkholderia pseudomallei.Mihnea R. Mangalea, Brooke A. Plumley, Bradley R. Borlee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University

9. Calibration of a High-density Electrode Array Bioensor for Improved Spatiotemporal Resolution for Biochemical DetectionJasmine Nejad1, William Tedjo2, Tom Chen1,2. 1School of Biomedical Engineering and 2 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Colorado State University

10. Characterization of an O2 Sensor Using Microelectrodes.Yusra Obeidat1, Tom Chen1,2. 1School of Biomedical Engineering and 2 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Colorado State University

11. Characterizing the role and regulation of an N6-methyladenosine specific RNA-binding protein in pluripotency . Adam Heck, Jeff Wilusz and Carol Wilusz. Cell and Molecular Biology Program and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University

12. Chromatin Conformation Capture in Thermococcus kodakarensis. Charles J McDonald, Mark Connolly, Thomas J Santangelo, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University

13. Effects of subcellular RNA localization on C. elegans embryogenesis Dylan Parker and Erin Nishimura, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University

14. Exploring Early Prognosis of Immune Response to Influenza. Shannon Stiverson, Mike Kirby, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University.

15. Exploring the relationship between intron retention and DNase I hypersensitivity in plants. Fahad Ullah1, ASN Reddy2, Asa Ben-Hur1. 1Computer Science Department and 2Department of Biology, Colorado State University

16. Hyaluronidase Genes Associated with Risk for Canine T Zone Lymphoma. Julia Labadie1, Ingegerd Elvers, Janna Yoshimoto, Jeremy Dossey, Anne Avery2. 1Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences and 2Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University

17. Identification of a gene that makes plants gigantic-1: Characterization of MPG1, a novel mutant of riceMichael Friedman, Bettina Broeckling, Amanda Broz, Daniel Bush. Department of Biology, Colorado State University

18. Low-Cost Digital Microfluidic Devices Using Printed Circuit Board Technology Nicholas Grant, Devashish Vedre, Arun Kota, Wei Wang, Tom Chen, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Colorado State University

19. Microbial Community Structure in E.coli O157 Shedding and Non-Shedding Dairy Cattle: A Preliminary Analysis.Chloe Stenkamp-Strahm1; Craig McConnel1; Stephen Reynolds1; Sheryl Magzamen2, Zaid Abdo3. Departments of 1Clinical Sciences, 2Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences and 3Microbiology Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University

20. Mitochondrial tRNA Gene Loss in the Angiosperm Family CaryophyllaceaeJessica Warren, Zhiqiang Wu, Daniel Sloan. Department of Biology, Colorado State University

21. Recovery of archaeal and bacterial community structure by reconstruction of long 16S rRNA amplicon sequencesAdrienne B. Narrowe1, Jordan C. Angle2, Rebecca A. Daly2, Kay C. Stefanik3, Kelly C. Wrighton2, Christopher S. Miller1

1Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, 2Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 3School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

22. Rice bran and probiotics alter the porcine large intestinal and serum metabolomes for enhanced protection against Human Rotavirus diarrhea. Nora Jean Nealon1, Lijuan Yuan2, and Elizabeth P. Ryan1. 1Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University. 2Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia

23. RNA methylation enzymology and regulation in ArchaeaJulie E. Walker1, Hallie Febvre1, Ryan Fuchs2, Andrew Holmes3, Brett Robb2, Todd Lowe3, Thomas J. Santangelo1; 1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Colorado State University,2New England Biolabs, Inc.; RNA research division, 3The University of California Santa Cruz; Biomolecular Engineering

24. Methylation of primary small RNAs as a trigger for secondary siRNA production in C. elegans. Joshua Svendsen1, Brooke Montgomery2, Rachel Tucci2, Kristen Brown2, and Tai Montgomery1,2, 1 Cell and Molecular Biology Program, and 2Department of Biology, Colorado State University

25. Impact of extrinsic incubation temperature on Zika virus population diversity in Aedes mosquitoesReyes A. Murrieta, Claudia Rückert, James Weger-Lucarelli, Selene M. Garcia-Luna, Joseph R. Fauver, Alex Gendernalik, Gregory D. EbelArthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University

POST-DOCS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES26. Lactobacillus paracasei and rice bran extract supernatant reduce Salmonella typhimurium growth

Colette R. Worcester, Nora Jean Nealon, and Elizabeth P. Ryan. Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University

27. Stitch: A tool for transcriptome-guided genome scaffolding for de novo genome assembly. Joel Sharbrough1, Laura Bankers 1, Jeffrey L. Boore2, Peter D. Fields3, John M. Logsdon, Jr.1, Kyle McElroy1, Katelyn Larkin 1, Chris Rice1, Cindy Toll 1, Peter R. Wilton4 and Maurine Neiman1. 1University of Iowa, 2Institute for Systems Biology, 3University of Basel, 4Harvard University

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