Biological Sciences

2021 Virtual Presentations:

Behavioral response of Littorina littorea (common periwinkle) to Carcinus maenas (European green crab) in the face of warming waters
Author(s): Melissa Zepeda ’22
Faculty supervisor: Becca Selden

Characterization of Sulfide-Oxidizing Microbes in Morses Pond
Author(s): Caroline MacVicar ’23; Cassie Potter ’23
Faculty supervisor: Vanja Klepac-Ceraj

Characterizing the antibiotic resistance levels of the soil microbiome in the Global Flora through Rhoeo spathacea
Author(s): Stephanie Consuegra ’22; Anika Luo ’23
Faculty supervisor: Julie Roden, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj

Designing a Controlled Environment to Enhance Microbial Photography
Author(s): Anika Luo ’23; Stephanie Consuegra ’22
Faculty supervisor: Vanja Klepac-Ceraj

Developing a More Efficient Assay for the Quantification of Lipid Vesicles
Author(s): Wania Ahmad ’22
Faculty supervisor: Don Elmore, Louise Darling

Development of Microbial Data Analysis Packages: Microbiome.jl and BiobakeryUtils.jl
Author(s): Annelle Abatoni Kayisire ’23
Faculty supervisor: Kevin Bonham, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj

Exploring the Oceans through DNA Sequences
Author(s):  Patty Benitez-Lomi ’23; Marina Santos ’24
Faculty supervisor: Steven Biller

Exploring Potential Significance of Vesicles in Ocean Microbiome
Author(s): Haley Goodrow ’23
Faculty supervisor: Steven Biller

Fish Out of Waban: Laboratory Electromyography with Bluegill Sunfish
Author(s): Zoë Reynolds ’22; Annika Pfister ’23; Paige Gee ’24
Faculty supervisor: Bradley M Wood

Genetic Basis of Caterpillar Color Plasticity
Author(s): Nabeela Zoss ’23; Hesper Khong ’23; Laura Park ’24; Daniela Becerril ’24; Paula Gonzalez ’24
Faculty supervisor: Yui Suzuki

Going in Circles: Nesting Kinematics of Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)
Author(s): Zoë Reynolds ’22; Annika Pfister ’23; Paige Gee ’24
Faculty supervisor: Bradley M Wood

Investigating Activity and Potential Cocktail Therapies with a Designed Histone-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide
Author(s): Brianna Perry ’22
Faculty supervisor: Louise Darling, Don Elmore

Investigating ocean microbe extracellular vesicle production and isolation methods
Author(s): Jacqueline Gong ’22
Faculty supervisor:  Steven Biller

Not Fishing, But Fish Tracking – Bluegill Sunfish in Lake Waban
Author(s): Zoë Reynolds ’22; Annika Pfister ’23; Paige Gee ’24
Faculty supervisor: Bradley M Wood

Promoting perseverance in STEM through focused conversations centered on alumni testimonials
Author(s): Carson Morrissey ’23
Faculty supervisor: Adam Matthews

Quantification of Calcium Phosphate Transfection in Human Embryonic Kidney Cells
Author(s): Haley Haines ’23
Faculty supervisor: Louise Darling

Quantifying the recruitment of IQGAP Rng2p by type 2 interphase node proteins during fission yeast cytokinesis
Author(s): Meg Bolan ’22
Faculty supervisor: John Goss

Warming effects on competitive interactions between two invasive species: the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Author(s): Janeva Nicole Dimen ’23; Macy Littell ’23
Faculty supervisor: Becca Selden