Vol. 96 No. 1 (2024): 98th Annual Meeting Abstracts

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v96i1

Published: 2024-04-18

Meeting Abstracts-Oral

Continuing Osteological Research with Fairmont State University’s Human Skeletal Collection

Jay Bow, Kristy Henson
Does Eye Color Affect Vision Acuity in a Variety of Light Conditions?

Tailynn Varney, Kristy Henson
Integration of Energy Conservation Principles Across Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: A Work-in-Progress Project

Yogendra M Panta, William Church
NSF S-STEM Program - Supporting Undergraduate Cohorts of Career-Ready Engineering and Science Scholars (SUCCESS) Project at WVU Tech – Year 3 updates

Yogendra M Panta, Kenan Hatipoglu, Tamara Floyd-Smith
Impact of a Networked Improvement Community’s Interventions on STEM Student Persistence. Review of Results and a Call to Action.

Sue Ann Heatherly
Whole-Body Loss of NUCB2/Nesfatin-1 Alters Enteric Hormone Expression

Naresh Ramesh, Hannah, Logan
Screening Resorufin Pentyl Ether Analogs for Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity Against Francisella tularensis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Mackenzie Hall
Combinatorial effects of resazomycins and azithromycin against Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Emily Young, Alexis Scott, Sydney Blatt, Mackenzie Hall, Jordan Gibson, Emma Beatty, Caroline Woody, Deanna M. Schmitt
The Lead and Arsenic Content in Everyday Drinkware

Jennie VanOsdol
The Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial Compounds Extracted from Rhus typhina.

Kaitlyn Bailey, Reagan Gray
Seeding Your Future and the Impact

Raven Phares, Jacquelyn Cole, Sytil Murphy, Haley Albright, Kay Dartt
In defense of information literacy across the disciplines

Nicholas M. Gardner
Spatial and temporal analysis of physical and chemical properties of Short Creek

Elizabeth Burkey
Using historical biocultural variables and skeletal pathology to assist with osteoprofiles

Kristy Henson
Dielectrophoretic Characterization and Computational Analysis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from MMTV-PyMT Mammary Carcinoma Models for Late Carcinoma Detection

Raphael Oladokun
An Assessment of Movement and Dam Passage of Paddlefish in the Ohio River, West Virginia.

Stuart Welsh, Katherine Zipfel, Andrew Peters, Cole Hoffman, Cameron Layne
Metacognitive reporting provides insight on students’ out-of-class study activities geared toward their learning of chemistry

Michelle Richards-Babb

Meeting Abstracts-Poster

Spatial Distribution Analysis of Invasive Pheretimoid Earthworms in West Liberty University’s Campus Woods.

Jason Ake, Loyd Butcher, Elizabeth Burkey, Zachary Loughman, Jeremiah Dann
Role of Cxcl12a on habenular axon projection in Danio rerio

Sara Roberson, Elizabeth Warner
Smart Parking Space Detection with Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models

Cameron Vu, Daria Panova, Josiah Kowalski, Weidong Liao, Osman Guzide
Tick Biodiversity and Lyme Disease: Potential Connections in North-Central West Virginia

M. Christine Scronce, Abbey, Hali Westcott, Haden Fincham, Melanie Sal, Kim
Expression of Chemokine Ligands cxcl12a and cxcl12b in the Habenular Region in Danio rerio (zebrafish)

Sara Roberson, Amber Thomas
Acclimation of key photosynthetic traits drives edible biomass increases in crop species grown in aquaponics

Mikhaela Ferguson, Z Coffman, Courtney Campany
The Effect of Physical Activity and ACE Scores on Psychological vs. Physiological Addiction

Brianna Hendershot, Jason Metz, Chelsea Robertson, Ryan Koenig
Role of LpnA in Francisella tularensis Susceptibility to Resazurin

Emma Beatty, Dr. Deanna Schmitt
Examining the Density Gradient Along the Rhizophora mangle Propagule

Marissa Mohn, Sytil Murphy, Jacqueline Cole, Sara Reynolds
Computational Insights into the Mechanism of Boyland-Sims Oxidation Reaction

Isaac Hall, Jojo Joseph, Edward Behrman
The effects of nutrient-induced quiescence on neural stem cell proliferation in the Drosophila central brain

Ronaida Ammari, Erika Voges, Liliana Adammo, Jessica Kellison, Conor Sipe
Enhancing STEM Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation Insights and Strategies for Student Success

Johnna Smith, Raina Burton, Qing Wang, Karen Adams
Evaluating the effects of metal ions on malate dehydrogenase enzyme activity in Watermelon.

Doris AGYEMANG, Shalika Silva
Temperature growth profiles for five fungi isolated from a teaching laboratory in West Virginia.

Elizabeth Rea, Laura Robertson
DNA Extraction Methods

Katie Long
Determination of Concentration of Heavy Metals in Wood Ash

Matthew Scanlon, Emily Whyte
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 pilin glycan increases susceptibility to human beta defensin 2 but enhances twitching motility.

Shania Davis, Joseph Horzempa
Computational Studies Using COMSOL Multiphysics on Dielectrophoretic Characterization and Separation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Undergoing Tenogenic Differentiation

Raphael Oladokun
Evaluation of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) for West Virginia to Predict Current and Future PMP

Grace Kerr, Leslie Hopkinson
Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Hard Rock AMD Dewatering and REE Production

Ian Bird, Michael King
A molecular biology approach to identify Francisella tularensis proteins that interact with Band 3 of human erythrocytes.

Rori Schreiber, Luke D'Cunha, Joseph Horzempa
Enhancing Academic Success among STEM Undergraduate Students.

Raina Burton, Johnna Smith, Qing Wang, Karen Adams
Effects of Physical Activity and Bibliotherapy on Anxiety in Middle and High Schoolers

MAKAYLA ROLINCE
The role of Cxcl12b in habenular axon pathfinding in zebrafish

Sara Roberson, Jordan Livingston
Exploring and Synthesis of bio-active natural product coupling reactions Sierra Lilly and Young B. Kim, Ph. D. Dept of Applied Sciences and mathematics. College of STEM. Bluefield State University, Bluefield. WV

Sierra Lilly
Lipidomic analysis by LC-MS/MS of wildtype, mutant and VBNC strains of Francisella tularensis LVS.

Rachelle Patterson
Evidence of Nesfatin-1 in Mouse Intestinal Enteroendocrine Cells

Naresh Ramesh, Logan Hatfield, Hannah Shufflebarger
Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Neuromuscular Efficiency and Muscular Strength in Runners

Hannah Kemp, Jason Metz, David Hanna, Robert Wetzel
Active Hexose Correlated Compound Feeding to Stress Mice Induces Differential Cytokine Production during Chlamydia muridarum Genital Infection Department of Applied Science and Mathematics, Bluefield State University, Bluefield, WV.

Kristen Rolen, Tesfaye Belay
Evaluation of antibacterial effects of stem extracts from Coscinium fenestratum.

Gabriella Morris, Isaak Stearns, Lance Minson, Shalika Silva
A Discussion of Year 3 Results of the NSF S-STEM Scholarship Program at Shepherd University

Qing Wang, AMY DEWITT, EMILY GROSS, WEIDONG LIAO, KAREN ADAMS, REZA MIRDAMADI
Identifying and characterizing antibiotic producers found in and on the haustorium of Epifagus virginiana.

Aida E Jimenez Esquilin, Logan Waugh
Characterization of CD4+ t cell subsets during Chlamydia muridarum genital infection

Katrina Davis, Dr. Belay
Thermotolerance of environmental fungi captured from indoor air.

Abigail Collins, Laura Robertson
Fingerprint Correlation Between Twins

Cody Barnes
Peptidoglycan modulation by Francisella tularensis

Hayden Hess
Exploring mathematic struggles among STEM students at Fairmont State University

Josh George, Kristy Henson
Estimating the dosage and feasibility of intranasal administration of creatine.

Greg Edward Popovich, Connor Hollen
Wnt signaling in cranial bones as a proponent of TH-induced craniosynostosis.

Lara Fetty, Tyler Hill, Holly Racine
Developing a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Chatbot App Using Adaptive Large Language Models (LLM) and LangChain Framework

Cara Burgan, Josiah Kowalski, Weidong Liao
The Utilization of Double-Immunofluorescence Microscopy to determine the role of FTL_1199 in erythrocyte invasion by Francisella tularensis.

Elio Delatore III, Joseph Horzempa
Genetic and Protein Expression Comparison of Tissues of Differing Embryonic Origin.

Tyler Hill