Research Days 2024
Departmental Event
Date: Apr 05, 2024 - 09:00am
Location: Castetter Hall
33rd Annual Research Days
Thursday, April 4 &
Friday, April 5, 2024
A Presentation of Student Research Celebrating
Discovery and Education in the Biological Sciences
The event will kick off with a special in-person seminar by Dr. Aparna Bhaduri, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), on Thursday April 4th. Then on Friday April 5th, the day will be filled with student talks and posters, biology laboratory tours, a buffet lunch, and a keynote seminar by our Research Day speaker, Dr. Nancy Johnson from Northern Arizona University. The day will wrap up with a ceremony announcing scholarship recipients and talk and poster award winners. See below for detailed schedule. Research Day is open to all and we encourage presentations from undergraduate and graduate students.
Thursday Speaker: Dr. Aparna Bhaduri
Seminar Title: "Understanding Cell Types in Human Cortical Development"
Friday Speaker: Dr. Nancy Johnson
Seminar Title: "Mycorrhizae in Agriculture: Past, Present and Future"
Schedule of Events
Program Booklet (pdf)
| all day | Judges preview posters | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Graduate student lunch | CAST Room 1420 (PiBBs) |
| 1:30-3:30 p.m. | Poster Printing and Hanging Assistance Hours (BGSA reps) | CAST 1st Floor |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | SEMINAR | CAST Room 100 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hausammann Brewhaus Social | 2004 Central Ave SE |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Ecology + Evolution I (Session I) | Stage | CAST Room 100 |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Jeremiah Westerman | UG | |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Ryan Stumbaugh | GR | |
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | O. Liota Gongora Weinbaum | GR | |
| 9:15-9:30 a.m. | Shayne Halter | GR | |
| 9:30-10:30 a.m. | Cell + Molecular (Session 2) | CAST Room 100 | |
| 9:30-9:45 a.m. | Benjamin Garcia | GR | |
| 9:45-10:00 a.m. | Brendan Sanders | UG | |
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | Marelessis Palomino | UG | |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Alexa Gonzalez | UG | |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Ecology + Evolution II (Session 3) | CAST Room 100 | |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Lisa Garcia | GR | |
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. | David Robinson | GR | |
| 11:15-11:30 a.m. | Jian Xiong David Tan | GR | |
| 11:30-11:45 a.m. | Ellie Larence | UG | |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Tatyana Falkowsky | UG | |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | LUNCH | ||
| 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Open Laboratory Visits | ||
| Center for Stable Isotopes | PAIS 1315 | ||
| Syed Lab | CAST 207 | ||
| Salinas Lab | CAST 2564 | ||
| Takacs-Vesbach Lab | CAST 3517 | ||
| Cook Lab | CAST 157, 159 | ||
| 1:00–2:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION I | CAST 1st Floor | |
| Savannah Sanchez (1) | GR | ||
| Josh Lopez-Binder (2) | GR | ||
| Danielle Land (3) | GR | ||
| Ali Abouismail (4) | GR | ||
| Ethan Wilson (5) | GR | ||
| Janna Martinez (6) | UG | ||
| Leigh James (7) | UG | ||
| Marina Seheon (8) | UG | ||
| Brenda Ramos Villanueva (9) | UG | ||
| Bernadette Holberg (10) | UG | ||
| Zera Adame (11) | UG | ||
| Roxanne Marquez (12) | UG | ||
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION II | CAST 1st Floor | |
| Kyana Montoya (13) | GR | ||
| Elizabeth Walker (14) | GR | ||
| Esteban Restrepo Cortés (15) | GR | ||
| Kayley You Mak (16) | GR | ||
| Celina Eberle (17) | UG | ||
| Alan Ibarra (18) | UG | ||
| Huachan Liang (19) | UG | ||
| Mikayla Ranspot (20) | UG | ||
| Maria Nava Martinez (21) | UG | ||
| Spencer Moezzi (22) | UG | ||
| Caleb Keener (23) | UG | ||
| Ariadna Torres (24) | UG | ||
| Renae Simonson (25) | UG | ||
| Adina Abudushalamu (26) | UG | ||
| 3:00-3:30 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | SEMINAR | SMLC 102 | |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | SCHOLARSHIPS + AWARDS CEREMONY | SMLC 102 | |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. | RECEPTION | SMLC Lobby | |
| 6:30 p.m. | BOSQUE BREWING SOCIAL | 106 Girard Blvd SE |
Committee Members
Co-Chair: Syed Mubarak
