The 2020 AAAS Student E-poster Competition took place at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on February 13-16. The competition recognizes the individual efforts of students who are actively working toward an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral-level degree. The winners’ presentations displayed originality and understanding that set them apart from their peers.
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Graduate Student First Place: Luyi Cheng, Northwestern University
RIBOSWITCHES: APPROACHES IN BIOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS IN GLOBAL HEALTH
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Edna Chiang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
THE HIBERNATING SQUIRREL MICROBIOME HAS SEASONAL SHIFTS IN GENOMIC COMPOSITION
Undergraduate First Place: Mario Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine
UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMAN DELETERIOUS MUTATIONS ARE TOLERATED IN OTHER SPECIES
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Tal Sneh, Arizona State University
DNA NANOARRAYS FOR SENSITIVE DIGITAL BIOMARKER DETECTION IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
Graduate Student Winner: Ellen Brennan, University of Michigan
THE LITTLE NEURON THAT COULD - EXAMINING THE CIRCUITRY OF THE RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Jessica Y. Chen, University of Michigan
IL10 GENE THERAPY PRESERVES MUSCLE INNERVATION AND FUNCTION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
Undergraduate First Place: Angelique Cortez, University of California, Irvine
INVESTIGATION OF A NICOTINE E-CIGARETTE VAPOR INHALATION ROUTE IN A RODENT MODEL
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Olumide Fagboyegun, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
GABA-B RECEPTOR MEDIATED REGULATION OF AMYLOID-ΒETA METABOLISM
CELL BIOLOGY
Graduate Student First Place: Melody Tan, Rice University
OPTICAL IMAGING TO IMPROVE THE DETECTION OF ORAL PRECANCER AND CANCER
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Nathan Sunada, University of Hawaii at Hilo
CALCIUM SIGNALING REMODELING IN MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT NEUROBLASTOMA
Undergraduate First Place: Cuauhtemoc Ramirez, University of California, Irvine
DEFINING THE ROLE OF PP2A INHIBITOR SET IN SPHINGOLIPID INDUCED CANCER CELL DEATH
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Kelsey N. Salcido, University of California, Irvine
ROLE OF UHRF1 IN OSTEOSARCOMA AND PALBOCICLIB'S MECHANISM OF ACTION
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY GENETICS AND IMMUNOLOGY
Graduate Student First Place: Caryn Carson, Washington University in St. Louis
GENE BY DIET INTERACTIONS ALTER BROWN ADIPOSE EXPRESSION NETWORKS
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Luz Milbeth Cumba Garcia, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
PLASMA EVS miRNA SIGNATURES IN GBM PATIENTS RECEIVING EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOTHERAPY
Undergraduate First Place: Isaryhia Maya Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine
COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMICS OF STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE AND CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Ieeshiah Otarola, University of California, Irvine
ROLE OF ESTROGEN IN SEROTONERGIC NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Graduate Student First Place: Jean P. González-Crespo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
USING DRONES TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF HURRICANES IN COASTAL WETLANDS
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Michelle Elise Spicer, University of Pittsburgh
A COMPARISON OF TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE PLANT GROWTH-FORMS AND STRATA DISTRIBUTIONS
Undergraduate First Place: Patrick Robichaud, Washington State University
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REDUCING WATER STORAGE IN THE SALMON AND CLEARWATER RIVER BASINS
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Ananth Udupa, Arizona State University
PEDESTRIAN THERMAL EXPOSURE IN URBAN PARKS IN TEMPE, AZ
MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Graduate Student First Place: Catherine Steffel, University of Wisconsin, Madison
SIGHT UNSEEN: CHARACTERIZING CAROTID PLAQUE WITH ULTRASOUND
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Alexandra G. Hammerberg, University of Washington
BIPEDAL PERILS FOR PATIENTS: PEAK BRAKING AND PROPULSIVE FORCES IN GRADIENT WALKING
Undergraduate First Place: Jack Shanahan, University of California, Irvine
ELEVEN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GENES IN ENVIRONMENTAL KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Anit Tyagi, University of Denver
UNDERSTANDING WHY THE ANTI-CANCER DRUG, PEMBROLIZUMAB, FAILS IN CERTAIN PATIENTS
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Graduate Student First Place: Rachael Knoblauch, University of Maryland, Baltimore and The Institute of Fluorescence
PHOTODYNAMIC ENHANCEMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES FROM BROMINATED CARBON NANODOTS
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Soochan Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
HIGH-PERFORMANCE LI-SE BATTERIES ENABLED VIA ALL-IN-ONE SE CATHODE
Undergraduate First Place: Joe C. Gonzales, University of California, Irvine
HYDROGEN PROGRAMMED MESOPOROUS STRUCTURE OF NANOSCOPIC NIOBIUM (V) OXIDE THIN FILMS
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Amelia Cuomo, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AN INVESTIGATION OF CURVILINEAR COORDINATES IN UPPER DIVISION PHYSICS TEXTBOOKS
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Graduate Student First Place: Taran Lichtenberger, Northwestern University and Chicago Botanic Garden
EVALUATING THE PREVALENCE AND QUALITY OF CONFERENCE CODES OF CONDUCT
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Suyog Padgaonkar, Northwestern University
SCIENCE WITH SENIORS: A MODEL PROGRAM FOR STEM OUTREACH TOWARDS SENIOR CITIZENS
Undergraduate First Place: Richa Venkatraman, Arizona State University
ABORTION-SPECIFIC INFORMED CONSENT LAWS: WHAT DO WOMEN HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW?
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Madison Frazier, Arizona State University
EVALUATION OF VISUAL FATIGUE OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST CAMPUS STUDENTS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Graduate Student First Place: Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, University of Vermont
INTENDED AND ACTUAL ADOPTION OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION PRACTICES AFTER HURRICANE MARIA
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Theora Tiffney, Arizona State University
HEPATITIS C AND SOFOSBUVIR: THE DECISIONS AND POLICY BEHIND HIGH DRUG PRICES
Undergraduate First Place: Delaney Bucker, Arizona State University
A REVIEW OF SOCIO-EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL INDIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Sheldon Rosa, University of Hawaii – Hilo
INFORMATIVE KITS FOR EDUCATION: PREPARING HAWAI’I COMMUNITIES FOR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH
Graduate Student First Place: Andrés J. Arroyo Colón, Universidad de Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
MCELIECE PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOSYSTEMS FOR POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY USING AG CODES
Graduate Student Honorable Mention: Brandon Hunter, Duke University
USING MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Undergraduate First Place: Daniela Gonzalez, University of California, Irvine
CYCLIC STRAIN INDUCES DISTINCT ORGANIZATION OF CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS AND CARDIOMYOCYTES
Undergraduate Honorable Mention: Jai Singh Rajput, University of Texas, Dallas
EVALUATING CHRONIC STABILITY OF CABLES WITH DUAL THERMO-MECHANICAL ACCELERATED AGING