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2018 AAAS Student E-poster Competition Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2018 Student Poster Competition took place at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin on February 17-18. New for 2018, Student Poster Sessions were delivered in an electronic (e-poster) format! The winners’ work displayed originality and understanding that set them apart from their peers.

The 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting poster entry site will open in July of 2018.

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Brian and Behavior

Winner: Christopher Tokita, Princeton University
Towards Complex Societies: Division of Labor Helps Early Social Groups Succeed

Honorable Mention: Gabriella Cabrera-Brown, Arizona State University
Abrupt Nicotine Reduction Increases Essential Value of Nicotine and Exacerbates Reinstated Nicotine Seeking

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Winner: Melody Tan, Rice University
Optical Imaging for Improved Oral Cancer Diagnosis at the Point of Care

Honorable Mention: Kimberley Kissoon, University of Houston, Downtown
Density-Dependent Colony Expansion of Socially Motile Myxococcus Xanthus Cells is Driven by Exopolysaccharides

Honorable Mention: Oluwaseun Adegbite, University of California, Irvine
Widespread Blatem-1b Locus within Flexible Multidrug Resistance Region in an Environmental Escherichia Coli

Developmental Biology, Physiology and Immunology

Winner: Caitlin Short, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Growth Cone Invadosome Formation and Function in Axon Growth and Guidance

Honorable Mention: Edward van Opstal, Vanderbilt University
The Genetic Basis of Host Suppression of a Maternally Transmitted Bacterium

Honorable Mention: Emily Bryant, University of California, Irvine
A Multiresistance Region Including Extended Spectrum Β-Lactamase Antibiotic Resistance Genes in an Escherichia Coli Collected from an Aquatic Environment

Education

Winner: Ally Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthetic Biology Educational Kits Based on Cell-Free, Freeze-Dried Biomolecular Components

Honorable Mention: Michael McClellan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigating Meteorological and Anthropogenic Effects on Urban Air Quality

Medicine and Public Health

Winner: Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, McGill University
Teaching the Blockchain to Facilitate Learning Primary Healthcare Systems

Honorable Mention: Norah Ashoura, The University of Texas at Austin
The Force Awakens: Illuminating the Role of Kynurenine in Cancer Progression and Treatment

Honorable Mention: Glenn Guardamondo, University of California, Irvine
Poly(Lactide-Co-Glycolide) and the Innate Immune Response Following a Spinal Cord Injury Drives Human Neural Stem Cell Fate

Environment and Ecology

Winner: Jennifer Schlauch, The University of Texas at Austin
Microbial Communities Associated with the Social Paper Wasp Polistes Exclamans (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Honorable Mention: Danial Nasr Azadani, Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
A Novel Bacteriophage for a Promising Viable Alternative in the Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Physical Sciences

Winner: Yujin Cho, The University of Texas at Austin
Study of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Indium Selenide Using Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy

Honorable Mention: Jia Hui Li, Columbia University
High-Performance Porphyrin-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Iodine and Cobalt Redox Shuttles

Honorable Mention: Samantha M. Powell, University of Oklahoma
Formation of Myoglobin-Nitroso Adducts from Amine- and Nitro-Containing Drugs

Science and Society

Winner: Rachel Damiani, University of Florida
Relating to Researchers: How Citizen Scientists Invest in Learning the Language of Science

Honorable Mention: Victor Rodriguez, University of Central Florida
A Look at Nanomedicine Clinical Trials in Comparison to Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY)

Honorable Mention: Alexis Darby, Arizona State University
Tuberculosis in Arizona: An Examination of its Effects on Communities, Infrastructure, and Health from 1890 to 2010

Social Sciences

Winner:  Charlotte Till, Arizona State University
Environmental Perceptions and Their Place within Migration Decision Frameworks: Analysis from At-Risk Locations Along the US Gulf Coast

Honorable Mention:  Cyrus Hester, Arizona State University
Economic, Climatic, and Geographic Drivers of Urban Water Demand in Arizona, 1991 –2011

Technology, Engineering and Math

Winner: Rileigh Bandy, The University of Texas at Austin
Investigating Global Optimization Methodology

Honorable Mention: Sam Aminfard, The University of Texas at Austin
Multi-Layered Spatial Methodology for Assessing the Technical and Economic Viability of Using Renewable Energy to Power Brackish Groundwater Desalination