Western Pond Turtle Habitat Ranking and Assessment in the Southern Willamette Valley
Presenters: Rebecca Winard, John Rogers, and Robin Clemen Mentor: Peg Boulay PM Poster Presentation Poster 52 The 2011 Turtle Conservation Team ranked sites that were likely to have existing turtle populations, as well as some previously unevaluated ponds. We...
Investigation of Supportive Cues in Early Stages of Pediatric Brain Cancer
Presenter: Kelsey Wahl Mentor: Hui Zong PM Poster Presentation Poster 50 Medulloblastoma is the most common type of malignant brain tumor in children. During cerebellar development, granule neuron precursor cells (GNPs) proliferate along the external germinal layer in...
(Re)generative Process and the Edible City: Ecological Urbanism in Portland, Oregon
Presenter: Jack Thomas Mentor: Hajo Neis PM Poster Presentation Poster 48 The modern city archetype is undergoing drastic change as urbanists and laypeople alike begin pulling the landscape into the world’s urban areas, which have in essence, become “edible”....
The Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project: Adiponectin, Body Composition, and Cardiovascular Health among the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia
Presenter: Elizabeth Streeter Mentor: James Josh Snodgrass PM Poster Presentation Poster 46 Adiponectin is a hormone secreted by adipocytes that is involved in a number of metabolic processes. A decreased production of adiponectin is an important risk factor linking...
Decorated Youth: The Street Fashion Revolution in Japan and the Reordering of Form, Aesthetic, and Identity through Dress
Presenter: Dorothy Siemens Mentor: Alisa Freedman PM Poster Presentation Poster 44 Emerging street fashion trends in 1990s Japan changed fashion and clothing systems not only domestically, but around the world. These rebellious urban youth, and their eccentric styles,...
The Genetics of Speciation in C. remanei: Post-Zygotic Isolation and Genetic Incompatibilities
Presenter: Max Ryan Mentor: Patrick Phillips PM Poster Presentation Poster 42 Earth is home to an amazing amount of diversity, but the mechanisms through which new species arise are not well understood. Speciation, the study of these mechanisms, is a relatively young...
Left Handedness in a Captive bonobo Group
Presenters: Tabatha Rood, Klaree Boose and Frances White Mentor: Frances White PM Poster Presentation Poster 40 Handedness in great apes is related to laterality and cognitive development. Previous studies report a right-handed bias in 9 ape studies. This study...
Effect of Loading Rates on Metatarsal Stress Fractures
Presenter: Howey Richard Mentor: Li-Shan Chou PM Poster Presentation Poster 38 Metatarsal stress fractures (MSF) are some of the most common, most debilitating injuries that athletes experience. Most previous studies have focused on calculating the loading rates using...
Assessing Relationships between Topography and Species Diversity in Restored and Remnant Wet Prairies
Presenters: Tatiana Piazza, Rachel Lytton, Willis Logsdon and Claire Reed-Dustin Mentor: Peg Boulay PM Poster Presentation Poster 36 Wetland prairies provide numerous ecosystem services and habitat for native plant species. Our research project examines the...
Variation of Dental Calculus in Captive Macaques
Presenters: Colin Oliveira, Daniel Vermillion and Lauren Moore Mentor: Frances White PM Poster Presentation Poster 34 Dental calculus in nonhuman primates varies with diet, ecology, and immune health. As in humans, monkeys with excessive dietary carbohydrates can...
Pulse Laser Physics: Constructing a Stretched Pulse Fiber Laser and Autocorrelator
Presenter: Alexander Muhr Mentor: Stephen Gregory PM Poster Presentation Poster 32 Creation of laser pulses in the sub picosecond range has become increasingly important over the past couple of decades as the number of applications for ultrashort laser pulses has...
The Effect of Muscle Strength on Performance during the Sit-to-Walk Task in Elderly Subjects
Presenter: Hannah Miller Mentor: Li Shan Chou PM Poster Presentation Poster 30 Aging results in declines in many physiological functions, which can negatively affect the performance of everyday activities such as mov- ing from a sitting position to walking. This study...
Interactive Children’s Pet Care System
Presenter: Natasha Michalowsky Mentor: Jason Germany PM Poster Presentation Poster 28 The vov.vov system leverages technology and social media to enhance, elevate and expand dog ownership for children. Children are not great dog owners because they lack knowledge...
Archaeology from Behind the Curtain: The Discovery, Research, and Conservation of Human Remains in Gozo, Malta
Presenter: Kirsten Lopez Mentor: Diane Baxter PM Poster Presentation Poster 26 “Box 1” and “Box 2”–that was it. That is all that was written on the outside of the boxes that ultimately contained the contents of my research project. In the fall of 2011 I...
Interactions Between ihha and mef2ca in Bone Development
Presenters: Ashlin Larsen, Tyler R. Huycke and Charles B. Kimmel Mentor: Charles Kimmel PM Poster Presentation Poster 24 Bones form through the differentiation of mesenchymal cells into bone-forming osteoblasts, and multiple genes regulate this process in order to...
Characteristics of Menstrual Cycle Manipulation with Combined Hormonal Contraception in a University Student Population
Presenter: Hannah Lakehomer Mentor: Chris Minson PM Poster Presentation Poster 22 The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency and characteristics of menstrual cycle manipulation with combined hormonal contraception (CHC) among a population of college-age...
Does Spatial Attention Influence the Severity of Visual Crowding?
Presenter: Daniel Klee Mentor: Edward Awh PM Poster Presentation Poster 20 The identification of a target in peripheral vision is severely impaired in the presence of nearby distracting information. This phenom- enon is referred to as visual crowding, and it...
Runx2b Transgene Expressing the Peb2A2 Isoform Shows Spatially Restricted Expression in the Developing Zebrafish Craniofacial Skeleton
Presenter: Nathan Johnson Mentor: April DeLaurier PM Poster Presentation Poster 18 Transgenic techniques have revolutionized the study of cellular, developmental, and molecular biology by allowing researchers to visualize the proteins they study in vivo. When...
Legislating Identity – Saami Development and Self-Determination in Sweden
Presenter: Bennett Hubbard Mentor: Yvonne Braun PM Poster Presentation Poster 16 The Saami, an ethnic group indigenous to a large portion of land that stretches from Norway into Sweden, Finland, and Russia, have persevered under harsh assimilation regulations enforced...
Invertebrate Species Richness on Deep Cobble and Gravel Bottoms off Cape Arago, Oregon
Presenter: Nick Hayman Mentor: Craig Young PM Poster Presentation Poster 14 Although conservation of marine diversity is a major goal of an ongoing process to establish marine reserves in the Oregon Territorial Sea, virtually all subtidal studies off Oregon have...
Oregon Health and Science University: A foundation to build upon. “Envisioning a multifunctional urban campus oriented around pedestrian experience and context connections
Presenter: Jonathan Haller Mentor: David Hulse PM Poster Presentation Poster 12 This is a final comprehensive project for the BLA program, focusing on the design of a medical school campus. The design explores the campus from an urban scale down to detailed focus...
Autistic Tendencies and Visual Processing: A Local Bias versus a Global Deficit
Presenter: Melissa Dollar Mentor: Paul Dassonville PM Poster Presentation Poster 10 Past research suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit an enhanced locally-oriented processing bias, but have an attenuated tendency to use global...
A New Model for Cutaneous Thermal Hyperemia
Patricia Choi, Naoto Fuji and Vienna Brunt Mentor: Christopher Minson PM Poster Presentation Poster 8 Currently, assessment of cutaneous thermal hyperemia is done by locally heating the skin from a baseline of 33 to 42C at a rate of 0.1oC/1 s. The purpose of this...
Pace of Early Epiphyseal Fusion in Captive Macaca
Presenters: Samantha Buckley and Sarah Walker Mentor: Frances White PM Poster Presentation Poster 6 Epiphyseal fusion is an important developmental indicator in all mammals. Among cercopithecids, the sequence of epiphyseal fusion is known but the pacing of these...
Histological Characterization of Changes in Skeletal Muscle during Tourniquet Induced Ischemia and Reperfusion
Presenters: Aaron Boothby and Arman Ameripour Mentor: Hans Dreyer PM Poster Presentation Poster 4 Orthopedic surgeons often utilize a tourniquet during surgical procedures to minimize blood loss and to maintain a clear surgical field. Current clinical dogma is that...
Impact of Estradiol and Progesterone on Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Young, Healthy Women
Presenters: Elisabeth Barrar, J.C. Miner, and J.A. Miner Mentor: Christopher Minson PM Poster Presentation Poster 2 Alterations in muscular sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in healthy, young women (<40 years of age) have been seen during the early follicular phase...
Tramtrack69 Restricts Axon Growth through the Activin Signaling Pathway
Presenter: Alex Whitebirch Mentor: Tory Herman AM Poster Presentation Poster 51 Connections between nerve cells are established by the outgrowth of long projections called “axons.” The motile end of a growing axon is the growth cone, a dynamic structure of actin...
MyMcKenzie: Creating a Portrait of the McKenzie River
Presenters: Cassidy Ventura, Mason Trinca and Rick Gurule Mentor: Peg Boulay AM Poster Presentation Poster 49 Through photography and interpretation, as a group of Environmental Studies students in the Environmental Leadership Program, we created a portrait of the...
Analyzing Time of Chromosomal Rearrangment in Glioblastoma
Presenter: Anna Streitz Mentor: Hui Zong AM Poster Presentation Poster 47 Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor. Due to the tumor cell’s ability to disperse through- out the brain, their resistance to traditional chemotherapy and...
The Angry Cookie: Adults’ and Children’s Attribution of Human-like Facial and Emotional Characteristics to Inanimate Objects
Presenter: Mirjam Staeb Mentor: Marjorie Taylor AM Poster Presentation Poster 45 Anthropomorphism is the tendency to describe inanimate objects with human-like characteristics. In this study we investigated individual differences in the perception of faces and...
The Role of Chromatin Remodeling Complex in Valve Development
Presenter: Maithri Sarangam Mentor: Kryn Stankunas AM Poster Presentation Poster 43 Congenital heart diseases are one of the most common types of birth defects. Studying the development of this complex organ may provide insight into the causes of such defects. It has...
Inaccurate Grip Predictions for Congenital Amputees’ Absent Hand: Evidence of Sensory-dependent Construction of Accurate Internal Models for Motor Planning
Presenter: Samantha Ross Mentor: Marjorie Woollacott AM Poster Presentation Poster 41 To what extent does accurate internal model construction, for motor planning, depend on sensory experience? A previous study showed preserved accuracy of models for traumatic...
Dietary Intake and its Effect on Muscle Atrophy Post Total Knee Arthroplasty
Presenter: Alexander Robinson Mentor: Hans Dreyer AM Poster Presentation Poster 39 Post-operative muscle loss has been singled out as the greatest contributor to long-term strength deficits, explaining 77% of muscle weakness 1-3 years after total knee arthroplasty...
X-Ray Crystallography of CUG-Containing RNA Constructs with and Without Small Molecules Could Help Develop Therapeutic Agents to Alleviate Myotonic Dystrophy Symptoms at a Molecular Level
Presenter: Irina Rapoport Mentor: Andy Berglund AM Poster Presentation Poster 37 Myotonic dystrophy is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy. DM type 1 is caused by aberrantly expanded CTG repeats in the 3’ untranslated region of the DMPK gene. Upon...
A Look at the Development of Action Segmentation in Children and Adults
Presenter: Jennifer Paternostro Mentor: Dare Baldwin AM Poster Presentation Poster 35 In order to process and understand events as they unfold, adults break down events into smaller parts. For example, the process of making a sandwich would include big, medium, and...
Environmental Leadership Program Canopy Connections Environmental Education Program 2012
Presenter: Emma Newman, Gritz Kuhn, and Kate Vannelli Mentor: Kathryn Lynch AM Poster Presentation Poster 33 Canopy Connections is a project of the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP), which is a service learning program housed within the Environmental Studies...
Mapping the Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex Using Dense-array EEG: An Analysis of the Somatosensory Evoked Potential
Presenter: Kyle Morgan Mentor: Don Tucker AM Poster Presentation Poster 31 In principle, dense-array EEG (dEEG) technology has the ability to localize cortical brain activity with adequate spatial resolution such that anatomically and functionally distinct regions can...
Culinary Study Developing Luxury Kitchen Appliance for the Middle Class
Presenter: Jordan Millar Mentor: Jason Germany AM Poster Presentation Poster 29 We focused on creating food related products. I chose a method of cooking called sous vide which enables molecular gastronomy style cooking. A sous vide is a style of cooking food in a...
Hold the Door! Preventing Mildew in a Shower Room
Presenters: Tyler Mavichien and Regan Greenhill Mentor: Matt Hogan AM Poster Presentation Poster 27 When a sign stating to leave the door open after showers to prevent mildew was placed on the door to the shower room in a cam- pus residence hall, residents wondered...
Shaping the Face: Genetic Interactions in Zebrafish Jaw Development
Presenter: Braden Larson Mentor: Charles Kimmel AM Poster Presentation Poster 25 Development of the jaw skeleton can be divided into three stages: (1) migration of neural crest cells, precursors of jaw skeletal cells, (2) aggregation of neural crest cells into...
Woolf and Tolkien: The Significance of Literary Illustration
Presenter: Tyler Lantz Mentor: Helen Southworth AM Poster Presentation Poster 23 British essayist and novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a notable literary presence in the Modernist literary movement of the early 20th century. In her 1919 short story Kew Gardens,...
A Look into the Growing Trend of Experiential Marketing and an Evaluation of Measurement Metrics to Determine a Campaigns Success
Presenter: Jennifer Klein Mentor: Kim Sheehan AM Poster Presentation Poster 21 With the changing media landscape and proliferation of advertising and marketing messages comes a rising need for marketers to reach consumers in new and interesting ways. The growing...
Gait Performance While Performing Cognitive Tasks Continuously in Concussed High School Athletes
Presenter: Michael Kado Mentor: Li-Shan Chou AM Poster Presentation Poster 19 Approximately 136,000 sports related concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries occur in the high school population annually. This study aims to further understand the initial deficits...
The Genetics of Cell Division in C. elegans
Presenters: Jessica Jang, Sophie Tomczyk and Hayley Standage Mentor: Bruce Bowerman AM Poster Presentation Poster 17 Cell division plays a crucial role in the development of life. The Bowerman lab focuses on the cytoskeletal development and regulation in C. elegans...
Movement Direction and Shoulder Orientation Alter Elbow Joint Position Sense
Presenter: Tayson Heward Mentor: Andy Karduna AM Poster Presentation Poster 15 Proprioception is the body’s ability to sense its position and movement without visual input. Proprioception of the elbow and shoul- der has been shown to be most accurate when elevation or...
Sound-evoked Response Properties of Parvalbumin-expressing Interneurons in Mouse Auditory Cortex: Implications for Inhibitory Gain Control
Presenter: Alexandra K. Hartman Mentor: Michael S. Wehr AM Poster Presentation Poster 13 In auditory cortex, sounds are encoded by neurons ‘tuned’ to specific acoustic features. The sound-evoked response properties of these cells are powerfully shaped by inhibitory...
Pravastatin Attenuates Preeclamptic-like Symptoms in Rat Model of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
Presenter: Haley Gillham Mentor: Jeffrey Gilbert AM Poster Presentation Poster 11 Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific condition characterized by an imbalance of circulating angiogenic factors and new onset hyper- tension. Although current treatment options are...
An Analysis of Temporal Distance, Executive Function, and Reaction Time Following Concussion
Presenter: Matthew Crocker Mentor: Li-Shan Chou AM Poster Presentation Poster 9 The purpose of this study was to investigate how the gait of high school concussed subjects changes from the time of injury to 2 months post-concussion as well as assessing their reaction...
Effects of Metformin on pro- and anti-angiogenic factor secretion by placental trophoblast cells
Presenter: Susan Capoccia Mentor: Jeffrey Gilbert AM Poster Presentation Poster 7 Maternal endothelial dysfunction, a primary characteristic of hypertension during preeclampsia is thought to arise from excess production of anti-angiogenic factors such as soluble...
An Environmental Anthropology: The Effects of the Yacyretá Dam on Communities in Misiones, Argentina in Comparison to the Economic and Environmental Well-being of the Pilcomayo River Basin
Presenter: Megan Brogan Mentor: Ronald Mitchell AM Poster Presentation Poster 5 Do large dam projects create a “sustainable improvement of human welfare” for those directly affected by a dam (WCD 2000, 2)? Scholars have failed to address whether a community suffering...
Ischemia Induced ER Stress in Skeletal Muscle Cells during Total Knee Arthroplasty Upregulates Proteins Involved with the Unfolded Protein Response
Presenter: Ryan Boileau Mentor: Hans Dreyer AM Poster Presentation Poster 3 Estimated to be performed 3.48 million times annually by 2030, Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is the most common surgery to remediate chronic osteoarthritis in older adults. During surgery,...
Fall Risk in the Elderly and Joint Moments of the Supporting Lower Limb during Sit-to-Walk
Presenter: Elena Absalon Mentor: Li-Shan Chou AM Poster Presentation Poster 1 Elderly adults suffer a high incidence of falls during daily activity. It is well documented that dynamic balance and muscle strength deteriorate with age. The goal of this study is to...
Coffee, Climate, and Society: Can Fair Trade Benefit Both Human and Plant?
Presenter: Laura Vigeland Communication Disorders and Sciences Poster Presentation C11 Coffee is one of the most widely traded commodities in the world, with Central and South America producing the majority of this product. This study explores the effects of climate...
Malaria and Climate Change
Presenter: Inga Suneson Planning, Public Policy and Management Poster Presentation C10 Malaria’s dependence on specific atmospheric conditions such as an abundance of precipitation and warm temperatures makes it susceptible to climate change. A slight change in...
Varying Portrayals of Climate Change and Water Stress in Bolivia, Seen Through Science and Journalism
Presenter: Benjamin Stone Journalism Poster Presentation C9 In many ways, populations in developing countries are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than those in wealthier, industrialized cultures. And in the Andes of South America, this vulnerability...
Climate Change Adaptations for Salmon in Indigenous Cultures
Presenter: Mia Schauffler Journalism Poster Presentation C8 Pacific salmon populations are currently in decline. Due to a history of exploitation of their environment, certain types of salmon are at risk of extinction. Along with overfishing and fishery practices,...
Indigenous Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
Presenter: Paul Metzler Environmental Studies Poster Presentation C7 Indigenous cultures are often the stewards of areas with the most biologically diverse food crops. Diversity is essential to maintaining food security in the face of changing climates, and yet,...
Maori Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change
Presenter: Kylie Loutit Environmental Science Poster Presentation C6 The Maori, the native population of New Zealand, are gradually becoming an imperative part of understanding climate and environmental events and changes in New Zealand. Maori Environmental Knowledge...
Whooping Cranes and Texans: A Plan for Water, Survival, and Coexistence
Presenter: Ethyn Kelley Pre-Journalism Poster Presentation C5 In the Guadalupe river basin of Texas, a low lying stretch of coastal marshes and grasslands, human development and weather alterations are beginning to cause problems for whooping cranes and humans alike....
An Earth That Speaks and Those Who Listen: Climate Change in Inuit Oral Tradition
Presenter: Shannon Ferry Family and Human Services Poster Presentation C4 Climate change in North America is a topic often spoken about but rarely understood. Even more rarely understood are the different types of detection and attribution of climate-related events...
Sports, Sustainability, and Climate Change
Presenter: Weston Cooper Undeclared Poster Presentation C3 Sports and sustainability have a natural bond. From the beginning, sport was developed in the outdoors and made use of the natural resources available. Without available fresh air, land, and water athletic...
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Policy: Cooperation for the Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts on Communities
Presenter: Frances Bursch International Studies Poster Presentations C2 Climate change and sustainable development are hot topics today as a consequence of increasing rates of climate change, the continued global disparity in wealth and resources, and the imminent...
Effects of Global Climate Change on the Psychology of Children and Adolescents
Presenter: Hillary Boost Family and Human Services Poster Presentations C1 This is an evaluation of the psychological impacts of global climate change on children and adolescents. It is hypothesized that global climate change has effects on the psychological wellbeing...