Intersections: SOURCE Presentations  

Eighty undergraduate students majoring in Biology, Systems Biology, Neuroscience; or were mentored by a faculty member in the Biology department gave presentations on their research at the Spring 2022 symposium. A list of all students who participated and their presentations can be found here: Intersections-Undergraduate-Research-Spring-2022-Department-of-Biology-participants-and-presentations-list. All of the presentations can be viewed on the symposium website located here.

Megan Gregory, ’24, first place (tied)

Too close for comfort: Role of fibronectin matrix in maintaining the space  between the expanding calvaria. Watch the presentation here.

Faculty Mentor: Radhika Atit, Department of Biology. Megan has worked in the Atit lab for 1.5. years.

Nathanael Lee, ’23, first place (tied)

Natural Cast of the Endocranial Cavity of an Early Miocene Sloth from Southern Chile. Watch the presentation here.

Faculty Mentor: Darin Croft, Departments of Anatomy and Biology.

Melissa Phung, ’24, second place (tied)

Cell movement in the developing skull: how a disrupted Wnt signaling pathway can lead to congenital cranial disease. Watch the presentation here.

Faculty Mentor: Radhika Atit, Department of  Biology. Melissa has worked in the Atit lab for 1.5. years.

Shreya Satish, ’23, second place (tied)

Neuron activity in barrel cortex of developing mice under controlled whisker  stimulation. Watch the presentation here.

Faculty Mentors: Daehoon Lee, Ashley Nemes, Wen-Cheng Xiong, Department  Neurosciences.

Rachel Wyetzner, ‘ 24, 2nd place (tied)

Extracellular matrix quality/pattern in skin fibrosis is dependent on Wnt Signaling activation.

Faculty Mentor: Radhika Atit, PhD, Biology Department. Rachel has worked in the Atit lab for 1 year. Rachel was also an undergrad presenter at the national Pfizer Connect meeting in April of 2021.

Jane Venezia, 2nd place (tied)

Day and Night Basking in Ohio Freshwater Turtles.

Faculty Mentor: Mike Benard, PhD, Biology Department.