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University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference The Twenty-Ninth Annual UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM CONFERENCE January 20, 2018 Environment & Natural Resources 2 Building TABLE OF CONTENTS THE 29TH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM CONFERENCE Welcome! 3 Conference Agenda 4 Map of Venue: Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building 5 Today’s Activities 6 2017-2018 UBRP Programs, Participants, and Faculty Mentors 8 Acknowledgements 12 A Thank-You to Our Donors 13 Supporting UBRP 14 2017 UBRP Mentor Awards 15 UBRP Ambassadors 16 Pen Pals Program 17 2017 Small Group Discussion Leaders 18 Abstracts of Posters Presented 19 Support for the 29th Annual UBRP Conference has been provided by: 2 WELCOME! Dear Students, Faculty, Friends, Family Members, and Guests: Welcome to the Twenty-Ninth Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP) Conference! The annual UBRP Conference provides a fantastic opportunity to learn from our undergraduates about what they’ve discovered by doing research, their tribulations and triumphs, and new perspectives they have gained from their mentors. At this conference, my first as Director of UBRP, I am excited to see our students’ work! UBRP encompasses several programs that provide individualized research experiences to a diverse group of students. During the Summer of 2017, these students conducted research full- time, they met weekly to share their research journey in small groups, and they came together as a community in scientific seminars and field trips. While our students come from varied backgrounds, they are all here today with a common purpose: to communicate what they’ve discovered and how it can better the world and our society. Approximately 120 undergraduates are presenting at today’s conference, and they have conducted research across the globe – in the Czech Republic, in Tucson, at Northern Arizona University, at Barrow Neurological Institute, and at the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix. Their work represents the breadth of biological research, including topics such as the health effects of tattoo ink, how children learn, the impact of urbanization and growing populations upon surface water, boldness in spiders, novel cancer treatments, and using songbirds to study the human voice. As any of the students presenting today can tell you, conducting scientific research isn’t easy. The posters you see today represent hard work, trial and error, teamwork, patience, sleepless nights, missed meals, and a great deal of tenacity. Today, I welcome you to talk with our students about their adventures in research, and share in celebrating the excitement of discovery and the spirit of scientific collaboration. I hope you enjoy seeing what these students have accomplished! Enjoy the conference! Jennifer Cubeta Jennifer Cubeta, M.Ed. UBRP Director 3 29TH ANNUAL UBRP CONFERENCE AGENDA ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES 2 BUILDING, 1064 E. LOWELL STREET 12:00pm – 1:00pm CHECK IN & OPENING RECEPTION GROUND AND SECOND FLOORS • Check in at the Registration Table • Enjoy refreshments in the Cafe, meet & network with UBRP students, faculty mentors, alumni, and guests • Explore hands-on science activities (Ground Floor) • Preview students’ posters (Second Floor) 1:00pm – 2:00pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS ROOM N120, GROUND FLOOR • Welcome by Jennifer Cubeta, UBRP Director • Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Dr. Philip Malan • Keynote Address: “Shedding (Green) Light on Alternative Pain Management” by Dr. Mohab Ibrahim, UBRP Alumnus, Director of the Comprehensive Pain Management Clinic at Banner University Medical Center South, and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine • “UBRP Up Close” by Tiffany Cho and Kai Aragaki, UBRP Ambassadors President and Secretary, and Dr. John Szivek, UBRP External Advisory Group Chairperson • Acknowledgments of Service to UBRP • Logistics, Jennifer Cubeta, UBRP Director 2:00pm – 4:30pm UBRP POSTER SESSION SECOND FLOOR: ROOMS S215, S223, S225, & S230 • Odd numbered posters present from 2:00pm – 3:15pm • Even numbered posters present from 3:15pm – 4:30pm 4:30pm – 5:00pm CLOSING: AWARDS PRESENTATION & DOOR PRIZES ROOM N120, GROUND FLOOR • Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award • Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award • Door Prizes • Student Participation Certificates 4 MAP OF VENUE: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 2 BUILDING N120 Auditorium N Women’s men’s Restroom Restroom levators E GROUND FLOOR s ’ omen estroom W R Room S120A Cafe s ’ men estroom R SECOND FLOOR 5 TODAY’S ACTIVITIES OPENING RECEPTION ACTIVITIES 12:00pm – 1:00pm Meet and Greet (ENR2 Café & Courtyard) Arthropod Diversity (ENR2 Courtyard) Grab a bite to eat and connect with UBRP students, See arachnids, giant centipedes, and stinging insects! alumni, faculty, and guests! Hosted by Dr. Justin Schmidt, a 2015 winner of the IgNoble Award and 2016 author of the book The Shark Anatomy and Coral Bleaching Sting of the Wild. (ENR2 Courtyard) Learn the anatomy of sharks and how they play an Arizona Stressbusters (Room 120A, Inside Café) important role in our oceans. Understand the Feeling stressed? Get a free 5-minute backrub from complicated world of corals and their conservation University of Arizona volunteers! issues. Hosted by the Marine Awareness and Conservation Society (MACS). Learn How to Extract DNA! (ENR2 Courtyard) Come learn and perform the steps to extract DNA UBRP 2017 Slide Show (Room N120) from living things! Hosted by the Molecular & See what UBRPers have been up to! Cellular Biology (MCB) Club. The Brain Bus (Parking Bay, North Side of ENR2) Support UBRP See a human brain and spinal cord, learn what Visit the UBRP Registration Table to contribute to happens when the brain experiences a concussion, UBRP. T-shirts are available for $10; all proceeds will and what to do if you get a concussion. go towards UBRP student support. KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1:00pm – 2:00pm SHEDDING (GREEN) LIGHT ON ALTERNATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT by Dr. Mohab Ibrahim INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER BY DR. PHIL MALAN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY Dr. Mohab Ibrahim is Director of the Comprehensive Pain Management Clinic at Banner University Medical Center South and an Assistant Professor, Clinical Scholar Track, in the Departments of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Ibrahim came to the United States from Egypt in 1993. He initially enrolled at Pima Community College and then transferred to the University of Arizona. He took a student worker position in Dr. John Law’s lab, working under the supervision of Dr. Rolf Ziegler studying changes in lipid content of mosquito fat bodies and oocytes during adult life under different conditions. In UBRP, Dr. Ibrahim chose to work with Dr. Phil Malan, who studied pain and the means of treating it. Ibrahim worked in the Malan lab as a UBRP student from 1997-1998, receiving 6 his BS in biochemistry with a minor in chemistry and mathematics in December of 1998. He earned a Master’s in pharmacology and toxicology from UA and completed a PhD in pharmacology and toxicology at UA in 2004 under the guidance of Dr. Malan. From 2004 to 2008 he was a UA medical student and then a surgical intern at UA. From 2009 to 2012, Dr. Ibrahim was an anesthesiology resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard University, and he spent a year as a Clinical Pain Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. After spending a year in Las Vegas as an Interventional Pain Management Physician at the Pain Center of Nevada, Dr. Ibrahim came back to Tucson to assume his current position. Recently he and his colleagues, including UBRP mentor Dr. Rajesh Khanna, have been experimenting with how exposure to green LED can mitigate pain in both rats and humans. THE UBRP POSTER SESSIONS! 2:00pm – 4:30pm If you’ve never attended a poster session before, keep in mind that our students are here to talk to you about the research they’ve done. You are not expected to be an expert in science; we invite our visitors to simply be curious and to ask questions! Can you walk me through your poster? How did you get involved in research? What excites you about doing research? What is the ‘take home’ message from your poster? Our students will be happy to share their research experiences with you! Along with the list of abstracts located in this booklet, you can use the Topical Guide to UBRP Conference Posters handout to help you identify posters of interest. To give our own students a chance to see each other’s work, half of our students will be presenting their posters from 2:00pm to 3:15pm and the other half will be presenting from 3:15pm to 4:30pm. AWARDS PRESENTATION & DOOR PRIZES 4:30pm – 5:00pm UBRP thanks the following organizations and companies for donating door prizes: University of Arizona School of Theater Film & Television 7 2017-2018 UBRP PROGRAMS, PARTICIPANTS, AND FACULTY MENTORS UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM (UBRP) The Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP) is an educational program designed to teach students science by involving them in biologically-related research. Students are paid for their time doing research where they develop an understanding of scientific method and receive a realistic view of research. They also acquire the tools necessary to be successful in post-graduate studies should they choose careers related to biology or biomedical research. Funding for UBRP students comes from private donors and the Western Alliance
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