My family was always reluctant to answer questions that I had about the stories of Devadasis. Therefore, their reluctance led me to research more on them. With the help of my supervisor, I started reading the book, Given to Goddess by Lucinda Ramberg, who had researched specifically on the culture in the Ashrams (Religious shrines) […]
C06-P: MBLinhibitors.com, a Website Resource Offering Information and Expertise for the Continued Development of Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitors
Metallo-β-Lactamases are enzymes that bacteria produce to protect themselves from various β-Lactam antibiotics. As a result of the growing antibiotic resistance crisis, new compounds have been developed to try to inhibit these enzymes and slow the spread of antibiotic resistance. In an effort to facilitate the discovery of new, improved inhibitors of the metallo-β-lactamases, a […]
C03-T: Sequence Stratigraphy of the Albian-Cenomanian Naturita Formation and Lower Mancos Shale, Eastern Utah and Western Colorado
The late Albian-Cenomanian Naturita Fm. and lower Mancos Shale in eastern Utah and western Colorado are interpreted as containing three unconformity-bound depositional sequences. The first Naturita sequence (Kn1) consists of fluvial channel conglomerates/sandstones and overbank mudstones deposited above a regional erosion surface above the Albian Ruby Ranch Member of the Cedar Mountain Fm. The second […]
C41-P: The Effect of Stressor Predictability on Stress Enhanced Fear Learning
While fear can be adaptive by inhibiting pain and eliciting defensive behavior, long lasting fear can have negative effects on overall health, including psychological disorders, such as PTSD (Harris & Seckl, 2011; Bolles & Fanselow, 1980). Unpredictability of an aversive event can sensitize the fear circuitry causing an increase in one’s stress response later in […]
B25-P: A Novel Circuit Controlling Motivation
To maximize rewards, one must learn what specifically causes those rewards. This learning process is disrupted in numerous psychological disorders, including depression and substance use. Understanding the systems responsible for these processes is key to developing future treatments for psychological diseases. The serotonin and dopamine systems play critical roles in learning and motivation. While these […]
A43-P: A System for Fluorescence-based Metabolic Sensing for Cells embedded in Collagen
Thomas Finn, Nick Mayer, and Dr. Urayama, with the help of Taylor Phillips, Bibek Dhakal, and the Department of Physics, elaborate on the next steps of metabolic sensing using autofluorescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, baker’s yeast. A turbid mixture of baker’s yeast cells in Phosphate-Buffered Saline was excited using a nitrogen-gas discharge laser with a 1-nm […]
A31-P: Computational Analysis of the Structure of Fluorinated o-Phenylenes
Ortho-Phenylenes have been found to take on conformations similar to those found in biological secondary structures, classifying them as a type of molecule known as foldamers. The goal of studying this class of molecules is to eventually use this simple structure in 3D molecules that mimic biological systems. Past studies have been done to investigate […]
C36-P: Does Early Life Stress Inhibit Discrimination of Fear in Adulthood?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by severe anxiety-like symptoms that are the result of experiencing one or more traumatic events. Currently, in the United States, PTSD has a prevalence rate of 8.3% indicating that there are over 8 million people living with this disorder (Goode et al, 2020). This experiment investigated the possible effects […]
C03-P: Studying Student Attitudes Towards Science and Astronomy in Introductory Astronomy Courses
Many college students whose majors do not pertain to a STEM sub-discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) may only end up taking one science course in their entire undergraduate career. For many of these students, introductory astronomy is an interesting and popular choice. Professors of these courses often have the intention of improving their student’s […]
C57-P: Analyzing Chemistry YouTube Videos with Mayer’s Multimedia Principles: Is Popularity Linked to the Promotion of Learning?
YouTube videos are becoming increasingly more integrated into education, especially in core science subjects such as chemistry. Views are typically used as a measure of a video’s quality, as teachers and students use them for instructional support. Richard Mayer developed a set of Multimedia Principles that we have used to rate the characteristics of popular […]