With global climate change, temperatures are expected to increase and precipitation is expected to decrease in some agricultural areas. Consequently, crops in these areas will need irrigation, but irrigation can cause higher soil salinity. As a first step towards engineering crops that are resistant to salt stress, we are studying the genetic architecture underlying salt […]
C03-T: Sedimentological Analysis of the Architecture of Upper Cretaceous Sediment Gravity Flow Deposits, Utah and Colorado
The Mancos Shale is a geologic formation dominated by marine mudrocks below storm wavebase (Kellogg 1977), deposited in the Western Interior Seaway during the Late Cretaceous geologic period. Within this formation are intervals that consist of very-fine to medium-grained sandstones displaying both sheet-like and channel-form geometries, with sedimentary structures that appear wave influenced. The area […]
B08: Comparing the Lens Explant System to the Intact Mouse Lens Through RNA Sequencing
Cell differentiation lies at the heart of development in all multicellular life. The molecular switches that control development are complicated to study, making the ocular lens an invaluable tool. It provides a simple model of cell differentiation, since it only has two cell types: epithelial cells and fiber cells. Differentiation of epithelial cells into fiber […]
CSIII-04: Explaining Occurrences of Sexual Assault on Airplanes through Routine Activity Theory
The topic of sexual assault has become an increasingly hot button issue thanks to social movements such as #MeToo and the publicization of victim experiences via social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Unfortunately, there exists a gap in research regarding incidences of sexual assault that occur on transportation, specifically on airplanes. Even less research […]
B37: Oil Degrading Microbial Communities
It is estimated that at least 600,000 metric tons of crude oil seep into the environment each year, and most human methods of decontamination are incomplete and costly (Das & Chandran, 2011). Microbial communities, made up of many species of interacting bacteria, provide a simple and effective solution to cleaning up oil, as natural communities […]
CSI-06: How to Cool and Trap Atoms—Miami’s BEC Laboratory
The study of atoms in extreme conditions has been the frontier of all science. The deeper scientists prod the structure of these building blocks the more questions there are. Often these questions are hypothesized through mathematical models for the better part of human history our mathematical proofs have far exceeded are physical experiments. An example […]
C85: Individual Difference Model of Stress Eating
College students undergo a lot of stress throughout the school year, and this can negatively impact their health in a variety of ways, notably their eating habits. Here we investigated how acute stressors, similar to that of college students’ every day lives, impact their eating behaviors, and whether individual differences are related to how they […]
C90: Fingerspelling Patterns in Signing Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Our research investigates sign language development in children with ASD. Previous research has shown that signing children with ASD produce unique or idiosyncratic errors such as palm orientation reversals, which may indicate differences in how children with ASD imitate body movements. In this study, we ask if a sample of signing children with ASD produces […]
A41: College Readiness in Urban High Schools
BRIII-06: Stories and Struggles of the Hijra and the Kothi community in sex work in India
Men who transition themselves to women and dress up in what is called “feminine” attire to portray their womanhood are known as the “Hijra” people in India. “Kothi” are the men who take on the female role in sexual activities, to experience more penetration. Hijras mostly live in a house together and work under a […]
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