Department of Biological Sciences at 3rd Annual UAlbany Showcase 2025

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Ringworm'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward The COVID-19 Vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward DTaP. A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Using Gli3 mutant mice to observe the effects of aberrant terminal nerve development and migration.'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous effects of Fezf1 loss-of-function on the terminal nerve and GnRH-1 neuronal development'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Following the early development of the olfactory and vomeronasal system using the GfyCre, also known as the 123Cre mouse line'

Advisor Name: Thomas Begley

Presentation Title: 'RNA Modifications and their Role in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Senescence'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward COVID- 19: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Kalaak Reddy

Presentation Title: 'Rescuing Mis-Splicing with Modulation of SMN and SF3B3 in DM1'

Advisor Name: Li Niu

Presentation Title: 'U9 Aptamers Usage in Memory Testing on Mice'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Using 123(Gfy)Cre mice to visualize the Terminal Nerve neurons in the nose and brain'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Exploring Coral-Derived Compounds as Potential Therapeutics for MyotonicDystrophy Type 1 (DM1)'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Hashimoto's Disease'

Advisor Name: ChangHwan Lee

Presentation Title: 'The novel role of LAG-3/MAML in germline stem cell regulation'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward MMR Vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward COVID-19: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Bijan Dey

Presentation Title: 'Transcriptome-wide Gene expression analysis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) mice using RNA-seq analyses'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward the MMR Vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Thomas Begley

Presentation Title: 'In vitro transcription of tRNASec and its effects on human cells'

Advisor Name: Thomas Begley

Presentation Title: 'Defining the Mechanisms of Age-related Changes in Translation'

Advisor Name: Melinda Larsen

Presentation Title: 'Quantifying the Fibrotic Response in Ligated Mouse Salivary Glands'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Alopecia'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Utilizing Single Cell Sequencing to Identify Markers of the Perplexing Terminal Nerve'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Understanding Eczema'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Measles: A Highly Contagious Virus an The Challenges of Rising Cases Amid Declining Immunization'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward Dtap vaccine, A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Arun Richard Chandrasekaran

Presentation Title: 'Assembly of DNA nanostructures in ionic liquids'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Scabies'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Spread, Infection, and Treatment of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)'

Advisor Name: Melinda Larsen

Presentation Title: 'Analysis of Submandibular and Sublingual Acinar Cell Responses to Ionizing Radiation'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Borna virus'

Advisor Name: Michael Gerdes

Presentation Title: 'RNA Modifications of Zooxanthellae and Thermal Bleached Corals'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Identifying key domains in the muscleblind-like 1 (MBNL1) protein essential to regulate alternative splicing'

Advisor Name: Tomoko Udo

Presentation Title: 'From Evidence to Action: A Review of Public Health Strategies for Eliminating HCV'

Advisor Name: Rui Li

Presentation Title: 'Neighborhood-Based Analysis of Infection Rates and Mortality Disparities Among Asian Communities in New York City'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward the COVID-19 Vaccination: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Dengue Virus: Increasing Risk from Global Travel and Aedes Expansion'

Advisor Name: Virginia Sack

Presentation Title: 'The Effectiveness of NYS Newborn Screening Program'

Advisor Name: Annalisa Scimemi

Presentation Title: 'Circadian Modulation of Layer- and Cell-Specific Properties in the Hippocampus'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Tideglusib as a Potential Therapeutics for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Lupus'

Advisor Name: Maxwell Turner

Presentation Title: 'AI-powered automated behavior tracking to study visually guided locomotion'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Human Papilloma Virus'

Advisor Name: Alex Valm

Presentation Title: 'Growth Kenetics analysis of the impact of A naeslundii on the growth of C. matruchotii'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response'

Advisor Name: Lourdes Thebaud

Presentation Title: 'SLC2A1-AS1 LncRNA super-enhancer Role in triple-negative breast cancer cells'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward Covid-19 Vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Following the P63 and Keratin 5 Keratinocytes of the Main Olfactory Epithelium'

Advisor Name: Dylan Farnsworth

Presentation Title: 'Investigating genetic mechanisms of eye development using zebrafish'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Development of a Zika virus single cell fluorescent reporter'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella): A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Exploration of the 3' untranslated region of Kamiti River Virus using site-directed mutagenesis'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Development of Horizontal Basal Cells from Basal Keratinocytes in the Main Olfactory Epithelium: The Influence of Notch Signaling on Cell Lineage'

Advisor Name: Maxwell Turner

Presentation Title: 'Visually Guided Fixation in Drosophila melanogaster'

Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Epidermolysis Bullosa'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Exploring Immune Gene Expression in Repeat Expansion Diseases: Huntington's Disease vs. Myotonic Dystrophy 1'

Advisor Name: Thomas Begley

Presentation Title: 'Unraveling the codon bias of human oncogenes: Implication for cancer development'

Name: Gabriele Fuchs

Presentation Title: 'Poliovirus and EVD68 Infection Causes Upregulation of A20 and NFKB'

Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward the COVID-19 vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Name: Maxwell Turner

Presentation Title: 'Exploring feedback mechanisms in the Drosophila visual system'

Name: Hannah Shorrock

Presentation Title: 'Intron Retention and Alternative 5' Splice Site Show a Phenotype Associated with CAG Expansion Spinocerebellar Ataxias'

Advisor Name: Shanon Stephens

Presentation Title: 'The role of morphine exposure in the overian cycle'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Respiratory Syncytial Virus'

Advisor Name: Hannah Shorrock

Presentation Title: 'Developing innovative small molecules to target CAG repeat expansions associated in spinocerebellar ataxia'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward MMR vaccine: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Thomas Begley

Presentation Title: 'The tRNA writer MnmA regulates gene expression in response to oxidative stress'

Advisor Name: Gabriele Fuchs

Presentation Title: 'Role of RACK1 in Regulating ATF4 IRES-Mediated Translation'

Advisor Name: ChangHwan Lee

Presentation Title: 'Transgenerational effect from starvation and aging'

Advisor Name: Dylan Farnsworth

Presentation Title: 'Immune Changes in DM1 over time.'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Diverticulitis'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Ebola Informational Display'

Advisor Name: Ken Halvorsen

Presentation Title: 'The Use of DNA Nanotechnology in the Detection of Viral RNA from the West Nile Virus'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Oropouche Virus'

Advisor Name: Arun Richard Chandrasekaran

Presentation Title: 'Differential electrophoretic mobility of DNA nanostructures in various counter ions'

Advisor:  Cara Pager

Title:  'The Global Threat of Marburg Virus in an Era of Increased Travel'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Mpox'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward MMR Vaccination: A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Progeria'

Advisor Name: Michael Gerdes

Presentation Title: 'Porites Cylindrica Stress Responses'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Chikungunya Virus: Transmission, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Overexpression of PUS7 Reduces Zika Virus Protein Expression and Titer In Vitro'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Interferon Signaling in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1'

Advisor Name: Ken Halvorsen

Presentation Title: 'Measuring Catalytic Efficiency of a Hammerhead Ribozyme for RNA-Based Therapeutics'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'Zika Virus: Viral Threats from Exotic and Global Travel'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Osteoporosis/Osteopenia'

Advisor Name: Elise Vogt

Presentation Title: 'Pineal Blastoma'

Advisor Name: Melinda Larsen

Presentation Title: 'Temporal Evolution of Fibroblast Responses Following Salivary Gland Ductal Ligation Injury'

Advisor Name: Alexander Mongin

Presentation Title: 'The Interneuron-Specific Deletion of the Ion Channel Protein LRRC8A Modifies Brain Taurine Levels and Mouse Behav'

Advisor Name: Stephanie De Souza

Presentation Title: 'Overcoming Hesitancy Toward COVID-19 & Influenza Virus A Policy and Communication Response Plan'

Advisor Name: ChangHwan Lee

Presentation Title: 'Quantitative Understanding of Notch-Dependent Transcriptional Dynamics during Aging in vivo'

Advisor Name: Dylan Farnsworth

Presentation Title: 'Systems level transcriptomics in DM-model zebrafish at single-cell resolution'

Advisor Name: Lourdes Thebaud

Presentation Title: 'Investigation of Long- and Short-Term Effects of Adolescent Social Stress on Depressive- and Anxiety-Like Behavior in WT and Tg-SwDI'

Advisor Name: Melinda Larsen

Presentation Title: 'Molecular Mechanisms of Age-Related Salivary Gland Hypofunction: Investigating Senescence, SASP, and miRNA Regulation in the Salivary Gland'

Advisor Name: Todd Gray

Presentation Title: 'Characterizing Transcription Factor EspM and its Regulation of WhiB6 in Mycobacterial Conjugation'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Calr4 loss of function cause apoptosis in rodent olfactory neuron family'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Using miRNA as a non-invasive oral biomarker for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Combinatorial Therapeutic Approaches for Myotonic Dystrophy Type1'

Advisor Name: Andy Berglund

Presentation Title: 'Identification of HSP90 inhibitors that rescue mis-splicing in myotonic dystrophy'

Advisor Name: Paolo Forni

Presentation Title: 'Protien Spotlight: Calreticulin'

Advisor Name: Cara Pager

Presentation Title: 'The Global Threat of Marburg Virus Disease in an Era of Increased Travel'

Advisor:  Cara Pager

Title:  'Investigation of Ilhéus virus infection kinetics and innate immune response in mammalian, bird, and mosquito cell lines'

Advisor:  Ting Wang

Title:  "Use of small molecule in Myotonic Dystrophy Therapeutic"

Advisor:  Gaby Fuchs

Title:  'Translation Initiation in SARS-CoV-2 5' UTR: Canonical or Not?'

Advisor:  Soma Dash

Title:  'Mediator Complex Subunit, Med24, Regulates Craniofacial Tissue Development'

Title:  'Genetic changes associated with host switching of West Nile virus'

Advisor:  Morgan Sammon

Title:  'p63 Isoforms in Development and Disease: A Genetic Approach to Understanding Epithelial Regulation'

Advisor:  Annalisa Scimemi

Title:  'Circadian Modulation of Glutamatergic Transmission in Mouse Hippocampus'