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2:00pm CDT

Analyzing impact of embryonic chemical exposures on brain development and function using zebrafish Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Addison Bauman • Bradley Carter Characterization of Methyl Jasmonate and Germination Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana Red-Light Response Mutants Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Dylan Bruhn • Sofyia Soto • Derek Gingerich Optimizing the Analysis of Human DNA Variants to Assess Their Contribution to Disease Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Easton Blissenbach • Caitlyn Yarbrough • Jamie Lyman Gingerich Schistosomes detect differences in light wavelength Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Bailey Stuart • Declan Algrem • Sonja Olson • Nicolas Wheeler

11:00am CDT

Poster 011: Development and optimization of ex ovo culture methods for Biomphalaria glabrata Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Avery De Ruyter • Nicolas Wheeler Poster 012: A novel device for high-throughput phenotypic screening of schistosome miracidia enables identification of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels modulators that impact miracidia behavior Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Rachel Horejsi • Chase Nelson • Saige Maasz-Seawright • Nicolas Wheeler Poster 013: Schistosomes detect differences in light wavelength Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Bailey Stuart • Declan Algrem • Sonja Olson • Nicolas Wheeler Poster 014: Development of a Gene-Editing System for Arabidopsis thaliana Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Nicholas Farvour • Derek Gingerich Poster 015: Characterization of Methyl Jasmonate and Germination Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana Red-Light Response Mutants Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Dylan Bruhn • Sofyia Soto • Derek Gingerich Poster 016: Mussel Monitoring of Chippewa County, Wisconsin Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Dailyn Wold • Nora Mitchell Poster 018: Too Hot to Handle: Climate-Dependent Selection in Wild Sunflowers Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Rachel O'Malley • Rachel Walters • Nora Mitchell Poster 019: Characterization of the on-flower foraging behavior of Australian flower visitors to sweet cherry (Prunus avium) Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jada Wahl • Olivia Bernauer Poster 020: Characterizing buzz pollination provided to cranberry flowers by visiting bees in central Wisconsin cranberry marshes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jensen Thieren • Laura Bertrang • Olivia Bernauer Poster 041: Evaluating the Role of Nectar Micronutrients on Pollinator Foraging Behavior in Lab and Field Studies Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Faith Thornton • Gracie Miller • Megan Anderson • Olivia Bernauer Poster 042: Comparing Foraging Behaviors of Bumblebees and Honeybees in Central Wisconsin Cranberry Marshes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jensen Thieren • Laura Bertrang • Olivia Bernauer Poster 043: Comparing the Impact of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Azospirillum and Gluconacetobacter on Corn Growth Through Varying Application Methods Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Sarah King • Tali Lee Poster 044: Assessing hierarchical structures of captive wolves (Canis lupus) from elicited howling behaviors. Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Morgan Aldana • Paige Graziano • Nina Daigle • Taylor Larson • Jennifer Smith Poster 045: Isolation and characterization of nutrient-stressed soil microorganisms in search for novel antibiotic compounds Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ella Oestreicher • Daniel Herman Poster 046: Analyzing impact of embryonic chemical exposures on brain development and function using zebrafish Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Addison Bauman • Bradley Carter Poster 047: Investigating developmental toxicity of methylmercury; characterizing a CRISPR-induced gstp2 mutation in zebrafish Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Carter Hoyt • Evan Ferber • Bradley Carter Poster 048: Characterizing Transcriptional Regulation by Embryonic Cortisol Exposure in fmr1 Knockout Zebrafish Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Joe Garry • Bradley Carter

2:00pm CDT

Poster 075: Effects of embryonic cortisol exposure on morphological development of fmr1 mutant zebrafish Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Claudia Stipe • Kaili Hager • Bradley Carter Poster 076: Investigating Developmental Toxicity of Methylmercury; Characterizing a CRISPR-Induced gclm Mutation in Zebrafish Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Carter Hoyt • Evan Ferber • Bradley Carter Poster 077: Characterizing Cortisol-Induced Morpholocial Changes in fmr1 Knockout Zebrafish Embryos Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Claudia Stipe • Kaili Hager • Bradley Carter Poster 078: Optimizing the Analysis of Human DNA Variants to Assess Their Contribution to Disease Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Easton Blissenbach • Caitlyn Yarbrough • Jamie Lyman Gingerich Poster 098: Plant-pollinator relationships from current and historical data in Putnam Park Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Isabelle Mathias • Madison Russell • Olivia Bernauer Poster 099: Weekly bumble bee surveys in Eau Claire, WI: Tracking Bombus abundance and diet across the growing season Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Orlean Alam • Kinsley Bush • Olivia Bernauer Poster 100: Impact of fmr1 knockout on development of swimming behavior in zebrafish larvae Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ayla Fullhart • Sophia Boudreau • Bradley Carter Poster 101: Effects of Embryonic Cortisol Exposure on Development of Swimming Behavior in FMR1 Knockout Zebrafish Larvae Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ayla Fullhart • Sophia Boudreau • Bradley Carter Poster 102: What’s on the menu? Using DNA to uncover eating patterns in the California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ella Oestreicher • Jada Wahl • Jennifer Smith Poster 103: Who let the dogs out? Linking humans, dogs, and patterns of dispersal to stress physiology of California ground squirrels Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ella Oestreicher • Jada Wahl • Jennifer Smith Poster 104: Beaver Stress Ecology: Coping with Changing Environments in Norway Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ella Oestreicher • Jada Wahl • Katelyn Boche • Robin Pence • Grace Hilst • Jennifer Smith Poster 105: Blugold Beaver Cam – Behavioral ecology of Wisconsin wildlife Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ella Oestreicher • Jada Wahl • Katelyn Boche • Robin Pence • Leo Pierce • Kylie Gifford • Liam Lamb • Logan Meacham • Jennifer Smith Poster 126: Potential Antibiotic-producing Bacteria from Putnam Park Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Eszter Klein • Daniel Herman Poster 127: Carnivorous behaviors linked to fewer tapeworms for California ground squirrels Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Morgan Aldana • Robin Pence • Liam Lamb • Jennifer Smith Poster 128: Gray Wolves in Wisconsin: Natural History, Recovery, and Behavioral Ecology Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Robin Pence • Leo Pierce • Kylie Gifford • Liam Lamb • Logan Meacham • Jennifer Smith Poster 129: From Gluttony to Death: Insights Following Novel Carnivory by Ground Squirrels Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jada Wahl • Robin Pence • Leo Pierce • Kylie Gifford • Liam Lamb • Jennifer Smith Poster 131: Remote camera analysis reveals mixed pollination of Protea venusta Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Bryan Volla • Faith Thornton • Jaden Uttecht • Nora Mitchell Poster 132: Research in the Galápagos Islands Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Samuel Morehead • Claire Pahl • Jadyn Hartwig • Kendra Fehrman • Robert Arndt • Wil Taylor Poster 133: Isolation of Bacteria Producing Antimicrobial Substances from Soil Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Abigail Ziegler • Sasha Showsh

2:10pm CDT

Characterizing CRISPR-induced mutations in glutathione pathway genes in zebrafish Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Diana Abarca Palma • Bradley Carter • Joseph Orser Deep learning–based pose tracking of Aedes aegypti larvae reveals chemosensory behaviors and functional anatomy Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Helen Gensch • Nicolas Wheeler Tissue-specific origin of eggs in the definitive host drives transcriptomic and behavioral differences in Schistosoma mansoni miracidia Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Sonja Olson • Nicolas Wheeler Welcome Back Biblical Plague: A Comparative Analysis of Measles Infection Rates Before and After Vaccine Development Davies Center: Centennial Room (320A&B)Tatum Christenson • Sasha Showsh • Maggie Weber

4:30pm CDT

A2AR antagonist, istradefylline, promotes goal-directed reward seeking behavior in male C57BL/6J mice Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Peter Handley • Bradley Carter From Gluttony to Death: Insights Following Novel Carnivory by Ground Squirrels Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Morgan Aldana • Ella Oestreicher • Jada Wahl • Robin Pence • Leo Pierce • Liam Lamb • Jay Ingbretson • Jennifer Smith Packaging of IL-10 into extracellular vesicles following mRNA transfection of MSCs Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Brennan Wallin • Bradley Carter Refining deep brain stimulation targets in Parkinson’s disease through retrobead-based mapping of the hyperdirect pathway Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Hannah Nelson • Bradley Carter Role of ISG15 in demyelination-induced neuronal loss Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Makenna Hawkins • Bradley Carter Suppressing thrombin receptor activity after spinal cord injury modulates the glial environment to support functional gains Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Dylan Lindblad • Bradley Carter The abundance of acetyl-coA upon mitochondrial complex I inhibition in the cellular model of Alzheimer’s disease Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Kaitlyn Hevrin • Bradley Carter