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UWEC CERCA 2026

2:00pm CDT

Development of platform and field campaign strategy for UAS operations to monitor air pollutants in the lower atmosphere Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Eric Oberg • Patricia Cleary Quantification of Oxidative Stress via Colorimetric Detection of 8-oxo-dG in Saliva Using DNA Aptamer-Gold Nanoparticles Complex Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Rachel Gregorich • Sarah Broeckert • Sanchita Hati Three-State Donor-Acceptor Biaryl Lactone Molecular Switches with Enhanced Solubility Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Amanda Dahl • Luke Dufner • Bart Dahl

4:00pm CDT

002: Control the Site, Control the Therapy: Regioselective Functionalization in Nanomedicine Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Andrew Bybee • Jennifer Dahl 007: Characterizing the Genome of a Novel Prevotella Species Recovered from Cattle Rumen Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Ben Hurley • Bridget McGivern

11:00am CDT

Poster 006: Evaluation of Wind Data Obtained via UAS during AGES+ 2023 Field Campaign Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jeremy Worden • Aaron Langert • Todd O'Connor • Patricia Cleary Poster 007: Development of platform and field campaign strategy for UAS operations to monitor air pollutants in the lower atmosphere Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Eric Oberg • Patricia Cleary Poster 008: Exploring the impact of two methane mitigation strategies on rumen microbiomes of grazing steers Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Renee Sandoval • Bridget McGivern Poster 009: Cow Burps and the Climate: Understanding the Methane Emitting Patterns of American Beef Cattle Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Erin Yager • Bridget McGivern Poster 010: From Data to Drug Design: Exploring the Molecular Hardness of G-Coupled Protein Receptors Active Sites Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Chase Nelson • Avery De Ruyter • Sudeep Bhattacharyay Poster 021: Environmental Effects on the Structural Properties of CH3CN-SO3 Complexes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kimberly Jacobs • Alex Jarchow • James Phillips Poster 022: Mechanical Properties of Organic–Inorganic Gold Nanoparticle Films: Comparing Crosslinked vs. Uncrosslinked Films Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Andrew Bybee • Jennifer Dahl Poster 023: Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Biomolecular Investigation Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Hunter Heinzen • Sanchita Hati Poster 024: Investigating Molecular Crowding Effects on the Multi-domain Escherichia coli Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase Using Atomic Force Microscopy Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Oscar Vlcek • Sanchita Hati • Dylan Weaver Poster 037: Optimization and Characterization of Enzymatic Catechol Synthesis by the Flavin Monooxygenase HAPMO Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Cadence Cordova • Hannah Zwiefelhofer • Tyler Doyon Poster 038: Synthesis of diverse salicylaldehydes for the characterization of enzymatic Dakin oxidation with 4-hydroxyacetophenone monooxygenase (HAPMO) Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Andy Haralson • Tyler Doyon Poster 039: Inhibition of MDA5 by the Nodamura virus dsRNA-binding protein B2 Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Emily Brehm • Corbin Luttig • Logan Goodenough • Powshin Alam • Sarah Vinnik Poster 040: Cyclic voltammetry of lanthanide-modified Methylobacterium extorquens immobilized on an electrode Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kitara Mielke • Maddie Jaber • Chengyang Li • Krysti Knoche Gupta

10:15am CDT

High-Level Computed Vibrational Frequencies of Gamma-Pyrone in Its Lowest Triplet Excited State Davies Center: Ho-Chunk Room (320E)Stewart Gundry • Stephen Drucker

10:30am CDT

Utilizing Machine Learning Embedded Tools to Predict the Species-Specific Interactions in Dynamic Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases Davies Center: Ho-Chunk Room (320E)Breanna Hayden • Sudeep Bhattacharyay

2:00pm CDT

Poster 079: Identification of Viral Protein Interactions with RIG-I-Like Receptors Using Yeast Two-Hybrid Screening Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Nina Telander • Ahnabelle Khang • Brianna Colborn • Sam Scheidler • Sarah Vinnik Poster 096: reductases with conjugated carboxylic acids, ketones and aldehydes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Austin Lerch • Thomas Benning • Tyler Doyon Poster 097: Three-State Donor-Acceptor Biaryl Lactone Molecular Switches with Enhanced Solubility Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Amanda Dahl • Luke Dufner • Bart Dahl Poster 106: Personal Ozone Monitor Preparation for the Summer 2026 Field Campaign Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Daniel Hernandez-Tejeda • Patricia Cleary Poster 107: Onboard-UAS Absorption Cavity Enhanced Spectrometer For In-Flight NO2 Analysis Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jeremy Worden • Aaron Langert • Tim Day • Todd O'Connor • Patricia Cleary Poster 124: Synthesis Validation of the Asymmetric Tridentate PCN Ligand for Organometallic Catalysis Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Andy Skoug • Deidra Gerlach Poster 125: Characterizing the genome of a novel Prevotella species recovered from cattle rumen Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ben Hurley • Bridget McGivern Poster 134: Quantification of Oxidative Stress via Colorimetric Detection of 8-oxo-dG in Saliva Using DNA Aptamer-Gold Nanoparticles Complex Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Rachel Gregorich • Sarah Broeckert • Sanchita Hati Poster 135: A Computational Study to Explore the Physicochemical Properties of FDA-Approved Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals and their Distribution in the Brain Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Grace Zurawski • Jack Servais • Mara Zimmer • Marcus Pollard • Soren Lesperance • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati

1:00pm CDT

Evaluating trends in overwater and overland ozone abundances in lower atmosphere from WiscoDISCO22 Davies Center: Chancellors Room (311)Jeremy Worden • Patricia Cleary Examining the Link between Molecular Hardness and Binding Affinity for use in Drug Design Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Mac Wick • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati

2:10pm CDT

Computational Modeling of Protein Kinase Inhibitors Using Molecular Hardness Davies Center: Ho-Chunk Room (320E)Austin Lerch • Alyssa McGlade • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati How Phase Separation Shapes Enzyme Function Davies Center: Ho-Chunk Room (320E)Madi Shafman • Sanchita Hati

4:30pm CDT

Over Water and Shoreline Observations at Lake Michigan Using UAS During AGES+ 2023. Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Aaron Langert • Patricia Cleary