Celebration 2009 Poster Abstracts
DATE: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
TIME: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
PLACE: Dolan Science Center: Atrium
*Main presenter(s)
PS.01
“Impulse Control Problems in Parkinson Disease Do Not Impact Performance on the Iowa Gambling Task”
*Nicole Johnson, Undergraduate; Dr. Darlene Floden, Neuropsychologist; Michelle Murphy, research technician; Dr. Ali Rezai, Neurosurgeon; Cynthia Kubu, Neuropsychologists, Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.02
“Short-term predictive utility of self-reported past suicide attempts on Bariatric surgery outcomes”
*Molly Delaney, Undergraduate student; Dr. Amy Windover & Dr. Leslie Heinberg, Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.03
“Black Market Truth: A Philosophical Thriller”
*Dr. Sharon Kaye, Faculty, Philosophy
PS.04
“Impulsiveness as a Predictor of Previous Addiction in a Pre-surgical Bariatric Population"
*Mollie Patrick, Undergraduate; Dr. Kathleen Ashton, Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.05
“Patients with Frontal and Temporal Lobe Epilepsies Report Similar Emotional and Personality Traits”
*Amanda Pizzi, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. John Yost,Psychology; Collaborators: Dr. Jessica Chapin, Dr. George Tesar, and Dr. Robyn Busch, Psychology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.06
“Discrepancy between Ideal and Realistic Goal Weights in Three Bariatric Procedures: Who Is Going to be Disappointed?”
*Kathleen Keating, Undergraduate; Collaborator: Dr. Leslie Heinberg, Cleveland Clinic
PS.07
“Overview of Executive Health Study”
*Amanda Allman, Undergraduate; Jerry Kiffer, M.A., Behavioral Health, Cleveland Clinic
PS.08
“SIN Mutant Histones Offer Differing Transcriptional Barriers”
*Michael Fisher, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lissemore, Biology; Collaborators: Andrea Újvári Ph.D., Donal S. Luse Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.09
“Global Tobacco Epidemic”
*Krystina Bodalia and Reid Peirce, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jim Lissemore, Chemistry
PS.10
“Pain Behaviors in Chronic Headache Patients in a Multidisciplinary Treatment Setting”
*Erin Moran, Undergraduate; Collaborator: Stephen Krause, Ph.D., Neurological Center for Pain, Cleveland Clinic
PS.11
"Yellow Fever"
*Erica Carmen and Danielle Hubbell, Undergraduate Students; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jim Lissemore, Biology
PS.12
“The Effect of Oxidant and the Non-Oxidant Alteration of Cellular Thiol Concentration on the Formation of Protein Mixed-Disulfides in HEK 293 Cells”
*Jasen Lee Gilge, Michael Fisher, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Yuh-Cherng Chai, Chemistry
PS.13
“Comparison and 'Fingerprinting' of Authentic Designer and Designer Imposter Fragrances Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Principal Component Analysis”
*Amy Betschart, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Michael Nichols, Chemistry
PS.14
“Comparing three proxy-reported measures of HRQoL in pediatric patients with musculoskeletal problems”
*Melanie Fishleigh, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jim Lissemore, Biology
Collaborators: Dr. Boris Bershadsky, Ph.D.; Dr. Brian Brighton, Ph.D.; Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.15
“Using Headspace GC-MS to Identify the Top, Middle, and Base Notes of a Perfume”
*Dr. Michael A. Nichols, Chemistry, Faculty; Jacquelyn Daugherty, Laurel School Student
PS.16
“PROTECTIVE ROLE OF CERULOPLASMIN IN EXPERIMENTAL COLITIS”
*Ashley Frakes, Undergraduate; Bakytzhan Bakhautdin, Graduate Student, Cleveland State University; Collaborator: Paul L. Fox, Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.17
“ER to Golgi Coagulation Factor Secretory Pathway and Dependence on LMANI1 and MCFD2 Genes”
*Philip Zuzolo, Undergraduate; Collaborator: Dr. Bin Zhang, Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.18
“Change Blindness and Scene Consistency”
*Maria Donaldson, Undergraduate; Dr. Joseph Wayand, Psychology, Walsh University
PS.19
“Comparison of seed traits in two Sarcobatus populations in eastern California”
*Alynn M. Martin, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Biology
PS.20
“Transcriptional gene silencing in human cancer cells by RNA dependent DNA methylation”
*Sarah Pratt, Undergraduate; Collaborator: Dr. Angela Ting, Genomic Medicine Institue, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.21
“Motivation in College Students: The Effects of College Life”
*Sarah Michalos, Graduate Student; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paula Britton, Community Counseling
PS.22
“Territorial site tenacity in red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park”
*Heidi Mathiott, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Carl D. Anthony and Ms. Cari-Ann Hickerson, Biology
PS.23
“Leprosy”
*Ginny Sykes and Gina Pestak, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jim Lissemore Biology
PS.24
“Age Progression of Hyperphosphorylated Tau in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice Models”
*Kristin Cola, Undergraduate; Collaborators: Dr. Sanjay Pimplikar and Dr. Kaushik Ghosal, Neuroscience, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.25
“Evidence for Structural Cooperativity in the Binding of Biotin to Streptavidin”
*William E. Patton, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Mark J. Waner and Dr. David P. Mascotti, Chemistry
PS.26
"Explorations on Data Breaches, Identity Theft, and Information Security"
*Lester Eliazo, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Linda Seiter, Mathematics & Computer Science
PS.27
“Construction of Ezrin-GFP Fusion Protein and 2PK3-RFP Cells to Visualize the Localization of Ezrin and the Leading Edge of B Cells During B Cell Migration”
*James Harrington, Undergraduate; Collaborator: Dr. Neetu Gupta, Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.28
"Lymphatic Filariasis"
*Molly Falasco, Katy Flynn, and Dennis Lackey, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. James L. Lissemore, Biology
PS.29
"Open source content management system and the Spring Framework"
*Jason Dengler, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Seiter, Mathematics & Computer Science
PS.30
“How Culture, Environment, and Spirituality are Related to Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Urban American Indian Young Adults in Ohio”
*Victoria O’Keefe, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Sheri Young, Psychology
PS.31
“Thermodynamic Characterization of E. coli Manganese Superoxide Dismutase
binding to single- and double-stranded polynucleic acids”
*Iteen Cheng, Lana Bengez, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Mascotti, Chemistry
PS.32
"Nucleotide binding specificity of E. coli Manganese Superoxide Dismutase "
*Emily Tillmaand, Lana Bengez, Iteen Cheng, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David P. Mascotti, Chemistry
PS.33
“Stable expression of recombinant TNF- Receptor 2 in Human Embryonic Kidney cells”
*Sean Kelleher, Undergraduate; Collaborators: Dr. Unni M. Chandrasekharan and Dr. Paul E DiCorleto, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.34
“Predicting the Technofuture: Cyberpunk Science Fiction’s Prophetic Nature”
*Joseph Griesmer, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Morse, English
PS.35
“Comprehensive Shirking: Baseball in the New Millennium”
*Nick Buzzy, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Frank Navratil, Economics and Finance
PS.36
“Guinea Worm Disease”
*Tashara Banks and Sabreen Taha, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. James L. Lissemore, Biology
PS.37
“Therapeutic Techniques for Sexual Abuse Victims”
*Keelan Quinn, Graduate Student
PS.38
“Adult Emotional Responses to Math Performance in a Non-Traditional Educational Setting”
*Meagen F. Howe, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. John Rausch, Education & Allied Studies
PS.39
“Exploratory Work with Terphenyl-Based Pincer Complexes”
*Tom Spilker, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul R. Challen, Chemistry
PS.40
“Synthesis of m-Terphenyl Based Pincer Complex Catalysts”
*Andrew Schafer, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Challen, Chemistry
PS.41
"Solving Complex Problems with a Swarm-Deterministic Hybrid Approach"
*Anthony Lanese, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Palmer and Dr. Marc Kirschenbaum, Mathematics and Computer Science
PS.42
“A role for EGFR in early chick thyroid development”
*Tashara Banks, Tamika Fields, Anjali Kottha, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Gwendolyn Kinebrew, Biology
PS.43
“Medical and cultural immersion in Honduras”
Dr. Gwendolyn M. Kinebrew, Biology, Faculty
PS.44
“Odd Man Out: Discerning Relationship Complexities of Asperger’s Syndrome”
*Alicia Pascoe, Graduate Student; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. John Rausch, Education & Allied Studies
PS.45
“Investigation of Protein Arginine Methylation in Endothelial Cell Activation”
*Gregory Lausé, Undergraduate; Collaborators: Dr. Smarajit Bandyopadhyay and Dr. Paul E. DiCorleto, Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.46
“Synthesis of SCS Terphenyl Palladium Pincer Complexes”
*Wilson Luu, Adam Jenkins and Laura Gruber, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Man Lung Desmond Kwan, Chemistry
PS.47
“Synthesis, spectroscopic Characterization, and X-ray structure of a new five-coordinated chlorocopper(II) complex with a fluorigenic ligand”
*Dr. Catherine Miller, Chemistry, Faculty
PS.48
“Quantitative Evaluation of Electrodes for External Urethral Sphincter Electromyogram”
*James Steward and Jessica Clemons, Undergraduates; Collaborators: Mr. Paul Zaszczurynski, Mr. Robert Butler, Dr. Margot Damaser, and Dr. Hai-Hong Jiang, Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
PS.49
“The Effectiveness of Self-Symbols in Equivalence Testing”
*Jenna Woodarek, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor Dr. Abdulrazaq Imam, Psychology
PS.50
“Dengue”
*John Sullivan and Kacey Zeiser, Undergraduates; Faculty Sponsor Dr. Lissemore, Biology
PS.51
“Experimental Development of an Undergraduate Laboratory Experience to Differentiate Beers and to Evaluate Beer Ageing”
*Ryan Schoonmaker, Undergraduate; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Catherine Miller, Chemistry
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