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Allure of the Supernatural: South Korean Realities and the French Interest in The Private Lives of Plants and The Vegetarian.
Presenter: Adelaide Choi
Faculty Research Mentor
Dr. Harriet Stone
Do you plan to hold a Zoom Q&A Session?
No
Zoom Q&A Link
N/A
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Profs. Harriet Stone, Vincent Jouane, Lionel Cuillé and Tili Boon Cuillé, as well as the French department for their continued support of this senior honors thesis and my undergraduate career in French.
Since establishing diplomatic re...
MR-Guided Brachytherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer, an Institutional Experience
Presenter: Ava Wang
Faculty Research Mentor
Dr. Michael Farmer, MD
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No
Zoom Q&A Link
N/A
Acknowledgments
West Cancer Center and Research Institute
The Phylogeny and Function of a Duplicate Squalene-Hopene Cyclase Gene
Presenter: Rowan Behnke
Faculty Research Mentor
Alexander S. Bradley
Do you plan to hold a Zoom Q&A Session?
No
Zoom Q&A Link
n/a
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Melanie Suess, Alexander S. Bradley, and the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.
Hopanoids, a group of isoprenoid lipids produced by certain bacteria, are common biomarkers that ar...
Holding to Valhalla: Analyzing the Roles of Religious Sentiments, Populism, and Economic Anxiety in the GameStop Stock Surge
Presenter: David Mathisson
Faculty Research Mentor
Frank Lovett
Do you plan to hold a Zoom Q&A Session?
No
Zoom Q&A Link
N/A
WashU Research Program
OUR Summer Undergraduate Research Award (SURA)
Acknowledgments
Thank you so much to Prof. Frank Lovett for the extensive support you've provided! Thank you also to Prof. Matthew Gabel for your time and advice throughout the year, and to the Office of Undergraduate Research for your support.
A New Method for Improved DNA Methylation Detection Using Nanopore Sequencing
Presenter: Zachary Kidd
Faculty Research Mentor
John Edwards
Do you plan to hold a Zoom Q&A Session?
Yes
Zoom Q&A Date & Time
April 22, 4:00 pm
Zoom Q&A Link
https://wustl.zoom.us/j/94697651703
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank our collaborators in Dr. Jingyue Ju's Lab at Columbia University, including James Russo, Shundi Shi, Xuanting Wang, and Xiaoxu Li, for the kind gift of propargylated DNA, protocols, and general advice. Additionally, I would like to thank Dr. Timothy H. Bestor, who’s kind gift in part funded this research. I also wish to thank my mentor Dr. John Edwards, for his continued support and guidance throughout the entirety of this project, in addition to my lab partner Celia Chang, for her continued help in the execution and analysis of this experiment.
DNA methylation, the addition of a methyl group to the C5 carbon of a cytosine nucleotide, plays important roles in human cance...
Optimization of Gamma/Hadron Cuts for LZA Observations by VERITAS
Presenter: Blake Bal
Faculty Research Mentor
James Buckley
Do you plan to hold a Zoom Q&A Session?
Yes
Zoom Q&A Date & Time
Thursday April 21, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Zoom Q&A Link
https://wustl.zoom.us/j/96210874203?pwd=ajRLcEdwWmZWN21SdGc1NGtGUzA2UT09
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Professor Buckley and Professor Errando for their guidance and support throughout this project. I am truly grateful for the experience they have provided me with this past year. I would also like to thank the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences for providing me with the summer research internship that allowed me to pursue this research.
The transient events known as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are of great interest to the field of gamma-ray astronomy. However, the d...