Biological Sciences Senior Thesis Presentations Dec. 8-10

The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences invites the Webster University community to attend their student senior thesis presentations across four sessions each day from Dec. 8-10. The talks will take place via Zoom. Contact Nicholas Frank, Department of Biological Sciences representative, at nicholasfrank@webster.edu for Zoom info.

Student presenters, schedule and topics of talks:

Session 1: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 9 a.m.

• Dylan Jannin
• Stephen Pearson, Experimental Options to Relieve Lower Back Discomfort in Law Enforcement Officers
• Devan Schenck, Developing Resistance to Lavender Essential Oil in Escherichia coli
• Ashton Kish, Expression of PUB genes in Arabidopsis thaliana when exposed to heat stress

Session 2: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 9 a.m.

• Jessica Battle, Chemistry of the Organic Solid State: From Photoreactions to Molecular
• Emily Buehrle, Increasing Urbanization and the Impact on Local Bee Foraging Strategies
• Cheyenne Davis, A Bone to Pick: Using Felid Skull Morphology as Species Indicator
• Luke Burnham, Anthocyanin Accumulation in Arabidopsis in Response to UV-B Exposure
• Emila Pilipovic, The effect of oregano essential oil on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis 

Session 3: Thursday, Dec, 10, 9 a.m.

• Samantha Shaw, Are frog call frequencies impacted by region?
• Rod Jordan, Isolation of Dark Septate Endophytes and the future of Reducing Global Carbon Emission
• Andrew Padilla, The Effects of Carbohydrate and Sugar Intake on a Weighted Ball Velocity Program
• Ajla Miljkovic, Bacterial Diversity in Freshwater Ecosystems

Session 4: Thursday, Dec, 10, 12 p.m.

• Elvisa Mehinovic, Whole New World: Computational Biology
• Mason Justin, Color Vision in Ants
• Cody Dinkins, Does Body Size Variation in Queenless Microcolonies Buffer the Effects of the Pesticide Sulfoxaflor on Dominance Structure
• Kya De La Fuente, Effects of amphetamine on tissue glycogen levels in human muscle and liver cell culture