STUDENT/POSTDOC AWARD RECIPIENTS

Best Undergraduate Presentation

First Place

Francesca Rossi,
“Validation of an LC-MS/MS method for quantification of fumonisins in garlic”

Second Place

Madeleine Koegler,
“Implementation of Bionomous EggSorter with AI Directed Fluidic Sorting Zebrafish Embryos for High Throughput Screening”

Best Undergraduate Poster

First Place

Mackenzie Allison,
“Comparative Toxicity of Alkylated and Parent Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells”

Second Place

Abigail Lawrence,
“Characterizations of Fatty Acids from Desmodium sp. and Sechium edule”

Third Place

Austin Nichols,
“Developing a high throughput optomotor behavior assay in zebrafish larvae”

Best Graduate Presentation

First Place

Rakshit Tanna,
“Clinical assessment of the drug interaction potential of the psychotropic natural product kratom”

Second Place

Victoria Oyanna,
“Green tea-raloxifene pharmacokinetic interaction: Decrease in raloxifene solubility and systemic exposure”

Third Place

Victoria Colvin,
“Metabolic Competency of an Airway Organotypic Culture Model”

Best Graduate Poster

First Place

Ridge Call,
“Silymarin reduced microcystin-LR-elicited hepatotoxicity”

Second Place

Namrata Bachhav,
“Cell type specific effects of MCLR: hepatocytes and stellate cells in co-culture”

Third Place

Lindsay Wilson,
“Phenotypically-anchored RNA sequencing reveals gene profiles associated with increasing retene concentration in zebrafish”

Best Postdoctoral Presentation

First Place

Dr. Jessica Ray,
“Estrogen and cholesterol efflux regulate macrophage pheontype development”

Second Place

Dr. Hao Wang,
“Cadmium induced gut dysbiosis preceding the onset of memory deficits in mice”

Third Place

Dr. Lindsey St. Mary,
“Comparative Analysis Between Zebrafish and an Automated Live-Cell Assay to Assess 87 Developmental Neurotoxicants”