91精选

At 91精选, students with a passion for the sciences have exceptional access to modern lab facilities, small class sizes, and dedicated faculty. That provides research opportunities that aren鈥檛 available in many other places鈥攁nd it means that our students are presenting rigorous research at several prestigious conferences in April.

Those conferences include:

• National Conferences on Undergraduate Research聽(NCUR), April 4-7, Edmond, Okla.聽Accompanied by Dr. Mike Bosscher, Ph.D., assistant professor chemistry, 91精选 students will present three projects at NCUR this year.聽聽Morgan De Ruiter will present research, conducted with Santana Alexander Caicedo and Emily Philips and sponsored by Dr. Clay Carlson, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, on 鈥淢onsters in the Water: Antibiotic Resistance in the Chicago Area Waterways.鈥漈he purpose of this research was to determine the population diversity and resistance mechanisms of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in urban waterways in the suburbs of Chicago.聽Addison Van Weelden and Jacey Dolence, sponsored by Dr. Robert Boomsma, Ph.D., professor of biology, will present 鈥淯rban Waterways: Effect on Hatching Enzymes in Zebrafish.鈥漈he purpose of this research was to study two different waterways, the Cal-Sag Canal and the Navajo Creek, alongside of a control (tap water), to see what factors affect the hatching enzymes in Zebrafish eggs.尝补谤颈蝉蝉补听叠谤耻尘濒辞飞, sponsored by Dr. Mark Peters, Ph.D., professor of music, will present 鈥淔eminism, Folk, and Freedom.鈥� Her research explores how women in history have used folk music as a platform to support feminist ideals and women’s rights.

  NCUR, established in 1987, is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity in all fields of study by sponsoring an annual conference for students.

• Student Symposium of the Associated Colleges of the Chicagoland Area, April 14, Lisle, Ill.聽Casey Weigers and Abby Lammers, working with Carlson, presented on 鈥淐omparing Bacteriophage Populations in Chicagoland Area Waterways.鈥漈he goal of the symposium is to give eligible students of ACCA schools the opportunity to present their research to their peers.
• Experimental Biology 2018, April 21-25, San Diego聽Cara Horstman, Laura DeVries and Marie Sonnenburg, with Carlson, will present 鈥淏acteria, Brains, and Behavior: Gut Microbes and Their Effects on Regulation of Gene Expression in the Brain.鈥漈he purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the microbiota of the gastrointestinal system, behavioral characteristics related to Autism Spectrum Disorder, and relative gene expression of miRNAs in the brain. This research utilizes BALB/c mice (a mouse strain that demonstrates low sociability) as a rough model for ASD and C57BL/6 as a control group of mice.

Experimental Biology is the annual meeting of five societies comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and 25 guest societies.