{"id":14560,"date":"2015-05-04T16:05:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T20:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=14560"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T15:31:58","slug":"14560_csam-well-represented-at-9th-annual-student-research-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/2015\/05\/04\/14560_csam-well-represented-at-9th-annual-student-research-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"CSAM Well Represented at 9th Annual Student Research Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Biology (43 presentations)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Green Tea Polyphenols Inhibit Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans (Advisor: Lee Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Green Tea Camellia sinensis Inhibitory Effects on the Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus (Advisor: Lee Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Utilizing CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Technique to Eliminate Target Sequence from ICER Promoter in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>Is pollution starving trees? Starch Analysis in Betula populifolia and Populus spp. in an Abandoned Urban Brownfield (Advisor: Dirk Vanderklein)<\/li>\n<li>Assessing the population density, size distribution, and biomass of the long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, in St. John, U.S.V.I. (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>CRISPR\/Cas System in Genome Engineering (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>In Vitro Synergetic Antiviral Activity of Black Tea Theaflavins and Acyclovir on Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 in A549 Cells (Advisor: Sandra Adams)<\/li>\n<li>Impacts of land use and land cover composition on macroinvertebrate assemblages at both catchment basin and riparian scales along the Passaic River, New Jersey (Advisor: Meiyin Wu)<\/li>\n<li>Love that Dirty Water: Potential microbial diversity in on-street Manhattan hot dog water (Advisor: John J. Gaynor)<\/li>\n<li>Seasonal variation in starch content of two trees growing on contaminated soil (Advisor: Dirk Vanderklein)<\/li>\n<li>A classroom undergraduate research experience: annotation of a sequence-indexed reverse genetics resource for maize (Advisor: Chunguang Du)<\/li>\n<li>Recovery of red mangrove communities: assessment of prop root fouling communities (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>Projected mid-twenty-first century climate changes in the White Volta Basin, West Africa (Advisor: Clement Alo)<\/li>\n<li>Complexities of Sensory Conflict as an Explanation for Different Types of Motion Sickness (Advisor: Frederick Bonato)<\/li>\n<li>Are you addicted to social media (Advisor: Dr. Chunguang Du)<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Correlates of Ranavirus Disease Distribution in New Jersey (Advisor: Lisa Hazard)<\/li>\n<li>Annotation of novel bacteriophage genomes from New Jersey Soil (Advisor: Sandra Adams)<\/li>\n<li>Lipophilic Green Tea Polyphenols as Promising Control Agents for Endospore Germination in Bacillus cereus. (Advisor: Lee Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Characterization of full-length candidate genes captured by Helitrons (Advisor: Chunguang Du)<\/li>\n<li>Effect of Black Tea Extract on Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 Infection of A549 cells (Advisor: Sandra Adams)<\/li>\n<li>Relationships between predicted energy intake, the Institute of Medicine guidelines, and self-reported energy intake in the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition study: New insights derived from a Dynamic Energy Balance Model (Advisor: Diana Thomas)<\/li>\n<li>Comparative Analysis of MMP20 Gene in Different Mammals (Advisor: Robert Meredith)<\/li>\n<li>Cloning and expression of Cryptochrome proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana (Advisor: Jim Dyer)<\/li>\n<li>Foraging efficiency of immature Blatta laterialis and Blatta germanica in simple and complex environments (Advisor: Scott Kight)<\/li>\n<li>Auditory Learning in Drosophila (Advisor: Julian Keenan)<\/li>\n<li>A Computational Study of the Contributions to the Relative Stability of the Axial and Equatorial Conformers of D-Glucopyranose (Advisor: Marc L. Kasner)<\/li>\n<li>Study the Effect of Selenium Oxide on the Toxicity of Cadmium Chloride in the Growth of Cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. IU 625. (Advisor: Lee Lee)<\/li>\n<li>A Profiling Study to Determine the Susceptibility of Erythromycin and Green Tea Polyphenols on Bacillus megaterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Mycobacterium (Advisor: Lee H Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Crude and Pure Green Tea Polyphenols as a Novel Approach to Inhibiting Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Advisor: Lee Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Effect of BK channel inhibition on PC12 cell migration (Advisor: Elena Petroff, Ph.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Regulation of the transcriptional repressor ICER by ubiquitination (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>RET Dependent Transcriptional Changes of Cell Signaling Proteins in Neuroblastoma Cells (Advisor: Quinn C. Vega)<\/li>\n<li>Green Tea Polyphenols , Erythromycin and Tetracycline Synergistically Inhibit the Growth of E.coli and Staphylococcus aureus (Advisor: Lee H Lee)<\/li>\n<li>A Bioinformatics Study of HSV Glycoprotein Structure and Ligand Binding of EGCG and EGCG-stearate (Advisor: Lee H. Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Prevalence of the Pathogen Ranavirus Throughout The NE USA: Results From A Five State Two Year Study (Advisor: Kirsten Monsen-Collar)<\/li>\n<li>Eating Rates (Advisor: Diana Thomas)<\/li>\n<li>Predicted Pattern of Bone Loss of Long-Term Spaceflight (Advisor: Frederick Bonato)<\/li>\n<li>RSYN: A Java Program for Effective RNA Interference (Advisor: Chunguang Du)<\/li>\n<li>Microbial Diversity of Different Sized Aggregates in Metal Contaminated Soils (Advisor: Jennifer Krumins)<\/li>\n<li>CRISPR-Cas9 in Neuroscience (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>The Cell Signaling Effects of EGCG-stearate on HSV-1 Infected Vero Cells (Advisor: Quinn Vega)<\/li>\n<li>Green Tea Polyphenols, EGCG and EGCG-Stearate as Potential Inhibitors of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 in Human Epithelial A549 cells. (Advisor: Lee Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Infection in Cultured Cells by EGCG and EGCG-stearate (Advisor: Sandra Adams)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Chemistry (16 presentations)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Study of Y127A Mutation on Dihydrofolate Reductase (Advisor: Nina Goodey)<\/li>\n<li>Effect of pH on Cry-DASH UV-Damaged DNA Repair Activity (Advisor: Yvonne Gindt)<\/li>\n<li>Investigation of the oligomeric structure of cryptochrome using fluorescence (Advisor: Yvonne Gindt)<\/li>\n<li>CRISPR-Cas Systems &amp; their Potential Applications in Microbiology (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>The Application of the CRISPR\/Cas9 system in Cancer (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>CRISPR\/Cas9 Plant Genome Editing (Advisor: Carlos Molina)<\/li>\n<li>Conformational Motions Associated with Ligand binding to with Apo and Holo DHFR (Advisor: Nina Goodey)<\/li>\n<li>Conformational Dynamics of Substituted Tetrahydropyrans: A Computational Analysis (Advisor: Marc L. Kasner)<\/li>\n<li>A novel fluorescent sensor for cations with an additional PET pathway to suppress protons signals (Advisor: Saliya de Silva)<\/li>\n<li>Ionic liquid fluorescent sensors for cations (Advisor: Saliya de Silva)<\/li>\n<li>Defying all Odds: Understanding the Ability of Heavily Contaminated Soil to Sustain Life (Advisor: Nina Goodey)<\/li>\n<li>Effect of synthesis conditions on the spectroscopic properties of 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate (Advisor: Johannes Schelvis)<\/li>\n<li>Interfacially activated aggregation of Alpa Synuclein (Advisor: David Talaga)<\/li>\n<li>Progress on the design and synthesis of alternate substrates and inhibitors of indole-3-glycerol phosphate (Advisor: David Konas)<\/li>\n<li>God\u2019s Word and the Realm outside Time and Space (Advisor: Glen Gill)<\/li>\n<li>Accurate Interaction Energies Using the Random Phase Approximation for Problematic Dispersion-Bound Complexes (Advisor: Henk Eshuis)<\/li>\n<li>Expression and Purification of a Potential Antifolate Target, Dihydrolfate Reductase from B. Malayi (Advisor: Nina Goodey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Computer Science (4 presentations)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>GeoTagger: A Sustainability Platform for Citizens and Researchers (Advisor: Jerry Fails)<\/li>\n<li>Sentiment Analysis of Big Sustainability Data on a Mobile Platform (Advisor: Katherine Herbert)<\/li>\n<li>IEEE Floating Point Converter Tool 1.1 (Advisor: George Antoniou)<\/li>\n<li>Using Graphical Processing Units for Computing Optimal Band Selection in Hyperspectral Data (Advisor: Stefan Robila)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Earth and Environmental Studies (27 presentations)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Modeling the Surface of Shore Attached Sand Ridges, Mantoloking, New Jersey (Advisor: Sandra Passchier)<\/li>\n<li>Assessing Phosphorus Storage in Sediments of Lake Hopatcong (NJ) (Advisor: Meiyin Wu)<\/li>\n<li>A Cost-Benefit Approach Towards New Jersey Coastal Protection and Replenishment Practices, Using Hedonic Modeling (Advisor: Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba)<\/li>\n<li>Temporal and Spatial Relationship of Adult and Planula Chrysaora quinquecirrha Barnegat Bay, NJ (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>Threshold Behavior of a Marine-Based Sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in Response to Early Pliocene Ocean Warming (Advisor: Sandra Passchier)<\/li>\n<li>Urban simulation models based on cellular automata and data mining for multiple cities (Advisor: Aparna Varde)<\/li>\n<li>Mercury Contamination in Diamondback terrapins: Implication for Human Health and Wildlife Management (Advisor: Meiyin Wu)<\/li>\n<li>Investigative Analysis on Ancient Marble Rock at the Villa of the Antonines (Advisor: Stefanie Brachfeld)<\/li>\n<li>Relationship between Particle Size, Extracellular Enzymes, and Heavy Metals (Advisor: Nina Goodey)<\/li>\n<li>Sediment Mobility in New York Bight Apex and Its Environmental Implications (Advisor: Sandra Passchier)<\/li>\n<li>Addressing Environmental Concerns of Hydraulic Fracturing in Urban Areas of Western Pennsylvania Using GIS (Advisor: Danlin Yu)<\/li>\n<li>A Hedonic study of the surrounding contaminated area of Liberty State Park and the environmental qualities present (Advisor: Pankaj Lal)<\/li>\n<li>What is causing the over population of sea nettles and jellyfish in the ocean waters of Barnet Bay? (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>2012 Demography of Car Crash Fatalities Due to Alcohol in New Jersey and New York (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>Pushing Bears Over the Edge:\u00a0 The Impact that Loss of Land has on the Black Bear as well as the Polar Bear (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>An Analysis of the Changing Flood Zones Compared to Change in Land Use in the Paterson Area of the Passaic River (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>Power lines: more foe than friend (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>Frequent Flooding Affecting Real Estate Market in New Milford, New Jersey (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>The effect of trail size on the amount of trash found (Advisor: Gregory Pope)<\/li>\n<li>Assessing the Impact Superfund Sites have on Residential Property Values In Passaic County New Jersey (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>Lucky: A Geographical Interpretation of America&#8217;s Lottery Winners (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>A Lithologic and Geomorphic Analysis of the Kittatinny Ridge, Appalachian Mts. (Advisor: Joshua Galster)<\/li>\n<li>CHARACTERIZATION OF UV-QUENCHING DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS IN LANDFILL LEACHATE (Advisor: Yang Deng)<\/li>\n<li>Assessing the flood mitigation potential of water resource reservoirs (Advisor: Joshua Galster)<\/li>\n<li>SOIL WATER SOURCES FOR NON-NATIVE SPECIES JAPANESE KNOTWEED, PHRAGMITES AND MULTIFLORA ROSE (Advisor: Dirk Vanderklein)<\/li>\n<li>Observing the Relationship Between Land Use and Contaminated Sites (Advisor: Greg Pope)<\/li>\n<li>The Desynchronization of Storm Discharge Peaks from Modeling Low Impact Development (LID) Impacts in a Small, Urbanized Watershed in New Jersey (Advisor: Dr. Joshua Galster)<\/li>\n<li>Geochemical analysis of Antarctic sediment cores from Prydz Bay site for the purpose of reconstructing the paleo-environment during the Eocene-Oligocene (Advisor: Sandra Passchier)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marine Biology and Coastal Sciences (6 presentations)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment of home range, behavior, and population intermixing among bottlenose dolphins in New Jersey (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>Macroinvertebrate Assemblages of New Jersey Springs (Advisor: Meiyin Wu)<\/li>\n<li>Microplastic distribution within a mussel bed at Sandy Hook, NJ (Advisor: Robert Prezant)<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean Sea Sponge Diversity and Size Distribution: A New Age Biofilter (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>Diel Habitat Utilization of Fish and Decapod Species in Great Lameshur Bay, St. Johns, USVI (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>Seagrass Wrack as a Potential Benthic-Pelagic Link in Barnegat Bay, NJ (Advisor: Paul Bologna)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mathematical Sciences (17 presentations)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On the 3-Dimensional Fluid-Structure Interaction of Flexible Fibers in a Flow (Advisor: Bogdan Nita)<\/li>\n<li>Non-linear Gravitational-Wave Memory from Merging Binary Black Holes (Advisor: Marc Favata)<\/li>\n<li>Numerical Study of Body Shape &amp; 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