Michigan State University's 23rd University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) provides Michigan State undergraduate students with an opportunity to showcase their research and creative endeavors. This forum features nearly 650 student presenters from 15 different colleges. UURAF runs from April 15-19.
More than 500 presentations in 30 different subject areas can be accessed here at any time, day or night. The program book is available here. First-place winners and Mentors of the Year will be awarded on April 23. Learn about all the awards on the web, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Our College's UURAF Mentors, Their Mentees, and Their UURAF Research Abstracts
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Mentors
Abstract page
Student name
Title
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Dr. Robert Abramovitch
165
Jarod Fallon
DEFINING THE ROLE OF RIP1 IN MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS CITRATE RESISTANCE
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Dr. Robert Abramovitch
170
Megan Murto
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS PROTEIN PPE51 INTERACTION WITH GLUCOSE AND
GLYCEROL
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Dr. Dalen Agnew
143
Heather Sayles
OVARIAN FOLLICULAR STRUCTURES IN MEXICAN WOLVES: CLUES TO INFERTILITY
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Dr. Dalen Agnew
165
Bridie McClusky
AVIAN MYCOBACTERIOSIS: DEVELOPING A RATIONALE FOR DIAGNOSTIC BIOPSIES
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Evan Brenner
43
Emily Lavey
MUTATIONS IN DRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED GENES OF MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS IN BRAZILIAN INDIGENOUS POPULATION
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Dr. Natalia Duque-Wilkens
175
Will Meaton
THE ROLE OF MAST CELLS LINKING PERIPHERAL WITH CENTRAL INFLAMMATORY
RESPONSES DRIVING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY PHENOTYPES
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Dr. Natalia Duque-Wilkens, Dr. Adam Moeser
174
Robby Teis
MAST CELL-SEROTONIN INTERACTIONS AS A POTENTIAL MECHANISM UNDERLYING
ANTI-ANXIETY EFFECTS OF MAST CELLS
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Dr. Bartolomeo Gorgoglione
158
Parva Mashar
INVESTIGATING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF NEW CELL LINES TO FRESHWATER STRAINS OF VHSV
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Dr. Jack Harkema
230
Ashleigh Tindle
REPEATED INHALATION OF LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE TRIGGERS PULMONARY ECTOPIC
LYMPHOID STRUCTURE FORMATION AND DIVERSE SYSTEMIC AUTOANTIBODY
EXPRESSION IN LUPUS-PRONE MICE
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Dr. Jack Harkema
230
Jenan Shareef
REPEATED INHALATION OF LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE TRIGGERS PULMONARY ECTOPIC
LYMPHOID STRUCTURE FORMATION AND DIVERSE SYSTEMIC AUTOANTIBODY
EXPRESSION IN LUPUS-PRONE MICE
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Cory Howard, Rosalie Rowland, Dr. Bonnie Harrington, Dr. Kimberly Sebastian
44
Carter White
THE ROLE OF SETD2 IN CANINE LYMPHOMA
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Dr. Chima Maduka
48
Michael Habeeb
HARVESTING BONE MARROW DERIVED MACROPHAGES
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Dr. Linda Mansfield
169
Mia Vanallen
PLASMID-MEDIATED TRANSFER OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES (ARGs) TO
COMENSAL AND MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA
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Dr. Janani Ravi
38
Samuel Chen
MOLEVOLVR: A WEB-APP FOR CHARACTERIZING PROTEINS USING MOLECULAR
EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENY
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Dr. Janani Ravi
43
Kewalin Samart
RECONCILING MULTIPLE CONNECTIVITY SCORES FOR DRUG REPURPOSING
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Dr. Janani Ravi
46
Elliot Majlessi
IDENTIFYING DIAGNOSTIC SRNA TARGETS IN INFECTED HOSTS USING
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES
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Dr. Janani Ravi
46
Phillip Calhoun
IDENTIFYING DIAGNOSTIC SRNA TARGETS IN INFECTED HOSTS USING
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES
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Dr. Janani Ravi
46
Karn Jongnarangsin
MAPPING BACTERIAL PHENOTYPES TO GENOTYPIC FEATURES USING MACHINE
LEARNING
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Dr. Patrick Venta
42
Maddie Elscher
DEVELOPMENT OF TETRASTR 12-PLEX TO LOCATE PRA-CAUSING MUTATIONS WITHIN
VARIOUS PUREBRED DOG BREEDS