SAMURS

Welcome to the Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Symposium!

The University of Washington Tacoma Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Environmental Sustainability, and Mathematics majors host an Environmental Research Symposium, Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Symposium (SAMURS). This event showcases the capstone research projects of our undergraduate students. The presentations by our undergraduate students, cover a broad range of questions and projects related to the environment, mathematics, sustainability and much more. Projects are conducted in the lab, in the trees, in the mud, in the classroom, at an aquarium, on the water, underwater and on land. Some are original research with a faculty mentor, pushing the boundaries of what is known in their fields. Others participate in internships, where they help community partners further their missions through service. What all these diverse students have in common is the determination and dedication to complete an independent study as part of their undergraduate education. We hope you are inspired and educated by what they have accomplished.

Students presenting at Fall 2024 SAMURS can use Student Submission Portal (Click HERE).

Future SAMURS Dates (subject to change):

Spring 2025: June 12th

SAMURS Archives

Each year, SAM posts the results of our student work. Within the SAMURS Archives you can find a variety of research that our students and faculty have engaged in throughout the years in the Puget Sound and beyond.

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Autumn 2024 - Abstracts and Posters

Student Name	Mentor	Title and Abstract
Mohammed Ali	Marc Nahmani	Personalized Multimodal Treatments to Improve Chronic Pain Management
Heily Tirayan Chaires	Joan Bleecker	Exploring the Effects of Gut Microbiome on Mental Health Disorders
Jackie Chan	Hannah Baughman	Purification and Comparison of Human and Mouse Homologs of DNA-binding proteins P50/RelA
Cindy Chou	Kelly Kim	Investigating 3N-Alkylation Efficiency in 4-Quinazolinone: A Comparative Analysis of Different C2 Substituents
Deilan S Estrada	Hannah Baughman	Addressing the Cardiovascular Health Disparities among Latin American Women
Ambre Line Fontana	Jack Vincent	Mutagenesis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae STU1 gene to mimic constant phosphorylation of a MELT motif
Favor Gesinde	Kelly Kim	Understanding the Reactivity of 4(3H)-Quinazolinones Via N3-Alkylation
Victoria Goodrich	Peter Selkin	Modelling Sediment Transport in the Puyallup River Watershed
Kendall Groves	Peter Selkin	Investigating Magnetic Susceptibility in Soil Associations within the Puyallup Watershed
Holly H Henry	Sarah Alaei and Alison Gardell	Arsenic Bioaccumulation in Tissues of Chinese Mystery Snails Collected from Lake Ecosystems
Jamie R Hoch	Alison Gardell and Sarah Alaei	Arsenic Toxicity: Chinese Mystery Snail (CMS) Bioaccumulation and Periphyton Biotransformation Genes
Marcus Scott Hutko	Laura Doepker	Exploring The Correlation Between SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations and Increased Myocarditis Diagnoses
Nicholas Stephen Iacopi	Julie Masura	2024 Analysis of Microplastics in Bed sediment of Bellingham Bay
Jenny Jiang	Joan Bleecker	Data Analysis Internship: Improving Health Outcomes of Sick Neonates in Relation to Neonatal Nutrition
Anahad Judge	Hannah Baughman	Purification and Comparison of Human and Mouse Homologs of DNA-binding proteins P50/RelA
Parsa Karami
Monathysak Thysak Keo	Hannah Baughman	Isolation and Comparison of NF-kB p50/RelA Human & Mouse Homologs
Salem Tesfay Kidane	Joan Bleecker	Evaluating the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Against Common Bacterial and Viral Pathogens
Grace Kim	Hannah Baughman	Comparison of NF-kappaB Heterodimers present within Human & Mouse Proteins
Janae Kim	Sarah Alaei & Alison Gardell	Heavy Metal Snails: Arsenic Exposure and Bioaccumulation in Chinese Mystery Snails (CMS)
Alex M King	Jutta Heller	Comparison of Endodontic and Implant Procedures as Options for Tooth Restoration
Nia Camille Mccoy	Joan Bleecker	The accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques during sleep relates to the development of Alzheimer’s disease
Jules Milovich	Sarah Alaei and Alison Gardell	Arsenic Exposure and Bioaccumulation in Adult Chinese Mystery Snails and Developing Embryos Suggests Maternal-Brood Transfer
Hannah Renae Neir	Jack Vincent	CRISPR-Cas9 Mutagenesis of Phosphorylation Sites 380 & 386 in the Kinetochore Protein Dsn1
Alyssa-Marie Ott	Laura Doepker	Poorer Outcomes after ICU Admission Correlate with Inappropriate Admission, Chronic Illness, and Lower Socioeconomic Status.
Jaloni Owens	Jack Vincent	Analyzing Dental Patient Attendance Patterns to Improve Scheduling Efficiency at Sea Mar Community Health Center
Sierra Isabella Puccinelli	Laura Doepker	Prescribed psychostimulants and their impacts on brain development
Ren Atoigue Ruth	Laura Doepker	Current Treatments for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and New Therapies for the Disease
Liza Svyrydovska	Laura Doepker	Acne vulgaris is aggravated by cow’s milk by activating mTORC1 and suppressing FoxO1 pathways
Isabelle Velasco	Hannah Baughman	Comparison of NF-κB Heterodimer Protein p50/Rel A from H. sapiens and M. musculus
Renee Marie Warren	Sarah Alaei and Alison Gardell	Arsenic Exposure and Bioaccumulation in Adult Chinese Mystery Snails and Developing Embryos Suggests Maternal-Brood Transfer
Mia Escobar	Yajun An	Dispersion reduction schemes for the three dimensional acoustic wave equation
Genevieve Nolet	Ruth Vanderpool	Stereographic Projection
Fernando Martinez	Ruth Vanderpool	The Hopf Mapping: an intuitive understanding
Samuel Morris	Ruth Vanderpool	The Real Projective Space