Student Research Session I

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Room A

All posters in the session are included in the gallery below. Click on a poster to see it in full screen. During the session, posters will also be screen-shared by the Zoom host. To find a specific poster, see the index below the gallery.

Poster # Presenter(s) Institution Title
1 Makayla Mason Benedictine University Isolation of antibiotic-producing Pseudomonas sp. colony from Yorkville, IL.
2 Srija Gadiraju
Mai-Linh Nguyen
Amanda Wang
Deeksha Mamidi
California Northstate University Tiny Earth: Examining CNU Soil For Potential Bacteria with Antibiotic-Producing Abilities
3 Melanie Dibbell California State University,  Sacramento A Tiny Earth Project: The Search for Antibiotic-Producing Soil Bacteria
4 Elsa Palmieri
Michaela Redfearn
University of Wisconsin–Madison Effects of Zingiber officinale in Culture Media on the Growth of Antibiotic-producing Soil Bacteria
5 Open
6 Maia Fries
Meghan Nysted
Ben Reuter
Emma Solcz
University of Wisconsin–Madison The Effects of Prairie, City, and Aquatic Environments on the Production of Antibiotics in Soil
7 Mohini Vadalia
Soham Kondle
California Northstate University Unearthing Novel Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria from Synthetically Fertilized Soil
8 Julia Walters
Grace Hawig
Brooke Hanson
University of Wisconsin–Madison Antimicrobial Resistance: Investigating the Effect of Glucose Additives on Antibiotic Production

Room B

All posters in the session are included in the gallery below. Click on a poster to see it in full screen. During the session, posters will also be screen-shared by the Zoom host. To find a specific poster, see the index below the gallery.

Poster # Presenter(s) Institution Title
9 Josephine Chen
Ariane Voulgaris
Roshan Sapkota
Melissa Aldana
Brown University Evaluating the Relationship Between Organic Carbon Content and Antibiotic Production in Soil
10 Maya Scarpaci California University of Pennsylvania Screening of Local Bacterial Isolates for Antibiotic Properties in Southwestern Pennsylvania
11 Patricia Hill Hamline University Isolation and Identification of an Antibiotic-Producing Bacillus sp. from a Storm Drain
12 Tassnime Sebaei
Katrina Maktaz
Nova Southeastern University Effects of Mentorship in Tiny Earth
13 Alexis Weary
Kelsey Prince
Springfield College Looking Beyond the Dirt
14 Katrina Rasstryzhenkau Hamline University Screening and Isolation of Antibiotic Producing Bacteria From Indoor and Outdoor Soils
15 Mark Sourial
Alana Bertrand
Nova Southeastern University Structural Identification of Secondary Metabolites From Bacteria
16 Tessa Devoe
Malie Perales
Ivy Koh
Jessiel Castillo Espinal
Yonatan Najman-Licht
Madhu Subramanian
Brown University Acidic soils harbor more antibiotics, but less biodiversity

Room C

All posters in the session are included in the gallery below. Click on a poster to see it in full screen. During the session, posters will also be screen-shared by the Zoom host. To find a specific poster, see the index below the gallery.

Poster # Presenter(s) Institution Title
17 Emily Kapp Campbell University Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria Collected from a Soil Sample
18 Lilly Vael Eastern Michigan University Variation in complex polysaccharides influence antibiotic production in soil microorganisms
19 Mickaela Perez Campbell University Antibiotic producers found in a flower garden in Randolph County
20 Chloe La Prairie Millikin University Isolation of Antibiotic Producing Bacillus Species
21 Gabriela Rodriguez Campbell University Discovering Antibiotic Producing Bacteria in a Soil Sample
22 Katharine Baumann Millikin University Antibiotic Producers from Fairview Park, Decatur, IL
23 Sarenna Shaw
Joshua Bohm
San Francisco State University Sourcing Novel Antibiotics from Soil
24 Leah Jackson Millikin University Antibiotic Producing Microbes Isolated from Fairview Park