Student Research Session II

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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
25 Menaka Naidu
Ellie Masto
Jessica Roa
Nikolas Montaquila
Brown University The Impact of Decaying Organic Matter on the Evolution of Novel Antibiotics in Soil
26 Chris Recinos
Taylor Hopkins
Hamline University Isolation and Characterization of Antibiotic Producing Bacteria from the Shoreline of Lake Como
27 Bassam Shawamreh Warren Wilson College Cloning a type III polyketide synthase gene in Mycobacterium aurum.
28 Aley Rosas-Mondragon Hamline University Screening for Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria in Soils with Various Levels of Plant Diversity
29 Alex Rodriguez
Sophia Goulub
Amy Zhao
Brynne Miller
Brown University Geographic effects on microbial biodiversity and antibiotic production
30 Hailey Mackenthun University of Wisconsin-Whitwater Antibiotics Isolated from Soil Located in Areas Around Whitewater, Wisconsin
31 Luis Saucedo
Lindsey Duran
Phoenix College Isolation of Novel Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria from a Botanical Garden in the Desert Southwest
32 Tirth Patel Eastern Michigan University Stimulating Antibiotic Production of Bacterial Isolates

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
33 Sherrice Law
Hannah Zhang
Stacey Nguyen
Joshua Hu
California Northstate University Detecting and Characterizing Novel Antibiotic Producing Bacteria Isolated from Residential and Recreational Sites
34 Claire Schumann Campbell University Testing Antibiotic Production Using Soil Isolates
35 Tsering Tashi Wartburg College A Bacillus species is able to produce antimicrobials that can inhibit the growth of ESKAPE pathogen relatives.
36 Frankie Brzezowski Campbell University Antibiotic Discovery in Soil: A Student Sourced Approach
37 Jonah Thomas Wartburg College The genus Pseudomonas produces antibiotics that inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, and Enterococcus casseliflavus
38 David Eban Campbell University There’s more than just Roses growing here : The Search for Microbe Antibiotics
39 Jaclyn Moreno University of the Incarnate Word Isolation and Characterization of an Antibiotic-Producing Pedobacter humicola sp. from Soil in South Texas
40 Erica Dubé University of New Hampshire Where Did My Inhibition Go?
Possible Causes of and Solutions for Cessation of Antibiotic Production

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
41 Brooke Vandenberg
Christine Kortendick
Jacob Kunkel
University of Wisconsin–Madison Effects of Commercial and Natural Aloe Vera on Antibiotic Production in Soil Bacteria
42 Sarah Ballarin
Marianna Tringale
Nova Southeastern University Tiny Earth Project: Finding Antibiotic Producing Bacteria In Vibrationally Stressed Soil
43 Mansha Ghai
Maria Sieb
Eliza Spors
Bailey Karlen
University of Wisconsin–Madison The Effects of NaCl Concentration on​ Antimicrobial Production in Soil Bacteria​
44 Adhm Farid
Michael Toro
Nova Southeastern University Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria in Freshwater vs Saltwater Soil
45 Emily Matiak
Bella Georgiev
Olivia Masterson
Daniluz Schueller
University of Wisconsin–Madison The effect of cranberry juice concentration on antibiotic production in soil bacteria
46 Zachary Lawrence Nova Southeastern University Antibiotic Producing Bacteria from Surface Soil Compared to Deep Soil​
47 Ryan Hall
Alaina Peterson
Megan Minehan
University of Wisconsin–Madison The Effect of Sucrose on Soil Bacteria Antibiotic Production
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