Science University Research Symposium (SURS)
Submissions from 2022
Negative Arousal and its Influence on Memory Recall, Camille Castillo, Lindsey Mathews, Christina Duncan, and Folasade S. Alalade
Cognitive Load Effect on Moral Decision Making, Elise Crause, Liz Eisenga, Caroline Hopper, and Merry Bailey
The Impacts of Reward Salience on Rate of Learning & Extinction, Elise Crause, Mykayla Spurlin, Davis Eddleman, Lindsey Mathews, and Sarah Headapohl
Hunger State Modulation of Dopamine Dynamics Across Subregions of Striatum, John N. Crow
Identification of Clinical and Behavioral Outcomes Predictive of FTLD-TDP Pathology, Nevin Crow, Virginia A. Berry, and Eric Febles
Effects of Acute Exposure to Blue Light on Spatial Memory in Rats, Nevin Crow, Gracie Medley, Melody Alvarez, Kate Grady, and Abby Westbrooks
Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Exercise: The Role of Exercise Attitudes, Frequency, and Perception of Effort in Cognitive and Psychological Benefits, Khalil Dabdoub and Michael Oliver
Picture That! EEG views imagery of your mind's eye, Sinead Doogan, Jillian Graham, Raul Rodriguez-Calvillo, and Ingrid Quezada
Comparison of Kanamycin-Resistant Bacteria in Earthworm Digestive Tracts and Soil From Compost Bins, Samantha Dooyema, Martin Dolan, and Abigal Morse
Bilingualism as a Possible Protective Factor in the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Cognition, Sondos El-hulu
The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Cognition, Sondos El-hulu, Samantha Urban, Caroline Gheen, and Paige Biebel
Assessing Selective Export of Fluorescent SSA4 Reporters, Caroline Firmin and Rebecca Adams
Altering Conserved Residues on Dbp5 in S. cerevisiae to Assess Function, Maddy R. Ford and Rebecca Adams
Picture That! Imagery of Your Mind's Eye, Jillian Graham, Lindsey Edwards, Marie Martan, and Emma Keegan
Identification of genes that rescue Dbp5-Nup159 temperature-sensitivity, Zoe Harbison and Rebecca Adams
The Relationship among Gender, Attachment Style and the Perception of Text Message Valence, Bailey Harvey, Ivy Huesmann, Marie Martan, and Gavin Mitchell
Relationship Between Kanamycin-Resistant Bacteria and Socioeconomic Status of Playgrounds in Nashville, TN, Remah Hatem, Shaimah Abu-Bakr, and Donia Mousley
Analysis of the Correlation Between Anthocyanin Concentration and Antioxidative Capacity in Different Forms of Tart Cherry, Alexandria P. Haynes and Dr. Kimberlee Entsminger
Are We Ovary-Acting? All Visuospatial Abilities May Not Be Equally Affected Throughout the Menstrual Cycle., Caroline G. Haynes and Audrey N. Wade
Bijective Proofs of Word Avoidance Identities, Isaiah Hollars, Julia Carrigan, and Eric Rowland
Occurrence of Exotic and Native Earthworms in Residential Compost Bins, Shannon M. Jeffries and Rachel A. Lafont
Antimicrobial Properties of Roots, Stems, and Leaves of Homalosorus pycnocarpos, Polystichum acrostichoides, and Sceptridium dissectum, Carolyn Johnson, Avery Myers, and Leslie DeLeon
Occurrence of Bat Species at Water Sources in Two Urban Parks in Nashville, Tennessee, Maya Kiev, Austin Farris, and Evan Mason
Investigating the Impact of Unlimited Sucrose During Adolescence on Flex Maze Performance in Rats, Emma Klopatek, Emily Tobolski, Bailey Harvey, Danielle Frances, Taylor Garrels, and Gillian Lado
Using Neural Networks to Model Guitar Distortion, Caleb Koch, Scott Hawley, and Andrew Fyfe
Testing SSA4::ADE3 Reporters for MCS Screening, Chloe Ledford and Rebecca Adams PhD
Occurrence of Kanamycin-Resistant Bacteria Relative to Anthropogenic Pollution Along Richland Creek in Nashville, TN, Jolene Ho Mach, Annie Le, and Brandon Torres Ramirez
Sex Differences in the Disease Progression of FTD vs AD, Abigail Mitchell, Danielle Frances, and Chase Metzger
The Impact of Emotionally Charged Music on Attentional Bias Towards Color, Abigail Mitchell and Khanh Nguyen
Binaural Mixing Using a Recurrent Neural Network, Grant Morgan
Bat House Environmental Factors affecting Bat Activity, Kim Nguyen and Harsh Patel
Assessing Cognitive Flexibility with the ID/ED Set-Shifting Task in Rats Modeling Depression, Hannah Orndorff, Rachael Arnold, Caroline Gheen, Grace Gray, Christopher Toepfer, and Ivy Heusmann
Psychology: The Effect of Politically-Charged Mortality Salience on Political In-Group Identification, Devanee Pappas, Kaylee Franzen, Cole Peterson, Chris Toepfer, and Autumn Rullman
Isolation and Characterization of novel B. subtilis bacteriophages, Johnson Phung and Rebecca Adams
Psychology: Physiological effects of negative international news on, Ingrid Quezada, Husna Nabi, Willa Stauffer, and Katie Young
The Study of the Relationship Between the Environment and Its Effects on Memory, Mikaela Renaud, Essence Hamer, and Teya Haughey
Self-Compassion as a Protective Factor against COVID-19 Stressors and Psychological Distress in Emerging Adults: A Literature Review and Study Proposal, Arwen Rolinitis and Abigail Heller
How Disgust in Germ Averse Individuals Biases Avoidance Decision-Making, Wesley Stuart and Timothy Schoenfeld PhD
How Spirituality Correlates with College Students’ Views on Potential Romantic Relationships, Emily Tobolski, Emma Klopatek, Mikaela Renaud, and Indira Peters
Analyzing Dbp5 Residues Required for Interaction with Nab2, Daisy Torres
The Effect of Greenroof Growing Substrate on Edible Drought-Tolerant and Drought-Sensitive Plants, Cassie Tull, Asher Amundson, Amya Bingham, and Delia Gibbs
Establishing a Biochemical System for the Purification and ATPase activity of GST-Dbp5, Sarah R. Utley, Rachel E. Rigsby PhD, and Rebecca L. Adams PhD
Effect of Chemotherapy on Visuospatial N-back Task Performance: an fMRI Study in Breast Cancer Patients, Teel Walters, Husna Nabi, and Emory Ware
Effects of Intercropping on Garlic Growth in a Green Roof Setting, Kennedy Warden, Thomas Loose, and Max Stone
The Relationship Between Implicit Attitudes and Displayed Behaviors, Azalia White, Talaia Goodman, Lilly Rogers, and Serenity Ogedegbe
exhibit_code: An Interactive Code Art Experience, Claire Winogrodzki
The Impact of Childhood Experiences: What Can Change Your Cognition?, Camille Witt, Caroline Firmin, Emma Frazier, and Brooke Chapman
Relationships Among Gender in Politics, Perceived Competency, and Likelihood of Voting, Camille Witt, Hannah Walling, Nicole Buttrey, and Gill Lado
The Effects of Peer Pressure on Social Conformity, Jeniffer Zou, Kayla Colley, Abby Westbrook, Caroline Grace Coey, and Meg Combs