Symposium
2023
Undergraduate Research
Summer Institute Symposium
September 27, 2023
3:00
Introductory Remarks
Bill Hoynes, Dean of the Faculty
Ben Lotto, URSI Director
3:15
Students’ Oral Presentations on Summer Research
Brynn Conrad, Sharon Luong, and Autumn Cullinan (mentor: Professor David Esteban, Biology)
Characterizing Diversity and AHR Activity in the Gut Microbiomes of ME/CFS Patients
Vaughn Ramsey and Alex Carr (mentor: Professor Andy Borum, Mathematics and Statistics)
Discontinuities in the Curvature of a Thin Elastic Ribbon
Chi Nguyễn and A.J. Erickson (mentor: Professor Evan Howard, Chemistry)
Curve Balls of Epoxy Alcohols - Rearrangement or Fragmentation
4:00
Keynote Address
RIG-I Receptors: The Tiny Nanomachines that Protect Us Against RNA Viruses
Anna Marie Pyle, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Chemistry at Yale University
5:00
Poster Session A (odd numbered posters)
5:30
Poster Session B (even numbered posters)
6:30
Dinner Celebration for Faculty and Students