ASC Peer Educators at URCAD 2025

• Asiya Ahmed -  Investigating Genetic Interactions Between FLK And HOS1 in Plant Defense and Flowering | Mentor: Hua Lu | Time Morning Poster Session I | 10 – 11 a.m. | Poster #5

• Jumana Al-Anesi - Gold Nanoparticle-Based Colorimetric Test For Lead Sensing in Tap Water | Mentor: Marie-Christine Daniel | Morning Poster Session I | 10 – 11 a.m. | Poster #6

• Thalia Belinda Añora - "HUMANIZE” | Mentor: Corrie Parks | FA Building, First Floor Hallway | All Day

• Sahana Chakravarthi - Beyond The Binary: Immigrant Health And Well-Being Across the Status Continuum | Mentor: Sameera Nayak | Morning Poster Session I | 10 – 11 a.m. | Poster #23
 
• Ramsha Chaudhary - The Effect of Language Barriers on the Quality of Care Received By Spanish-speaking Patients in the Baltimore City Area | Mentor: David Beard | Afternoon Session I | 1 – 2 p.m. | Poster #16

• Assata Hanif - Connecting With Our Communities: The Relationship Between Collective Efficacy and Community Engagement | Mentor: Dawn Biehler | Afternoon Session I | 1 – 2 p.m. | Poster #37

• Brian Hughes - Assessing Campus Vegetation From Above | Mentor: Charlie Kaylor | Afternoon Session I | 1 – 2 p.m. | Poster #26

• Nardos Kebede - Ethiopian Israelis: The Generational Evolution Of Cultural Identity and its Impacts on Integration | Mentor: Brigid Starkey | UC Ballroom Lounge | 11:20 a.m. | Oral presentation
    
• Gabriel Kengni Jr. - Optimizing Capping Techniques For Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus | Mentor: Michael Summers | Morning Poster Session I | 10 – 11 a.m. | Poster #56

• Hira Khan - Comparing Caregiver Strain in Children With Anxiety or ADHD Using An Internalizing/Externalizing Framework | Mentor: Marco Grados | Afternoon Session I | 1 – 2 p.m. | Poster #50

• Keiko Luke - Investigating the Activity-Dependent Processing of APPL in Drosophila Mushroom Bodies | Mentor: Fernando Vonhoff | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #55

• John Melles - Direct Radiative Effect of Dust Aerosols Using EMIT and PACE Observations | Mentor: Zhibo Zhang | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #47

• Terra Miley - Optimization of Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Bioreactors With the Use of a Fluorescent Magnesium Biosensor | Mentor: Govind Rao | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #48

• Lea-Pearl Njei - Muscarinic Receptor Regulation of Human Colon Cancer Cell Microtentacle Formation | Mentor: Jean-Pierre Raufman | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #6

• Emmanuella Osei - Food Insecurity Among College Students | Mentor: Sameera Nayak | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #14

• Zoya Syed - H3K4me3 and H4K16ac As Regulators of Lifespan and Aging in The Fat Body of Drosophila Melanogaster | Mentor: Jeff Leips | Afternoon Session II | 2: 30 – 3:30 p.m. | Poster #34

• Gabriel Vaughn - Investigating the Effects of Selenium on Cancer-resistance Mutations in Drosophila | Mentor: Michelle Starz-Gaiano | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #41

• Liz Weir - Cultural Pluralism in Practice: A Mixed-method Study on Reducing Asian American Students’ COVID-19-related Stress | Mentor: Charissa Cheah | Morning Poster Session II | 11 – Noon | Poster #43