Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal Open-Access Publication | http://cusj.columbia.com 50 cusjVolume 5Spring 2011 Columbia Undergraduate Sci J http://cusj.columbia.edu SY M PO SI U M cusjcolumbia undergraduate science journalSymposium Poster Titles 51cusj Volume 5Spring 2011 Columbia Undergraduate Sci J http://cusj.columbia.edu SY M PO SIU M Pathogenesis-related Mutations in the T-Loops of Human Mitochondrial tRNAs Affect 3’ End Processing and tRNA Structure Dmitri Serjanov, Kyla-Gaye Pinnock, Louis Levinger Biochemistry/Biophysics Probing Aromatic Peptide Aggregation Using Spectroscopy =HSLU[PUH�:�-LSZLU��1\Z[PUH�*OPU^VUN��9\LS�+LZHTLYV��(KHT�7YVÄ[ 9HPUMHSS�WH[[LYUZ�PU�ZWLJPÄJ�YLNPVUZ�VM�(MYPJH Delroy Wills Fluorinated Solvent Processing for Organic Optoelec- tronic Applications Ilana Shimunov, Marshall Cox, Ioannis Kymissis Design of Low-Cost Thermophilic Microbial Fuel Cell for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Nathan Winkler Engineering Designing, Breadboarding, Testing, Troubleshooting, and Con- structing a Life Guard Alarm Unit John Buoncora, Dane Burkett Designing, Constructing, Programming, and Debugging an Autonomous Robot Gregory Kissoon, John Buoncora Female Energy Supply Lines: A Study of Firewood in Northern Ghana Madeline Russell Foster Water Usage and Availability in Bongo’s Communities: Re- search Leading to the Development of an Indigenous Fluoride Jessica Marie Friscia Osteoblast Precursor Cells Need the Pyrophosphate Trans- porter ANKH in Order to Sense and Respond to Mechanical Alen Trubelja, Kristen Lee, Christopher Jacobs Testing the ForTraCC model for short term forecasting of cloud movement and life cycle Xiaoqian Pan Automated Detection of GNRA Tetraloop Prevalance Using 3DNA and Python Prerana Pradhan*, Mauricio Esquerra, Wilma K. Olsen Biochemistry/Biophysics Elucidating the Interaction of LPA with Model Membranes Evan Minzter, Rivkah Rogawski* A Comparison of Methods to Collect Host-Seeking, Blood-Fed and Gravid Mosquitoes in the Surburban Landscape Lily C. Hughes*, Richard C. Falco, Thomas J. Daniels Biology Analysis of NFkB Protein Subunits inStimulated Human Mac- rophages Steven Kennedy*, Sitharam Ramaswami, Ashish P. Juvekar, Subrata Manna, Ivana Vancurova From Egg Raft to Emergence: Growth and Survival of Mosquito Larvae in Vernal Pools Jessie Lanterman*, Mike Rubbo, Rich Falco The Effect of RNAi Protein Armitage on oskar mRNA Transport and Localization in Drosophila Oocyte Linda Molla*, Joseph T. Cammarata*, Irina E. Catrina, Diana P. Bratu Analysis of Bortezomib-Induced Nuclear Protein Trans- location in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Cells Hung Tran*, Ashish P. Jukevar, Sitharam Ramasswami Ashish P. Juvekar, Subrata Manna, Ivana Vancurova, Subrata Manna, Ivana Vancurova Bone Marrow Degradation: Correlations Between Lipid Oxidation and Caloric Decline Rates Lily Xie*, Robert J. Blumeschine, Karen M. Schaich Anti-Predator and Social Monitoring Functions in Blue Monkeys Kaitlyn M. Gaynor*, Marina Cords Evaluating Nest Protectors for Turtle Conservation: Unintended Consequences for the Malaclemys terrapin Shahriar Rahman* Engineering Structural Glass Shells: The Constructional and Structional Feasbility of a Hyperbolic Umbrella Gregor J. Horstmeyer*, Sigrid Adriaenssens, George Scherer Optical Observations of Thermoelectric Effects of Self-Heated Nanocrystalline Niaz Khan*, Gokhan Bakan, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva Electrical Properties of Methyl Based Hybrid Melting Gels Louis Gambino*, Andrei Jitianu, Lisa C. Klein Mathematical Modeling and Characterization of Coiling Peri- modiolar Mei Yi Cheung*, Jian Zhang, Nabil Simaan Pressure Distribution and Forefoot Geometry in Ballet Pointe ShoesCochlear Electrode Arrays Antonia Zaferious*, D.M. Wooton Phase-Change Oscillations and Pulse Generation in Silicon Microwaves Adam Cywar*, Gokhan Bakan, Helena Silva, Ali Gokirmak Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Calcite: Developing a Coating to Protect Marble from Damage in Acid Rain Jeffrey I. Campbell*, Sonia Naidu, George W. Scherer Targeting Nanoparticles to Macrophages Lila Cheung* 2010 SYMPOSIUM Chemistry Anticarcinogenic and Prooxidant Properties of Pomegranate Juice Extract Loriel J. Solodokin*, Audrey Canter, Ahuva Freilich, Orli Haken, Chana G. Ovits-Levy, A.G. Schuck, H. Babich Size-Controlled Growth of Selenium Nanoparticles on Self- Assembled Kinetin Nanostructures and Their Applicatior Stacey N. Barnaby*, Ipsita A. Banerjee Abscisic Acid Based Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Vectors Evan M. Smoak*, Stephen H. Frayne, Karl R. Fath, Ipsita A. Banerjee Implementation and Analysis of Passive Online Schemes for Rogue Access Point Detection in Ethernet Networks Oscar A. Perez*, Bing Wang Psychology & Neuroscience Elucidating the Toll Like Receptor Signaling Pathways of the Immune Jennifer Deluty*, Jeremy Seto, Stuart Sealfon /\THUZ�4PTPJRPUN�(UPTHSZ!�0TWSPJH[PVUZ�MVY�:WLJPLZ�:WLJPÄJ� Vocalization Processing in Human Cortex William J. Talkington, Kristina Rapuano*, Chris Frum, James W. Lewis Experiences and Challenges of Women Combining Academic Careers and Motherhood Danielle L. Auriemma*, Tovah P. Klein Subcortical Localization of Ectopic Cell Cycle Events in Five Alzheimer’s Mouse Models Luming Li*, Timmy Cheung*, Jianmin Chen, Karl Herrup Medicine & Health Services Redistribution of Muscle Mitochondria Assocaited With Verte- brate Neuromuscular Synaptogenesis Mohammad Gilani*, Joav Prives Gadolinium-Loaded Micelles as Intravascular Contrast Agent for Micro-Magnetic Resonance Angiography Lindsay K. Hill*, Karen C. Briley-Saebo, Moustafa Doudai, Asad Baig, Susan Pun, Brian J. Nieman, Daniel H. Turnbull SB-T-1214 Dramatically Downregulates Stem Cell-Related .LUL�,_WYLZZPVU�7YVÄSLZ�PU�4L[HZ[H[PJ�*VSVU�*HUJLY�*LSS Yan Leyfman*, Yuan Wang, Iwao Ojima, Galina I. Botchkina Imbibition of Gases Between Silica and Graphene Kate E. Noa*, Milton W. Cole, Angela D. Lueking Physics Performance of Different Jet Clustering Algorithms in Recon- structing Hadronic Tops David Krohn, Cristina Popa*, Liantao Wang Graduate Students Using Continuum Robots for Contact Detection and Estimation of Contact Location Andrea Bajo*, Nabil Simaan Validation and Benchmarking of Computational Fluid Dynam- ic Simulations for Wind Building Response Francesca Ceccarini*, Rene B. Testa High Frequency Plateau Responses Recorded in Gerbil Audi- tory Nerve Tuning Curves Stanley Huang*, Wei Dong, Elizabeth Olson Design of Steerable Electrode Arrays and Optimal Insertion Path Planning for Robot-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery Jian Zhang*, J. Thomas Roland Jr., Spiros Manolidis, Nabil Simaan Variability of cloudiness and water vapor content over the Caribbean using ISCCP data Alma Cabral Reynoso Automated Software Testing & Deployment; The Graphyte Web Toolkit Carl Chinatomby Generation of mutated forms of Leishmania major phosphati- dylethanolamine methyltransferase LmPEM1 Subbhalakshmi Dhalladoo, Tongtong Zhu Effect of Ganoderma Lucidum on the Migration of Human Breast Cancer Cells Di Wu, Regina Sullivan SUMO proteins may regulate head reshaping, capacitation, and stress response in human sperm Jordana Schneider Biology Comparison of Copper Surface Mediated Toxicity in Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria Phyo Thu, Janet Long, Nidhi Gadura Understanding the mechanisms of Copper induced, Lipid peroxi- dation mediated cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jasodra Ramlall, Nidhi Gadura Impact of plasma membrane Unsaturated Fatty Acids levels on Copper Surface mediated cell death in E.coli Bo Zhi Robert Hong, Nidhi Gadura Effect of Co-Enzyme on Cancer Cell Proliferation and Survival Shawna Benjamin, Maria L Cotrina, Regina Sullivan Pro-oxidant and pro-apoptotic activities of olive fruit extract toward oral carcinoma cells. Jennifer Lazaros, Erica Michelle Hasten, Alyssa Schuck, Harvey Babich Effect of VEGF on Glucose Transporter 1 during Status Epilepticus Bobby Thomas Effect of Carnitine on Brain Cell Survival Jose Zhagnay, Maria L Cotrina Effect of L-Carnitine on Breast Cancer Cell Migration Adam McConnell, Maria L Cotrina, Regina Sullivan Analysis of Bortezomib-Induced Nuclear Translocation of IkBa In Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cells Subrata Manna, Adeel Zubair, Ivana Vancurova The Effect of HIF2 alpha on Cell Growth and Cell Survival Cathy Meng Hao, Yatrik Shah Chemistry Density Function Theory Study on the Reaction of Deprotonated Tyro- sine [Tyr-H]- with Singlet Molecular Oxygen Kallol Mitra Heavy Metals in Golf Balls by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectropho- tometry Andre Hugh Smithson Reactivity of Tris (trimethylsilyl) Phosphite in the Synthesis of the N- Mustard Bisphosphonic Acid of Bicine and Phenylalanine Luis Vargas, Marjorie Morales, Kevin Chavez Determination of Copper Content of the US Penny by X-Ray Fluores- cence, Visible Spectroscopy and Gravimetric Method Sharda Jagdeo Concentration Dependence of Refractive Index Measured by a Laser Pointer: Refractive Index vs. Concentration Rebecca Cho Determination and Applications of the Van ‘t Hoff factor Using Microscale Freezing Point Determination Measurements Fathima Nazmudeen, Paris Svoronos, Mario Balducci, Pedro Irigoyen An unusual porous and spherical micro-scale morphology for poly(o-toluidine) Daniel LaFaurie, David M. Sarno 5HUVÄILYZ�JV�WVS`TLYPaLK�MYVT�HUPSPUL�HUK�Z\SMVUH[LK�HUPSPUL� for electrostatic interaction with gold nanoparticles Engred Vanegas, David M. Sarno The Probing Zinc- Tetracycline Using Vibrational Spectroscopy Jinnette Tolentino Feasibility of using Electronic Health Record Tempera- ture Dependence of Refractive Index Determined by a Esther Yang A Thermoresponsive Multicolor Colloidal Photonic Crystal Based on Polymeric Core-Shell Microspheres Saad Syed, Man Kin Chow Synthesis and behavior of 6-Bromoindigo XiaoMei Ye, Sasan Karimi, Pedro Irigoyen 2011 SYMPOSIUM