2023
Modeling the Effects of Sodium Arsenate Exposure on Tumor Suppressor Gene P53 in Drosophila melanogaster, Nyah Shevona Alexis
A Study on Flying Squirrel Ultrasonic Acoustic Vocalizations in the Annandale-on-Hudson Area, Alice T. Baum
Difference in the Inhibitory Effects of Violacein on Various Yeast Isolate Strains From the Hudson Valley Region, Lilah Dorothy Blaker
Investigating the Effectiveness of Composting as a Strategy to Decrease Antibiotic Resistance In The Environment, Genesis Cabrera
Behavioral Syndromes in Physarum Polycephalum, Lukas Brassaï Calabrese
Dyeing Textile-fabrics Using BJB312 Violacein Strain to Test Against Gram-positive Bacteria, Jenny Chen
Are Two Poisons Worse Than One? Antagonistic Effects in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Mortality Caused by Short-Chain PFAS and Microplastics Exposure, Elizabeth Chernyak
Lord of the Fruitflies: Setting up the CRISPR-Cas9 System to Induce Microcephaly in Drosophila Melanogaster, Katherine Chernyak
Soil microbes drive the positive relationship between current and future evenness in old field plant communities, Mary Douglas
Soil microbes drive the positive relationship between current and future evenness in old field plant communities, Mary AM Douglas
Chemotherapeutic Potential of Ruthenium-Based Compounds’ via DNA:RNA Hybrid Studies, Macy Renae Jenks
A Changing Red Song: How Northern Cardinal Songs Are Evolving Through Their Northward Expansion, Annie Jiang
Non-Migratory Wintering Songbirds Don’t Rely on Magnetic Fields When Making Foraging Decisions at Feeders, Andrew Charles Love
Ultrasonic Surveys To Assess Local Distribution of Bat Species in Annandale-on-Hudson, Marxe Altman Orbach
Antimicrobial Peptides as Alternatives: Investigating the Impact of Vancomycin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gillian Lee Randall
The interaction effect of atrazine and ciprofloxacin on zebrafish (Danio rerio) early- life development, Ambar Rosario
Study of Microbial Load in Water Samples from Hydraulic Fracturing Adjacent Streams, Anthony W. Ruocco
Aggression and activity of juvenile crayfish (Faxonius virilis and Procambarus acutus) under different light regimes, Blue Spitzer
Spatial and temporal variation in tick abundance and infection in six residential neighborhoods in Dutchess County, NY, Emma Marie Tilley
2022
Are harvester ants the tick predators we thought they were?, Brit Chapman
Inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis growth and development by novel bacterial strains from the skin microbiota of Lithobates sylvaticus, Alex J. Doolittle
Investigating the Influence of Age on the Incidence of Mechanical Complications Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery, Anielka Maritza Espinosa
Fire Retardant: Friend or Foe? - How Fire Retardant Effects Growth and Germination Rates in C-Ferns, Erynn L. Frost
Phage Hunting on the Campus of Bard College, Christina M. Kiser
The Role of the QIDP Designation in Combatting Antibiotic Resistance, Jack K. La Piana
Prehistoric Populations: Determining the age-old numbers of Albertosaurus sarcophagus across the continent of North America, Sivan Gabriel Levi
Comparing the Density of Different Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Between Standard Plate Count and Optical Density, Sadia Mustofa
Establishing a Protocol of DNA Extraction to Investigate the Presence of integron 1 in Air Samples, Nailea Rodriguez
RGD Peptides, Integrins, and Cell Polarity in Danio rerio Mechanosensory Hair Cell Regeneration, Maximillian Michael Shapiro
Haemonchus contortus levamisole resistance on Dutchess County NY ruminant farms, Dawson Charles Stone
Laboulbeniales (Fungi) on Semi-Aquatic Veliidae (Insects) from Reserva Los Cedros in the Ecuadorian Andes, Stephanie Marie Travis
Localization and Mortality of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Danio Rerio Embryos, Margaret Methe Hansen Wolff
Nigella sativa oil as a Novel Anthelmintic Against Internal Nematode Parasites of Sheep, Regina Zavadzkas Garza
2021
Ultrasonic Pollution: a New Kind of Noise Pollution, Cillian Grace Ahearn
A Bird’s Eye View of Perception Versus Reality in Animal Conservation, Liam Gehrig Bach
Don’t Jump In! How Local Bodies of Water may Contain Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Legionella pneumophila, Grace Baruchin Yang Carter
Butterfly Scales’ Light Polarizing Properties, Ethan Beneroff
Effects of Distance and Antibiotics from a Waterway has on the Soil Microbiome, Christopher J. Benincasa
Wnt3 Expression in Zebrafish as a pathway for Hair Cell Regeneration, Stephanie Rose Blanco
Polyhydroxybutyrate: An Emerging Option For Mitigating the Plastic Waste Crisis., Madeline Marie Epstein
A Computational Model of Swarming in Proteus mirabilis, Katherine Filpo Lopez
Are the Twin Lakes Identical? A Limnological Comparison, Benjamin Will Harris
Polarized UV Light Vision in Birds, Sarah Nicole Hart
Do Janzen-Connell and distance from forest edge affect insect herbivory on tree seedlings?, Sydnee Nicole Kenny
How Temperature Affects the Antibiotic Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Levi Lakota Lowe
Biomaterials and Bacteria: The Microbial Communities of Spider Webs in the Hudson Valley, Grey McAlaine
Employing CRISPR-Cas9 to Disrupt the Violacein Biosynthesis Operon of BJB302, a Unique Violacein-Producing Isolate from the Hudson Valley, Cailey Marie Mitchell
Class 1 Integron Abundance as a Measurement of Pollution in Hudson River Tributaries, Mary Rebecca Reid
Investigating the Role of GABA Signaling in Oxygen Deprivation Using C. elegans, Elias Ryu
Figuring Out White-Tailed Deer Habitat Selection with Camera Traps: Another Step Towards Mitigating Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Colin James Schroeder
An Investigation into a Potential Ultrasound Mediated Stress Response Pathway in Plants, Parker Kendall Smith
Fungal Endophytes in Pre-Dispersed Seeds Can Influence Germination in Hosts and Non-Host Plant Species, Peter David Sojka
Can You Hear Me Now? Observing Zebrafish larvae (Danio rerio) to Investigate Arpc1a Gene Expression with Anticipation of Hair Cell Regeneration Within the Lateral Line System, Lia Sage Solensten
Case study: the interrelatedness of host-breadth and disease-severity in fungal pathogens at two temperatures, Isabella Thomas
fruitless in Drosophila melanogaster and the specification of courtship circuitry, Sarah Zylka
2020
The Impact of Habitat Fragmentation on the Diversity of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities, Benjamin Bryant
Quantifying Saccharomyces cerevisiae Growth to Elucidate the Mechanism of Violacein, Glenn Ariel Decety
Synaptic Currents in Xenopus laevis Tectal Neurons: A Study on Whole-Cell Patch Clamp Electrophysiology, Adele Elizabeth Finch
The Characterization of Quorum Sensing Related Behaviors for BJB404, a Unique Violacein Producing Isolate from Salt Spring Island, Canada, Julia Anne Gibson
A Comparison of the Growth Properties of E. coli on Wood, Plastic, and Bamboo Cutting Boards, Hannah Victoria Herrick
Effect of seed dispersal mode on the strength of the Janzen-Connell effect in secondary-growth temperate forests, Isabella Pistello Jones
The Effects of Soil Texture Characteristics on the Distribution of Metarhizium anisopliae and its Impact on Lyme Disease Transmission, Eli Stix McClatchy
Exploring Adaptations to Dietary Change in C. elegans, Anna McEvoy
The Effects of Valproic Acid on the Optomotor Response Behavior in Xenopus laevis Tadpoles, Rachel Ani Mordecai
The Effect of Fermentation, Spices, and Storage Temperature on the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Root Vegetables, Tejaswee Neupane
Effects of Invasive Asian Jumping Worms on Entomopathogenic Fungi, a Biocontrol Agent for Tick Populations, Ashley Rae Nicolich
Diversity and Human Influence in the Nest Microbiome, Zayd Y. Normand
Worms the Effects of Invasive, Exotic Earthworm Amynthas Agrestis on Helianthus Annuus Biomass in a New York Temperate Forest, Jewel I. Smith
Investigation of Host-Microbiota Interactions on C. elegans Anoxia Stress Response, Bruno Souza Di Nucci
The Effects of Cannabidiol on the Microbiome of Larval Zebrafish, Maracela Talamantes
Inducing Learning and Unlearning in Xenopus Laevis through collision avoidance using Valproic Acid, Sana Tariq
An Analysis of the Existing Evidence for Lyme Borreliosis in Australia, Mexico, and Africa, Elizabeth Miranda Thomas
Impact Of Electronic And Traditional Cigarette Smoke Vapor on Biofilm Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens, Michael Stephen Uhle
2019
The Effect of E-cadherin Knockdown is Essential to Mantle Cell Survival, Saleem Alhumaidi
Where Birds Chill: An Assessment of the Habitat Preferences of Birds Overwintering in Hudson Valley Forests, Elizabeth Claire Axley
Enterococcus as an Indicator of Fecal Contamination in Freshwater: A Case Study of The Hudson River Tributaries, Renad Bdair
Developing Danio Rerio as a Model to Study Diet-Induced Type 2 Diabetes and its Epigenetic Impacts, Ryan Craig Chipman
Plant-Soil Negative Feedbacks as Drivers of Spatial Patterns of Abundance in a Successional Landscape: A Modeling Approach, Lucy D. Christiana
Does Varying Concentrations of Streptomycin Affect the Behavior of the Xenopus laevis?, Julian Diego Gonzalez
Antibiotic-Mediated Biofilm Enhancement in Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Hannah Jeannette Henry
Analysis of Bacterial Membrane Structures Which Alter The Effectiveness of Violacein's Antibacterial Function., Michael N. Kuckyr
Accumulation and Distribution of Polystyrene Microplastics in Danio Rerio Larvae, Dylan Rose McDonald
Investigation of the Diversity of Riboswitches in Bacillus Subtilis, Rachael Mendoza
Removing black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) Haller's organs affects their ability to detect a carbon dioxide gradient, Jarlenne Morales
Effects of Streptomycin on the Reproductive Success in Zebrafish, Madelaine Frances Nye
Investigation of Genes Related to Quorum: Sensing in Iodobacter BJB302, Henry Robert O'Donnell
The Effect of Streptomycin on the Microbiome of Xenopus laevis, Frank Julian Ortega
Bird Plumage Polarizing Light, Isaac A. Yelchin
Infrared Light Detection By The Haller’s Organ Of Adult Black Legged Ticks (Ixodes Scapularis), Melissa Ann Yost-Bido
2018
The Impact of Acidity on Vibrio Cholerae in Foodborne Environments, Alexis Akingbade
The Role of Fat2 and Fat3 Cadeherins on Hair Cell Development and Planar Cell Polarity in the Zebrafish Lateral Line, Philippine E. Alba
Impact of Electronic Cigarette Smoke Vapor on Biofilm Production in Staphylococcus aureus, Lillian E. Brennessel
The Potentially Cytotoxic Effects of Violacein treatment on BY4741 and RAD2 yeast strain cultures, Alyx Cleveland
A Natural History of the Brush-Legged Wolf Spider (Schizocosa ocreata), a Known Predator of the Black-Legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis), Nicholas A. George
Aerosolization of Bacteria and Toxins from Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms, Christopher James Hulbert
The Effects of Low Concentration Colistin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Growth, Nicholas O. Kifyak
Nutrient distribution and algal community composition in a residential eutrophic pond, Marika Paulina Krupitsky