At the end of the REU program, students present a virtual flash talk presentation showcasing their scientific work over the summer. Students also present science posters at expos at their home institutions, which allows them to gain more presentation experience and serve as IISAGE ambassadors.
2024 – Flash Talk Presentations
Angie Lee — Validation of Sex-Biased Transcriptomic Differences in in vitro Bovine Embryos
Jillian Kaiser — Urinary neopterin reveals sex differences in immune activation in greater spear-nosed bats
Eurie Seo — Understanding Sex-Specific Differences in Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Through Deep Learning Models
Maryam Mukhtarov — Sex-Specific Aging in Drosophila pseudoobscura
Rebecca Schannep — Absence of SOD1 Effects Aging in D. melanogaster
Nathan Bui — Rapid evolution of W chromosome repeat content in Heliconius butterflies
Olumide Adesioye — Rates of aging, reactive oxygen species, and their relationship to mitochondrial genome features in ectotherms
Maddi Hageman — Muscle growth markers in sexually dimorphic Xiphophorus fish
Hannah Beakley — Exploring SPLASH: A new statistically-backed, reference-free approach to genomic analysis
Valeria Lacroix — Sex Affects Immune Function in Reptiles
2024 – Poster Presentations
Olumide Adesioye — Rates of aging, reactive oxygen species, and their relationship to mitochondrial genome features in ectotherms
Angie Lee — Validation of Sex- Biased Transcriptomic Differences in in vitro Bovine Embryos
2023 – Flash Talk Presentations
Addesyn Aderogba — Use of Resazurin to Analyze Potential Sex and Age Specific Metabolic Differences in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Hannah Araujo — Sex-specific Early Development in Bovine Embryos
Precious Conteh — ZZ/ZW Sex determining system in the gecko Oedura monilis
Melissa Aldana — Targeting an Active Chromatin Domain to the Drosophila X Chromosome
Nate Nigrin — Investigating the Role of Dosage Compensation in D. melanogaster Sex-specific Aging Differences
Onyi Turner — Aging Differences in Sex Chromosomes using Houseflies and Drosophila
Rachel Ferris — The Role of Polycomb Group Proteins in Animal Activity
Mikayla Walsh & Peter Zhu — Analyzing Sex-specific Aging Differences using Machine Learning
Abigail Marshall — Relative Telomere Length of Phyllostomus Hastatus Bats Using qPCR
2023 – Poster Presentations
Rachel Ferris — The Role of Polycomb Group Proteins in Animal Activity
Precious Conteh — ZZ/ZW Sex determining system in the gecko Oedura monilis
Nate Nigrin — Investigating the Role of Dosage Compensation in D. melanogaster Sex-specific Aging Differences
