Congratulations to our 2022 Award Winners!
Student Project Showcase Winners
1ST Place
Entry Number: 12 GL
Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and its Role in Host Viral Replication
By: Ernst Heinz V. Pulido
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Erica L. Sanchez, Dr. Robyn Kaake (UCSF), and Dr. Scott Roy
2nd Place
Entry Number: 29 GL
Analgesics for Improved Welfare in Hummingbird Bobtail Squid (Euprymna berryi)
By: Skyler Deutsch, Christopher Seng, and Alyssa Ng
Marine Biology & Limnology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robyn Crook
3rd Place
Entry Number: 15 GL
Endocytosis as a regulator of Glucagon Receptor Signaling
By: Jan Mikhale Cajulao and Eduardo Hernandez
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Erica L. Sanchez and Dr. Mark von Zastrow (UCSF)
4th Place
Entry Number: 38 GL
Finding Fog in the Cellular Anatomy of Coast Redwoods Trees
By: Triana Anderson
Geosciences
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alexander Stine
Honorable Mention
Entry Number: 39 GL
Impact of Compost Tea and Row Management on Orchard Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Properties
By: Clarissa Maciel and Angelica Crecencio
Geography
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Andrew Oliphant, Dr. Leonhard Blesius, and Dr. Sara Baguskas
1ST Place
Entry Number: 65 GP
Testing for binary companions among rare stellar remnants in the star cluster NGC 6752
By: Yatrik Patel
Physics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Adrienne Cool
2nd Place
Entry Number: 62 GP
Efficient Single-Photon Source with Integrated Nanophotonic Waveguide
By: Dominic Ditmyer and Noel Ibarra
Physics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Huizhong Xu
3rd Place
Entry Number: 47 GP
Design and Evaluation of an IMU Sensor-based System for the Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Motor Dysfunction
By: Bao Tran
Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xiaorong Zhang, Dr. Charmayne Hughes, and Zhuwei Qin
1ST Place
Entry Number: 75 G/UB
An Examination of the Associations between COVID-Related Distress and Disordered Eating
By: Cherish Wilson
Psychology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sarah R. Holley
1ST Place
Entry Number: 119 UL
Isolating Prostate Cancer-Selective Naphthoquinone Derivatives from Streptomyces sp. CP59-55
By: Devin Simbol
Chemistry
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Taro Amagata, Dr. Frederick A. Valeriote, and Dr. Mark Swanson
2nd Place
Entry Number: 106 UL
A Dominant Modifier Screen for Genetic Interactor of Jagunal in Drosophila
By: Jorge Inojoza and Judy Abuel
Physiology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Blake Riggs
3rd Places
Entry Number: 116 UL
Exploring the Regulation of Polyamine Biosynthesis and Degradation via Lysine Acetylation in E. coli
By: Pamela L. Caro De Silva
Biochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Misty L. Kuhn
Entry Number: 117 UL
Examination of the Structural Motifs that Underpin the GNAT Fold Across Diverse 3D Protein Structures
By: Phelan Glenn and Huy Duc Do
Biochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Misty L. Kuhn
Honorable Mention
Entry Number: 110 UL
Applying Machine Learning Segmentation Algorithms to Biomedical Imaging for More Accurate Tumor Detection
By: Gineton Alencar, Joel Villalpando, and Elizabeth Mathiasen
Computer Science
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Ilmi Yoon and Dr. Faye Orcales
1ST Place
Entry Number: 124 UP
Adsorption of silver(I) ion on synthetic manganese dioxide following oxidative dissolution of silver nanoparticles
By: Jon Gallardo and Edgar Guzman
Chemistry
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bruce Manning
1ST Place
Entry Number: 140 UE/CS
Chess Bot
By: Armando Cobian, Justin Hannen, and Gerank Fok
Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tom Holton
2nd Place
Entry Number: 144 UE/CS
Project Foresight
By: Hayden Seto, Chris Sakurada, and Mitchell Bergman
Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tom Holton
3rd Place
Entry Number: 139 UE/CS
Stable Spoon
By: Andre Corrales, JunJie Li, and Jashua Tamsi Villajin
Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi
1ST Place
Entry Number: 128 UP
Climate Interference in Islamic Egypt
By: Wesley Mariscal
Earth & Climate Sciences
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alexander Stine, Dr. Erin Bray, and Francis Ludlow (Trinity College Dublin)