{"id":5318,"date":"2010-12-08T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2011-01-25T15:52:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T20:52:05","slug":"stem-majors-to-present-research-during-dec-10-suter-science-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/stem-majors-to-present-research-during-dec-10-suter-science-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Majors To Present Research During Dec. 10 Suter Science Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors are an active community of learners on our campus.<\/p>\n<p>Seen a student in a Royals blue STEM sweatshirt lately? Ask what he or she is working on \u2013 you\u2019ll be surprised by the meaningful and high-tech research STEM students are completing side-by-side with profs who are experts in their fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Come hear these STEM students present research findings on Friday, December 10, 2010, in SC104 at 3:40 p.m.<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/science-seminars\/student-stem-research-presentations\/#braydon-denay\">Braydon Hoover and Denay Fuglie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/science-seminars\/student-stem-research-presentations\/#charise\">Charise Garber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/science-seminars\/student-stem-research-presentations\/#brianna\">Brianna Oelschlager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/science-seminars\/student-stem-research-presentations\/#jonathan\">Jonathan Nofziger<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"braydon-denay\">Optimal Growth Conditions Across Organic Blueberry Cultivars and Soil Treatments<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/page_attachments\/0000\/8371\/braydon-denay.jpg\" alt=\"EMU STEM students\" class=\"right\" style=\"border:0px\" \/><strong>Denay Fuglie and Braydon Hoover<\/strong> examined optimal growing conditions and parameters across five separate  cultivars (Jersey, Bluecrop, Duke, Chandler, and Bluegold) and four  different soil treatments (Horse Manure, Sheep Manure, Pine Straw, and  Planter\u2019s Choice Compost) at Knoll Acres Organic Blueberry Farm in  Harrisonburg, Virginia. Data derived from in-field anatomical  measurements throughout the spring, summer, and fall months were  statistically analyzed through SPSS ANOVA.<\/p>\n<h4>About the student presenters<\/h4>\n<p>Braydon P. Hoover is a senior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/pphs\/premed\/\">biology\/pre-med<\/a> major with minors in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/theater\/\">theater<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/psychology\/\">psychology<\/a> hailing from Elizabethtown, Pa. Denay Fuglie is a senior biology\/pre-med major and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/\">music<\/a> minor born and raised in Saudi Arabia. Both are officers of the Pre-Professional Health Society here at EMU  and plan on attending medical school after graduation. They took an  interest in Dr. Miller\u2019s organic blueberry research due to their extreme  love of blueberries and became involved in the project in the summer of  2010.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"charise\">Mechanisms of Remyelination in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/page_attachments\/0000\/8375\/charise.jpg\" alt=\"EMU STEM student\" class=\"right\" style=\"border:0px\" \/><strong>Charise Garber<\/strong>\u2018s  research focused on Multiple Sclerosis, a neurodegenerative autoimmune  disease that is characterized by demyelination of the axons in the  central nervous system (CNS).  In many cases  of multiple sclerosis, periods of demyelination are followed by recovery  periods of remyelination.  Understanding the process of remyelination,  and why it fails, is therefore very important in developing therapies to  ease the symptoms of this disease.  Charise\u2019s research in summer 2010  focused on the role of several chemokines in mediating remyelination in a  mouse model of multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n<h4>About the student presenter<\/h4>\n<p>Charise Garber is a junior biology\/pre-med and music  (interdisciplinary studies) major with interests in biomedical research  and international medicine.  She spent summer 2010 in a research lab at  Washington University in St. Louis exploring several signaling molecules  and their role in remyelination.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"brianna\">Isolation of Praying Mantis Oothecal Proteins<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/page_attachments\/0000\/8373\/brianna.jpg\" alt=\"EMU STEM student\" class=\"right\" style=\"border:0px\" \/><strong>Brianna Oelschlager<\/strong> (under the direction of Dr. Rajeev Vaidyanathan) focused her research  on isolation of proteins to further anti-microbial work. The female  praying mantis surrounds her eggs with a foam-like substance called an  ootheca, which is likely composed of proteins with water-repellent,  thermostable, and bacterial static properties.  Previous work has  identified specific plasmin-like proteases from the mantis egg casing ,  but the anti-microbial properties of mantis oothecal proteins have yet  to be explored.  Briann\u2019s study outlines a protocol to isolate and  characterize T. sinensis oothecal proteins in preparation for bioassays  and LC-MS\/MS to design primers to synthesize recombinant protein for use  in anti-microbial bioassays.<\/p>\n<h4>About the student presenter<\/h4>\n<p>Brianna Oelschlager is a senior biochemistry major with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/applied-social-sciences\/\">socio-economic development<\/a> minor.  She interned in 2010 at SRI  International Center for Advanced Drug Research in Harrisonburg.   Brianna worked as a student research associate on a project combining  the fields of entomology and protein biochemistry.  Brianna continued  her work at SRI throughout the fall 2010 semester and plans on beginning medical school after graduation.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"jonathan\">CNS Delivery of a Proteasome Inhibitor as a Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/page_attachments\/0000\/8377\/jonathan.jpg\" alt=\"EMU STEM student\" class=\"right\" style=\"border:0px\" \/><strong>Jonathan Nofziger<\/strong>\u2018s  research focused on spinal muscular atrophy, a recessive degenerative  neuromuscular disease caused by a deficiency in the full length survival  motor neuron protein. Jonathan\u2019s research explored one possible avenue  of treatment: proteasome inhibitors in combination with p-glycoprotein  inhibitors.<\/p>\n<h4>About the student presenter<\/h4>\n<p>Jonathan Nofziger is a senior biochemistry major from Stevens, Pa. He conducted his research at the National Institues of Health (NIH) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Neurological Genetics Branch (NGB). The Bethesda, Maryland, location of the NIH was accessible to Jonathan during his semester at EMU&#8217;s <a href=\"\/wcsc\/\">Washington Community Scholars Center<\/a>. In his free time Jonathan plays French horn, takes photos and is a lighting designer.<\/p>\n<h3>Learn more about STEM majors at EMU<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/chemistry\/\">Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/pphs\/\">Pre-Professional Health Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/math\/\">Mathematics, Computer Science, and Pre-Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/biology\/programs\/\">Biology, Laboratory Sciences, and Environmental Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors are an active community of learners on our campus. Seen a student in a Royals blue STEM sweatshirt lately? 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