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CSUSM Symposium 2021

35th Annual CSU Statewide Competition

Congratulations to our 2nd Place Winner in the Behavioral & Social Sciences; Interdisciplinary Category!

Jordan Carroll -  Dr. Keith Trujillo, Faculty Mentor
Psychology Sciences, Undergraduate
Ketamine induces greater reward and reduced aversion in adolescents when compared to adults
 

2021 Symposium Finalists

Congratulations to all the finalists at the 2021 Symposium on Student Research, Innovation, and Creative Activities. These finalists advance to the CSU Statewide Student Research Competition in April 2021.

Krystal Alvarez-Hernandez - Dr. Kimberly D'anna Hernandez, Faculty Mentor
Psychology Sciences, Undergraduate
Depression and Anxiety Rises in Mexican and Mexican American Mothers in California during COVID-19
 
Jordan Carroll -  Dr. Keith Trujillo, Faculty Mentor
Psychology Sciences, Undergraduate
Ketamine induces greater reward and reduced aversion in adolescents when compared to adults
 
Clarisa Garcia -  Dr. Jane Kim, Faculty Mentor
Biological Sciences, Undergraduate
Investigating the Relationship Between Intron Length and Gene Expression in S. cerevisiae
 
Rachael Groeneweg -  Dr. Merryl Goldberg, Faculty Mentor
Music Undergraduate
Songs of Protest, Resistance, and Compassion
 
Yosiris Hagan - Dr. Julie Jameson, Faculty Mentor
Biological Sciences, Undergraduate
Using publicly available RNA sequence data, reanalyzed differential gene expression in skin of alopecia areata patients after treatment with JAK/STAT signaling pathway blocker drug, tofacitinib. 
 
Christian Lopezguerra, Elizabeth Murguia, Mackenzie Pylant - Dr. Elinne Becket, Faculty Mentor
Biological Sciences, Undergraduate
Taxonomic and antibiotic resistance changes to coastal microbiomes in response to rainstorm runoff
 
Elizabeth Milano - Dr. Kristen Moss, Faculty Mentor
 Art, Media and Design, Undergraduate
Using Public Art to Create and Enforce Safe Spaces for Marginalized Peoples
 
Anay Ochoa - Dr. John Eme, Faculty Mentor
Biological Sciences, Undergraduate
The effects of egg mass, hatchling size, and clutch on the size of young female American alligators within three distinct years were examined. 
 
Jaida Osman - Dr. Robert Iafe, Faculty Mentor
Biochemistry, Undergraduate
Traditional Medicine and its Connection to Modern Medicine
 
Dani Rodea - Dr. Afra Panahi, Faculty Mentor
Biochemistry, Undergraduate
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Membrane Transition in Cyclic Hexa-peptides Using All-Atom and Coarse-Grained Models