School of Mathematics and Sciences

10th Annual Spring Research Day – April 26th, 2019

1:00 – 1:10 Welcome and Acknowledgments, MSB 110, Dr. Andrew Kasner

Oral Presentations Session I

1:10 – 1:40 Plenary Sabbatical Presentation ..............................................Dr. Tim Walsh, Geology Structure from Motion, Point Clouds and Sabbaticals…

1:40 – 2:00 Presentation 1 ..........................................................................Krista S. Epley

An updated vascular flora of the Running Water Conservancy, Hale County, TX with comparisons to regional floristic records

2:00 – 2:20 Presentation 2 ..........................................................................Makayla Nicholson

Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Cinnamomum cassia (cinnamon) and Salvia officinalis (Sage) in 4T1 Breast Cancer Cells

2:20 – 2:40 Presentation 3 ..........................................................................S. Leigh Ann DeMerritt

Grassland bird diversity and habitat associations in the Southern High Plains, Texas

2:40 - 3:40 Poster Session and Refreshments, First Floor Hallway of MSB

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that includes the poster and oral presentation abstracts.

Or text “program” to 806-602-2022

Oral Presentations Session II

3:40 – 4:00 Presentation 4 ..........................................................................Kyle Rickman Implications of RecA in tuberculosis drug resistance

4:00 – 4:20 Presentation 5 ..........................................................................William R. Watkins Dendrochronological suitability and climate sensitivity of Quercus mohriana in the Texas Panhandle 4:20 – 4:40 Presentation 6 ..........................................................................Luke Brown

Alterations of cellular metabolic pathways in 4T1 breast cancer cells in response to 8-shogaol

4:40 – 5:00 Graduate Research Alumni Presentation ................................Hunter Green

Preliminary results on depositional facies, sediment origin, and diageneses of Late Paleozoic shale horizons from the Midland basin, west Texas

5:30 - 7:00 Dinner and Awards Ceremony (Multipurpose Room)

All presenters, coauthors, and MSCI Majors are invited for dinner catered by Weekends BBQ.

Acknowledgments

Administration of Wayland Baptist University for financial support.

Dr. Scott Franklin, The Dean of the School of Mathematics and Sciences, for logistical and financial support.

Weekends BBQ for providing the food for the Spring Research Day dinner.

Center for Undergraduate Research in Math and Science for providing refreshments and awards.

Dr. Bill Hahn and Amber Coleman for setting up abstract submission page and logistical support.

Faculty members from the School of Mathematics and Sciences for logistical support, judging of

presentations and posters, and their tireless support and encouragement of the research students in our

program.

Participant students (presentations and posters) from the School of Mathematics and Sciences.

Students who volunteered to help organize the event.

Those who attended the talks and poster sessions to show their support for our students.

Spring Research Day 2019 – Posters

Research Posters

1) CYTOTOXIC AND APOPTOTIC EFFECTS OF GINGEROLS AND SHOGAOLS ON 4T1 BREAST CANCER AND EPH4-EV NON-TUMORIGENIC EPITHELIAL CELL LINES Jai’Cee Tudman*, Makayla Nicholson, Alana Quackenbush, Gary O. Gray and Adam Reinhart

2) PREY COMPOSITION OF BARN OWL (TYTO ALBA) PELLETS FROM THREE DIFFERENT HABITATS IN THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS, TEXAS Evelynn Simmons* and Andrew C. Kasner

Class Posters 3) MEDICAL DOCTORS IN RELATION TO LIFE EXPECTANCY AND CHILD MENINGITIS DEATHS FROM

FOUR COUNTRIES Evelynn Simmons, Saul Rocha and Vanessa Ceja

4) AN INTERVENTION FOR MALARIA PREVENTION

Kamri Knippa, Jessie Cano, Jolie Donaldson, Jackline Cherono and Rosalynn Chang 5) CHILDREN DIE...WHY!? Daniel Ratliff, Jose Pena, Carson Ritter and Chloe Winegeart 6) TYROSINASE ACTIVITY IN AGARICUS BISPORUS (COMMON MUSHROOM)

Ellen Hamzy, Alana Quackenbush, Aaron White, Makayla Nicholson, Jai'Cee Tudman, Kyle Rickman and Terry Condren