UWEC CERCA 2025

UWEC CERCA 2025

2:00pm CDT

Exploring the impact of two methane mitigation strategies on rumen microbiomes of grazing steers Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mesa Kutz • Sara Place • Renee Sandoval • Kelly Wrighton • Pedro Carvalho • Bridget McGivern • EJ Raynor • Kim Stackhouse-Lawson • Logan Thompson Predicting Species-Specific Differences in Protein-Ligand Interactions for Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases Using Machine Learning Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mykle Buhrow • Breanna Hayden • Rivaaj Monsia • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati Unraveling PEG-Biomolecules Interactions Through Raman Spectroscopy Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kassandra Bargender • Hunter Heinzen • Oscar Vlcek • Sanchita Hati

11:00am CDT

Poster 001: Spectral Shift of 32Sulfur vs. 34Sulfur within the Carbon-Sulfur Bond: Analyzing the shift of sulfur within isocyanate as a coordinating ligand to copper(II) Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Elizabeth Normand • Grace Rooney • Jason Halfen Poster 002: Studying the Electrochemical Activity of Methanol Dehydrogenase in Lanthanide-Modified Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Orlean Alam • Owen Beumler • Maddie Jaber • Avery Merta • Kitara Mielke • Krysti Knoche Gupta Poster 003: Mechanical Properties of Organic-Inorganic Composite Films: Compressive Resistance of Flexible vs. Rigid Organic Components Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Bailee Higgins • Jennifer Dahl Poster 004: Three-State Donor-Acceptor Biaryl Lactone Molecular Switches with Enhanced Solubility Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Megan Endries • McKenzie Mayo • Bart Dahl Poster 023: Data analysis and optimization of WISCO-DISCO 2022 Unmanned Aerial System observations of ozone and meteorology in southeastern Wisconsin. Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kelly Koerber • Darby Schabacker • Aka Torti • Kevin Wangen • Jeremy Worden • Patricia Cleary • Joe Hupy • Nathan Rose Poster 024: Over Water Observations Over Lake Michigan Using UAS For AGES+ 2023. Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Aaron Langert • Fiona Madigan • Darby Schabacker • Kevin Wangen • Patricia Cleary Poster 025: Analysis of Atmospheric Pollutants in Kenosha Wisconsin Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Cole Hansen • Darby Schabacker • Kevin Wangen • Jeremy Worden • Patricia Cleary Poster 026: Expression, purification, and characterization of ring-cleaving dioxygenases for synthesis and bioremediation Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Grace Rooney • Tyler Doyon Poster 030: Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Their Impact on Human Health Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Giulia Lelli • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati Poster 031: Predicting Species-Specific Differences in Protein-Ligand Interactions for Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases Using Machine Learning Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mykle Buhrow • Breanna Hayden • Rivaaj Monsia • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati Poster 055: FTIR Analysis of Environmental Effects on Pyridine-SO2 Complexes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kimberly Jacobs • Dani Siewert • James Phillips Poster 056: Condensed-Phase Effects on the Structural and Energetic Properties of Nitrogen donor-SO2 Complexes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Aaron Botsch • James Phillips

1:00pm CDT

Frontier Molecular Orbitals and Binding Affinities: A Case Study Involving Neurotransmitters and Antidepressants Davies Center: Ho-Chunk Room (320E)Stewart Gundry • Sudeep Bhattacharyay & Sanchita Hati

2:00pm CDT

Poster 001: Characterizing the activity of an enoate reductase with conjugated carboxylic acids, ketones and aldehydes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Austin Lerch • Tyler Doyon Poster 002: Exploration of Viable Alternative Solvents to Dichloromethane in Organic Synthesis and Purification Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jackie Bradley • Nolan Buck • Connor Koepp • Deidra Gerlach Poster 003: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Phase Separation and Biomolecular Condensate Formation of Globular Proteins Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Emily Brehm • Liam O'Donnell • Madi Shafman • Josh Teeter • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati Poster 024: Decoding the Secrets of Livestock Methane: A Dive Into Rumen Microbiomes Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Sara Place • Maya Swenson • Kelly Wrighton • Erin Yager • Bridget McGivern Poster 025: Exploring the impact of two methane mitigation strategies on rumen microbiomes of grazing steers Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mesa Kutz • Sara Place • Renee Sandoval • Kelly Wrighton • Pedro Carvalho • Bridget McGivern • EJ Raynor • Kim Stackhouse-Lawson • Logan Thompson Poster 026: Evaluating the Kinetic Properties of DfdB for Catechol Bioremediation Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Cadence Cordova • Hannah Zwiefelhofer • Tyler Doyon Poster 030: Spectroscopic Tools for Probing Biomolecules: An Overview of Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopic Techniques Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Samuel Morehead • Cally Robertson • Sanchita Hati Poster 031: Unraveling PEG-Biomolecules Interactions Through Raman Spectroscopy Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kassandra Bargender • Hunter Heinzen • Oscar Vlcek • Sanchita Hati