STEM Symposium

Biological Sciences

Summer Quarter 2025 SYMPOSIUM

August 22, 2025

Biological Sciences

Oral Presentations

9:30 AM to 11:00 AM | Discovery Hall 252

Poster presentations

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM | UW2 Commons

Pizza 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | UW2 Commons Hall, room 005


Oral presentations

9:30 AM to 9:40 AM Welcome and Introduction


9:40 AM to 10:00 AM

Effects of Temperature and IPTG Concentration on Amylase Expression in E.Coli

  • Hunter Alexander DeVon, Biology (BS)
  • Halle Egan, Health Studies (BA), Biology (BS)
  • Arham Saeed, Biology (BS) – Minor: Neurosciences
  • Cindy Thu Tran, Health Studies (BA), Biology (BS)

Faculty adviser: Dr. Guy Hamilton, UWB School of STEM

 


10:05 AM to 10:25 AM

Amylentra

  • Khalid Ibrahim, Biology (BS)
  • Harkirat Singh Nehal, Biology (BS)
  • Jahnavi Vibhuthi, Biology (BS) – Minor: Global Health, Neurosciences, Health Studies 

Faculty adviser: Dr. Guy Hamilton, UWB School of STEM


10:30 AM to 10:45 AM

Enhancing Amylase Production in E.Coli BL21 for Potential Biomedical Applications

  • Grey Elliott Olson, Biology (BS)
  • Wachi Suyaruenkaew, Biology (BS)
  • Gursimar Tonk, Biology (BS)

Faculty adviser: Dr. Guy Hamilton, UWB School of STEM


Poster session 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | UW2 Commons

Designing Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R)-Binding Compounds as Potential Obesity Treatments

  • Akhila Bourampeta, Biology (BS) – Minor: Neuroscience

Faculty adviser: Dr. Peter Anderson, UWB School of STEM


Please join the School of STEM for Pizza in UW2 Commons Hall, room 005