HC STUDENT - FACULTY MIXER WITH COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, COLLEGE OF AG. SCIENCE AND COLLEGE OF FORESTRY

OSU HONORS COLLEGE MIXER 2020: COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCESPresenters:Christina Walsh, Student Engagement CoordinatorIvan Arismendi, Fisheries and WildlifeSerkan Ates, Animal and Rangeland SciencesMassimo Bionaz, Animal and Rangeland SciencesLisa Ellsworth, Fisheries and WildlifeMichelle Kutzler, Animal and Rangeland SciencesJung Kwon, Food Science and TechnologyMike Penner, Food Science and TechnologyTim Warren, Horticulture

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CAS Undergraduate Research

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 3

Program and Funding Opportunities

Beginning Undergraduate Research Support Program-for all beginning researchers, first-year and transfer students especially encouraged to apply. Application live March 9-29.

Continuing Researcher Support Program – for undergraduates with some research experience, student led proposal due April 5.

Branch Experiment Station Research Internships –spend a summer working with faculty at one of our Branch Experiment stations around the state. Student application live March 2- 22.

https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/academics/opportunities/undergraduate-research

The Arismendi Lab, Fisheries & Wildlife

Food web structure from 40 year-old streams at Mt. Saint Helens

Ivan.Arismendi@oregonstate.edu

Dr. Carri LeRoy, Evergreen State College, WA

Processing macroinvertebrate and fish data, using Cheddar package in R

Large wood in streams links terrestrial and aquatic systems

Hiking in the woods, installing cameras, and processing data

Parasite ecology in streams: implications for humans & dogsNanophyetus salmincola is infectious to humans and causes Salmon Poisoning Disease in dogs

ID major groups of zooplankton caught in light traps

Examine preserved fish from OSU Fish Collection

Ectoparasites on Oregon fishes

mailto:Ivan.Arismendi@oregonstate.edu

Sustainable forage/livestock systems

Assist. Prof. Serkan AtesCollege of Agriculture

Animal and Rangeland SciencesWithycombe Hall, 208

541-740-8077serkan.ates@oregonstate.edu

• AgrivoltaicsGrazing under solar panelsRequires: monitoring animal production, behavior and welfare as well as pasture productionSkills to develop:• Grazing management• Forage NV analyses• Blood/wool collection and

analyses• Animal behavior • Grazing

management of diverse pastures

• Pastures for pollinators A novel system based research. Involves dual use of pastures for pollinators and livestock.

Requires: Monitoring pollinators and animal production, behavior and welfare as well as pasture production

Skills to develop:

Grazing management, Forage NV analyses, Forage-pollinator interactions • Methane emissions

from dairy cows• Requires: monitoring the

seasonal methane emission from cows.

• Travelling to a dairy farm in Tillamook

Skills to develop:

• SF6 methane emission analyses, basic pasture systems and forage NV analyses

mailto:serkan.ates@oregonstate.edu

Dr. Massimo Bionaz (massimo.bionaz@oregonstate.edu) Animal and Rangeland Sciences

Performance and cannabinoids residuals in milk of dairy cows fed spent hemp

biomass instead of alfalfa

1-Significance and relevance

OR leading producers of hemp for CBD spent byproduct can it be fed to livestock?

2-Issues and opportunities• Byproducts of hemp not

yet FDA approved for use in animals for food production;

• No studies on feeding spent hemp biomass

3-What we will test

mailto:massimo.bionaz@oregonstate.edu

• Impacts of fire on sagebrush dominated ecosystems

• Fire behavior and modeling• Wildlife habitat ecology• Restoration ecology• Interacting disturbances (livestock grazing,

fire, salvage logging, invasive species)• Science communication

Dr. Lisa M. Ellsworth

lisa.ellsworth@oregonstate.edu

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

mailto:Lisa.ellsworth@oregonstate.edu

Teaching- ANS 401 Research- ANS 405 Calving School- ANS 410 Internships- ANS 432 Equine Reproduction- ANS 456 Companion Animal Production- ANS 673 Mammalian Reproductive

Biology

Current StudentsResearch Opportunities• As a veterinary gynecologist, the majority of my

research focuses on reproductive problems in domestic animals

• As a veterinarian, I am also interested in all kinds of clinical problems from cancer prevention in pets to exotic animal nutrition

• And as a comparative reproductive physiologist, I am interested in using naturally-occurring animal models to study human diseases with the overall goal of improving the health for both animals and humans

Department of Animal & Rangeland Sciences

Weniger 561A 541-740-1434 (call/text)

michelle.Kutzler@oregonstate.edu

Post Doctoral & Graduate Students: Wanli Li, Khawla ZwidaUndergraduate Students: Alissa Meeker, Amelia Spilde, Anastasia Harris, Ann Ramsey*, Anna McAllister, Brynley Cozzi, Camryn Flint*, Danielle Cacdac, Elise Ryan*, Kathryn Ness, Logan Kleditz, Maribel Ballestero-Berrios, Morgan DeHaven, Tasman Flora, Thomas Markley, Trevor Hisanaga*, Turner Lear*, Victor Perez

*Honors College

Michelle Kutzler, MBA, DVM, PhD, DACT

Exploring ocean for the next big thing: Marine bioactives for disease prevention

Research Theme:Characterization of biomedical functions of natural molecules derived from marine organisms and application for chronic disease prevention

Topics:- Regulation of lipid metabolism & gut microbiome in obesity- Redox & inflammatory signaling pathway- Bioactive peptides, phytochemicals

Jung Y KwonFood Science & TechnologySeafood Research & Education CenterOregon State UniversityJung.Kwon@oregonstate.edu

Mike PennerAssociate Professor

Food ChemistryFood Science & Technology

Underlying ScienceSurface Chemistry

PorosityIntermolecular Interactions

mike.penner@oregonstate.edu

Hydration Properties of Foods

Sources of Images:https://dehydratorjudge.com/a-brief-history-of-food-drying/http://tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-make-powdered-eggs.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dried_foodshttps://www.comsol.com/blogs/computing-porosity-and-permeability-in-porous-media-with-a-submodel/

TechnologiesDrying

Rehydration

Implications Food Security

Sustainability

https://dehydratorjudge.com/a-brief-history-of-food-drying/http://tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-make-powdered-eggs.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dried_foodshttps://www.comsol.com/blogs/computing-porosity-and-permeability-in-porous-media-with-a-submodel/

Mindy S. Crandall, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Forest PolicyForest Engineering, Resources, & ManagementCollege of Forestrymindy.crandall@oregonstate.edu

State Forest Policies – What policies do states use to ensure sustainable private forest management? Rural Youth Futures – How do perceptions of school and community influence educational aspirations of youth in rural forest communities?Communities in Decline – Which rural places have not recovered from economic shocks?Rural Forest Workers & Shared Stewardship – How can communities and workers share equitably in restoration activities on federal lands?

Current Projects

Forests, Industries, & Communities in the United States

mailto:mindy.crandall@oregonstate.edu

Spalting!

College of Science and UHC Thesis Mixer

Vrushali BokilMathematicsKidder 048 math.oregonstate.edu/~bokilv bokilv@math.oregonstate.edu

• Applied Mathematics• Computational Mathematics• Mathematical Biology

APPLICATIONS

Fabricated Materials

Nonlinear Optics

Infectious Diseases

Possible Thesis Topics

Multi-Scale Models of Materials

NumericalSimulationof Solitons

Modeling ofCoinfectionby Viruses

Surface Plasmons

www.slideshare.net/guillermoHD/metamaterials-13315771

wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/nonlinear/research/lhm/

Skills??Modeling: Differential Equations: ODEs, PDEs

Discrete Methods, Numerical

analysis

Computation: MATLAB, R

Energy!!

Motivation!!!

mailto:bokilv@math.oregonstatehttp://www.slideshare.net/guillermoHD/metamaterials-13315771

Menge Lab Research Opportunities

WHAT WE DO:• INTERTIDAL ECOLOGY

• SEA STAR WASTING DISEASE RESEARCH

• LONG TERM DATA COLLECTION ON THE OREGON COAST

• CLIMATE CHANGE BIOLOGY

• INVERTEBRATE AND ALGAL PHYSIOLOGY

EMAIL: poirsonb@oregonstate.edu

mailto:poirsonb@oregonstate.edu

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Maca Franco, Ph.D.

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Biochemistry and Biophysics maria.franco@oregonstate.edu

ALS 2103 / (541) 737-4997

Translational ResearchDrugs that specifically target

the nitrated form of the protein• Surface Plasmon resonance

• In vitro functional assays• Drug screenings

Structural Biology

Protein gain-of-functionHow does nitration affects protein

structure to induce a gain-of-function?• Analytical ultracentrifugation

• Negative stain• Cryo-EM

Role of Oxidants in Tumor Development

and GrowthTyrosine nitrationCell and Molecular Biology

Role of Nitration in tumor growth• Relevant nitrated proteins

• Cell metabolism• Signaling pathways

• Mechanism of action• OMICS

In vitro andin vivo models

mailto:maria.franco@oregonstate.edu

Andrew R ThurberAndrew.Thurber@oregonstate.eduBurt 214

Thesis Topic Ideas/Opportunities- Antarctic Biology- PNW Deep-Sea Biology- Coral Reef Functioning- Deep-Sea Ecosystem Services.

The Deep Sea & Me

Single-molecule investigations of the design, mechanism and regulation of cytoskeletal motors

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Popchock and Tseng et al. 2017 Nature Communications

Wang and Tseng et al. 2018 Current Biology

Research Questions

• Understand the design principle of kinesin-14 motors• Understand the regulation of kinesin-14 motors

Essential Skills to Learn• Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry, and Single-

Molecule Light Microscopy

Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Materials Discovery Laboratory (MaD Lab)

Applications

Prof. Kyriakos C. Stylianou, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=xwc6LfG8QgpPnM&tbnid=me64BT_1KeU2-M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.chm.tu-dresden.de/ac1/materials_center/modelle_engl.shtml&ei=64AoUuTsCITKswag1oHACg&bvm=bv.51773540,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNEFD0SMoFeWPGJy7UpnLEH3AD1fgw&ust=1378472550328961

College of Science and UHC Thesis Mixer

Cordley 4028541-737-5530 giebultj@oregonstate.edu

Jaga GiebultowiczIntegrative Biology

The dark side of lightEffects of light exposure on aging phenotypes Shortened lifespan in flies Increased neurodegeneration Changes in gene expression

How gene expression changes during aging*? Research topics:

• What are the effects of LED lights on aging and gene expression in flies?

• Bioinformatics analysis of Blue light-induced genes

• Metabolic changes in the aging brain

We study body clocks and circadian rhythms.

Clocks regulate molecular and physiological

rhythms: What happens during aging?

Some genes increase expression in old flies. Is this good or bad??

*In collaboration with Dr. Dave Hendrix BB

What research is done in our lab?

HC Student - Faculty Mixer with College of Science, College of Ag. Science and College of ForestryOSU Honors College Mixer 2020: College of Agricultural SciencesCAS Undergraduate Research�Slide Number 4Sustainable forage/livestock systems��Assist. Prof. Serkan Ates�College of Agriculture �Animal and Rangeland Sciences�Withycombe Hall, 208 �541-740-8077�serkan.ates@oregonstate.eduSlide Number 6Slide Number 7Slide Number 8Exploring ocean for the next big thing: Marine bioactives for disease preventionMike Penner�Associate Professor�Food Chemistry�Food Science & TechnologySlide Number 11Forests, Industries, & Communities in the United States Spalting!Slide Number 14Menge Lab Research OpportunitiesMaca Franco, Ph.D.Slide Number 17Slide Number 18Slide Number 19Slide Number 20