3/16/2018 - Jackson, Miss.

Students from all eight of Mississippi's public universities will share their research and creative activities on topics ranging from healthcare to cultural heritage to social issues with legislators and state leaders at Posters in the Rotunda, which will be held in the Rotunda of the State Capitol on Tuesday, March 20. The students will show how their research solves some of Mississippi's most pressing problems and benefits the citizens of the state.

The event provides opportunities for legislators to visit with students from their districts, allows students to network with each other as they learn about work on other campuses, and showcases the cutting-edge research conducted by undergraduates that benefits the residents of Mississippi.

"The work being done by undergraduates with their mentors at the eight state universities is quite impressive. This event will help legislators appreciate the contributions that the students are making to the state in so many areas, including economics, health care, and education," said Dr. Marie Danforth, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Drapeau Center for Undergraduate Research at The University of Southern Mississippi and coordinator of the event.

Modeled after the Posters on the Hill event in which students from across the country share their work in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Mississippi's Posters in the Rotunda event is similar to ones held in 17 other states. The posters will be on display in the Rotunda of the State Capitol from 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

The scheduled speaker is Dr. Gordon Cannon, Vice President for Research at The University of Southern Mississippi. Remarks will be given at 9:30 a.m.

A resolution proclaiming March 20 as Undergraduate Research Day in Mississippi has been passed by both chambers in House Resolution No. 54 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 632.

The students participating in the Posters in the Rotunda event and the titles of the research projects include:

• Hayley Allen (University of Southern Mississippi) Biomedical Research at Southern Miss: Investigation of Small Molecules as Inhibitors of Cell Proliferation in Cancer
• Brittany Brown (University of Mississippi) The Latino South: Migration, Identity, and Foodways
• Amber Coats (University of Southern Mississippi) Evaluating the Effects of Cell Membrane Lipid Composition on the Resistance to Bile-Induced Damage in Avirulent Strains of Listeria monocygenes.
• Eric Davis (Jackson State University) Developing an Android App to Read the DS1620 Temperature Measurements
• Shelley Edwards (INBRE/Millsaps College) Sex-Dependent Effects of Novel Kappa Agonist, Nalfurafine, on the Analgesic Quality and Abuse Liability of Oxycodone
• Alex Elmore (Mississippi University for Women) Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Omar Elsabrouty (Jackson State University) Developing an Android App to Read the DS1620 Temperature Measurements
• Lilian Ernest (Jackson State University) Developing an Android App to Read the DS1620 Temperature Measurements
• Aysha Evans (Alcorn State University) Plasmonic Gold Nanostructure for Biological Sensing
• JaBreann Evans (Alcorn State University) Personal, Social and Emotional factors influencing Body Weight in First Year College Students
• Abigail Garrett (University of Mississippi) Creation of a Full Stack Breast Cancer Database
• Uday Gella (Alcorn State University) Radiation Studies on Mississippi River Sediments
• Shreya Ghimore (Mississippi University for Women) Synergystic Effects of Proteasmal and Lysomal Enzyme Inhibitors on Plasma Membrane CFTR
• Rebecca Hamilton (Delta State University) The Deception of Contraception
• Cella Hayes (University of Mississippi) Therapeutic Treatments for Cognitive Disorders Associated with Age-related Loss of Insulin Growth Factor-1
• Quincy Jones (Jackson State University) Developing an Android App to Read the DS1620 Temperature Measurements
• Kendra Keesee (Mississippi University for Women) Music Therapy Co-Treatment
• Marisa Laudadio (Mississippi State University) Using Publicly Available Comments on Facebook to Ascertain Public Opinion of International Adoption
• Mallory Malone (Mississippi University for Women) Music Therapy Co-Treatment
• Lindsey Miller (University of Mississippi) Finding the Dimerization Interface of Skp1 from Dictyostelium
• Erin O'Quinn (Mississippi State University) Defining Factors of Socioeconomic Status As It Predicts ADHD Risk
• Subrina Oswalt (Mississippi University for Women) Money, Trust, and Affective Polarization
• Jermarlius Rushing (Mississippi Valley State University) "That's Fake News": Using Campus Radio to Emphasize the Importance of Historical Research Skills
• Madison Savoy (University of Mississippi) The Impact of Verb Transitivity on Pronoun Inter-pretation in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
• Lisa Shrestha (Mississippi University for Women) Optimization of Western Blotting for the Detection of High and Low Molecular Weight Proteins
• Stephon Simpson (Mississippi Valley State University) Role of Melatonin in Water-Stressed Soybean Plants
• Danielle Stamps (University of Southern Mississippi) The Effects of Skin Tone on the Perception of Discrimination in Young African American Women
• Landrie Tchakoua (Jackson State University) Developing an Android App to Read the DS1620 Temperature Measurements
• Georgette-Vanelle Wandji (Mississippi Valley State University) Interaction of Modified and Unmodified Biodegradable Nanoparticles with Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)
• Alexandra Wedderstrand (Mississippi State University) Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Placement Stability: Exploring Interventions
• Arian Williams (Mississippi Valley State University) Bedside Manner Experience Development
• Egypt Williams (Mississippi Valley State University) "That's Fake News": Using Campus Radio to Emphasize the Importance of Historical Research Skills
• Jasmine Williams (Alcorn State University) Wellness Programming: A Worthy Investment for Positive Student Educational Outcomes

More information on the Posters in the Rotunda event is available on the website: http://postersintherotundams.org.

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The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning governs the public universities in Mississippi, including Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State University including the Mississippi State University Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi University for Women; Mississippi Valley State University; the University of Mississippi including the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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