Events from 2024
Checking for ticks: Analyzing the efficiency of different tick collection methods, Peter Briggs, Lawson Trimmell, and Javier Monzón
Deep learning can be used to classify and segment plant cell types in xylem tissue, Reem Al Dabagh, Benjamin Shin, Sean Wu, Fabien Scalzo, Helen Holmlund, Jessica Lee, Chris Ghim, Samuel Fitzgerald, and Marinna Grijalva
Chaparral fern gametophytes experience microclimates with more moisture and more moderate temperatures than fern sporophytes, Samuel Fitzgerald
Rural Water Testing and Cognitive Testing of Street-Connected Children, Annika Huckeba, Yasmine Dawson, Daphne Borowicz, Jennifer Mcmahon, Reese Yamamoto, Melanie Calderon Bernuy, and Megan Anderon
Association between Estrogen-Related Genetics and Microbial Factors in Breast Tissue, Rachel Yutong Jiang, Lindsey Marian, and Leah Stiemsma
Effectiveness of Frog Skin Secretions Against UV-B Radiation, Connor McGaha, Kinkade McMurray, and Lee B. Kats
Effectiveness of Frog Skin Secretions Against UV-B Radiation, Connor McGaha, Kinkade McMurray, and Lee B. Kats
Giving silenced genes a voice: Activating epigenetically silent cancer genes using CRISPR-activation, Catherine Nguyen, Jessalyn Chen, and Jake Velen
The Effect of Submarine Groundwater Discharge on Greenhouse Gas Production on a Coral Reef in Maunalua Bay, HI, Kylie Nichols
Utilizing High Resolution Micro-Computed Tomography to Determine the Mechanism of Desiccation for Barnacles, Hassti Tirgardoon, Helen Holmlund, and Florybeth La Valle
A tick's quest: The effects of climatic stress on host-seeking behavior of wild ticks, Lawson Trimmell, Peter Briggs, and Javier Monzón
Drone Imagery of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Effects On Coastal Primary Productivity On Coral Reefs in Maunalua Bay, Hawai'i, Lulu Wang, Florybeth Flores La Valle, and Grace Kim
Events from 2023
Assessing desiccation tolerance of ferns under various humidity conditions, Katelyn Bandow and Helen I. Holmlund
Research Poster: Folic Acid Deficiency and Methylation in 3 Neurodegenerative Mouse Models: DSP4-Alzheimer's, Down's Syndrome, and Aged, Jasmine Best, Antonio Gomez, and Susan Helm
Sampling Methods in the Southern California Rocky Intertidal Zone, Mharie Brigham, Shea Tomlin, Lucian Himes, Lucia Maldonado, Sydney Socquet, Lulu Wang, Nate Folkerts, and Florybeth La Valle
The Effects of Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic Particles on the Metabolism and Expression of Cell Stress Markers in Human Caco-2 Cells, Danielli Cavallo
Research Poster: Effects of Polyethylene Microplastic and Nanoplastics Particles on Santa Monica Mountain Fern Gametophytes, Breanna Colunga and Thomas Vandergon
Connections between gardening experience and valuing food justice in undergraduate students, Mallory Finley and Helen Holmlund
Research Poster: Chaparral fern gametophytes experience microclimates with more moisture and more moderate temperatures than fern sporophytes, Samuel Fitzgerald, Marinna Grijalva, Paola Moreno, Reem Al Dabagh, Stephen Davis, and Helen Holmlund
Identification of Soil Microbes affecting Early Rhizoid Development of Two Fern Gametophyte Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, Kaitlin Gartrell
Effects on Primary Endothelial Cells when Exposed to Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic, David Guzman
Effectiveness of Southern California Marine Protected Areas in promoting healthy fish communities, Lucian Himes and Florybeth La Valle
Article: Southern California marine protected areas promote bolder fish populations, Lucian Himes and Florybeth F. La Valle
Data Set: Southern California marine protected areas promote bolder fish populations, Lucian Himes and Florybeth F. La Valle
Data Set: In situ carbon uptake of marine macrophytes is highly variable among species, taxa, and morphology, Julian Jacobs, Lucian Himes, and Florybeth Flores La Valle Dr.
Research Poster: Association Between Estrogen-Related Genetic and Microbial Factors in Breast Tissue: Implications for Breast Cancer Risk, Rachel Yutong Jiang, Ariana McCaw, and Leah Stiemsma
Research Poster: Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Engineering a CRISPRa System to Activate Dormant Tumor Suppressor Genes, Madison Johnson and Antonio Gomez
Effect of Soil Microbes on the growth of two Santa Monica Mountain fern species during early gametophyte development, Chase Kerstein, Kaitlin Gartrell, and Donna Nofziger
Effects of Wildfire on Amphibian and Aquatic Insect Biodiversity in Riparian Ecosystems in the Santa Monica Mountains, Conor Kramer and Nolan Gentile
Using California Harmful Algae Risk Mapping to Predict Sea Lion Strandings, Florybeth La Valle and Sydney Socquet
Heterospecific Anural Eavesdropping Cues, Lucia C. Maldonado, Hayley Lunn, Max Sprute, Andrew Wang, Ripley Conklin, Nolan Gentile, Conor Kramer, and Lee Kats
Research Poster: The Breast Cancer Genome and its Association with the Breast Tissue Bacteriome, Ariana McCaw and Leah Stiemsma
Research Poster: Understanding the Role of DNA Methylation in Carbon Black-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response Elements (ERSE), Tyler McDonald, Antonio Gomez, and Jay Brewster
Research Poster: Fern gametophyte response to desiccation is more similar to moss gametophytes than to fern sporophytes, Paola Moreno, Marinna Grijalva, Samuel Fitzgerald, Reem Al Dabagh, Stephen Davis, and Helen Holmlund
Research Poster: Mathematically Modeling How Trapping Regimes that Target Specific Crayfish Life Stages Impact Removal Efficacy, Relena Pattison and Courtney Davis
Research Poster: Polystyrene Nanoplastics Initiate the HPA Axis in Hypothalamic Nerve Cells, Hannah Shin and Thomas Vandergon
Impact of Time and Climate on Gene flow in the Santa Monica Mountains, Max Sprute, Gary Bucciarelli, Lee Kats, and Katherine Pease
Substrate Effects on Intertidal Settlement and Succession, Max Sprute, Florybeth La Valle, and Caleb Dao
Research Poster: Effects of Aerosol Residues Benzene and Vinyl Chloride on A549 Lung Epithelial Cells, Alexis Thornburgh and Thomas Vandergon
Assessing the Effects of Macroplastics on Shell Development and Structure of Barnacles, Hassti Tirgardoon, Florybeth La Valle, Helen I. Holmlund, Nate Folkerts, Shea Tomlin, Lucia Maldonado, Tia Lurbiecki, Kylie Nichols, Sydney Socquet, and Caleb Dao
Deep learning can be used to classify and segment plant cell types in xylem tissue, Sean Wu, Reem Al Dabagh, Fabien Scalzo, and Helen Irene Holmlund
Submissions from 2022
Research Poster: Analysis of Proteolytic Cleavage of Fibril Forming Lysosomal Protein, Rakel Ang, Jessica Moser, and Jay Brewster
Research Poster: The Effects of Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic Particles on the Metabolism and Expression of Cell Stress Markers in Human Caco-2 Cells, Danielli Cavallo and Thomas Vandergon
Research Poster: Effect of Macroplastic Type, Color, and Floating Behavior on Settlement and Succession of Marine Biota, Caleb Dao and Florybeth La Valle
Research Poster: California wildfires impact fern microclimate in forest and chaparral ecosystems, Jamie Fuqua, Hanna Vaidya, Jordyn Regier, Syd Socquet, Reem Al Dabagh, Jessica Moser, Stephen Davis, and Helen Holmlund
Developmental Staging and Morphological Comparisons of Four Fern Gametophyte Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, Tristan Furlong
Research Poster: Effects of Anthropogenic Nutrient Introduction on Macroalgal Carbon Uptake in the Intertidal Zone, Julian Jacobs, Lucian Himes, Sophia Zummo, and Florybeth La Valle
Isolating RNA from Breast Tissue, Lindsey Marian
Research Poster: Humidity Control of a Novel Fern Gametophyte Dessication Chamber, Jessica Moser, Lauren Haberstock, Stephen Davis, and Helen Holmlund
Research Poster: Victory for the vectors? Cilmatic stress decreases tick survival but increases host-seeking behavior, Caleb Nielebeck, Sang Hyo Kim, Antonio Pepe, Lucian Himes, Zachary Miller, Sophia Zummo, Mary Tang, and Javier Monzon
Victory for the Vectors? Climatic stress decreases tick survival but increases host-seeking behavior, Caleb Nielebeck, Sang Hyo Kim, Antonio Pepe, Lucian Himes, Mary Tang, Zachary Miller, Sophia Zummo, and Javier D. Monzon
Cytotoxic Effects of Polystyrene Nanoplastics with Adsorbed Propranolol, Kyle Osornia and Caleb Lim
Substrate Type Affects the Drying Speed and Desiccation Tolerance of Fern Gametophytes, Jordyn D. Regier, Mayra J. Hernandez, Camille K. Sicangco, Stephen D. Davis, and Helen I. Holmlund
Research Poster: Modeling How Tamiflu Treatment Affects the Immune Response to Influenza in PhysiCell, Melanie Sadecki and Courtney Davis
Research Poster: Effects of lead and PET nanoplastic particles on metabolism and cell stress markers in murine RAW 264.7 macrophage cells, Diana Tejera-Berrios and Thomas Vandergon
Research Poster: Mathematically Investigating the Impacts of Antibody Dynamics on the Human Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2, Hanna Vaidya and Courtney Davis
Interactions between the breast microbiota and host gene expression in breast cancer development, Kelly Zheng
Events from 2021
The Effects of Symbiote Ostracods on Invasive Crayfish Behavior, Audrey Fontes, Elyse Vetter, Gary Bucciarelli, and Lee Kats
Post-fire recovery and microsite differentiation among ten fern species in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California, Sarah Holmes, Stephen D. Davis, and Helen I. Holmund
The composition and functional potential of the human mammary microbiota prior to and following breast tumor development., Courtney Hoskinson, Leah Stiemsma, Jaelyn Gabel, Anne Kump, and Natascia Marino
Conspecific aggression of invasive crayfish, P. clarkii, in response to chemical cues, Elyse Vetter, Elise DeArment, Audrey Fontes, Gary Bucciarelli, and Lee Kats
Decline in Amphibian Health in Local Stream, Elyse Vetter, Elise DeArment, Colton Russell, Audrey Fontes, and Lee Kats
Research from 2019
A Post-Fire Comparison of Resprouts to Unburned Malosma laurina Shrubs in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California, Anthony Joseph Adducci II, Sierra Jo Smith, and Dylan Jesse Waddill
Meta-Analysis of Coyote Diet Reveals Differences by Geographical Region, Anthony Adducci and Javier Monzon
Urban coyotes differ genetically from coyotes in natural habitats, Anthony Adducci, Javier Monzon, Rodney Honeycutt, Jeremy Jasperse, Justin Brown, and Seth Riley
The Impact of the Woolsey Fire on the Fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea, Juan Arguijo
The Effects of Temperature on Intraspecific Aggression for Procambarus clarkii, Aaron Barnhouse
Heteromeles arbutifolia associated Post-Fire Soil Microbiome Recovery and Respiration in a Chaparral Ecosystem, Gabrielle Boeger, Lauren Dedmon, Emma Thomsen, and Alexander Soloniuk
Comparative Fitness of Post-Fire Transplant Stipa Pulchra and Wild Stipa Pulchra in Competition with Avena Fatua, Ashley Bonin, Madison Cook, and Sara Head
Post-Fire Competition Between Native Ceanothus spinosus and Exotic Grasses, Katarina Carter and Nina Duchild
Carbon Dioxide Flux Rate for Cold Burn and Hot Burn Sites, Sophia Cheong, Alexander G. Grissom, and Grace K. Lank
Effects of Invasive Species on Post-Fire Ceanothus spinosus Seedling Establishment, Nina Duchild, Frank W. Ewers, and Stephen D. Davis
Removal and transfer of symbiotic ostracods and the impact of feeding behavior and conspecific aggression in host crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Audrey Fontes, Lee B. Kats, and Gary Bucciarelli
Physiological Performance of Ceanothus spinosus in Hot Burn and Cool Burn Sites, Rishi Gattu, Christian Hill, and Chris Kulpaca
The Presence of Fungal Pathogen, Botryosphaeria dothidea, in Post-fire Malosma laurina Resprouts, Georgiana Gibson, Sarah Parker, and Lauren Van Tress
Photosynthetic Response of Pentagramma triangularis to Summer Desiccation, Brandon R. Grinovich and Stephen D. Davis
Post-Fire Soil Microbiome Recovery and Respiration in a Chaparral Ecosystem, Mari R. Irving and Stephen D. Davis
Soil Respiration in Burned and Unburned Sites of the Santa Monica Mountains, Sydney C. Jones, Micah S. Kim, Sierra H. Ball, and Stephen D. Davis
Partial Hatching in the California Grunion, Leuresthes tenuis, Olivia L. Le Sage, Karen L. Martin, and Donna Nofziger-Plank
Effect of locality recognition on aggressive behavior in the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Brett K. Muramoto and Tyler Farley
Decline in conspecific aggression of invasive Procambarus clarkii as a result of swimmeret and androgenic gland removal, Dani Rizzo, David Addison, Kat Le, and Dr. Lee Kats
Comparison of Postfire Seedling Recruitment of 2019 in Three Key Chaparral Species, Karagan Smith, Reid Furukawa, Brett Muramoto, and Stephen D. Davis
Seedling and Resprout Survival of Three Chaparral Species Following Woolsey Wildfire, Karagan L. Smith and Stephen D. Davis
Impact of chemical stimuli on feeding behavior of invasive crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Sierra Jo Smith, Dr. Gary Bucciarelli, and Dr. Lee Kats
Dendrobates pumilio and UV-B Avoidance in the Aftermath of a Tropical Storm, Sierra Jo Smith, Brett K. Muramoto 4992586, Will Ota, Max Diamond, Matthew Sturtevant, Morgan A. Clark, Alexandra N. Case, Dr. Lee Kats, and Dr. Gary Bucciarelli
Ultrafine carbon nanoparticles activate inflammasome signaling and cell death in murine macrophages, Alexander Soloniuk, Hadley Lamascus, Jay Brewster, and John Mann
A Survey of Post-Fire Chaparral Species’ Densities Using Point Quarter Sampling, Emma C. Stenz, Brandon R. Grinovich, Catherine H. William, Michael E. Gayed, Stephen D. Davis, and Grace Palmer
UVB Avoidance in Juvenile Dendrobates azereus, Matthew Sturtevant and Lee Kats
Post fire seedling and resprout survival of Melasma laurina, Matthew Sturtevant and Gil So
The effect of conspecific alarm cues on aggressive behavior in Procambarus clarkii, Elyse Vetter and Ashley Boxberger
Research from 2018
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
Investigation of Antimicrobial Properties of Rhus ovata Extracts, Sydney T. Adams
A Student’s Perspective on Engagement in Ecological Research during their First Semester in College, Natalie M. Aguirre, Karagan L. Smith, Cristian M. Garcia, Cheryl Swift, and Stephen D. Davis
Testing for the Presence of Botryosphaeria dothidea in Branches of Ceanothus spinosus Undergoing Dieback, Katarina Carter
Potential Spread of the Fungal Pathogen Botryospharea dothidea from Chaparral Shrubs to Grape Vineyards in the Santa Monica Mountains, Alexandra N. Case, Natalie M. Aguirre, Rodney L. Honeycutt, and Stephen D. Davis
The effect of physical stress signals on conspecific interactions in green-and-black poison frogs (Dendrobates auratus), Gabriella E. Chan, Maxwell A. Kenyon, Summer Ngo, and Lee B. Kats
A Comparison of Photosynthetic Rate, Stomatal Conductance, and Electron Transport Rate between Malosma laurina and Encelia californica, Yujin Choi, Isabella Armstrong, Catherina Haas, and Micah Kim