Life Sciences and Engineering Poster List 2021
Grand Prize Winner
- Dogpile: A Scalable Wrapper for Processing and Analyzing Canine Whole Genome Sequencing Data
- Authors: Jonah Cullen, Steven Friedenberg
- MSI PI: Steven Friedenberg; Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Finalists
- Classifying Taxonomy Presence in Metagenomic Data
- Authors: Benjamin Hillmann, Dan Knights
- MSI PI: Dan Knights; Computer Science and Engineering
- Supercomputing at MSI and User of PacBio Hifi Long Reads Enables Near Complete Haplotype Phase Genome Assembly of the Wheat Stem Rust Fungus
- Authors: Radhika Bartaula, Pablo Olivera Firpo, Les J. Szabo, Yue Jin
- MSI PI: Yue Jin; Plant Pathology
- Aerial eDNA: AMolecular Diet Study of Insectivorous Bats as Insect Monitors
- Authors: Miranda Galey, Ron Moen, Jessica R. Sieber
- MSI PI: Jessica Sieber; Biology - UMD
- Analysis of the Neural Correlates of Conscientiousness Using Individualized Parcellation of Resting-State Functional Connectivity
- Authors: Tyler A. Sassenberg, Colin G. DeYoung
- MSI PI: Colin G. DeYoung; Psychology
- CosTaL: A Network-Based Algorithm for Clustering High-Dimensional Single-Cell Datasets
- Authors: Yijia Li, David Anastasiu, Jonathan Nguyen, Edgar Arriaga
- MSI PI: Edgar Arriaga; Chemistry
- Dynamic Changes in DNA Replication Timing and 3D Genome Organization During Cardiac Differentiation
- Authors: Santiago Martinez Cifuentes, Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia
- MSI PI: Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
- Fitness of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in the Plant Endophyte Gluconacetobacter Diazotrophicus
- Authors: Erin Schwister, Ben Dietz, Carolann Knutson, Brett Barney
- MSI PI: Brett Barney; Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
- Gene Fitness of Azotobacter vinelandii Under Diazotrophic Growth
- Authors: Carolann M Knutson, Meghan N Pieper, Dr. Brett M Barney
- MSI PI: Brett M Barney; BBE
- Harnessing Supercomputing Power to Calculate Risk Scores Based on Whole Brain Functional Connectivity
- Authors: Nora Byington*, Gracie Grimsrud*, Michael Mooney, Michaela Cordova, Olivia Doyle, Robert Hermosillo, Eric Earl, Anders Perrone, Lucille Moore, Alice Graham, Joel Nigg, Wes Thompson, Eric Feczko, Oscar Miranda-Dominguez, Damien Fair (*Co-First Authors)
- MSI PI: Damien Fair, Oscar Miranda-Dominguez; Pediatrics
- Identification of Efficacious Treatment for GBM by Applying Computational Drug Sensitivity Imputation to Novel GBM Avatars and Clinical Datasets
- Authors: Danielle Maeser, Robert Gruener, Robert Galvin, Tomoyuki Koga, Frank B. Furnari, David Largaespada, Clark C. Chen, R. Stephanie Huang
- MSI PI: R Stephanie Huang; Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
- In Silico Strategies Towards Anthrax Antitoxin Lead Optimization
- Authors: Connor McDermott, Elizabeth A. Ambrose
- MSI PI: Elizabeth A. Ambrose; Medicinal Chemistry
- Lake Sediment Bacteria Across an Ecological Gradient
- Authors: Hailey Sauer, Trinity Hamilton, Rika Anderson, Charles Umbanhowar Jr, Adam Heathcote
- MSI PI: Trinity Hamilton; Plant and Microbial Biology
- Mechanical Analysis of Migratory Phenotypes of Glioblastoma Patient Cells
- Authors: Jay C. Hou, Mariah M. McMahon, Jann N. Sarkaria, Clark C. Chen, David J. Odde
- MSI PI: David J. Odde; Biomedical Engineering
- Molecular Modeling of Penicillin Binding Proteins (PBPs): Mechanism Elucidation and Probe Design
- Authors: Parker Flanders, Erin Carlson, Elizabeth Ambrose
- MSI PI: Elizabeth Ambrose; Medicinal Chemistry
- Patterns of Fungal Diversity Across and Within High-Elevation Alpine Streams in Grand Teton National Park, WY
- Authors: Taylor L. Price, Trinity L. Hamilton, Scott Hotaling
- MSI PI: Trinity L. Hamilton; Plant and Microbial Biology
- Polymer Degradative Mechanisms in Bacteria
- Authors: Natalia Calixto Mancipe, Brett Barney
- MSI PI: Brett Barney; Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
- Retrospective Profiling of Non-circular RNAs in HIV-infected Patient Dataset: Hidden Treasures in the Dark Matter of RNA Universe
- Authors: Dora Zucko, Kathleen Boris-Lawrie
- MSI PI: Kathleen Boris-Lawrie; Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Rostral and Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behavioral
- Authors: Ryan Liengswangwong, Erika Schultz, Muchen Xi, Karina Quevedo
- MSI PI: Karina Quevedo; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Segment-Specific Kinetics of mRNA, cRNA and vRNA Accumulation During Influenza Infection
- Authors: Thu Phan, Elizabeth J. Fay, Zion Lee, Stephanie Aron, Ryan A. Langlois, Wei-Shou Hu
- MSI PI: Wei-Shou Hu; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- STN/GP-Nets: Fully Automatic Deep-Learning Based Segmentation for DBS Applications Using Ultra-High 7 Tesla MRI
- Authors: Oren Solomon, Tara Palnitkar, Rémi Patriat, Henry Braun, Joshua Aman, Michael C. Park, Guillermo Sapiro, Jerrold Vitek, Noam Harel
- MSI PI: Noam Harel; Medicine
- tACS Induces Neural Entrainment in Neocortical Neuron Models
- Authors: Harry Tran, Sina Shirinpour, Alexander Opitz
- MSI PI: Alexander Opitz; Biomedical Engineering
- Treating Image Processing Like Hyperparameter Tuning: The Influence of Processing Workflow on Prediction Accuracy
- Authors: Tyler Nigon, Ce Yang, David Mulla
- MSI PI: Ce Yang; Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
- Visualizing Unresolved Segments in Ryanodine Receptor Cryo-Em Structures
- Authors: Bengt Svensson, David D. Thomas, Razvan L. Cornea
- MSI PI: David D. Thomas; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
- Whole Genome Assembly and Annotation of Northern Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Supports a Whole Genome Duplication in the Zizania Genus
- Authors: Matthew Haas, Thomas Kono, Marissa Macchietto, Reneth Millas, Lillian McGilp, Mingqin Shao, Jacques Duquette, Candice Hirsch, Jennifer Kimball
- MSI PI: Jennifer Kimball; Agronomy and Plant Genetics