Red Hot Research expands to students
LAWRENCE — This spring, the Red Hot Research series at the University of Kansas will expand to include sessions that feature undergraduate and postbaccalaureate research. The Commons will partner with the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships and the BioGEM Postbaccalaureate Research Program to feature two sessions featuring six-minute cross-disciplinary presentations and opportunities for exchange across fields of study.
The first event will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. April 4 in Anschutz Library 3 North.
KU undergraduate presenters:
Jimin Yoo, senior in psychology, will present work related to guardian-adolescent conversation dynamics, adolescent suicide prevention and reconciliation statements.
Maia Flynn, junior in speech-language-hearing, will present work related to lip-reading, lip-reading errors, network science and speech analysis.
Molly Busenitz, sophomore in mechanical engineering, will present on research that incorporates the Jetson Nano, artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning, and universal design.
Carly Gagnon, senior in biochemistry, will present work related to colorectal cancer, tumor suppressor genes and adenomatous Polyposis Coli proteins.
Margaret Brammer, junior in interior architecture, will present work that examines rural disparities in ambulatory care; the impact of infusion cancer treatment and relationships to the built environment.
Madelynn Guistwite, senior in interior architecture, will present work that utilizes biophilic design in health care settings and explores barriers, facilitators and future trends in allowing access to nature in clinical areas.
Two presenters are postbaccalaureate scholars from programs in the Office for Advancing Success in Science (OASiS)-BioGEM, which trains postbaccalaureate scholars in research that integrates biodiversity science with genetic evolutionary mechanisms, and PREP, which coordinates the management of several externally funded programs at the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University.
Felicity Barron, a graduate of the University of California-Davis with a bachelor's degree environmental science and management, is performing research in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at KU. She is a BioGEM postbaccalaureate scholar funded by the NSF-RAMP project and will present on work that studies geneflow across woodrat species using museum specimens.
Jared Melendrez, a graduate of California State University with a bachelor's degree in biotechnology, is performing research at KU in molecular biosciences. He is a PREP postbaccalaureate scholar funded by the NIH-PREP program and will present on work that assesses autoimmune risk in relationship to antiviral reward.
The second event will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. April 18 in Watson Library 3 West.
The format for Red Hot Research is inspired by PechaKucha and features presenters speaking for six minutes each about a specific aspect of their research. Presentations are followed by an opportunity for informal conversation and reception.
In keeping with the goals of this series, presenters are asked to consider how other disciplinary perspectives might offer helpful ideas to their work; the likely next steps for the research; and challenges that they face in conducting the research. In turn, audience members are asked to, from their own perspectives, offer insights, questions and ideas.
Visit The Commons’ website for further details.