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Leanna Hodge, Kory Wolfe, and Katherine Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BALTIMORE, Md.<\/strong> \u2013 Three Mansfield University chemistry majors attended and presented at the 22nd<\/sup>annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences held at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) on Oct. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seniors Katherine Thompson (Greenville, Pa.), Leanna Hodge (Kendall,\nN.Y.) and Kory Wolfe (Sunbury, Pa.) each presented original research at the\nsymposium and were accompanied by their research advisors, Dr. Kristen Long of\nthe Biology Department and Dr. Elaine Farkas of the Chemistry and Physics\nDepartment. The students were judged on research content, poster display, and oral\ncommunication and defense of their work. All three students were jointly\nadvised by Dr. Long and Dr. Farkas in their collaborative research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thompson\u2019s poster, titled \u201cAnalyzing and Quantifying the\nPervasiveness of Microplastic Beads in Mouse Livers, Spleens, and Kidneys\u201d, won\nfirst place in the chemistry category, beating out competition from James\nMadison University and Delaware State University. Her project explored the\nquantification of microplastics and nanoplastics in mouse tissues from mice fed\ncontrolled doses of plastic beads, which serves as a model for future studies\ninto human tissues. Thompson has worked with Dr. Farkas for 1.5 years to\ndevelop a protocol for the detection and quantification of these elusive beads,\nwhile Dr. Long\u2019s lab is concurrently exploring the bead-induced tissue damage\nin the same mice. Currently, there is no established protocol for mammalian\ntissue digestion and plastic quantification at this size scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leanna Hodge and Kory Wolfe are working on a tardigrade\nproject developed by Dr. Long and Dr. Farkas. Interest in tardigrades has\npiqued recently due to their peculiar survival properties during cryptobiosis,\nat state at which metabolic activities decrease. Recent literature cites\ntardigrade-unique protein expression, evaluated at the messenger (m)RNA level,\nas a mechanism for their enhanced survival in stressful conditions. However,\nthese studies may have overlooked the structural function of proteins coded for\nby commonly assigned \u201chousekeeping genes,\u201d which are used to normalize mRNA\nexpression levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hodge presented her research on \u201cAnalysis of Potential\nHousekeeping Genes in Tardigrades.\u201d\u00a0 She\nexplored the expression levels of mRNA for various genes under conditions of\nosmostic and desiccation stresses relative to normal conditions in which\ntardigrades live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wolfe presented fundamental research on tardigrade tolerance\nof osmotic stress for different solutes. He probed the LD-50, or lethal dose at\nwhich 50% of a population is killed, for different solutes, and his poster was\ntitled \u201cInvestigating Tardigrade Metabolic and Morphological Reactions to\nOsmotic Stresses\u201d. In his research, Wolfe explored the least understood form of\ncryptobiosis: osmobiosis. He found that tardigrades have different tolerances\ndepending on the solute, suggesting avenues for future research into the\nmolecular pathways of cryptobiosis, which he plans to pursue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mansfield\u2019s students were three of nearly 300 abstracts and\nposter presentations at this symposium, with students hailing from 35 universities\nacross six states. Universities in attendance included the University of\nPennsylvania, Yale University, University of Delaware, Duquesne University, and\nmany other schools with ties to graduate and medical schools. The conference\nwas a great opportunity for these young scientists to network and explore\nactive scientific research in their field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about Mansfield University\u2019s Chemistry and Physics Department and the Biology Department, use the following links: www.mansfield.edu\/chemistry-physics<\/a>, www.mansfield.edu\/biology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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