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ÌðÐÄÖ±²¥ Students Present Research at ACCA Symposium

ÌðÐÄÖ±²¥ students studying physical, social and behavioral, and life sciences presented work at the on April 13 at ÌðÐÄÖ±²¥ in Romeoville.

The following life sciences students presented:

• Andrew Murphy presented “Conductive Functionalized Polysaccharide Chains for Degradation of Model Pollutants.”
• Kiersten Smith presented “Effects of depleting plasminogen as a potential therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease using an antisense oligonucleotide.”
• Ezra Samson presented “Exon Skipping as a therapeutic approach to SCA3
• Anasemon Botros presented Machado Joseph Disease.”
• Ava Artz presented “Use of antisense oligonucleotides to induce ATXN3 exon skipping as a potential therapeutic SCA3.”
• Rebecca Rozhon presented “Copper Chelation as an Alzheimer's Therapeutic in C. elegans.”

The following physical science students presented:

• Andre Jones presented “Design of Novel Biopolymer Anodes to Enhance Electron Transport in Microbial Fuel Cell System.”
• Steven Roberts presented “Effect of Cleaning Chemistry Macroenvironment on Cu Post-CMP.”
• Ulysses Flores presented “Healing the Wound: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticle Loaded Hydrogels for Chronic Wound Healing Materials.”
• Tyler Ranieri and Ruben Franchini presented “Improving Measurements of PM2.5 Emissions for Diesel Engines‰ÛÜ.”
• Jadyn Dominguez presented “Synthesis and Characterization of Antimicrobial Nanoparticles Infused in Biopolymeric Nanocomposite Systems for Antimicrobial Applications.”

Emilia Nykaza, a social and behavioral science student, presented “Serious or Sarcasm? Examining the influence of emojis on perceived message tone in text messaging and face-to-face communication.”

The symposium allowed students to present their research to their peers studying In the Chicago area. ACCA is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges offering educational experiences that help students organize and share their knowledge and discoveries.

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