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Basic Science Award Winners

  • Agnieszka Burzynska, Basic Science – Distinction in Research (award accepted by collaborator, Brandon Paez, pictured left)
  • Mohammad Teymouri, Basic Science – Distinction in Graduate Research (pictured middle)
  • Han-Yun Tseng, Basic Science – Distinction in Graduate Research (pictured right)
Lise Youngblade and Aga Burzynska's co-author
Lise Youngblade and Mohammad Teymouri
Lise Youngblade and Han-Yun Tseng

Research Category Basic Science

Lamya Alsubaie, Graduate Student

Title: Influence of horseback riding experience on vestibular reflexes

Additional Authors: Yawen Yu

Faculty Mentor: Yawen Yu

Academic Unit: Department of Occupational Therapy

Lamya Alsubaie

Itzel Antillon, Undergraduate Student

Title: Visual-vestibular interaction in balance and postural control while standing

Additional Authors: Yawen Yu

Faculty Mentor: Yawen Yu

Academic Unit: Department of Occupational Therapy

Itzel Antillon

Awarded Basic Science – Distinction in Research

Title: White matter – the unexplored potential to understand aging and dementia

Additional Authors: Andrea Colmenares-Mendez

Academic Unit: Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Aly Cavalier, Graduate Student

Title: Contribution of the Microbiome to Western Diet-Induced Gene Expression Changes in the Intestine and Vasculature

Additional Authors: Tiffany Weir, Chris Gentile, and Tom LaRocca

Faculty Mentor: Tom LaRocca

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Aly Cavalier

Bianca Chima, Graduate Student

Title: Pea and Hemp Proteins Display Similar Physical and Chemical Characteristics as Whey Protein with Respect to Polyphenol Binding and Delivery

Additional Authors: Scott Morgan, Emily C. Nock, Paul Mathews, Ryann Daly, Sarah A. Johnson, and Charlene B. Van Buiten

Faculty Mentor: Charlene Van Buiten

Academic Unit: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Bianca Chima

Sylvia Lee, Graduate Student

Title: Interactions among Blueberry Polyphenols, the Gut Microbiome, and Intestinal Permeability

Additional Authors: Emily K. Woolf, Allegra R. Vazquez, Nicole L. Litwin, Brayden T. Smith, Nancy Ghanem, Frank A. Dinenno, Douglas R. Seals, Charlene B. Van Buiten, Christopher L. Gentile, Tiffany L. Weir, and Sarah A. Johnson

Faculty Mentor: Sarah Johnson

Academic Unit: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Sylvia Lee

Title: Brain Protein Synthesis and Energy Sensing in Methionine Restricted Mice

Faculty Mentor: Karyn Hamilton

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Paul Mathews, Graduate Student

Title: Black Tea Polyphenols Provide a Nutraceutical Option for Preventing the Onset of Celiac Disease In Vitro

Additional Authors: Shelby Toler

Faculty Mentor: Charlene Van Buiten

Academic Unit: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Paul Mathews

Cali McEntee, Graduate Student

Title: ADAR Dysfunction in Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Additional Authors: Alyssa N. Cavalier and Thomas J. LaRocca

Faculty Mentor: Thomas J. LaRocca

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Cali McEntee

Diana Rodriguez, Research Associate

Title: Aging in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Age Stereotypes on Positive Change

Additional Authors: Lana Kinnear, Abigail Nehrkorn-Bailey, and Manfred Diehl

Academic Unit: Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Title: Is Mindful Partnering Associated with Physiological Reactivity to Marital Conflict?

Additional Authors: Rachel Lucas-Thompson

Faculty Mentor: Rachel Lucas-Thompson

Academic Unit: Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Yu Sun, Graduate Student

Title: Synthesis and Characterizations of Gentamicin-loaded Poly-lactic-co-glycolic (PLGA) Nanoparticles

Additional Authors: Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Melisa Reynolds, and Yan Vivian Li

Faculty Mentor: Yan Vivian Li

Academic Unit: School of Advanced Materials Discovery

Yu Sun

Mohammad Teymouri, Graduate Student

Awarded Basic Science – Distinction in Graduate Research

Title: Chloride binding and desorption behavior of cementitious systems

Additional Authors: Mahmoud Shakouri

Faculty Mentor: Mahmoud Shakouri

Academic Unit: Department of Construction Management

Mohammad Teymouri Moogooee

Awarded Basic Science – Distinction in Graduate Research

Title: AgingPLUS: Examining the Malleability of Implicit Views of Aging

Additional Authors: Garret Forsyth, Abigail Nehrkorn-Bailey, Diana Rodriquez, Catherine Thompson, and Manfred Diehl

Faculty Mentor: Manfred Diehl

Academic Unit: Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Trevor Wahl, Undergraduate Student

Title: Colorado Roofing Industry

Additional Authors: Michael Gebhardt

Faculty Mentor: Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez and Erin Arneson

Academic Unit: Department of Construction Management

Trevor Wahl

Title: Assessment of a Nrf2 activator on skeletal muscle and cerebellar proteostasis and accumulation of glycoxidation using a Hartley guinea pig model

Additional Authors: Robert V. Musci, Kendra M. Andrie, Wenceslao Martinez, Qian Zhang, Julie Moreno, Thomas LaRocca, Kelly S. Santangelo, and Karyn L. Hamilton

Faculty Mentor: Karyn Hamilton

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

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