Saint Joseph's University Center for Undergraduate Research

MDA-MB-231 Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell expressing end binding protein 3 (EB3) showing microtubule dynamics

Electron microscopy reveals FoulBall to be a Siphovirus, with a long, non-contractile tail (288 nm). Average head width= 33 nm and length= 158 nm (n=4).

This image captures a unique physical structure that one of novel compounds formed.

Compound isolated from Achillea millefolium called 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (DGP) could protect neuronal cells from oxidative stress simulation, activate cell proliferation and protect mitochondria from oxidative stress damage. The compound when fed to Parkinson mutant Drosophila melanogaster improved their climbing ability and survival.

A Two-Dimensional Energy Potential Surface, formed by a 3D printer, can be used to visualize the possible escape routes of a particle from a quantum well - representing states of superconducting quantum bits - building blocks of a quantum computer.

A bunimovich stadium (top left) is slowly transformed into a circle (bottom right). Particle trajectories transition from chaotic to clean (periodic) orbits.

RNA granules (TIA1, red) are expressed in specific areas of the hippocampus and do not overlap with glial cells (GFAP, green) in a sleep deprived mouse.

The computer software (Visual3D) used to generate a model for measuring minimum toe clearance. The graph displays the path of the toe during walking.

Glial cells (GFAP, red) surround and support hippocampal neurons (NeuN, green) (A), and an adeno-associated virus causes excitatory neurons (NeuN, red) to express enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP AAV, green) (B).

Magnetic levitation of a ceramic superconductor occurs when cooled below its critical temperature, when magnetic field lines from the bottom magnets are pushed out from the superconductor, causing it to float.

Poppy seeds, the small black dots, are scattered within a non-Newtonian liquid to help visualize the liquid's motion around the moving sphere.

"The Invisible Nature of Ordinary Objects"

***BEST RESEARCH IMAGE AWARD***

Capturing normally unseen light with infrared light cameras.

Deryk McGarry (Physics) 
Mentor: Roberto Ramos, Ph.D.

"Redefining the Flow: Non-Newtonian vs. Newtonian Liquids"
In this 3D piece, individuals are able to feel the difference between Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids.
Shayna Sit (Physics)
Mentor: Piotr Habdas, Ph.D.

"Identifying processing body markers in hippocampal primary neuronal cultures"

***BEST RESEARCH IMAGE AWARD***
Processing bodies (4E-T, red) detected in the soma and neurites of hippocampal neurons (β-tubulin, green).
Alex Coleman (Biology)
Mentor: Jennifer Tudor, Ph.D.

"Actin and Tropomyosin in Fish Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells"
Fluorescent labelling of the cytoskeletal proteins, actin (red) and tropomyosin (green), in the long cellular extensions of fish RPE cells. Bar: 20 µm.
Kristina Kristo (Biology)
Mentor: Christina King-Smith, Ph.D.

"It's a Knockout! ROR1 vs CREB3L1"
***WINNER, POPULAR CHOICE AWARD***
This immunofluorescence staining image shows how the suppression of oncogene ROR1 leads to the increased expression of tumor suppressor CREB3L1, shown by the more intense shade of green in the siROR1/CREB3L1 image.
Eric Lalu (Biology)
Mentor: Bela Peethambaran, Ph.D.

"Time to Kill Cancer Naturally"
Unveiling a Natural Compound with High Potency to TNBC
Nicholas Dwyer (Biology)
Mentor: Bela Peethambaran, Ph.D.