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SOL BELTRAN, Dominican University
“Does early postnatal stress exposure lead to sex-specific telomere dynamics in wild tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)?”
Mentors: Dr. Kimberley Rosvall and Sarah Wolf
 
MICHAELA BREACH, Indiana University
“Sex-specific dendritic reorganization after chronic stress in adult rats that experienced social instability as adolescents”
Mentors: Dr. Cara Wellman and Kelly Moench
 
VALERIA C. TORO DÍAZ, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
“Investigating the relationship between a social trait, bacteriocin production, and virulence in pathogenic bacteria”
Mentors: Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser and Amrita Bhattacharya
 
MOLISHKA A. FLORES, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
“Gene expression of hormone-related genes influence signal perception”
Mentors: Dr. Troy Smith and Melissa R. Proffitt)
 
JENNIFER GONZALEZ, Messiah College
“Oxytocin receptor densities in the nucleus accumbens and medial preoptic area and PPD-associated behavior in Microtus ochrogaster”
Mentors: Dr. C. Sue Carter and Dr. Allison M. Perkeybile
 
OLUWAGBEMISOLA IBIKUNLE, Indiana University
“Replay of items in context using episodic memory in rats”
Mentors: Dr. Jonathon Crystal and Danielle Panoz-Brown
 
YVETTE D. RODRÍGUEZ JIMÉNEZ, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
“Sensitivity to testosterone in the avian eye and its relationship with sex, species, and trait
differences”
Mentors: Dr. Kimberly Rosvall and Dr. Alexandra Bentz
 
ERIC NAVARRO, Washington State University
“The effects of prior experience and the role of serotonin in male response to female rejection in mice”
Mentors: Dr. Laura M. Hurley and Kayleigh Hood
 
DESIRÉE NIEVES, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
“The effects of gut dysbiosis on reproductive physiology and aggression in Siberian hamsters following fecal transplantation”
Mentors: Dr. Gregory Demas, Kathleen Munley and Elizabeth Morrison
 
BRANDI PESSMAN, North Central College
“The role of arginine vasotocin on aggression and electrocommunication signals in black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons)”
Mentors: Dr. Troy Smith, Megan Freiler
 
BRAIAM ROSADO, Turabo University
“Medial prefrontal cortex activation in response to acute stress in male and female rats”  
Mentor: Dr. Cara Wellman
 
AYLEY SHORTRIDGE, Michigan State University
“Modulation of the HPA axis and anxiety-like behavior following fecal transplantation in Siberian hamsters”
Mentors: Dr. Gregory Demas, Kathleen Munley and Elizabeth Morrison