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WHAT:
Ten talented Tigers are preparing to represent the University of Missouri at the 2025 University of Missouri System Undergraduate Research Day. This annual event allows students to share innovative research projects with state legislators. The research spans a breadth of topics, including agriculture, biology, chemistry, communication, engineering and health.

WHEN:
10 a.m. 鈥� noon, Thursday, March 13

WHERE:
Missouri Capitol, Jefferson City
3rd floor rotunda

WHO:
This year鈥檚 91制片厂Proparticipants at the UM System Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol:

• Ahmed Ebada, senior, Columbia, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淩egulation of Egg Quality and DNA Repair by the Cytoskeleton鈥�
  Major: Biological sciences, College of Arts and Science; earned the Honors Certificate
  
• David Ellenberger, senior, Branson, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淒etermining How Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy May Affect the Mother and Offspring鈥�
  Major: Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, pursuing the Honors Certificate
  
• Emma McDougal, senior, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淭uning Peptide Amphiphile Micelle Properties for Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery Applications鈥�
  Major: Chemical engineering, College of Engineering, pursuing the Honors Certificate
  
• Benjamin Peter, junior, Kirkwood, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淚ncreasing Power Grid Security Using Machine Learning鈥�
  Major: Electrical engineering, College of Engineering, pursuing the Honors Certificate
  
• Nora Pryor, junior, Lake Saint Louis, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淒evelopment of Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals Using Tc-99m and Re-186 to Diagnose and Treat Cancer鈥�
  Major: Chemistry, College of Arts and Science, pursuing the Honors Certificate
  
• Sydney Turner, senior, Jackson, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淭he Power of Visibility in Virtual Communication鈥�
  Major: Speech, language and hearing science, College of Health Sciences, pursuing the Honors Certificate
  
• Jaron VanHouden, senior, Oldfield, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淔rom Classroom to Community: The Role of Mentor Teachers in Supporting Missouri's Preservice Agricultural Educators鈥�
  Major: Agricultural education, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
  
• Izaiah Vasseur, senior, O鈥橣allon, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淢achine Learning in Automated Oxygen Delivery to Neonate Babies鈥�
  Major: Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, pursuing the Honors Certificate
  
• Chloe Velcheck, senior, O鈥橣allon, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淚mproving Veteran Well-being: How Sleep Therapy Could Reduce PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Alcohol Use Disorder鈥�
  Major: Biological sciences, College of Arts and Science
  
• Ruth Williamson, senior, Raytown, Missouri
  Project: 鈥淎 Breath of Fresh Air: Comparing Health Promoting Compounds Between a Forest and a City Through the Lens of Forest Bathing鈥�
  Major: Plant sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources