Hadya
Sadat
Sponsor: Javier Arbona-Homar, Ph.D. Department Of Design Minimalism is a staple in mainstream design practice, and despite being monetarily successful in fields like UX and graphic design, there is a common intuition among audiences of a distaste for minimalism as an aesthetic. Maximalism has been used as a reactionary movement to the prevalence of minimalism, with people often claiming minimalism to feel too sterile/corporate. Critical of the potential contradictions of maximalism's overconsumptive implications, I began to inquire into this audience reaction. This research serves as an investigation of why people embrace or disapprove of certain aesthetics and how this is potentially socially constructed, challenging the idea of intrinsic aesthetics. I used ethnography, interviews, and archival research as my methodology. Findings indicate that aesthetics can be socially constructed, people may use maximalism as a way to hold on to items rather than to consume more, minimalism as it is now has problematic institutional motives in carcerality and discipline, and any aesthetic can be appropriated for capitalist gain or interest. Findings call for the rejection of the moralization of aesthetics under capitalism as well as the driving historical and cultural factors that impact aesthetics. Spatial distribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization in Tomato Roots
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhance plant nutrient uptake in exchange for carbon. As biotrophs, AMF must be studied within colonized root cells, yet colonization can be patchy across a root system. Therefore, identifying highly colonized regions can improve downstream cell and tissue specific analyses (for example, spatial transcriptomics). In this study, tomato roots were used to compare AMF colonization between the rootward (tip) and shootward regions of the root. Root samples were cleared with potassium hydroxide (KOH), acidified with acetic acid, and stained with ink to visualize fungal structures. Stained root cross sections were mounted on slides and examined microscopically to assess colonization scored by the presence of hyphae, arbuscules and vesicles. Microscopic analysis revealed similar levels of AMF colonization between the rootward and shootward regions of the roots. These findings suggest that AMF colonization may be relatively uniform along the root axis in tomato plants under our growth conditions. This study is limited to shootward versus rootward (tip) regions of the root and does not address whether colonisation differs by root type. These data sets will guide spatially informed sampling for experimental assays and may inform agriculture strategies that maximize mycorrhizal benefits for nutrient uptake and crop productivity. Bandari Music: Sexualization, Race, and Marginalization of Southern Iranian Culture Elina Sadeghian
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UC Davis / Plant Biology / 2026
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