Abstracts from the 23rd Annual Conference
Adun, EseogheneDESIGNING NANOCONJUGATES TO EFFECTIVELY TARGET PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
Bao, Jennifer
BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF CYCLIZED CYSTINE KNOT PEPTIDES TARGETING HUMAN MELANOCORTIN RECEPTORS
Barcelo, Bianca
E-CADHERIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TURNOVER MAY BE REGULATED BY UBIQUITINATION AND NOT P120-CATENIN BINDING
Begay, Rene
REGULATION OF THE KISSPEPTIN SYSTEM IN GNRH-DEFICIENT ADULT TRANSGENIC ANIMALS
Bischoff, Christina
THE ROLE OF MENINGEAL TRPM8 IN MIGRAINE HEADACHE
Bondy, Elizabeth
RICKETTSIA EFFECTS ON HEAT TOLERANCE IN BEMISIA TABACI
Bowman, Bradley
FE3O4@TIO2 NANOPARTICLE NUCLEAR INTERNALIZATION AND ITS THERANOSTIC PROPERTIES IN CANCER
Brettner, Leandra
PREADAPTATION AS ASSESSED BY THE AGGREGATION PROPENSITY OF NOVEL UNANNOTATED MRNA TRANSCRIPTS
Brown, Austin
EVALUATING CARBAMAZEPINE AND BISPHENOL-A AFFINITY FOR DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER VIA DIALYSIS EXPERIMENTS
Cai, Alice
OPIOID AND NON-OPIOID ACTIONS OF DYNORPHIN A ON SPINAL WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE NEURONS
Cai, Wesley
PENTOXIFYLLINE INITIATES GSK-3B-INDUCED PROTEOSOMAL DEGRADATION OF CYCLIN D1 AND ARRESTS RENAL CANCER CELLS IN THE G1 PHASE
chai, kevin
MONITORING CALCIUM ACTIVITY IN THE ANTENNAL LOBE OF THE MUSTARD-PLANT SPECIALIST SCAPTOMYZA FLAVA.
Chopra, Harsharon
SCHWANN CELLS PROMOTE TUMOR CELL INVASION THROUGH REGULATION OF THE LAMININ RECEPTOR A6B1
Cochran, Alicia
EXTRACELLULAR TRAPPING OF BACILLUS SPP. BY PLANT CELLS: BIOFILMS OR BORDER PATROL?
Conley, Zachary
VISUALIZATION OF FERRITIN IN ANOPHELES GAMBIAE 4A3B CELLS
Crouse-Matlock, Sharon
PHONETIC INVENTORY ELICITATION IN BILINGUAL CHILDREN: WHAT TOYS ARE BEST?
Daudfar, Syna
PAIN RELIEF ACTIVATES THE MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINE REWARD PATHWAY
Davis, Amanda
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF HISTIDINE 90 IN THE FUNCTION OF HUMAN SULFITE OXIDASE
DeHaven, Mary
NEMATODE-BACTERIUM MUTUALISM: A STUDY ON SYMBIONT SPECIFICITY
Diggins, Nicklaus
A MEDIAL CONDYLE SURFACE REPLACEMENT SCAFFOLD UTILIZING BIOMIMETIC TRABECULATED PEGS TO ACCELERATE BONE INGROWTH
Eddie, Rachelle
BINDING OF CD47 AND VEGFR2 ASSOCIATED WITH ANGIOGENESIS
Edelman Vogelsang, Kimberly
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEXES
Ettling, Alexandria
CHARACTERIZING THE CELLULAR DYNAMICS OF ARTHROPOD POSTERIOR GROWTH ZONE DEVELOPMENT
Faridian, Martin
INHIBITION OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN VIA DYNORPHIN ANALOG LYS 1044
Ferng, Jonathan
THE INFLUENCE OF ADVANCED AGE ON NOVELTY DETECTION
Friel, Jacqueline
THE EFFECTS OF INTERRUPTING AND DISTRACTING STIMULI ON WORKING MEMORY
Gereke, Brian
SEX DIFFERENCES IN RODENT OPTIMAL SPATIAL NAVIGATION: INFLUENCES OF OBJECT CUES IN THE TRAVELING SALESPERSON PROBLEM
Goldberg, Shelley
ALTERED RENAL EFFLUX TRANSPORTER EXPRESSION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF NAFLD
Gomez, Bree
HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF RICKETTSIA IN WHITEFLIES
Gordon, Emile
CONFORMATIONAL SWITCH MUTATIONS IN THE ΦX174 INTERNAL SCAFFOLDING PROTEIN
Harper, Jaclyn
COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE DIFFUSION TO DETERMINE TRANSPORT OF HOCT2 INHIBITORS
Hart, Madeline
ALTERED OLIGOMERIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANTI-DIABETIC HORMONE ADIPONECTIN
Hogan, Joanna
INVESTIGATION OF NOVEL ENDOMORPHIN ANALOGUES AS POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO MORPHINE
Jandu, Arvinder
DIFFERENTIAL WNT SIGNALING IN DLD-1 COLORECTAL CANCER CELLS AND DERIVED STEM CELLS
Jemmett, Jessica
FGF/ETS TARGET GENES IN CIONA INTESTINALIS HEART CELL SPECIFICATION
Jones, Theo
THE EFFECT OF HONEYBEE COLONY SIZE ON FORAGING EFFORT
Jones-Weinert, Colin
THE ROLE OF LASP-2 IN FOCAL ADHESIONS
Kang, Feel
CLONING AND PURIFICATION OF SOLUBLE GUANYLATE CYCLASE FROM MANDUCA SEXTA
Kishi, Patrick
HISTOLOGY AND HISTOMORPHOMETRY OF K9 TISSUE ENGINEERED CARTILAGE
Kojs, Pawel
CURCUMIN REDUCES CORTACTIN EXPRESSION IN HUMAN COLON CANCER CELLS
Langston, Rachel
EFFECTS OF MILTON-A OVEREXPRESSION ON MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSPORT IN MOTOR NEURONS
Le, Larry
ACTIVATION OF TRPA1 ON DURAL AFFERENTS: A POTENTIAL MECHANISM OF HEADACHE PAIN
Lee, Si Woo
SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTOR NEURON PROCESSES AND NEUROPIL GLIAL PROCESSES
Levy, Amanda
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GLIAL NETWORK IN THE SORTING ZONE OF THE MOTH OLFACTORY PATHWAY
Li, Frank
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF BCL-2 PROMOTER G-QUADRUPLEX FORMATION ON PROTEIN EXPRESSION
Li, Younan
ANALYSIS OF ENHANCERS OF ETS1/2 TARGET GENES IN THE BASAL CHORDATE CIONA INTESTINALIS
Liu, Natalie
MODELING CELL CYCLE EFFECTS OF HUMAN 14-3-3 TUMOR PROMOTING PROTEINS IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
Loomis, Kayla
RESPONSES OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURON GROWTH CONES TO GLIAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS
Lopez, Robert
SCLEROSTIN: UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING AGE-RELATED BONE LOSS
Lucero, Miles
COMBINING MULTI-COMPONENT BEHAVIOR THERAPY WITH RTAMELTEON FOR CHRONIC INSOMNIA: A CLINICAL TRIAL
Luois, Samantha
SUBMICRON DECAFLUOROBUTANE PHASE-CHANGE CONTRAST AGENTS GENERATED BY MICROBUBBLE CONDENSATION
Ma, Andrew
DIRECT DETECTION OF DNA METHYLATION USING SPLIT-PROTEIN SENSORS
Mathieu, Wana
DISSECTION OF THE GENETIC EVENTS ON CHROMOSOME 9P IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME
McAllister, Brandon
THE ROLE OF APOLIPOPROTEIN E IN THE PATHOLOGY OF PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN
McCracken, Katherine
NANOSCALE PATTERNING AND SHEAR STRESS FOR GUIDED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH
McMullen, John
ASSESSING INTERACTION BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INSECTICIDES
Minta, Akua
COMBINING TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS AND RNAI TO CHARACTERIZE MAIZE NUCELLUS AND ENDOSPERM, THE MAJOR TISSUES IN EARLY KERNEL DEVELOPMENT
Mitchell, Jennifer
THE EFFECT OF GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 (GLP-1) ON NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION IN HT1080 FIBROSARCOMA CELLS
Moore, Jillian
THE AGOUTI LOCUS AND ADAPTIVE PIGMENTATION IN A POPULATION OF ROCK POCKET MICE
Negelspach, Melissa
EXTRACELLULAR TRAPPING OF BACILLUS BY PLANT CELLS
O'Neil, Lauren
PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY GENE, PAK3 (P21-ACTIVATED KINASE 3), IN THE DROSOPHILA GENETIC SYSTEM
Ozumerzifon, Tarik
SYNTHESIS OF A NOVEL REDOX-ACTIVATED MRI CONTRAST AGENT
Peralta, Karen
ADVANCED CENTRAL EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN BILINGUAL CHILDREN: EVIDENCE FROM THE STROOP TASK
Pierce, Clay
Environmental Humidity Effects on M. Sexta Foraging Behavior
Quiroz, Jose
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN BISPHENOL A INDUCES INSULIN RESISTANCE
Quiroz, Marisela Moreno
RESEARCH PROVIDING FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
Redhair, Michelle
HEPATITIS B VIRUS: PURIFICATION AND CAPSID ASSEMBLY
Regan, Jessica
REDUCED LENGTH-DEPENDENT ACTIVATION IN HUMAN CARDIOMYOCYTES HARBOURING THE CARDIAC TROPONIN I MUTATION R145W
Sandoval, Juan
FLYING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: EFFECT OF TOPICAL PROTEIN MARKS ON LADY BEETLE FLIGHT BEHAVIOR.
Santos, Fernando
THE SERINE KINASE C-JUN N-TERMINAL KINASE (JNK) CONTRIBUTES TO OXIDANT-INDUCED INSULIN RESISTANCE IN RAT SKELETAL MUSCLE
Sayre, Marcel
A GLIAL DEFECT IN THE VISUAL PATHWAY OF DROSOPHILA
Schlegel, Angela
A YEAST-TWO HYBRID SCREEN AGAINST HPV16 CAPSID PROTEINS INDICATES DYNACTIN 6 IS A POTENTIAL CELLULAR FACTOR INVOLVED IN HPV16 INFECTION
Sepulveda, Jennifer
CHARACTERIZATION OF A GENE TARGETED BY MITOCHONDRIAL RETROGRADE REGULATION IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
Shi, Jinglu
THE ROLE OF IRON IN THE FORMATION OF ARSENIC INDUCED REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES
Starobinska, Ella
INVASION AND MATRIX DEGRADATION IN CANCER
Strautman, Stephanie
NOVEL COORDINATION OF LAMININ CELL ADHESION RECEPTORS IN HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER
Suarez-Berumen, Marcela
DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF CYCLASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2 (CAP2) IN ACTIN-THIN FILAMENT DYNAMICS IN STRIATED MUSCLE
Troup, Daniel
CHANGES IN STAT-3, TMPRS11A, IRF-1, AND MKP-1 PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN HUMAN UROTHELIAL CELLS EXPOSED TO LOW-LEVEL MONOMETHYLARSONOUS ACID.
Upchurch, Cameron
ROLE OF CUP-8 AND CUP-9 IN THE ENDOCYTIC PATHWAY, WITH RELATION TO IMERSLUND-GRASBECK SYNDROME
Vargas, Juan
INVESTIGATING CORTICAL LAMINATION IN DYX1C1 FOREBRAIN CONDITIONAL KNOCKOUT MOUSE
Vermont, Alexander
DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPRIONATE (DMSP) RELEASE DURING MESOZOOPLANKTON GRAZING: A GRAZING DETERRENT?
Viator, Sara
INFANTS CAN USE A NEWLY LEARNED OBJECT CATEGORY FOR SCENE SEGREGATION
Williamson, Alexa
USING OCT/LIF TO DETERMINE BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT CONDUITS
Wilson, Janice
MEASUREMENT OF ALKALI-LABILE SITES IN PLASMID DNA EXPOSED TO URANYL ACETATE
Xiong, Monica
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF COLUMNARITY IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF YOUNG AND AGED FISCHER 344 RATS: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN BRAIN STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE ON COGNITIVE TASKS
Young, Gavin
EXPRESSION LEVELS OF 14-3-3 PROTEINS IN HUMAN ADENOCARCINOMAS
Yu, Lily
DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF THE INTERACTION OF FXR1 WITH STRESS GRANULES AND PROCESSING BODIES
