Concurrent Oral Presentations (Friedman Hall – Multiple Rooms)

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Friedman Hall Rooms

Discipline/Topic Time Slot Title Presenter
Cancer Biology 10:15 – 10:30 AM Dual Mitophagy Effector and Cell Death Mediator BNIP3 Degradation via Secretory Pathway to Evade Cell Death Jose Delgado, Graduate Student, Dartmouth College
Room: Friedman Hall 102 10:30 – 10:45 AM ZIP11 regulates nuclear zinc homeostasis in HeLa cells and is required for proliferation and establishment of the carcinogenic phenotype Teresita Padilla-Benavides, PhD  Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University
10:45 – 11:00 AM The role of NF-κB signaling in mediating treatment responses and ovarian pathology in triple negative breast cancer Payton De La Cruz, MS, Graduate Student, Brown University
11:00 – 11:15 AM Characterizing an IL-6 induced PIM1 Expression Pathway in Renal Cell Carcinoma Kimberly S. Meza, Graduate Student, Brown University
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry 10:15 – 10:30 AM X Marks the Spot: Targeting Dosage Compensation to the X chromosome Joseph Aguilera, Graduate Student, Brown University
Room: Friedman Hall 108 10:30 – 10:45 AM Challenging traditional cell fate decisions during coronary artery development Pamela E. Rios Coronado, Graduate Student, Stanford University
10:45 – 11:00 AM Surviving Climate Change: Why Improved Pollen Tube Performance is key in the Fight for Food Security in a Warmer World Sorel Ouonkap Yimga, Graduate Student, Brown University
11:00 – 11:15 AM Conformational changes of molecular chaperone BiP via interaction with ERdJ3 J-domain Van Nguyen, Undergraduate Student, Brandeis University
Physical Sciences 10:15 – 10:30 AM Controlled Release of Molecular Intercalants in Graphene Oxide Films: Edge and Basal-Plane-Specific Kinetics of Planar, 1D Wrinkled, and 2D Crumpled Nanochannels Deisy Carvalho Fernandes, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University
Room: Friedman Hall 201 10:30 – 10:45 AM Microfluidic electrophoresis mediated characterization of Adeno-Associated Virus in terms of full and empty capsids Adriana Coll De Peña, Graduate Student, Brown University
10:45 – 11:00 AM Resonant x-ray studies in new generation Kitaev honeycomb iridates Alberto De la Torre Duran, PhD  Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University
11:00 – 11:15 AM Fluid mechanics approach to analyzing collagen fiber organization Adriana Carola Salazar, Graduate Student, Brown University
Pathobiology 10:15 – 10:30 AM Application of Inner Ear Gene Therapy to USH1B Samantha Lau, Research Fellow, NIDCD; National Institutes of Health
Room: Friedman Hall 202 10:45 – 11:00 AM Genetic Diversity, Prevalence and Incidence of an Invasive Fungus in Puerto Rico: Coleosporium plumeriae Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa, Graduate Student, Brown University
11:00 – 11:15 AM Whole proteome differential screening identifies helminth defense molecule as novel schistosomiasis japonica vaccine candidate Amanda Elyssa Ruiz, Graduate Student, Brown University
Microbiology, Immunology, and Enviornmental Sciences 10:15 – 10:30 AM Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteriophages for Incorporation Into Hydrogel Drug Delivery Systems Alison Veintimilla, MS, Graduate Student, Brown University
Room: Friedman Hall 208 10:30 – 10:45 AM The Integration of Sensory Motor Systems for Host Localization in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Gabriella Reynolds, Undergraduate Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
10:45 – 11:00 AM Anti-virus defense is conferred by a mobile genetic element in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis Christian Loyo, Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:00 – 11:15 AM Sticky Roots Change Rhizodeposition Quality and Quantity Leading to Variable Disruption of Mineral-Organic Associations Mariela Garcia Arredondo, Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Neuroscience and Public Health 10:15 – 10:30 AM Employing Connectome-based Models to Predict Transdiagnostic Social Impairments in Childhood Violet Kimble, Graduate Student, Yale University
Room: Friedman Hall 101 10:30 – 10:45 AM Recognizing Patient’s Perceptions of Healthcare: A Cross-Comparison of the United States’ Healthcare System and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) Christefano Semilia, Undergraduate Student, Northeastern University
10:45 – 11:00 AM Neurodevelopmental role of a tRNA methyltransferase implicated in intellectual disability Kimberly Rose Madhwani, Graduate Student, Brown University
11:00 – 11:15 AM Characterization of Oligodendroglial Lineage Cells in Three-Dimensional (3D) Neural Cortical Spheroids Alex Del Toro, Graduate Student, Brown University