Research Day Sessions

Tuesday, February 26

MASTER’S SESSION 1, ROOM A -- HUC Great Hall
Arts & Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

1:00

Christel Carlisle

Anthropology

 

Archaeology after the field: Appreciating and restoring the University of
Alabama at Birmingham's collection

1:15

Anthony Campbell

Sociology

 

Health-related Content of Black Megachurch Websites in the Southeastern U.S.

1:30

Sherrie Alexander

Anthropology

 

Halal in Context: A Reconciliation of Muslim Food Practices and Animal Welfare in Islam

1:45

Alexa Hayes

Art History

 

Gaze, Interrupted: The Black Cat and the Changing Woman in Cecilia Beaux’s Sita and Sarita

2:00

Stephanie Cardwell

Criminal Justice

 

Containment Theory: Accounting for Gender Differences in Delinquency

2:15

BREAK

 

 

 

2:30

Ashley Wilson

Anthropology

 

Inherited Conditions: Examination of African American health in
relation to traditional diet.

2:45

Jennifer Harrell

Public Administration

 

The Bus Transit System  in Birmingham: A Rider’s Approach

3:00

Joanna Wilson

Art History

 

The Bear and the Tiger: Decoding attitudes and anxieties towards nature through A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh in post-WWI Britain

3:15

Brian Nichols

Anthropology

 

The Usefulness of the Josselyn Collection

3:15

Laura Missildine

Secondary Education/ English Language Arts

 

For Teachers, By Teachers: A Case Study on the Effectiveness of the Teacher Preparation Experience

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Tuesday, February 26

MASTER’S SESSION 2, ROOM B -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

12:30

Drew Gann

Biology

 

Comparison of the Lenstar Optical Biometer and A-scan Ultrasonography to Measure Ocular Component Dimensions in Tree Shrews

12:45

Trenika Madden

Biomedical Engineering

 

Intramural Electrical Uncoupling during Long Duration Ventricular Fibrillation in Rabbit

1:00

Lacey Dennis

Biology

 

EFFECTS OF FEED QUALITY AND QUANTITY ON SEA URCHIN SCAT

1:15

My-Tho Karin Tran

Vision Science

 

Luminex bead-based assay measurement of human tear Interferon Gamma-inducible Protein 10 (IP-10) and Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is supported by tear mass spectrometry and conjunctival epithelial cell gene expression

1:30

BREAK

 

 

 

1:45

Carol Harden

Biology

 

 Alterations in the induction of muscarinic M1 receptor dependent long-term  depression in juvenile versus adult rats

2:00

Tamara Wilson

Nutrition Sciences

 

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OBESITY, NF-KB AND THE PROGRESSION OF ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASIA

2:15

Carnella Lee

Biology

 

Growth characteristics of breast cancer stem cells in vitro and in vivo

2:30

Shashank Godbole

Dental Biomaterials

 

Polymerization Shrinkage Strain Produced By Composite Resins

2:45

Hyunmin Koo

Biology

 

Microbial responses to MC252 in Gulf of Mexico sediments using bTEFAP and Bioinformatics tools

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Tuesday, February 26

MASTER’S SESSION 3, ROOM C -- HUC Great Hall
Public Health and Engineering

TIME

NAME

AREA

12:30

Lauren Bailey

Genetic Counseling

 

Metabolic Tutorial for Healthcare Professionals

12:45

Allie Norse

Genetic Counseling

 

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patient User Manual

1:00

John Patrick Donnelly

Epidemiology

 

Trends in antibiotic utilization for acute respiratory tract infections in US Emergency Departments, 2001-2010

1:15

Dana Hollenbeck

Genetic Counseling

 

Contribution of Family History on Incidence of Spina Bifida

1:30

BREAK

 

 

 

1:45

Theresa Lee Bayush

Materials Engineering

 

Biocomposite Material Evaluation and Processing for Automotive Interior Components

2:00

Lisa Bush

Genetic Counseling

 

Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Risks in an Alabama Population

2:15

Jessica Johnson

Genetic Counseling

 

How to Develop an Educational Tool on Hereditary Breast Cancer for Minorities

2:30

Abena Afriyie

Epidemiology

 

Association between Aflatoxin Biomarker Levels and Liver Disease/Cancer in Ghana

2:45

Geoffrey Beek

Genetic Counseling

 

Patient Experience with Exome Sequencing

3:00

Courtney Phillips Williams

Public Health

 

Transition education for adolescent sickle cell anemia patients

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Tuesday, February 26

ROOM D -- HUC Great Hall
Ireland and PREP Scholars

TIME

NAME

AREA

12:00

Courtney Fernandez

PREP Scholar

 

Correcting the Folding Defect of ΔF508 CFTR using Pharmaceutical Chaperones

12:15

Danielle Hill

PREP Scholar

 

Racial and Gender Differences in Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use

12:30

Kevin Henson

PREP Scholar

 

Functional Imaging Methods to Assess Temporal Conditioning in Humans

12:45

Adrienne McMorris

PREP Scholar

 

THE EFFECT OF NECTIN-1 EXPRESSION ON ONCOLYTIC HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS-1 REPLICATION IN MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS

1:00

Octavio Oliva

PREP Scholar

 

Corexit-EC9500A Instigates Cell Detachment, Anoikis and Necrosis in the Bronchial Epithelium of the Airway

1:15

Marcela Rodriguez

PREP Scholar

 

Susceptibility Of Human Papilloma Virus-associated Head And Neck Cancers To Combination EGFR And PARP Inhibition

1:30

Luis Mejia-Garcia

PREP Scholar

 

A Novel Three-Dimensional Cotton Ball-like Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold

1:45

BREAK

 

 

 

2:00

Diana Contreras

PREP Scholar

 

Role of Inflammatory Th-17 Cells in a Mouse Model of Colitis

2:15

LaDerica McNairy

PREP Scholar

 

Identification and analysis of novel genetic interactors with the ciliary transition zone protein nphp-4 via an enhancer mutagenesis screen

2:30

Jennifer Hadley

Ireland Scholar

 

Pre-treatment resting-state fMRI predicts antipsychotic drug response in
patients with schizophrenia

2:45

BREAK

 

 

 

3:00

David Scott

Ireland Scholar

 

Characterization of a high-mannose ICAM-1 glycoform on activated endothelial cells

3:15

Lesley McCollum

Ireland Scholar

 

Ultrastructural characterization of tyrosine hydroxylase in the nucleus accumbens core and shell of the tree shrew

3:30

Beth Hunter

Ireland Scholar

 

The Enduring Legacy of Subsistence Homesteads in Alabama and Tennessee

3:30

Greg Hoeker

Ireland Scholar

 

Sex differences in beta-adrenergic responsiveness of rabbit hearts

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 4, ROOM A -- HUC Great Hall
Mathematics and Computer & Information Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

9:00

Himel Mallick

Biostatistics

 

The Bayesian Adaptive Bridge

9:15

Shams Zawoad

Computer & Information Sciences

 

Secure Logging-as-a-Service for Cloud Forensics

9:30

Jacob Chapman

Applied Mathematics

 

Positivity of Lyapunov Exponents and a Thouless Formula for an Anderson-Type
Model

9:45

Samantha Seals

Biostatistics

 

Evaluating the Use of Spatial Covariance Structures in the Analysis of Cardiovascular Imaging Data

10:00

BREAK

 

 

 

10:15

Sagar Thapaliya

Computer & Information Sciences

 

Towards consolidated compute/storage system in HPC platform

10:30

Guoqia Wang

Biostatistics

 

The Impact of the Baseline EDSS on Power and Sample Size in Secondary Progressive MS

10:45

Upendra Sapkota

Computer & Information Sciences

 

Authorship Attribution of Very Short Texts Using LInguistic Sub-Profiles

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 5, ROOM B -- HUC Great Hall
Physical Science & Engineering

TIME

NAME

AREA

8:30

Didarul Bhuiyan

Biomedical Engineering

 

Fabrication of nano-hydroxyapatite(nHAP)-g-poly(lactide-co-glycolide)-g-collagen polymer for tissue engineering scaffolds

8:45

Justin Martin

Chemistry

 

Synthesis, Characterization and the Thermal Isomerization Mechanism of a Series of Trans Octahedral Molybdenum(0) Complexes and Their Potential to Form Heterobimetallic Complexes

9:00

Cheng Zhong

Civil Engineering

 

Integrating Travel Time Data into a Regional Transportation Data Center Structure
And Predicting Travel Time Reliability

9:15

Ryan Stafford

Chemistry

 

Investigating the Nucleotide-Linked Assembly of E. coli ClpA Using Steady-State Tryptophan Fluorescence Enhancement

9:30

Dana Lackey

Environmental Engineering

 

Experimental Investigation using Sensors to Monitor Contaminant Concentration in Storm Drains – Preliminary Risk Assessment

9:45

Jennifer Prado

Chemistry

 

Activation energies of water vaporization from the bulk and from laponite, montmorillonite, and chitosan powders

10:00

BREAK

 

 

 

10:15

Jerry Higgs

Interdisciplinary Engineering

 

A Collaborative Social Computing Model for Transdisciplinary Problem Solving

10:30

Tao Li

Chemistry

 

Mechanism of Protein Disaggregation Catalyzed by E. coli ClpB

10:45

Qiushi Wang

Materials Engineering

 

Fiber Content Measurement for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites

11:00

Xing Liang

Polymer Chemistry

 

Thermoresponsive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) hydrogels as nanothin films and shaped capsules

11:15

Michael Hannon

Interdisciplinary Engineering

 

Sensitivity Analyses of a Fully Immersed Pressure-pulse Decay Experiment on Cylindrical Samples of Layered Porous Media

11:30

Elizabeth Duran

Chemistry

 

Examination of the thermodynamic mechanism for E. coli ClpAP assembly

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 6, ROOM C -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

9:00

Benjamin Owusu

Biochemistry & Structural Biology

 

Potential Role for 8-Nitroguanosine- 3', 5'- cyclic monophosphate in
Nitrite-mediated Hypoxic Signaling

9:15

Dong-Jin Lim

Biomedical Engineering

 

A Biomimetic Nanomatrix Gel for Improving Islet Function and Viability

9:30

Vedrana Bali

Cell Biology

 

The Unfolded Protein Response Mediated Protein Trafficking Pathways of deltaF508 Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator

9:45

Stephanie Easter

Cell Biology

 

TGF-beta and Wnt5a Regulate Mammary Stem and Progenitor Cells by Antagonism of Canonical Wnt Signaling

10:00

Timothy Rohrbach

Immunology

 

Macrophage influencing lung cancer cell line proliferation and migration

10:15

Jana Drummond

Neuroscience

 

Altered transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory protein (TARP) expression in schizophrenia

10:30

BREAK

 

 

 

10:45

Jack Heath

Molecular & Cellular Pathology

 

Increased O-GlcNAc Modification Induces Vascular Calcification By Activation
of AKT

11:00

Kimberly Thomas

Microbiology

 

TLT2: Expression and Function in the Immune System

11:15

Matthew Schultz

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

Expression of the sialyltransferase ST6Gal-I contributes to cisplatin resistance in tumor cells

11:30

Li He

Vision Science

 

Bidirectional Gene Expression in Tree Shrew Choroid during Lens-Induced Myopia and Recovery

11:45

Frankie Heyward

Neuroscience

 

Diet-induced obesity in adult mice is associated with impaired hippocampus-dependent spatial memory and reduced hippocampal Sirt1 gene expression

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 7, ROOM D -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

8:30

Lauren Hablitz

Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology

 

G-protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying potassium channels (GIRK) regulate circadian behavior and decrease excitability of the SCN

8:45

Jonathan Huang

Biology

 

Using next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics to elucidate the microbial diversity and function found in microbialites from a perennially ice covered Lake Joyce in McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica.

9:00

Lurong Pan

Chemistry

 

DFT of the Structure and Energetics of Zinc(II) Coordination in Amyloid-β Peptide Model Complexes: Implications for Oligomerization

9:15

Tahseen Nasti

Immunology

 

Novel role of IL-23 in suppression of melanoma development in C3H/HeN mice

9:30

Monicka Wielgos

Cancer Biology

 

DNA repair independent susceptibility of HER2+ breast cancers to poly(ADPribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition

9:45

BREAK

 

 

 

10:00

Ryan Stapley

Pathology

 

The effects of red blood cell age on nitric oxide and nitrite-dependent signaling: implications for transfusion related toxicity

10:15

Wei Zhang

Nutrition Sciences

 

The nutrient sensor TRIB3 is regulated as a function of time-of-day in metabolically active tissues: Influence of the Cardiac Circadian Clock

10:30

Heather Minkel

Neuroscience

 

Dysregulation of glutamate and potassium homeostasis in an Alexander Disease mouse model

10:45

Leland Black

Microbiology

 

High-Density Lipoprotein-mediated modulation of autoimmunity in normolipidemic Lupus-prone mice

11:00

Aurthur VanValkenburg

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

Analysis of Redox Dependant HSH2 Regulation

11:15

Sinifunanya Nwaobi

Neurobiology

 

Epigenetic Regulation of Astrocytic Kir4.1 following Spinal Cord Injury

11:30

Kyle Fraser

Neuroscience

 

Parkinson’s Disease Associated Protein LRRK2 Secretion in Exosomes is Regulated by 14-3-3

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 8, ROOM A -- HUC Great Hall
Public Health and Social & Behavioral Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

12:00

Tara Davis

Epidemiology

 

How and Where Teens Search Online for Sexual Health Information

12:15

Fangjian Guo

Nutrition Sciences

 

A better body adiposity index for CHD risk

12:30

Brandon George

Biostatistics

 

Cause-Specific Survival Analysis of Hospital Length of Stay in Octogenarian Heart Failure Patients

12:45

William Neumeier

Developmental Psychology

 

State-wide Survey of Physical Activity Participation by Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

1:00

BREAK

 

 

 

1:15

Kenneth Kell

Nutrition Sciences

 

Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Dietary Patterns in the REGARDS Study Population

1:30

Josué Patien Epané

Health Services Administration

 

Hospitalists and Hospitals’ Efficiency: A Longitudinal Analysis 2007-2009

1:45

Asundep Ntui

Epidemiology

 

Effect of malaria and helminths co-infection on pregnancy outcomes among pregnant women in Kumasi, Ghana

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 9, ROOM B -- HUC Great Hall

Physical Science & Engineering

TIME

NAME

AREA

12:30

Justin Miller

Chemistry

 

Effect of ATP on ClpAP Catalyzed Polypeptide Translocation

12:45

Shrikanth Mamidipalli

Civil Engineering

 

MODELING PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE INTERACTION AT UN-SIGNALIZED MIDBLOCK CROSSWALKS

1:00

Amanda Plain

Chemistry

 

Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Apolipoprotein A-I Peptide Mimetic 4F
Double Belt vs. Picket Fence

1:15

Adinarayana Andukuri

Biomedical Engineering

 

A Bioinspired, Multifunctional Nanomatrix for Cardiovascular Applications

1:30

Su Xu

Chemistry

 

Total synthesis of Calothrixins A and B

1:45

Travis Hull

Immunology

 

Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression Protects the Heart from Cre-Mediated Toxicity

2:00

BREAK

 

 

 

2:15

Peter Barknecht

Materials Engineering

 

Liquid-molded nylon-6 composites: an exciting new family of high performance materials

2:30

Jiabei Lin

Chemistry

 

Thermodynamic and hydrodynamic examination on ClpB assembly

2:45

Melike Dizbay-Onat

Interdisciplinary Engineering

 

NATURAL FIBER DERIVED ACTIVATED CARBONS

3:00

Yun Wang

Polymer Chemistry

 

pH-responsive nano-thin flim as a switch for surface wettability

3:15

Carrie Schindler

Materials Engineering

 

Fabrication and characterization of functionalized tissue engineering polymer systems using dip-pen nanolithography

3:30

Shilpa Dutta

Chemistry

 

Targeting Voltage Gated Sodium Channels for Breast Cancer Metastasis Prevention Therapy

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 10, ROOM C -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

1:00

Saranya Ravi

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

LPS Mediated Bioenergetic Dysfunction and Deregulation of Autophagy in Macrophages

1:15

John Bradley

Vision Science

 

Using conjunctival gene expression patterns to better differentiate between dry eye types

1:30

Ian McWilliams

Immunology

 

STAT4 is dispensable for Th17 generation but essential for accumulation of pathogenic CD4 T cells in the CNS during EAE.

1:45

Marci Smith

Behavioral Neuroscience

 

Acetylcholine receptors in the retinas of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mouse.

2:00

Jada Hallengren

Neuroscience

 

Usp14’s ubiquitin-hydrolase activity is required for intact structure and function of the neuromuscular junction

2:15

Haley Echlin

Microbiology

 

Two Glycosylation-Associated Proteins Protect the Third Protein from Degradation
through Interaction with a Peptidase System in Streptococcus parasanguinis

2:30

BREAK

 

 

 

2:45

Joseph Daft

Pathology

 

ntibodies to CBir1 flagellin may modulate the development of Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD mouse

3:00

Ashish Kurundkar

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

CYR61 may mediate non-resolving fibrosis with aging

3:15

Ruth McDowellren

Biology

 

Reactive oxygen species and the macroalgal wound response

3:30

Jun Chen

Chemistry

 

Biocompatible Microparticles of Various Shapes Made from Ultrathin Polymer Capsules

3:45

Angelina Londono-Joshi

Molecular & Cellular Pathology

 

Enhanced Anticancer Effect of the Combination of Niclosamide and Anti-DR5 in Basal-like Breast Cancers

 

 

 

 

 

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Wednesday, February 27

DOCTORAL SESSION 11, ROOM D -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

12:30

Sarah Mollo

Cell Biology

 

Temporal requirement for B cells in CD4 T cell responses.

12:45

David Robbins

Computer Engineering

 

A Self-Updated Roadmap of The Cancer Genome Atlas

1:00

Philip Kramer

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

Mechanisms of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Pericardial Fluid of Post-operative Cardiac Surgery Patients

1:15

Jocelyn Hauser

Microbiology

 

Modulation of Capsule Production in Streptococcus pneumoniae by SpxB and Hydrogen peroxide

1:30

Nan Li

Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

 

Sulindac selectively inhibits colon tumor cell growth by activating the cGMP/PKG pathway to suppress Wnt/β-catenin signaling

1:45

Nathan Bowers

Immunology

 

Neutrophils with the phenotype of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) mediate immune suppression in HIV-1 infection

2:00

BREAK

 

 

 

2:15

Kurt Zimmerman

Pathology

 

ER stress and fibrotic disease: is calreticulin the link?

2:30

Natalie Wilson

Nursing

 

Exploring Symptom Clusters Indicating Possible HIV Related Bowel Dysfunction and Subsequent Chronic Inflammation

2:45

Cara Schafer

Cancer Biology

 

Targeting regulatory myeloid cell pathways to enhance long-term anti-tumor immunity

3:00

Hongyi Yang

Chemistry

 

Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Alpha-Synuclein Tetramers in a Water Box

3:15

Stephanie Wall

Molecular & Cellular Pathology

 

Modification of Rac1 by 15-deoxy Δ12,14 Prostaglandin J2 in Vascular
Endothelial Cells

3:30

Nathan Hutcheson

Neuroscience

 

Predicting treatment response in schizophrenia using structural and functional MRI

 

 

 

 

 

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Thursday, February 28

DOCTORAL SESSION 12, ROOM A -- HUC Great Hall
Public Health and Social & Behavioral Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

9:00

Melonie Walcott

Public Health

 

Gender norms and Sexual Behaviors among Men in Western Jamaica

9:15

Mitzy Erdmann

Chemistry

 

Evaluation of student-created laboratory technique videos as an alternate assessment in the general chemistry laboratory

9:30

Chelsea Singleton

Epidemiology

 

Associations between Neighborhood Quality and Physical Activity in New Cuban
Immigrants

9:45

Hwasoon Kim

Biostatistics

 

Modeling to Predict Loss to Follow-up in the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database

10:00

BREAK

 

 

 

10:15

Lee Anne Flagg

Medical Sociology

 

Validation of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire among African-American Women

10:30

Xiaoming He

Nutrition Sciences

 

Serum markers of inflammation, lipids, and an interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism are associated with bone mineral density in pre-menopausal women

10:45

Lauren Libero

Developmental Psychology

 

Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-analysis of the Social Brain in Autism

11:00

Dzigbodi Doke

Environmental Health Science

 

Early life exposure to methylmercury and multiple stressors: Daphnia pulex as an alternative model system to evaluate long-term effects

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Thursday, February 28

DOCTORAL SESSION 13, ROOM B -- HUC Great Hall

Physical Science & Engineering

TIME

NAME

AREA

8:30

Oleksandra Zavgorodnya

Chemistry

 

Ultrathin hydrogels for detection of α- amino acids

8:45

Erik Winardi

Interdisciplinary Engineering

 

Numerical Study of Thermal Decomposition of Charring Ablator: Atomistic Approach

9:00

Yasin Oduk

Physics

 

YSA PEPTIDE CONJUGATED PLGA NANOPARTICLES FOR TARGETED DELIVERY OF ANTICANCER THERAUPEUTICS’ FOR MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA

9:15

Reza Farasat

Chemistry

 

Loading salts from solutions into nanopores: model and its test

9:30

Harsh Patel

Biomedical Engineering

 

Tubular electrospun scaffold for vascular tissue engineering application

9:45

Samantha Hastings

Chemistry

 

Mercury(II) Catalyzed Cis‐trans Isomerizations of Transition Metal Complexes

10:00

BREAK

 

 

 

10:15

Rahul Kalyankar

Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering

 

Finite Element Analysis of Heavy Vehicle to Bridge Interaction for Bridge Weigh in Motion

10:30

Fan Xiong

Computer Engineering

 

Quantum Computing: An Information Theoretical Model

10:45

Cordero Core

Chemistry

 

Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Lipid-Bound Apolipoprotein E

11:00

John Smith

Materials Engineering

 

Analytical Modeling of Deformed Plain Woven Thermoplastic Composites

11:15

Donald Burke

Interdisciplinary Engineering

 

The Influence of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Child Occupant Mortality and Morbidity

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Thursday, February 28

DOCTORAL SESSION 14, ROOM C -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

9:00

Fei Liu

Chemistry

 

The Novel multifunctional PLA/TiO2 nanocomposties for Crude oil sorption and degradation

9:15

Amber Buel

Microbiology

 

Lithium Controls Central Nervous System Autoimmunity through Modulation of IFN-γ Signaling

9:30

JaLessa Wright

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

Mitophagic Response of AC16 Cardiomyocytes

9:45

Alex McKeown

Vision Science

 

A new form of light adaptation: increased sensitivity in darkness following sustained illumination

10:00

Harunur Rashid

Cellular & Molecular Biology

 

Regulation of Bone Synthesis by Runx2 and Sp7 Transcription Factors

10:15

Toni Mueller

Neuroscience

 

Glycosylation of GABA(A) Receptor Subunits in Schizophrenia

10:30

BREAK

 

 

 

10:45

Paul Daft

Pathology

 

α-CaMKII-induced VEGF expression is critical for the growth of human osteosarcoma

11:00

Laura Heflin

Biology

 

EFFECT OF STOCKING DENSITY ON GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGY IN JUVENILE Lytechinus variegates

11:15

Rongwen Lu

Biomedical Engineering

 

Dynamic near infrared imaging reveals transient phototropic change in retinal rod photoreceptors

11:30

Kanupriya Gupta

Microbiology

 

Glucose- and CcpA-mediated regulation of exoglycosidases and capsule in Streptococcus pneumonia

11:45

Rachel Brewer

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

Cardiomyocyte-specific Bmal1 Knockout Mice Reveal Novel Functions for this
Circadian Clock Component in the Heart

12:00

Jennifer Stanley

Cancer Biology

 

Targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor pathways to render triple negative breast cancer cells susceptible to PARP inhibition

UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013

Thursday, February 28

DOCTORAL SESSION 15, ROOM D -- HUC Great Hall
Biomedical & Life Sciences

TIME

NAME

AREA

8:30

Kartik Manne

Interdisciplinary Engineering

 

Structural biology of proteins responsible for biofilm dispersion and regulation

8:45

Rachel Beck

Chemistry

 

An Alternative Approach to Toxicological Drug Screening Utilizing DART™ TOFMS Technology

9:00

Stephanie Momeni

Biology

 

Comparison of Multilocus Sequencing Typing Schemes available for Streptococcus mutans

9:15

Vladimir Grubisic

Neurobiology

 

Generation of muscle for Cyberplasm

9:30

Uduak Udoh

Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine

 

Effect of Alcohol Consumption on the Liver Clock and Glycogen Metabolism

9:45

Lin Guo

Vision Science

 

cleral gene expression signatures in response to three myopiagenic visual conditions: Minus lens, form deprivation, and darkness

10:00

Patrick Hwang

Biomedical Engineering

 

The development of a bio-inspired hybrid nanosack for the delivery of pancreatic islets and fibroblast growth factor to improve islet engraftment at the omentum site

10:15

BREAK

 

 

 

10:30

Stephanie Brosius

Neuroscience

 

Neuregulin-1 overexpression and p53 haploinsufficiency cooperatively promote de novo MPNST pathogenesis

10:45

Kate Hayden

Chemistry

 

End effects on the Human Telomeric DNA sequence influences the thermal stability and the energetics of unfolding of the G-quadruplex

11:00

Sandra Stephanie Garcia

Microbiology

 

Dispersion of Streptococcus mutans Biofilm by Novel Small Molecules

11:15

Jessica Winek Schultz

Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology

 

Understanding vMSP Receptor Heteromeric Complexing Behavior

11:30

Monica Lewis

Cancer Biology

 

Novel Functions of SIN3 Chromatin Complexes in the Regulation of Breast Cancer Metastasis