2010 OSU Molecular Life Sciences
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium
Agenda
Thursday, May 20 | |
Session I: Opening and invited oral session I (Cartoon meeting room) | |
08:45-09:00am | Welcome - the IGP directors |
09:00-09:30am | An electrostatic ratchet mechanism for processivity of λ exonuclease Jinjin Zhang, Kimberly McCabe, Charles E. Bell Ohio State Biochemistry Program, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
09:30-10:00am | A Theoretical View of Thymine Cyclobutane Dimer Repair Ali A. Hassanali, Tanping Li, Sherwin J. Singer Biophysics Program, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University |
10:00-10:20am | Coffee break |
Session II: Plenary contributed session (Cartoon meeting room) | |
10:20-10:35am | Granulovacuolar degeneration and autophagy in Alzheimer's disease Kristen E. Funk, Jeff A. Kuret MCDB, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Ohio State University |
10:35-10:50am | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Yadira Malavez, Oliver H. Voss, Maria B. Federico, Hassan Kamram, Bledi Brahimaj MCDB, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University |
10:50-11:05am | TGF-&beta enhances Th1 cell activation while promoting self-regulation via interleukin-10 David J. Huss, Ryan C. Winger, Haiyan Peng, Yuhong Yang, Michael K. Racke, Amy E. Lovett-Racke MCDB, Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University |
11:05-11:20am | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Jessica A. Brown, Lindsey R. Pack, Jason D. Fowler, Zucai Suo OSBP, Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
11:20-11:35am | Donut Dynamics: Time-Dependent Structure, Thermodynamics and Kinetics Upon Tryptophan-binding in the Donut-Shaped Protein TRAP Ian R. Kleckner, Joseph R. Sachleben, Paul Gollnick, Philipp Neudecker and Lewis Kay, Mark Foster Biophysics Program, Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
11:35-11:50am | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Bhalchandra S. Rao, Jane E. Jackman MCDB, Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
11:50-12:05pm | Multispectral imaging of cutaneous tissue oxygen Jiwei Huang, Evert Qin, Dr. Jeff Xu, Dr. Ronald Xu Biophysics Program, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University |
12:05-12:20pm | Vesicle Encapsulated Hemoglobin Dispersions as an Oxygen Carrying Solution. Shahid Rameez, Andre F Palmer OSBP, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University |
Session III: Lunch and poster session (Great Hall meeting room) | |
12:30-02:00pm | Boxed lunches |
12:30-01:45pm | Even-numbered posters present |
01:45-03:00pm | Odd-numbered posters present |
Session IV: Invited oral session II (Cartoon meeting room) | |
03:00-03:30pm | Post-transcriptional regulation of Lunatic fringe is essential during vertebrate segmentation Susan Cole MCDB, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State Univeristy |
03:30-04:00pm | Coffee break |
Session V: Parallel contributed sessions I, II,and III(Satellite rooms) | |
04:00-04:15pm | Division of labor among the protein subunits of archaeal RNase P, a catalytic ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex Wen-Yi Chen, Deepali Singh, Venkat Gopalan MCDB, Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
04:00-04:15pm | Tumor suppressive effects of Psoriasin (S100A7) in ERα+ breast cancer cells are mediated through β-catenin/TCF4 pathway Yadwinder S. Deol, Mohd W. Nasser, Ramesh K. Ganju MCDB, Depatrtment of Pathology, Ohio State University |
04:00-04:15pm | Lengthening-contractions in isolated myocardium impact force development and worsen cardiac contractile function in the mdx mouse model of muscular dystrophy Ying Xu, Dawn A. Delfin, Jill A. Rafael-Fortney, Paul M.L. Janssen MCDB, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University |
04:15-04:30pm | Genome-wide Investigations of Translating mRNAs to Study the Cellular Functions of the tRNA Retrograde Pathway in S. cerevisiae. Hui-Yi Chu, Anita K. Hopper MCDB, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State Univeristy |
04:15-04:30pm | Protocadherin-19 and N-cadherin co-operate to mediate cell adhesion and cell migration during neurulation Sayantanee Biswas, Michelle R. Emond MCDB, Center for Molecular Neurobiology & Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University |
04:15-04:30pm | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Haritha Mathsyaraja, Michael C. Ostrowski MCDB, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
04:30-04:45pm | A tRNALys3-like element in the HIV-1 genome 5´-UTR assists in priming of reverse transcription Christopher P Jones, Jenan Saadatmand, Lawrence Kleiman, Karin Musier-Forsyth OSBP, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University |
04:30-04:45pm | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia modeled in mouse by targeted miR-29 expression Urmila Santanam, Nicola Zanesi, Alexey Efanov, Stefan Costinean, Alexey Palamarchuk, John Hagan, Stefano Volinia, Hansjuerg Alder, Laura Rassenti, Thomas Kipps,, Carlo M Croce, Yuri Pekarsky MCDB, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University |
04:30-04:45pm | Developing RNAi therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Lindsay M. Wallace, Sara E. Garwick, Alexandra Belayew, Frederique Coppee, Katherine J. Ladner, Denis Guttridge, Wenyan Mei, Jing Yang, Scott Q. Harper MCDB, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University |
04:45-05:00pm | Changes in chromatin ubiquitination in the Human Genome through the Cell Cycle Mansi S. Arora, Jie Zhang, George F. Heine, Hatice G. Ozer, Kun Huang, Jeffrey D. Parvin MCDB, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University |
04:45-05:00pm | Global Conformational dynamics of a model Y-family DNA polymerase Brian A. Maxwell, Cuiling Xu, Jessica A. Brown, Zucai Suo Biophysics Program, Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
04:45-05:00pm | MicroRNA 17~92 transgenic mouse: a model to study the role of miRs in B cell development and their malignancies and miR-inhibitor based therapies. Sukhinder Sandhu, Reid Neinast, Veronica Balatti, Francesca Lovat, Stefano Volinia, Yuri Perkarsky, Ramiro Garzon, Carlo Croce MCDB, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University |
05:00-05:15pm | Epistasis analysis of BDNF and markers on 13q21 narrow down the critical region for the SLI3 locus, which increases susceptibility to specific language impairment in extended pedigrees. T R. Simmons, J. F. Flax, A. S. Bassett, P. Tallal, L. M. Brzustowicz, C. W. Bartlett MCDB, Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital |
05:00-05:15pm | Nucleosome Remodeling by hMSH2-hMSH6 Sarah Javaid, Nidhi Punja, Alex Mooney, Mridula Manohar, Jennifer Ottesen, Michael Poirier, Richard Fishel Biophysics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University |
05:00-05:15pm | A Novel Gsk-3-Dependent Mechanism Regulates DNA Methylation of Imprinted Genes Anthony Popkie, Leigh Zeidner, Ashley Albrecht, Sigrid Eckardt, K. John McLaughlin, David Newsom, Peter White, Bruce Aronow, Joanna Groden, Christopher Phiel MCDB, Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital |
05:15-05:30pm | ATP cap controls RAD51 structural transitions required for strand exchange Ravindra Amunugama, Kang-Sup Shim, Smiranda Wilcox, Jack Griffith, Robert Forties, Ralf Bundschuh, Richard Fishel Biophysics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University |
05:15-05:30pm | Selective catalytic cleavage of the HIV-1 rev response element by Cu-ATCUN-Rev metallopeptides Jeff C. Joyner, James A. Cowan OSBP, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University |
05:15-05:30pm | Plastid biogenesis requires the operation of a trans-thylakoid thio-reducing pathway. Stephane Gabilly, Mohamed Karamoko, Vincent Corvest, Sabeeha Merchant, Patrice Hamel MCDB, Departments of Molecular Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University |
Session VI: Mixer session (Cartoon meeting room) | |
05:30-06:30pm | Mixer and awards |