2014 OSU Molecular Life Sciences
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium

 

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Number Presenter Title PI
1Maria Casas
Title not published online Erich Grotewold
2Jessica Chadwick
Elucidating the role of mineralocorticoid receptors in skeletal muscle as a potential therapeutic target for duchenne muscular dystrophy Jill A. Rafael-Fortney
3Grace Cooper
Lysine methylation is an endogenous post-translational modification of tau protein in human brain and a modulator of aggregation propensity Jeff Kuret
4Catherine Dominguez
Anisomycin is a potential therapeutic drug for spinal muscular atrophy Dawn S. Chandler
5Dalen Fultz
Silencing Initiation: Recognizing a ‘New’ Transposable Element R. Keith Slotkin
6Janelle Gabriel
DICER-LIKE3 is Required for 24nt Small RNA Biogenesis and Paramutation in Zea mays Jay B. Hollcik
7Swati Jalgaonkar
A mouse model for genetic tracing to study stress responses. Tsonwin Hai
8Priscilla Lee
Identifying the essential signals for generating an encephalitogenic T cell Amy Lovett-Racke
9Orlando McEwan
Title not published online Tina Henkin
10Maria Katherine Mejia Guerra
Maize gene regulatory grid: Mapping and analysis of core promoter regions Erich Grotewold
11Saivageethi Nuthikattu
Title not published online Keith Slotkin
12Matthew Plumb
Bimodal high-affinity association of Brd4 with murine leukemia virus integrase and mononucleosomes. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
13Vikram Shettigar
Engineering cardiac Troponin C: Potential therapeutic for heart failure. Jonathan Davis
14Danesh Sopariwala
Sarcolipin over expression improves muscle energetics and reduces fatigue Muthu Periasamy
15Randal Soukup
Characterizing the Role of MSH4-MSH5 in Meiotic Homologous Recombination Richard A. Fishel
16Jeffrey Tonniges
Regulation of Collagen Fiber Structure and Platelet-Collagen Interactions by DDR1 Jeff Tonniges
17Shane Walton
Engineering a therapeutic calmodulin: Cation binding and target enzyme interaction in soybean and Arabidopsis Jonathan P. Davis
18Rebecca Williams-Wagner
Title not published online Tina M Henkin
19Pei Zhang
Identification of replication-dependent and replication-independent linker histone complexes Mark Parthun
20Tingyang Zhou
Title not published online Li Zuo
21Xinyu Zhou
TRIC-A prevents store-overload induced calcium release through interaction with the cardiac ryanodine receptor. Jianjie Ma
22Nicholas Callahan
Transition between Adenylate kinase structures Thomas Magliery
23Eric Danhart
Biophysical characterization of a trans-editing complex that mediates high-fidelity charging of tRNAPro Mark P. Foster
24Sana Shaikh
Sarcolipin Vs Phospholamban: Structural features that dictate SERCA regulation Muthu Periasamy
25Christopher Smith
Functional characterization of the N-terminal DNA-binding domain of Redβ: a unique single-strand annealing protein. Charles E. Bell
26 Paula A Agudelo Garcia
Influence of HAT1 in Mitochondrial Function. Mark R Parthun
27Aaron Bruns
Tranlsational control by SnRK1-based phosphorylation of eIF4E/eIFiso4E Dr. David Bisaro
28Mohamad Elbaz
Cannabidiol inhibits Breast cancer growth and metastasis through inhibition of EGF/EGFR pathway and modulation of tumor microenvironment Ramesh K Ganju
29Jenna Karras
Signal pathways from genomic instability to tumorigenicity Kay Huebner
30Cho-Hao Lin
The role of endothelial cell-induced Notch signaling in the phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells Brenda Lilly
31Brit Martin
Assessment of contractile function in growing zebrafish larvae. Paul M. L. Janssen
32Khyati Shah
Understanding the regulation, composition and function of P bodies and Stress granules in quiescent cells Dr. Paul K Herman
33Nandini Shukla
Identification of a novel microtubule associated protein that interacts with nuclear pore complex proteins during mitosis Stephen A. Osmani
34Ran Li
Characterization of fixation-free liver using Infrared spectroscopy with and without mesh Heather C Allen
35Xiaoli Liu
Title not published online Michael V Knopp
36Cai Chen
Quantitative Models for accelerated protein dissociation from nucleosomal DNA Ralf Bundschuh
37Carol Huseby
Title not published online Jeff Kuret
38Jalal Siddiqui
Modeling the Response of Cardiac Troponin C to Calcium on the Thin Filament: Effects of Disease-Related and Post-translational Modifications Jonathan P. Davis
39Rohan Balakrishnan
Title not published online Kurt Fredrick
40Kiel Kreuzer
Title not published online Tina M. Henkin
41Qi Liu
Title not published online Kurt Fredrick
42Ziwei Liu
tRNA synthetase, post-transfer editing Karin Musier-Forsyth
43Yi Luo
Nucleosomes Accelerate Transcription Factor Dissociation Michael G. Poirier
44Andrea McCue
Title not published online R. Keith Slotkin
45Adil Moghal
Escherichia coli phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase post-transfer editing prevents cytotoxic mistranslation of the genetic code with meta-tyrosine formed in oxidative stress conditions. Michael Ibba
46Anya Sherwood
Title not published online Tina Henkin
47Jennifer Bosse
Enhancing Rx: Keeping an Eye on Retinal Stem Cell Identity Heithem El-Hodiri
48Nathanael Braun
Translational regulation of nanos mRNA by smaug in thedrosophila embryo Robin P. Wharton
49Jinmo Gu
NF-kappaB Function in Neonatal Muscle Development Denis Guttridge
50Anisha Mathur
Constitutive activation of PDGFR-alpha in fibroblasts leads to defective growth of murine mammary glands Michael C. Ostrowski
51Lindsey J. Miller
Molecular and phenotypic characterization of valve endothelial cells during development Joy Lincoln
52Dongju Park
Multiple functions of BRCA1 during spermiogenesis Thomas Ludwig
53Matt VandeKopple
Mechanisms that promote activation of quiescent post natal valve interstitial cells Dr. Joy Lincoln
54Allison Webb
Title not published online Helen Chamberlin
55Varun Gadkari
Title not published online Zucai Suo
56Brian Maxwell
Multi-step substrate binding mechanism of a Y-family DNA polymease Zucai Suo
57Xinlei Pan
A mutant poisoning approach to determine if λ Exonuclease trimers use a sequential or non-sequential mechanism for processive digestion of dsDNA substrates Charles E. Bell
58Krishna Patel
Kinetic investigation of nucleotide addition by a 3'-5' polymerase Jane E Jackman
59Jonathan Picking
Characterization of MtgB, a pyrrolysine-lacking homolog of the pyrrolysine-containing trimethylamine-corrinoid methyltransferase Joseph A. Krzycki
60Walter Zahurancik
Kinetic Mechanism of DNA Polymerization Catalyzed by Human DNA Polymerase ε Dr. Zucai Suo
61Seth Hennon
Flexibility and proximity relationships between the TM segments of the E. coli YidC Ross E. Dalbey
62Raunak Soman
Title not published online Ross E. Dalbey
63Daniel Arango
Genome-wide transcriptome analysis reveals novel anti-carcinogenic mechanisms of the dietary flavonoid apigenin Andrea I. Doseff
64Subhasree Balakrishnan
Loss of Pten in mesenchymal cells induces an expansion of pro-tumorigenic mammary epithelial stem cells in an ErbB2 breast cancer model Dr. Michael Ostrowski
65Yi Seok Chang
Stress and Cancer: the Role of ATF3 in Non-Cancer Host Cells Tsonwin Hai
66Daniel Comiskey
Title not published online Dawn S. Chandler
67Yuntao Dai
Title not published online Carlo M Croce
68Ray Devine
Effects of Losartan on Tumor Induced Myocardial Dysfunction Loren E. Wold
69Suman Govindaraju
Transcriptional Regulation of HuR by KLF8 and NFkB in Renal Stress Beth S Lee
70Ping-Ching Hsu
Metabolomic Study Reveals Smokers' Characteristic Profile Peter G. Shields
71Aishwarya Jacob
The splicing factor FUBP1 is required for efficient splicing of oncogene MDM2 Dawn S Chandler
72Young-Jun Jeon
A set of miRNAs induce acquired TRAIL-resistance by regulating NF-kB activity in lung cancer Carlo M. Croce
73Aparna Lakshmanan
Strategies to improve efficacy of radioiodide treatment of thyroid cancer using a combination of oncological pipeline inhibitors and natural products SISSY JHIANG
74Cindy Lee
MYCBP: a novel genetic explanation for the loss of DNA repair in breast cancer Jeffrey Parvin
75Ta-Ming Liu
OSU-T315: A Novel Targeted Therapeutic that Antagonizes AKT Membrane Localization and Activation in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia John C. Byrd
76Janani Ravi
Tumor associated macrophages induce EMT in NSCLC which is inhibited by synthetic cannabinoid JWH-015 by regulating the EGFR pathway Ramesh K Ganju
77Somayeh S. Tarighat
Preclinical and pharmacological activities of protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibition in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Guido Marcucci
78Ji Eun Song
Piperlongumine treatment inactivates peroxiredoxin 4, exacerbates endoplasmic reticulum stress, and preferentially kills high-grade glioma cells. Chang-Hyuk Kwon
79Benjamin Sunkel
Convergent CREB1/FoxA1 Transcriptional Activity Defines Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Gene Expression Profile Qianben Wang
80Katie Thies
Activation of CSF1 signaling in tumor associated macrophages during breast cancer brain metastasis Michael C. Ostrowski
81Chaojie Wang
RCAN1-4 is a novel metastasis suppressor gene Matthew D. Ringel
82Taryn Aubrecht
Dim light at night interferes with the development of the short-day phenotype and impairs cell-mediated immunity in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) Randy J. Nelson
83Randall Carpenter
Humanized mice as a novel model for the study of inflammation after spinal cord injury Phillip G. Popovich
84Yasmine-marie Cisse
Early Life Exposure to Dim Light at Night Attenuates High Fat Diet Induced Weight Gain Despite Increased Daytime Food Intake Randy J. Nelson
85Timothy Faw
Mid-thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Results in Morphological Changes and Neuronal Hyperactivity in the Locomotor Networks of the Remote Lumbar Spinal Cord D. Michele Basso PT Ed.D.
86Evan Goldstein
Novel target for TLR-4 mediated OPC proliferation Dana McTigue
87Achikam Haim
Postpartum depression and nucleus accumbens plasticity Benedetta Leuner
88Patrick Heilman
Characterization of a Motor Neuropathy-Associated Mutation in HSPB3 Stephen J. Kolb
89Sarah Hopp
Blockade of L-VDCCs or RyRs during chronic neuroinflammation improves spatial memory, normalizes synaptic function, and reduces expression of inflammatory markers Gary L. Wenk
90Chitra Iyer
Increasing SMN in neurons is sufficient to rescue a severe mouse model of Spinal muscular atrophy Arthur H.M. Burghes
91Dylan Nielson
Title not published online Ali R. Rezai
92Diana Norden
Immune and Behavioral Consequences of Age-Related Impairments in the Dynamic Regulation of Microglia by Astrocytes Jonathan P. Godbout
93Corey Ruhno
Alternative Splicing in Motor Neurons of SMA Mice Arthur Burghes
94Luke Russell
Inhibition of CCN1 signaling as a strategy to improve the efficacy of oncolytic HSV-1 treatment for glioblastoma therapy Balveen Kaur
95SungWon Song
ALS astrocytes adopt natural killer properties to kill motor neurons Dr. Brian Kaspar
96Alessandra Welker
A novel xenotransplant model of glioblastoma. Christine E. Beattie
97Jacob Al-Saleem
The Role of Tax-1 and The Alternative NF-κB Signaling Pathway in HTLV Transformation Patrick L. Green
98Alice Duchon
Mechanism of Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase/tRNALys Primer Recruitment and Packaging into HIV-1 Karin Musier-Forsyth
99Tiffiny Rye-McCurdy
Distinct binding interactions of Rous sarcoma virus NC and MA to psi and non-psi RNA Dr. Musier-Forsyth
100Jessica Storer
The roles of RNA polymerases II, IV, and V in defense against geminiviruses David M. Bisaro
101Jonathan Shintaku
Title not published online Denis C. Guttridge
102Kruthika Sundaram
House dust mite induces lung epithelial GMCSF release via IκBζ Mark D. Wewers
103David Bowles
Modifying the stability of tumor suppressor p53 through modification of the S7S8 as suggested by comparison of human and worm p53 structures Thomas J. Magliery
104Wenyan Jiang
Metabolic and process engineering of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for isopropanol production Shang-Tian Yang
105Kevin Peine
Treatment of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Co-Delivery of Disease Associated Peptide and Dexamethasone in Acetalated Dextran Microparticles Kristy M. Ainslie
106Mengmeng Xu
Inverse metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for enhanced n-butanol production Shang-Tian Yang
107Le Yu
Metabolic engineering of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for n-butanol production from glucose: effects of CoA transferase Shang-Tian Yang
108Xin Liu
Title not published online Michael Ostrowski
109Sathiya Manivannan
Dual role for Dpp in early wing disc development in regulating EGFR and Wg signaling. Dr. Amanda Simcox
110Brittany Suggs
Title not published online Helen Chamberlin
111Jaideep Banerjee
Improvement of human keratinocyte migration by a redox active bioelectric dressing Chandan K Sen