Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium
2014 OSU Molecular Life Sciences
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium
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Conference Agenda
| Wednesday, May 14 | |
| 08:00-08:45am | Registration Outside Cartoon Meeting Room, 3rd Floor Ohio Union |
| 08:45-09:00am | Opening Remarks (Kathleen Boris-Lawrie and Pat Osmer) Cartoon Meeting Room, 3rd Floor Ohio Union |
| Session I: Student Plenary Talks | |
| 09:00-09:15am | The inhibitory effect of ACD-crosslinked actin oligomers on mDia1-mediated actin polymerization David B. Heisler, Dmitry O. Grinevich, Jonathan D. Winkelman, Cristian Suarez, Elena Kudryashova, David R. Kovar, Dmitri Kudryashov Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and OSBP, The Ohio State University |
| 09:15-09:30am | Dynamic determination of the functional state in photolyase Meng Zhang, Zheyun Liu, Lijuan Wang, Aziz Sancar, Dongping Zhong Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University |
| 09:30-09:45am | Selective Deletion of miR-132/212 in Excitatory Forebrain Neurons Impairs Memory and Alters the Hippocampal Transcriptome Katelin F. Hansen, Andrea M. Hesse, Carl Pelz, Soren Impey, Simon Arthur, Karl Obrietan Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University |
| 09:45-10:00am | Characterization of plant histone readers EML1 and EML3 and their interaction with geminiviruses Tami Coursey, Jelena Brkljacic, Erich Grotewold, David M. Bisaro Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University |
| 10:00-10:20am | Coffee break |
| Session II: Faculty Plenary Talks | |
| 10:20-10:40am | The Molecular Mechanism of RNA Interference Kotaro Nakanishi Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| 10:40-11:00am | Systems Approaches to Unravel Plant Gene Regulatory Networks Erich Grotewold Molecular Genetics |
| 11:00-11:20am | Small molecule activation in metalloproteins: From hydrogenases to oxidases Jeffrey W. Slater, Anastasia M. Manesis, Nicholas E. Trivelas, Sabrina L. Cirino, James M. York-Winegar, Hannah S. Shafaat Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, OSU |
| 11:20-11:40am | Oncolytic Virus Therapies for Brain Tumors Balveen Kaur Neurological Surgery |
| Session III: Lunch & Poster Session | |
| 12:15-01:30pm | Odd posters present |
| 12:15-01:00pm | Odd posters judged |
| 01:00-02:00pm | Writing Lecture Ann Altman |
| 01:30-02:45pm | Even posters present |
| 02:00-02:45pm | Even posters judged |
| Session IV: Parallel Session Student Talks | |
| 03:00-03:15pm | The nuclear export factor Gle1 is targeted to the nuclear envelope by two distinct cell cycle regulated mechanisms Mahesh Chemudupati, Aysha H. Osmani, Stephen A. Osmani Ohio State Biochemistry Program and Department of Molecular Genetics |
| 03:00-03:15pm | AAV9-mediated Suppression of SOD1 as a Potential Therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Shibi B Likhite, Kevin D Foust, Laura Ferraiuolo, Leah Schmelzer, Lyndsey Braun Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University |
| 03:15-03:30pm | Spleen-to-brain myeloid trafficking re-establishes anxiety in stress sensitized mice and is initiated by peripheral norepinephrine Daniel B. McKim, Jenna M. Patterson , Eric S. Wohleb, Daniel T. Shea, John F. Sheridan, Jonathan P. Godbout Neuroscience and Oral Biology |
| 03:15-03:30pm | Art1: Arrestin in cytokinesis Reshma Davidson, Dr. Damien Laporte, Dr. Jian-Qiu Wu Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University |
| 03:30-03:45pm | Mapping the metabolic pathways in pennycress (Thlaspi Arvense L.), a source of renewable jet fuel Enkhtuul Tsogtbaatar, Jean-Christophe Cocuron, Ana P. Alonso Department of Molecular Genetics |
| 03:30-03:45pm | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Puneet Sodhi, Andrew TE Hartwick Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University |
| 03:45-04:00pm | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Meghna Pant, Danesh H Sopariwala, Naresh C Bal, Jill Rafael-Fortney, Muthu Periasamy OSBP, The Ohio State University |
| 03:45-04:00pm | Structural mechanisms utilized by retroviruses to tether and integrate into host chromatin Brandon Crowe, Jocelyn Eidahl, Ross Larue, Mamuka Kvaratskhelia, Mark Foster Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| 04:00-04:15pm | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Elihu C. Ihms, Mowei Zhou, Yun Zhang, Ian R. Kleckner, Craig A. McElroy, Vicki H. Wysocki, Paul Gollnick, Mark P. Foster Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University |
| 04:00-04:15pm | Title not published online - please see printed booklet Jason R. Pitarresi, Jinghai Wu Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - Ohio State University |
| 04:15-04:30pm | Multiple functions of a family of 3’-to-5’ polymerases in Dictyostelium discoideum Yicheng Long, Maria Abad, Fuad Mohammad, Erik Olson, Jane E. Jackman Ohio State Biochemistry Program, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| 04:15-04:30pm | Role of miR-148a in TRAIL resistance and tumorigenesis in NSCLC Pooja Joshi, Young-Jun Jeon, Justin Middleton, Paola Secchiero, Michela Garofalo, Carlo M. Croce Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University |
| 04:30-04:45pm | Therapeutic Targeting of the RAS-Pathway by Synthetic miR-181a Nanoparticles in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Xiaomeng Huang, Sebastian Schwind, Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld, Ramasamy Santhanam, Chi-ling Chiang, Bo Yu, Rober J Lee, Clara D. Bloomfield, Ramiro Garzon, Guido Marcucci, L. James Lee MCDB |
| 04:30-04:45pm | Dynamic tRNA modification in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae William Swinehart, Jane E. Jackman Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University |
| 04:45-05:00pm | Intravenous delivery of a rAAV9 U7snRNA vector targeting exon 2 results in widespread dystrophin expression in the Dup2 DMD mouse model Tabatha Simmons, Nicolas Wein, Adeline Vulin-Chaffiol, Andrea Rutherford, Paul Janssen, Kevin M Flanigan The Center for Gene Therapy, Nationwide Childrens Hospital; The Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA |
| 04:45-05:00pm | Targeting CDKs with PHA-8481125 in estrogen receptor negative breast cancer Douglas G. Cheung, Gianpiero Di Leva, Matteo Fassan, Arpan Kumar, Krishna Patel, Dorothee Wernicke, Stefano Volinia, Marina Ciomei, Carlo M. Croce Department of Molecular Immunology, Virology and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
| 05:00-06:00pm | Awards Presentation & Social Mixer Woody's Tavern, 1st Floor Ohio Union |
