Agenda

Tuesday, May 21

TimeEvent
08:00-09:00amRegistration
Outside Great Hall Meeting Room, 1st Floor Ohio Union
09:00-09:15amOpening remarks
US Bank Conference Theater, 1st Floor Ohio Union
  

Session I: Faculty Plenary Talks

09:15-09:30amSixty years in the making: A molecular movie of inner-ear mechanotransduction
Marcos Sotomayor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
09:30-09:45amImmune cells regulate sex differences in development of brain and behavior
Kathryn M. Lenz
Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
09:45-10:00amConsequences of mRNA costume change
Justin Mabin, Lauren Woodward, Zhongxia Yi, Robert Patton, Ralf Bundschuh, Mengxuan Jia, Vicki Wysocki, Guramrit Singh
Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
10:00-10:15amPhenotypic variability in a model of Caenorhabditis vulval development: Data visualization as an aid to signaling network investigation
Adriana Dawes, Jon delEtoile, Natalia Kravtsova, Helen Chamberlin
Mathematics/Molecular Genetics, OSU
10:15-10:45amCoffee break
  

Session II: Student Plenary Talks

10:45-11:00amDREADD-induced modulation of prefrontal parvalbumin cell activity has sex-specific effects on emotional behaviors
Chloe E Page, Ryan Shepard, Payton Hagerdorn, Kelsey Heslin, Laurence Coutellier
Neuroscience Graduate Program
11:00-11:15amRecognition of tRNA substrates by Thg1 family proteins
Tracy M. Roach, Marie-Theres Poehler, Heike Betat, Mario Moerl, Jane E. Jackman
The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
11:15-11:30amTargeting the EGFR-ERK axis to stabilize CFTR in cystic fibrosis
Jack Wellmerling, Sheng-Wei Chang, Estelle Cormet-Boyaka
Biophysics Graduate Program, Ohio State University
11:30-11:45amIdentification of mitochondrial defects in cystic fibrosis macrophages
Kaitlin Hamilton, Amal O. Amer
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program

Session III: Lunch and Poster Session

12:15-01:30pmOdd-numbered Poster Presentations
01:30-02:45pmEven-numbered Poster Presentations
  

Session IV: Parallel Session Student Talks

03:00-03:15pmThe neuronal IL-1b receptor is necessary and sufficient for paired fighting-induced social withdrawal and cognitive impairment
Damon DiSabato, Daniel Nemeth, Xiaoyu Liu, Jonathan Godbout, Ning Quan
Neuroscience Graduate Program
03:00-03:15pmEstablishing the role of SINE proteins in regulating stomatal dynamics during environmental stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
Alecia Biel, Iris Meier
Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
03:15-03:30pmMultiplane calcium imaging reveals disrupted network topology in pcdh mutants
Sarah Light, James Jontes
Neuroscience Graduate Program
03:15-03:30pmMineralocorticoid receptor myofiber knockout and antagonists lead to complementary beneficial effects on muscular dystrophy membrane integrity, strength, and fibrosis
J. Spencer Hauck, Jeovanna Lowe, Neha Rastogi, Kevin E. McElhanon, Jennifer M. Petrosino, Kyra K. Peczkowski, Sarah A. Swager, Ashlee, N. Chadwick, Jonathan G. Zins, Sarah Sawger, Federica Accornero, Paul M. L. Janssen, Noah L. Weisleder, Jill A. Rafael-Fortney
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
03:30-03:45pmChronic gabapentin prevents maladaptive plasticity after high-level spinal cord injury in mice
Benjamin T. Noble, Faith H. Brennan, Yan Wang, Zhen Guan, Wenmin Lai, Cagla Eroglu
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, The Ohio State University
03:30-03:45pm
Kevin McGarry, David Wood
OSBP
03:45-04:00pmReactive microglia and IL1β/IL-1R1-signaling mediate neuroprotection in excitotoxin-damaged mouse retina.
Isabella Palazzo, Levi Todd, Lilianna Suarez, Warren A. Campbell, Xiaoyu Liu, Ning Quan, Leo Volkov, Thanh V. Hoang, Seth Blackshaw, Andy J. Fischer
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
03:45-04:00pmTitle not published online - please see printed booklet
Michelle E. Gray, Marcos Sotomayor
Ohio State Biochemistry Program
04:00-04:15pmBreak
  
04:15-04:30pmTransplantation of Pre-adipocytes and Stem Progenitors from Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) Improves Glucose Metabolism of the Recipients
Revati S. Dewal, Joseph D. White, Peter J. Arts, Lisa A. Baer, Kristin I. Stanford
MCDB
04:15-04:30pmConformational switch in the C-terminal α-helix of Cre upon binding to loxP DNA
Aparna Unnikrishnan, Carlos Amero
The Ohio State University
04:30-04:45pmDissociation rate compensation mechanism for budding yeast pioneer factors
Benjamin Donovan, Hengye Chen, Caroline Jipa, Lu Bai, Michael Poirier
Biophysics Graduate Program
04:30-04:45pmThe stress-inducible gene, Atf3, in myeloid cells regulates chemotherapy-exacerbated breast cancer colonization.
Justin D. Middleton, Jared T. Fehlman, Tsonwin Hai
MCDB
04:45-05:00pmTitle not published online - please see printed booklet
Jane K Frandsen, Anna V. Sherwood, Frank J. Grundy, Tina M. Henkin
Ohio State Biochemistry Program, Center for RNA Biology
04:45-05:00pmGenetic and pharmacological modulation of T lymphocytes polyamine metabolism as a therapeutic approach for autoimmune disease
Ruohan Wu, JN Rashida Gnanaprakasam, Tingting Wang, Lingling Liu, Xuyong Chen, Yuqing Shen, John Sherman , Ruoning Wang
MCDB. OSU
05:00-05:15pmTitle not published online - please see printed booklet
Rebecca E. Steiner, Amanda M. Kyle, Michael Ibba
Ohio State Biochemistry Program
05:00-05:15pmEGL-38 coordinates development in the Caenhorhabditis elegans egg-laying system through EGF pathway dependent and independent functions
Allison Webb, Ryan Johnson, Helen Chamberlin
OSBP
  
05:15-06:00pmAwards Presentation
US Bank Conference Theater