Agenda
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Tuesday, May 21
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:00-09:00am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 09:00-09:15am | Opening Remarks from Dr. David Horn, PhD, Professor and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University |
Session I: Student Plenary Talks | |
| 09:15-09:30am | AAV-mediated gene supplementation provides thorough correction in two models of vanishing white matter disease Jessica A. Herstine, Tamara J. Stevenson, Pi-Kai Chang, Julia Wentz, Erika Scholl, Sergiy Chornyy, Jessica Rediger, Nettie Pyne, Tatyana Vetter, Kevin M. Flanigan, Joshua Bonkowsky, Allison Bradbury Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program |
| 09:30-09:45am | Mild pediatric traumatic brain injury in rats produces sex-specific effects on gliosis, mast cells, and social behavior Michaela R Breach, Brooke J. Schatz, Habib E. Akouri, Ale Zaleta-Lastra, Zoe M. Tapp, Ashley E. Walters, Cole Vonder Haar, Olga N. Kokiko-Cochran, Kathryn M. Lenz Neuroscience Graduate Program |
| 09:45-10:00am | Role of transcriptional start site heterogeneity in HIV-1 genomic RNA translation Joseph G. Kanlong, Zetao Cheng, Saiful Islam, Olga A. Nikolaitchik, Wei-Shau Hu, Madeline Sheppard, Heewon Seo, Vinay K. Pathak, Michael G. Kearse, Karin Musier-Forsyth Ohio State Biochemistry Graduate Program |
| 10:00-10:15am | Engineer extracellular vesicles loaded with NF1 cargo as a therapeutic strategy for neurofibromatosis type 1 Maria Angelica Rincon-Benavides, Aarti Patel, Tatiana Cuellar-Gaviria, Ethan Stamas, Yunyan Yu, Daniel Gallego-Perez Biophysics Graduate Program |
| 10:15-10:35am | Break |
Session II: Faculty Plenary Talks | |
| 10:35-10:55am | Using Neural Organoid Models to Decode Molecular Mechanisms and Develop Targeted Therapies for Neurodevelopmental Disorders Mark Hester Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Childrens Hospital |
| 10:55-11:15am | The structural plasticity of transfer RNAs: implications for biology and disease Venkat Gopalan Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University |
| 11:15-11:35am | The Central Dogma of Biology: Lessons From Muscle Jonathan Davis Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University |
| 11:35-11:55am | Sex differences in the neuroimmune response to mate loss: potential role of oxytocin signaling Erica Glasper Department of Neuroscience |
Session III: Lunch and Poster Sessions | |
| 12:00-02:00pm | Lunch, Ohio Union Lobby |
| 12:15-01:30pm | Odd-Numbered Posters, Performance Hall |
| 01:30-02:45pm | Even-Numbered Posters, Performance Hall |
| 02:45-03:00pm | Break |
Session IV: Parallel Student Talks | |
| 03:00-03:15pm | In utero exposure to estrogenic bisphenol compounds affects the mammary gland microenvironment Jillian M. Poska, Clarissa Wormsbaecher, Brittney M. Cumbia, Madeline R. Price, Marcos Cortes-Medina, Jacob Holter, Jonathan W. Song Ohio State Biochemistry Program |
| 03:00-03:15pm | Emerging Role of Aiolos in Regulating B Cell Central Tolerance Mariam A Salem , Kruthika Sharma , Melissa R Leonard , Srijana Pokhrel, Kenneth J Oestreich, Patrick L Collins Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program |
| 03:15-03:30pm | Characterizing the role of PRMT5 in HTLV-1 disease pathogenesis Kyle J Ernzen, Cameron Phelps, Stefan Niewiesk, Patrick L. Green, Amanda R. Panfil Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program |
| 03:15-03:30pm | Tomatidine therapeutically targets ATF4 to limit pancreatic cancer progression Debasmita Mukherjee, Lena Bercz, Liliana DAlesio, Jessica Wedig, Hannah Lathrop, Srija Chakroborty, Aleksander Skardal, Thomas A. Mace Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program Graduate Program |
| 03:30-03:45pm | Eicosapentaenoic Acid Improves Ozone-Induced Airspace Inflammation through an Oxylipin-Mediated Mechanism Hannah B. Lovins, Anushka Mehta, Evie Schott, Sam Cochran, Grace Hutton, Michael Yaeger, Brita Kilburg-Basnyat, Saame Raza Shaikh, Kymberly M. Gowdy Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program |
| 03:30-03:45pm | The effects of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy on offspring heart health Sarah L. Sturgill, Taryn E. Lackritz, Shyam S. Bansal, Mark T. Ziolo Biophysics Graduate Program |
| 03:45-04:00pm | The Neuroinflammatory Impact of High Fat Diet on Memory and Synaptic Degradation in an AD Model Sabrina Mackey-Alfonso, Michael Butler, Ashton Taylor, Alberto Williams-Medina, Ruth Barrientos Neuroscience Graduate Program |
| 03:45-04:00pm | Platelets and purinergic signaling: critical drivers of tissue engineered vascular graft stenosis Mackenzie E Turner, Jingru Che, Joseph T Leland, Sahana Rajesh, Sugath Suravarapu, Tai Yi, James W Reinhardt, Christopher K Breuer Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program |
| 04:00-04:15pm | Break |
| 04:15-04:30pm | Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Signaling in Muller Glia Influences Peripheral Immune Cell Recruitment and Neuroprotection after Excitotoxic Retinal Damage Olivia Taylor, Lisa Kelly, Andy Fischer Neuroscience Graduate Program |
| 04:15-04:30pm | High-resolution genome-resolved gut microbiome dynamics after murine spinal cord injury Mohamed Mohssen, Ahmed A. Zayed, Kristina A. Kigerl, Garrett J. Smith, Phillip G. Popovich, Matthew B. Sullivan Biophysics Graduate Program |
| 04:30-04:45pm | Adolescent hormonal contraceptive administration impacts prefrontal cortex maturation and risk-assessment in female rats. Rachel Gilfarb, Sanjana Ranade, Abby Biddle, Marissa Smail, Meredith Stewart, Abhishek Rajesh, Elizabeth Dybas, Courtney Dye, Kathryn Lenz, Benedetta Leuner Neuroscience Graduate Program |
| 04:30-04:45pm | Machine-learning based characterization of a novel bacterial anti-phage system Anthony Rish, Elizabeth Fosuah, Tianmin Fu Ohio State Biochemistry Program |
| 04:45-05:00pm | The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase IDOL Facilitates Microglial Clearance of Aβ Plaques Via Modulation of LDLR Expression Sarah Kaye, Jeffrey Atkinson, Jie Gao Neuroscience Graduate Program |
| 04:45-05:00pm | Neurodevelopmental disorder-relevant Argonaute1 mutant narrows the RNA-binding channel and lets 3′→5′ exonucleases convert miRNAs to unusually short tinyRNAs Andrew Savidge, Huaqun Zhang, Audrey Kehling, Cameron Divoky, Jackson Secor, Kotaro Nakanishi Ohio State Biochemistry Program |
| 05:00-05:15pm | Determination of the mechanisms governing piRNA degradation Benjamin Pastore, Hannah L. Hertz, Wen Tang Ohio State Biochemistry Program |
| 05:00-05:15pm | Interleukin-1 Receptor-1 Signaling mediates Neuroinflammation, Neuronal Dysfunction, and Cognitive Decline after Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury Amara Davis, Ethan Goodman, Lynde Wangler, Jonathan Packer, Razeen Thammachack, Priya Sharma, Ning Quan Neuroscience Graduate Program |
| 05:15-05:30pm | Awards Presentation |