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Friday, November 2nd, 3:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.

Schroeder Complex 087

The Biological Sciences Graduate Program presents a Research Data Blitz and Poster Session featuring research of faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students from the biological sciences and neurosciences research tracks. Join us for 5-minute research presentations by faculty from 3:30-4:15, followed by poster presentations and a social reception from 4:30 -5:30.

Hosted by the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Health Sciences, and the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

3:30-4:15: “Data Blitz” 5-minute Research Presentations

 

Doug Lobner:  Protecting dental pulp cells

Department of Biomedical Sciences

 

Pinfen Yang: Flagella and beyond

Department of Biological Sciences

 

Robert Wheeler: Reward, Aversion and Dopamine

Department of Biomedical Sciences

 

Thomas Eddinger: Smooth Muscle Function in the Real World

Department of Biological Sciences

 

David Baker: Thinking outside the cleft to understand synaptic activity:  Contribution of the cystine-glutamate antiporter (system xc-) to normal and pathological glutamatergic signaling

Department of Biomedical Sciences

 

Martin St. Maurice: Catalysis and regulation in swinging arm enzymes

Department of Biological Sciences

 

 

4:30 -5:00: Odd Numbered Poster Presentations

5:00-5:30: Even Numbered Poster Presentations

  1. Linghai Kong: Peptidergic Regulation of Glutamate Release by Astrocytes:  Opposing effects of PACAP and Orexin A on cystine-glutamate exchange by system xc- in the nucleus accumbens. David Baker Lab.
  2. Christine Sansone and Edward Blumenthal: The enlarged crop phenotype in drop-dead mutants does not correlate with starvation. Edward Blumenthal Lab.
  3. S. Murphy, E. Brown, M. McLeod, M. Evans, S. Blel, and J. Buchanan: Locomotor activity in caudal brainstem motor neurons of lamprey. James Buchanan Lab.
  4. Brian Maunze: Contribution of system xc- in binge eating behavior. Sujean Choi Lab.
  5. Jon Resch: Distribution of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide receptor and system xc- mRNA expression in the hypothalamus: potential functional implications. Sujean Choi Lab.
  6. Deepa Valsangkar and Stephen M. Downs: Fatty acid oxidation and meiotic resumption in mouse oocytes. Stephen Downs Lab.
  7. Cassandra R. Nelson and Robert H. Fitts: pCa Force Relationship in Single Muscle Fibers: Effects of Acidosis and Exercise Training at Physiological Temperatures. Robert Fitts Lab.
  8. Jonathan Hill: Subcellular distribution of organic cation transporter 3, a glucocorticoid-sensitive dopamine clearance mechanism in the nucleus accumbens.  Paul Gasser Lab.
  9. Michael Mashock, Nadia Hallaj, and Krassimira Hristova:  Mechanisms of CuO nanoparticle toxicity to Saccaromyces cerevisiae. Krassimira Hristova Lab.
  10. Rebecca Albano: Regulation of system xc- in the SOD1-G93A mouse model of ALS. Doug Lobner Lab.
  11. Jordan Blacktop: Ventral tegmental area regulation of stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior. John Mantsch Lab.
  12. Yazmin Figueroa-Guzman: Both β2 adrenergic and CRF-R1 receptors are required for stress-induced reinstatement of extinguished conditioned place preference in mice: potential role for β2 receptor-induced activation of a CRF-releasing projection from the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. John Mantsch Lab.
  13. Jayme McReynolds:  Stress-level corticosterone potentiates cocaine seeking and inhibits dopamine clearance in the nucleus accumbens through inhibition of the organic cation transporter 3. John Mantsch Lab.
  14. Oliver Vranjkovic: Role of beta-2 adrenergic receptors in the ventrolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in stress-induced reinstatement in rats. John Mantsch Lab.
  15. Stephen H. Munroe1, Christopher Morales1, Cynthia Aguilar1, Paul D. Waters2, Jennifer A. Graves3: Multiple cis-acting  elements regulate expression of  the circadian gene Rev-erba  and the overlapping antisense TRa2 mRNA. Stephen Munroe Lab. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 2Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 3La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  16. Andrew Karls: GABAB receptors couple to Gαq and activate PKCα to enhance L-type calcium current in neonatal hippocampal neurons. Michelle Mynlieff Lab.
  17. Yulin Zhao: A Site of Alcohol Action at the NMDA Receptor M3-M4 Domain Interface.  Robert Peoples Lab.
  18. Hong Ren: A Novel Alcohol-Sensitive Site in the M3 Domain of the NMDA Receptor GluN2A Subunit. Robert Peoples Lab.
  19. Adam D. Lietzen and Martin St. Maurice: Structural and Kinetic Investigations of the Dynamic Plasticity in the Active Site of the Carboxyl Transferase Domain in Pyruvate Carboxylase. Martin St. Maurice Lab.
  20. Yi Lin and Martin St. Maurice: Structure of allophanate hydrolase, a member of amidase signature family. Martin St. Maurice Lab.
  21. Vera Strogolova, Andrew Furness, Micaela Robb-McGrath, Joshua Garlich & Rosemary A. Stuart:Rcf1 and Rcf2, members of the hypoxia induced gene 1 protein family, are critical components of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1-cytochrome c oxidase supercomplex . Rosemary Stuart Lab.
  22. Chung Lung Chan and Mykel Robble: Dopamine clearance in the Nucleus Accumbens is reduced by inhibition of the corticosterone-sensitive transporter, OCT3. Robert Wheeler Lab.
  23. Priyanka Sivadas, Kristine Ciruelas and Pinfen Yang: RIIa and Dpy-30 domains dock discrete effectors to two amphipathic helices in a flagellar AKA. Pinfin Yang Lab.

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