The MCB Faculty and Staff Retreat 2014 is “A Day of Scientific Talks” and poster presentations by Molecular and Cellular Biology faculty and staff on Saturday, March 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Walter 135.
Molecular and Cellular Biology is an interdisciplinary graduate program in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences.
The morning features presentations in translational research. Afternoon presentations are on cell and molecular biology.
The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to mcb@ohio.edu by March 21.
Agenda
8:30—9 a.m.:Registration and Continental Breakfast
Translational Research
9—9:30 a.m.: Dr. Huzoor Akbar, Biological Sciences, “Rho/ROCK/NOX/ROS axis of platelet signaling offers novel therapeutic targets for developing antithrombotic agents.”
9:30—10 a.m.: Dr. Kelly McCall, Specialty Medicine, “Identification of a Molecular Pathway Involved in Viral Induction of Type 1 Diabetes.”
10—10:30 a.m.: Dr. Karen Coschigano, Biomedical Sciences, “Molecular Insights of Diabetic Nephropathy.”
10:30—10:45 a.m.: Yanrong Qian, MCB/Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate, “Cancer cells have not only a sweet tooth but also large mouths: Extracellular ATP is ‘swallowed’ by cancer cells via macropinocytosis.”
10:45—11:30 a.m.: Break—View Posters
11:30—noon: Dr. Shiyong Wu, Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Interdisciplinary research and alternative career pathway training in Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI).”
noon—1 p.m.: LUNCH
Cell and Molecular Biology
1—1:15 p.m.: Chunxi Zeng, MCB/Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate, “Mechanistic details of Tbox transcription antitermination: Development and application of high-throughput riboswitch assay.”
1:15—1:45 p.m.: Dr. Mark Berryman, Biomedical Sciences, “Role of CLIC proteins in actin cytoskeleton regulation: studies in mice, flies, and mammalian cells.”
1:45—2:15 p.m.: Dr. Allan Showalter, Environmental and Plant Biology, “Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants.”
2:15—2:45 p.m.: Dr. Bob Colvin, Biological Sciences, “Insights into metal homeostasis using X-Ray Fluorescence.”
Poster Presentations
1. Amrita Basu: “Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression and Spatial Memory Performance in Trans-genic bGH and Wild Type Mice.”
2. Yuni Feng: “In silico modeling of wheat xylan synthase complex.”
3. Maria Muccioli: “Effects of dsRNA-induced inflammation on ovarian cancer progression.”
4. Yanrong Qian: “Extracellular ATP-induced intracellular ATP concentration elevation mediated by macropinocytosis promotes growth, survival, and drug resistance of cancer cells.”
5. Lingyiing Tong: “The Role of Carnosol in Protecting UVB-induced Carcinogenesis.”
6. Xuan Wang: “Extracellular ATP promotes cancer cell growth, survival and drug resistance.”
7. Chunxi Zeng: “Mechanistic details of T box transcription antitermination: Development and application of high-throughput riboswitch assay.”
8. Wuda Wang: “Investigation of arabinogalctan-protein (AGP) biosynthetic enzyme complexes using co-immunoprecipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation.”
9. Xiao Liu: “A Bioinformatics Approach to Identify and Classify Extensins from Selected Plant Genomes.”
10. Debarati Basu: “Two Hydroxyproline Galactosyltransferases, GALT5 and GALT2, are Essential for Arabinogalactan-Protein Glycosylation and Development in Arabidopsis.”
11. Aditi Vyas: “Identification of novel STAT92E target genes in hematopoiesis using in silico methods.”
12. Adam Jara: “Disruption of Cardiac GH Signaling Alters Whole Body Glucoses Homeostasis.”
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