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Symposium Schedule
(updated on March 8, 2020)
Talks: Theater of the John Garrick Hardy Student Center
Poster Session: Ball rooms of the John Garrick Hardy Student Center
Overview of Events
>> Wednesday, March 11, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Featured Speaker: Dr. Qiana Matthews (Alabama State University)
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Plenary Speaker: Dr. Isiah Warner (Louisiana State University)
10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Group Photo
10:25 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. - 11:35 p.m. Session 1
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Session 2
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session 3
>> Thursday, March 12, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Session 4
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Session 5
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Session 6
12:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Poster Session with box lunch
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Symposium Award Ceremony
2:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Session 7
3:10 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
3:15 p.m. Departure
Detailed Conference Program
>> Wednesday, March 11, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:00 a.m. - 9:03 a.m. Harvey Hou (Chair of the 2020 Research Symposium Committee)
9:03 a.m. - 9:07 a.m. Kennedy Wekesa (Dean of College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Alabama State University)
9:07 a.m. - 9:11 a.m. Carl Pettis (Interim Provost, Alabama State University)
9:11 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Quinton Ross, Jr. (President, Alabama State University, Alabama)
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Featured Talk
My Journey from Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to Alabama State University (ASU)
Qiana Matthews* (Alabama State University)
Chair: Audrey Napier (Alabama State University)
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Plenary Talk
A Materials Approach to Analytical Chemistry
Isiah Warner* (Louisiana State University)
Chair: Harvey Hou (Alabama State University, Alabama)
10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Group Photo
10:25 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. Session 1: Contributed Talks
Chair: Joong-Wook Park (Troy University)
10:35 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Molecular evolution of the yeast α-domain: Stable HMG-box DNA binding motif and an evolving C-Terminal extension
Doba Jackson*, Alexis Osteen, Jeffrey Brown (Huntingdon College)
10:50 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.
There’s Mitragyna in my Hirsuta and Javanica
Elizabeth Gardner* (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
11:05 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Product Ion MS/MS Studies on Regioisomeric Cathinones
C. Randall Clark*, Jack DeRuiter and Younis Abiedalla (Auburn University)
11:20 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
Localization of GRKs and beta-arrestins in the mammalian vomeronasal organ: Implication in pheromone desensitization.
Ronald McMillon*, Audrey Napier, Lula Smith and Kennedy S. Wekesa (Alabama State University)
11:35 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Session 2: Contributed Talks
Chair: Derrick Dean (Alabama State University)
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Effects of consumption of different plant fats on the development of obesity-related health problems in Drosophila.
Daniel Chizhikov, Jason Lin, Aaron Persinger, Melissa Puppa* (White Station High School and University of Memphis)
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Encouraging Minority Student Engagement in Agriculture at a Non Land Grant HBCU
Joshua Nixon, Eddie Baker, Jamil Edwards, Nya Bell, Caitlin Reeves and Michelle S. Samuel-Foo* (Alabama State University)
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Effect of Calcium and Pore Size has on the Mechanical Properties of the Bone
Kenneth Fluker Jr., Jabria Pittman and Derrick Dean* (Alabama State University)
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session 3: Contributed Talks
Chair: Doba Jackson (Huntingdon College)
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
A generalization of Ostrowski inequality for functions whose derivatives belongs to L_1([a, b]) via a parameter.
Orjul Pogue and Seth Kermausuor* (Alabama State University)
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Estimating the postmortem interval using gut thanatomicrobiome
Tiara Wells, Sheree Finley and Gulnaz Javan* (Alabama State University)
>> Thursday, March 12, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Session 4: Contributed Talks
Chair: Robert L. Green (Alabama State University)
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Postmortem Microbiome of Skeletal Muscle for Time of Death Estimation in Italian Corpses
Jamese Allen, Sheree Finley and Gulnaz Javan* (Alabama State University)
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Adenoviral effects on the biogenesis and composition of A549-derived extracellular vesicles
Brennetta J. Crenshaw, Sanjay Kumar, Courtnee’ R. Bell, Leandra B. Jones, Brian Sims, and Qiana L. Matthews*
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Gram negative inoculation impacts extracellular vesicles in major organs
Leandra B. Jones, Sanjay Kumar, Courtnee’ R. Bell, Brennetta J. Crenshaw, Mamie T. Coats,Brian Sims and Qiana L. Matthews* (Alabama State University)
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Session 5: Contributed Talks
Chair: Hongzhuan Wu (Alabama State University)
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Comparison of United States and Finland Brain Thanatomicrobiota
Courtnee' R. Bell, Eloise H. Kok, Leandra B. Jones, Sheree J. Finley, Craig D. Tipton, Pekka Karhunen, Qiana L. Matthews and Gulnaz T. Javan* (Alabama State University)
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Mercury Methylation by Desulfomonile tiedjei-DCB-1 strain- and Biochar Effects on Microbial Methylation Ability
Yazeed Abdelmageed, Carrie Miller, Alexander Johs and Boakai Robertson* (Alabama State University)
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Diversity matters: interactions between legume and non-legume cover plant species influence microbiological and edaphic properties of soil ecosystems
Rachana Pandit, BK. Robertson and M. Saleem* (Alabama State University)
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Session 6: The 3-Min Talk Competition
Chair: Shreekumar Pillai (Alabama State University)
11:00 a.m. - 11:03 a.m.
Effets of consumption of different plant fats on the development of obesity-related health problems in Drosophila.
Daniel Chizhikov, Jason Lin, Aaron Persinger, Melissa Puppa* (White Station High School and University of Memphis)
11:03 a.m. - 11:06 a.m.
Detection of Air Quality Spatio-Temporal Pattern in Alabama
Ram Ghimire and Rajendran Swamidurai* (Alabama State University)
11:06 a.m. - 11:09 a.m.
Nanobody presented on RNA phage Qβ as a Blocker of P-Glycoprotein for Breast Cancer Therapy
Anupa Ghimire, Stephen Aller and Alain B. Waffo* (Alabama State University)
11:09 a.m. - 11:12 a.m.
Detecting Lesion in the brain of Epileptic patients
Gabriella Tilahun, Rajendran Swamidurai*, Komal Vig (Alabama State University)(University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama State University)
11:12 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Identification of Three Degradation Products of the Controlled Substance Norcocaine in a Simulated Crime Scene by GCMS and FTIR
Deshayla Chappell, Anthony Asonze, and Harvey J.M. Hou* (Alabama State University)
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Poster Session with box lunch
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Symposium Award Ceremony
Chair: Kennedy Wekesa (Dean of College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Alabama State University)
2:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Session 7: Contributed Talks
Chair: Randall Clark (Auburn University)
2:10 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Dynamic behavior for a system of four coupled nonlinear oscillators with delays
Chunhua Feng* (Alabama State University)
2:25 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
What we learn from “A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China”------Zoonoses a serious public health concern worldwide
Hongzhuan Wu* (Alabama State University)
2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the Hexagonal Anti-Perovskite Na2-xCa1+xV1-xGexO4F
Robert L. Green* (Alabama State University)
2:55 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
The New Trend of Chinese Peasant Workers to Urban Areas
Zongli Tang* (Auburn University Montgomery)
3:10 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
Harvey Hou (Chair of the 2020 Research Symposium Committee)
3:15 p.m. Departure
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