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2018

The Program Book is available on the bottom of this page.

The cover pages of the 2018 Annual Research Symposium Program Book. The images are provided by Kevin Redding, Derrick Dean, Manoj Mishra, Wei Zhan, and Barry Bruce.

Symposium Schedule 

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 14, 2018

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.         Welcome 

9:20 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.         Featured Speaker: Dr. Derrick Dean (Alabama State University)

9:50 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.       Plenary Speaker: Dr. Kevin Redding (Arizona State University)

10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.     Group Photo

10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.     Break

10:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.     Session 1

12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.       Lunch on your own 

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.         Session 2

2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.         Break

2:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.         Session 3

>> Thursday, March 15, 2018

8:50 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.        Session 4

10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.      Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.      Session 5

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. - 3:25 p.m.          Session 6

3:25 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.          Break

3:35 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.          Session 7

4:50 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.          Closing Remarks 

4:55 p. m.                             Departure

Detailed Conference Program 

>> Wednesday, March 14, 2018

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Welcome

9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Harvey Hou (Chair of the 2018 Research Symposium Committee)

9:05 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Kennedy Wekesa (Dean of College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Alabama State University)

9:10 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Carl Pettis (Interim Associate Provost, Alabama State University)

9:15 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Quinton Ross, Jr. (President, Alabama State University)

9:20 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Featured Talk

Derrick Dean, Polymeric Tissue Scaffolds and Biomaterials: Issues and Opportunities, (Alabama State University)

         Chair: Douglas Strout (Alabama State University)

9:50 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Plenary Talk

Kevin Redding, Evolution of the Function of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: Insights from the Heliobacterial Reaction Center, (Arizona State University)

Chair: Harvey Hou (Alabama State University)

10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Group Photo

10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Break

10:40 a.m. - 12:10 a.m. Contributed Talk Session 1

Chair: Audrey Napier (Alabama State University)

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. FOP01

Shatila Sarwar, Jonathan Cook, Amit Nautiyal, and Xinyu Zhang*, Ultrafast Microwave Synthesis of Metal Chalcogenides Nanocomposites (Auburn University)

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. FOP02

Xiongying Chen, Marijuana Use and Disorder (Jackson Hospital)

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. FOP03

Phong D. Ngo, Advancing Forensic Firearms Analysis: A Brief Survey of the Research and Development Efforts of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences – Firearm and Tool Mark Unit (Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences)

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. FOP04

C. Randall Clark, GC-MS, Product Ion MS-MS and GC-IR Studies on Regioisomeric Substituted Indole and Cathinone Designer Drugs (Auburn University)

11:45 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. FOP05

Bridgette Stasher-Booker*, Linda McHawi, Megan Turner, and Delmitria Newhouse, Mental Health in Mississippi: Our Best Approach (Alabama State University)

11:55 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. FOP06

Hongzhuan Wu, Zoonotic Disease --- A Serious Developing Public Health Concern (Alabama State University)

12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own 

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Contributed Talk Session 2

Chair: Michelle Foster (Alabama State University) 

1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. FOP07

Robert Villafane, Initiation of Bacterial Virus (Phage) Infection (Alabama State University)

1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. FOP08

Zongli Tang, Changes in Rural Clan Culture and Communities during China’s Urbanization 

(Auburn University at Montgomery)

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. FOP09

Aubree Archie, Emily K. Fike, Logan Gildea, Jason Christopher Reynolds, Meagan Clausell, Lindsey Selph, and Maureen Kendrick Murphy*, Deer Hooves, Duck Feet, Fingernails, and Butterflies: Sentinels of Our Environment As Measured by Metal Content Via ICP-OES (Huntingdon College)

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. FOP10

Elizabeth Gardner, Lead Density on a Target, A Significant Indicator of Firing Distance, but is it Reliable? (University of Alabama Birmingham)

2:00 p.m. - 2: 15 p.m. FOP11

Marcia Rossi*, Ram Alagan*, and Seela Aladuwaka, Proximity to Superfund Sites, Childhood Disabilities, and Poverty in Alabama: A Geospatial Analysis

(Alabama State University)

2:15-2:30 MOP01

Maria Tolbert, Sheree J. Finley, Jessica Carter, and Gulnaz T. Javan*, Thanatotranscriptome Analysis of Prostate Tissue after Death (Alabama State University)

2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Break

2:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Contributed Talk Session 3

Chair: David J. Vinyard (Louisiana State University)

2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. MOP02

Breaunna Primeaux, Bo Wang*, Wuwei Li, Derrick Dean, Manoj K. Mishra, and Kennedy S. Wekesa, Enhanced Hepatogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Liver ECM Hydrogel (Alabama State University)

2:55 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. POP01

Courtnee’ R. Bell, Sparkle D. Williams, Brian Sims, Glenn C. Rowe, and Qiana L. Matthews*, Exosome Biogenesis: Implications in Cardiovascular Disease Progression and Time of Death (Alabama State University)

3:10 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. POP02

Sheree J. Finley and Gulnaz T. Javan*, The Postmortem Clostridium Effect in Human Decomposition (Alabama State University)

3:25 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. POP03

Leandra B. Jones, Jayde S. Price, Sparkle D. Williams, Alexandre Krendelchtchikov, Brian Sims, and Qiana L. Matthews*, Ethanol Exposure Impacts Exosome Biogenesis of HeLa Cell-derived Exosomes (Alabama State University)

3:40-3:55 p.m. POP04

Brennetta J. Crenshaw, Brian Sims, Sparkle D. Williams, Qiana L. Matthews* 

The Effect of Alcohol on the Biogenesis and Composition of Microglia-Derived BV-2 Exosomes (Alabama State University)

3:55-4:10 POP05

Veolanda A. Peoples, Shannon Williams, Ronda Bibbs, and Mamie T. Coats*, Nanoparticles Functionalized with PenicillinEffect the Viability of Multi- Antibiotic-Resistant Isolates of Streptococcus pneumonia (Alabama State University)

>> Thursday, March 15, 2018

8:50 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Contributed Talk Session 4

Chair: Cleon Barnett (Alabama State University)

8:50 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. POP06

Timothy Egbo, Carrie Sanders, Carrie Miller, Alexander Josh, Yazeed Abdelmageed, and Boakai K. Robertson*, Microbes May Play a Significant Role in Hg Contaminant Reduction in Soils Compared to Organic Sorbents (Alabama State University)

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. POP07

James Stokes III, Sanjay Kumar, Sabita Saldanha, Karyn Scissum Gunn, Udai P. Singh, and Manoj Mishra* , Combination Therapy of Resveratrol (RES) and Microbial Metabolites (short-chain fatty acids, SCFAs) Utilizes Cell Cycle Arrest to Induce Apoptosis (Alabama State University)

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. POP08

Joseph Ayariga, Robert Ward, Karthik Venkatesan, and Robert Villafane*, Cloning and Expression of Epsilon 34 Tailspike Gene Using the pET30a Ligation Independent Clone Vector

 (Alabama State University)

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. POP09

Amber Grace, Sameer Joshi, Shree Singh, Shreekumar Pillai*, Komal Vig, and Balasubramanyam Karanam , Peptide-Mediated Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus

(Alabama State University)

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. POP010

D’Andrea Ashmore , Atul A. Chaudhari ,Shree R. Singh, Don R. Owen, Chris Palazzo, Robert D Arnold, Michael E. Miller, Brandi Barlow, Brett Barlow, Talia Harper, Komal Vig, Shreekumar R. Pillai*, Polymer Coated and Peptide Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit Bacterial Pathogens

 (Alabama State University)

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. POP11

Rajnish Sahu, Richa Verma, Saurabh Dixit, Skyla Duncan, Shree R. Singh, and Vida A. Dennis*, Protective efficacy against Chlamydia intravaginal challenge in BALB/c mice immunized with MOMP encapsulated PLGA 85/15 nanoparticles (Alabama State University)

10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Contributed Talk Session 5

Chair: Mian Jiang (University of Houston Downtown)

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. POP12

Yazeed Abdelmageed, Carrie Sanders, Timothy Egbo, and Boakai K. Robertson*, Detection of the Key Hg-methylating Gene in Contaminated Soil from Tennessee (Alabama State University)

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. POP13

Karthikeya Venkatesan, Joseph Ayariga, Doba Jackson, and Robert Villafane*, Recent Advances in Bacteriophage Therapy Highlighting Treatment of MDR Infections (Alabama State University)

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. POP14

Hianxiao Huang and Derrick Dean*, High Resolution 3D Printing of a Polymeric Bio-scaffold (Alabama State University)

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. POP15

Daphne Topps, Boakai K. Robertson, and Mamie T. Coats*, Usefulness of Natural Antimicrobials to Combat Pathogenic Aeromonas spp. (Alabama State University)

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. POP16

Henry J. Henderson, Balasubramanyam Karanam, Rajeev Samant, Komal Vig, Shree R. Singh, Clayton Yates, and Deepa Bedi*, Neuroligin 4x, a Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule, in Breast Cancer

 (Tuskegee University)

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon POP17

Stephanie Barrow, Brielle Weiner, Catherine Picart, Daeyeon Lee, B. K. Robertson*, and Mamie Coats*, Analyzing the Effects of Antimicrobial Layer-by-Layer (LbL) Films under Various Conditions (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. - 3:25 p.m. Contributed Talk Session 6

Chair: Xutong Niu (Troy University)

2:10 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. FOP12

Shanlin Pan*, Pravin S. Shinde, Nelly Kaneza, Jackson Gunter, Elizabeth Dyer, Xiaoniu Peng, and Jue Wang, Photoelectrochemical Investigations of Semiconductor Surfaces and Catalyst Interfaces for Solar Water Splitting (University of Alabama)

2:25 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.  FOP13

Joong-Wook Park, Crude Oil and Dispersant Effects on Bacterial Community in the Gulf of Mexico (Troy University)

2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. FOP14

Gary Hastings, FTIR Microscopy for Assessment of the Molecular Composition of Microbial Cells Grown Under Nutrient Stress (Georgia State University)

2:55 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. FOP15

Xutong Niu* and Jason Mann, Application of Lidar Data on Archaeological Site Discovery (Troy University)

3:10 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. FOP16

Mian Jiang*, Zhenyi Wu, Takese T. McKenzie, Charles Punnathara, and Aaron Torres, Study of Transition Metal Hydroxides as New Sensor and Battery Material (University of Houston Downtown)

3:25 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Break

3:35 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. Contributed Talk Session 7

Chair: Shreekumar Pillai (Alabama State University, Alabama) 

3:35 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. FOP17

Wei Zhan, Janus Liposomes: Gel-Assisted Formation and Bioaffinity-Directed Clustering and Aggregation (Auburn University)

3:50 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. FOP18

Balaram K. Ghimire*, Ching-Shyang Chen, and Anup Raja Lamichhane, Chebyshev Polynomial Scheme for Solving Elliptic Partial Differential Equations (Alabama State University)

4:05 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. FOP19

Chunhua Feng, Periodic Oscillations in a Network Model with Delay (Alabama State University)

4:20 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. FOP20

Barry D. Bruce, Applied Photosynthesis: Putting the B into PV (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)

4:35 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. FOP21

Harvey Hou, Frontiers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: A Peer-Reviewed Journal (Alabama State University)

4:50 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Closing Remarks 

Harvey Hou (Chair of the 2018 Research Symposium Committee)

4:55 p.m. Departure

Copyright by the 2019 Research Symposium Committee