Immunology
Friday 17th 9:00 - 10:00 am
Scott Keith "Endocrine regulation of immune and developmental transcriptional programs in the insect fat body"
Mohan Mullapudi "Discovery of a Trop2-Targeting Immune-Stimulating Antibody Conjugate with Efficacy in Pancreatic Cancer Models"
Bahr Lauren "Evaluating antibody response to Aedes aegypti D7L1+2 salivary proteins as a potential marker of aggregate vector exposure"
Celine Hardy "Antibody-dependent enhancement of DENV infection induces distinct transcriptomic profiles in infected human macrophages"
Eskape Pathogens
Friday 17th 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Mercy Olorunshola "The Role of Biofilm Bacteria in the Progression of Atherosclerosis"
Shazrah Syed "Impact of OprF on the tolerance of P. aeruginosa persister cell to innate immune defenses"
Nermin Mohamed "Characterizing Biofilm Dispersion in Enterococcus faecalis"
Alicia Wood "Contact-dependent inhibition of C. difficile sporulation by enterococci"
BCMB
Friday 17th 3:15 - 4:30 pm
Arpan Banerjee "USP10 knockdown reduces corneal epithelial defects promoting regenerative healing of the eye"
Aiman Yaseen "Advancing glucocorticoid-based antibody-drug conjugates through legumain-cleavable linker design"
Melanie Smee "Deciphering bacterial decisions that lead to vastly different outcomes for hosts"
Alexis Dziubek "Genomic variants in 3′UTR alter infertility-related post-transcriptional regulation"
Gianna Mochi "Defective TRAP1 chaperone-mediated Complex II assembly underlies the pathogenesis of SDHAF2-mutant disease"
Genetics
Saturday 18th 9:00 - 9:45 am
Rachel Kruger "Closely Related, Highly Isolated: Insights from a Niche Model of Monkeyflowers"
Robert Dalipovic "Subtelomere Evolution in Xenopus"
Stephanie Nguyen "Studying local adaptation through simulated climate change experiments in Rhagoletis"
EEB
Saturday 18th 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Leah Treffer "Potential to increase biodiversity on farmland through optimizing crop’s intercrop compatibility"
Aishwarya Sriram "Hearing in Manduca sexta: Behaviour, Implications and Relevance"
Michael Stastny "The Impact of Lyme Disease Pathogens & other factors on the Behavior of Ixodes scapularis"
Ecology
Saturday 18th 4:00 - 4:45 pm
Julianna Yager "Gamebirds and Insects: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Variable Insect Availability on Grouse Reproductive Success"
Joe Elias "Optimizing monitoring network design for ecological gradients"
Catherine Farrell "Forest edges and land-use matrix type effects on a seed-dispersal mutualism in eastern deciduous forests"
Friday 17th 10:00 - 11:00 am
Kate Browning "Re-Characterizing the Role of Thor in Drosophila Immune Dynamics"
Mohammad Anjum Shaik "Knockdown of USP10 with in vivo self-delivering siRNA reduces corneal epithelial defects"
Citrupa Gopal "Conformational Manipulation of OprF homologs Controls Outer Membrane Vesicle Production in various Gram-negative Species"
Jordan Thesier "Repurposing Native Guide RNA-directed Transposition Systems for Genome Engineering in Eukaryotic Organisms"
Eric Sawyer "Characterization of the Tn7-like Tn6230 Element that Displays a Novel Dual TniQ Configuration"
Favour Nwankpa "Identifying potential matrix-degrading proteases based on their role in dispersion"
Anthony Martinichio "Choanal Atreisa"
Victoria Namiganda "Outer Membrane Vesicles: Key players in the biofilm lifestyle of Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
Ankita Kundu "Characterization of Nutrient Induced Multispecies Biofilm Dispersion"
Laura Chacon Machado "A family of Tn7-like transposons evolved to target CRISPR repeats"
Bharti Sharma "Impact of attachment to a surface on macrophage Engulfment of Nosocomial Pathogens: Insights into Immune Evasion Mechanisms"
Shirmin Islam "Exploring Gut Biofilm Dynamics: Effects of TiO₂, Antibiotics, and Probiotics in the Small Intestine"
John Mercaldo "Development of an in vitro small intestinal model for examining the gut inflammatory response to environmental contaminants"
Holly Neubauer "Dietary Sugar Impact on C. difficile and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Co-infection"
Saturday 18th 10:00 - 11:00 am
Shanon Hornung "Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Assessment of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River"
Mary Bogert "Fostering Trust & Interpersonal Relationship Building in a Scaffolded Three-Semeser CURE"
Rebecca Pearce "Perceived predation risk increases Daphnia magna heart rate independently of body size"
Seyde Delgado "A Key Upstream Regulator Activates Zinc Finger Homeodomain-2 and Schnurri to Pattern Eyespots in Junonia coenia"
Nathan Wilkins "Investigating the Mechanisms of Mitonuclear Incompatibility"
Mary Regelski "Colony Cooperation: Foraging Strategies and Cooperation in the Aphaenogastor sp. Complex"
Timothy Kurpiewski "How Diversity and Community Composition of Ground Beetles (Carabidae) in Forests are Affected by Land Use Change"
Kurt Lui "A GIS Approach to Trail Signage Development in the Adirondacks"
Rachel Pitt "Hybrid fitness in Mimulus aurantiacus var. calycinus x M. aurantiacus var. longiflorus"