ABT 395/399 - Student Presentations
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Glenn B. Collins Research Award
Fall 2019 Schedule
Fall 2019 ABT 395/399 Student Presentations
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 10:00am to 3:30pm
Cameron Williams Lecture Hall, Plant Science Building
10:00am Welcome and Introduction Dr. Aardra Kachroo, ABT 395/399 Course Coordinator
10:00am Trent Marshall Relationship between sex, age, BMI and comorbidity on cognitive and emotional health in survivors of critical illness
Mentor: Dr. Kirby Mayer, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, UK College of Health Sciences
10:15am Katie Sandford An investigation into Habronema muscae
Mentor: Dr. Martin Nielsen, Department of Veterinary Science, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
10:30am Brandon Goble Leading causes of bacterial keratitis not so far from home for contact wearers
Mentor: Dr. Martha E. Grady, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UK College of Engineering
10:45am Chi Zhang Differential undertaking behavioral responses to corpse from different castes in eastern subterranean termite
Mentor: Dr. Xuguo Zhou, Department of Entomology, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
11:00am Sirui Huang The influence of different causes of death on termite chemical profile
Mentor: Dr. Xuguo Zhou, Department of Entomology, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
11:15-1:30pm Lunch Break Lunch provided by the Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology Program
1:30pm Samantha De Jesus Neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptor deletion in adipocytes blunts fat-derived aldosterone production in female mice exposed to chronic stress
Mentor: Dr. Analia Loria, Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, UK College of Medicine
1:45pm Bailee Taylor Examining toxicity of phosphorene nanomaterials and their ability to remove organic contaminants from drinking water
Mentor: Dr. Olga Tsyusko-Unrine, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
2:00pm Break
2:15pm Adam Farman Role of serum amyloid A in obesity accelerated and cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis
Mentor: Dr. Nancy R. Webb, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine
2:30pm Sam Hacker Robust computational nuclei detection in microscopy of developing Arabidopsis endosperm
Mentor: Dr. Tomokazu Kawashima, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
2:45pm Evan Hall Effects of environmental stresses on polyadenylation in red clover
Mentor: Mentor: Dr. Arthur Hunt, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
3:00pm Donny Hyman The genetic modification of Catharanthus roseus to produce anti-cancer drugs
Mentor: Mentor: Dr. Ling Yuan, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
3:15pm Cierra Isom Evaluation of the effects of synthetic lipid anchors on apolipoprotein A-I responses
Mentor: Dr. Vincent Venditto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UK College of Pharmacy
3:30pm Nicholas Jacobs Genetic architecture of critical thermal maximum in Drosophila melanogaster
Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Teets, Department of Entomology, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment