SCAS Annual Meeting

Presenter's Name	Title	time of presentation	Room
	Bioengineering Minisymposium Chairs: Melissa Moss, Francisco Gonzalez
Melissa A. Moss	ACTIVATION OF ENDOTHELIUM IN AD BRAIN INVOLVES SOLUBLE AGGREGATES OF THE AMYLOID-BETA PROTEIN	2:45-3:00 pm	Lexington B
Angel E. Mercado	Biodegradable Scar-Inhibiting Implants for Guided Spinal Cord Regeneration	3:00-3:15 pm	Lexington B
Hong Tan	FLUID FLOW REGULATES ECM EXPRESSION AND DEPOSITION DURING CARDIAC VALVE DEVELOPMENT	3:15-3:30 pm	Lexington B
Ying Wang	AGE EFFECTS ON ARTERIAL AXIAL STIFFNESS IN WILD TYPE AND DIABETIC MICE	3:30-3:45 pm	Lexington B
Wujie Zhang	Intracellular delivery and controlled release of trehalose using a thermally responsive nanocapsule	3:45-4:00 pm	Lexington B
	Bioinformatics Minisymposium Chair Agnes Ayme-Southgate
Fletcher Moore	ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICALLY REALISTIC PREFRONTAL CORTEX PYRAMIDAL CELL MODEL	4:00-4:15 pm	Lexington B
Agnes Ayme-Southgate	BIOINFORMATICS OF INSECT MUSCLE PROTEOMES: EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS	4:30-4:45 pm	Lexington B
Maggie Broadwater	COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL PROFILING OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS IN EDIBLE OILS USING LC-MS TRIACYLGLYCEROLS IN EDIBLE OILS USING LC-MS	4:45-5:00 pm	Lexington B
Achraf EL Allali	MIM: A Species Independent Approach for Distinguishing Coding and Non-Coding DNA Sequences in Bacte	5:00-5:15 pm	Lexington B
	Cancer Research Session Chair: Marj Pena
Diana Ivankovic, Ph.D.	The Effect of Obesity on the Incidence of Breast Cancer	2:45-3:00pm	Richland A
Victoria Herold	A Step Forward : pHER2 Biomarker Discovered For The Prolactin Receptor Antagonist G129R	3:00-3:15pm	Richland A
Sharne' Morrow	THE EFFECTS OF ZINC ACCUMULATION ON BREAST CANCER	3:15-3:30pm	Richland A
Chris Parsons	VIRAL CANCER PATHOGENESIS: REGULATION OF THE MICROENVIRONMENT BY AN ONCOGENIC HERPESVIRUS	3:30-3:45pm	Richland A
Samir Raychoudhury	EFFECTS OF 17BETA-ESTRADIOL AND TAMOXIFEN ON MCF-7 HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS	3:45-4:00pm	Richland A
Semyon Rubinchik	Interaction of exogenous and endogenous viruses in head and neck carcinoma.	4:00-4:15pm	Richland A
Donna Sellers	EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR (SUBTYPE A) IN HUMAN BREAST CANCER	4:15-4:30pm	Richland A
Margeaux Wetendorf	ELUCIDATING THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION ON TUMORIGENESIS IN MIN MICE	4:30-4:45pm	Richland A
	Cell Biology/Microbiology Chair: Omar Bagasra
Christina Eddy	INTEGRATING RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY COURSES	8:30-8:45 AM	Congaree B
Jane Guentzel	REDUCTION OF BACTERIA ON SPINACH, LETTUCE, AND SURFACES IN FOOD SERVICE AREAS USING EO WATER	8:45-9:00 am	Congaree B
Cynthia Oliva	PROJECTIN AND MYOFIBRIL ASSEMBLY IN DROSOPHILA MUSCLES	9:00-9:15 am	Congaree B
Amanda Robinson	IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR GENES IN FOUR SPECIES OF SC SNAKES	9:15-9:30 am	Congaree B
Bianca Thomas	THE EFFECTS OF ZINC ACCUMULATION ON DIABETES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY VS. THE CAUCASIAN AM	9:30-9:45am	Congaree B
	Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair: Justin Wyatt
Amanda Acevedo --Jake	SPIRO(BID-PYRAZOLES) FROM 1,4-DIANIONS OF SELECT HYDRAZONES AND AN ESTER-SULFONAMIDE	8:30-8:45am	Congaree A
Samantha Bouldin	HUMAN GLUTAREDOXIN 1 REDUCES DISULFIDE BOND OF HUMAN SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 1 BY MONOTHIOL MECHANISM	8:45-9:00am	Congaree A
D.M. Indika Bandara	Magnetic Circular Dichroism and UV-Visible Spectral Study of P. aeruginosa PhuT Heme Transporter	9:00-9:15am	Congaree A
Erin Cartwright	New Derivatives of the Antibiotic Cytosporone E, Focusing on Side Chain Substitutions for SAR Study	9:15-9:30am	Congaree A
Kevin Djordjevic	NOVEL HETEROGENEOUS METAL CATALYSTS SUPPORTED ON POLYMERS FOR THE WATER GAS SHIFT REACTION	9:30-9:45am	Congaree A
Jing Du	Spectroscopic Study of CYP119 having Its Cysteine Heme Axial Ligand Replaced with Selenocysteine	9:45-10:00am	Congaree A
Sloan Hess	DIHYDROISOQUINOLINONES FROM POLYLITHIATED AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID HYDRAZIDES AND ESTERS	10:30-10:45am	Congaree A
Jingjing Hu	Studying mitochondrial redox status and control mechanisms using in vivo fluorescent protein sensors	10:45-11:00am	Congaree A
Thomas Jenkins	SAR studies via Deletion Chemistry and Nitrogen Incorporation into the Antibiotic Cytosporone E	11:00-11:15am	Congaree A
April Johnson	FINDING HOMOLOGOUS MESOPHILIC THERMOPHILIC PAIRS IN ALPHA/BETA BARRELS USING COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS	11:15-11:45am	Congaree A
Jessica N. McCutcheon	ESTIMATION OF BLOODSTAIN AGE ON POLYMER SUBSTRATES BY DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY	11:45am-12:00pm	Congaree A
Brent Peters	FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEIRA SUBSTRATES UTILIZING ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION	1:30-1:45pm	Congaree A
Elizabeth Redpath	ALDOL/CLAISEN CONDENSATIONS OF BETA-DIKETONES WITH ALDEHYDES/ESTERS AND LHMDS	1:45-2:00pm	Congaree A
Ellyn Smith	PYRAZOLE-ACETIC AMIDES FROM POLYLITHIATED BETA-KETOAMIDES; ESTERS, AND HYDRAZINE	2:00-2:15pm	Congaree A
Daniel Stanton	DEVELOPMENT OF AN HPLC-F mETHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF MELATONIN IN STENOSTOMUN VIRGINIANUM	2:15-2:30pm	Congaree A
Rhonda Winchester	ANALYSIS OF LEACHING BISPHENOL-A FROM POLYCARBONATE PLASTIC CONTAINERS	2:30-2:45pm	Congaree A
Wei Wang	Coordinated regulation of YqjH by iron and the nickel metalloregulatory protein YqjI	2:45-3:00pm	Congaree A
	Environmental Sciences
Richard Stalter	Thirty years of Carex Pensylvanica stability after gamma irradiation, Brookhaven National Lab	8:30-8:45am	Carolina B
Eric DeMarco	Equatorial Wind Variations: their Drivers and their Connection to Wintertime Climate	8:45-9:00am	Carolina B
Dr. Margarit Gray, Dr. Thomas Kozel, Dr. Diana Ivankovic	FISH DIVERSITY STUDY IN FOUR HOLE SWAMP SOUTH CAROLINA	9:00-9:15am	Carolina B
Haiwei Luo	SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF MARINE BACTERIAL ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE	9:15-9:30am	Carolina B
Sharee Harris	The Effect of Carbon Loading and Fatty Acid Concentration on the Production of Biohydrogen	9:30-9:45am	Carolina B
Eran S. Kilpatrick	THE EFFECTS OF FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS ON AVIFAUNA NEST SUCCESS IN THE PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	9:45-10:00am	Carolina B
Jane Guentzel	WETLAND CONTRIBUTIONS TO MERCURY TRANSPORT AND BIOACCUMULATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL RIVERS	10:30-10:45am	Carolina B
Ajoy G. Chakrabarti	Searching Potiental Plant Species for Biodiesel Production	10:45-11:00am	Carolina B
Annie R. Whitley	USING LIPID BIOMARKERS TO CHARACTERIZE BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND	11:00-11:15am	Carolina B
Sam Williams	The Role Of Pretreatment In Biohydrogen Production	11:15-11:30am	Carolina B
Erin Worely	THE EFFECTS OF THE SUMTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION OF C. DUBIA	11:30-11:45am	Carolina B
	Experimental Therapeutics Chair: David Magnin
Sadiye Amcaoglu Rieder	Protective effect of Resveratrol in toxin-induced Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress	8:30-8:45am	Carolina A
Rupal Pandey	Targeting cannabinoid receptors as a novel approach to prevent donor T cell-mediated inflammation during acute Graft-versus-host disease	8:45-9:00am
Lindsey Padgett	CLONING AND INITIAL TESTING OF A RETROVIRAL VECTOR EXPRESSING AND ANTI-HIV-1 TAT HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME	9:00-9:15	Carolina A
Audrey Hendley	ANTI-HIV-1 VIF ACTIVITY BY A HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME EXPRESSED FROM A RETROVIRAL VECTOR	9:15-9:30	Carolina A
Mr. Davis, Jr. and Ms. Baccus	SYNTHESIS OF AZOLE INHIBITORS OF AP2: A NEW APPROACH FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES	9:30-9:45	Carolina A
David Magnin	DISCOVERY OF HIGHLY POTENT LONG ACTING DPP-IV INHIBITORS	9:45-10:15	Carolina A
	HPV Symposium Chairs: Kim Creek, Gloria Frelix
Sangeeta Kowli	DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION BY TGF-beta DURING PROGRESSION OF HPV16-TRANSFORMED CELLS	8:45-9:00am	Richland A
Sandhya Sanduja	TRISTETRAPROLIN-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN HPV-TRANSFORMED CERVICAL CANCER CELLS	9:00-9:15am	Richland A
Geoffrey Pitzer	ANALYSIS OF HPV IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TO RACE	9:15-9:30am	Richland A
Jeffrey Korte	Impact of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection on HPV persistence	9:30-9:45am	Richland A
Kim Creek	Human Papillomavirus prevalence and type distribution at enrollment among females attending the University of South Carolina	9:45-10:00am	Richland A
Gloria Frelix	Patient Characteristics and Outcomes for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer in Minority and Underserved Populations in Eastern North Carolina	10:30-10:45am	Richland A
Heather Brandt	Changing the Picture of Cervical Cancer in South Carolina through Clinic- and Community-Based Research, Practice, and Action	10:45-11:00am	Richland A
Anna Giuliano	Keynote lecture	11:00-11:45am	Richland A
	Molecular Biology Chair: Heather Evans
Jessica Abercrombie	PCR AMPLIFICATION OF TTH-LIGASE GENE	10:30-10:45am	CongareeB
Wassim Basheer	OVEREXPRESSION OF THE UBIQUITIN LIGASE WWP1 LEADS TO LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND SUDDEN DEATH	10:45-11:00am	CongareeB
Matt Bowser	Construction Of A Plasmid Containing The p1 Promoter Of Burkholderia xenovorans And GFP	11:00-11:15am	CongareeB
Amy Bradley	ANALYSIS OF FOXG1 SEQUENCE VARIATION IN RETT SYNDROME	11:15-11:30am	CongareeB
Ryan Buffett	Structural and Functional Analysis Of The p1 Promoter Of The LB400 bph Cluster	11:30-11:45am	CongareeB
Sean Grubb	Cloning Of A 159 bp Fragment Bearing The p1 promoter Region Of The LB400 bph Cluster Using PCR	11:45am-12:00pm	CongareeB
Katie Wessinger	LOSS OF FOXO1 IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS CAUSES DECREASED CARDIAC MYOCYTE PROLIFERATION	12:00-12:15pm	CongareeB
	Nanoscience/Physics
Damien Howard	FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF HYDROXYAPATITE-DOPED POC/PEG	10:30-10:45am	Carolina A
ROHAN SATISHKUMAR	ADSORPTION OF LYSOSTAPHIN TO PLA NANOPARTICLES RESULTS IN ITS ENHANCED ACTIVITY AGAINST S. AUREUS	10:45-11:00am	Carolina A
Erica Sheftic	VISIBLE AND FT-IR PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF BISMUTH NANORODS	11:00-11:15am	Carolina A
Shawn Ballenger	WHAT'S GEOMETRY GOT TO DO WITH IT? INVESTIGATING EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE CAPACITORS IN A SINGLE CASING	11:30-11:45am	Carolina A
Jeremy Capps	QUANTUM-WALK SIMULATION IN JAVA / NOT YOUR AVERAGE WALK IN THE PARK	11:45am-12:00pm	Carolina A
Gregory Smith	PHASE SEPARATION AND WETTING LAYER EFFECTS IN NEAR CRITICAL SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE	12:00-12:15pm	Carolina A