Special Events
The Biology Department Poster Day and Open House - Poster Titles
and Schedule
See Pictures
Saturday, Feb 21, 2004
Natural Science Center
50 Decatur St.
This is an opportunity to learn about the research conducted in
the Biology department and to meet graduate students and faculty.
- Schedule
- Poster Locations:
- 5th Floor
- 4th Floor
Schedule:
- 10:00AM - 12:00PM Poster Presentations
Poster presenters: odd-numbered posters from 10:00 to
11:00; even-numbered posters from 11:00 to 12:00
- 12:00-12:50PM Lunch
- 1:00PM - 2:00PM Platform presentations by graduate students
(218 Natural Science Center)
5th Floor
Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry 1:
1. Bonnie Stephens and Gladys Alexandre
Tlp1, a novel energy taxis transducer in Azospirillum brasilnese,
promotes plant root colonization
2. Liangyong Jiang and John Houghton
DNA conformational change in pcaIJ promoter induced by PcaR
3. Amrita Nargund, Bishu Sapkota and John Houghton
Biofilm formation in the different strains of Pseudomonas putida
4. Anupama Shanmuganathan, Simon V. Avery, John E. Houghton
Glycolytic Enzymes are Oxidation Targets in Both Copper and Cadium
Toxicity in S.cerevisiae
5. Hosam E. Ewis, Chung-Dar Lu, Ahmed T. Abdelal, Phang C. Tai
Expression and secretion in Bacillus subtilis of the thermostable
esterase Est55 from G. stearothermophilus
6. Ping Liu, Yuan-Fang Wang, Hosam Ewis, Ahmed Abdelal, Chung Dar
Lu, Robert W. Harrison, Irene T. Weber
Crystal structure of the carboxylesterase Est30 from Bacillus stearothermophilus
7. Wei Li and Chung-Dar Lu
Suppressor Analyses of cbrAB Two-Component System in the Reverse
Catabolite Repression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
8. Zhe Yang and Chung-Dar Lu Identification of a Two-Component
System as the Second Arginine-Responsive Regulators from Transcriptome
Analysis
9. Prajakta Pradhan and Parjit Kaur
Transport of Doxorubicin by the Efflux Pump DrrAB
10. Divya Rao and Dr. Parjit Kaur.
Localization of the domain(s) of DrrA involved in interaction with
DrrB in the DrrAB antibiotic efflux pump
11. Drew Kohlhorst and Barbara Baumstark
Bartonella bacilliformis: Understanding the underlying causes of
verruga peruana formation during Carrion’s Disease
12. Tanu Soni and Barbara Baumstark
Analysis of Putative Membrane Proteins in Bartonella bacilliformis
13. Tie, Y., Boross, P., Wang, Y-F., Gaddis, L., Ghosh, A., Louis,
JM., Harrison, R.W., Weber, I.T.
High Resolution Crystal Structures of HIV-1 Protease with a Potent
Non-peptide Inhibitor (UIC-94017) Active against Multi-Drug Resistant
Clinical Strains
14. F. Liu, Boross, P., Mahalingam, B., Wang, Y-F., Gaddis, L.,
Louis, JM., Harrison, R.W., Weber, I.T.
Crystallographic and kinetic analysis of indinavir-resistant mutants
of HIV protease
15. Kai-Hui Wu and Phang. C. Tai
Critical residue analysis surrounding Cys32 and His105 of CvaB transporter
in Colicin V secretion system
16. Y. J. Huang, H. Yang and P. C. Tai
Structural and Functional Analysis of SecA from Gram Positive Bacteria
17. Bing Na and P.C.Tai
Mutational Studies of Escherichia coli SecA Activity by Complementation
Test
18. J.Y. Holley, Z. You, H. Yang and P.C. Tai
Characterization of SecA Lipid Specific Domains
19. Xiangxue Guo and P.C.Tai
Bioinformatics approach for verifying GTP-binding preference of
CvaB
20. Bor-Ruei Lin and P.C.Tai
SecA and Precursor Proteins Are Essential for the Protein-Conducting
Channels of Escherichia coli Membranes: Electrophysiological Studies
in the Xenopus Oocytes
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Bioinformatics:
21. Patra Volarath, Hai-Hua Fu, Hao Wang and Robert Harrison
Synthetic Pathway Prediction for Anti-Cancer Drugs
22. Hao Wang, Patra Volarath, Irene Weber and Robert W. Harrison
Testing site for protein structure prediction server
23. Xianfeng Chen, Irene Weber and Robert Harrison
Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations of HIV Protease
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Chemistry:
24. Beth Wilson, Mar’a-JosŽ Fern‡ndez, Marta Palacios,
Antonio Lorente, and Kathryn B. Grant
Copper-activated DNA Photocleavage by a Pyridine-Linked Bis-Acridine
Conjugate
25. Xia Yang, Richard E. Grant, Susmita Datta, and Kathryn B. Grant
A Combination of Serotonin Transporter and Monoamine Oxidase B Polymorphisms
Predicts Antidepressant Response in Major Depressive Disorder
26. Miki Kassai, Gnana Ravi, and Kathryn B. Grant
4,13-Diaza-18-Crown-6 Substantially Accelerates Zirconium(IV)-Assisted
Hydrolysis of Unactivated Peptide Amide Bonds at Neutral pH
27. Prashanthi Menon and Giovanni Gadda Biochemical and Kinetic
Characterization of choline oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis
28. Brian R. Sook and Dabney Dixon
Mass Spectrometry of Sulfonated Phthalocyanines
29. Darshak H. Patel and Dabney Dixon
Synthesis of Anthraquinones as DNA Binding Molecules
30. Anila Gill and Dabney Dixon
Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis of Sulfonated Phthalocyanines
and Porphyrins
31. Subrata H. Mishra, Christopher M. Shelley, Martyn K. Darby
and Markus W. Germann
Design and Evaluation of HIV-RNA Binding Zinc Finger Proteins
32. Markus W. Germann, James M. Aramini, Stephen H.Cleaver,
Richard P Cunningham
Helical perturbation caused by an -anomeric Adenosine DNA Lesion:
Insights into substrate Recognition by Endonuclease I
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Cell & Molecular Biology & Physiology:
33. Yanhua Wang and Dr. Delon W. Barfuss
Luminal Transport of Cadmium in the Perfused S2 Segment of the Rabbit
Proximal Tubule
34. Rojas, A., Wang, R., Wallace, T., Cui, N., Jiang, C. Phe168
at the
Narrowest Part of the Ion-conductive Pore is Involved in Kir6.2
Channel Gating by Intracellular Protons.
35. Wang, X., Wu, J., Li, L., Mukiibi, J., Jiang, C.
Vascular KATP Channels: Tissue Expression and Current Activation
during Hypercapnic Acidosis
36. Wang, R., Rojas, A., Cui, N. and Jiang, C.
Creation of two opposite charges at the M1 and M2 helices completely
reverses KATP channel gating by ATP and pH
37. Wu, J-P., Rojas, A., Wang, R., Wallace, T., Cui, N., Jiang,
C.
Gating of the Kir6.2 channel may involve spatial hindrance effect
by Phe168 at the intracellular end of the M2 helix bundle-crossing.
Annual Meeting Neuroscience.
38. Li, L., Rojas, A., Wu, J., and Jiang, C.
Disruption of glucose sensing and insulin secretion by Kir6.2-S78-ribozyme
in insulinoma cell line. Annual Meeting of the American Society
for Cell Biology.
39. Mao, J., Wang, R., Wang, X., Rojas, A. and Jiang C.
Molecular basis for the inhibition of G-protein coupled inward rectifier
K+ channels by protein kinase C.
40. Sheela V. Thomas and Charles F. Louis
Challenges in measuring dye uptake through Hemichannels
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Neurobiology & Behavior 1:
41. Ge Shan and W. W. Walthall
Converging genetic programs and the specification of synaptic patterns
of D motor neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans
42. Ge Shan and W. W. Walthall
unc-55, a nuclear receptor in Caenorhabditis elegans, is essential
for male mating
43. Manfred Schmidt and Charles Derby
Neurogensis in the Central Olafactory Pathway of Adult Decapod Crustaceans:
Identification of Neuroblasts
44. Manfred Schmidt, Ulrike Grünert and Charles D. Derby
Non-Olfactory Sensilla Mediate Chemically Induced Antennular Grooming
Behavior in the Spiny Lobster, panulirus argus
45. Shkelzen Shabani, Dr. Cynthia Kicklighter and Dr. Charles Derby
Multiple mechanisms of anti-predator chemical defenses in sea hare
ink: chemical confusion, aversion, and cytotoxicity
46. Cha-Kyong Song, Laurel Johnstone, Manfred Schmidt, Charles
Derby, and Donald Edwards
The effect of social experience on the rate of postembryonic neurogenesis
in crayfish Procambarus clakii
47. Karine Tornieri and Vincent Rehder
Phospholipid-Derived Signaling Events Control Filopodial Behavior
in Neuronal Growth Cones
48. Dayna R. Loyd and Anne Z. Murphy
Organization and Activation of the Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray
– Nucleus Raphe Magnus Circuit: A Potential Pathway Mediating
Underlying Sex Differences in Morphine Analgesia
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4th Floor
Applied and Environmental Microbiology:
48. Rollin Dennard and George Pierce
Global Proteomic Analysis of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase deficient
mutant and its Parent Strain
49. Sangeeta Ganguly and George Pierce
Development of a biocatalytic system for treating acrylonitrile
production wastewaters
50. Emad Hussein, Sidney A. Crow Jr. and George E. Pierce
Degradation of PAHs and Related Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Sequencing
Batch Reactors by Attached Cells in a Controlled Mixed Bacterial
Community
51. Robert A. Maxwell and Sidney A. Crow Jr.
FAME Analysis of Components in a Simple Two-Member Community
52. Chen Niu and Eric S. Gilbert
Influence of eugenol and cinnamaldehyde on autoinducer-2 mediated
quorum sensing and biofilm formation by Escherichia coli ATCC 33456
53. Lance Miller and Gladys Alexandre
Energy taxis in denitrifying Pseudomonas fluorescens
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Neurobiology & Behavior 2:
54. James M. Newcomb and Paul S. Katz
Homologous serotonergic neurons in two molluscan species differentially
participate in analogous locomotor behaviors
55. A. Sakurai and P.S. Katz
4-AP and IBMX selectively block the depression phase of a biphasic
neuromodulation of synaptic strength by serotonergic neurons in
the Tritonia swim CPG
56. Haifei Shi, Robert R. Bowers and Timothy J. Bartness
Brown adipose tissue norepinephrine turnover contributes to white
adipose tissue compensation after partial lipectomy
57. Dapeng Cui, Kimberly Dougherty, Mike Sawchuk, David Machacek,
Hong Zhu, Shawn Hochman and Deborah J Baro
Expression profiling of identified spinal neurons before and after
cord injury (SCI)
58. Mei Xu and Sarah Pallas
Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in The Development of Sensory
Systems Research
59. Magdelina Carrasco and Sarah Pallas
Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in the Development of Sensory
Systems
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Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry 2:
61. Merry Clark and Deborah Baro
Monoamine G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) in the Stomatogastric
Nervous System (STNS)
62. Chris Bates and Zehava Eichenbaum
Identification of Smr - a Streptococcal Metal Regulator
63. Griselle Montanez, Zehava Eichenbaum , Melody Neely
The sia and sit operons are involved in hemoglobin utilization in
Streptococcus pyogenes
64. Yumei Zhou and TerylFrey
Genetic Analysis of Rubella Virus Genotype IIA
65. Suganthi Suppiah and Teryl Frey
Determining Proteolytic Activity of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Nonstructural
Polyprotein
66. Wen-Pin Tzeng, Mary M. Fullove, and Teryl K. Frey
Epitope tagging of p150 replicase protein within Rubella virus
67. Claudia L. Pappas, Wen-Pin Tzeng and Teryl K. Frey
Mutagenic Analysis of Rubella Virus Subgenomic RNA Sequences and
Their Effects on Translation
68. Nonna Ilyabayeva, Pratik Mehta, Ernest Ogbolu, Jennifer A Pickens,
and Roberta Attanasio.
The effects of dietary soy and gender on Natural Autoantibody antigen
recognition.
69. William Davis and Margo Brinton
Analysis of cis-acting sequences and protein binding sites to the
West Nile virus 3’ (+) stem loop RNA
70. Mohamed Emara and Margo Brinton
Expression and purification of cellular proteins TIA-1 and TIAR
that interact with the 3' stem loop of WNV minus strand RNA
71. Gertrud Radu and Margo Brinton
Protein processing by the three simian hemorrhagic fever virus papain-like
cysteine proteases
72. Edilson Torres and Julia Hillard
Development of an Enhanced B Virus Drug Sensitivity Test
73. Rachael Farah and Julia Hillard
PCR vs Cell Culture in the diagnosis of B virus infection
74. Li Zhu and Julia Hillard
Counteraction of PKR by B virus Us11 protein
75. Chadi Filfili and Julia Hillard
Glycoprotein D role in B virus entry to susceptible cells
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