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Symposium Agenda

8:45 am: Opening Remarks by Associate Dean Kate McAnulty

9:00 am-12:40 pm: Morning Presentations

Select a student’s name for more details on their research. 

Time SUP Student Research Title Summer Program
9:00-9:20 Towards Early Detection of Diabetic Kidney Disease Using Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Perfusion Parameters SMART
9:00-9:20 DNA Mismatch Repair Proteins CSS
9:00-9:20 Development of a Phagocytic Uptake Assay based on Actin Regulator Manipulation McNair
9:00-9:20 Adjuvant Induced Gene Expression Rhesus Macaques M&I-HBCU SROP
9:00-9:20 Self determination in early Childhood McKinney Scholars Program
9:25-9:45 Amygdala activation during negative emotional experiences SMART
9:25-9:45 How can we Educate, Empower and Connect Families about their Rights within the Individualized Education Plan ( IEP) McKinney Scholars Program
9:25-9:45 Persistent Effects of Alcohol Use on Alzheimer's Disease Tau Pathology CSF, CSS
9:25-9:45 God Loves Women, and I Do Too: Black Queer North Carolinian Women’s and Nonbinary Folks Engagement with Religion and Spirituality McNair
9:25-9:45 Investigating the Phosphorylation of HDAC6 in Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease SURF
9:50-10:10 Disparities in the location of Superfund site in the southern United States McNair
9:50-10:10 Plastic Burn Pit Emissions Generated from Flaming and Smoldering Temperatures Induce Variable Toxicity on Human Nasal Epithelial Cells 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
9:50-10:10 Prediction and discovery of small open reading frame encoded polypeptides from Enterococcus faecalis SURF
9:50-10:10 Investigating the role of μ opioid receptor in Chx10-expressing neurons SMART
9:50-10:10 It Takes a Village - The Exploration of Education and the Socioecological Model  McKinney Scholars Program
10:15-10:35 Examining the Effects of Inorganic Arsenic on Chromatin Accessibility in Placental Cells Using ATAC-seq 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
10:15-10:35 The Affects of Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on Behavioral Measures of Impulsivity SMART
10:15-10:35 Investigating the Structural and Functional Diversity of Azoreductases Across the Human Intestinal Microbiome SURF
10:15-10:35 Developing an Environmental Justice Index for Toxic Metal Well Water Contamination in North Carolina McNair
10:15-10:35 Equitable Policies That Positively Impact Black Families and Children Prenatal-to-3 McKinney Scholars Program
10:40-11:00 Exploring chemical targets within the Robust Placental Clock using the Comparative ToxicoGenomics Database 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
10:40-11:00 The Role of a Small Molecule in Facilitated Corneal healing SMART
10:40-11:00 Urban and Rural Purchasing Patterns of SNAP Participants in North Carolina SURF
10:40-11:00 Assessing Transcriptional and Epigenetic Impacts of Antipsychotics CSS
10:40-11:00 Arab American Families, Acculturation, and Biculturalism: A Comprehensive Review McNair
11:05-11:25 The Characterization of a Young Exoplanet From the Kepler Mission CSS
11:05-11:25 Exploring Synergistic Effects of Small Molecules in Ewing sarcoma SURF
11:05-11:25 A Proteomics Based Approach to Determine the Role of the Cardiac Neural Crest SMART
11:05-11:25 Characterization of Cytokines Secreted by Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Grown on Transwells 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
11:05-11:25 Assessment of Loading Tissue Plasminogen Activator into Human Red Blood Cells for the Improved Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases McNair
11:30-11:50 The Role of Indirect Exposure to Police Violence in Black Adolescent Suicidality McNair
11:30-11:50 Epigenetic Impact of PFOS on JEG-3 Placental Cells via ATAC Sequencing and RNA Sequencing Analyses CSS
11:30-11:50 Examining Differences in Family Empowerment Among Hispanic and White Families of Children with Autism McNair
11:30-11:50 Expression of the psychiatric risk gene transcription factor-4 (TCF4) in the developing macaque neocortex. SMART
11:55-12:15 Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of mutations in Drosophila melanogaster CG8569 which encodes a putative ortholog of the human epigenetic regulator ZMYND11 McNair
11:55-12:15 Setting up a Wastewater Monitoring Program in North Carolina: Learning to Go with the Flow During a Pandemic 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
11:55-12:15 Variants that cause Hemophilia A and B: An exploration through Hypothes.is SMART
11:55-12:15 Use of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder SURF
12:20-12:40 Occupational Health and Industry in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in North Carolina 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
12:20-12:40 Investigating the Mediating Role of Brain Activation in the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors McNair
12:20-12:40 Parental Needs: Psychological distress and treatment preferences among parents amidst the COVID-19 pandemic CSS
12:20-12:40 Sex Differences in CGRP Response in LECs SMART
12:20-12:40 Improving statistical analysis in immunology research: An exploration of partial correlation CFAR

12:40 pm-1:25 pm: Lunch Break

1:30 pm-5:10 pm: Afternoon Presentations

Select a student’s name for more details on their research.

Time SUP Student Research Title Summer Program
1:30-1:50 Construction and Validation of Dimerization Dependent Fluorescent Probes to Visualize Lipid Droplet - Organelle Contacts SMART
1:30-1:50 Differences in Estradiol Levels After Burn Injury 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
1:30-1:50 Galaxy Nearest Neighbor Search Methods Sheila Kannappan - Physics
1:30-1:50 Factos Influencing the Mortality Rates of Breast Cancer ENABLE
1:30-1:50 Who Helped You? Sources of Breastfeeding Support Among Predominantly Low-Income African American Women In North Carolina McNair
1:30-1:50 Segmentor: Training a Machine Learning Algorithm to Optimize the Accuracy of Automatic Brain Segmentation CSS
1:55-2:15 The Power of Interferons: Interferons vs. Viruses M&I-HBCU SROP
1:55-2:15 Effect of Ada2 SANT Mutations on H3 and H4 Histone Tail Binding SMART
1:55-2:15 Data and Text Analysis of Potential Risk Factors of Stroke ENABLE
1:55-2:15 Clinically Relevant Bacteriophage Adsorption to Mycobacterium smegmatis SOLAR & SURE
2:20-2:40 A Comprehensive Look at Covid-19 Data in Social Media ENABLE
2:20-2:40 Enhancing the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T cells in pancreatic cancer SMART
2:20-2:40 Burkholderia thaliandensis Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition Competitions between strains E254 & E264 M&I-HBCU SROP
2:20-2:40 The Role of Nucleus Accumbens Astrocyte Rac1 on Cocaine Seeking Behavior SPIRE
2:45-3:05 Kynurenine metabolism induces HIV latency disruption and induces ACSS2-associated histone crotonylation SMART
2:45-3:05 The Relation Between Stress-Induced Epigenetic Changes and Cell Morphology SURF
2:45-3:05 Epigenetic Regulation of the HPV Viral Life Cycle M&I-HBCU SROP
2:45-3:05 Nucleic Acid Binding by Enterovirus 2C Protein SOLAR & SURE
3:10-3:30 SANT Domain Mutations that Give Insight to the Histone Binding Activity SOLAR & SURE
3:10-3:30 The effect of losing a transcription factor on chromatin remodeling complexes SMART
3:10-3:30 Electronic nicotine vapor exposure and central amygdala activity in mice CSF
3:10-3:30 Assessing Risk of HIV Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa CFAR
3:35-3:55 Development of Home Cage Self Administration and Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) Assays in Mice for Addiction Studies SOLAR & SURE
3:35-3:55 Estimating Localized COVID-19 Immunity Levels for North Carolina Counties CPC
3:35-3:55 YAP1-TAZ-TEAD Inhibition Sensitizes Cells to KRASG12C Inhibition CSF
3:35-3:55 An Investigation of Nanocellulose/Chitosan-Based Injectable Hydrogels SMART
4:00-4:20 Defining the Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics in Regulating PDAC Cell Sensitivity to ERK Inhibition CSF
4:00-4:20 Triazoles as Kappa Opioid Agonists SOLAR & SURE
4:00-4:20 Testing the effects of Corin on chromatin accessibility in Ewing sarcoma SMART
4:00-4:20 Validating gene targets of MYC transcriptional activity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma CSF
4:25-4:45 Evaluating the Association Between Prenatal Toxic Metal Exposure and Placental DNA Methylation SMART
4:25-4:45 Utilizing Palmitoleic Acid to Enhance Bactericidal Activity of Antibiotics in Gram-positive Bacteria SOLAR & SURE
4:25-4:45 Detecting Activity of the Yeast Mating Pathway Through GFP CSF
4:25-4:45 Activation of Mitochondrial Protease ClpP Inhibits mTOR Activity in Triple Negative Breast Cancer CSF
4:50-5:10 Adhesion role in Mucociliary Clearance Richard Superfine - Applied Physical Sciences
4:50-5:10 Improving bacterial attachment to the skin M&I-HBCU SROP
4:50-5:10 “TCF4 expression in the developing Macaque neocortex.” SMART
4:50-5:10 Comparisons of Resistances and Sensitivities to Chemotherapies in T-Cell Lymphomas CSF