Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Ecology and Other agricultural sciences

Thursday, October 27, 2011: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Room A3 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chair:
Jory Weintraub, PhD, Assistant Director, Education and Outreach, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
6:35 PM
The role of wnt10b in a translational model for triple-negative breast cancer
Brenda Anchondo, MS , Staff Research Associate , University of California, Los Angeles ; Peter Wend, PhD , Post doctoral fellow , University of California, Los Angeles ; Gustavo Miranda-Carboni, PhD , Assistant Professor , David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
6:50 PM
Ralstonia solanacearum; let the most fit strain win
Alejandra I. Huerta , Graduate Research Assistant , University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Annett Milling, PhD , RESEARCH ASSOCIATE , University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Caitilyn Allen, PhD , Professor and Chair , University of Wisconsin - Madison
7:05 PM
Modeling Coral Reef Benthic Community Dynamics
Marlene Brito , Graduate Student Researcher , Scripps Institution of Oceanography ; Stuart Sandin, PhD , Assistant Professor , Scripps Institution of Oceanography