Session: Postdoc Networking Reception & Poster Presentations (2011 SACNAS National Conference)

Friday, October 28, 2011: 8:00 PM-9:30 PM

Room A2/A7 (San Jose Convention Center)

Description: Graduate students, postdocs, and young professionals: network with recruiters and mentors from industry, government, and academia. Learn about potential employment and fellowship opportunities. In this economic climate, don’t miss the opportunity to develop successful career connections. The reception also showcases research posters from select postdocs and upper-level graduate students.

An Algebraic Geometry Approach To Reverse Engineering
Alan Veliz-Cuba, PhD , Research Assistant Professor , University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Reinhard Laubenbacher, PhD , Professor , Virginia Tech

Testing a Paracrine Signaling Role for Wg in Drosophila Ostia Formation
Gloriana Trujillo, PhD , ASERT IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow , University of New Mexico ; Richard Cripps, PhD , Professor , University of New Mexico

Activity-stimulated glucose uptake in the rat diaphragm: the exception to the rule?
Mary Garcia-Cazarin, PhD , Postdoctoral Research Associate , University of Kentucky ; Natalie Snider, BS , University of Kentucky ; David Fraebel , Carnegie Mellon University ; Tatijana Fisher , University of Kentucky ; Francisco Andrade, PhD , Professor , University of Kentucky

Development and Prototyping Process of iNanoVenture Game
Kermin Martinez Hernandez, PhD , Postdoc , University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Jan Cheetam, PhD , Research Technologies Consultant , University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Greta M. Zenner Petersen, MS , Director MRSEC-IEG , University of Wisconsin-Madison

Using biomimetics to understand marine invertebrate larval settlement and recruitment
Elisa Maldonado, PhD , Research Coordinator , Harvard University ; Jesus Pineda, PhD , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Aggregation behavior of CeO₂ and TiO₂ nanoparticles under relevant environmental conditions
Milka Montes, PhD , University of California Santa Barbara ; Arturo Keller, PhD , Professor , University of California Santa Barbara

Drozitumab, a Human Agonist Monoclonal Antibody to TRAIL-R2 Induces Apoptosis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines with Mesenchymal Features
Kathryn J. Chavez, MS, PhD , Postdocoral Researcher , National Cancer Institute - Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health ; Brandon Stone, MD , National Cancer Institute - Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health ; Stanley Lipkowitz, PhD, MD , National Cancer Institute - Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health

Metabolic Flux through the Sialic Acid Pathway Selectively controls the Sialylation and Activity of Adhesion Molecules involved in Metastasis
Ruben Almaraz, PhD , Postdoctoral Fellow , Johns Hopkins University ; Yuan Tian, PhD , Johns Hopkins University ; Rahul Bhattarcharya, PhD , Johns Hopkins University ; Jack Chen , Johns Hopkins University ; Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD , Johns Hopkins University ; Hui Zhang, PhD , Johns Hopkins University ; Kevin Yarema, PhD , Johns Hopkins University

A Dynamic Duo Promote Wound Healing: Genetics and Chemical Inhibitors
Michelle Juarez, PhD , Assistant Project Scientist , University of California, San Diego ; William McGinnis, PhD , Professor , University of California San Diego

Analyzing In Vivo Conformational Changes of a Transcription Factor, c-Myb, Using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) technology
Olivia George, PhD , Post-doctoral Fellow , University of New Mexico ; Scott Ness, PhD , Professor , University of New Mexico

Direct modification and regulation of the nuclear protein-lipid complex NR5A1- PIP2 by the PI3-kinase IPMK
Raymond Blind, PhD , Postdoctoral Scholar , University of California San Francisco ; Holly Ingraham, PhD , Professor , University of California San Francisco

The Cooperative Binding of the Replication Initiation Protein DnaA is Regulated by the Helicase Loader DnaD in Bacillus subtilis
Carla Bonilla, PhD , Postdoc Associate , Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Alan Grossman, PhD , Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Evaluation of Microfabricated Topographical Cues on Self-renewal and Differentiation of Dental Epithelial Stem Cells
Miquella Chavez, PhD , University of California San Francisco ; Rachel Lowe, PhD , Evaluation of Microfabricated Topographical Cues on Self-renewal and Differentiation of Dental Epithelial Stem Cells , University of California San Francisco ; Ophir Klein, MD, PhD , University of California San Francisco ; Tejal Desai, PhD , University of California San Francisco

Persistance is Key: Native Earth Scientists on Overcoming Barriers
Nievita Bueno Watts, PhD , Postdoc , Purdue University ; Dale Baker, EdD , Professor , Arizona State University

Transmembrane Mutations In TLR9 Bypass The Requirement For Ectodomain Proteolysis And Induce Fatal Inflammation
Maria Mouchess, PhD , University of California, Berkeley ; Gregory Barton, PhD , University of California, Berkeley

Adding Multifunctionality to Textiles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of ZnO Nanostructured Coatings on Fibrous Substrates
Yajaira Sierra-Sastre, PhD , Senior Research Scientist , iFyber, LLC ; Aaron Strickland, PhD , Vice-President of Research and Development , iFyber, LLC

Blockade of CD47 Increases Cell and Tissue Survival After Radiation Injury Trough the Inhibition of Cell Death and Activation of Autophagy
David R. Soto Pantoja, Ph.D. , Cancer Research Fellow , National Institutes of Health, NCI-CCR ; Thomas W. Miller, Ph.D. , National Institutes of Health, NCI-CCR ; Lisa Ridnour, Ph.D. , National Institutes of Health, RBB-CCR ; William DeGraff, MS , National Institutes of Health, RBB-CCR ; David Roberts, Ph.D. , Chief Biochemical Pathology , National Institutes of Health, NCI-CCR

Interpreter-Mediated Neuropsychological Testing of Spanish-speakers with limited English Proficiency: Effects on Test Scores
Rachel Casas, Ph.D , Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Southern California ; Daniel Tranel, PhD , University of Iowa

Rapid Suppression of Activated Rac1 by Cadherins and Nectins during De Novo Cell-Cell Adhesion
Khameeka Kitt, PhD , Postdoctoral Fellow , Stanford University ; W. James Nelson, PhD , Professor , Stanford University

BRAFV600E- and PI3'K-Activated Signaling Pathways Cooperate to Regulate Phosphorylation of Ribosomal Protein S6 in Melanoma Cells
Jillian Silva, PhD , Postdoctoral Scholar , University of California, San Francisco ; Martin McMahon, PhD , Professor , University of California, San Francisco

Associations between traffic air pollutants and exhaled nitric oxide measurements for asthmatic children in El Paso, Texas, USA, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Amit Raysoni, PhD , Postdoctoral Research Associate , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University ; Jeremy Sarnat, ScD , Associate Professor , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University ; Wen-Whai Li, Ph.D., P.E. , Professor , University of Texas at El Paso ; Fernando Holguin, MD , Assistant Professor , University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ; Silvia Flores Luevano, MD , University of Texas at El Paso ; Jose Humberto Garcia, PhD , University of Texas at El Paso ; Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat, ScD , Assistant Professor , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Plasticity of the subtelomeric TLO gene family via rapid recombination mechanisms
Matthew Anderson, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Minnesota-Twin Cities ; Lauren Wigen , Undergraduate Student , University of Minnesota-Twin Cities ; Keely Dulmage , Graduate student , Duke University ; Judith Berman, Ph.D. , Professor , University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Understanding the Basis of Sustained versus Transient CD8+ T cell Responses to Cancer Vaccines
Audrey Gutierrez, PhD , Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Virginia ; C McSkimming, BS , University of Virginia ; W Olson, PhD , University of Virginia ; C Slingluff, MD , University of Virginia ; T N Bullock, PhD , University of Virginia

Detection and Characterizaton of Norovirus in Drinking and Reclaimed Water Implicated in a Gastroenteritis Outbreak after the Chilean Earhquake
Roberto Marrero-Ortiz, Ph.D. , Post-Doctoral Research Microbiologist , Food and Drug Administration, Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory ; Viviana Cachicas, MS , Microbiology Chief , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Gary Hartman, BS , Food and Drug Administraton, San Franciso Branch, Office of Regulatory Affairs ; Joey Marchandt, MS , Food and Drug Administration, Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory ; Monica Jara, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Leonor Castillo, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Alicia Araya, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Manuel Cortes, MD , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Nicolas Ferreira, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Diego Belmar, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Leonardo Farias, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Pasme Herrera, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Javier Mena, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; David Fuentes, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Hector Galeno, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Lissette Munoz, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Javier Tognarelli, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; Jorge Fernandez, BS , Instituto de Salud Publica ; William Burkhardt III, Ph.D. , Microbiology Chief , Food and Drug Administration, Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory

Cold Plasma Inactivation of E. coli and S. aureus on Solid Surfaces for Infection Treatment
Guadalupe Vidal, PhD , research associate , Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi ; Magesh Thiyagarajan, PhD , Texas A&M - Corpus Christi ; Hoang Pham , Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi ; Alison Doyungan , Texas A & M University ; Joanna Mott, PhD , Texas A & M University ; Gregory Buck, PhD , Associate Professor , Texas A & M University

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