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2025 Agenda – Sat, Feb 15

Page updated Feb 26, 2025

For more info, contact:

Cyndy Buckhaults, SC INBRE Communications Manager

8 am

Symposium Check-In
Poster Sessions set up
Check in is located outside of the Theater. See Abstracts page for poster locations.

Limited take and go breakfast items available. Beverage Service (coffee, tea, cocoa, water) available all day in Lounge area (204).

8:30 am

Welcome, Theater

Dr. Edie Goldsmith, SC INBRE PI/Program Director

8:35 am

Data Science and Bioinformatics Student-Driven Research, Theater
Student-Initiated Reserch Program (SIRP) and Student-Initiated Training Award (SITA) student researcher presentations (introduced by Dr. Goldsmith)

8:40 am: Marion “Trey” Hope, III (SIRP), University of South Carolina
Gene Expression Programming on Microarray of Hepatic Overexpression of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Diet Induced Obese Female Mice

8:50 am: Isaiah Davis (SIRP), USC School of Medicine Columbia
Exosome Delivered Combinatorial Therapeutics for Pancreatic Cancer

9 am: Kylie King (SITA), Clemson University
Exploring Fibroblast-Mediated Gene Expression Changes in Racially Diverse Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines

9:10 am: MacKenzie Meier (SITA), University of South Carolina
Neurocardio-trauma feedback system, An investigational study of electroencephalography and heart rate variability monitoring in emergency care clinicians for the early detection of acute stress disorder

9:20 am: Mary Mitchell (SIRP), University of South Carolina
Investigating how endocannabinoid signaling modulates host function to promote bacterial dysbiosis in the gut

9:30 am: Rachel Edens (SITA), Medical University of South Carolina
Unraveling the Role of Myosin 5b: RNAseq Analysis of Bile Acid Transporters to Determine Intestinal-Liver Crosstalk

9:40 am: Jiaying Yi (SITA), University of South Carolina
Graph-AI-Enhanced Treatment Outcome Prediction in Post-stroke Aphasia

9:50 am
NETWORKING BREAK (15 mins)

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

Opportunity for poster set up for late arrivals.

10:05 am

3-Minute Madness Flash Talks, Theater

Introduced by Dr. Holly LaVoie, SC INBRE Program Coordinator

Talks are a strict 3 minutes. The extra two minutes of each slot is to allow for transitioning between presenters.

10:10 am – Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering:
Alannah Akins (Poster #002), Clemson University
Exploring Collagen Dynamics in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

10:15 am – Bioinformatics/Data Science, Chemistry/Biochemistry:
Basharah Abdul-Ali (Poster #022), Columbia College
Cannabinoids Therapies for Alzheimer’s with Computational Tools

10:20 am – Chemistry/Biochemistry:
Brianna Sapounas (Poster #040), University of South Carolina Upstate
Investigating the role of SARS coronavirus nonstructural protein 1 in distinguishing viral RNA and host mRNA

10:25 am – Molecular/Cell Biology:
Shanari Buckner (Poster #046), Coastal Carolina University
Towards novel BicC genetic modifiers of in the Drosophila Male Germ Line

10:30 am – Molecular/Cell Biology: Erin Chard (Poster #049), Medical University of South Carolina
The enteric pathogen Clostridioides difficile upregulates IL-22 which drives increased adherent mucins MUC1 and MUC4

10:35 am – Molecular/Cell Biology:
Makenna Grozis (Poster #059), Medical University of South Carolina
A high fat diet induces a mucus producing gastric metaplasia in mice

10:40 am – Neuroscience/Psychology:
Marcus French (Poster #083), Benedict College
Neurodegenerative disease pathways expressed in flight muscle histolysis of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

10:45 am – Neuroscience/Psychology:
Rion Reynolds (Poster #091), College of Charleston
Your Brain on Music – a fNIRS Perspective

10:50 am – Other:
Tabitha Merrithew (Poster #104), Converse University
Optimal Designs for DNA Self-Assembly of Select Archimedean Solids in the Flexible Tile Model

11 am

Exhibit Hall Open, Second Floor Lobby

Poster Session 1, Ballroom, Rooms 203 and 205
ODD numbered posters will present in this session (and removed immediately after the session is over)

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

12 pm

Lunch, Ballroom

Pick up boxed lunches from Lounge 202. Check your name tag for table number assignment.

EVEN numbered posters to be hung during the lunch break.

1 pm

Exhibit Hall Open, Second Floor Lobby

Poster Session 2, Ballroom, Rooms 203 and 205
EVEN numbered posters will present in this session

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

2 pm

State of SC INBRE Program and Updates, Theater
Introduced by Dr. Edie Goldsmith, SC INBRE PI/Program Director

This time period will include program updates from Drs. Goldsmith and LaVoie, as well as a short presentation by Pamela Gilliam, CARE Team director – our external evaluation team. You do not want to miss this session!

2:30 pm

Developmental Research Project Program Podium Presentations, Theater

Introduced by Dr. Holly LaVoie, SC INBRE Program Coordinator

2:35 pm: Jennifer Fox, College of Charleston
Interaction of Heme A Synthase with Electron Transport Chain Complex III

2:50 pm: Sarah Porto, College of Charleston
Amyloid Effect on Integrity and Structure of the Ligamentum Flavum in the Spine

3:05 pm
NETWORKING BREAK (15 mins)

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available all day in Lounge area (204)

Posters can be removed during this time.

3:20 pm

Data Science Research Program Presentations, Theater

Bioinformatics Pilot Project Program (BIPP) and Data Analystics Pilot Project Program (DAPP)

Introduced by Dr. Edie Goldsmith, SC INBRE PI/Program Director

3:25 pm: Anna Blenda (DAP), USC School of Medicine Greenville
Identification of African-American-specific circular RNAs with a population-inclusive bioinformatics pipeline

3:40 pm: Henry Sucov (BIPP), Medical University of South Carolina
Determination of cardiomyocyte aneuploidy

3:55 pm: Hainan Lang (BIPP), Medical University of South Carolina
The Link Between Hearing Loss, Auditory Nerve Dysfunction and Abnormal Cochlear Macrophage Activity