12-MINUTES RESEARCH TALKS: Life & Health Science
2.30- 4 pm | Newcomb Hall, South Meeting Room
12-minute research talks (excluding 3 mins. Q&A) are traditional oral presentations of research to discipline-specific audience.
12-minute research talks: Life & Health Sciences
List of Speakers & Talks
(in alphabetical order of speakers' first names)
| No. | Speaker Name | Department & Research Focus | Title of Talk |
| 1. | Dr. Aimee Potter | Microbiology & Immunology | A genome scale metabolic model reveals changes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae central metabolism during neutrophil inflammation |
| 2. | Dr. Alexandra Donlan | Immunology, Infectious Diseases & International Health | IL-13 is a driver of COVID-19 severity |
| 3. | Dr. Atum Buo | Center for Public Health Genomics, Bone Genetics | MPDZ, a potential causal gene for the bone mineral density association at chromosome locus 9p23, regulates in vitro osteoblast function and in vivo bone mass accrual. |
| 4. | Dr. Bing Xu | Genome Editing, Animal Models | zMADM (zebrafish Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers) for single-cell gene knockout and dual lineage tracing |
| 5. | Dr. Karina Dias Teixeira | Molecular & Cell Biology | Lacritin Rescue of Homeostasis Requires GPR87 Coupled to Syndecan-1 |
Moderators
- Dr. Jhansi Leslie, Infectious Diseases
- Dr. Tochukwu Ozulumba, Chemistry
Abstract Book
The abstract book below outlines detailed abstracts of each talks submitted by the speakers.