Poster Session I

A NOVEL ROLE OF THE UBCH8-MEDIATED ISGYLATION IN THE ETIOLOGY OF BREAST CANCER

Julian Burks, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
S. D. Desai

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

ACUTE STRESS LEADS TO A LONG-TERM CHANGE IN THE ADRENAL LEVELS OF NEUROPEPTIDE Y.

Qian Wang, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
M. D. Whim

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF THE Ether-a-go-go-related GENE POTASSIUM CURRENT IN MODULATING SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS

Marco Antonio Huertas, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
C. C. Canavier

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

DEATH-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE 1 REGULATION OF N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR IN STROKE

Xin Xu, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
W. Tu
L. Peng
X. Zhong

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

DEATH-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN Kinase1 (DAPK 1) INTERACTS WITH EXTRA-SYNAPTIC NMethyl-D-Aspartic Acid (NMDA) RECEPTORS IN HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

Kun Qian, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Youming Lu

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SELECTIVELY DECREASES RESPONDING FOR ETHANOL UNDER A MULTIPLE SCHEDULE OF FOOD AND ETHANOL REINFORCEMENT IN RATS.

Russel Amato, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
M. E. Worrel

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

ENDOCANNABINOID 2-ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL RESOLVING NEUROINFLAMMATION IS MEDIATED BY PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-y

Rongqing Chen, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Huizi Du
Xiaolei Chen
Jian Zhang

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

ENGINEERED KLP61 F KINESIN CAN BE INHIBITED BY L5-DIRECTED COMPOUNDS: ALLOSTERIC MECHANISMS ARE CONSERVED ACROSS KINESIN-5 MOTORS

Liqiong Liu, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
S. Parameswaran
J. Liu
S. Kim

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

ENVIRONMENTALLY PERSISTENT FREE RADICAL EXPOSURE CAUSES EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYME TRANSITION IN HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS

Jordy Saravia, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
P. Thevenot
J. Giaimo
S. A. Cormier

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

ETHANOL SUPPRESSES THE UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME PATHWAY OF ALVEOLAR MACROHPAGES.

Alain J. D'Souza, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
X. L. Rudner
S. Desai
S. B. Ruan

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

GABAA RECEPTOR MODULATION DURING ADOLESCENCE ALTERS ADULT ETHANOL INTAKE AND PREFERENCE IN RATS.

Mary Beth Worrel, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
R. J. Amato
P. J. Winsauer

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

INACTIVATION OF DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX INCREASES ANXIETY BEHAVIORS IN THE RHESUS MONKEY

Lori Hutcherson, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
E. O. Richter
T. G. Weyand

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

LIGHT-INDUCED PHOTORECEPTOR AND RPE DEGENERATION: PROTECTION BY PYRUVATE, NICOTINAMIDE, OR CYCLIC LIGHT AGANIST ZINC TOXICITY

Shi Bai, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
C. T. Sheline
Y. Zhou

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

MiR-23b PROMOTES HUMAN BREAST CANCER GROWTH AND METASTASIS BY DOWNREGULATING NISCHARIN EXPRESSION

Lianjin Jin, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

NETWORK ACTIVITY ANALYSIS OF HYBRID NEURAL CIRCUITS USING PHASE RESETTING CURVES

Srisairam Acuthan, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
J. Cul
R. J. Butera
C. C. Canavier

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

POLARITY PROTEIN LKB1 AND INTEGRIN-BINDING PROTEIN NISCHARIN COOPERATIVELY REGULATE BREAST CANCER

Prachi Jain, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
S. Baranwal
S. K. Alahari

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

PRO-INFLAMMATORY WNT5A GENE TRANSCRIPTION IS REGULATED BY NPD1 IN RPE CELLS DURING OS AS PART OF ITS PROSURVIVAL SIGNALING PATHWAY.

Jorgelina M. Calandria, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
N. G. Bazan

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

REGULATION OF PODOCYTE DEVELOPMENT INXENOPUS

Bo Zhang, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Jeffrey White
Debora Cerqueira
Uyen Tran

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

REGULATION OF RHO KINASE LOCALIZATION BY ITS C TERMINUS

Swapnil Kher, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
M. Rana
R. Worthylake

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

ROLE OF micro RNA-125b (miRNA-125b) IN THE HUMAN BRAIN -FUNCTIONS IN ASTROGLIOSIS AND GLIAL CELL PROLIFERATION

Surjyadipta Bhattacharjee, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
J. G. Cui
F. Culicchia
N. G. Bazan

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

SPATIAL CORRELATION OF MOUSE PHOTORECEPTOR-RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHEIUM THICKNESS BETWEEN SPECTRAL DOMAIN OCULAR COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND HISTOLOGY.

Eric J. Knott, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON MRSA PNEUMONIA

Sun Mi Choi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Jeremy McAleer
Kong Chen
Mingquan Zheng

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

THE HECT DOMAIN LIGASE HERC5 EHIBITS INTRINSIC UBIQUITIN LIGASE ACTIVITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TYPE1 INTERFERON RESPONSE

Virginia P. Ronchi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
F. Streich
K. LeCompte
A. L. Haas

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

THE MOTOR DOMAIN TRANSDUCER IS KEY FOR FUNCTIONAL TAILORING OF KINESINS

Jessica Richard, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
E. Kim
S. Kim

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

THE ROLE OF GAIN-OF-FUNCTION MUTANT P53 IN CANCER STEM CELL-LIKE PROPERTIES IN OSTEOSARCOMA

Swathi Iyer, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Amit S. Adhikari
Neeraj Agarwal
Tomoo Iwakuma

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM