Oral Presentations Session I

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID UPREGULATES AKT PHOSPHORYLATION IN THE PENUMBRA AND IS NEUROPROTECTIVE IN EXPERIEMENTAL STROKE

Tina Eady, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
L. Belayev
L. Khoutorova
K. D. Atkins
N. G. Bazan

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

EXPANDING THE ROLE OF SULFOTYROSINE MODIFICATIONS TO MITOSIS

Rebecca Buckley, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
S. Kim

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

ENGINEERING DOUBLE-VARIABLE REGION ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

Ryan Craig, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
S. Pincus

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY AGAINST PERSISTENT CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION

Joyce Ibana, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
T. Nagamatsu
A. Zea
D. Schust
D. Tate

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

LIPRIN-□ REGULATES SYNAPTIC ORGANIZATION BY INTERACTING AND LOCALIZING PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A AT THE SYNAPTIC TERMINI

Long Li, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
J. Li
X. Tian
C. Wu

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

ACUTE ALCOHOL EXPOSURE AFFECTS CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE REGULATOR (CFTR) CHLORIDE CHANNEL ACTIVITY. CAN COFFEE BE A SOLUTION?

Vamsee Raju, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Jay K. Kolls
Gregory J. Bagby
Steve Nelson
Guoshun Wang

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

C-MYB CONTROLS THE LEVEL OF GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR IN ACUTE L YMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS AND AFFECTS THE SENSITIVITY OF L YMPHOBLASTS TO STEROID HORMONE THERAPY

Purvaba J. Sarvaiya, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Jason R. Schwartz
Wayne V. Vedeckis

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

DISRUPTED NITRIC OXIDE CONTROL OF VASOPRESSIN RESPONSE TO HEMORRHAGE IN ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATED RA TS.

Annie M. Whitaker, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
J. K. Sulzer
P. E. Molina

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

ROLE OF S100 CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS AS NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS

Junko Yano, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
P. L. Fidel Jr.

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM