CBU students at TAS 2012 (hosted by LeMoyne-Owen)

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Tennessee Academy of Sciences
Collegiate Division, Western Regional Meeting
Hosted by LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN
Saturday, 31 March 2012
TAS 2012 Program Booklet (supplied by LOC)

2012 Abstract Guidelines

Registration 8:00 – 9:00 AM 1st Floor Foyer
PowerPoint & Poster Set-up 8:00 – 9:00 AM GOH Building
Welcome and Introduction 9:00 – 9:05AM GOH 111
Panel Discussion 9:05 – 9:50 AM GOH 111

“A Postdoctoral Perspective on Careers in Science” St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Postdoctorates: Kristin E. Finch, Ph.D., Eleanor M. Pritchard, Ph.D, and Stacy Reeves, Ph.D.

Oral Presentation Sessions

Session I: 10:00 AM -12:30 PM GOH 308

Session II: 10:00 AM -12:15 PM GOH 111

Session III: 10:00 AM -12:30 PM GOH 408

Session IV: 10:00 AM -12:15 PM GOH 115

Poster Session 11:30 AM-12:30 PM GOH 1st Floor
Lunch 12:30 PM GOH 111
Keynote Address 1:00 PM GOH 111

M. Shah Jahan, Ph. D., Professor-Chair, Department of Physics, Univ. Memphis.

“Free Radicals in Polymeric Biomaterials”

Awards [photos] 1:30 PM GOH 111

Group photos

Session Moderator Room	Session I Dr. Y. Hamada *GOH 308*	Session II Dr. N. Bayakly *GOH 111*	Session III Dr. M. R. Uddin *GOH 408*	Session IV Dr. J. Talukder *GOH 115*
Topics	*Cell/Molecular Biology & Chemistry*	*Environmental Science*	*Health Care, Pharmacokinetics & Microbiol*	*Vision Science & Behav Science*
10:00	*Kelly Jeu, CBU. Detection of tissue or temporal specific p75 protein expression via flow cytometry.* Kelly Jeu, and Christopher Dillon**	Justin King and Brittany Wilburn, CBU. Isolation of bacteriophages from soil that infect Escherichiacoli. Justin King, Brittany Wilburn, Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald, and Sandra Thompson-Jaeger [photo]	*Anthony Ford, CBU. Effect of bracing for impact on patient recovery time.* Anthony Ford and Bobby Myers**	*Claire C. May, CBU. Determining the effectiveness of systemic gene therapy with EPO-R76E in protecting axons after optic nerve crush.* Claire C. May and Tonia S. Rex**
10:15	*Porsha Chillis, CBU. The role of GD3 synthase in Alzheimer’s disease.* Porsha A. Chillis, Shailaja K. Rao, and Michael P. McDonald**	Carey Bowen, CBU. Flooding and wetland plants: Localized versus whole-plant response. Carey A. Bowen, Melissa B. Koontz, Lyndsay E. Saunders, and Samuel C. Pierce [photo]	*Samantha Sol Bownes, CBU. Healthcare and malaria in the Pallisa district, eastern Uganda. Samantha Sol Bownes, Dustin James, Chris Moore, Veronica Wittman, and Luis Sanchez*	*Corey Haughey, CBU. Retinal pathology following interruption of autonomic regulation of choroidal blood flow.* Corey Haughey, Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald, Nobel Del Mar, Chunyan Li and Anton Reiner**
10:30	*Nick Watkins, CBU. Altered ultrasonic vocalizations in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome.* Nick Watkins, Snighda Roy and Detlef Heck**	Mario Sauceda, CBU. An assessment of population abundance and morphological abnormalities in the white-footed deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Mario A. Sauceda and Michael Kennedy [photo]	*Adrienne Renfro, CBU. Determination of baseline CRP values in post-operative transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion patients.* Adrienne Renfro and Patrick M. Curlee**	Rachel Reese, CBU. Categorizing glaucomatous phenotypes in recombinant mice to determine the genes that modulate glaucoma severity. Rachel I. Reese, Elizabeth Beebe, Christie Brough, Rohit Reddy and Monica Jablonski
10:45	*Dana Pabalate, CBU. The effects of ascorbic acid on cartilage metabolism.* Dana Pabalate, Christy Patterson, Elsa Stephen and Karen Hasty**	A. Garrett Burton, CBU. Long-term population demography of Trillium recurvatum Beck on loess bluffs in western TN. A. Garrett Burton, James E. Moore, Scott B. Franklin, Beverly Collins [photo]	*Jonathan Timmerman, CBU. Comparative efficacy of autologous blood and platelet rich plasma in treating tendinopathy. Jonathan Timmerman and Richard Smith*	Teaire Carmichael, CBU. Color discrimination task using pseudoisochromatic stimulus: Luminance noise variation provides better sensitivity than noise mean luminance. Teaire L. Carmichael, Bruno D. Gomes, Mellina M. Jacob, Eliza Maria C. Lacerda, Givago S. Souza Malinda E. Fitzgerald, Luiz Carlos L. Silveira
11:00	*Bhavyata Parag, CBU. Evaluation of the vasoactive effects of vitamin D3 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. Bhavyata Parag and Alejandro Dopico*	*Seth Carson, MUS. Comparison of community structure of fish of the Wolf River.* Seth A. Carson and Lynda R. Miller, CBU**	*Sarah Hill, CBU. The effects of amino acid enriched diets on hematologic development of prenatal pigs.Sarah Hill and Randall Buddington*	Michael Hankins Jr, CBU. Excitability and suppression of fear in the basolateral amygdala. Michael W Hankins Jr and Scott Heldt
BREAK
11:30	David Kim, CBU. Urokinase plasminogen Aactivator (uPA) and inhibitor (PAI-1) expression in cultured adenocarcinoma cells. David Kim, Megan Moshea, Ashlee R. Franklin, Aleena Shahiryar, M. Margaret Jefferson, Edwin L. Thomas, Mustafa Kh. Dabbous	Francisco E. Neal, CBHS. Dynamics of fish communities in the Wolf River. Francisco E. Neal and Lynda R. Miller, CBU [photo]	*Robert Banks, CBU. Examinations of adult human cadavers for the incidence of hyperostosis frontalis interna.* Robert Banks, Eldridge F Johnson, and Paul Madubuonwu**	*Grace Hutchison, CBU. Effects of sleep deprivation on response to alcohol exposure.* Grace Hutchison, Candis DuBose, and Kristin Hamre**
11:45	Shanandria Jackson, CBU. Comparison of siRNA transfection rate between L2 and L4 larval stages of Caenorhabditis elegans. Shanandria Jackson, Larry Anderson, Lynda Miller and Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald	Andrew Parmenter, CBHS. Detection of heavy metals in fish of the Wolf River. Andrew Parmenter and Lynda R. Miller, CBU [photo]	Kyle Smith, CBU. Analytical method development and validation for the measurement of Methotrexate (MTX) 7-OH-MTX, and 4-Amino-4-Deoxy-N-Methylpteroic acid (DAMPA) by online extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Kyle Smith, Thandra Owens, Feng Bai, Stacy Throm, and Clinton F. Stewart	*Madeline Reynolds, CBU. The pharmacokinetics of caffeine in inbred mice.* Madeline Reynolds, Trevor Sweatman, Jennifer M Paxson-Saputra, John D. Boughter Jr.**
12:00	Justin Jacobs, Union	Joseph Alfonso, CBU. Examining herpetofauna richness and diversity in Shelby Farms Park with respect to land utilization. Joseph Alfonso and Lynda Miller [photo]	Charlotte A. Joure, U Memphis. Purell® resistant bacillus and suppression of normal biota succession.	*Catherine Gluszek, CBU. Fear acquisition and changes in GABAergic mRNA.* Catherine Gluszek and Scott Heldt**
12:15	*Brent Rainwater, Union. Low-toxicity Perlite as a fiber fire retardant thermal insulator.* Brent Rainwater, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee**	Sarah Ferguson, Rhodes. Activity budgets of two captive red pandas at the Memphis Zoo. Sarah Ferguson, Sarah Boyle, and Andy Kouba [photo]	Carolyn M. Drobak, Rhodes. Modeling the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis system with dexamethasone treatment
	TAS 2012 Program Booklet (supplied by LOC)

Posters
1st floor Hallway of the GOH building
Authors present 11:30am--12:30pm

Brittney Boyd and Tonickee Banks, LOC. Mechanism of TNF-alpha induced inhibition of Na+-dependent glutamine cotransport (B0AT1) in intestinal epithelial (IEC-6) cells. Brittney Boyd, Tonickee Banks, and Jamil Talukder,

LaTia Johnson, LOC. Prostaglandin E2 inhibits Na-dependent glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) in enterocytes. LaTia Johnson and Jamil Talukder

Kimber Jones, Rhodes. Analysis of behaviors and spatial preferences in Snow Leopards (Uncia uncia) housed at the Memphis Zoo. Kimber Jones*, Sarah Boyle, and Andy J. Kouba

Ariel Kingsley, Terrica Brown, and Alison Welch, CBU. The relationship between social distance and the stigma of PTSD. Ariel Kingsley, Terrica Brown, and Alison Welch

Madeline McCann, St. Mary's School. Activity budgets and group dynamics of captive African penguins. Madeline McCann and Sarah Boyle

Jose Villa, Taylor Salton, and Dominique Williams, CBU. The relationship between extroversion and preferences in modes of communication. Jose Villa, Taylor Salton, and Dominique Williams

Britney Yates and Jessica Hayes, LOC. Reactions of the agonist clofibric acid with Cr3+. Britney Yates, Jessica Hayes, Yahia Hamada, and Mostafa Badr

Tennessee Academy of Sciences
Collegiate Division, Western Regional Meeting
Best Paper Awards
Saturday, 31 March 2012

Awards
Session
I

Nick Watkins, CBU. Altered ultrasonic vocalizations in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome. Nick Watkins, Snighda Roy and Detlef Heck, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee (NW) and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (SR, DH). [photo]

Shanandria Jackson, CBU. Comparison of siRNA transfection rate between L2 and L4 larval stages of Caenorhabditis elegans. Shanandria Jackson, Larry Anderson, Lynda Miller and Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald. Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee. [photo]

Brent Rainwater, Union. Low-toxicity Perlite as a fiber fire retardant thermal insulator. Brent Rainwater, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee

Awards
Session
II

Joseph Alfonso, CBU. Examining herpetofauna richness and diversity in Shelby Farms Park with respect to land utilization. Joseph Alfonso and Lynda Miller, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee. [photo]

Sarah Ferguson, Rhodes. Activity budgets of two captive red pandas at the Memphis Zoo. Sarah Ferguson, Sarah Boyle, and Andy Kouba, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee (SF, SB) and Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee (AK). [photo]

Carey Bowen, CBU. Flooding and wetland plants: Localized versus whole-plant response. Carey A. Bowen, Melissa B. Koontz, Lyndsay E. Saunders, and Samuel C. Pierce. Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee (CB). The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee (MK, LS), and Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi (SP). [photo]

Awards
Session
III

Kyle Smith, CBU. Analytical method development and validation for the measurement of Methotrexate (MTX) 7-OH-MTX, and 4-Amino-4-Deoxy-N-Methylpteroic acid (DAMPA) by online extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Kyle Smith, Thandra Owens, Feng Bai, Stacy Throm, and Clinton F. Stewart, Christian Brothers University (KS), Memphis, Tennessee and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (TO, FB, ST, CS), Memphis, Tennessee. [photo]

Samantha Sol Bownes, CBU. Healthcare and malaria in the Pallisa district, eastern Uganda. Samantha Sol Bownes, Dustin James, Chris Moore, Veronica Wittman, and Luis Sanchez, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennesse (SSB, DJ), Rhodes College), Memphis, Tennessee (CM), Florida International University, Miami, Florida (VW, LS). [photo]

Adrienne Renfro, CBU. Determination of baseline CRP values in post-operative transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion patients. Adrienne Renfro and Patrick M. Curlee. Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, and Southern Spine Specialists, Germantown, Tennessee. [photo]

Awards
Session
IV

Corey Haughey, CBU. Retinal pathology following interruption of autonomic regulation of choroidal blood flow. Corey Haughey, Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald, Nobel Del Mar, Chunyan Li and Anton Reiner, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee (CH, MECF) and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (MECF, NDM, CL, AR). [photo]

Grace Hutchison, CBU. Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Response to Alcohol Exposure. Grace Hutchison, Candis DuBose, and Kristin Hamre, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee (GH) and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (CD, KH). [photo]

Teaire Carmichael, CBU. Color discrimination task using pseudoisochromatic stimulus: Luminance noise variation provides better sensitivity than noise mean luminance. Teaire L. Carmichael, Bruno D. Gomes, Mellina M. Jacob, Eliza Maria C. Lacerda, Givago S. Souza Malinda E. Fitzgerald, Luiz Carlos L. Silveira. Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Brazil (BDG, MMJ, EMCL, GSS, LCLS), Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee (TC, MECF), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (MECF).

Best Paper Awards
Poster Session
[Photos below]

Kimber Jones, Rhodes. Analysis of behaviors and spatial preferences in Snow Leopards (Uncia uncia) housed at the Memphis Zoo. Kimber Jones, Sarah Boyle, and Andy J. Kouba, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee (KJ, SB) and the Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee (SB and AK). [photo]

Brittney Boyd, LOC. Mechanism of TNF-alpha induced inhibition of Na+-dependent glutamine cotransport (B0AT1) in intestinal epithelial (IEC-6) cells. Brittney Boyd*, Tonickee Banks, and Jamil Talukder, LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee.

Madeline McCann, St. Mary's School. Activity budgets and group dynamics of captive African penguins. Madeline McCann* and Sarah Boyle, St. Mary’s School, Memphis, Tennessee (MM) and Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee (SB). [photo]







*Best Paper Awards* (Photos by Dr. James Moore)
Shanandria Jackson	Nick Watkins
Carey Bowen	Sarah Ferguson
Joseph Alfonso	Adrienne Renfro
Samantha Sol Bownes	Kyle Smith
Grace Hutchison	Corey Haughey
Madeline McCann	Kimber Jones

Group Photos
(Photos by Dr. James Moore)

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