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CANCER BIOLOGY (September 28, Union Bldg., Tomas Rivera) CB TITLE FIRST AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL ORGANIZATION Co-Authors Oral presentations from selected abstracts (4:15 –5:15 pm) ROCK2 IS ABERRANTLY UPREGULATED IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT VASCULAR TUMORS AND IS ESSENTIAL FOR ANGIOSARCOMA TUMOR GROWTH AMAYA, CLARISSA [email protected] TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER KATARIA, ESHA; SHAHEEN, NOEL; BRYAN, BRAD; A NOVEL MECHANISM OF REGULATING CYTOKINE RECEPTOR SIGNALING RUIZ-MEDINA, BLANCA E. [email protected] UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ROSS, JEREMY; KIRKEN, ROBERT MOLECULAR MECHANISMS MAINTAINING GENOME INTEGRITY IN LYMPHOCYTES VUONG, BAO [email protected] THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK MATTHEWS, ALLYSIA; CHOI, SARAH; MONGE, EUNICE; GNINGUE, NDEYE; INHIBITION OF LSD1 ACTIVITY BY Rocor3 REGULATES CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION AND HOMEOSTASIS UPADHYAY, GHANSHYAM [email protected] THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK SALEQUE, SHIREEN; Poster presentation (1:20 - 3:15 pm) 1 ASSESSING THE CYTOTOXICITY OF HAMAMILIS VIRGINIANA EXTRACTS IN VITRO DEMAY, ANDREA [email protected] UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (NIH-BRIDGES PROGRAM0 HWANG, MICHAEL; VALENZUELA, CARLOS; SKOUTA, RACHID; 2 COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED FREE ENERGIES AND MINIMUM FREE ENERGIES FOR THE PFAM RNA REAL STRUCTURES CARDENAS, GERARDO [email protected] UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC LEUNG, MING-YING

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CANCER BIOLOGY (September 28, Union Bldg., Tomas Rivera)

CB TITLE FIRST AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL ORGANIZATION Co-Authors

Oral presentations from selected abstracts (4:15 –5:15 pm)

ROCK2 IS ABERRANTLY UPREGULATED IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT VASCULAR TUMORS AND IS ESSENTIAL FOR ANGIOSARCOMA TUMOR GROWTH

AMAYA, CLARISSA [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

KATARIA, ESHA; SHAHEEN, NOEL; BRYAN, BRAD;

A NOVEL MECHANISM OF REGULATING CYTOKINE RECEPTOR SIGNALING

RUIZ-MEDINA, BLANCA E. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ROSS, JEREMY; KIRKEN, ROBERT

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS MAINTAINING GENOME INTEGRITY IN LYMPHOCYTES

VUONG, BAO [email protected]

THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

MATTHEWS, ALLYSIA; CHOI, SARAH; MONGE, EUNICE; GNINGUE, NDEYE;

INHIBITION OF LSD1 ACTIVITY BY Rocor3 REGULATES CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION AND HOMEOSTASIS

UPADHYAY, GHANSHYAM [email protected]

THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK SALEQUE, SHIREEN;

Poster presentation (1:20 - 3:15 pm)

1 ASSESSING THE CYTOTOXICITY OF HAMAMILIS VIRGINIANA EXTRACTS IN VITRO

DEMAY, ANDREA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (NIH-BRIDGES PROGRAM0

HWANG, MICHAEL; VALENZUELA, CARLOS; SKOUTA, RACHID;

2

COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED FREE ENERGIES AND MINIMUM FREE ENERGIES FOR THE PFAM RNA REAL STRUCTURES

CARDENAS, GERARDO [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC

LEUNG, MING-YING

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3 SERINE PHOSPHOSRYLATION OF INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR β ARRIETA, AMY [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO RUIZ, BLANCA; KIRKEN, ROBERT

4 RELATION OF CRABPs EXPRESSION WITH RETINOL SERUM IN CERVICAL CANCER

ARRELANO-ORTIZ, ANA LIDIA [email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

JIMENEZ-VEGA, FLORINDA; DIAZ-HERNANDEZ, CECILIA; SILVA-ESPINOZA, JUAN CARLOS; SALCEDO-VARGAS, MAURICIO; LOPEZ-DIAZ, JOSE ALBERTO; VARGAS-REQUENA, CLAUDIA LUCIA; CASSIS-NOSTHAS, LORENA; ROSALES-GUEVARA, JUAN

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Jak3 PHOSPHORYLATION AT TYROSINE 841 POSITIVELY REGULATES STAT5 ACTIVATION AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY

MARTINEZ, GEORGE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ROSS, JEREMY; KIRKEN, ROBERT;

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CONSTRUCTING NUCLEASES TO INHIBIT THE EXPRESSION OF HUMAN C-C CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 7 AND PREVENT T-CELL LEUKEMIA MIGRATION INTO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

HINOJOZA, BRENDA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

KNIGHT, COLIN; BILL, COLIN; VINES, CHARLOTTE;

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FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS ANALYSIS REVEALS A NOVEL PROTEIN SIGNATURE ASSOCIATED WITH A POOR CLINICAL PROGNOSIS IN LIPOSARCOMAS

BRYAN, BRAD [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

TRAN, DAT; VERMA, KUNDAN; WARD, KRISTI; MATHER, QUANG; PRIEGO, JONATHON; TORABI, ALIREZA.

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ENRICHMENT OF THE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL REPROGRAMMING FACTORS OCT4, NANOG, MYC, AND SOX2 IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT VASCULAR TUMORS

AMAYA, CLARISSA [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

BRYAN, BRAD

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FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE -- CLINICAL USE OF BETA BLOCKERS AGAINST MALIGNANT TUMORS

BRYAN, BRAD [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

AMAYA, CLARISSA; RAINS, STEVEN; PERKINS, MARIAH; HERRERA, CONNIE; NASRAZADANI, AREZO; VARGAS, ALEJANDRO;

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PROTEOMIC STUDY OF PROSTATE CANCER EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS

POLANCO, GLORIA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

ARIGI, EMMA; ALMEIDA, IGOR

11 BREAST CANCER, EARLY DETECTION CAMPBELL, ALELI [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BOLAND, THOMAS;

12 A THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE REGULATES PHB2 ACTIVITY AND T CELL FUNCTION

ROBLES-ESCAJEDA, ELISA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

PADILLA, DIANA L.; KIRKEN, ROBERT A.

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DEVELOPMENT OF CTLA-4 ANTIBODIES FOR IMMUNE MODULATION AND CANCER THERAPY

GARCIA, ROBERTO [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

SAENZ, ALEJANDRA; YANG-REID, SUN-AH; PENA, HANNAH; RODRIGUEZ, GEORGIALINA; KIRKEN, ROBERT

14 IDENTIFICATION OF TPTE AND TPTE2 MUTATIONS IN HISPANIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS

ARMENDARIZ, DANIEL [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE (RISE-NIH program)

RODRIGUEZ, GEORGIALINA; OAXACA, DERRICK; LEUNG, MING-YING;

15

A PANEL OF IgG TYPE AUTOANTIBODIES TO MULTIPLE TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER

ZHANG, HONGFEL [email protected]

ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY

ZHANG, HONGFEI; SUN, HAO; ZHANG, JIANYING;

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USING IMMUNOMICS APPROACH TO OPTIMIZE TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS MINI-ARRAY AS BIOMARKERS IN CANCER IMMUNODIAGNOSIS: HALMARK OF IMMUNE RESPONSES TO MULTIPLE TAAs IN CANCERS

DAI, LIPING [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

LI, JITIAN; ZHANG, JIANYING;

17 SYSTEMATIC DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS FOR OVARIAN CANCER

SHI, JIANXIANG [email protected]

ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY

ZHANG, HONGFEI; SUN, HAO; ZHANG, JIANYING;

18 A PANEL OF 13 TAAS IN THE DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER

SHI, JIANXIANG [email protected]

ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY

ZHANG, HONGFEI; SUN, HAO; ZHANG, JIANYING;

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19 REGULATION OF CrkL BY γc CYTOKINE SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN HUMN T-CELLS

ROCHA, NADIA C. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

MORENO, STEPHANIE; ROBLES, ELISA; ESTRADA, ARMANDO; RODRIGUEZ, GEORGIALINA; KIRKEN, ROBERT A.

20 ISOGLYP: O-GLYCOSYLATION PREDICTION USING PEPTIDE STUDIES

MOHL, JONATHON [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE

CARDENAS, GERARDO; GERKEN, THOMAS; LEUNG, MING-YING;

21

CHARACTERIZATION OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 IN CANCER THROUGH PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION NETWORKS AND HOMOLOGY ANALYSIS

RODRIGUEZ, JANETH [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOINFORMATICS

LEUNG, MING-YING; ZHANG, JIANYING; NICHOLAS, HUGH

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EVALUATION AND VALIDATION OF IMPs (IMP1, p62, Koc) as TAAs Biomarkers in Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

JARAMILLO, CHELSY [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DAI, LIPING; LIU, MEI; ZHANG, JIANYING;

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IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SMALL MOLECULES TARGETING FKBP52 AS A NOVEL TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER

GUY, NAIHSUAN C. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RAMOS, P.A.; COX, M.B.

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EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTI-RalA AUTOANTIBODY AS A POTENTIAL BIOMARKER IN HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER

LI, JITIAN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DAI, LIPING; CASIANO, CARLOS A.; ZHANG, JIANYING;

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IMPACT OF CTLAL-4 BLOCKADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH METRONOMIC CHEMOTHERAPY ON PRECLINICAL BREAST CANCER GROWTH

PARRA, KARLA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

VALENZUELA, PALOMA; LERMA, NATZIDIELLY; GALLEGOS, ALEJANDRA; REZA, LUIS C.; RODRIGUEZ, GEORGIALINA; EMMENEGGER, URBAN; DI DESIDERO, TERESA; BOCCI, GUIDO; FELDER, MITCHELL S.; MANCIU, MARIAN; KIRKEN, ROBERT A.; FRANCIA, GIULIO;

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QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMICS REVEAL A NOVEL NETWORK FOR SGTA IN LNCaP PROSTATE CANCER CELLS

GARCIA, YENNI A. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ALMEIDA, IGOR C.; COX, MARC B.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (Tuesday 29 September, El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center)

CE TITLE

FIRST AUTHOR AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL

AUTHOR 1 ORGANIZATION Co-authors

Oral Presentations from selected abstracts (3:50 - 4:20 pm)

PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY-ENGAGED RESEARCH WAGLER, AMY [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

GONZALEZ, AZURI; RODRIGUEZ, JENNIFER;

THE EPIGENETIC LINK BETWEEN POVERTY, DISEASE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

OLVERA, HECTOR A. [email protected]

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH SCHOOL OF NURSING, CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

Poster presentations (1:45 - 3:00 pm)

1

BARRERAS QUE LIMITAN EL ENVEJECIMINTO ACTIVO DE LAS PERSONAS ADULTAS MAYORES A NIVEL DOMICILIAR Y COMUNAL DEL CANTON DE GOICOECHEA, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

VARGAS, SHIRLEY [email protected]

ESCUELA DE ENFERMERIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

GRANADOS, MABELL; ZUNIGA, ANA LUISA

2

STUDYING PREDATORIAL BEHAVIOR OF CAFERIA ROENBERGENSIS WITH TWO-PHOTON MICROSCOPY

RAHAMAN, ARIFUR [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

ABEDIN, FAISAL; HONSAKER, KEVIN; CHACON, MARTIN; XIAO, CHUAN; LI, CHUNQIANG

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (September 29, El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center)

Oral Presentations from selected abstracts (9:30 -10:30am)

ID TITLE FIRST AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL FIRST AUTHOR ORGANIZATION Co-authors

DETECTION OF CLASS 1 AND 2 INTEGRASES AND GENETIC CASSETTES AMONG MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE SHIGELLA IN COSTA RICA

BARRANTES, KENIA [email protected]

INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN SALUD (INISA), UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA

CHACON, LUZ MARIA; ACHI, ROSARIO

ROLES OF CCR5 LEVELS IN HIV-1 EVOLUTION AND PATHOGENESIS

JOSHI, ANJALI [email protected]

TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: MAURER-STROH, SEBASTIAN; LEE, RAPHAEL; GARG, HIMANSHU

SPHINGOMYELIN AND CERAMIDE INTERPLAY DURING GIARDIA LAMBLIA ENCYSTATION

DUARTE, TREVOR T [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

MENDEZ, TAVIS; SALAZAR, CHRISTIANCEL; ALMEIDA, IGOR; DAS, SIDDARTHA;

Poster presentations (1:45 - 3:00 pm)

1 EVALUATION OF CHAGAS' DISEASE IN WILD AND DOMESTIC RESERVOIRS IN EL PASO COUNTY

MANRIQUEZ, CLAUDIA

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

OROZCO, JOSE; INIGUEZ, EVA; VERA, ADAM; MALDONADO, ROSA; WATTS, DOUGLAS

2 EFFECTS OF ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT ON L-MAJOR

BORREGO, KASSANDRA

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

BUYAHA, MUNIR; RODRIGUEZ, FELIPE; HWANG, MICHAEL; MALDONADO, ROSA; SKOUTA, RACHID

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3

SALVIA FROM DIFFERENT TRIATOMINE SPECIES INHIBIT INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE PRODUCTION AND INCREASES INVASION BY Trypanosoma cruzi IN MURINE DENDRITIC CELLS

MENDES, MARIA TAYS [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

CARVALHO-COSTA, TAMIRES; ANHE, ANA; SILVA, MARCOS; COSTA, THIAGO; RAMIREZ, EDUARDO; RODRIGUES-JUNIOR, VIRMONDES; OLIVEIRA, CARLO

4 PROTEOMIC ARCHITECTURE OF GIARDIA LIPID RAFTS

DE CHATTERJEE, ATASI [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

POLANCO, GLORIA; VERBERKMOES, NATHAN; ALMEIDA, IGOR; DAS, SIDDHARTHA;

5 LEDGF/p75 ASSOCIATES WITH FACT COMPLEX TO MODULATE HIV-1 REPLICATION

LOPEZ, ANGELICA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

KUGELMAN, JEFFREY; SEONG, CHANG-SOO; GARCIA-RIVERA, JOSE; URIAS, EDUARDO; SALINAS, SANDRA; PEREZ-OROZCO, ANDRE; FERNANDEZ-ZAPICO, MARTIN; LLANO, MANUEL;

6

INACTIVATION OF narGI and nirBD COULD DISRUPT THE ENDOGENOUS PRODUCTION OF NO REQUIRED FOR THE INTRACELLULAR SURVIVAL OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

CAAD, BERNICE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (NIH-BRIDGES PROGRAM)

ARICO, CHENOA; CALDERON, VERONICA; GUERTIN, MICHEL; OUELLET, HUGUES;

7

SURVEILLANCE OF MOSQUITOES FOR CHIKINGUNYA VIRUS IN EL PASO COUNTY, TX, AND THE BROADER IMPACTS

ORTEGA, OSCAR [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

CREWS, CELINDA; WATTS, DOUGLAS

8

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL MOLECULES AGAINST LEISMANIA MAJOR AND TRYPANOZOMA CRUZI

PENA CONTRERAS, GUADALUPE

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC

RODRIGUEZ, FELIPE; MALDONADO, ROSA; SKOUTA, RACHID

9 ROLES OF M. TUBERCULOSIS FADD17 AND FADD19 IN LIPID

ABOU-FADEL, JOHNATHAN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL

ESCALANTE, VERONICA; SAINI, R.

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CATABOLISM SCIENCES KNOLKER, HANS; ELLIS, CAMERON; OUELLET, HUGHES;

10 SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL ANTI-LEISHMANIA COMPOUNDS

ORNELAS, ALFREDO

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, CHEMISTRY

INIGUEZ, EVA A.; RINCON, JULIO E.; SERNA, CARLOS; MALDONADO, ROSA A.; BOLAND, THOMAS; MICHAEL, KATJA;

11 SSL MEDIUM FOR ISOLATION OF T. CRUZI AND T. RANGELI CLONES

FAJARDO, EMANUELLA [email protected]

Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro, BRAZIL

CABRINE-SANTOS, MARLENE; FERREIRA, KELLA; LAGES-SILVA, ELIANE; RAMIREZ, LUIS; PEDROSA, ANDRE;

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A PDMS / PAPER HYBRID MICROFLUIDIC CHIP FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION

NORIEGA, ERIKA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM)

ZHU, MIAO; DOU, MAOWEI; LI, XIUJUN

13 WOLBACHIA BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS IN ARTHROPODS IN EL PASO, TX

LIRA, OMAR [email protected]

EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TRANSMOUNTAIN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

SANCHEZ-MICHAEL, LAURA; HERNANDEZ, HAZAEL; MOSERRAT, CARLOS; ALVAREZ, MARIA; GONZALEZ, EDUARDO

14 IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PLAYGROUNDS

GONZALEZ, JOSE [email protected]

EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TRANSMOUNTAIN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

MATOS-NUNEZ, MARIAH; RICO, VANESSA; SANCHEZ, PAMELA; CHIANELLI, XIOMARA

15

ABSENCE OF N-TERMINAL ACETYLATION OF ESAT-6 PROTEIN FROM MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN REDUCED PORE FORMATION

AGUILERA, JAVIER [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ZHANG, QI; PICHARDO, STEPHANIE; LUGO, CYNTHIA; SUN, JIANJUN

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THE DISULFIDE BOND Cys255-Cys279 IN THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE DOMAIN OF ANTHRAX TOXIN RECEPTOR 2 IS REQUIRED FOR MEMBRANE INSERTION OF ANTHRAX PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN PORE

JACQUEZ, PEDRO [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

SUN, JIANJUN

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A PDMS/PAPER HYBRID MICROFLUIDIC BIOCHIP FOR MULTIPLEXED INSTRUMENT-FREE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS DIAGNOSIS

DOU, MAOWEI [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

SANJAY, SHARMA TIMILSINA; DOMINGUEZ, DELFINA C.; LI, XIUJUN;

19

GIARDIAL GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE DISPLAYS PROMISCUITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF HEXOSYLCERAMIDES THATARE INVOLVED IN ESV BIOGENESIS AND ENCYSTATION

MENDEZ, TAVIS [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ROBLES-MARTINEZ, LEOBARDA; LOPES, FELIPE; ALMEIDA, IGOR; DAS, SIDDHARTHA;

20

GELATIN NANOPARTICLE ENCAPSULATION AND DELIVERY OF ANTI-PARASITIC COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF CHAGAS DISEASE

SERNA, CARLOS [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

ORNELAS, ALFREDO, INIGUEZ, EVA; MICHAEL, KATJA; MALDONADO, ROSA; BOLAND, THOMAS

21 EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SCHLAFEN 11 DURING WEST NILE VIRUS REPLICATION

VALDEZ, FEDERICO [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Palermo, P.; Watts, D.M.; Llano, MANUEL

22 CHEMILUMINESCENT-ELISA FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION IN MEXICO

OROZCO, JOSE A. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

MANRIQUEZ-ROMAN, CLAUDIA; FLORES, MARCO; AVITIA, ALFONSO; DUQUE, JORGE; MALDONADO, ROSA A.

23 ROLE OF MTB ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASES IN CHOLESTEROL CATABOLISM

ORTEGA-RODRIGUEZ, URIEL

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: ORTEGA, ARTURO; SAINI, RATNI; KNOLKER, HANS-JOACHIM; OUELLET, HUGHES

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SURVEILLANCE OF MOSQUITOES FOR DENGUE AND WEST NILE VIRUS IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS AND OVER-WINTERING STUDY OF MOSQUITOES AT LOWER WILLIAM BEAUMONT MEDICAL CENTER, FT. BLISS, TEXAS-SUMMER 2014 AND WINTER 2014-15

DIAZ, MARCELA [email protected]

MOSQUITO ECOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE LAB (MESL)

CREWS, CELINDA; SOLIZ, ALBERT; DASH, SHAWN; WATTS, DOUGLAS

25 IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTOR LIGANDS OF M. TUBERCULOSIS REPRESSOR KSTR

ARICO, CHENOA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

SAINI, RATNI; KNOLKER, JOACHIM; OUELLET, HUGUES;

26 LIPIDOMICS ANALYSIS OF EXTRACELLEULAR VESICLES OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI

SALLOUM, NASIM [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO ALMEIDA, IGOR

27 FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS INFECTION RESULTS IN NEURAL INVASION

CONTRERAS, RYAN UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

RAMOS-MUNIZ, M.G.; JONES, D.; PON, A.; SPENCER, C.T.

28

ON CHIP LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION FOR RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

NORIEGA, ERIKA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM)

ZHU, MIAO

29 INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF STING AND TRIF IN SEPSIS PATHOGENESIS

HEIPERTZ, ERICA [email protected]

TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER WALKER, WENDY

30

CHARGE MATCHED MACROMOLECULAR IMPRINTING AT PHYSIOLOGICAL PH: AN ARTIFICIAL ANTIBODY

RINCON, JULIO [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

ALMADA, PAULINA; DIAZ, FABIO; MOLINA-LIMON, NOEL; PALERMO, PEDRO; WATTS, DOUGLAS; BOLAND, THOMAS

31

SYNTHESIS OF Gala1,3Galb1,4GlcNAca-CONTAINING GLYCOPEPTIDES AND GLYCOPROTEINS AS VACCINES AGAINST CHAGAS DISEASE

SCHOCKER, NATHANIEL

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

PORTILLO, SUSANA; BRITO, CARLOS; MARQUES, ALEXANDRE; ALMEIDA, IGOR; MICHAEL, KATJA

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32 ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT CCR5 GENE PROMOTER HAPLOTYPES

HOSSENLOPP, CASSADY [email protected]

PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

JOSHI, ANJALI; GARG, HIMANSHU;

33 THE ROLE OF SNARE PROTEINS IN HIV ASSEMBLY

CARLO, ADIEL [email protected]

PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

GARG, HIMANSHU; JOSHI, ANJALI

34 A PAPER/PMMA HYBRID MICROFLUIDIC 3D MICROPLATE FOR ELISA

SANJAY, SHARMA TIMILSINA

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

DOU, MAOWEI; LI, XIUJUN;

35

MULTIPLEXED INSTRUMENT-FREE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS DIAGNOSIS ON A PDMS/PAPER HYBRID MICROFLUIDIC BIOCHIP

DOU, MAOWEI [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

SHARMA TIMILSINA, SANJAY; DOMINGUEZ, DELFINA; LI, XIUJUN;

36 FULLERENE DERIVATIVES INIHIBIT HIV-1 VIRUS MATURATION

MARTINEZ, ZACHARY

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

CASTRO-PORTILLO, EDISON; SEONG, CHANG-SOO; ECHEGOYEN, LUIS; LLANO, MANUEL

37 STRUCTURAL AND FUNCITONAL STUDIES OF A VIROPHAGE INTEGRASE

CHACON, MARTIN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

BOLOTAULO, DUER; FISCHER, MATTHIAS; XIAO, CHUAN

38 DEPRESSION IN HIV INFECTED INDIVIDUALS PATEL, BHARGAV [email protected]

PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

JOSHI, ANJALI; SEDANO, MELINA; MULIA, ZUBER; MUKHERJEE, DEBABRATA; GARG, HIMANSHU

39

ROLE OF ESAT6 IN MYCOBACTERIAL CYTOSOLIC TRANSLOCATION: EFFECTS OF MUTATIONS AT GLUTAMINE 5

ZHANG, QI [email protected] UTEP

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: LIU, WEI; JIANG, GUOZHONG; OUELLET, HUGHES; SUN, JIANJUN;

40 DEVELOPING A MULTIPLEX ASSAY TO DETECT HTLV-1, HTLV-2 AND CMV IN DONORS

CRAWFORD, CADYN

[email protected]

PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

ADDITONAL AUTHORS: RAFFERTY, DAVID; CHOU, KIM; WELLS, ALLISON; BULLOCK, TIM; SINNOTT, TAYLOR

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41 NEUROIMMUNOLOGIC RESPONSE OF F. TULARENSIS INFECTION JONES, DEVIN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: PON, ALEXANDRA; RAMOS-MUNIZ, MIREYA; SPENCER, CHARLES

42 SYNTHESES AND ANTI-HIV STUDY OF CATIONIC [70]FULLERENE DERIVATIVES

CASTRO, EDISON [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: MARTINEZ, ZACHARY

43 PREFERENCE OF CO-RECEPTOR USAGE BY DUAL TROPIC HIV-1 ENVELOPES

RODRIGUEZ, MELISSA

[email protected]

CENTER OF EXCELLENT FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DEPT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: SEDANO, MELINA; GARG, HIMANSHU; JOSHI, ANJALI;

44

RUTHENIUM-CLOTRIMAZOLE COMPLEXES AS POTENT CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS AGAINST LEISHMANIA MAJOR

INIGUEZ, EVA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: VARELA-RAMIREZ, A.; MARTINEZ, A.; SANCHEZ-DELGADO, R.A.; MALDONADO, ROSA A.

45

HIV-1 ENV GLYCOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE ALONG WITH IMMUNE ACTIVATION DETERMINES CD4 T CELL LOSS IN HIV PATIENTS

JOSHI, ANJALI [email protected]

PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

ADDITIONAL AUTHORS: SEDANO, MELINA; BEAUCHAMP, BETHANY; PUNKE, ERIN B.; MULLA, ZUBER D.; MEZA, ARMANDO; ALOZIE, OGECHIKA K.; MUKHERJEE, DEBABRATA; GARG, HIMANSHU

46 INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF SLFN11 IN WEST NILE VIRUS REPLICATION

SALVADOR, JULIENNE

[email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM)

VALDEZ, FEDERICO; LLANO, MANUEL

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47 Studying predatorial behavior of Cafeteria roenbergensis with two-photon microscopy

ARIFUR RAHAMAN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

FAISEL ABEDIN, KEVIN HONSAKER, MARTIN CHACON, CHUAN XIAO, CHUNQIANG LI

48

Use of synthetic neoglycoproteins of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi for the diagnosis and chemotherapy follow-up of Chagas disease

PORTILLO ,SUSANA [email protected] UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL

PASO

BRITO CR, ZEPEDA B, SCHOCKER NS, MARQUES AF, MICHAEL K, AND ALMEIDA IC

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METABOLIC DISEASES (Monday 28 September, 9:30 -10:30)

MD TITLE FIRST AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL FIRST AUTHOR ORGANIZATION Co-authors

Oral Presentations from selected abstracts (9:30 - 10:20 am)

FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE -- CLINICAL USE OF BETA BLOCKERS AGAINST MALIGNANT TUMORS

BRYAN, BRAD [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

AMAYA, CLARISSA; RAINS, STEVEN; PERKINS, MARIAH; HERRERA, CONNIE; NASRAZADANI, AREZO; VARGAS, ALEJANDRO;

A CHANGE OF FORTUNES: FEMALES ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO F. TULARENSIS INFECTION.

SPENCER, CHARLES T [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

MARTINEZ DY, OLSEN D, RAMOS MG.

Poster presentations (1:20 - 3:15 pm)

1 ROLE OF HMGB1 INHIBITOR GLYCYRRHIZIN IN DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS

THAKUR, VIKRAM [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, EL PASO, TX

NARGIS, SYEDA; PENNINGTON, KRISTEN; PRADHAN, SWETAK; CHATTOPADHYAY, MUNMUN;

2 DRP1 TRANSLOCATION IN THE PRESENCE OF NOV RDRP

GONZALEZ SOTO, CLARISSA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

BELTRAN, MIGUEL; GANT, VINCENT; GALLARZO, NOHEMI; GRIMALDO, JOVANA; JOHNSON, KYLE

3 INKJET PRINTING OF HUMAN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (HMVECs)

SOLIS, LUIS [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

YANEZ, MARIA; JODDAR, BINATA; BOLAND, THOMAS

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EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF HUMAN CIRCADIAN RHYTHM PROTEIN BMAL1 FOR STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES

ZUBIA, ALEXIS [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (NIH-BRIDGES program)

RAY, SUPRIYO

5 ROLE OF NEUROPEPTIDES IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DISORDER OF DIABETIC RATS

GONZALEZ, MAYRA [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, EL PASO, TX

THAKUR, VIKRAM; PENNINGTON, KRISTEN; CHATTOPADHYAY, MUNMUN;

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NEUROSCIENCES and NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES (Monday 28 September, Union Bldg., Tomas Rivera) Oral presentations from selected abstracts (11:20 am – 12:20 pm)

NS TITLE FIRST AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL FIRST AUTHOR ORGANIZATION Co-Auhtors

NICOTINE EXPOSURE MODULATE NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION BY ALTERING Gβγ CYTOSKELETAL MEDIATED PATHWAY

CASTANEDA, KAREN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

RAMIREZ, MIREYA; MONTOYA, ALEXA; PIPKIN, JOSEPH; LOZANO, PATRICIA; PEREZ, ROSA; MIRANDA, MANUEL; O'DELL, LAURA; ROYCHOWDHURY, SUKLA;

MODULATION OF SENSORIMOTOR GATING THROUGH PnC AFFERENT STRUCTURES

CANO, JOSE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

PACE, SEBASTIAN; FENELON, KARINE

THE EFFECT OF PIRACETAM ON BEHAVIOR AND CIRCULATING LYMPHOCYTES IN CHRONIC PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS

GRIGORUTA, MARIANA [email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

VARGAS-CARAVEO, ALEJANDRA; CASTILLO-MICHEL, ANGEL; DIAZ SANCHEZ, ANGEL GABRIEL; MORENO RODRIGUEZ, IRIS; PLENGE TELLECHEA, LUIS FERNANDO; MARTINEZ-MARTINEZ, ALEJANDRO;

Poster presentation (1:20 - 3:15 pm)

1 KINETICS PARAMETERS OF HSDJ-1 DEPENDS OF CYS106 REDOX STATE

VAZQUEZ-MAYORGA, EMMANUEL

[email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

DIAZ-SANCHEZ, ANGEL; MARTINEZ-MARTINEZ,

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ALEJANDRO;

2

TRIDIMENSIONAL CULTURE INDUCES NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION IN NORMAL HUMAN ASTROCYTES

KNIGHT, V. BLEU [email protected] NMSU SERRANO, ELBA E.;

3 PREFRONTAL CORTICAL CHEMOARCHITECTURE OF THE ADULT MALE RAT

KOLENC, OLIVIA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO NEGISH, KENICHIRO;

KHAN, ARSHAD

4 A TRACT TRACING STUDY OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX IN THE ADULT MALE RAT

NEGISHI, KENICHIRO [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO KHAN, ARSHAD

5 SMART POLYMERS-BASED COGNITIVE ENHANCER PIRACETAM DELIVERY SYSTEM

ALVARADO-TENORIO, BONIFACIO

[email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

MARTINEZ-MARTINEZ, ALEJANDRO; DIAZ-SANCHEZ, ANGEL GABRIEL; VALERO-GALVAN, JOSE; GONZALEZ-FERNANDEZ, RAQUEL

6 EFFECT OF STRESS ON ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSE IN THE NERVOUS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM

DOMINGUEZ-SOLIS, CARLOS AUGUSTO

[email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

VARGAS-CARAVEO, ALEJANDRA; DIAZ-SANCHEZ, ANGEL; MARTINEZ-MARTINEZ, ALEJANDRO

7 EVALUATING NEUROPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS IN VITRO

FUENTES, MARY [email protected]

UTEP BIOLOGY, BBRC AND CHEMISTRY

AVELAR, VANESSA; CASILLAS, YEIDER; URIAS-CONTRERAS, ANTONIO; HWANG, MICHAEL; SKOUTA, RACHID

8 TIME PERCEPTION AND VISUAL WORKING MEMORY IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE

CAMACHO VALADEZ, DAVID [email protected]

AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF JUAREZ CITY

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9 MITIGATION OF FREE RADICALS BY ANTIOXIDANTS IN PROTEIN FOLDING

ROSALES, JOSE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (NIH-BRIDGES PROGRAM)

OKEKE, CHIDUMEN; ZUBIA, EMMANUEL; NARAYAN, MAHESH; GONZALEZ, VERONICA;

10 LOCALIZATION OF GLYCINERGIC NEURONS IN THE RODENT THALAMUS

LOZANO, PATRICIA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (ASM STUDENT CHAPTER)

PANDO, MIRYAM; MIRANDA, MANUEL;

11

ALTERATIONS IN INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN DRG OF TYPE 1 DIABETIC ANIMALS WITH NEUROPATHY

PENNINGTON, KRISTEN [email protected]

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

THAKUR, VIKRAM; CHATTOPADHYAY, MUNMUN;

12 EARLY-LIFE STRESS EFFECTS ON ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENT FEMALE RATS

MAYER, CHELSEA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO HAMDAN, JAMEEL;

GOSSELINK, KRISTIN

13

THE ROLE OF ESTROGEN RECEPTORS ON SOCIAL BEHAVIORS AND NEUROCHEMISTRY IN THE MALE PRAIRIE VOLE

LANDEROS, JOSE [email protected]

UTEPUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO -BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

FRITZ, ALEXA; PERRY, ADAM; CUSHING, BRUCE

14 ALCOHOL ABUSE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

BENAVIDES, RAMON [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

MERAZ-TORRES, SAMANTHA; HAN, KYUNG-AN;

15 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS INVOLVED IN ETHANOL SENSITIVITY AND TOLERANCE

BARRAGAN, JOSE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO MERCADO, IVAN;

HAN, KYUNG-AN

16 THE NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF THE ANTIOXIDANT FER-1 IN AN IN VITRO MODEL OF EPILEPSY

MONTES, LAURA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

NAVARRO, VANESSA; LOYOLA BALTAZAR, CARLA; SKOUTA, RACHID; FENELON, KARINE

17

4-NOLYLPHENOL AND ALCOHOL INDUCE NEURONAL DAMAGE BY DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATING Gβγ/PI3K DEPENDENT PATHWAY

VARELA, JOSE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

CASTRO, ROBERTO; CARREON, CYNTHIA; ROYCHOWDHURY, SUKLA

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USING TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASES TO INHIBIT C-C CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 7 GENE EXPRESSION IN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

KNIGHT, COLIN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO HINOJOZA, BRENDA;

SOTO, OLGA; BILL, COLIN; VINES, CHARLOTTE;

19

THE OCTOPAMINE Octβ1R RECEPTOR'S EFFECT ON AVERSIVE OLFACTORY LEARNING AND MEMORY

CLARK, AARON [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

JUNGHWA LIM, MARTIN SABANDAL, AND KYUNG-AN HAN

20 OCTOPAMINE IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

FERNANDEZ, ANA I. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

J. LIM, J. JAMES, P. EVANS, K.-A. HAN

21 ETHANOL-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL DISINHIBITION MERCADO, IVAN [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

SABANDAL, PAUL; BURCIAGA, JESSICA; HAN, KYUNG-AN;

22 THE ROLES OF DOPAMINE IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR LIM, JUNGHWA [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

JAMES, JACQUELINE; JOHNSON, JENNIFER; HAN, KYUNG-AN;

23

THE EFFECT OF PIRACETAM ON BEHAVIOR AND CIRCULATING LYMPHOCYTES IN CHRONIC PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS

GRIGORUTA, MARIANA [email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

VARGAS-CARAVEO, ALEJANDRA; CASTILLO-MICHEL, ANGEL; DIAZ SANCHEZ, ANGEL GABRIEL; MORENO RODRIGUEZ, IRIS; PLENGE TELLECHEA, LUIS FERNANDO; MARTINEZ-MARTINEZ, ALEJANDRO;

24

INVESTIGATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL PATHWAYS IN MOUSE MODEL OF LEAD EXPOSURE

TENA, ANAHIS [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

PERU, EDUARDO; MARTINETTI, LUIS; FENELON, KARINE

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NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS AS NOVEL THERAPEUTICS IN PARKINSON DISEASE

RAO, K.S.JAGANNATHA

INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (INDICASAT-AIP) REPUBLIC PANAMA

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TOXICOLOGY (Tuesday 29 September, El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center)

Oral presentations from selected abstracts (11:35 am – 12:35 pm)

T TITLE FIRST AUTHOR FIRST AUTHOR EMAIL FIRST AUTHOR

ORGANIZATION Co-authors

NEUROMODULATORY MECHANISM UNDERLYING ETHANOL-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL DISINHIBITION

ARANDA, GISSEL P. [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

OLIVAS, I.; LIM, J.; SABANDAL, P.; EVANS, P.D.; HAN, KYUNG-AN;

PRESENCE OF PATHOGENIC AGENTS IN WASTEWATER, COSTA RICA

CHACON JIMENEZ, LUZ M. [email protected]

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

ACHI ARAYA, ROSARIO; BARRANTES JIMENEZ, KENIA; SOLANO BARQUERO, MELISSA; OCAMPO VAN PATTEN, LUIS; VALIENTE ALVAREZ, CARMEN;

LOW LEAD EXPOSURE RESULTS IN GLOMERULAR HYPERTROPHY IN MICE

BASGEN, JOHN M. [email protected]

Charles R. Drew University Of Medicine And Science

SOBIN, CHRISTINA

Poster presentations (1:45- 3:00 pm)

1 IN VITRO GASTRIC BIOAVAILABILITY OF TOXIC METALS IN ROUND TOP MOUNTAIN RHYOLITE (HUDSPETH COUNTY, TX, USA)

NEGRON, LORRAINE [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ASHLEY; AMAYA, MARIA; PINGITORE, NICHOLAS

2 LOW LEAD EXPOSURE RESULTS IN GLOMERULAR HYPERTROPHY IN MICE

BASGEN, JOHN M [email protected]

CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY SOBIN, CHRISTINA

3 GENE AND ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE

SALDES, ERICK [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, BBRC, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

HAN, KYUNG-AN