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Final Program Final Program Building the Future of Science by Building Diversity Today What’s New in 2012 Anniversary Recognition ABRCMS Career Development Skills Café This year marks the 50th anniversary of the This session is designed to help students gain a broad National Institutes of Health’s National Institute appreciation for career exploration and the job search process. of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the In a small-group, round-table setting, this session will allow organization that funds ABRCMS. It is also the students with specific questions to get input from appropriate 40th anniversary of the NIGMS Minority Access to Research experts at the meeting. Careers and Minority Biomedical Research Support programs. As part of its anniversary activities, NIGMS selected student The Tech Museum - Fun for All Ages! poster presentations at a number of scientific meetings for ABRCMS has arranged a special discount 20% Discount special recognition, including an invitation to present the work rate for attendees who visit the Tech for ABRCMS at the Institute’s 50th anniversary symposium. The poster Museum on Wednesday, November 7, Attendees! presenters selected at the 2011 ABRCMS meeting are Brittany and Sunday, November 11. This unique Barfield of San Diego State University, Orrianne Morrison of museum offers over 100 hands-on interactive exhibits – many Spelman College, and Theodor Uzamere of Morehouse College. supported by Stanford, NASA, and NOAA. Explore alternative To learn more, see energy, genetics, earth science and more. Experience the www.nigms.nih.gov/about/50anniversary. largest IMAX dome screen in the west – the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater. ABRCMS discount rates are: Incorporating Interdisciplinary Research in Judging Combo (gallery + educational IMAX film) $14 All undergraduate and postbaccalaureate Gallery admission $8 New this students will be judged based on how well they Educational IMAX film $6 Year have incorporated interdisciplinary research Mythbusters $15 within their projects. This criterion is in addition to the main judging criteria. A select number of presentations The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily. You that demonstrate exceptional knowledge of interdisciplinary must show your ABRCMS badge to receive the museum science research will be recognized at the closing banquet. discounts. Princeton Review at ABRCMS Princeton Review representatives are available New this to share resources and test preparation Year information on the GRE and MCAT exams. Stop by Booth 228 to get more information. “It was terrific. Each of my students them [sic] expressed their enthusiasm and indicated how much they had learned. They really enjoyed the opportunity to present their research, talk with the judges, and to go to all the exhibits and the professional meetings, which ranged from post-bac sessions to tips for interviewing. I really enjoyed having the opportunity to spend time with my students without the daily pressures of other meetings.” FACULTY, PD, ADMIN ABRCMS Table of Contents What’s New in 2012 ......................................Inside Front Cover Program at a Glance ..............................................................2-3 Conference Welcome ...............................................................4 (Clifford W. Houston, Ph.D.) Greetings ..................................................................................5 ( Judith H. Greenberg, Ph.D., Clifton A. Poodry, Ph.D.) ABRCMS Conference Highlights & Opportunities .................6 Important Conference Information .....................................7-10 Networking Tables By Discipline ...........................................11 Professional Development Schedule: Undergraduate & Postbaccalaureate Students ............................................12 Professional Development Schedule: Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scientists ...................................................13 Professional Development Schedule: Program Directors, Faculty & Exhibitors ..........................................................13 Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scientist Opportunities ...14 Keynote, Plenary, & Concurrent Scientific Speakers ..........16-17 Conference Program ..........................................................18-42 Meet and Greet Speakers Schedule .........................................44 Speaker Biographies ...........................................................45-55 “My students always get so much out of this 2001-2012 ABRCMS Statistics .........................................56-57 meeting. One thing I’m always amazed at is how Abstract Information ........................................................59-63 much their confidence grows; they come away from Author Index .....................................................................64-90 ABRCMS assured that they CAN do science, research, Exhibitor by Booth Number .............................................92-96 go to graduate/medical school and on into successful Exhibit List in Alphabetical Order ...................................97-101 careers. They go back to campus and talk about it to other students and the excitement is infectious. I’m Conference Sponsors .....................................................102-103 grateful they have an environment such as this to hone Exhibit Hall Floor Plan ........................................................104 their skills and build their confidence. Marriott Hotel Floor Plan ....................................................105 ” Convention Center Floor Plan .............................................106 FACULTY, PD, ADMIN Reflections/Take Home Message ..........................................108 Steering Committee Members and Staff .........Inside Back Cover Final Program 1 Program at a Glance Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Session 4 Traumatic Brain Injury: Hope through Research 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Explore San Jose/Visit the Tech Museum (on Your Own) (Sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH) 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Registration Open Speakers 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Exhibit Set-up Grace Griesbach, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. PRECONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL David Okonkwo, M.D., Ph.D. DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS University of California, Los Angeles Session 5 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Dinner, Conference Overview/Keynote Address Mechanistic Mining of Glycol-Induced Renal Toxicity in Back by 8:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Networking in Your Discipline Popular Order to Dig Up New Treatments Demand! (Sponsored by the Society of Toxicology) 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. PREP Program Directors Meeting Speaker 9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scientist Mixer Kenneth P. McMartin, Ph.D. Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shrevesport Thursday, November 8, 2012 Session 6 Addressing American Indian Health Disparities through 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Open Science Practice and Collaborative Education Speaker 7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Networking Breakfast Annie Belcourt, Ph.D. 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Exhibit Set-up The University of Montana, Missoula, MT Session 7 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CONFERENCE ORIENTATION Beyond Assessing Knowledge – Card Sorting, Orientation for Undergraduate Students and Superheroes, and Moving Towards Measuring Biological Postbaccalaureates Expertise among Undergraduates Orientation for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Speaker Scientists Kimberly D. Tanner, Ph.D. Orientation for Exhibitors San Francisco State University Orientation for Judges (All 12 Disciplines) Session 8 Biomapping in the Biomedical and Social Behavioral 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 p.m. CONCURRENT SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Sciences Session 1 Speaker The Dark E. coli Rises Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D (Sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology) Johns Hopkins University Speaker 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CONCURRENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Alfredo Torres, Ph.D. SESSIONS University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Session 2 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Networking Lunch The Roles of CCR7 in Disease Processes 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION (Sponsored by the American Society for Cell Biology) Carbon Materials and Serendipity: the Inside (and Speaker Outside) Story Charlotte Vines, Ph.D. Speaker University of Kansas, Kansas City Luis Echegoyen, Ph.D. Session 3 University of Texas at El Paso From Fossils to Living Plants: Fueling Our Future with 2:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Exhibits Open Plant Biomass-Based Fuels (Sponsored by the American Society of Plant Biologists) 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. POSTER SESSION 1 Speakers 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Meet and Greet Speakers Miguel Vega-Sanchez, Ph.D. University of California, Davis/Joint BioEnergy Institute 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. POSTER SESSION 2 Larry P. Walker, Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ORAL PRESENTATION SESSIONS 1 – 12 (All Disciplines) 6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. DINNER 7:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Plenary Professional Development Sessions for Faculty, Students, and Postdoctoral Scientists 9:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Networking with Colleagues as Speakers 2 ABRCMS Friday, November 9, 2012 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. “Meet and Greet” Speakers 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Open 5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. POSTER SESSION 5 7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Networking Breakfast 6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Professional Development Sessions 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. NETWORKING FOR EXHIBITORS, SPEAKERS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS, AND JUDGES Global Health Challenges and Opportunities in
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