Arkansas INBRE Virtual Research Conference 2020 Nov. 6th – 7th Schedule of Events Friday, November 6th, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88411214222 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Zoom opens for audio testing. (Please join us) 1:30 PM – 2:35 PM Keynote Address: Dr. Peter Hotez 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Student Virtual Presentations: Round 1 (Biology and Chemistry) Saturday, November 7th, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88411214222 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Student Virtual Presentations: Round 2 (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Virtual Workshops For last minute announcements, please follow us on twitter @ARINBRE1 Registration Information All registered participant will receive a unique registration ID and zoom link with password to join. After you join the meeting, please rename yourself to FirstName LastName RegistrationID. The 2020 virtual INBRE required Zoom version 5.3.0 or above to participate in all activities. Please upgrade your zoom before attending the conference. Zoom on chromebook is not supported. Please use a windows PC or a Mac. Support for a tablet device, such as an ipad, is limited. The presenting author of a virtual presentation should not use a tablet. For last minute announcements, please follow us on twitter @ARINBRE1 Arkansas INBRE https://inbre.uams.edu/ The Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Arkansas INBRE) is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The IDeA program was established for the purpose of broadening the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research. Currently NIGMS supports INBRE programs in 23 states and Puerto Rico. The Arkansas INBRE builds on the successful Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program that was established in 2001 under a grant from NCRR. The Arkansas BRIN established a statewide network that links Arkansas institutions of higher education to establish and maintain a statewide infrastructure in support of growing efforts to build capacity for biomedical research in Arkansas. Arkansas INBRE Research Conference The Arkansas INBRE Research Conference is sponsored by Arkansas INBRE and is hosted by the departments of biological sciences, physics, and chemistry and biochemistry, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas. Conference Planning Committee Participating Institutions Inés Pinto, Christian Tipsmark biological sciences Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Jingyi Chen, Heather Jorgensen, Josh Sakon, Ying Arkansas Tech University, Russellville Yuan and Feng Wang; chemistry and biochemistry Central Baptist College, Conway Reeta Vyas; physics Harding University, Searcy INBRE Steering Committee Henderson State University, Arkadelphia Hendrix College, Conway Lawrence Cornett, Ph. D., UAMS, Director John Brown University, Siloam Springs Stephen Addison, UCA Traci Abraham, UAMS Program Evaluator Lyon College, Batesville Galina Glazko, UAMS Missouri Southern State University, Joplin Joel Funk, John Brown University Missouri State University, Springfield Tim Knight, Ouachita Baptist Univ. Northeastern State University, Springfield Richard Morrison, UAMS Northeastern State University, Tahlequah Mansour Mortazavi, UAPB Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia Liz Pierce, UALR Thomas Risch, Arkansas State Univ. Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg Feng Wang, UAF Rhodes College, Memphis Jerry Ware, UAMS Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia Ann Wright, Hendrix College University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Arkansas, Fort Smith ***Staff*** University of Arkansas, Little Rock Diane McKinstry, UAMS, Program Coordinator University of Arkansas, Monticello Caroline Miller Robinson, UAMS, Business Manager UA Medical Sciences, Little Rock University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff ***Biotechnology Core Leaders*** University of Central Arkansas, Conway Joshua Sakon, UAF University of the Ozarks, Clarksville Alan Tackett, UAMS Featured Speaker Friday, 1:30 p.m. For registered participants only https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88411214222 Preventing the Next Pandemic Peter J. Hotez M.D. Ph. D. Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics. He is also University Professor at Baylor University, Fellow in Disease and Poverty at the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, Faculty Fellow with the Hagler Institute for Advanced Studies at Texas A&M University, and Health Policy Scholar in the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Dr. Hotez is an internationally-recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. As head of the Texas Children’s CVD, he leads a team and product development partnership for developing new vaccines for hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and SARS/MERS/SARS-2 coronavirus, diseases affecting hundreds of millions of children and adults worldwide, while championing access to vaccines globally and in the United States. In 2006 at the Clinton Global Initiative he co- founded the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to provide access to essential medicines for hundreds of millions of people He obtained his undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics from Yale University in 1980 (phi beta kappa), followed by a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from Rockefeller University in 1986, and an M.D. from Weil Cornell Medical College in 1987. Dr. Hotez has authored more than 500 original papers and is the author of four single- author books, including Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases (ASM Press); Blue Marble Health: An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor amid Wealth (Johns Hopkins University Press); Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism (Johns Hopkins University Press); and a forthcoming 2020 book on vaccine diplomacy in an age of war, political collapse, climate change and antiscience (Johns Hopkins University Press). Dr. Hotez previously served as President of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and he is founding Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (Public Health Section) and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Public Policy Section). In 2011, he was awarded the Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Health by the Pan American Health Organization of the WHO. In 2014-16, he served in the Obama Administration as US Envoy, focusing on vaccine diplomacy initiatives between the US Government and countries in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2018, he was appointed by the US State Department to serve on the Board of Governors for the US Israel Binational Science Foundation, and is frequently called upon to testify before US Congress. He has served on infectious disease task forces for two consecutive Texas Governors. In 2017, he was named by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the 34 most influential people in health care, while in 2018 he received the Sustained Leadership Award from Research!America. In 2019 he received the Ronald McDonald House Charities Award for Medical Excellence Most recently as both a vaccine scientist and autism parent, he has led national efforts to defend vaccines and to serve as an ardent champion of vaccines going up against a growing national “antivax” threat. In 2019, he received the Award for Leadership in Advocacy for Vaccines from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dr. Hotez appears frequently on television (including BBC, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC), radio, and in newspaper interviews (including the New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal). Awards Student Live Virtual Awards: Prizes will be awarded to the top presentations by undergraduate students in Presentations breakout session. The awardees will be informed after the conference at the email address provided during registration. Names of the awardees will be https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88411214222 listed on the INBRE website https://inbre.uark.edu Round 1 - Friday 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Judging Rules: Each undergraduate virtual Biology A/B, Chemistry A/B presentation will be judged by at least two judges, selected from various institutions. To avoid a Round 2 – Saturday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM possible conflict of interest, a judge from the same Biology A/B, Chemistry B, Physics/Chemistry C institution of the presenting author can not participate in the award discussion of that presentation. Biology Session A (Friday) A1 3:00 PM. Lydia Ostmo Awards will be given in each of the three disciplines Northeastern State University - Broken Arrow – physics, biology, and chemistry and biology. Fluorescent Tagging of Replication Proteins to Study Protein- Only presentation with an undergraduate student Protein Interactions being the sole presenter qualify for awards. To be A2 3:07 PM. Connor Catron eligible for an award, questions from the audience University of Arkansas-Fort Smith should be answered only by the presenting author. Mating Type Identification