Friday, September 18, 2015
Poster Award Winners
Undergrad student: Nick Ames Sensiplicity Sensor Sytem
Grad student: Andrew Osborn De novo synthesis of sunscreen compound in vertebrates
PostDoc/Trainer/Faculty: Amy Klocko RNAi of apple AGAMOUS genes leads to increased floral attractiveness and decreased fertility
Program
| 8:00 | Registration & refreshments (Poster & sponsor setup) |
| 9:00 | Brett Tyler, Director, CGRB Introduction, CGRB update |
| Moderator: David Myrold, Crop & Soil Science | |
| 9:25 | Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Arizona State University Combinomics to understand biological soil crusts |
| 10:10 | Kimberly Halsey, Microbiology Phytoplankton strategies for using the energy from photosynthesis |
| 10:35 | Break (Poster & sponsor setup / displays) |
| 11:00 | Ryan Mehl, Biochemistry & Biophysics Defining Roles of NitroTyrosine in Disease via Genetic Code Expansion |
| 11:25 | Jeff Anderson, Botany & Plant Pathology Regulation of Pseudomonas syringae Virulence by Host Plant-derived Metabolite Signals |
| 11:50 | James Giovannoni, Cornell University Genetic regulation of tomato fruit ripening; genes to genome |
| 12:35 | Lunch (Poster and Sponsor setups / displays) |
| Moderator: Laurent Deluc, Horticulture | |
| 1:50 | Wei Kong, Chemistry Coherent electron diffraction of single molecules embedded in superfluid helium droplets: A possible solution to the problem of protein crystallization |
| 2:15 | Patrick Hayes, Crop & Soil Science Fun with barley: from flowering to flavor |
| 2:40 | Marc Johnson, University of Missouri How to dress your virus. Learning how viruses select the right host membrane for proper assembly |
| 3:25 | Break (Poster and Sponsor setups / displays) |
| Moderator: Chrissa Kioussi, College of Pharmacy | |
| 3:50 | Olena Taratula, College of Pharmacy Multifunctional Theranostic Nanoplatforms for Image-Guided Surgery and Intraoperative Therapy |
| 4:15 | Andy Jones, Botany & Plant Pathology Intraspecific variation in drought responses of tropical tree seedlings: consequences for species distributions under climate change |
| 4:40 | Cynthia Sagers, Vice President of Research Closing remarks |
| 5:00 | Poster Session/Reception, Sponsor Displays |
