LBRN Works In Progress
Event Date: October 14, 2024 – January 10, 2025:
see When and Where for details.
Event Time: varies.
Location: Virtual.
About
The Work In Progress Seminars are presentations by LBRN PI’s where they present their research progress and have an opportunity for input from their peers and mentors in a collaborative setting.
When & Where
Please check emailed information regarding remote attendance details, contact lbrn@lsu.edu with any questions for joining. If using a local video conferencing room, check for local capabilities and be sure to check with your local room support for their rules for advance notification, support, and booking.
Friday, January 10, 2025
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Md Ekhtear Hossain
Southern University and A&M College
Role of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S1) Protein on LOX-1 Receptor Expression in Macrophages
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Michael Wells
Louisiana Tech University
The nanoparticulate elixir of microbial alchemists- Assessing the antibiotic efficacy and anticancer potency of microbially generated gold and selenium nanoparticles
Friday, January 3, 2025
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Vladimir Kolsenichenko
Xavier University of Louisiana
Nano particulate magnetic imaging Agents for Cancer Diagnostic
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Marisa Connell
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Identifying the mechanisms by which Kin17 promotes EMT
Friday, December 13, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Nektarios Barabutis
University of Louisiana at Monroe
NEK2 in Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Allyn Schoeffler
Loyola University New Orleans
Molecular specificity determinants in erythromycin resistance methyltransferases
Monday, December 9, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Kimberlee Mix
Loyola University New Orleans
Regulation of orphan receptor NR4A2- adopting a novel target for osteoarthritis
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Omer Soysal
Southeastern Louisiana University
MindPrint- Exploring uniqueness of individuals brain signals
Monday, November 25, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Ahmad Kabir
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Harnessing Microbial Symbiosis to Biofortify Iron in Garden Pea for Combating Human Anemia
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Christopher Bolden
Xavier University of Louisiana
Evaluating the role of reactive astrocytes in glioblastoma metastasis utilizing a modular 3-D in vitro platform
Friday, November 15, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Srinivas Garlapati
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Antigenic variation in the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Stassi DiMaggio
Xavier University of Louisiana
Development of a Targeted Photorelease Drug Delivery System
Monday, October 28, 2024
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Mary Caldorera-Moore
Louisiana Tech University
Multifunctional Living Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogel Networks for Directed Tissue Regeneration
3:30pm - 4:00pm
James Cho
Southeastern Louisiana University
The Development of the Fight Bacteria with Bacteria (F2B) Methodology - Using Current Pathogenic Bacteria Models to Uncover a Probable Core Mechanism for Treating Newly Emerging Pathogenic Bacteria
Monday, October 14, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Tamjidul Hoque
University of New Orleans
Exploring Toggle Proteins- Bridging Ordered and Disordered States with Explanatory Insight
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Justin Anderson
Southeastern Louisiana University
Effects of environmental contaminants on mosquito development & virus replication
Presentation Details
Here below is generalized format for the presentation. We have allowed 30 minutes in total for each presenter including time for discussion (20 min for the talk and 10 minutes for discussion). Please tailor your presentation accordingly and adhere to the time limits.
- Project Title
- Mentee
- Name and Institution
- Mentors
- Name and Institution
- Please give a brief overview of your project.
- Overall Goals and Specific Aims of your project
- Hypotheses investigated since the last presenation
- Summary: Experimental Approach/Results (2-3 Slides)
- Brief summary of Experimental approach/es and results accomplished since last presentation
- Impediments & Solutions
- Did you encounter any impediments in accomplishing your project? If so, what steps did you take to overcome this?
- Next Steps
- What are the next steps in your research?
- Project progress
- Summarize measurable accomplishments such as papers, abstracts, grants submitted or funded, and students trained.
- Address how does this fit within the overall time line for the project.
- Acknowledgements
- Acknowledgements (Grant acknowledgement template is here: https://lbrn.lsu.edu/nih-acknowledgement/)
Here are some presentation templates (https://lbrn.lsu.edu/media-templates/).