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/).