April 26, 2023 - Memorial Union - Sun Room and South Ballroom
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast, Networking, and Registration |
| 8:50 - 9:00 | Introduction and announcements - Vishesh Bhatia and Sage Becker - Co-directors of the IBS Symposium Opening Remarks - Dr. Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, CALS Associate Dean for Research and Discovery |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Keynote speaker - Dr. Trista North - "Extrinsic regulation of vertebrate hematopoietic stem cell development" - Introduction by Anthony Sillman |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
10:15-11:30 – Student oral talks - Group 1 | |
| 10:15 | Vaishali Todi (MCDB, GDCB) "Understanding chromosome segregation by drug-mediated tension responses" Advisor: Dr. Mohan Gupta |
| 10:30 | Thea Gessler (IGG, EEOB) "Characterization of the First Turtle Organoids: RNA-seq Profiling" Advisor: Dr. Nicole Valenzuela |
| 10:45 | Brian Zebosi (IGG, GDCB) "bds1 and bds2 function redundantly to regulate inflorescence and shoot architecture in maize via brassinosteroid biosynthesis" Advisor: Dr. Eric Vollbrecht |
| 11:00 | David Hall (IGG, PPEM) "Influence of immune cells in dengue and Zika dissemination in the mosquito host" Advisor: Dr. Ryan Smith |
| 11:15 | Dalena Rogers (ENSCI, NREM) "Determining Germination Practices of U.S. Virgin Islands Native Species-Sophora tomentosa" Advisors: Dr. Gail Nonnecke and Dr. Emily Zimmerman |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch - ISU Catering - Baked Potato Buffet |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Keynote speaker - Dr. Reinhard Laudenbacher - "Digital twins in medicine and the life sciences" - Introduction by Sabrena Rutledge |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break |
2:15-3:30 – Student oral talks - Group 2 | |
| 2:15 | Ashley Paulsen (IGG, PPEM) "From DNA extraction to genome assembly: Building a genome-enabled synthetic bacterial community" Advisor: Dr. Larry Halverson |
| 2:30 | Marissa Roghair Stroud (MICRO, PPEM) "CRISPRi to identify Pseudomonas putida gene networks essential for rhizosphere microbiome assembly" Advisor: Dr. Larry Halverson |
| 2:45 | Muskan Kapoor (BCB, ANS) "Single-cell genomics data incorporation into agricultural G2P research by building a FAIR data ecosystem" Advisor: Dr. Chris Tuggle |
| 3:00 | An Phan (BCB, MATH, V MPM) "Gene Ontology and protein-protein interaction analyses reveal under-annotated proteins in the human proteome" Advisors: Dr. Claus Kadelka and Dr. Iddo Friedberg |
| 3:15 | Renee Alexander (Kinesiology) "Inclusion of distal fibular translations or rotations in multi-segmented foot modeling for lateral ankle ligament strains" Advisor: Dr. Tim Derrick |
3:30-5:30 – Poster session - Sun Room, Memorial Union
POSTER
NO., AUTHOR, ABSTRACT TITLE
23027 -Acharya, Bimala -“Harnessing the Helitron”
23055 - Becker, Sage -“Butyrate modulation of inflammatory responses to lipopolysaccharide in porcine monocytes”
23056 - Bhusal, Bandana -“Evaluation of selected Bacillus spp. as biological control agents for Phytophthora Blight disease (Phytophthora capsici) in pepper”
23002 - Cheng, Chelsea -“Nod1-dependent NF-kB activation initiates hematopoietic stem cell specification in response to small Rho GTPases”
23019 - Chung, Henri -“Prediction of Functional Linkages with Fusion based Phylogenetic Profiles”
23021 - Cook, Tanner M. -“Establishing a System for High-Throughput Screening of Factors Affecting Meiosis”
23012 - Das, Anurag -“The Role of Peroxisome mediated glial-neuronal communication and its impact on neuronal health during aging in the adult Drosophila”
23016 - DeTemple, Joseph -“CERIS-JGRA analysis of flowering time in CML277 and Tzi8”
23052 - Entriken, Seth -“Exploring the Role of Connexins in the Establishment of Left-Right Asymmetry during Embryonic Development”
23007 - Fattel, Leila -“GO-Based Comparative Functional Genomics in Maize NAM Founder Lines”
23020 - Fonder, Catherine -“Magnetic Stimulation Influences Differentiation of Rat Adult Hippocampal Pro genitor Cells In vitro”
23043 - Franco, Carlos E. -“Dietary zinc and BRD effects on labile zinc levels and zinc transporter gene expressions in bovine peripheral immune cells”
23058 - Guo, Yuxiang -“Maize orphan genes and their potential association with cuticle synthesis”
23038 - Jia, Kejue -“Predicting RNA Structures from Triplet Sequence Correlations”
23036 - Joshi, Parnal -“Identifying protein function annotation differences between mouse and human orthologous proteins”
23050 - Kapoor, Mehak -“Modularity in Gene Regulatory Networks”
23032 - Kilinc, Mesih -“A Static Website Generator for Bioinformatics Research”
23039 - Kinney, Shelly -“Single kernel NIR spectrometer calibration to distinguish between waxy and wild type maize”
23028 - Krull, Abigail -“Creation of Anxa2 Deletion Mutants in Zebrafish Using CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing”
23010 - Lane, Madison -“Characterization of candidate genes related to cuticular wax deposition on maize silks”
23024 - Liu, Fang -“Cre/lox regulated conditional rescue and inactivation with zebrafish UFlip alleles generated by CRISPR-Cas9 targeted integration”
23003 - McCune, Abbigail -“A model of Grna-Jak-Stat signaling in myeloid development”
23025 - Meeks, Carrie -“Effect of adjusting for neutrophil proportion in whole blood transcriptomic analysis of Influenza-infected pigs”
23023 - Meis, Joan -“Influence of the microbiota on Drosophila immune system development”
23029 - Moore, Macy -“NRF2 agonists modulate the pro-inflammatory response and viral repliCation during RSV infection”
23054 - Murithi, Ann -“Response of maize transcriptome to infection by maize lethal necrosis”
23045 - Schwake, Anna -“Characterization of Lamp1”
23017 - Shobade, Samuel O. -“Structure-function insights and detection of plant root chitinases for rhizo sphere studies”
23001 - Siddiqui, Sahiba -“Mechanism of Fyn kinase-mediated microglia activation and inflammatory
associated neurodegeneration”
23037 - Sonia, Jahanara -“Ribosome profiling, a deep sequencing technique to explore global effects of Plant and human virus infection on host translation”
23018 - Srivastava, Vaibhava - “The effect of "fear" on two species competition”
23049 - Variz, Haris -“Functional characterization of STRUBBELIG-receptor family 3 in regulating plasmodesmal function and plant immunity”
23035 - Watkins, Hannah -“Characterization of novel butyrate-producing bacteria isolated from swine feces”
23022 - Wendt, Matthew -“Key developmental windows and environmental parameters that influence cuticular wax composition on maize silks”
23056 - Winkelman, Dirk - “A multidisciplinary approach to assess the roles of Glossy2 and Glossy2-like in maize cuticular wax biosynthesis”
23008 - Yanarella, Colleen -“Proof of Concept for Spoken Natural Language Descriptions of Phenotypes for Association Genetics Applications”
23053 - Yang, Pengxin - “definition of regulatory elements and transcription factors controlling immune cell gene expression at single cell resolution using single cell ATAC-seq”
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Hach Hall Thiel Atrium
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast, Networking, and Registration |
| 8:50 - 9:00 | Announcements - Vishesh Bhatia and Sage Becker - Co-directors of the IBS Symposium |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Keynote Speaker - Dr. Ryan Rapp - “Different models for startups and careers in industry” - Introduction by Vishesh Bhatia |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
10:15-11:30 – Student oral talks - Group 3 | |
| 10:15 | Kaitlin M. Higgins (IGG, GDCB) "Mdr1 demethylase and the intersection between the epigenome, genomic imprinting, and transposable elements in maize endosperm" Advisor: Dr. Sarah Anderson |
| 10:30 | Ha T.H. Vu (BCB, GDCB) "Unsupervised Contrastive Peak Caller for ATAC-seq" Advisor: Dr. Geetu Tuteja |
| 10:45 | Beulah Esther Rani Samuel (ImBio, V MPM) "Trained immunity in bovine innate cell populations following subcutaneous BCG administration" Advisor: Dr. Jodi McGill |
| 11:00 | Laura Tibbs-Cortes (USDA) "Genotype by environment interaction in switchgrass" Advisor: Dr. Jianming Yu |
| 11:15 | Xinglin Jia (BCB, MATH) "Concise functional enrichment of ranked gene lists" Advisor: Dr. Claus Kadelka and Dr. Gregory Phillips |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Keynote speaker - Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait - "Modulating microbiomes to limit metabolic inflammation" - Introduction by Sage Becker |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break |
2:15-3:30 – Student Oral Talks - Group 4 | |
| 2:15 | Suyeon Hong (ImBio, V MPM) "Altered cytokine and gene expression in vitamin A deficient mice after RSV infection and vitamin A supplementation" Advisor: Dr. Jodi McGill |
| 2:30 | Jaspreet Rishi (IGG, ANS) "Manipulation of ATM alters the ovarian proteome response in cultured mouse ovaries during DMBA exposure" Advisor: Dr. Aileen Keating |
| 2:45 | Abigail Kropf (PPEM) "Assessing interactions among Beauveria bassiana, western corn rootworm larvae and maize" Advisor: Dr. Aaron Gassman |
| 3:00 | Fazhir Kayondo (IGG, ANS) "Genetic control of gene expression and protein abundance in the blood of young healthy pigs" Advisor: Dr. Jack Dekkers |
| 3:15 | Molly Kroeger (ImBio, VDPAM) "Humoral Responses to Porcine Circovirus Type 3 Infection" Advisor: Dr. Pablo Pineyro |
| 3:30-3:45 | Break |
| 3:45-3:55 | Closing Remarks - Dr. Surya K. Mallapragada, Associate Vice President for Research |
| 3:55-5:00 | Award Ceremony - Oral Talk Award Presentation - Poster Award Presentation - Lauter Awarded for Graduate Student Creativity and Research Excellence presented by Dr. Erik Vollbrecht - DOGE of Genetics and Genomics |