2010 Research Presentations

Ahmadibeni, Y., Carroll, B., Doncel, G. F., Parang, K. 2010. Synthesis of lipophilic dodecyl bis(acyleSaligenyl) nucleoside monophosphate trimesters. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26.

Ahmadibeni, Y., Tiwari, R., Doncel, G. F., Parang, K. 2010. Synthesis of bis(cycloSaligenyl) pronucleotides containing two nucleosides from bis(methoxymethyl)benzene-1,4-diol. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26.

Amer, A., Solares, J., Spinette, S., Williams, J.C. 2010. Arylphosphonium salts conjugated to fluorescent markers. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain, muscle, and liver tissue in fish: a tri-species comparison. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain, muscle, and liver tissue in fish: a tri-species comparison. Ninth Annual New England Undergraduate Environmental Research Symposium, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, November 20.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain, muscle, and liver tissue in fish: a tri-species comparison. Roger Williams University Summer Research Scholars Symposium, Bristol, Rhode Island, October 6.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain and muscle tissues of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) and tautog (Tautoga onitis). New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 28-30.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain and muscle tissues of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) and tautog (Tautoga onitis). NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain and muscle tissues of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) and tautog (Tautoga onitis). Ninetieth American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists/Twenty-Sixth American Elasmobranch Society (ASIH/AES) Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 7-12.

Ares, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury accumulation in brain and muscle tissues of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) and tautog (Tautoga onitis). North Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Meeting, Narragansett, Rhode Island, June 2-4.

Austin, K., Przondo, L., Phay, M., Mann, B., Silva, L., Latimer, C., Yaeger, R., Ryke, E., Rossi, L., Von Riesen, D., Espinosa, A. 2010. Chemical synthesis of 3-phenyl-1- (thiocarbamoyl)-2-pyrazoline compounds and evaluation of their biological effectiveness as anti-amebic agents. 239th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San
Francisco, California, March 21-25.

Barowski, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Chelating the effect of metal ion cofactors on the secreted lipase activity from Leishmania donovani. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Barowski, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Detection of lipolytic activities released by Leishmania donovani promastigotes during their growth in vitro. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Barowski, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Metal ion cofactors alter the enzymatic activity of an expressed secreted lipase purified form Leishmania donovani. Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts- -Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Barowski, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. The human pathogen Leishmania donovani releases both esterase and lipase activities during growth in vitro. Sixty-Eighth Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 10.

Bergeron, K., Murphy, E., Almeida, K. 2010. Bloom syndrome protein and RAD51 promote genomic stability. Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) Forty-First Annual Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, October 23-27.

Bergeron, K., Murphy, E., Almeida, K. 2010. Bloom syndrome protein and RAD51 promote genomic stability. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Bitzer, A., Shakarian, A. 2010. Gene expression profiles of Leishmania major, L. mexicana, L. donovani, and L. tarentolae using AFLP analysis. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Bloom, C., Miller, A., Pucino, D., Sheinte, J., Wante, K., Holly, S. 2010. Conditioned fear in an animal model of self-injurious behavior. Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Boston, Massachusetts, May 27-30.

Bloom, C., Miller, A., Pucino, D., Sheinte, J., Wante, K., Holly, S. 2010. Self-injurious behavior vs. non-suicidal self-injury: the CNS stimulant Pemoline as a model of self-destructive behavior. Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Meeting, New York, New York, March 4-7.

Borges, A., Odobasic, J., Salter, D., Kádár, S., Symington, S.B. 2010. Experimental and Numerical Study of Environmental Noise-Induced Stochastic Resonance in PC12 Cells. 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25.

Bothun, G.D. 2010. Nanoparticle binding induces size and surface-dependent restructuring in biological membranes. 84th American Chemical Society Colloids and Surface Science Symposium, Akron, OH, June 20-23.

Bothun, G.D., Chen, Y., Bose, A. 2010. Controlled Release from Membrane-Decorated Magnetoliposomes via Electromagnetic Heating. North American Membrane Society, Washington DC, July 19-22.

Bothun, G.D., Chen, Y. 2010. Nanoparticle Binding Induces Size and Surface-Dependent Restructuring and Aggregation of Liposomes. AIChE annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 7-12.

Bothun, G.D., Lelis, A., Stoner, M.A. 2010. Multicomponent Folate-Targeted Magnetoliposomes: Design, Characterization, and Preliminary in Vitro Hela Cell Studies. AIChE annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 7-12.

Britt, D., Burke, L., King, C., Manni, Y. 2010. Defining a role for BCP1 in DNA damage response and cell cycle regulation. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Brown, L., Mello, K., Almeida, K. 2010. Bloom syndrome facilitates genomic stability through protein-protein interactions. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Brown, L., Mello, K., Almeida, K. 2010. Overlapping bloom syndrome protein ORF expression. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Byrne, M., Shakarian, A. 2010. Cloning of the beta-tubulin gene from Leishmania donovani and its evaluation for use as a reference gene in one-step qPCR SYBR green studies. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Byrne, M., Shakarian, A. 2010. Cloning of the beta-tubulin gene from Leishmania donovani and its evaluation for use as a reference gene in real time RT-qPCR. Sixty-Eighth Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 10.

Cao, C., Lu, S., Li, J., Ji, F., Kivlin, R., Marshall, J., Xu, A., Wan, Y. 2010. The novel role of G protein alpha i1 and alpha i3 in UV radiation-induced cell signaling. Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID), Atlanta, Georgia, May 5-8.

Cao, Y., Austriaco, N. 2010. Filamentation in both yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans causes a greater resistance to programmed cell death. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Cebulski, J., Merloni, K., Austriaco, N. 2010. Characterization of the replicative lifespan of budding yeast cells under environmental stress conditions using the mother enrichment program. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Chait, A., Marshall, J., Quinn, S.O., Lippsett, L. 2010. Autism: Knowledge and Treatment. 50th Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Burlington, VT, October 8-9.

Chait, A., Quinn, S.O. 2011. Knowledge and attitudes towards ABA: Rhode Island verses Massachusetts. 37th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO, May 27-31.

Chhikara, B. S., Mandal, D., Parang, K. 2010. Synthesis and anticancer activity of fatty acid derivatives of cytarabine. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26.

Chico, A., Cebulski, J., Malouin, J., Pinches, N., Cascio, V., Austriaco, N. 2010. Yeast BAX inhibitor Bxi1p is an ER-localized protein that regulates calcium levels and the unfolded protein response. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Chin, C., Helming, K., Austriaco, N. 2010. Caspofungin induces programmed cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans. American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April 24.

Cho, B., Patnaik, S. 2010. Spectroscopic and thermodynamic insights into sequence effects of 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced conformational heterogeneity. 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 20-25.

Cho, B., Vaidyanathan, V. 2010. Role of carcinogen-induced conformational heterogeneity in translesion synthesis. 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 20-25.

Cilento, K., Veiga, R., Whittle, L. 2010. Early comprehension of nouns and verbs. Rhode Island College Undergraduate Research Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, May 5.

Cirello, A.; Li, L.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Phytochemicals in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) roots. 240th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug 22-26, AGFD-149. (Poster).

Coffey, A., Doucette, J., Munge, B. 2010. Nanoparticle based immunosensor for sensitive electrochemical detection of cancer biomarker proteins in serum. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Coffey, A., Doucette, J., Munge, B. 2010. Ultrasensitive electrochemical immunosensor for head and neck squamous cells carcinoma (HNSCC) biomarkers based on nanoparticle decorated electrodes and multilabel amplification. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Cordeiro, B., Spinette, S. 2010. Expression and purification of catalytically active isoforms of human Ufd2a in yeast. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Cordeiro, B., St. Germain, A., Mahoney, J., Mammen, A., Spinette, S. 2010. Identification and functional characterization of muscle-specific Ufd2a alternative splice forms. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Fiftieth Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 11-15.

Crumbie, L., Amer, A. Williams J.C. 2010. Microwave synthesis of phosphonium salt synthesis and esterification reactions. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26.

Crunbie, L., Brandl, U., Williams, J.C. 2010. Microwave polymerization to make antibiotic polymers. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26.

Cybulski, K.E., Durfee, H., Beesmer, J.A., Arlt, M.A., Glover, T.W., Howlett, N.G. 2010. Genome-wide chromosome copy number changes in Fanconi Anemia. COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development Minisymposium, Providence, RI, March 11.

  1. Jean-Gilles; Li, L.; Chichester, C.; King, R.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Inhibition of cartilage collagen breakdown by dietary polyphenols., 239th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, March 21-25, AGFD-215. (Poster).

DiLorenzo, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Identification and characterization of the LIP3 gene from Leishmania mexicana. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

DiLorenzo, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. PCR amplification of Lip3 from the human pathogen Leishmania mexicana. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Dosunmu, R.S., Alashwal, H., Zawia, N.H. 2010. Epigenetic Reprogramming in Response to Developmental-Lead Exposed in Mice: Analysis of Gene Expression Alterations. Society of Toxicology 49th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, Salt lake city, Utah, March 15-19.

Espinosa, A. 2010. A synergistic approach to finding drugs against amebiasis. Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Espinosa, A. 2010. On anaerobic metabolism, horizontal gene transfer and cryptic Entamoeba varieties. Seminar Series, University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, October 15.

Espinosa, A., Paz-y-Mino, C. 2010. Cryptic taxonomic varieties among the archamoeba Entamoeba. Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP), University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, July 18-23.

Faiteau, J., Symington, S. 2010. Development of a neuronal outgrowth assay using PC12 cells. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

Farmer, L., Shakarian, A. 2010. Comparison of gDNA profiles from three pathogenic species of Leishmania. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Farmer, L., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Determining the DNA banding patterns of different Leishmania species using AFLP. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Florence, A., Shakarian, A. 2010. Gene expression comparison of three Leishmania species using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Florence, A., Shakarian, A. 2010. Genome and gene expression profile comparison of Leishmania major and Leishmania mexicana using AFLP analysis. Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Florence, A., Shakarian, A., Symington, S. 2010. Genome comparison of a Leishmania major and Leishmania mexicana using amplified fragment length polymorphism. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Florence, A., Shakarian, A., Symington, S. 2010. A genomic analysis and comparison of new world Leishmania mexicana and old world Leishmania major. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Florence, A., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Genome comparison of an old world and new world Leishmania species using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

Fraulino, D., Shakarian, A. 2010. Characterization of the 5’- and 3’- UTRs and identification of the 5’- splice leader acceptor site and in LIP3 mRNA from Leishmania tarentolae. Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Fraulino, D., Shakarian, A. 2010. Cloning and characterization of the LIP3 gene homologue from Leishmania tarentolae. Sixty-Eighth Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 10.

Fraulino, D., Shakarian, A. 2010. Identification of the 5’- splice leader acceptor site and 5’- and 3’- UTRs in LIP3 mRNA from Leishmania tarentolae. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Fraulino, D., Shakarian, A. 2010. Identification and characterization of the LIP3 homologue from Leishmania tarentolae. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Francis, C., Cronise, K., Khaliq, S., Kohn, R., McClellan, K., Mutanguha, E., Nazir, A., Rogers, C., Sweitzer, S., Symington, S., Weed, P., Young, R., Jones, L. 2010. Using IMPULSE undergraduate neuroscience education: from experiment to publishing in the classroom. Seventh Forum of European Neurosciences (FENS), Amsterdam, Netherlands,
July 3-7.

Fredericks, R., Austriaco, N. 2010. Linking Uth1p function at the mitochondria with its role at the yeast cell wall. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Fredericks, R., Austriaco, N. 2010. Mitophagy is regulated by SSD1 and UTH1 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Fuller, E., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Genome comparison of Leishmania donovani and Leishmania mexicana using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

Fuller, E., Shakarian, A., Symington, S. 2010. Genomic DNA species specific virulence factors in Leishmania mexicana. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Galluzzo, D., Mutanguha, E., Valentine, Z., Symington, S. 2010. Deltamethrin inhibits human voltage-sensitive calcium channel isoforms expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Northeast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NESOT) Fall Annual Meeting, Storrs, Connecticut, October 15.

Ganim, C., Shakarian, A. 2010. Characterization of the episomally expressed secretory lipase LdLIP3 in the primitive human pathogen Leishmania donovani. Sixty-Eighth Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 10.

Ganim, C., Shakarian, A. 2010. Determination of optimal assay conditions for LdLIP3 activities released by Leishmania donovani LdLIP3:HA transfectants. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Gaviola, M., Killian, C., Roberts, B., Guertin, S., Udwary, D.W. 2010. Toward a comprehensive database of natural product biosynthetic pathways. Gordon Research Conference for Marine Natural Products, Ventura, CA, February 28 – March 5.

Gemski, C., Soyodara, N., Canar, V., Wiliams, J.C. 2010. Microwave assisted solid state polypeptide synthesis. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Narragansett Bay, RI/MA. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Narragansett Bay, RI/MA. Roger Williams University Summer Research Scholars Symposium, Bristol, Rhode Island, October 6.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Narragansett Bay RI/MA. Ninth Annual New England Undergraduate Environmental Research Symposium, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, November 20.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Narragansett Bay, RI/MA. Twelfth Flatfish Biology Conference, Westbrook, Connecticut, December 1-2.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in the Seekonk River, RI, and Taunton River, MA. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 28-30.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in the Seekonk River, Rhode Island and Taunton River, Massachusetts. Ninetieth American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists/Twenty-Sixth American Elasmobranch Society (ASIH/AES) Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 7-12.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in the Seekonk River, Rhode Island and Taunton River, Massachusetts. Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the American Fisheries Society Winter Meeting, Groton, Connecticut, January 28.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in the Seekonk River, Rhode Island and Taunton River, Massachusetts. Thirty-Ninth Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM), Wilmington, North Carolina, March 10-13.

Gervasi, C., Taylor, D. 2010. Abundance, growth, and diet of juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in tributaries of the Narragansett Bay. Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the American Fisheries Society Summer Meeting, Kingston, Rhode Island, June 23.

Gittings, D., Austriaco, N. 2010. Enhancing the viability of the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces bioulardii with S-adenosyl-L-methionine in order to more efficiently treat gastrointestinal disorders. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Gittings, D., Austriaco, N. 2010. Protecting the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii from programmed cell death with S-adenosyl-L-methionine. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Goff, N., Almeida, K. 2010. Bloom syndrome protein interaction binding domain with NBN. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Goulet, M., Engel, J., Brennan, C., Order, K., Vincent, N., Buttermore, S. 2010. Identification of sRNA genes in the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. Annual Sigma Xi Student Poster Session, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, September 23.

Goulet, M., Engel, J., Brennan, C., Order, K., Vincent, N., Buttermore, S. 2010. Identification of sRNA genes in the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. Sixteenth Annual Boston Bacterial Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 17-18.

Hall, J., Merson, R. 2010. Genomic context of shark aryl hydrocarbon receptors. Ninetieth American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists/Twenty-Sixth American Elasmobranch Society (ASIH/AES) Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 7-12.

Hall, J., Merson, R. 2010. Genomic context of shark aryl hydrocarbon receptors. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Hersey, S., Merson, R. 2010. Functional divergence among multiple aryl hydrocarbon receptors in sharks. Ninetieth American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists/Twenty-Sixth American Elasmobranch Society (ASIH/AES) Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 7-12.

Hersey, S., Merson, R. 2010. Functional divergence of shark aryl hydrocarbon receptors. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Hicks, J., Williams, J.C. 2010. Microwave acceleration of triazole synthesis by “click chemistry”. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26.

Howlett, N.G., Rego, M.A., Mauro, M. 2011. A novel role for the p21 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor in DNA crosslink repair. Genomic Instability and DNA Repair Keystone Symposium, Keystone, CO, Jan. 30-Feb. 4.

Hurton, M., DiBiasio, E., Roblee, E., Bennett, R., Austriaco, N. 2010. Genome reduction in yeast involves programmed cell death. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Jain, V., Cho, B., Patnaik, S., Vaidyanathan, V., Darian, E., Mackerell, A. 2010. Long-range sequence effect on the arylamine-induced conformational heterogeneity. 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 20-25.

Jastram, M., Merson, R. 2010. The spiny dogfish: comparative genomics through bioinformatics. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Kelly, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Gene expression analysis of four Leishmania species by florescent AFLP. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Killian, C., Gaviola, M., Udwary, D.W. 2010. Investigations of biosynthetic pathways in Bacillus pumilus RI06-95 by genome sequencing and comparative analysis. Gordon Research Conference for Marine Natural Products, Ventura, CA. February 28 – March 5.

Kutil, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury bioaccumulation in elasmobranch species. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Kutil, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury bioaccumulation in elasmobranch species. Ninth Annual New England Undergraduate Environmental Research Symposium, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, November 20.

Kutil, N., Taylor, D. 2010. Mercury bioaccumulation in elasmobranch species. Roger Williams University Summer Research Scholars Symposium, Bristol, Rhode Island, October 6.

LaPorte, K., Symington, S. 2010. G-protein beta[subscript 1]gamma[subscript 2] expression in Sf9 cells. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

Laprade, D., Austriaco, N. 2010. Filamentation protects the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans from programmed cell death. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

LeBlanc, G., Taylor, D. 2010. Habitat effects on mercury bioaccumulation in black sea bass (Centropristis striata) and bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

LeBlanc, G., Taylor, D. 2010. Habitat effects on mercury bioaccumulation in black sea bass (Centropristis striata) and bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Ninth Annual New England Undergraduate Environmental Research Symposium, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, November 20.

LeBlanc, G., Taylor, D. 2010. Habitat effects on mercury bioaccumulation in black sea bass (Centropristis striata) and bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Roger Williams University Summer Research Scholars Symposium, Bristol, Rhode Island, October 6.

Letourneau, M., Salter, D., Kadar, S., Symington, S. 2010. Development of amperometric detection method to monitor dopamine concentrations. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Li, L.; MacDonnell, M.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Maple syrup constituents beyond macronutrients: Antioxidant phenolics in Canadian maple syrup. 239th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, March 21-25, AGFD-41. (Oral).

Li, L.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Identification of phytochemicals in maple syrup. 240th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, Aug 22-26, AGFD-41. (Oral).

Li, L.; Woolridge, D.W.; Jennings, J. ; Saing, R.; Henry, G.E.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Phytochemicals in Fraser’s marsh St. John’s Wort (Triadenum fraserii). 240th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug 22-26, AGFD-148. (Poster).

Linehan, J., Taylor, D. 2010. Estuarine invertebrates and forage finfish as bio-indicators of environmental mercury levels. Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the American Fisheries Society Winter Meeting, Groton, Connecticut, January 28.

Linehan, J., Taylor, D. 2010. Estuarine invertebrates and forage finfish as bio-indicators of environmental mercury levels. Thirty-Ninth Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM), Wilmington, North Carolina, March 10-13.

Lu, S., Cao, C., Li, J., Ji, F., Kivlin, R., Marshall, J., Xu, A., Wan, Y. 2010. CpG-DNA protects against UV-induced apoptosis via enhancement of AKT and mTORC1/mTORC2 activation in keratinocytes and dendritic cells. Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID), Atlanta, Georgia, May 5-8.

Ma, H.; Li, L.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Phytochemicals in silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) fruit. 239th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, March 21-25, AGFD-144. (Poster).

Ma, H.; Li, L.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Phytochemicals in winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) fruit. 240th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug 22-26, AGFD-147. (Poster).

Malloy, T. 2010. Status-based asymmetry in men’s intergroup responses: implications for intergroup reconciliation. Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Meeting, New York, New York, March 4-6.

Malloy, T., Lewis, B., Kinney, L., Murphy, P. 2010. Explicit weight stereotypes are curvilinear: biased judgments of thin and overweight targets. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Malloy, T., Ristikari, T., Berrios-Candeleria, R., Lewis, B., Agatstein, F. 2010. Status-based asymmetry in intergroup responses: implications for intergroup reconciliation. Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Boston, Massachusetts, May 27-30.

Mandal, D., Parang, K. 2010. Self-assembly of cyclic peptides and potential application as molecular transporters. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26, 2010.

Mann, B., Marston, M. 2010. Population dynamics and genetics of an abundant coastal cyanophage, Rhode Island Myovirus 2. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, Washington, August 22-27.

Mare, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Constructing a plasmid for the stable integration of LIP3, a secretory lipase gene in Leishmania. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Mare, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. Constructing an expression plasmid for LdLip3, a secretory lipase from Leishmania donovani, using the pFX4.1 ribosomal integration vector. Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Mare, J., Shakarian, A. 2010. PCR amplification and cloning of the secretory lipase gene LdLIP3 from Leishmania donovani into the pFX4.1 expression plasmid. Sixty-Eighth Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 10.

Marston, M. 2010. Population dynamics and biogeography of marine viruses in Southern New England. 49th Annual Northeast Algal Symposium. Bristol, Rhode Island, April 16 – 18.

Marston, M., Amrich, C, Taylor, S. 2010. Horizontal exchange of bacterial-derived genes among aquatic bacteriophages. 3rd Biennial IDeA Symposium. Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Maynard, M., Pirrmann, L., Narciso, A., Neurohr, A., Sanchez, H., Quinn, S.O. 2010. First year student’s perceptions of parenting styles: Who studies more? 50th Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Burlington, VT, October 8-9.

McNally, C., Phay, M., Przondo, L., Latimer, C., Rossi, L., Espinosa, A. 2010. Phenyl thio-, propyl-, and carbamoyl pyrazoline compounds as antiamebic agents. Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts- -Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Mello, K., Bergeron, K., Murphy, E., Brown, L., Almeida, K. 2010. Bloom syndrome protein and RAD51 promote genomic stability. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Merson, R. 2010. Moving in and moving out: the ABCs of ATP-binding cassette transporters. Northeast Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC) Second Skate Genome Sequence Annotation Workshop, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine, October 12-15.

Montvilo, R., Desjarlais, J., Russo, E., Warot, S., Lewis, B. 2010. Alternative strategies of learning for continuing education: internet versus traditional conference format: a follow-up. Addiction Health Services Research Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, October 25-27.

Montvilo, R., Desjarlais, J., Russo, E., Warot, S., Lewis, B. 2010. Alternative strategies of learning for continuing education: internet versus traditional conference format. Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Meeting, New York, New York, March 4-7.

Montvilo, R., Desjarlais, J., Russo, E., Warot, S., Lewis, B. 2010. Storytelling as a therapeutic technique for recovery. Sharing the Fire: The Northeast Storytelling Conference of the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES), Warwick, Rhode Island, March 19-21.

Morgan, S., Salisbury, J., Williams, J.C. 2010. Search for synthesizable selective estrogen receptor modulators using eHitsLighning on a Playstation 3. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26.

Munge, B., Fisher, J., Millord, L., Krause, C., Dowd, R. 2010. Sensitive electrochemical immunosensor for matrix metalloproteinase-3 based on single-wall carbon nanotubes. Sixty-First Annual Pittsburgh Conference (PITTCON), Orlando, Florida, February 28-March 5.

Murphy, K., Sullivan, J., Austriaco, N. 2010. Monitoring BAX-induced cell death in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae using a cameleon calcium nanosensor. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Murphy, K., Sullivan, J., Selinski, C., Swan, B., Austriaco, N. 2010. Investigating the role of calcium in BAX-induced cell death in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Mutanguha, E., Symington, S. 2010. Differential inhibition of the human T-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel (Ca[subscript v]3.2) by pyrethroid insecticides. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Mutanguha, E., Symington, S. 2010. Effect of pyrethroid mixtures alone and in combination on the human T-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel (Ca[subscript v]3.2). Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, California, November 11-19.

Mutanguha, E., Symington, S. 2010. Structural specific inhibition of pyrethroid insecticides on the human T-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel (Ca[subscript v]3.2) expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Northeast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NESOT) Fall Annual Meeting, Storrs, Connecticut, October 15.

Mutanguha, E., Valentine, Z., Symington, S. 2010. Inhibition of a human T-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel is structural specific and concentration-dependent. Forty-Ninth Annual Society of Toxicology (SOT) Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 7-11.

Nalbandian, A., Falzone, K., McCauley, M., Lu, S., Wan, Y. 2010. ER response to UV radiation in cultured human skin keratinocytes: CRT translocation, EIF2alpha phosphorylation, and mTOR signaling. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Omar, R.; Cirello, A.; Li, L.; Seeram, N.P. 2010. Compounds from Eugenia jambolana (Jamun) berry beyond anthocyanins. 240th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug 22-26, AGFD-150. (Poster).

Parang, K. 2010. Design and evaluation of multifunctional anti-HIV agents. T3D-2010 International Symposium on Trends in Drug Discovery and Development New Delhi, India, January 5-8.

Parang K. 2010. Designing Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, University of Puerto Rico San Juan, April 21.

Parang K. 2010. Research Experiences and Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology, University of Puerto Rico Humacao, April 20.

Perez, P., Shakarian, A., Symington, S. 2010. Using AFLP DNA fingerprinting to compare DNA strains of L. mexicana, L. donovani, and L. major. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Perez, P., Symington, S. 2010. Deltamethrin accumulation in Xenopus oocytes. Northeast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NESOT) Fall Annual Meeting, Storrs, Connecticut, October 15.

Perez, P., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis allows for comparison of Leishmania strains causing visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Perez, P., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Genome comparison of Leishmania donovani and Leishmania major using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

Phay, M. 2010. Biochemical characterization of two varieties in Entamoeba invadens alcohol dehydrogenase E (EiADHE). Eighteenth Annual New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) Conference, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 13.

Phay, M., Espinosa, A. 2010. Biochemical characterization of two Entamoeba invadens alcohol dehydrogenase E (EiADHE) enzymes: EiADHE-VK and EiADHE-IP1. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Phay, M., Przondo, L., Silva, L., Latimer, C., Espinosa, A., Rossi, L., Von Riesen, D. 2010. Synergistic approach to find alternative drugs against amebiasis: 3-phenyl-1-phenylcarbamoyl and thiocarbamoyl-2-pyrazolines. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Pinches, N., Malouin, J., Cascio, V., Austriaco, N. 2010. Yeast BAX-inhibitor (BXI1) regulates apoptosis through the unfolded protein response. Sixty-Fourth Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Pace University, Westchester, New York, April 24.

Przondo, L., Austin, K., Phay, M., Mann, B., Silva, L., Latimer, C., Yaeger, R., Ryke, E., Rossi, L., Espinosa, A., Von Riesen, D. 2010. Chemical synthesis of 3-phenyl-1-(thiocarbamoyl)-2-pyrazoline compounds and biological effectiveness as anti-amebic agents. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Purohit, K., Mirville, M., Yang, S. C., Shukla, A., Chalivendra, V,B. 2010. Conductive nano-brush synthesized by physical grafting of conducting polymers on carbon nanotube. Material Research Society National Meeting Fall 2010, Boston, Nov. 30, 2010.

Reeves, D., Merson, R. 2010. Developmental expression of AHR in skates. Ninetieth American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists/Twenty-Sixth American Elasmobranch Society (ASIH/AES) Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 7-12.

Rees, K., Micalizzi, L., Donafrio, A., Pereira, A., Heaney, C., Chait, A., Quinn, S.O. 2010. Changes in emotional expression in children with autism involved in an applied behavior analysis program. 50th Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Burlington, VT, October 8-9.

Rego, M.A., Mauro, M., Harney, J.A., Shen, M., Howlett, N.G. 2011. Regulation of the activation of the Fanconi anemia pathway by the p21Cip1/Waf1 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor. Genomic Instability and DNA Repair Keystone Symposium, Keystone, CO, Jan. 30-Feb. 4.

Rego, M.A., Mauro, M., Harney, J.A., Shen, M., Kolling IV, F.W., Howlett, N.G. 2010. The p21Cip1/Waf1 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor is required for the activation of the FA-BRCA pathway. American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 17-21.

Rego, M.A., Mauro, M., Harney, J.A., Shen, M., Kolling IV, F.W., Howlett, N.G. 2010. The p21Cip1/Waf1 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor is required for the activation of the FA-BRCA pathway. COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development Minisymposium, Providence, RI, March 11.

Salter, D., Borges, A., Symington, S., Kadar, S. 2010. Experimental validation of a theoretical mathematical model of internal calcium dynamics of PC12 cells. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Santos, C., Shakarian, A. 2010. cDNA-AFLP analysis of several species of Leishmania indicates polymorphic gene expression profiles. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Savino, S., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Genome comparison of old world Leishmania species using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Second Annual Northeast Research and Development Symposium, Biddeford, Maine, April 17-18.

Savino, S., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Genomic fingerprinting of parasitic Leishmania donovani. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Schmidt, C. 2010. Can stable N isotopes be used to trace NO3- sources in Narragansett Bay? Graduate School of Oceanography Student Seminar, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, Nov 1.

Shakarian, A. 2010. Pathogenic species of Leishmania show distinct polymorphic genetic profiles using AFLP analysis. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Fiftieth Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 11-15.

Shakarian, A. 2010. AFLP analysis of gDNA reveals polymorphic genetic profiles between three pathogenic species of Leishmania. Gordon Research Conference on Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, June 27-July 2.

Sme, N., Kunkel, H., Marston, M. 2010. Biogeography of coastal cyanophages in Southern New England, USA. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, Washington, August 22-27.

Sme, N., Marston, M. 2010. Comparison of southern New England and Long Island coastal cyanophage communities. 49th Annual Northeast Algal Symposium. Bristol, Rhode Island, April 16 – 18.

St. Germain, A., Spinette, S. 2010. Disparate binding affinities of Ufd2a isoforms with VCP/p97 and its IBMFTD causing mutants R155H and A232E. Fifth Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, December 3.

Sullivan, M., Dowd, R., Munge, B. 2010. Magnetic beads amplification strategy for sensitive electrochemical detection of cancer biomarkers in serum. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Symington, S., Mutanguha, E. 2010. Structural specific inhibition of a mammalian T-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel (Ca[subscript v]3.2) by pyrethroids. NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Tamami, B.,Parang, K., Shirazi, A.N. 2010. Polystyrene supported aluminum chloride as an efficient and reusable catalyst for one-pot preparation of alpha-aminophosphonates via three component coupling reaction of aldehydes, amines, and diethyl phosphite. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26.

Taylor, D. 2010. Indicators of environmental and biological mercury contamination in the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA). NIH, NCRR Third Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18.

Taylor, D. 2010. Indicators of environmental and biological mercury contamination in the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA). North Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Meeting, Narragansett, Rhode Island, June 2-4.

Taylor, D. 2010. Ontogenetic patterns in bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix feeding ecology and the effect on mercury biomagnification. Ninetieth American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists/Twenty-Sixth American Elasmobranch Society (ASIH/AES) Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 7-12.

Taylor, D. 2010. Ontogenetic patterns in bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix feeding ecology and the effect on mercury biomagnification. Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the American Fisheries Society Summer Meeting, Kingston, Rhode Island, June 23.

Taylor, S., Marston, M. 2010. Temporal patterns of cyanophage diversity in Bermuda’s coastal waters. 49th Annual Northeast Algal Symposium. Bristol, Rhode Island, April 16 – 18.

Taylor, S., Parsons, R., Marston, M. 2010. Spatial and temporal patterns of diversity in coastal cyanophage communities. 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, Feb. 22 – 26.

Tiwari, R., Brown, A., Narramaneni, S., Sun, G., Parang, K. 2010. Conformationally constrained peptides as the Sre SH3 domain binding ligands. 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26.

Valentine, Z., Symington, S. 2010. Deltamethrin inhibition of voltage-gated Ca[subscript v]3 isoforms. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Wijesinghe, D.D., An, M., Weerakkody, D., Karabadzhak, A.G., Engelman, D.M., Andreev, O.A., Reshetnyak, Y.K. 2010. New Technology for Translocation of Molecules through the Membrane into Cells. Drug Carriers in Medicine & Biology, Gordon Research Conference, Waterville Valley, NH, August 15-20.

Wright, M., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. Comparing labeled DNA fragments of Leishmania species. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Wright, M., Symington, S., Shakarian, A. 2010. DNA fingerprint monomorphism between the cutaneous strains Leishmania major and Leishmania mexicana. First Annual SRyou Symposium, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, March 26.

Yao, L., Kuznetsov, S., Daniels, J., Engelman, D., Andreev, O., Reshetnyak, Y. 2010. pHLIPTM-mediated Delivery of Gold Nanoparticles and Liposomes to Tumors. Drug Carriers in Medicine & Biology, Gordon Research Conference, Waterville Valley, NH, August 15-20.

Yao, L. pHLIP Technology for Targeting of Acidic Tumors and Selective Delivery of Nanoparticles. 2010. Peter Neurath Young Investigators Symposium, New England Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Boston, MA, April 29.