2020 Research Presentations

Antosh M, Sah B, Chandrasekara S, Wu J, Chen W. “Effect of Radiation Energy, Nanoparticle Size, Nanoparticle Targeting and Radiation Dose on Radiation Therapy Using Copper-Cysteamine Nanoparticles.”  Radiation Research. October 18-21, 2020 (virtual conference)

Sah B, Jing Wu J, Chandrasekara S, Chen W, Antosh M. “Effect of Radiation Energy, Nanoparticle Size, Targeting Molecules and Time on Reactive Oxygen Species Production Using Irradiated Copper-Cysteamine Nanoparticles.” NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding & Grants Administration. October 27-30, 2020.

Bertin MJ. “Harmful algal blooms may lead to new drug discoveries.” Coastal State Discussion Series, Narragansett, RI. April 14, 2020 (virtual seminar)

Bertin MJ. “Leveraging harmful algal bloom chemistry to discover potential drug leads.” Rhode Island IDeA Symposium, Providence RI. June 11-12, 2020 (virtual seminar)

Bertin MJ. “A multi-year investigation into the secondary metabolite composition of Trichodesmium blooms.” Gordon Research Conference – Marine Natural Products. Ventura CA. February 23-28, 2020 (oral presentation)

Harwood V, Kowalchuk P, Baron A. “Electrophysiological Markers of Native and Nonnative Speech Contrasts Relate to Phonological Processing in School-Aged Children.” Society for the Neurobiology of Language,  October 21-24, 2020 (virtual conference)

Chamanlal A, Sayegh N, Martinez D, Maia A. “Function of the Erector Muscles of the Spiny Dorsal Fin in Bluegill exposed to Turbulence.” Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX. January 3-7, 2020

Maia A. “Just keep swimming: interactions between form and function.” Senior Seminar Guest speaker & journal club facilitator. Wake Forest, IL. September 2, 2020 (virtual)

Dhamecha D, Le D, Menon JU. “Engineering 3D Osteosarcoma Spheroids using Hydrogel Microwell Arrays.” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. October 14, 2020 (virtual seminar)

Mishra B, Khader R, Mylonakis E, Fuchs B, Meschwitz S. “Exploring a substituted diaryl phenethylamide based novel scaffold as quorum sensing antagonists that inhibit drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Galleria mellonella infection model.” NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding & Grants Administration. October 27-30, 2020

Shen J. Development of Nanoparticle-Based Orodispersible and Palatable Pediatric Formulations. 2020 CRS Annual Meeting and Exposition. June 2020

Shen J. “Complex delivery strategies for difficult-to-treat diseases”. Virginia Commonwealth University. December 2020

Templer VL. “Social enrichment effects on cognitive decline due to aging.” American Psychological Association, Early Career Scientist, Future of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Symposium. August, 2020 (virtual conference)

Towle-Weicksel JB, Avalos LA. “DNA Polymerases: Guardians of Genomes or Instigators of Instability”. Ketterin College. Dayton, OH. February 27, 2020