Agricultural Biotechnology
When: 2:15– 5:00pm, Thursday, April 25, 2013
Where: Cameron Williams Lecture Hall – Plant Science Bldg.
2:15pm Welcome and Introduction Dr. Bruce Webb, ABT 395/399 Course Coordinator
2:15pm Julie Robertson Functional Characterization and Specificity of the Interaction between CDY1 and Methylated vs. Non-methylated Calmodulin
Mentor: Dr. Robert Houtz, Department of Horticulture, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
2:30pm Raquel Hegge Alteration of Pituitary Genomic Expression Profiles in Cattle Grazing Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue
Mentor: Dr. James C. Matthews, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
2:45pm John Roark Construction and Localization of Auto-fluorescent PYDV Protein Fusions in Nicotiana benthamiana
Mentor: Dr. Michael Goodin, Department Plant Pathology, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
3:00pm J. Wes Urian Alleviating the Deficits from Neonatal Alcohol Exposure in Rats
Mentor: Dr. Susan Barron, Department of Psychology, UK College of Arts & Science
3:15pm Hannah Arvin The Role of the A and B Subunit Interface in the Structure and Activation of Human Calcineurin
Mentor: Dr. Trevor Creamer, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, UK College of Medicine
3:45pm Julie Lambers The Influence of the Green Revolution and Breeding on the Rhizosphere Processes in Maize
Mentor: Dr. David McNear, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, UK College Agriculture, Food and Environment
4:00pm Ashley Arlinghaus Biosynthesis of Aminoglycosides to Circumvent Antibiotic Resistance
Mentor: Dr. Steven Van Lanen, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UK College of Pharmacy
4:15pm Kristofer Schroder Analysis of the Lamprey ZhX protein
Mentor: Dr. Brett Spear, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, UK College of Medicine
4:30pm Haley Thompson Elucidating Differences in Gene Expression of Epichloe typhina in Reproductive versus Vegetative Tissues of Poa nemoralis
Mentor: Dr. Christopher L. Schardl, Department of Plant Pathology, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
4:45pm Emily Palma EbfC Gene Regulation in Borrelia burgdorferi
Mentor: Dr. Brian Stevenson, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UK College of Medicine