Agenda | NM-INBRE

Here is the complete agenda for the symposium. You can also download a PDF version by clicking the button below.

2024 NM-INBRE Symposium Agenda

Monday July 29th 2024

Time		Room
7:00 am-1:00 pm	*Admin orientation of INBRE-5 for liaisons (by invitation only)*	Ballroom 1
1:00 pm-5:30 pm	Registration check-in	Lobby
2:00 pm-4:00 pm	Faculty professional development workshop Required of DRPP and NIRF awardees Open to all faculty	Ballroom 1
3:00 pm-4:00 pm	*Student research committee meeting (by invitation only)* Michèle Shuster	Meeting Rm 1
4:00 pm-6:00 pm	Poster set-up	Ballroom 1
4:30 pm-5:00 pm	Welcome remarks Presentation INBRE IV accomplishments	Ballroom 1
5:00 pm-6:00 pm	Welcome reception hors d'oeuvres & cash bar	Lobby

Tuesday July 30th, 2024

Time		Room
7:00 am-8:00 am	Breakfast	Ballroom 2
8:00 am-8:30 am	Welcome remarks & introductions Shelley Lusetti, NM-INBRE PI Luis Cifuentes, NMSU VPR	Ballroom 1
8:30 am-8:50 am	INBRE V goals for the data science core Charlotte Gard Marshall Taylor	Ballroom 1
8:50 am-10:00 am	Research landscape at partner institutions Institutional liaisons	Ballroom 1
10:00 am-10:30 am	Break	Lobby
10:30 am-11:15 am	Core facilities and services available to the INBRE network Panelist from COBREs, NMSU, and NCGR	Ballroom 1
11:15 am-12:15 pm	Research presentations: session 1 Developing use-inspired research paradigms (and stimuli) for the study of medical image perception Michael Hout \| New Mexico State University More than words - the relationship between speech prosody and social impairment in verbal children and teens with autism spectrum disorder Heike Lehnert-LeHouillier \| New Mexico State University The impacts of stress and aging in an avian model for adult vocal learning Timothy Wright \| New Mexico State University	Ballroom 1
12:15 pm-1:30 pm	Lunch INBRE V goals for student research program Michèle Shuster INBRE V goals for developmental research project program Shelley Lusetti	Ballroom 2
1:30 pm-2:15 pm	Poster session: odd-numbered posters	Ballroom 1
2:15 pm-3:00 pm	Poster session: even-numbered posters	Ballroom 1
3:00 pm-3:15 pm	Project ECHO Vallabh (Raj) Shah Andrea Ordóñez	Ballroom 1
3:15 pm-4:00 pm	Experiential research experiences for undergraduates in the classroom Concepcion Miller & Michèle Shuster	Ballroom 1
4:00 pm-5:00 pm	Research presentations: session 2 Microbiomes of wild-caught western deer mice Steven Bradfute \| University of New Mexico Shot gun sequencing-based characterization of metagenome in mosquitoes John Xu \| New Mexico State University Understanding the interplay between cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment Sushmita Nandy \| Northern New Mexico College	Ballroom 1
5:00 pm-7:00 pm	*2024 DRPP applicant working session (by invitation only)* Shelley Lusetti, All 2024 DRPP applicants	Ballroom 2

Wednesday July 31st, 2024

Time		Room
7:00 am-8:00 am	Breakfast	Ballroom 2
8:20 am-8:30 am	Announcements	Ballroom 1
8:30 am-9:30 am	Research presentations: session 3 Delineating the catalytic activity of phosphatases through a holistic computational chemistry approach Marat Talipov \| New Mexico State University Studies towards the synthesis of enantiomeric CBD derivatives William Maio \| New Mexico State University Rethinking enzyme catalysis for improved therapeutics Brian Gold \| New Mexico State University	Ballroom 1
9:30 am-10:15 am	Undergraduate research short talks: session 1 Aotearoa, Costa Rica, and Ireland during COVID-19 Aaron Rubedo \| New Mexico Tech Analysis of antioxidants in native lycium species Trent Hutchens \| San Juan College LD-Lysosome interactions Braniya GambleMcQueen \| College of Southern Nevada Plague money: the costs of the pandemic Wesley Jensen \| University of Nevada Las Vegas Optimizing prodrug and cholesterol ratios for liposomal drug delivery vehicles for neuroblastoma treatment Taleyah Beyer \| New Mexico Tech Protein interactions in the RNA capping mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 Jana Sprecher \| St. John's College	Ballroom 1
10:15 am-10:45 am	Break	Lobby
10:45 am-11:30 am	Undergraduate research short talks: session 2 Spillover events in the US, India and Bangladesh Seth Monde \| New Mexico Tech Microbiome's affects on dopamine Alyssia Begay \| San Juan College Visual event related potentials following repeated mild traumatic brain injuries Kiya Hamar \| Western New Mexico University Death, vaccine, and infection rate analysis across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic Joshua Evans \| New Mexico Tech Gut-brain axis: does what we eat affect our bodies? Tara Jones \| San Juan College Comparative analysis of COVID-19 resources and vaccination efforts: a study of Italy's, Australia's, and Brazil's pandemic responses Paola Pereda \| Eastern New Mexico University	Ballroom 1
11:30 am-12:15 pm	Research presentations: session 4 Body condition of Mexican free-tailed bats (tadarida brasiliensis) from southern New Mexico and southern Arizona Teri Orr \| New Mexico State University Structured mathematical models to study the optimality of vaccination strategies for COVID-19 pandemic Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra \| New Mexico State University	Ballroom 1
12:15 pm-1:45 pm	Lunch INBRE V goals for network and institutions Shelley Lusetti	Ballroom 2
1:45 pm-2:30 pm	Mentor and be mentored Shelley Lusetti & Michèle Shuster	Ballroom 1
2:30 pm-3:30 pm	Research presentations: session 5 Conceptualization of dementia and interest in biomarker disclosure in pueblo dwelling older adults Katie Edwards \| University of New Mexico Investigating emerging microbial contaminants in water sources applicable for indirect agricultural reuse Moustapha Harb \| New Mexico Tech Comparison of genomes of 3 species of fish with an emphasis on the major histocompatibility complex Rhiannon West \| Northern New Mexico College	Ballroom 1
3:30 pm-4:00 pm	Making science public Shelley Lusetti	Ballroom 1
4:00 pm-5:00 pm	Wrap up and awards Shelley Lusetti	Ballroom 1