3rd Annual MARC Summer Research Symposium
(virtual)
August 19th & August 21st
(4pm - 5:30pm) (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
This two day event will feature presentations communicating early research findings from our MARC scholars. Our presentations will be brief talks that will be 12 minutes with 3 minutes of Q&A, which will include a slide deck for visual aid purposes. These presentations are meant to disseminate early research findings to a large, diverse group for rapid feedback
Symposium Schedule
*denotes 2nd year scholar
Wednesday, August 19th
*Brittney Love (4:05pm-4:20pm)
Level of Cancer Knowledge in Parents with Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Cancer Patients
Danielle Vigil (4:20pm-4:35pm)
Inflammatory Macrophages Contribute to Gut Inflammation through Continuous Notch Signaling
*Durante Pioche-Lee (4:35pm-4:50pm)
Understanding Surface Tension of Vesicles using Micropipette Aspiration Analysis
Nora Caglar (4:50pm-5:05pm)
Molecular Mechanisms That Regulate Navigational Neurons in Drosophila melanogaster
*Levi Doyle (5:05pm-5:20pm)
Global transcriptome and alternative splicing analysis of Zika virus infections in pediatric patients
Friday, August 21st
Misha Lockamy (3:35pm-3:50pm)
Astrocytic Involvement with Glutamatergic Excitotoxicity following Cortical Spreading Depolarization
*Megan Barber (3:50pm-4:05pm)
Differential gene expression to explore the up and down regulation of genes in the Hippocampus and Frontal Cortex of DM1 and DM2 patients
Raven Otero-Symphony (4:05pm-4:20pm)
Impact of State Mandates On Reduction of COVID-19 Cases Counts and Mortality in the United States Southwestern Region
*Selina Montoya (4:20pm-4:35pm)
Screening Hispanic/Latino Patients for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease using Butterfly iQ Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Anthony Abetya-Lopez (4:35pm-4:50pm)
CX3CR1 As a Therapeutic Target in Multiple Sclerosis
Thank you for supporting our scholars!