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2026 URS Schedule<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/strong><\/td>\nPresentation\/Activity<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30 \u2013 9:00<\/td>\nSign-in<\/td>\nLSI West Atrium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 \u2013 9:15<\/td>\nOpening statement by student chairs and department head<\/td>\nLSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15 \u2013 9:30<\/td>\nDesigning islet-specific TCR Tregs for Type 1 Diabetes<\/p>\n

Darya Laptieva<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30 \u2013 9:45<\/td>\nGut-Derived Metabolite Signalling & Microglia Amyloid-\u03b2 Plaque Remodelling as Mediators between Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/p>\n

Raisa Allarakhia<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:45 \u2013 10:00<\/td>\nEpigenetic Regulation and Bivalent Promoter Resolution in Synovial Sarcoma<\/p>\n

Soroush Torfehnejad<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 \u2013 10:15<\/td>\nFNC01 and analogues exhibit potent antimycobacterial activity, low cytotoxicity, and bactericidal effects, and are compatible with existing therapies<\/p>\n

Zohra Nikjo<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15 \u2013 10:30<\/td>\nVamp4 a v- SNARE Protein Influences Vacuolar Function and Virulence in C. neoformans<\/em><\/p>\n

Sophie Thanasack<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 \u2013 10:45<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\nLSI West Atrium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45 \u2013 11:00<\/td>\nA First Exploration of Single-Stranded DNA and RNA Virus-Derived Endogenous Viral Elements in Sponge Genomes<\/p>\n

Edward Sobczak<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 \u2013 11:15<\/td>\nGenetic and microbial regulation of endogenous retroviruses<\/p>\n

Madilyn B. Portas<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15 \u2013 11:30<\/td>\nSARS-CoV-2 Non-Structural Protein 6 (NSP6) Inhibits Viral Infection: A Proposed Model for Viral Interference<\/p>\n

K\u00e9ryanne Gagnon<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30 \u2013 11:45<\/td>\nEngineering immune-evasive self-amplifying RNA vectors to enhance RNA therapeutic performance<\/p>\n

Kayla Wen<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45 \u2013 1:00<\/td>\nLunch and Posters<\/a><\/td>\nLSI West Atrium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00-1:15<\/td>\nExpression of Autotransporter BrkA Fails to Activate CpxAR Envelope Stress Response and Confer Heat Tolerance in Escherichia coli<\/em><\/p>\n

Ella Buric, Simran Dhesi, Mikaela Pirillo, Natalie Viegas<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:15-1:30<\/td>\nAn Engineered OmpT Cleavage Site Enables Secretion of the BrkA Passenger Domain<\/p>\n

Shafique Remtulla, Aiden Liebrecht, Zohra Nikjo, Helen Azer<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30 \u2013 1:45<\/td>\nHigh Dietary Vitamin C Intake is Associated with Increased Anti-Inflammatory Taxa and Decreased Pro-Inflammatory Taxa in Parkinson\u2019s Disease Microbiome with No Correlation to Age of Onset<\/p>\n

Denali Gordon, Riko Murata, James Nam, Jeremy Siu, Kyle Yeung<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:45 \u2013 2:00<\/td>\nInfluenza A Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Phylogenetic Groups do not Differentially Influence the Cloacal Microbiome Composition of Wild Mallard Ducks<\/p>\n

Howard Chen, Ryan Chen, Alex Elbaz, David Medvedev, Soroush Torfehnejad<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:00-2:15<\/td>\nA machine learning model for predicting Crohn\u2019s Disease using the microbiome and clinical data from biopsy samples<\/p>\n

Yuqing Jin, Tara Philip, Muntaqim Syed, Caroline Wei, Jiyang Xin<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:15-2:30<\/td>\nTobacco and E-cigarette use are associated with pathogenic salivary microbiome in China, but not in the United States of America<\/p>\n

Kayla Audreyartha, Sophia Carrasco Obregon, Kaiya Yuxin Chi, Aimee Garcia Castro<\/strong><\/td>\n

LSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30 \u2013 3:00<\/td>\nRapid Fire Talks 3×1 (See below)<\/td>\nLSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00 \u2013 4:00<\/td>\nKeynote Talk: Dr. Biggs<\/td>\nLSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:00 \u2013 4:30<\/td>\nClosing remarks and prizes<\/td>\nLSI 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

3×1 Presentations<\/h2>\n

HSP70 as a Host-Directed Target for Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Therapy<\/p>\n

Helen Azer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Evaluation of soluble Ag43a as a competitive inhibitor in Escherichia coli<\/em> biofilm prevention and disruption<\/p>\n

Andy Wang, Harinderjit Ghuman, Jairoop Hundal, Saman Rostami<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lactose intolerance had no significant effect on the diversity, composition, and function of the human gut microbiome in patients with multiple sclerosis<\/p>\n

Naomi Small, Kaitlyn Liu, Yoshier Hu<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Engineering Surface Display of an Anti-Amyloid-\u03b2 Nanobody Using the BrkA Autotransporter in Escherichia coli<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnny Huang, Marcus Liang, Moe Jalaeian, Sina Hakimpour<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Testing the Environmental Sculpting Hypothesis: Effects of Early-Life Visual Experience on Adult Pattern Separation in Mice<\/span><\/p>\n

Vanesse Li<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Conditional Mucin Degradation by Candida albicans: N-Acetylglucosamine-Induced Mucinase Activity is Associated with Secreted Aspartyl Protease 4<\/span><\/p>\n

Indra Yavuukhulan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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