ARC26 Agenda – Sat, Sept 12
ARC26 Agenda – Sat, Sept 12
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ARC26 Home/FAQs • Abstracts List • Abstract Guidelines • Abstracts Book (Online Flipbook | PDF) • Agenda: Friday • Saturday • Exhibit Hall • Venue Maps
ARC26 Home/FAQs • Abstracts List • Abstract Guidelines • Abstracts Book (Online Flipbook | PDF) • Agenda: Friday • Saturday • Exhibit Hall • Venue Maps
7:30 to 9 am
7:30 to 9 am
Breakfast, Regency Foyer (buffet)
Conference Check-In, Regency Foyer
9:00 to 10:45 am
9:00 to 10:45 am
Main Session Room
Regency Ballroom (North)
Day Two Welcome & Opening Remarks
Eric Rouchka, DSc, KY INBRE PI/Program Director
Leveraging the Immune Microenvironment to Improve Efficacy of Cytotoxic and Immune-based Therapies for Primary and Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Neal Bhutiani, MD, PhD, University of Louisville, CTR-D Presidential Scholar
The U.S. National Science Foundation-led National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR)
V.K. Cody Bumgardner, PhD, Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Digital Innovation (KCDI) at the University of Louisville
Caroline Leach, University of Kentucky, Data Management Specialist
10:45 to 11:00 am
10:45 to 11:00 am
Networking Break
11:00 to 12:15 pm
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Main Session Room (cont.)
Regency Ballroom (North)
Practical AI in Research: Maximizing Efficiency and Ensuring Ethical Use
Belinda Petri, PhD
KY INBRE Summer Scholars - Flash Talks
Graden Baker, Eastern Kentucky University, Differential Diagnosis of Meningioma and Solitary Fibrous Tumors Utilizing AI Analysis of Digital Pathology Slides
Jessica Bennett, Eastern Kentucky University, Beyond Schwann Cells: Defining Fibroblast Heterogeneity Following Human Peripheral Nerve Injury
Timothy Eliassen, University of Cincinnati, Heterocyclic Amine-induced Oxidative Stress Causes Insulin Resistance, Which Can Be Alleviated by the Dietary Antioxidant Sulforaphane
McKayla Seawood, Bellarmine University, Investigating the Molecular Regulators of Optic Fissure Fusion
William Marcum, Western Kentucky University, Effects of the Estrous Cycle and GLP-1 Receptor Agonism on Food Motivated Behavior in Female Rats
Becca Kaelin, Centre College, Investigating photoreceptor phenotypes in CHD7 mutant zebrafish
Megan Shirley, Morehead State University,Investigating Cilia Regulatory Genes in Schmidtea mediterranea
Leah Buzard, Vanderbilt University, Intracellular Expression of actA by Listeria monocytogenes
KY INBRE Investigator Short Talks
TBD
TBD
12:15 to 12:30 pm
12:15 to 12:30 pm
Networking Break
12:30 to 2:00 pm
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Lunch, Awards and Recognition Ceremony
Regency Ballroom (North)
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