Schedule

7:30 - 8:30 am

Registration and Breakfast (First Floor, East Atrium)
Poster Set-Up (Second Floor W202)

8:30 - 8:45 am

Welcome and Introductions (First Floor Auditorium, E101)
Donald A. Sens, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, ND INBRE; Professor, Dept. of Pathology
Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., Dean/VP for Health Affairs  

8:45 - 9:05 am

Student Presentation – University of North Dakota
Madison Jones – “Knockdown of SOX2 in UROtsa Cells Transformed with
Arsenite (As³⁺ ) Decreases the Expression of KRT6”

9:05 - 9:25 am

Student Presentation – Mayville State University
Taylor Painter - “Mosquito Research in Traill County, ND: Focus on Specific Aims”

9:25 - 9:45 am

Student Presentation – Minot State University
Spencer Gordon – “The Effects of Methamphetamine with Reuptake Inhibitors on
Primary Cell Cultures of Chromaffin Cells”

9:45 - 10:05 am

Student Presentation - University of Mary
Gavin Olson - “The Role of Calcium Binding Protein Cbp53E in the Visual System”

10:05 - 10:25 am

Student Presentation - North Dakota State University
Megan Richard – “Efficient Aniline Synthesis via Direst C-H Amination with Ammonia”

10:25 - 10:40 am

Break (First Floor, East Atrium)

10:40 - 11:00 am

Student Presentation - University of North Dakota
Kaylee Kempel – “Microbiome Composition of Megachilidae found in the Northern
Great Plains”

11:00 - 11:20 am

Student Presentation - Mayville State University
Kaitlin Ensign – “Screening Common Coumarins for Application as Fluorescent HSA
Drug Binding Site Reporters”

11:20 - 11:40 am

Student Presentation - Minot State University
Kundai Mutungi – “Ability on Antimicrobial Peptides to Interfere with the Interaction
Between ACE-2 and SARS-CoV-2Spike Protein”

11:40 am - 12:00

Student Presentation - University of Mary
Lorren Postl - “DNA recognition and binding by the lac repressor headpiece”

12:00 - 12:20 pm

Student Presentation - North Dakota State University
Julia Johnson – “Synthesis and characterization of nanoclay based scaffolds for bone
tissue regeneration and cancer testbeds”

12:20 - 1:30 pm

Lunch (First Floor, East Atrium)

1:30 - 2:00 pm

Graduate School (First Floor Auditorium, E101)
L. Keith Henry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Chemistry
Director of Graduate Admissions

2:00 - 2:30 pm

Medical School Admissions (First Floor Auditorium, E101)
Alyssa Montgomery, Admissions Officer, Student Affairs & Admissions
University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences

2:30 - 5:00 pm

Poster session (Second Floor W202)

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Dinner (Second Floor E222)

Panel: Careers in Research

Mary Ann Sens, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology

Colin Combs, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences

S. Cristina Oancea, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Public Health Program, Department of Population Health
Lead Epidemiologist, North Dakota Statewide Cancer Registry