Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit

Post-Docs and PhD students
Author: Ma Wenbo
Title: Methyltransferase-like protein 3 (METTL3) promotes cholangiocarcinoma development and progression: Evidence for involvement of H

Masters Students
Author: Nickol Wahby
Title: Role of DEK in chronic liver disease development

Author: Maria Santos, Doctoral Student, Epidemiology, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Title: Age at Menarche, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease Complications in U.S. Women Under 65 Years; NHANES 1999-2018

Postdoctoral Student Award
Author: Michelle Galeas-Pena
Title: T-vant, a novel outer membrane vesicle adjuvant, improves vaccine protection against B. pertussis in the respiratory tract

Doctoral Student Award
Author: Allyson Hirsch
Title: Evaluation of a mucosal SARS-COV-2 recombinant spike subunit vaccine

Dean of the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by SPHTM Doctoral Student
Author: Maria Santos, Department of Epidemiology
Title: Age at Menarche, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease Complications in U.S. Women Under 65 Years; NHANES 1999-2018

Dean of the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by SPHTM Masters Student
Author: Yizhuo Liu, Department of Biostatistics
Title: Genome-wide gene-hypertension interaction analyses on kidney function: Finding from the CRIC study

Awarded by session (four sessions)

Graduate Student 1^st Prize Awardees
Author: Shreya Bavishi, Cell & Molecular Biology
Title: Developing targeted therapeutic strategies in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Author: Borui Wang, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Title: Development of double-functionalized halloysite nanotubes with improved adsorption capacity for carbon capture 

Author: Adella Guidroz, Cell & Molecular Biology
Title: Developing and characterizing a new HHT mouse model

Author: Katelynn Montgomery, Biomedical Engineering/Bioinnovation
Title: Characterization of extracellular vesicles from human amniotic fluid and amniotic membrane cells

Graduate Student 2^nd Prize Awardees
Author: Wu Tianhao, Cell & Molecular Biology
Title: Disruption of signaling transmission caused by SK channels dysfunction in the auditory synapse of fragile X mice

Author: Tianyi Xiao, Cell & Molecular Biology
Title: Changes in properties of central auditory synapses following conductive hearing loss

Author: Rahul Kumar, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Title: Computational studies of the order-disorder transition in block-random copolymers

Author: Yinga Wu, CMB
Title: Origins of myofibroblasts and functional analysis of miR-24 in subretinal fibrosis

Graduate Student 3^rd Prize Awardees
Author: Jill Syrotchen, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Title: Local adaptation in leaf shape plasticity along an elevational cline in Mimulus laciniatus

Author: Garrett Bartoletti, Cell & Molecular Biology
Title: Identifying a novel mechanism of lambdoid synostosis caused by dysregulated PDGFRA activity

Author: Atahar Rabby, Chemistry
Title: Convenient low-temperature solution phase synthesis of chevrel phase cluster complex

Author: Oluwole Ajumobi, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Title: Conceptual design of nano-straws in spherical porous particles for improved adsorption capacity for carbon capture

Undergraduate Student 1^st Prize Awardees
Author: Isabella Brockway, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer
Title: Creating optimal liposomes for the delivery of anionic particles

Author: Courtney Hospes, Neuroscience
Title: Effects of normal aging on proteins of the cortical inhibitory synaptosome

Author: William Bai, Cell & Molecular Biology
Title: Evaluating biomarker candidates of vaccine efficacy for the mucosal adjuvant dmLT

Author: Gabby Levine, Psychology
Title: Two roots to grow child social interaction: Child emotion recognition skills and maternal social support

Undergraduate Student 2^nd Prize Awardees
Author: Sydney Rein, LSU Health Sciences Center, Cell biology & Anatomy
Title: Effects of adolescent alcohol exposure and adult stress on BNST cellular activation

Author: Anna Wood, Psychology
Title: Biased attention orienting to the self-face during an attention capture task

Author: Mary Lorino, Neuroscience
Title: Using a behavioral paradigm to assess the role of Zmiz1 in autism spectrum disorder

Author: Rachel Lane, Psychology
Title: The impact of conversations in social networks on willingness to engage in intergroup interactions

Undergraduate Student 3^rd Prize Awardees
Author: Kaitlin Fahlgren, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Title: Prevalence and distribution of Arsenophonus and other dominant endosymbionts within the American Dog Tick, Demacentor variabili

Author: Anna Nussbaum, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Title: Analysis of post-reaction product from catalytic degradation of low-density polyethylene

Author: Blaine Martin, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Title: Effect of rooting substrate and spatial distance on liana endophyte communities

New Orleans Community Impact Awardees
Author: Qiang Sun, River-Coastal Science & Engineering
Title: Contributions of sea level components to high tide flooding along the continental U.S. coastlines

Author: Swathi Katakam, Biomedical Engineering
Title: Improved photoacoustic signal stability in melanin phantom using NIR-II wavelengths

9:00am–11:00am: Poster Session A
Jung Hotel, Grand Hall, 2nd Floor

11:00am–12:00pm: Exploring Two Cases in Community-Engaged Graduate Student Scholarship - Panel Discussion
In Person: Jung Hotel, Tulane Room, 2nd Floor
Panelists

• Ryan McBride, PhD, Director, Mellon Graduate Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship, Tulane University Center for Public Service
• Miriam Taylor and Jarrod Wall, PhD students, Tulane University City, Culture & University Center for Public Service
• Thad Tatum, Lead Facilitator, Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support Group
• Ernest Johnson, Director, Ubuntu Village
• Tulane Center for Public Service

12:00pm–1:00pm: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) ;Lecture
Estrogens, Memory, and the Aging Brain
1st Floor, Tidewater Bldg., 1440 Canal St., Diboll Auditorium

• Jill Daniel, PhD, Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain Science, Dept of Psychology, School of Science & Engineering, and Founding Director, Tulane Brain Institute

1:30pm–4:30pm: Tulane Law School
Uptown In Person: Tulane Law School, Weinmann Hall, Multi Purpose Room
Downtown Zoom Viewing Room: Jung Hotel, Claiborne Room, 2nd Floor

• 1:30pm - Robert Force, Niels F. Johnsen Chair of Maritime Law – Arbitration of Seamen’s claims
• 2:00pm - Laila Hlass, Clinical Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic – The Double Exclusion of Immigrant Youth
• 2:30pm - Sally Richardson, A.D. Freeman Professor of Civil Law – Creating Default Management Rules for Tenants in Common: A New Uniform Law Commission Project 
• 3:00pm - Maybell Romero, Felder-Fayard Associate Professor of Law – Shame and the Law of Sexual Assault
• 3:30pm - Mary Yanik, Clinical Associate Professor of Law – Protections from Deportation for Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes
• 4:00pm - Brian Frye, Visiting Professor of Law – How to Do Things With NFTs. The art market has always been a securities market, we just couldn’t see it. But NFTs have shown us the way. The future of culture is the securitization of clout and NFTs will make it possible.

2:00pm–4:00pm: Poster Session B
Jung Hotel, Grand Hall, 2nd Floor

4:00pm–5:00pm: Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences
Jung Hotel, Tulane Room, 2nd Floor

• Gregory Seymour, Customer Consultant, ELSEVIER

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9:00am–11:00am: Poster Session C
Jung Hotel, Grand Hall, 2nd Floor

9:30am–11:30am: Tulane Law School
Uptown In Person: Tulane Law School, Weinmann Hall, Multi Purpose Room
Downtown Zoom Viewing Room: Jung Hotel, Claiborne Room, 2nd Floor

• 9:30am - Saru Matambanadzo, Moise S. Steeg Jr. Associate Professor of Law – Racial Capitalism, Gender, and Disability
• 10:00am - Stacy Seicshnaydre, William K. Christovich Professor of Law and Robert A. Ainsworth Professor in the Courts and the Federal System, Camille Ciolino, Tulane Law student, & Grace Landry, Tulane Law student – Fair Housing Law and Criminal Records Barriers
• 10:30am - Kesana Durand, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Becki Kondkar, Clinical Professor of Law, Carlotta Lepingwell, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Stanislav Moroz, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law – Tulane Law School's Women's Prison Project and the movement to decarcerate criminalized survivors of intimate partner violence in Louisiana
• 11:00am - Martin Davies, Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law – Shipping Industry Carbon Emission Regulations

11:00am–12:00pm: Reception for Distinguished Lecture Diboll Gallery

12:00pm–1:00pm: Vice President for Research Distinguished Lecture - Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: NOLA's Opportunity, A Perspective
1st Floor, Tidewater Bldg., 1440 Canal St., Diboll Auditorium

• Kimberly Gramm, MBA, PhDc, David and Marion Mussafer Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer, Tulane University Innovation Institute

1:00pm–2:00pm: Reception for Distinguished Lecture Diboll Gallery

1:00pm–2:00pm: Broader Impacts 101: An introduction to the requirements and goals of the NSF Broader Impacts criterionlecture
Downtown In Person: Jung Hotel, Tulane Room, 2nd Floor

• Carter A. Lea, PhD, Research Proposal Development Officer, Office of Research Proposal Development

1:30pm–4:00pm: Tulane Law School
Uptown In Person: Tulane Law School, Weinmann Hall, Multi Purpose Room
Downtown Zoom Viewing Room: Jung Hotel, Claiborne Room, 2nd Floor

• 1:30pm - Lucia Blacksher Ranier, Professor of the Practice & Samuel Brandao, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law – When Schools Call the Police on Kids with Disabilities. A review of Ashley Hutchinson-Harper et al. v. Jefferson Parish School Board et al, pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana
• 2:00pm - David Katner, Professor of Clinical Law and Felix J. Dreyfous Teaching Fellow in Juvenile Law – Juvenile Competency Complications: ;Protocol, Unmet Needs, Developmental Immaturity, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and Co-Morbidity
• 2:30pm - Elizabeth Townsend Gard, John E. Koerner Endowed Professor of Law – The State of Play in Copyright's Fair Use Doctrine
• 3:00pm - Lauren Godshall, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law & Devin Lowell, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law – Environmental Justice Strategies in Louisiana. Lawyers from the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic will highlight some recent methods used in the clinic's representation of environmental justice communities throughout Louisiana.

2:00pm–4:00pm: Poster Session D
Jung Hotel, Grand Hall, 2nd Floor

3:30pm–5:00pm: A.B. Freeman School of Business - Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Uptown In Person: Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex, Bright Lecture Theater - Room 470
Downtown Zoom Viewing Room: Jung Hotel, Tulane Room, 2nd Floor

• Claire Senot, PhD, Associate Professor, Management Science - Innovation in Health Care Delivery
• Oleg Gredil, PhD, Associate Professor, Finance - What Does Financing of Entrepreneurship Entail for Capital Providers?

4:00pm–5:00pm: Louisiana’s Higher Education Foreign Security Act of 2022- Lecture
In Person: 1440 Canal St., Tidewater Bldg, Suite 949

• Christopher Dressler, MS, Export Control Compliance Officer, Office of Research Compliance