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Following huge success last year, the UCI Postdoctoral Association and the UCI Graduate Division, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was proud to host the 2017 Annual UCI Postdoctoral Scholar Research Symposium, “Postdocs at the Forefront”.
Awards
Congratulations to our prize winners!
Talks
1st: Carey Y. L. Huh, Neurobiology and Behavior 2nd: Jessica L. Bolton, Pediatrics; Anatomy and Neurobiology 3rd: Antara Das, Developmental and Cell Biology
Posters
1st: Praveer Sharma, Developmental and Cell Biology and Lina Meinecke, Mathematics 2nd: Chao Feng, Pharmaceutical Sciences 3rd: Niki Osborne, Criminology, Law and Society
Where
The Cove @ UCI Applied Innovation 5141 California Ave #250, Irvine
When
Thursday, October 5, 2017, 2:00-7:00 PM 2:00 Check-in 2:30 Opening Remarks and Speaker Sessions 4:15 Poster Sessions 5:15 Dinner & Networking 6:15 Keynote Address 6:45 Awards and Closing Remarks
What
This year’s symposium included nine talks by postdocs from across campus, two poster sessions, keynote address by Dr. Donovan German (Assoc. Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), and a UCI postdoc and networking/social hour with dinner and beverages.
Important Dates
| July 28 | Abstract submission opens |
| August 25 | Abstract submission closes |
| September 8 | Notification of acceptance for speakers |
| September 15 | Extended deadline: Poster abstract submission closes |
| September 22, 25 | Workshops by Bri McWhorter |
| October 5 | Symposium! |
Abstract
Abstract Submission is Closed
For a downloadable PDF version of these rules, click here. Submit your application to present your research in an 8 minute talk and/or at a poster session. Indicate your preferences when applying. Only postdoctoral scholars are eligible to present at the symposium; however, the entire UCI community is invited to attend. Talks and posters will be selected for the symposium as follows:
- Interest of the research to a wide audience.
- Clarity of the abstract. Please create an abstract that is understandable to the general community. Avoid using highly technical language, abbreviations, and jargon specific to your field. Your abstract will be included in the final program book.
Prizes will be awarded for the best talks and posters.
Guidelines
- Describe the objectives and results of the research in the abstract
- Do not include illustrations with the abstract
- 2000 character limit (approximately 300-350 words)
- Poster abstracts will not be edited for content
- Avoid using special characters and symbols
Speaker Presentation
Authors of top abstracts from a range of disciplines will be selected to give talks. The talks are 8 minutes in length with 2 minutes for questions. A warning will be given after 7 minutes. Talks should be understandable and interesting to the general academic audience. Postdocs selected for a talk may also create a poster and participate in the poster session.
Guidelines
- PowerPoint presentations must be formatted to widescreen, aspect ratio 16:9 (.jpg, .png, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx)
- Videos must be embedded into the presentation (.mp4, .wma, .mkv, .mov filetypes)
Workshop
Postdocs selected for talks are required to attend one workshop led by Bri McWhorter (Activate to Captivate). If selected, you would choose either:
- Friday, September 22, 3:30 – 5:00 PM
- Monday, September 25, 9:00 – 10:30 AM
On The Day
Please arrive at The Cove at 1:45 PM to check your presentation is uploaded and working as expected. Mini display port, VGA, and HDMI are available if you provide your own laptop. The content will be forward to The Cove.
Poster Presentation
The maximum area for a poster is 4 ft x 4 ft (1.2 m x 1.2 m). It is suggested that a standard A0 poster (0.84 m x 1.2 m) be prepared. Please remember this is for a general audience and posters will be judged according to clarity and interest.
On The Day
Please arrive at The Cove at 1:45 PM to put up your poster to allow maximum time for viewing and judging. Posters will be taken down at 7 PM. There will be two sessions. Even numbers will stand at their posters and present during the first session while odd numbers will stand at their posters and present during the second session.
Program
Program Book
Agenda
2:00 Check-in
2:30 Opening Remarks and Speaker Sessions
4:15 Poster Sessions
5:15 Dinner & Networking
6:15 Keynote Address
6:45 Awards and Closing Remarks
Talks
2:30-4:10pm
The Role of Microglia in Brain Rewiring by Early-Life Adversity
Jessica L. Bolton, PhD
Pediatrics; Anatomy and Neurobiology
PI: Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD
Dark Matter and the Dance of Dwarf Galaxies
Marcel S. Pawlowski, PhD
Physics and Astronomy, Hubble Fellow
Host: James Bullock, PhD
A New Mouse Model to Explore Cellular Mechanisms of Human Epilepsy
Antara Das, PhD
Developmental and Cell Biology
PI: Diane O’Dowd, PhD
Does an anatomical latch amplify power during a frog jump?
Benjamin Perlman, PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PI: Emanuel Azizi, PhD
Exploring the Neural Basis of Visual Deficits in a Mouse Model of Amblyopia
Carey Y. L. Huh, PhD
Neurobiology and Behavior
PI: Sunil Gandhi, PhD
Reconciling Smartness and Privacy in the Internet of Things
Roberto Yus Peirote, PhD
Computer Science
PI: Sharad Mehrotra, PhD
Epigenetic implications on functionality of extracellular signaling of choroid plexus in rats treated to nicotine self-administration.
Valeria Lallai, MD, PhD
Neurobiology and Behavior
PI: Christie Fowler, PhD
Shining New Light on Pathogens in Nursing Homes
Zachary Reinert, PhD
Chemistry
PI: Jennifer Prescher, PhD
A Ticker-tape Locus to Record Cell Lineage
Theresa Loveless, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
PI: Chang Liu, PhD
Poster Presentations
4:15-6:15pm
Molecular Analyses of Cue-Motivated Behaviors in Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer
Andrew Marshall, PhD
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
PI: Sean Ostlund, PhD
EMT-inducing transcription factor Zeb1 regulates mammary basal stem cell fates
Yingying Han, PhD
Biological Chemistry
PI: Xing Dai, PhD
The Role of TCF7L1 in Pluripotent Stem Cells
Linh Vuong, PhD
Biological Chemistry and Cell Biology
PI: Peter J. Donovan, PhD
High-Efficiency Single Cell Encapsulation and Size Selective Sorting of Cells in Pico-Liter Droplets
Gopakumar Kamalakshakurup, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
PI: Dr. Abraham P. Lee
Adhesive Regulation of Human Monocyte/Macrophages by the Provisional Extracellular Matrix
Vijaykumar Meli, PhD,
Biomedical Engineering
PI: Wendy Liu, PhD
Molecular diffusion maps in live cells: a connectivity view
Leonel Malacrida, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
PI: Enrico Gratton, PhD
Axonal communication between adjacent hippocampal sub-regions via micro-tunnels to determine directionality of feed-forward spike propagation
Daniele Poli, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
PI: Gregory J. Brewer, PhD
Single Molecule Switches
Zhijing Feng, PhD,
Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences
PI: Alon Gorodetsky, PhD
Bioinspired Monooxygenase Mimics: Towards the Design of Functional High Valent Metal-oxo Intermediates
Justin Bogart, PhD
Chemistry PI: A.S. Borovik, PhD
Understanding Electrostatic Effect on Redox Properties Fe and Mn Complexes toward Small Molecule Catalysis
Annie Teera Chantarojsiri, PhD
Chemistry PI: Jenny Y. Yang, PhD
Getting to the source of bias in bloodstain pattern analysis: How analysts use and recognize their use of contextual case information.
Niki Osborne, PhD
Criminology, Law and Society
PI: William Thompson, PhD
Temperature sensitivity of microorganisms
Charlotte Alster, PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PI: Kathleen K. Treseder, PhD
Soil carbon: to keep it in the ground, grow an efficient microbiome
Ashish Malik, PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PI: Steven Allison, PhD
Impact of the Choice of Task-categorization Methods on the Observed Polarization Pattern
Giannina Vaccaro, PhD
Economics
PI:
Probing Magnetic Nanoprobe in Structured Light by a Subtle, Soft Touch
Jinwei Zeng, PhD
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
PIs: Kumar Wickramasinghe, PhD & Filippo Capolino, PhD
Defining an Integrated Signaling Network That Patterns the Craniofacial Skeleton
Lina Meinecke, PhD
Mathematics
PI: Qing Nie and Praveer Sharma, PhD
Developmental and Cell Biology
PI: Thomas Schilling
Persistent Enterovirus-B 5’ terminally deleted genome populations contribute to unexplained dilated cardiomyopathy
Alexis Bouin, PhD
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
PI: Bert Semler, PhD
Study of the Potential of a Bacteria Strain Isolated from Desert Soil at North of Chile in the Treatment of Arsenic Intoxication in Humans and Animals
Erwin Strahsburger, PhD
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
PI: Michael McClelland, PhD
Enriched Hydrogen Sulfide Biosynthesis via Selective CBS Upregulation is Associated with Endometrial Angiogenesis in Women
Thomas Lechuga, PhD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
PI: Dongbao Chen, PhD
Rescue of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Cybrid Cells Using a Mitochondrial Derived Peptide
Sonali Nashine, PhD,
Ophthalmology
PI: M. Cristina Kenney, MD, PhD
Use of sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) inhibition to block epileptogenesis following a brain insult
Alicia Hall, PhD
Pediatrics
PI: Tallie Baram, PhD
Light-Activated Chemical Probing of Nucleobase Solvent Accessibility Inside Living Cells
Chao Feng, PhD
Pharmaceutical Sciences
PI: Robert Spitale, PhD
Electrochemical Polymerization of Nickel Phthalocyanine on a Glass Carbon Electrode and Its Surface Characterization
Elif Turker Acar, PhD
Physics and Astronomy Department Host: Zuzanna Siwy, PhD
Cosmic Rays: The Most Energetic Particles In The Universe
Christian Glaser, PhD
Physics and Astronomy
PI: Steven Barwick, PhD
Huntington’s Disease in a Dish
Charlie Geater, PhD
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
PI: Leslie Thompson, PhD
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