Program of events

9:30 am – 9:50 am

9:50 am – 10:00 am

10:00 am – 11:00 am




11:00 am –12:30 pm

11:00 am – 11:15 am



11:15 am – 11:30 am


11:30 am – 11:45 am


11:45 am – 12:00 pm


12:00 pm – 12:15 pm



12:15 pm – 12:45 pm











12:45 pm – 2:30 pm

12:45 pm –1:00 pm



1:00 pm – 1:15 pm



1:15 pm – 1:30 pm



1:30 pm – 1:45 pm


1:45 pm – 2:00 pm


2:00 pm – 2:15 pm



2:15 pm – 2:30 pm


2:30 pm – 2:45 pm

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm




3:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Breakfast/Registration

Opening Remarks


Plenary Session 1:
Dr. Athula H. Wikramanayake
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology, University of Miami

Student Oral Presentations – Session 1

Jorge Bello
Primary Production of Calcareous Green Macroalgae Among
Varied Estuarine Sites in Florida Bay.

Andres Ramos
Respiratory Gating and its Impact on Medical Imaging.

Bismark Asante
A Cure for Nervous Headaches and Rheumatic Pains.

Alejandro Castaneda
Analysis of Microbial Communities Using BIOLOGtm Ecoplates.

Raphael Bösse
Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA4157 in Iron Transport and
Quorum Sensing Regulation.

Lunch and Poster Presentations

Alejandro Castaneda
Analysis of Microbial Communities Using BIOLOGtm Ecoplates.

Juanita Perez
Elevated Dietary Salt Exacerbates Hypertension Associated with
Increased Cardiac and Renal Fibrosis

Andres Ramos
Respiratory Gating and its Impact on Medical Imaging.

Student Oral Presentations – Session 2

Marianne Goodwin
The Search for the Allatotropin Receptor in the Yellow Fever
Mosquito

Viviana Mazzei
Effects of Salinity Changes on the Community Structure of
Macroalgae at Black Point, Biscayne Bay, Florida.

Eladio Mendez
The Response of the Intoxilyzer 8000 to Volatile Organic Compounds
Found in the Human Breath at Physiologic Concentrations.

Larisa Odessky and Patricia Santana
What is That Citrus Kick in Your Cocktail?

Rahul Patel and Carlos Prays
Calculation of the Mass of the "rho" Particle.

Yahaira Reyes
Mmmm that’s Chemistry! The Chemical and Medical Importance
in Cilantro Today.

Karen Prieto
pKa of Anthocyanins in the Coleus Plant.

Coffee Break

Plenary Session 2:
Dr. Kenneth E. Murray
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida International University

Awards/Closing Remarks

 

 

 

Plenary Speakers

Dr. Athula H. Wikramanayake
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology, University of Miami

Kenneth E Murray, Ph.D.,
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
Investigating mammalian Reovirus protein synthesis as a means of understanding viral oncolysis.

 

Undergraduate Research Presentations

Bismark Asante

A cure for nervous Headaches and Rheumatic pains

 

Jorge Bello1,2, Amanda Torres1,2, Rebecca Bernard1,2, James W. Fourqurean1,2   and Ligia Collado-Vides 1,2

Primary production of calcareous green macroalgae among varied estuarine sites in Florida Bay

 

Alejandro Castaneda

Analysis of Microbial Communities Using BIOLOGtm Ecoplates

 

L. M. Fajardo, M. M. Salinas, M.C. Christie, PhD.

Effects of relative geometry on the hemodynamics of blood in aneurysms

 

Viviana Mazzei*1, 2, Travis Thyberg3, Diego Lirman3, Ligia Collado-Vides1, 2

Effects of salinity changes on the community structure of macroalgae at Black Point, Biscayne Bay, Florida.

 

Eladio Mendez, Stefan Rose, M.D., Howard Holness, B.S., M.A., Kenneth G. Furton, Ph.D.

The Response of the Intoxilyzer 8000 to Volatile Organic Compounds Found in the Human Breath at Physiologic Concentrations

 

Larisa Odessky and Patricia Santana

What is That Citrus Kick in Your Cocktail?

 

Rahul Patel and Carlos Prays

Calculation of the Mass of the "rho" particle

 

Andres Ramos

Respiratory Gating and its Impact on Medical Imaging

 

Yahaira Reyes

Mmmm that’s Chemistry! The Chemical and Medical Importance in Cilantro Today.