For your viewing convenience, links to the 2022 In Vitro Biology Meeting Final Program, Posters and Abstracts are provided below.
Interactive Poster Presentations can be found in the Final Program.
ANIMAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
In-Person Poster Presentations
ADHESION FACTORS
| A-3002 | Changes to Plasma Membrane Composition and Loss of Communication in Osteoblasts with Rb1 Deficiency Elisha Pendleton, Midwestern University, Keren Abdalah and Nalini Chandar |
BIOTECHNOLOGY
| A-2004 | The Investigation of SNP in SOCS2 Gene Associated with Mastitis Resistance, Milk Composition, and Quality in Awassi Sheep M. ul Hasan, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, and A. Ceyhan |
| A-2005 | Antioxidant, Proliferative and Migrative Potential of the Maclura tinctoria on In Vitro Analyses Reggiani V. Goncalves, North Carolina State University,Eduarda P. Costa, Mariaurea M. Sarandy, Rômulo D Novaes, Jade Schlam, and Debora Esposito |
CELL AGING
| A-2006 | Effect of Phytocannabinoids and Anti-aging Drugs on Skin Rejuvenation During Aging and Oxidative Stress Marta Gerasymchuk, University of Lethbridge, Gregory Robinson, Olga Kovalchuk, and Igor Kovalchuk |
CELL AND TISSUE MODELS
| A-2007 | The Investigation of SNP in SOCS2 Gene Associated with Mastitis Resistance, Milk Composition, and Quality in Awassi Sheep M. ul Hasan, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, and A. Ceyhan |
| A-2008 | The Investigation of LNP-siRNA Formulations for Rainbow Trout Fish Cell Lines Through the Examination of Cellular Uptake and Reporter Gene Knockdown In Vitro Heather M. Kelly, University of the Fraser Valley, Sam Chen, Yuen Yi C. Tam, Natallia Varankovich, Sikander Gill, Lucy E. J. Lee, and Justin B. Lee |
| A-2009 | Investigation of Endocytic Mechanisms of Lipid Nanoparticles (LNP-siRNA Systems) into Rainbow Trout Fish Cells In Vitro K. N. Van Woudenberg, University of the Fraser Valley, S. Chen, Y. Y. C. Tam, L. E. J. Lee, and J. B. Lee |
| A-3003 | Modulation of Fibroblast Growth and Senescence in Response to Sonic Hedgehog Inhibition Johnson Fong, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Tatiana Mendez, Sunnie Kuna, Sarah Pagni, Janet Cowan, and Addy Alt-Holland |
| A-3004 | Delineating the Effects of Vismodgeib and Dermal Fibroblasts on Metabolic Profiles of Basal Cell Carcinoma Cells S. Kasraie,Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, T. Mendez, S. Pagni, J. Baleja2, J. Cowan, and A. Alt-Holland |
| A-3005 | Growth and Metabolism of Basal Cell Carcinoma Cells and Spheroids in Vismodegib-treated Cultures Tatiana Mendez, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Arietta Rigopoulos, Sarah Pagni, James D. Baleja, Janet Cowan, and Addy Alt-Holland |
| A-3006 | Assays for Monitoring Cell Health in Microphysiological Systems Terry Riss, Promega Corporation, D. Leippe, N. Karassina, M. Valley, and J. Vidugiriene |
| A-3007 | Cell Cycle Analysis of Vismodegib-treated Human Basal Cell Carcinoma Cells In-vitro B. Senfi, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, T. Mendez, M. Evers, S. Pagni, J. Cowan, and A. Alt-Holland |
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
| A-3009 | Examining the Urinary Exosomal RNA Profile of Cadmium-treated Rats for Novel Biomarkers of Kidney Injury M. J. Fay, Midwestern University, K. Kristjansdottir, K. Bussey, J. Edwards, and W. Prozialeck |
| A-3010 | Antioxidant and Cardioprotective Properties of Peanut Hairy Root-Derived Prenylated Stilbenoids in Cardiac Cells Rokib Hasan, Arkansas State University, Sankalpa Chakraborty, Viswanathan Rajagopalan, and Fabricio Medina-Bolivar |
| A-3011 | Pro-inflammatory Signaling Is Induced in Cancer Cells by Electroporation with a Synthetic dsRNA Analog Loree C Heller, University of South Florida, Amanda Sales Conniff, Guido Encalada, Shreena Patel, Manya Bhandary, and Farah Al-Takrouri |
CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS
| A-3012 | Lower Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Carcinogenic Potential in Lung Alison K. Bauer, University of Colorado Anschutz, Sabine Plottner, Melanie Wolff, Heiko U. Kafferlein, and Brad L. Upham |
DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY
| A-2010 | Mapping Interneuron Migration During Late Neurodevelopment in the Piglet Brain K. Nakamura, University of California, San Francisco, and M. Paredes |
GENE EXPRESSION
| A-3013 | Sex linked Aberrant Behavior and Hippocampal Gene Expression in Egr1 Conditional Knockout Mice C. Swilley, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and H. Xie |
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| A-3014 | Biophysical Characterization of the HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein RNA Interaction Properties Anissa Belfetmi, Université Paris-Saclay, Loussine Zargarian, Assia Mouhand, Marjorie Catala, Philippe Fossé, Carine Tisné, and Olivier Mauffret |
PRODUCT APPLICATIONS
| A-3015 | High-throughput Genotyping by Sequencing with the AgriSeqTM Workflow T. Dunbar, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and A. Burrell |
STEM CELLS
| A-3021 | Bipolar Disorder: Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of Cerebral Organoids from Bipolar Patient Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Durga Atilli, University of Michigan Medical School, Anastasia K. Yocum, Henry Tran, Matthew L. MacDonald, Ryan Salisbury, Rebecca Shelby Ruiz, Melvin G. McInnis and Sue O’Shea |
Virtual Poster Presentations
BIOTECHNOLOGY
| A-2011 | Exosomes Enriched in Angiogenic/Growth Factors Are Released from Human Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells Grown on 3D Silk Fibroin Nonwovens Ubaldo Armato, University of Verona, Peng Hu, Anna Chiarini, Jun Wu, Zairong Wei, and Ilaria Dal Prà |
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
| A-3016 | A Novel Approach to Bone Implant Infection Therapeutics Leveraging Proteins Derived from L. acidophilus and Modulating Anti-inflammatory Gene Expression Anouska Seal, University of Central Florida |
CELLULAR PATHOLOGY
| A-3017 | Evaluation of DJ-1 and PTEN as Prognostic Biomarkers in Cutaneous Melanoma Ziyi Sun, Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Hilal Arnouk |
CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS
| A-3018 | Per and Polyfluorinated Substances Dysregulate Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication Jamie E. Liebold, Michigan State University, Lizbeth Lockwood, Joo Hye Yeo, Jinu Lee,Alison K. Bauer, Erika Lisabeth, Richard Neubig, and Brad L. Upham |
ONCOLOGY
| A-3019 | Evaluation of DJ-1 and PTEN Expression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Rey De La Torre, Midwestern University, and Hilal Arnouk |
STEM CELLS
| A-3020 | Using Nanoparticle-based Magnetic Hyperthermia to Hinder Planarian Regeneration Thomas C. Commander, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, and Marion Zeiner |
IN VITRO ANIMAL CELL SCIENCES SILENT ABSTRACTS
| A-2013 | Oligonucleotide Vaccines: The Joker in the Vaccine Deck Volodymyr V. Oberemok, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Oksana A. Andreeva, Ilya A. Novikov, and Kateryna V. Laikova |
| A-2014 | The Designing of Bacillus Anthracis Full-size Recombinant Protective Antigen with Modifications Improving Its Stability Ekaterina M. Ryabchevskaya, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dmitriy L. Granovskiy, Ekaterina A. Evtushenko, Peter A. Ivanov, Olga A. Kondakova, Nikolai A. Nikitin, and Olga V. Karpova |
| A-2015 | The Phosphorothioate Antisense Oligonucleotide Hush-11 Shows Substantial Antimelanoma Effect in Mice Kseniya A. Yurchenko V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Kateryna V. Laikova, Volodymyr V. Oberemok, Ilya A. Novikov, Alyona A. Yurchenko, Tatyana P. Makalish, Irina I. Fomochkina, and Anatoly V. Kubyshkin |
EDUCATION SILENT ABSTRACTS
EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SILENT ABSTRACTS
| E-2000 | Non-canonical Base Pairs in Self-assembling DNA Crystals William Bernfeld, King School, and Simon Vecchioni |
| E-2001 | Differences Between Glial Cells in the Brain and in the Gut S. L. McDermott, Shaker Heights High School, M. Scavuzzo, and P. Tesar |
| E-2002 | Progress of Peptide Inhibitors’ Abilities to Prevent the Protein Complex Formation of PD-1 and PD-L1 for the Immune System to Recognize and Defend Against Cancer Cell Invasion S. Nikku, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, R. Carter, and A. Haymond |
PLANT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
In-Person Poster Presentations
BIOTECHNOLOGY
| P-1017 | Antimicrobial, Cytotoxic, and Synergistic Activities of Five Linear Plant-derived Host Defense Peptides for Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants Nick Schimpf, University of Lethbridge, and Dmytro P. Yevtushenko |
| P-2003 | A Bibliometric Review on Citrus Cryopreservation Meleksen Akin, Igdir University, Sadiye Peral Eyduran, and Barbara M. Reed |
| P-2004 | Center for Plant Biotechnology at Boyce Thompson Institute Qingzhen Jiang. Boyce Thompson Institute |
| P-2005 | Micropropagation and Transformation of Cannabis sativa L Gregory Robinson, University of Lethbridge, and Igor Kovalchuk |
| P-3018 | Development of a Meristem-based Transformation System for Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Targeting Mature Embryo Explants Lucas Gontijo Silva Maia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Edward Williams, Mike Petersen, Ray Collier, Phil Bregitzer, Ramamurthy Mahalingam, Marcus Vinje, Shawn Kaeppler, and Heidi Kaeppler |
| P-3019 | Construction of Wheat Transformation System Using GRF-GIF Chimera Gene Cloned from Korean Wheat cv. Keumgang and ‘Speed Breeding’ Conditions Geon Hee Lee, Kongju National University, Sang Yong Park, Tae Kyeum Kim, and Jae Yoon Kim |
| P-3020 | Effects of Organellar Targeting of the aadA1a Selectable Marker Protein on Transformation Frequency of Meristem-based Soybean Transformation S. Massman, University of Wisconsin Madison, R. Collier, E. Williams, M. Petersen, R. Harnish, B. Martinell, and H. Kaeppler |
| P-3021 | Optimizing Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation and CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing in the Tropical Japonica Rice Variety Presidio Marco Molina-Risco, Texas A&M University, Michael Thomson, Mayra Faion-Molina, Oneida Ibarra, Backki Kim, and Endang M. Septiningsih |
| P-3022 | A Dual Recombination System for Transgene Containment and Elimination in Perennial Grasses Xiaotong Chen, Clemson University, Charles Henry, Annalise Enger, Qian Hu, Zhenyuan Pan, Xiaoyuan Gao, Lynda McMaster-Schuyler, Peiyu Zeng, and Hong Luo |
| P-3023 | Transcriptome and Metabolite Mechanisms Related to Pre-harvest Sprout (PHS) of Common Korean Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Sang Yong Park, Kongju National University, Geon Hee Lee, Woo Joo Jung, and Jae Yoon Kim |
| P-3024 | Plant Host Defense Peptides: Potential Tools for Disease Control Christie Stephen, University of Lethbridge, and Dmytro P. Yevtushenko |
| P-3025 | Transforming P. hallii, a Model for Perennial Bioenergy Grasses Kankshita Swaminathan, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Anthony Trieu, Xiaoyu Weng, Rebekah Wood, and Thomas Juenger |
| P-3026 | Engineering Novel Designer Biologics in Plant Cells for Oral Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Jianfeng Xu, Arkansas State University, Wenzheng Guo, Jonathan TrejoMartinez, and Uddhab Karki |
| P-3027 | Chromosomal Aberrations and Micronuclei of Somaclonal Variation in Onion Tissue Culture (Allium cepa) Abdelrahem Yousef, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, Abdel-Rahem T. Abdel-Rahem, Kasem Z. Ahmed, and Sayed Osman |
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
| P-3028 | Transcriptomic Analysis of Dunaliella Salina under Salt and UV Stresses M. J. Hein, California State University Northridge, C. Basu, and S. M. Perl |
| P-3029 | Genetic and Physiological Responses of Lentil Plants Under Flood Stress Avetis Mishegyan, California State University Northridge, Bhiolina Bharadwaj, Sanjeevi Nagalingam, Alex Guenther, Nirmal Joshee, Samantha H. Herman, and Chhandak Basu |
| P-3030 | Transcriptomic and Physiological Effects of Heat Stress on Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Kirill Musaev, California State University Northridge, and Chhandak Basu |
GENETIC ENGINEERING
| P-3031 | Expanding the Toolbox of Maize Promoters Nathaniel Schleif, University of Wisconsin – Madison. Frank McFarland, Ray Collier, and Heidi F. Kaeppler |
| P-3032 | The Plant Genetic Engineering Network J. Van Eck, Boyce Thompson Institute, H. Kaeppler, B. Gordon-Kamm, K. Lee, W. Parrott, N. Taylor, and V. Veena |
| P-3033 | Development of an Efficient Method for Protoplast Isolation, Transfection, and Gene Editing Form Soybean Roots C. L. Nwoko, Texas Tech University, A. Ojha, V. Devkar, and Gunvant B. Patil |
GENOME EDITING/GENOME ENGINEERING
| P-3033 | Synteny Analysis: Genes Linked for Powdery Mildew Among Landraces of Pisum sativum and Lathyrus sativus R. Bishnoi, Agriculture University, Kota, S. Marker, and P. K. P. Meena |
| P-3034 | Genome Editing in Three Species of the Bioenergy Grass Miscanthus Nancy A. Reichert, Mississippi State University, Anthony Trieu, Mohammad Belaffif, Shilpa Manjunatha, Pradeepa Hirannaiah, Rebekah Wood, Yokshitha Bathula, Rebecca Billingsley, Anjali Arpan, Erik Sacks, Stephen P. Moose, Tom E. Clemente, and Kankshita Swaminathan |
| P-3035 | Development of Tissue Culture-free Genetic Transformation and Gene-editing Platform in Crops Arjun Ojha Kshetry, Texas Tech University, Vikas Devkar, Luis Herrera-Estrella, and Gunvant B. Patil |
| P-3036 | Phenotypic Assessment of SnRK1C Mutants in Rice (Oryza sativa var. japonica) cv. Kitaake M. C. Faria Chaves, University of Arkansas, C. Maurya, N. Soumen, S. Zhao, and V. Srivastava |
| P-3037 | CRISPR RNA-guided Integrase System for Agrobacterium Genome Editing Ephraim Aliu, Iowa State University, Keunsub Lee, and Kan Wang |
| P-3038 | Transformation of Teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) via Biolistic Bombardment of Seedling Derived Callus Tissues Mercy K. Azanu, Iowa State University, Jacob D. Zobrist, Susana Martin-Ortigosa, Keunsub Lee, Qing Ji, and Kan Wang |
IN VITRO TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND OPTIMIZATION
| P-3051 | Production-scale Transformation of Poplar Hybrid Clone INRA 717-1B4, P. tremula x P. alba by Particle Bombardment for Enhanced Photosynthesis Traits Michelle Tjahjadi, Living Carbon, Alex Crites, Dominick Tucker, Kenneth Donsky, Gary Orr, Karli Rasmussen, Jessica Du, Li-Wei Chiu, and Matt Heckert |
MEDICINAL PLANTS
| P-3039 | Physiological and Transcriptomic Analysis of Turmeric plants (Curcuma longa) Under Drought Stress Bhiolina Bharadwaj, California State University, Northridge, and Chhandak Basu |
| P-3040 | Towards Genetic Engineering of Sunflower Lineage to Produce Biodiesel F. Shaurya, California State University, Northridge, B. Bharadwaj, and C. Basu |
MICROPROPAGATION
| P-2006 | In Vitro Germination and Micropropagation of Asclepias eriocarpa After Cold Stratification Anthony Perez, California Botanic Garden, and Raquel Folgado |
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION
| P-3041 | Conservation of African Sweetpotato Landraces – Lessons from the Conservation of Global Vegetatively Propagated Genetic Resources Collections David Ellis, International Potato Center, Jan Low, Maria Andrade, Marian Dorcas Quain, Ted Carey, Matthew L.S. Gboku, Noelle L. Anglin, Godwill Makunde, Jebeh Samba, Norma Manrique-Carpintero, Rosemary Gatimu, Vania Azevedo, Charlotte Lusty, and Luigi Guarino |
| P-3042 | Global Plant Cryopreservation Initiative David Ellis, International Potato Center, Vania Azevedo, Marleen Engers, Badara Gueye, Charlotte Lusty, Nicolas Roux, and Peter Wenzel |
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
| P-3050 | Assessing Climate Resilience of Different Cowpea Cultivars Through Phenotypic and Molecular Analyses Inocent P. Ritte, Tuskegee University, M. Egnin, O. Idehen, D. Mortley, G. C. Bernard, and C. Bonsi |
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
| P-2007 | Dehydration Stress Memory Genes in Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum (Desf.) M. T. Sadder, University of Jordan, A. Musallam, M. M. Allouzi, and M. A. Duwayri |
Virtual Poster Presentations
BIOTECHNOLOGY
| P-2008 | Overexpression of a VvMYB Transcription Factor Gene Enhances Tolerance to Cold Stress in Transgenic Citrus Plants Lamiaa M. Mahmoud, University of Florida, Jude W. Grosser, and Manjul Dutt |
| P-3043 | Bioinspired Superhydrophobic and Liquid-infused Slippery Coatings for Decreased Fouling, Thrombosis, and Infection of Medical Devices E. Ozkan, University of Georgia, A. Mondal, M. Douglass, S. P. Hopkins, M. Garren, R. Devine, R. Pandey, J. Manuel, P. Singha, J. Warnock, and H. Handa |
CELL BIOLOGY
| P-2009 | Characterization of Polar and Non-polar Lipids in Nanofer 25s Iron Nanoparticle-treated Fremyella diplosiphon, a Biofuel Producing Cyanobacterium Samson Gichuki, Morgan State University, Huan Chen, LaDonna Wyatt, Yuan Lin, and Viji Sitther |
| P-2010 | Impact of Antibiotics on Growth and Pigment Accumulation in Fremyella diplosiphon, a Model Cyanobacterium Yavuz Yalcin, Morgan State University, Busra Aydin, Mst Sayadujjhara, and Viji Sitther |
GENOME EDITING/GENOME ENGINEERING
| P-2011 | Improved Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation and Genome Editing Efficiency in a Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Line Myeong-Je Cho, University of California, Berkeley, Jaclyn Tanaka, Eunyoung Seo, Lu Shi, George Austin, and Brian Staskawicz |
MEDICINAL PLANTS
| P-3011 | In Vitro Production of Adventitious Root Biomass and Important N-alkylamides Using Bioreactor Cultivation of Medicinally Important Plant Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC Krishna Kant Pachauri, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, and Rakhi Chaturvedi |
| P-3044 | Influence of Plant Growth Regulators in Initiation of In Vitro Cell Cultures of Tinospora cordifolia For Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Vartika Srivastava, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Harshajit Baruah, and Rakhi Chaturvedi |
MICROPROPAGATION
| P-3045 | Effect of BA on Shoot Organogenesis in Mature Leaves of Cleome gynandra Aubre Joyner, Elizabeth City State University, Gloria Payne, and Margaret Young |
SECONDARY METABOLISM
| P-3046 | Tissues-wide Distribution of Azadirachtin Content in Neem (Azadirachta Indica A. Juss.), a Miraculous Medicinal Tree Species Rajendra Adak, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,and Rakhi ChaturvedI |
| P-3047 | Determination of Rutin in Musa Leaves by High Performance Liquid Chromatography – A Step Towards Sustainability Imnanaro Longkumer, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, and Rakhi Chaturvedi. |
| P-3053 | Overexpression of VcMYBA1, a Key Anthocyanin Transcription Factor in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Elevated Anthocyanins, Turning Leaves Deep Red M. R. Boase, The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, T. McGhie, L. Wang, H. Zhang, H. Luo, I. King, D. J. Lafferty, N. W. Albert, A. C. Allan, and R. V. Espley |
TRANSCRIPTOMES
| P-3052 | Understanding the Dynamics of Soybean Root Nodule Development Using Single Cell Transcriptome Technology L. D’Agostino, Texas Tech University L. Yong-Villalobos, L. Herrera-Estrella, and G. Patil. |
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY SILENT ABSTRACTS
| P-2012 | Micropropagation of Randia echinocarpa, an Endemic Medicinal Plant from Mexico. Abraham Cruz-Mendívil, CONACYT-Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Dalia A. Valenzuela-Atondo, Carlos L. Calderón-Vázquez, Melina López-Meyer, Jesús L. Romero-Romero, and Martha L. Orozco-Cárdenas |
| P-2013 | Nutrient Media are Promising for Improving the Liquid Preparative Form of an Insecticide Anastasiia Kryzhko, Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea |
| P-2014 | Efficient Bay Sucker (Trioza alacris) Control with DNA Insecticides I. A. Novikov, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, E. V. Yatskova, R. Z. Useinov, N. V. Gal’chinsky, Y. V. Puzanova, and V. V. Oberemok |
| P-3048 | Another Successful Target in the Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Hemiptera): Green Oligonucleotide Insecticides for Aphid Control Y. V. Puzanova, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, I. A. Noviko, N. A. Marochkin, E. Eken, A. K. Sharmagiy, and V. V. Oberemok |