20 Years - The Leadership Alliance
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<strong>20</strong> <strong>Years</strong> Of Supporting Research, Scholarship and Academic Excellence | 41<br />
Rene Farfan..................................... 11:30 AM, CC-23<br />
Presentation Title: Realization of Periodic<br />
Metamaterials to Practical Three-Dimensional<br />
Structures<br />
Research Mentor: Mahmoud I. Hussein<br />
Research Institution: University of Colorado Boulder<br />
Home Institution: California State Polytechnic<br />
University<br />
Co-Authors: Mahmound I. Hussein and Michael<br />
Frazier, University of Colorado at Boulder<br />
EN<br />
Emily Fernández García..................12:15 PM, CC-17<br />
Presentation Title: Characterization of a4b2 and<br />
a7 nAChRs as <strong>The</strong>rapeutic Targets for the<br />
Development of Nicotine Cessation Treatments<br />
that Alleviate Anxiety During Withdrawal<br />
Research Mentor: Julie Blendy<br />
Research Institution: University of Pennsylvania<br />
Home Institution: UPR-Rio Piedras<br />
Co-Authors: Nicole Yohn and Julie A. Blendy,<br />
University of Pennsylvania<br />
AB<br />
Legna Figueroa-Cosme.................. 11:30 AM, CC-21<br />
Presentation Title: Formation of Silver Secondary<br />
Particles in Solution Phase<br />
Research Mentor: Robert Hurt<br />
Research Institution: Brown University<br />
Home Institution: UPR-Mayaguez<br />
Co-Authors: Jingyu Liu, Brown University; Zhongying<br />
Wang, Brooklyn College; Robert Hurt, Brown<br />
University<br />
EN<br />
Rachel Foster......................................2:45 PM, CC-17<br />
Presentation Title: Hippocampal Brain-Derived<br />
Neurotrophic Factor Expression in Response to<br />
Alcohol Consumption and Voluntary Exercise<br />
Research Mentor: Marissa Ehringer<br />
Research Institution: University of Colorado Boulder<br />
Home Institution: Mount Holyoke College<br />
Co-Authors: Marissa Ehringer and Francesc Xavier<br />
Gallego Moreno, University of Colorado at Boulder<br />
BB<br />
Angelica Frausto................................5:30 PM, CC-27<br />
Presentation Title: <strong>The</strong> Effectiveness of Computer-<br />
Based Interventions for Depression: A Meta-<br />
Analysis<br />
Research Mentor: Angela Duckworth<br />
Research Institution: University of Pennsylvania<br />
Home Institution: University of Rochester<br />
Co-Authors: Ann Marie Roepke and Angela Lee<br />
Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania<br />
SS<br />
Kafi Friday..........................................2:45 PM, CC-12<br />
Presentation Title: <strong>The</strong> Effect of Prenatal Maternal<br />
Immune Activation on Inhibitory Network Activity<br />
in Adult Offspring Medial Prefrontal Cortex<br />
Research Mentor: Christoph Kellendonk<br />
Research Institution: Columbia University<br />
Home Institution: Brooklyn College CUNY<br />
Co-Authors: Sarah E. Canetta and Christoph<br />
Kellendonk, Columbia University<br />
AB<br />
Netanel Ghatan..................................3:15 PM, CC-16<br />
Presentation Title: In Search of Neural Syntax in the<br />
Hippocampus<br />
Research Mentor: György Buzsáki<br />
Research Institution: New York University Sackler<br />
Institute<br />
Home Institution: New York University<br />
Co-Authors: György Buzsáki, New York University<br />
BB<br />
Candace Ghent...................................3:45 PM, CC-21<br />
Presentation Title: Exploring the Mediator Complex<br />
using Functional Similarity of Proteins<br />
Research Mentor: Debra Goldberg<br />
Research Institution: University of Colorado Boulder<br />
Home Institution: North Carolina A&T State University<br />
Co-Authors: Debra Goldberg, University of Colorado at<br />
Boulder<br />
PS<br />
Kyle Gipson..................................... 11:45 AM, CC-24<br />
Presentation Title: <strong>The</strong> Contours of the New World: <strong>The</strong><br />
Problem of Particularity in Richard Wright’s Native<br />
Son<br />
Research Mentor: Phillip Harper<br />
Research Institution: New York University Sackler<br />
Institute<br />
Home Institution: Bard College<br />
HU<br />
Shelby Goicochea..............................5:15 PM, CC- 15<br />
Presentation Title: Optimization of Beta-Cyclodextrin<br />
Binding to Lipofuscin in Retinal Pigment<br />
Epithelium<br />
Research Mentor: Marcelo Nociari<br />
Research Institution: Weill Cornell Medical College<br />
Home Institution: University of Florida<br />
Co-Authors: Marcelo Nociari and Enrique Rodriguez-<br />
Boulan, Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering<br />
BB