POSTER SESSIONS
See page 14 for presentation schedule
Poster board number is in
bold
above title. The first author is the presenter. Full abstracts can be found online at dros-conf.org
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414
C
New cellular functions for the Lowe Syndrome phosphoinositide
phosphatase dOCRL in diverse
Drosophila
tissues.
Sarah A. Biber,
Abdulmuhsen Ali, Avital Rodal.
Biology Department, Brandeis
University, Waltham, MA.
415
A
The role of Cad99C, the Drosophila Usher Syndrome Protocadherin,
in light-induced eye degeneration and apical membrane
dynamics.
Se-Yeon Chung, Deborah Andrew.
Dept Cell Biol,
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD.
416
B
Quantitative Gene Expression Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster
in a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Model.
David Do, Theresa
Logan, Peter Luu, Omar Fateen, Brianna Hagen, Janet Lafler,
Luke Lajoie, Melissa Ruiz, Clare Wadsworth, Audrey Ford,
Schehrbano Khan, Hilal Jarrar, Elizabeth Benn-Hirsch,
Rachael French.
Biological Sciences, San Jose State University,
San Jose, CA.
417
C
A Step Closer to Understanding Social Behavior: Social Interactions
and Dopamine in
Drosophila melanogaster
.
Robert W.
Fernandez
1
,
Adesanya A. Akinleye
1
,
Marat Nurilov
1
,
Zulekha
Rouzyi
1
,
Anne F. Simon
1,2
.
1)
School of Arts And Sciences,
Department of Biology, The City Univ New York, York College,
Jamaica, NY; 2) York College and The Graduate Center, The City
University of New York.
418
A
Drug Rescue of Repetitive Grooming Behaviors in Drosophila
Fragile X Mental Retardation Mutants.
Catalina Florez
1
,
Matthew
Whitmill
1
,
Melissa Kepke
1
,
Linda Restifo
2
,
William Conner
1
.
1)
Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,
NC 27106; 2) Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, and
Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
86721.
419
B
Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Regulates Trans-Synaptic
Signaling.
Samuel H. Friedman, Neil Dani, Kendal
Broadie.
Department of Biological Sciences, Kennedy Center for
Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN 37212 USA.
420
C
Kismet-dependent regulation of glutamate receptors at the
Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction.
Rupa Ghosh
1
,
Srikar
Vegesna
1
,
Hong Boa
3
,
Bing Zhang
3
,
Faith Liebl
2
,
Daniel
Marenda
1
.
1)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; 2) Univ of
Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, IL; 3) Univ of Oklahoma, OK.
421
A
Low Doses of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles have a Detrimental Effect
on Reproduction and Development.
Benjamin W. Henderson
1
,
Rami R. Ajjuri
1
,
Sarah Boyd
1
,
Gavin Daigle
1
,
Yuping Bao
2
,
Janis M. O'Donnell
1
.
1)
Department of Biological Sciences, The
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401; 2) Department of
Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, AL.
422
B
Genes
Cam
and
nAchRα-30D
suppress mutant dystrophin phenotype
in
Drosophila melanogaster
.
Natalia Holub, Ruslana Mykula,
Yaroslava Chernyk.
Departament of Genetics and Biotechnology,
Ivan Franko National University, lviv, Ukraine.
423
C
ACSL4 inhibits synapse growth by attenuating BMP signaling via
endocytic recycling of its receptors.
Yan Huang, Zhihua Liu, Qifu
Wang, Yong Q. Zhang.
Institute of Genetics and Developmental
Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
424
A
Effects of Perfluoroocatanoic Acid (PFOA) on growth and
development in the fruit fly, Drosophila
melanogaster
.
AnnJosette
Ramirez, Kristin Johndreau, Amber K. Weiner, Ashley Parker,
Kara Bennett, Caroline Rachfalski, Sheryl Smith.
Biology,
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.
425
B
Immunity Defects in the
Drosophila
Model of Fragile X
Syndrome.
Elizabeth Stone, Mimi Shirasu-Hiza.
Columbia
University, New York City, NY.
426
C
Novel Web-based, High-throughput Drosophila Computational Tool
used to Investigate the role of UBE3A in Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
Ryan Turner
1
,
Rami R. Ajjuri
2
,
Larry Reiter
3
,
Janis
M. O'Donnell
2
.
1)
Computer-Based Honors Program, University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; 2) Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 3) Department of
Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis, Tennessee.
427
A
Effects of Bisphenol A exposure on growth and onset of
metamorphosis in
Drosophila melanogaster
.
Amber K. Weiner,
Ashley Parker, AnnJosette Ramirez, Kara Bennett, Kristin
Johndreau, Caroline Rachfalski, Sheryl Smith.
Biology, Arcadia
University, Glenside, PA.
428
B
Protein expression profiling of genes implicated in cognitive
disorders.
Monika Zuberova
1
,
Korinna Kochinke
2
,
Pavel
Mejstrik
1
,
Annette Schenck
2
,
Pavel Tomancak
1
.
1)
Max Planck
Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden,
Germany; 2) Radboud University Medical Centre, Department of
Human Genetics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
429
C
The Use of a Drosophila Laminin A Mutant as a Model for
Gestational Diabetes.
Joana M. Hubickey, Lauren Perkins- Ross,
Laura K. Reed.
University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , AL.
430
A
Functional characterization of ACN9 in Drosophila
mitochondria.
Wendou Yu
1
,
Daniel K. Bricker
1
,
James E. Cox
2
,
Dennis R. Winge
3
,
Jared Rutter
3
,
Carl S. Thummel
1
.
1)
Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of
Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; 2) Metabolomics Core Research
Facility, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City,
UT; 3) Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of
Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.
431
B
The Role of SOD1 in a
Drosophila
Model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
3 (
Machado-Joseph's Disease).
Christopher Acquafredda, John
Warrick.
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
432
C
Catecholamines-up modulates alpha-synuclein- induced
neurotoxicity in a Parkinson’s disease model.
Rami R. Ajjuri,
Faiza Ferdousy, Janis M. O'Donnell.
Department of Biology,
University of Alabama, Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0344.
