2021 Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day
The 2021 Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day will be held virtually on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
Presentation links are included below and awardees will be announced after all presentations are completed.
Each year the Epsilon Chapter of the Phi Zeta Honor Society at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine sponsors a Research Emphasis Day to highlight student and faculty research. Participants demonstrate research findings through posters and seminars throughout the day and distinguished speakers are invited to present the two keynote lectures. The event culminates with the annual banquet during which awards for best poster and seminar are presented, and new members are inducted to the honor society.
Learn more about the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Phi Zeta Honor Society
Cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award (voting open 8am-4pm, Wednesday, 11/3/21)
Schedule
8:00: Opening Statement
Dr. Frank F. Bartol, Alumni Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
8:15-11:00 MORNING Presentations
12:00–1:30 POSTER Presentations
1:30-4:00 AFTERNOON Presentations
4:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
5:00 INDUCTION AND AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
INDUCTION of new Phi Zeta Members & Research Awards Presentations
Morning Sessions
8:00: Opening Statement
Dr. Frank F. Bartol, Alumni Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
8:15-11:00 MORNING Presentations
Moderator (Morning): Dr. Melinda Camus
Veterinary Students
8:15 Jemma Constant Gene identification for the prevention of colic due to strangulating lipomas
8:30 Emily Flaherty New Technique for Transcervical Insemination in the Queen
8:45 Heather Gosnell An evaluation of two chemiluminescent assays for canine progesterone and its clinical implications
9:00 Olivia Lockyear Distribution of Resistance in a Naïve Chicken Population to Infectious Bronchitis Virus
9:15 Giovanna Panepinto Gene Therapy for Rabies Encephalitis
9:30 Ashton Pearson Characterizing Early Maternal Style in a Population of Detection Dogs
Graduate Students
9:45 Taylor Abernathy Trichloroethylene (TCE) toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio): a transgenerational approach
10:00 Subarna Barua Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in companion dogs and cats, USA
10:15 Lauren Charnock Effects of corneoconjunctival transposition and posterior lamellar keratoplasty on streak retinoscopy in equine cadaver eyes
10:30 Jordan Doss Clinical Evaluation of Feline GM1 Gangliosidosis Following Intravenous Gene Therapy
10:45 Troy LoBue Gaining insight of inherited breast cancer susceptibility through whole genome sequencing
11:00 Sangeet Makhija Development of anti-IL-5 nanobody to target type2 cytokines in allergic asthma
11:15 Cierla McGuire Sams Investigating Splice Site Variants in Breast Cancer Cases
11:30 Mariano Mora-Pereira Effects of equine platelet lysate on ex vivo vasculogenesis
11:45 Lydia Pena Effect of EDTA and MgCl2 on Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Measurement in Canine Plasma
Keynote Lecturer Bio
“Studies of the Obesity Associated with Melanocortin 3 Receptor Insufficiency”
Jack A. Yanovski, MD, PhD
Chief, Section on Growth and Obesity
Associate Scientific Director for Translational Medicine
Division of Intramural Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Hatfield Clinical Research Center
Jack Yanovski is Chief of the Section on Growth and Obesity, and Associate Scientific Director for Translational Medicine in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Yanovski obtained his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, completed residency training in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health. In response to the growing problem of pediatric obesity in the United States, Dr. Yanovski founded the NIH’s Section on Growth and Obesity. Dr. Yanovski has carried out many clinical studies on the evaluation and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adults, as well as laboratory investigations of molecular etiologies of obesity. Dr. Yanovski has authored over 350 published manuscripts, has served as Chair of The Obesity Society’s annual Scientific Meeting, was a member of the expert panel that developed the 2017 Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on Pediatric Obesity Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention, and, among other awards, has received the Bar-Or Award for Excellence in Pediatric Obesity Research and the Thomas A. Wadden Award for Distinguished Mentorship from The Obesity Society, the NIH Director’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award. He has also received the Public Health Service’s Outstanding Service Medal three times for his studies of obesity.
Poster Presentations
12:00–1:30 POSTER Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Tekla Lee-Fowler
Undergraduate Students
Alyssa Berry The Role of Anti-Mullerian Hormone Receptor Type 2 in the Adrenal Gland
Paige Hall Treatment of feline GM1 gangliosidosis by cerebrospinal fluid delivery of adeno-associated viral gene therapy
Madison Hogans Towards Elucidation of Canine Adenovirus type 2 tropism
Kacey Meyering The role of DHCR24 in the Adrenal Gland
Sara Pacer Treatment of feline neurologic disease with intravenous gene therapy
Kevin Zhong Effect of concurrent and non-concurrent administration of mepivacaine hydrochloride and triamcinolone acetonide on inflamed equine osteochondral and synovial explants in co-culture
Veterinary Students
Hannah Bostick Using Optical Coherence Tomography to Obtain Optic Never Head Measurements in the Equine Eye
Kaylin Henry The Influence of Probe Diameter on Articular Cartilage Friction Measurements
Courtney Weaver Nrf2 Protein Expression & Antioxidant Activity in Anesthetized Hypertensive Female Rats
Graduate Students
Ferrin Antony Metabolic reprogramming of macrophages by Interleukin-27 during herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV) infection
Samantha Bradley Regulation of gonadal steroidogenesis in male rats exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Emily Brinker Treatment of Overweight and Obese Cats with the Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 (FGF21) Analog, LY2405319 Results in Decreased Body Weight and Hepatic Liver Lipid Content
Y Savanie Fernando A Study to Investigate the Organization and Differentiation of the Adrenal Cortex in Chicken
Renlei Ji Regulation of melanocortin-3 and -4 receptors by isoforms of MRAP1 and MRAP2
Xiaolei Ma Whole-genome shotgun metagenomic sequencing revealed distinct gut microbiome signatures of obese cats
Kayleen McCafferty Loss of Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Receptor 2 (HCA2) Affects Lipid Homeostasis in a Sex-Specific Manner During Prolonged Fasting
Chetan Pundkar Generation and characterization of anti-IL-17A Nanobody for the treatment of HSV-1 induced corneal immunopathology
Haolong Wang Environmental dependent heterosis and transgressive gene expression in reciprocal hybrids between the channel and blue catfish
Xiao Xiong Long-read assembly and annotation of the parasitoid wasp Muscidifurax raptorellus, a biological control agent for filth flies
Jyoti Yadav Irg1/itaconate metabolic pathway is a crucial determinant of dendritic cells immune-priming function and contributes to resolute allergen-induced airway inflammation
Huifei Zheng Can adrenocortical cells synthesize cholesterol and use it for steroidogenesis?
Yihang Zhou Genomic and pathological analyses of a unique case of asymmetric hermaphroditism in a female Labrador retriever
Faculty/Postdoctoral Fellows/Staff
Rachel Knight Effects of Phthalate Exposures on Androgen Secretion and Regulation in the Male Rat Gonad
James Gillespie Characterization of the antibody response to CD47-mimicking phage-peptide constructs in a healthy canine model
Afternoon Sessions
1:30-4:00 AFTERNOON Presentations
Moderator (Afternoon): Dr. Kathy Gerken
Graduate Students (continued)
1:30 Hailey Quercia The health of small flock chickens in the southeast USA
1:45 Claudia Reyner Encapsulation of Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Poly(ethylene) Glycol Fibrinogen Microspheres
2:00 Damien Ruiz A Novel Nanobody-Based Agonist Redirected Checkpoint (ARC) Platform for the Treatment of Canine Cancer Patients
2:15 Julia Salamat Sotorasib, a Clinically Used KRAS-G12C Inhibitor, Induces CYP3A4 and MDR1 gene expression by Activating Human PXR
Faculty/Postdoctoral Fellows/Staff
2:30 Courtney Garrett Treatment of feline GM1 gangliosidosis by cerebrospinal fluid delivery of AAV9 or AAVrh10
2:45 Merrilee Holland Echocardiographic changes in the shape and size of the aortic cusps in dogs with systemic hypertension
Graduate Students
3:00 Sophie Boorman The effect of administration of platelet-rich plasma and
Triamcinolone acetonide in combination on inflamed equine osteochondral and synovial explants in co-culture
4:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
5:00 INDUCTION AND AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
INDUCTION of new Phi Zeta Members & Research Awards Presentations