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2025 Meeting

April 24–25, 2025 · FIU MMC Campus

Dates
April 24–25, 2025
Where
Florida International University, MMC Campus
Rooms / address
GC 243 (Day 1) and WC 130 (Day 2), Miami, FL
Program

Program & abstracts

The full schedule, every talk and poster, and all abstracts are in the program book.

Program & Abstracts PDF, 0.7 MB
18talks, including the keynote
23posters
Keynote speaker
Laura Bianchi, PhD

Laura Bianchi, PhD

Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

“Alkalinization of a single pair of glial cells increases lifespan, health span, and stress resistance in C. elegans”

Friday, April 25, 3:20–4:20 PM · FIU MMC, WC 130

Student awards

2025 award winners

Cash and prizes were awarded for the best talks and posters.

Oral presentation awards

1st
Fei Qu Unscheduled m⁶A in RNA can be deposited by DNA polymerases
2nd
Andrea Victoria Arce Manipulating oviposition behavior: utilizing a novel attractant in target sites for mosquito population control in Puerto Rico

Early career oral presentation award

1st
Andre Da Costa Da Silva Communal experience shapes breeding site selection in Aedes mosquitoes

Poster presentation awards

1st
Azam Shirali Deep learning applications in protein structural modeling and design (poster 1)
2nd
Fatuma Felician Functional dynamics and membrane effects in aromatase (poster 6)
3rd
German Mejia RNA-seq analysis of serum starvation in H. pylori (poster 12)
Schedule

Two days at a glance

Day 1 · Thursday, April 24FIU MMC Campus, GC 243

  • 9:30–9:40 AMMatthew DeGennaro Welcome
  • 9:40 AM–12:30 PMPoster session
  • 12:30–2:00 PMLunch
  • 2:00–2:20 PMShayir E. Landers Frataxin upregulation in Friedreich's ataxia through CRISPR/dCas9-mediated GAA repeat contraction
  • 2:20–2:40 PMSheng-Hao Lin Unraveling forensic timelines using molecular markers in Phormia regina maggots
  • 2:40–3:00 PMAndrea Victoria Arce Manipulating oviposition behavior: utilizing a novel attractant in target sites for mosquito population control in Puerto Rico
  • 3:00–3:20 PMHugo Perez Stable β-barrel models of nisin pore structures
  • 3:20–3:40 PMBreak, light refreshments
  • 3:40–4:00 PMFei Qu Unscheduled m⁶A in RNA can be deposited by DNA polymerases
  • 4:00–4:20 PMZeynab Tabrizi Modulation of Piezo1 channels improves cerebral blood flow in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
  • 4:20–4:40 PMMD Tanzim Ul Alam Physiological state can overcome the loss of a hygrosensor
  • 4:40–5:10 PMRohit Kapila Outcrossing complicates mutation purging by trapping SNPs in SVs in C. elegans strains

Day 2 · Friday, April 25FIU MMC Campus, WC 130

  • 9:00–9:30 AMAndre Da Costa Da Silva Communal experience shapes breeding site selection in Aedes mosquitoes
  • 9:30–9:50 AMAnastasia Evans Neurophysiology and laser ablation in Drosophila larva thermal response circuit
  • 9:50–10:10 AMMatthew Evan Rodman Exploring the role of 5-HT in Aedes aegypti feeding behavior
  • 10:10–10:30 AMBreak, light refreshments
  • 10:30–11:00 AMFrancisco Fernandez Lima Addressing epigenetic changes with mass spectrometry
  • 11:00–11:30 AMVerma K. Rahul Exploring ancient mitochondrial DNA: a network biology approach
  • 11:30 AM–12:00 PMJin He Probing interactions at the nanoscale
  • 12:00–1:30 PMLunch
  • 1:30–2:00 PMJanna Fierst Self-attenuation in transposable elements and viruses
  • 2:00–2:30 PMYuan Liu DNA base excision repair and somatic trinucleotide repeat instability: from molecular mechanisms to gene therapy of neurodegenerative diseases
  • 2:30–3:00 PMMatthew DeGennaro Individual humans are preferred by different mosquito species
  • 3:00–3:20 PMBreak, light refreshments
  • 3:20–4:20 PMKeynote: Laura Bianchi, PhD Alkalinization of a single pair of glial cells increases lifespan, health span, and stress resistance in C. elegans
  • 4:20–4:30 PMBreak
  • 4:30–5:00 PMStudent awards
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