pre-conference networking seminar
UND, NDSU, & ND-ACES are sponsoring a pre-conference networking seminar on bio and biomedical computation before the ND EPSCoR Annual Conference.
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This evening networking seminar is to be held at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on November 20, 2024, from 5 pm to 8 pm, and is intended for all ND faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students. Appetizers will be provided. The event will include two rounds of oral presentations, a poster session, and a networking session.
pre-conference Networking seminar Agenda
5:00 PM
Welcome and Opening Comments from VPRs of UND and NDSU
5:15 PM
Presentation Session 1
6:00 PM
Networking and Posters
6:30 PM
Presentation Session 2
7:15 PM
Networking and Posters
8:00 PM
Adjourn
Presentations
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Presentation Session 1
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​Yusuf Akbulut, NDSU, Fine-Tuning ESM2 for Enhanced Protein Function Prediction via GO Term Associations
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Nasifa Bala, UND, Characterization of Pollen using Microscopy and EGA-MS following Sequential Solvent Extraction
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Dinesh Katti, NDSU, Probing breast cancer and prostate cancer bone metastasis via computations
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Bo Liang, UND, Integrated computational and imaging framework to understand astrocyte calcium dynamics
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Presentation Session 2
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Mouhmad Elayyan, UND, A Theoretical Investigation of the Selectivity of Aza-Crown-Ether Structures Chelating Alkali Metal Cations for Potential Biosensing Applications
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Yen Lee Loh, UND, Machine learning for ND-ACES biomedical images: successes and challenges
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Marco Patino, NDSU, Predictive Modeling in Opioid Misuse Detection: Identifying Risk Factors for Effective Intervention
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M Mishkatur Rahman, NDSU, Advancing Protein Function Prediction for Flavobacterium covae Using Graph Neural Networks and Sequence Embeddings
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Jeremy Straub, NDSU, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Biomedical Computation
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Poster Presentations
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Benu Bansal, UND, Ignet: A Web-Based Literature Mining System for Gene Interaction Networks​​
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Isra Elsamani, UND, The Corrosion Inhibition of Carbon Steel Using Corn Oil-Derived Surfactants
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Maysara Ghaly, UND, AI&ML: Transforming Bioengineering Through Data-Driven Insights in Tissue Engineering and Pharmaceuticals; From Personalized Implants to Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
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Kai Guo, UND, Immune-mediated mechanisms of progressive obesity, prediabetes, and cognitive impairment
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Michael Hill, UND, UND Genomics Core: Sequencing Excellence and Analysis Empowerment
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Fan Huang, UND, Transcriptomics analysis with various tofacitinib dose treatments of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice
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Christianah Jemiyo, UND, Analyzing Elderly Falls Risk Factors, with a Focus on Polypharmacy
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Brett McGregor, UND, Deciphering Motor Dysfunction and Microglial Activation in mThy1-α-Synuclein Mice: A Comprehensive Study of Behavioral, Gene Expression, and Methylation Changes
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Hasin Rehana, UND, Recognizing Cancer Vaccine Adjuvant Names from Clinical Trial Data with Large Language Models