Location: ODU Tri-cities Center (1070 University Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23703)
Date: Feb 24, 2024, 11 am
Program
11:00 – 11:30 Arrival & Reception
11:30 – 11:45 Ella DiPetto "Evaluating the short-term trajectory of small-scale living shorelines within a socioecological context"
11:45 - 12:00 Zlatka Rebolledo Sanchez "Wetlands and protected areas in Hampton Roads"
12:00 - 12:15 Alex Wright "Longleaf restoration strategies and their effects on avian and plant communities"
12:15 – 12:30 Chandell Jablonski "Spatial and temporal genetic variation between two populations of Toothed Ponyfish (Gazza minuta) from the Philippines"
12:30 - 12:45 Niaylah Means "Evaluation of T cell development as a cause for Tc1 vaccine failure during chronic schistosomiasis"
12:45 - 1:00 John Schaefer "Examining 100 years of human impacts on the genetic diversity of the common pony fish, Leiognathus equula"
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch & Social
2:00 - 2:15 Nathaniel Ostrum "Understanding tick-borne disease dynamics: insights from small mammal reservoirs in Richmond, Virginia"
2:15 - 2:30 Ayesha Atique "Estrogen, progesterone, and hCG: gatekeepers or enablers? Hormonal impacts on Listeria monocytogenes trojan horse translocation across the placental barrier"
2:30 - 2:45 Chi Wei "Breeder dispersal in the cooperative breeding Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus)"
2:45 - 3:00 Maizer Sparkman "Distribution of H. americana in the Chesapeake Bay"
3:00 - 3:15 Annette Berkin "Proposed investigation of cell fate redirection via 3D-bioprinted mammary organoid models"
3:15 - 3:30 Oleksii Dubovyk "FilterABM: an agent-based model of trait-based environmental filtering"
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:00 Closing Ceremony & Awards
Abstracts
The abstracts should be available on this web-site (see Resources) or using the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daR_akXw3JRSHwVFRAhVM7oVt3GgJqyI/view?usp=sharing
Awards
People's Choice Award: John Schaefer
MS talks - I place: Chandell Jablonski
MS talks - II place: Nathaniel Ostrum and John Schaefer (tie)
PhD talks - I place: Ella DiPetto
PhD talks - II place: Zlatka Rebolledo Sanchez
Acknowledgements
Dr. Isaura Simoes, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Christina Steel, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Eric L. Walters, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Julie Jo Walters, Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
Special thanks to Chair, Dr. Holly Gaff, and Office Manager, Megan Milla
Special thanks to ODU Tri-cities Center staff, especially, Evon Hughes, Lex Richels, and Davion Hussen
