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Overview of Divisional Programs.

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OVERVIEW OF DIVISIONAL PROGRAMS



GENERAL SYMPOSIUM Thursday, February 21 Location: Grand Ballroom 12:00p TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION DURING PREECLAMPSIA 5:00p THE DODGEN LECTURE: THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF VOCAL LEARNING Friday, February 22 Location: Grand Ballroom 12:00p PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: FROM SCIENCE TO POLICY TO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURE AND PLANT SCIENCE Thursday, February 21 Thursday Evening LOCATION: Grand Ballroom 6:00 Dodgen Reception and Divisional Poster Sessions Please set up between 4:00p and 4:30p 1. CHELATE-INDUCED CHANGES IN METAL SOLUBILITY AFFECT THE PHYTOEXTRACTION EFFICACY OF CADMIUM BY WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) 2. UPTAKE OF VARIOUS SOIL METALS BY INDIAN MUSTARD PLANTS GROWN IN CADMIUM CONTAMINATED SOIL 3. SENSORY EVALUATION OF LETTUCE FERTILIZED WITH UNCOMPOSTED HUMAN HAIR 4. BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY OF BLUE X CHANNEL HYBRID CATFISH AT THREE STOCKING DENSITIES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. 5. EFFECT OF VARIOUS CHELATING AGENTS ON THE CHEMICAL UPTAKE BY LEMON GRASS 6. DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSENSORS FOR DETECTING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS 7. TOWARDS A GINKGO BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) LIBRARY 8. GROWTH RESPONSES, CADMIUM ACCUMULATION AND PHYTOCHELATIN LEVELS OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.) EXPOSED TO CADMIUM-CONTAMINATED SOILS 9. GROWTH AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION OF PLANTS GROWN IN STERILE AND NONSTER-ILE SOILS 10. DEGRADATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE IN SOUTHERN PINE SAWDUST BY THE FUNGUS TRICHODERMA REESEI 11. SUGAR PRODUCTION FROM THE DECOMPOSITION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIALS BY TRICHODERMA REESEI UNDER AEROBIC CONDITION 12. GROWTH RESPONSE OF WAUTERSIA METALLIDURANS TO HEAVY METAL AND CHELATE AMENDMENTS IN NUTRIENT BROTH 13. INVESTIGATION ON HIGH EFFICIENT DEGRADATION OF DYESTUFF USING LIGNIN PEROXIDASE PRODUCED BY PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM 14. A COPPER SULFATE BASED PRODUCT AS AN ALTERNATIVE SANITIZER FOR FOOD PROCESSORS AND RETAILERS Friday, February 22 Friday Morning LOCATION: Ash 8:15 COMBINED EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS AND CHELATES ON SOIL MICROBIAL POPULATION AND PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY 8:30 CAPRINE SERUM FRACTION IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS ON LIVABILITY AND TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS IN COMMERCIAL TURKEYS INFECTED WITH PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA 8:45 MUSCADINE JUICES AND SEED EXTRACTS INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII 9:00 WATER MOVEMENT IN WARM-SEASON TURFGRASS SYSTEMS: OBSERVATIONS AT THE PLOT SCALE 9:15 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION OF WATER-SOLUBLE MUSCADINE (VITIS ROTUNDIFOLIA) SEED EXTRACT ON E.COLI 0157:H7 9:30 RESPONSE OF FOLIAR FUNGICIDE APPLICATIONS TO WHEAT VARIETIES WHICH ARE RESISTANT, MODERATELY RESISTANT, AND VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO LEAF RUST. 9:45 Break 10:00 ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF CHELATE-ASSISTED PHYTOEXTRACTION ON BIOMASS, LEAD-TISSUE CONTENT, AND TRANSLOCATION INDEX OF SESBANIA EXALTATA AT THREE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT 10:15 ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MONITORING OF LUTEAL AND FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT AFTER PGF2[alpha] IN COMBINATION WITH GnRH OR GnRH AND hCG 10:30 ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS OF FRESH AND PROCESSED BRONZE MUSCADINE (VITIS ROTUNDIFOLIA MICHX.) JUICE ON SELECTED HUMAN PATHOGENS 10:45 LESS-THAN-FULL FLOOD MANAGEMENT FOR MISSISSIPPI RICE PRODUCTION 11:00 COMPARISON OF ATTACHMENT STRENGTH OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES AND ITS INTERNALIN NEGATIVE MUTANTS 11:15 QUALITY OF LETTUCE FERTILIZED WITH UNCOMPOSTED HUMAN HAIR 11:30 Divisional Business Meeting CELLULAR, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Thursday, February 21 Thursday Morning Location: Oak 9:00 Opening Remarks 9:10 ACTIVITY ASSAY OF A COTTON FIBER RING-TYPE UBIQUITIN LIGASE 9:30 IgD EXPRESSION IN CHANNEL CATFISH, ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS 9:50 PARTIALLY PURIFIED FRACTIONS OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXHIBIT HIGHER ANTI-PROLIFERATION ACTIVITY IN PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA CELLS 10:10 BIOFILM FORMATION IS REGULATED BY MSA IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS 10:30 Break 11:00 MSA EXPRESSION WITHIN THE STAPHYLOCCOCUS AUREUS BIOFILM 11:20 I1-1[beta]-MEDIATED UP-REGULATION OF CXCL12 WITHIN ASTROCYTES DURING EAE Thursday Afternoon Location: Oak 1:30 SULFUR METABOLISM IN THE DIMORPHIC FUNGUS HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM 1:50 DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF THE M46 GENE IN THE MOLD AND YEAST FORMS OF THE PATHOGENIC FUNGUS HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM 2:10 MAPPING CANDIDATE GENES INVOLVED IN TOMATO FRUIT CUTICLE BIOSYNTHESIS 2:30 ELUCIDATION OF THE TRANSMEMBRANE TOPOLOGY OF MSA IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. Thursday Evening LOCATION: Grand Ballroom 6:00 Dodgen Reception and Divisional Poster Sessions Please set up between 4:00p and 4:30p 1. SIGNAL INDUCED CHANGES IN THE SUBCELLULAR LOCATIONS OF IRAK-1-- INTEGRATES LPS AND TNF R1 SIGNALING 2. UNIQUE REGULATION OF FE-SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (FE-SOD) BY FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR IN AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII. 3. CAMPTOTHECIN MODIFIES LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE/PHORBOL-12-MYRISTATE-13- ACETATE INDUCTION OF INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN HUMAN FIBROBLASTS. 4. HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF HUMAN PHOSPHOLIPASE D IN BUDDING YEAST 5. THE ROLE OF DIA2 AND CDC20 IN UV-ACTIVATED REPAIR PATHWAYS 6. PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO ENDOTHELIAL MONOCYTE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE II (EMAP II) 7. AFFINITY OF RAMELTEON FOR COMPETITION TO 2-[125I] IODOMELATONIN BINDING TO THE SUPER HIGH AND HIGH AFFINITY STATES OF THE HMT1 AND HMT2 MELATONIN RECEPTORS...