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Student Presentations

  • Elias Martinez presented “Generating Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells for Adaptive T-Cell Therapy” at the UT MD Anderson Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Competition. 

 

  • Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez presented “The Effects of Salvia Hispanica on Metabolic Syndrome and Bone in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells – a miRNA Analysis” at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) held April 2-5, 2022.

 

  • Celeste Martinez presented “Motor Skill Learning Curves are Regulated by Mature Myelin in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Mice” at the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) conference held November 12-15, 2022.

 

  • Manuel Duarte presented “The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer” at the American Associate Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting held April 14-19, 2023.

 

  • Rama Shaath presented “Influence of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy on Corticospinal Tract and White Matter Integrity in Subjects with Stroke” at the 2023 Engaged Scholar Symposium held April 17-21, 2023.

 

  • Larissa Barroso, Angelica Reyes, and Stella Rios presented “Investigating the Ability of FOXO Factors to Regulate the TCF7 Pathway” at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s 2023 Research Symposium held September 8-9, 2023.

 

  • Fernando Dominguez, Mario Gil. Investigating the effects of microinjecting hormones in the brain of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (SOM) Annual Research Symposium, September 2023.
  • Manuel Duarte, Emily Jordan, Hannah Obregon, Viviana Villalobos, Marco A. Arriaga, Arkene Levy, and Sue Anne Chew. The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (SOM) Annual Research Symposium, September 2023.
  • Viviana Villalobos, Hannah Obregon, Manuel Duarte, Emily Jordan, Marco A. Arriaga, Arkene Levy, Sue Anne Chew. The dual delivery of Y15 and metformin in a PLGA scaffold for the treatment of platinum resistant ovarian cancer, American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL, April 2023.
  • Laura Valdez; Jose Elias Martinez; Karina Cantu; Martin Garcia; Andrew Tsin; Fredrico Gonzalez-Fernandez. IRBP in Diabetic Retinopathy-Cell Culture& Ophthalmic Pathology Studies, Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 2022.
  • Zamora, Megan L.; Arriaga, Marco; Bejar, Jorge; Chew, Sue Anne; and Karabulut, Murat. Acute Salivary Hormonal Responses to Resistance Training Exercises with and Without Blood Flow Restriction, American College of Sports Medicine National Annual Meeting (ACSM), May 2023.

  • Zamora, Megan L.; Arriaga, Marco; Bejar, Jorge; Chew, Sue Anne; and Karabulut, Murat. Acute Salivary Hormonal Responses to Resistance Training Exercises with and Without Blood Flow Restriction, National Conference for Undergraduate Researchers (NCUR), April 2023.

  • Alexis Lopez, Megan L. Zamora, Jorge Bejar, Antonio Vargas, Murat Karabulut. The Effects of Low Volume HIIT vs. MIIT + BFR on Body Composition, Hormone Concentration, and Arterial Elasticity in Overweight or Obese Male Adults, College of Health Professions Symposium (CoHP) April 2023.

  • Viviana Villalobos, Hannah Obregon, Emily Jordan, Arkene Levy, Sue Anne Chew, The Dual Delivery of Metformin and Y15 in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer, Symposium for Undergraduate Research Exploration in Natural Sciences + GeoFORCE Alumni Recruiting Forum at the University of Texas (SURE) annual meeting, November 10, 2022.

  • Viviana Villalobos, Hannah Obregon, Emily Jordan, Arkene Levy, Sue Anne Chew,The Dual Delivery of Metformin and Y15 in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer, Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) annual meeting, October 27, 2022.

  • Fernando Dominguez, Mario Gil, Characterization of the Female Reproductive Cycle in the Syrian Hamster, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s 2022 Research Symposium, September 2022.
     
     
  • Viviana Villalobos, Emma Rodriguez, Prema Robinson, Substance P Receptor Antagonism Enhances Chemotherapeutic Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, University of Texas MD Anderson Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Poster Competition (Placed 1st), August 11, 2022.

  • Maya Learmonth, Alexa Corker, Miguel Troncoso, Philip Broughton, Megan Zamora, Caitlin F. Baicu, Ph.D., Amy D. Bradshaw, Ph.D., Michael R. Zile, M.D., and Kristine Y. DeLeon-Pennell, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC and Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, Regulation of Post-Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Fibrosis Using CD8 T-Cells. Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium, August 2022.

  • Esperanza Alaniz, Fernando Dominguez, Mario Gil, Sex Differences in Anxiety-Like Behavior and Stress Reactivity in The Gray Short-Tailed Opossum, at The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN), June 2022. 

  • Viviana Villalobos, Hannah Obregon, Emily Jordan, Arkene Levy, Sue Anne Chew, The Dual Delivery of Metformin and Y15 in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting, April 14, 2022.

  • Nuvia Cortez, Rama Shaath, Kelsey Baker. Use of Rehabilitation to Improve White Matter Survival after Stroke,  Engaged Scholar Symposium (ES2), April 2022.

  • Nuvia Cortez, Rama Shaath, Kelsey Baker. Use of Rehabilitation to Improve White Matter Survival after Stroke, The College of Health Profession Empowerment Research Symposium, March 2022.

  • Zamora, Megan L.; Arriaga, Marco; Bejar, Jorge; Chew, Sue Anne; and Karabulut, Murat. Cortisol, Heart Rate, and Perceived Exertion Responses to Different Resistance Training Protocols with and Without Blood Flow Restriction, International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2: Iss. 14, Article 101, Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (TACSM) February 2022.

  • Daniela A. Rodriguez, Esperanza Zacarias Alaniz, Mario Gil, Immunohistochemical localization of Oxytocin in the Monodelphis Domestica brain and characterization of anxiety-like behaviors in males and females, Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN), December 2021.

  • Martinez Celeste, Cruz Daniela M, Hernandez Daniella, De Leon Paloma, Lopez Saul, Manoj Liya, Hernandez Thalia, Lopez-Juarez Alejandro, Motor Skill Learning Curves are Regulated by Mature Myelin in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Mice, Society for Neuroscience (SFN), November 2022.

  • Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez, Mahathi Nangavaram, Jameela Banu, Effects of Salvia Hispanica on Bone Metabolic Pathways in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells – a miRNA Analysis, Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Annual Conference, October 25, 2021.

  • Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez, Tabitha Aguilera, Jose Vega, Daisy Mendez, Jameela Banu, Menopause - Effects on Metabolic Syndrome, Skin Health, and Immune System?, Texas Society of Allied Health Professions (TSAHP) annual Conference, September 20, 2021.

  • Juan A. Amieva Jr., Angela C. Jimenez, Marco A. Arriaga, Sue Anne Chew, The Application of Electrosprayed Minocycline-Loaded PLGA MPs for the Treatment of Glioblastoma, Engaged Scholar Symposium (ES2), April 2021.

B2BMED Presentation and Conferences

Elias Martinez presented “Generating Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells for Adaptive T-Cell Therapy” at the UT MD Anderson Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Competition.

 
Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez presented “The Effects of Salvia Hispanica on Metabolic Syndrome and Bone in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells – a miRNA Analysis” at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) held April 2-5, 2022.


Celeste Martinez presented “Motor Skill Learning Curves are Regulated by Mature Myelin in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Mice” at the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) conference held November 12-15, 2022.


Manuel Duarte presented “The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer” at the American Associate Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting held April 14-19, 2023.


Rama Shaath presented “Influence of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy on Corticospinal Tract and White Matter Integrity in Subjects with Stroke” at the 2023 Engaged Scholar Symposium held April 17-21, 2023.


Larissa Barroso, Angelica Reyes, and Stella Rios presented “Investigating the Ability of FOXO Factors to Regulate the TCF7 Pathway” at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s 2023 Research Symposium held September 8-9, 2023.


Fernando Dominguez presented “Characterization of the Female Reproductive Cycle in the Syrian Hamster” at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s 2022 Research Symposium held September 9–10, 2022.

Viviana Villalobos presented "Substance P Receptor Antagonism Enhances Chemotherapeutic Responses in Triple Negative Breast Cancer" at UT MD Anderson Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Competition. 

Fernando Dominguez presented "Sex Differences in Anxiety-Like Behavior and Stress Reactivity in The Gray Short-Tailed Opossum." at The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN). - June 26-29, 2022

Elias Martinez and Karina Cantu presented "IRBP in Diabetic Retinopathy-Cell Culture & Ophthalmic Pathology Studies" at The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). -May 1-4, 2022
 
Rama Shaath presented "Use of Rehabilitation to Improve White Matter Survival after Stroke" at the 2022 Engaged Scholar Symposium , and the College of Health Profession Empowerment Research Symposium . -April 21, 2022 & March 25, 2022

Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez who received 2022 Marion B. Sewer Distinguished Scholarship for Undergraduates ($2,000) from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Viviana Villalobos attended the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. - April 14, 2022

Megan Zamora presented “Cortisol, Heart Rate, and Perceived Exertion Responses to Different Resistance Training Protocols with and Without Blood Flow Restriction” at the 2022 Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM) annual meeting. - February 25, 2022

Daniela A. Rodriguez presented “Immunohistochemical localization of Oxytocin in the Monodelphis Domestica brain and characterization of anxiety-like behaviors in males and females” at the 2021 Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) annual meeting. -December 16, 2021

Congratulations to B2BMED Scholar, Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez, for her Presentation Award ($350) for her poster presentation titled “Effects of Salvia Hispanica on Bone Metabolic Pathways in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells – a miRNA Analysis” at the 2021 Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) annual conference. -October 25, 2021

Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez presented “Menopause - Effects on Metabolic Syndrome, Skin Health, and Immune System?” at the 2021 Texas Society of Allied Health Professions (TSAHP) annual conference. -September 20, 2021

Angela C. Jimenez presented “The Application of Electrosprayed Minocycline-Loaded PLGA MPs for the Treatment of Glioblastoma” at the 2021 UTRGV Engaged Scholar (ES2) symposium. -April 23, 2021

Elias Martinez presented “Generating Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells for Adaptive T-Cell Therapy” at the UT MD Anderson Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Competition. 

Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez presented “The Effects of Salvia Hispanica on Metabolic Syndrome and Bone in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells – a miRNA Analysis” at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) held April 2-5, 2022.

Celeste Martinez presented “Motor Skill Learning Curves are Regulated by Mature Myelin in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Mice” at the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) conference held November 12-15, 2022.

Manuel Duarte presented “The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer” at the American Associate Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting held April 14-19, 2023.

Rama Shaath presented “Influence of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy on Corticospinal Tract and White Matter Integrity in Subjects with Stroke” at the 2023 Engaged Scholar Symposium held April 17-21, 2023.

Larissa Barroso, Angelica Reyes, and Stella Rios presented “Investigating the Ability of FOXO Factors to Regulate the TCF7 Pathway” at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s 2023 Research Symposium held September 8-9, 2023.

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