36thAnnualMeetingOklahomaStateUniversityCenterforHealthSciences

A.R.andMaryLouiseTandyMedicalEducationBuilding,1111W.17thSt.,Tulsa,OK74107July28,2017

TheOSPAnnualMeetingwasheldonJuly28,2017atOSU-CHSinTulsainconjunctionwiththeTulsaChapteroftheSocietyforNeuroscience(T-SfN)andtheTulsaAreaBioscienceEducationandResearchConsortium(TABERC).Dr.KathCurtisofT-SfNandDr.DianaSpencerofTABERCcontributedenormouslytothepreparation,organization,andoverallsuccessofthisjointventure.ThemeetingincludedoralpresentationsbyundergraduateTABERCstudents,akeynoteseminarbyDr.JuliaMoffitt,anoralpresentationbyDr.BrandyCloseonfacultyperceptionsofformativeassessment,oralpresentationsbygraduatestudents,andposterpresentationsbyhighschool,undergraduate,andgraduatestudents,andfaculty.

SummaryofMeeting:

• 76attendees• 9differentuniversities/collegesandafewhighschools• 23posters• 4symposiaofatotal10oralpresentations

SpecialthankstoAPS:TheAmericanPhysiologicalSocietyprovidedOSPwith$1500forthemeeting.Fundswereusedforsupplies,food,andawards.

SpecialthankstoOCAST

TheOklahomaCenterforAdvancementofScienceandTechnology(OCAST)providescriticalfundingforresearchscientistsinthestateofOklahoma.OCASTrepresentativesacceptedourinvitationtoattendthismeetingandprovidedgeneroussupport.ThebioscienceresearchcommunityinOklahomafocusesonimportanthealthissuesthroughoutthestateandOCASThasconsistentlyprovidedfinancialsupporttoscientistsonacompetitivebasis.WesincerelyappreciatethecontributionfromOCASTinhelpingtomakeourmeetingagreatsuccess.

PROGRAM

JointmeetingofOklahomaSocietyofPhysiologists(OSP)

TulsaChapteroftheSocietyforNeuroscience(T-SfN)TulsaAreaBioscienceEducationandResearchConsortium(TABERC)

8:00–9:00 Registration(foyer);putupposters(4thfloorconferenceroom)8:15-8:40 Buildingtour(optional;sign-upatregistrationdesk)9:00–9:15 Welcome(4thfloorlecturehall)9:15–10:45TABERCsymposium(4thfloorlecturehall;moderatedbyD.Spencer,PhD,TulsaCommunityCollege;

ChairofTABERCboardofdirectors)

ASummerofUndergraduateResearchEffectsofBFNAonInflammatoryExpressioninMouseMicrogliaFaizSafdar,F.Barksdale,D.Buck,K.McCracken,andR.L.Davis

Curcumin-InducedCellDeathinHumanBreastCancerCellLine(MDA-MB-231)JonathanGaikwadandJ.Gaikwad

ElucidatingtheFunctionofCancer-RelatedGenesbyMutationalAnalysisTylerNoble,C.Eddington,andS.Das-Bradoo

ModulationofNGFExpressioninTNBS-InducedColitisinRatColonyChristyEslinger,K.E.Miller,andS.Das

GFAP-ImmunolabelingintheHindbrainsofOvariectomizedRats:EffectsofEstrogenTreatmentandSodiumDeficientDietStephanieD.Sandoval,S.L.Core,andK.S.Curtis

TheRhizosphericBacterialDiversitybetweenSoilSamplesTakenfromThreeWorldBiomesUsing16SrRNAGenesAshleyKennedy,BrianForrester,andD.Spencer

10:45–11:00 Coffeebreak(foyer)11:00–noon Keynoteaddress(4thfloorlecturehall)

TheNeurocardiacAxisinHealthandDiseaseJuliaMoffitt,PhD,Professor&Chair,DepartmentofPhysiology,Pharmacology&Pathology;ArkansasCollegeofOsteopathicMedicine

Noon–1:00 Lunch(4thfloorconferencehall)1:00–1:30 OSPSymposium(4thfloorlecturehall;moderatedbyA.Rouch,PhD,OklahomaStateUniversity–

CenterforHealthSciences,OSPPresident)

FacultyPerceptionsinFormativeAssessmentBrandyClose,PhD,Director,OfficeofEducationalDevelopment;OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences

1:30–2:00 T-SfNSymposium(4thfloorlecturehall;moderatedbyK.Curtis,PhD,OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences,President,T-SfN)

CommunityOutreachduringBrainAwarenessWeek GettingtoKnowYourNeurons

exploringthemysteriesofthemind

Tulsa Chapter ofthe

Society forNeuroscience

AmieFrancis,PhDstudent,OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences DancingforaHealthyBrain

RachelHardy,DO-MSstudent,OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences2:00-3:30 BiomedicalResearchinTulsa:Postersbygraduate,undergraduate,andhighschoolstudents

(4thfloorconferencehall)3:30–3:45 Concludingremarksandawards3:45–4:15 Buildingtours;Businessmeetings PostertitlesandpresentersHighschoolstudentposterpresentations1. ExpressionofMCP-1inLiverandSpleeninaRatModelofPost-MenopausalObesityShwetanshuDas1,A.Teygong2,K.McCracken3,D.Buck3,K.Curtis3andR.Davis31BookerT.WashingtonHighSchool,2BishopKelleyHighSchool,3OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences(OKSTARsprogram)2. DietarySodiumDeficiency,Estrogen,andAstrocyteDensityinForebrainCircumventricularOrgansofFemaleRatsEmilyCook1,S.L.Core2,K.S.Curtis21UnionHighSchool,2OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences(OKSTARsprogram)3.BehavioralPhenotypingofFemaleAdolescentRatsunderNaloxone-PrecipitatedMorphineWithdrawalA.Hernandez1,R.Gaglia2,T.Gonzales3,D.Vazquez-Sanroman21UnionHighSchool,2OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences,3TulsaCommunityCollege(OKSTARsprogram) 4. ExpressionofIL-6inspleenandliverinaratmodelofpost-menopausalobesityAshleighTeygong1,S.Das2,K.McCracken3,D.Buck3,K.Curtis3andR.Davis31BishopKelleyHighSchool,2BookerT.WashingtonHighSchool,3OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences(OKSTARsprogram)5. GenotypingofGlutaminaseHeterozygousRatsVaishnaviKumar1,K.E.Miller2,S.Das21HollandHallSchool,2OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences(OKSTARsprogram)Undergraduatestudentposterpresentations6.OptimizationoftheGAPCGenePhylogenyinOklahomaPlainsFloraT.J.Brawdy,K.Casey,A.Eberhard,S.Eveland,B.Forrester,R.Hazlitt,L.Longden,A.-B.Mbetsi,L.Ostmo,N.Thompson,J.Waltman,D.SpencerTulsaCommunityCollege7.SubstantiaNigra,NewKidontheBlock:PerineuronalNetsOccurrenceinAdolescentMorphineWithdrawalT.Gonzales1,R.Gaglia2,A.Hernandez3,D.Vazquez-Sanroman21TulsaCommunityCollege,2OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences,3UnionHighSchool.8.MeasuringExploratoryBehaviorinMentalHealthPopulationsusingaHumanBehavioralPatternMonitorKathrynTombridge,A.Elanko,B.Eng,K.Cosgrove,R.L.AupperleLaureateInstituteforBrainResearch;UniversityofTulsa9.EstrogenInfluencesAstrocyteDensityinForebrainCircumventricularOrgansofOveriectomizedRatsFollowingPolyethyleneGlycol-InducedHypovolemiaNigelDao1,B.Cloud2,K.S.Curtis2

1WabashCollege,2OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences10.HistoryofTraumaExposureinCollegeStudents:RelationshiptoMentalHealthSymptoms,AcademicSuccess,andResilienceElisabethAkeman,A.Clausen,N.Kirlic,R.AupperleLaureateInstituteforBrainResearch,UniversityofTulsaGraduatestudentposterpresentations11.BeyondCompulsion:AdolescentChronicEscalatingMorphineEffectsinGABANeuronsintheOrbitalFrontalCortexRebeccaGaglia1,T.Gonzales2,A.Hernandez3,D.Vazquez-Sanroman11OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences,2TulsaCommunityCollege,3UnionHighSchool12.TheReactiveLegDrop:aValidationofaSimpleandNovelSensory-MotorAssessmentMitchelA.Magrini1,R.M.Thiele2,R.J.Colquhoun1,A.Barrera-Curiel1,T.S.Blackstock1,J.M.DeFreitas11OklahomaStateUniversity–Stillwater,2KansasStateUniversity13.Three-DimensionalEvaluationoftheGlutamatergicSensoryInnervationofRatVisceralPleuraMichaelB.Anderson,K.E.MillerOklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences14.PlasmaCorticosteroneResponsetoEstrogen,SodiumDeficiency,andRestraintinFemaleRatsCharissaJ.Raymond,K.S.CurtisOklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences15.FecalEstrogeninPrairieVolesafterPairingandDuringPregnancyAmieD.Francis1,A.Schneider2,S.McGlothlin1,K.McCracken1,J.T.Curtis11OklahomaStateUniversityCenterforHealthSciences,Tulsa,OK,2StillwaterHighSchool,Stillwater,OK16.UtilityofAttenuatedMycobacteriainCreationofRobustInflammatoryRatModelforDeterminingtheExpressionofNerveGrowthFactorinEpithelialCellsVikramS.Gujar,K.E.MillerOklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences17.TheEffectsofAlteredStretchReflexSensitivityonMotorUnitRecruitmentA.Barrera-Curiel,Z.K.Pope,R.J.Colquhoun,J.A.HernandezSarabia,J.M.DeFreitasOklahomaStateUniversity-Stillwater18.WaterIntakeandAreaPostremaAstrocyteDensityinOvariectomizedYoungandAgedFemaleRatsafterIsoproterenolRachelHardy1,R.L.Thunhorst2,B.Xue2,T.Beltz2,A.K.Johnson2,K.S.Curtis11OklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences,2UniversityofIowa19.Visualizationofc-FosproteininthePrairieVoleBrainStephanieM.McGlothlin,J.T.CurtisOklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences20.EstimatingtheProprioceptiveContributiontoBalance:ValidationwithMeasuresofStretchReflexFunctionJ.A.Hernandez-Sarabia,A.Barrera-Curiel,Z.K.Pope,R.J.Colquhoun,M.A.Magrini,J.M.DeFreitasOklahomaStateUniversity–Stillwater21.GliaImmunolabelingintheNucleusoftheSolitaryTractafterFurosemideTreatment

SheriL.Core,K.S.CurtisOklahomaStateUniversity-CenterforHealthSciences Facultyposterpresentations 22.InducedResponsestoParaquat-MediatedOxidativeStressinNeurosporacrassawithSpecificReferencetoSuperoxide-Dismutase,CatalaseandOtherProteinsSeparatedby2-DimensionalIEF/SDS-PAGEParvathiChary1,D.O.Natvig21TulsaCommunityCollege,2UniversityofNewMexicofundingprovidedby AmericanPhysiologicalSociety(APS) TulsaAreaBioscienceEducationandResearchConsortium(TABERC) OklahomaCenterfortheAdvancementofScienceandTechnology(OCAST)meetingfacilitiescourtesyof

OklahomaStateUniversity–CenterforHealthSciences

Dr.KathCurtiswelcomesattendees,recognizesfundingsupport,andsummarizestheeventsofthemeeting

Dr.DianaSpencerintroducesundergraduateTABERCstudentsandtheirpresentations

FaizSafdar

EffectsofBFNAonInflammatoryExpressioninMouseMicroglia

JonathanGaikwad

Curcumin-InducedCellDeathinHumanBreastCancerCellLine(MDA-MB-231)

TylerNoble

ElucidatingtheFunctionofCancer-RelatedGenesbyMutationalAnalysis

ChristyEslinger

ModulationofNGFExpressioninTNBS-InducedColitisinRatColony

StephanieD.Sandoval

GFAP-ImmunolabelingintheHindbrainsofOvariectomizedRats:EffectsofEstrogenTreatmentandSodiumDeficientDiet

T.J.BrawdyandK.Casey

OptimizationoftheGAPCGenePhylogenyinOklahomaPlainsFlora

Dr.KathCurtisintroducingDr.JuliaMoffitt

Dr.JuliaMoffittfieldingquestions

Attendeesbreakforlunch

Dr.BrandyClose

FacultyPerceptionsinFormativeAssessment

AmieFrancis,PhDStudent

GettingtoKnowYourNeurons

RachelHardy,DO/MSStudent

DancingforaHealthyBrain