1. Guidelines
2. Schedule for Tuesday, Dec 3
3. Schedule for Thursday, Dec 5

A. Guidelines (short version -- see How to Prepare for a Panel for long version)

• Days: Tuesday, Dec 3, and Thursday, Dec 5
   
• Time: Starts at 9:30 AM. We have little time, so the panels will start promptly.
   
• Duration of presentation: Seven minutes and no more.
   
• Loading presentations: E-mail your presentation to me before 8:30 AM the day of the presentation or bring your presentation on a memory device to class by 9:15 AM. Do not expect to download it from your e-mail.
   
• Attendance: You need to be present to fulfill your responsibilities to your colleagues
   
• Review assignments: See below. Click Proposal to get and read the research proposal before the presentation. Have questions ready. Click Presentation after the presentation to review what you saw.
   
• Written feedback: E-mail the presenter (copying me and Kristen) your written comments within 24 hours of the presentation.

B. Schedule for Tuesday, December 3

1. Presenter: Winston Sanders   (Proposal, Presentation)
   A novel method to study differential G-protein activation states utilizing X-mutant G-proteins
   Reviewers: Brian Barltrop, Annie Vo
    
2. Presenter: Michael Kiflezghi   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Determination of the route of bacterial transfer from adult to larvae in Odontotaenius disjunctus
   Reviewers: Keith Herbert, Min Im
    
3. Presenter: Donald Ta   (Proposal, Presentation)
   The effects of increased net reactive oxygen species on mitophagy
   Reviewers: Nicholas Rodriguez, Shirmeen Khan
    
4. Presenter: Vince Yokois   (Proposal, Proposal (12/3), Presentation)
   Components of neutrophil extracellular traps and their origin
   Reviewers: Switu Patel, Keith Herbert
    
5. Presenter: Sobi Abbasi   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Using a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor to possibly regulate JNK pathways and see its effect as a possible treatment for Parkinson's disease
   Reviewers: Annie Vo, Switu Patel
    
6. Presenter: Mariam Sankoh   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Developing alternative diagnostic pathways: Dysregulation of micro-RNAs in neurodevelopment as a predictive mechanism for diagnosing schizophrenia
   Reviewers: Shirmeen Khan, Nicholas Rodriguez
    
7. Presenter: Michael Vuong   (Proposal, Presentation)
   The effect of  TGF-beta on gene expression of Drosophila under alcohol exposure
   Reviewers: Min Im, Brian Barltrop
    

C. Schedule for Thursday, December 5

1. Presenter: Brian Barltrop   (Proposal, Proposal (12/4), Presentation)
   Determination of host-associated bacterial communities in the rhizospheres of maize, acorn squash, and pinto beans
   Reviewers: Michael Kiflezghi, Michael Vuong
    
2. Presenter: Switu Patel   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Signaling pathways produced by combining dsRNA with paclitaxal
   Reviewers: Sobi Abbasi, Michael Kiflezghi
    
3. Presenter: Keith Herbert   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Integrative Plasmid vectors for zinc-inducible gene expression in cyanobacteria
   Reviewers: Donald Ta, Winston Sanders
    
4. Presenter: Nicholas Rodriguez   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Effect of 1,25 dimethylhydroxyvitamin D3 on Th-17 and osteoclast precursor cells
   Reviewers: Mariam Sankoh, Vince Yokois
    
5. Presenter: Annie Vo   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Regulation of ORMDL3 gene expression through the ESK/CREB pathway
   Reviewers: Winston Sanders, Sobi Abbasi
    
6. Presenter: Min Im   (Proposal, Presentation)
   Role of insulin signaling genes in age-related locomotor impairment
   Reviewers: Vince Yokois, Donald Ta