Research and Industry Day (RAID)
2018 Conference.
October 26, 2018
SCHEDULE.
MORNING SESSION
​8:00 - 8:50 am
Registration, Poster Set-up, Coffee and Bagels
​8:50 - 9:00 am
Opening remarks
Dr. Chris Kevil, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Research
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Malcolm Feist Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Disease
Professor, Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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9:00 - 9:30 am
“From bench to Pharma Industry: Career Opportunities in Drug Development”
Dr. Miguel A. Lopez-Toledano, PhD
Senior Scientist and Scientific Affairs Manager, Sancillo Pharmaceuticals
Research Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Charles E. Schmidt College
Florida Atlantic University
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9:30 - 9:42 am
"A Novel Microbiosensor Microarray for Continuous ex Vivo Monitoring of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in Real-Time"
Imran Hossain
Graduate Student, Institute for Micromanufacturing
Louisiana Tech University
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9:42 - 10:12 am
"Microultrasound with the Vevo 3100 System: Tools, Data, Applications"
Lindsey Hughes
Scientfic Applications Specialist
FUJIFILM VisualSonics, Inc.
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10:12 - 10:37 am
"An Insider’s View of Life outside the Academic Gilded Cage"
Dr. Jim Cardelli, PhD
Founder - Segue Family of Companies
CTO Oleolive
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10:37 - 11:00 am
BREAK
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11:00 - 11:30 am
"A perfect storm: How disruptive imaging and data technologies are poised to transform cancer diagnosis and treatment"
Dr. J. Quincy Brown, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University
Director of the Translational Biophotonics Laboratory, Tulane University
Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer of Instapath Inc
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11:30 - 11:55 pm
“Scrying with Magic Crystals: Molecular Brain Imaging Secrets Hiding in Plain Sights in Your Region”
Dr. Amol Takalkar, MD, MS(BME), MBA(Exec), FACNM
Medical Director, Center for Molecular Imaging & Therapy (CMIT), BRF
Clinical Professor of Radiology, Assoc. Director of Research
Dept. of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
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11:55 - 12:07 pm
"Deletion of the Kcna1 Epilepsy Gene Modifies Autistic Behaviors"
Indumathy Jafadeeswaran, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport
​12:07 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 - 2:00 pm
“Brainstem Imaging Correlates of Cognitive and Gait Disturbance in PD”​
Dr. Frank Skidmore, MD
UA Birmingham
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2:00 - 2:12 pm
"The Differential Roles of the Adaptor Proteins Nck1 and Nck2 in Shear Stress-Induced Endothelial Activation in Vitro and in Vivo"
Mabruka Alfaidi, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport
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2:12 - 2:24 pm
"Detecting Associations and Causation in Urine Drug Screening Data"
Phillip C.S.R. Kilgore
Research Scientist, Department of Computer Science
Louisiana State Univesity, Shreveport
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2:24 - 2:54 pm
“Life at the nanoscale: super-resolution imaging of synapses”
Dr. Katharine Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Colorado
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2:54 - 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Poster Session
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5:00 pm Conference Adjourned