Program Agenda

Friday, March 10, 2017

9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome
9:40 – 10:40 Dr. Satya Dandekar
“HIV Infection, Gut Immune Senescence and Aging”
10:40 – 11:00 Mabel Pérez Oquendo
Undergraduate Student, UPR Rio Piedras
“Treatment with the G9a Antagonist, BRD4770, Inhibits Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Cell Growth”
11:00 – 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10– 12:10 Dr. Howard S. Fox
“Accelerated Aging in HIV Infection: Clues from the Methylome and Mitochondria”
12:10 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Dr. Loyda M. Meléndez
“The role of cystatin B and STAT-1 signaling in perpetuation of HIV macrophage reservoirs”
2:30 – 3:30 Networking Session 1:
How to become research advocates in Puerto Rico
3:30 – 4:00 Coffee break
Improving scientific education at schools in Puerto Rico: Educational demonstrations
4:00 – 4:50 Dr. Ofelia Olivero – NIH Funding Opportunities
 4:50 – 5:00 Closing remarks

Saturday, March 11, 2017

9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome
9:40 – 10:40 Dr. Eric A. Engels
“HIV, Aging and Cancer”
10:40 – 11:00 Vanessa Torres Gutiérrez
Undergraduate Student, UPR Rio Piedras
Characterization of b-catenin phosphorylation patterns in normal and regenerating intestine of H. glaberrima
11:00 – 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10– 12:10 Dr. Richard J. Noel
“HIV-1 Nef expressed in astrocytes is neurotoxic and initiates inflammatory responses in peripheral organs”
12:10 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Dr. Victor Valcour
”Clinical challenges of cognitive disorders in older HIV+ patients – is it Alzheimer’s disease or HAND”
2:30 – 4:00 Coffee break and Poster Session
4:00 – 4:50 Networking Session 2:
Careers in Science
4:50 – 5:00 Closing remarks / Awards

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