Second Kamal A. Shair Central Research Science Laboratory Research Conference.
Research Vision
Saturday 14May 2011
Hostler Auditorium.
Program
8:00 am Welcoming and poster hanging.
8:50am Director Youssef Mouneimne, KAS CRSL welcoming address
9:00amPresident Peter Dorman
9:10amDean Patrick McGreevy, FAS address
9:20amDeanNahla Hwalla, FAFS address
9:30amActing Dean Fadl Moukalled, FEAaddress
9:40am Dean Iman Nuwayhid, FHS address
9:50amAssociate Dean for Basic Medical ResearchAli Bazarbachi, FM address
10:00amCoffee break
10:20am FM session. Chair Dr Georges Nemer.
Dr Rose-Mary Boustany
Neurogenetics Laboratory,Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry,
Vision for research
Dr Saria El Haddad
Neurogenetics Laboratory,Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry,
I was lost and now I'm found
10:50amFH session. Chair Dr Sami Ramia.
Dr Nada M. Melhem
Medical Laboratory Sciences Program.
The future of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HBV vaccines.
11:00amFAFS session. Chair Dr Adib Saad.
Dr Elie K. Barbour
Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department.
Present and future programs of escherichia coli-induced mastitis in dairy cattle.
Tamar Kassabian
Advisor:Dr Elie K. Barbour, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department.
Escherichia coli -induced mastitis in cows of Lebanon: virulence genes frequency and antimicrobial resistance modulation.
Dr Isam Bashour
Agricultural science department.
Conservation Agriculture in Lebanon
Rani Bassil
Advisor:Dr Isam Bashour, Agricultural science department.
Antibiotic uptake by plants from manure-amended soils.
11:40FAS, Biology session. Chair Dr Mike Osta.
Dr Imad Patrick Saoud
The aquaculture research program at AUB: what is it all about?
Dr Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Herbal Compounds for Cancer Treatment: An Ongoing Saga.
Hazar Haidar
Advisor:Dr Hala Gali-Muhtasib
The Zn chelator TPEN induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells.
Dr Khouzama Knio
The flower-head infesting Tephritids inLebanon
Stephanie G. Haddad
Advisor: Dr Khouzama Knio
Host Race Formation in Terellia serratulae.
Layla Kamareddine
Advisor:Dr Mike Osta
The role of melanisation in defense against fungal infections in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.
Caroline S. Tawk
Advisor: Dr Colin A. Smith
Mutability of HK022 Nun protein reveals the requirements for specificity and function.
1:00 pmLunch Break
2:00pm FAS, Physics session.Chair Dr Samih Isber.
Dr Malek Tabbal
Harvesting energy through thermoelectrics: Optimizing materials for power generation and cooling.
Abeer Al Mohtar
Advisor:DrMalek Tabbal
Microstructural investigation of the oxidation of tungsten thin films using remote plasmas
Mirvat Shamseddine
Advisor:Dr Michel Kazan
Infrared analysis and modeling of thin films
2:30pm FAS, Chemistry session.Chair Dr Kamal Bouhadir.
Dr Antoine Ghauch
Toward the remediation of accidental pollutions using advanced oxidation processes coupled with smart on line monitoring analytical techniques.
Habib Baydoun
Advisor:Dr Antoine Ghauch
Ultrasonic/Fe0/H2O2 systems for the removal of sulfamethoxazole antibiotic from water.
Al Muthanna Tuqan
Advisor:Dr Antoine Ghauch
Oxidation of bisoprolol in heated persulfate/H2O systems:
kinetics and products.
Dr Digambara Patra
Exploitation of fluorescence based techniques in understanding biophysical processes, comprehending photonics of nanomaterials and developing optical sensors.
Elsy El Khoury
Advisor: Dr Digambara Patra
Curcumin as a sensitive fluorescent molecular probe for investigating DPPC and DMPC bilayer membrane properties
Dr Najat Saliba
The Atmospheric and Analytic Laboratory (AAL)
Elizabeth Sepetdjian
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
Which one kills you faster? Cigarette or arghile?
Nadine Abdallah
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
Identifying the chemical marker differentiating water pipe smoke from cigarettesmoke.
Qassem Al-Asaad
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
The Highway is Our Airway
Marshall Woodworth
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
Absorbed Residue Analysis of the Beirut Amphora
4:10 pmBreak
4:45pmAward distribution and closing address.
5:00pmClosing
Posters
Autism susceptibility genes in the Lebanese population.
Jihane Soueid, Simona Ghanem, Rose-Mary Boustany.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
Exogenous Galactosylceramide Corrects Growth and ApoptoticDefects in Human CLN3-Deficient Cells and Behavioral Deficits inCLN3Δex7/8Knock-in Male Mice by Lowering Ceramide.
Hasan El Chebib, HayatHarati,Bakiza Noutsi, AlaaElMaoued ,SusanCotman and
Rose-Mary Boustany.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
CLN3 Expression in Breast Cancer
Bakiza noutsi, Mohammad Raad, Batoul farran, Marwan El Khoury, Fouad Boulos, Ghazi Zaatrari, Rose Mary Boustany.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
Use of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis in the Diagnosis of Neurogenetic Disorders in Lebanon.
Simona Ghanem , Omar Dabbagh, Rose Mary Boustany, and Chantal Farra.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
Inhibitory effects of arsenic trioxide and interferon alpha on the proliferation of chronic myeloid leukemia cell lines and fresh CML cells, supported by in vivo preliminary results
Jessica Saliba, Ahmad Iskandarani, Rabab El Eit , Hugues de Thé, Ali Bazarbachi, and Rihab Nasr.
Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, FM.
Zinc chelators as anticancer agents.
Maamoun Fatfat, Hazar Haidar, Khaled Machaca and Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Department of Biology,FAS.
The role of the Retinoblastoma protein, pRb, during adult neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb.
Rayan Naser, Renaud Vandenbosch, Sawsan Al Lafi, S. Ruth Slack and Noël Ghanem.
Department of Biology, FAS.
Synthesis of tungsten trioxide by PLD for electrochromic devices
Elsy Bacha, Abeer Al Mohtar, Malek Tabbal.
Department of Physics, FAS.