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Research Exchange 2025

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Short Presentations - Session 1 

11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

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Presenter

Presentation Title

11:00 a.m.

Joseph Bedont, PhD

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“Sugar-snap: a critical period for developmental sleep to program adult sugar preference in fruit flies" 

11:15 a.m.

 Sally Farah, MSc

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“Neural Correlates of Emotion Processing During Social Stress:  A Comparative Study of Hormonal Contraceptive Users and Non-Users”  

11:30 a.m.

 Helen Piontkivska, PhD

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“Patterns of ADAR editing as neuropsychiatric biomarkers” 

11:45 a.m.

 Usman Sabir, PhD

Northeast Ohio Medical University

“Mitochondrial protein turnover, dynamics, and biogenesis in tauopathy”  

Short Presentations – Session 2

2:30-3:30 P.M.

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Presenter

Presentation Title

2:30 p.m.

Anna Crites

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“Evaluating How Mouse Reversal Learning is Affected by Acute Stress Across Biological Sex”

2:45 p.m.

Phaedra Norrell

91ֿ/Northeast Ohio Medical University

“Mighty Morphin' Microglia: Neonatal Estradiol Exposure Induces Sex-Specific Changes to Microglia in 5xFAD Mice”

3:00 p.m.

 Rachel Tinkey

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“BATF2-Mediated Control of Astrocyte Proliferation” 

3:15 p.m.

Vidya Indra Kumar

Case Western Reserve University

“Endothelial Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) depletion impairs neurovascular function and accelerates age-related cognitive decline" 

Short Presentations – Session 3

3:45-4:45 P.M.

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Presenter

Presentation Title

3:45 p.m.

 Takhar Kasumov, PhD

Northeast Ohio Medical University

“Non-genetic Risks for Alzheimer’s: Diabetes and Heavy Alcohol Use” 

4:00 p.m.

Nafees Mahmood

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“Haptic Resistive Feedback Reduces Tremors in Parkinson’s Disease: A Training Impact Study” 

4:15 p.m.

Rocio Aguila Rodriguez

Case Western Reserve University

“Investigating the Effects of Acetylated Tau Mimics on Microtubule Binding, Tau Stability, and Neuronal Function” 

4:30 p.m.

Julia Huyck, PhD

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"Factors affecting performance on an auditory temporal interval discrimination task during adolescence and young adulthood"