9:00-9:10 Welcome
9:10-9:40 Professor Art Edison – UGA: Metabolite Fraction Libraries for Quantitative NMR Metabolomics (discussion leader: Andrew McShan)
9:40-10:10 Professor Ali Arbab – Augusta: Small Animal MRI for Different Disease Models of the Brain (discussion leader: Andrew McShan)
10:10-10:40 Professor Ravi Natarajan – Spelman: A Study of Magnetic Properties of Thin Oxide Films by X-ray Diffraction and 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy (discussion leader: Hanno Leisen)
10:40-11:00 coffee break
11:00 – 11:15 Francis Akinlotan (GSU): Development of Manganese-Based Molecular MRI Agents for Non-Invasive Detection of Cancer Progression and Dual Molecular Imaging (discussion leader: Ruoqing Xia)
11:15-11:30 Uri Miles (GT): Structural Insights into CD7 Mediated Immune Activation (discussion leader: Sophia Bamishaye)
11:30-11:45 Rachel Goldberg (Emory): Differences in Brain Metabolite Quantification Between Spectra Acquired with 3 T and 7 T MR Field Strengths (discussion leader: Daniel Dinakarapandian)
11:45:12:00 Alvaro Calderon-Diaz (GT): Topochemical Ring-Opening Polymerization of Substituted Oxathianethiones (discussion leader: Beini Hu)
12:00-12:10 Professor Shella Keilholz -GT/Emory: New Instrumental Capabilities at Emory
12:10-1:30 lunch break + poster session
1:30-2:00 Professor Qun Zhao – UGA: Brain Connectivity and Traumatic Brain Injury, Measured by fMRI and Diffusion MRI (discussion leader: Hanno Leisen)
2:00-2:30 Professor Mark dela Cerna – Georgia Southern: Solution NMR in PRL3 Drug Discovery and in the Undergraduate Classroom (discussion leader: Andrew McShan)
2:30-2:45 Alec Lin (Emory): Exploration of Muscle Energetics and Acidosis on Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (discussion leader: Sophia Bamishaye)
2:45:3:00 Tarunya Rao Sudarshan(GT): Probing assembly pathways for Aβ42: Detergent-free oligomers compatible with solid state NMR and cellular studies (discussion leader: Beini Hu)
3:00-3:15 coffee break
3:13-3:30 Hana Alsheikh (Emory): Revealing Protein-Coupled Solvent Dynamics in Amyloid-β(1-42) Fibrils using EPR (discussion leader: Daniel Dinakarapandian)
3:30-3:45 Rami Najjar (GSU/Emory): A Plant-Based Diet in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction (discussion leader: Ruoqing Xia)
3:45-4:00 Zack Allen (GSU): Using MRI to investigate mouse models of neurodegeneration and white matter abnormalities (discussion leader: Lauren Daley)
4:00-4:!5 Robert Nikolai (GT): Multimodal MRI/US/PA Tracking of Dual-Labeled Stem Cells in the Spinal Cord (discussion leader: Lauren Daley)
4:15-4:30 Xiu Chen (GSU): Biomarker-Targeted Protein MRI Contrast Agent for Early Detection and Staging of Liver Disease (discussion leader: Scott Edwards)
4:30-4:45 Lily Capeci (GT): Automated Chemical Profiling of Wine by NMR: A Learning Module (discussion leader: Scott Edwards)
4:45 adjourn – announcement of prices for the poster competition.
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