Environmental Impacts on Development Platform Session

Chair(s)

• RL

  Rusty Lansford

  University of Southern California

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM US PDT

  Methamphetamine's Influence on the Blood-brain Barrier: Dissecting Changes in Microvascular Endothelial Cell Structure and Function
  

  Presenting Author: Shrivats Manikandan – Kirksville Senior High School
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM US PDT

  Effects of Heavy Metals on BMP4 in Frogs (Lithobates Hecksheri)
  

  Presenting Author: Rafael A. Rios – Midwestern University Arizona College of Medicine
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM US PDT

  Early, Acute Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Mice Causes Life-long, Sex-dependent Hearing Impairments
  

  Presenting Author: Amy Pietrantonio, BMSc, MSc – The University of Western Ontario
• 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM US PDT

  High-fat Diet Augments Linear Growth in Mice Lacking the Protease PAPP-A
  

  Presenting Author: Maria A. Serrat, PhD – Marshall University School of Medicine
• 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM US PDT

  The Role of Zinc and Ouabain in Modulating Chicken Lens Biomechanics
  

  Presenting Author: Shilpa Gorla – University of Waterloo
• 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT

  Investigating Transcriptomic Changes in the Mouse Medial Prefrontal Cortex Following Early, Acute Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
  

  Presenting Author: Layya Al Malouf – University of Western Ontario