Spring 2012
| Date | Topics |
| January 19 | open |
| January 26 | open |
| February 2 | open |
| February 9 | open |
| February 16 | open |
| February 23 | open |
| March 1 | open |
| March 8 | open |
| March 15 | Spring Break |
| March 22 | open |
| March 29 | open |
| April 5 | Easter Break |
| April 12 | open |
| April 19 | open |
| April 26 | open |
| May 3 | open |
| May 10 | open |
Fall 2011
| Date | Topics |
| September 1 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Course Policies, Syllabus, Website |
| September 8 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| November 17 |
Pramod Kumar Reddy Optimizing prolyl endo protease purification from sunn pest infected wheat seeds for comparision to the recombinant protein and to determine pep cleavage pattern of the gluten peptides Instructor: Dr. B. Clack |
| November 24 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| December 1 |
Rajni Sonavane Profiling gene expression of caspase 3 and 7 in human colon cancer DLD-1 cells in the presence of doxorubicin Instructor: Dr. B. Clack |
| December 8 | Canceled |
| December 15 |
Christopher Gonzales Expression of apoptotic related caspase 3 and 7 genes in 22rv1 prostate carcinoma cells in response to doxorubicin Instructor: Dr. B. Clack |
Spring 2011
| February 24 |
Kiamalon Fletcher Quantitative comparison of protease inhibitors in seeds from various geographical and phylogenetic classifications Instructor: Dr. B. Starcher |
| March 10 |
Ruslan Khamadaliev Monitoring Eimeria maxima, tenella and acervulina in challenged broilers treated with coccidiostats. Instructor: Dr. A. Van Kley |
| March 17 | Spring Break |
Fall 2010
| Date | Topics |
| September 2 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Course Policies, Syllabus, Website |
| September 9 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| September 16 | OPEN |
| September 23 |
Swathi |
| September 30 |
Levi Cherian Component based investigations on the inhibitory effects of mouthwash on PCR Instructor: Dr. R. Stewart |
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October 7 |
OPEN |
| October 14 | OPEN |
| October 21 |
LaTerrica Williams The Role of Tissue Factor in Disordered Fibrin Turnover in the Progression of Human Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma and Mesothelial Mesenchymal Transition. Instructor: Dr. S. Idell |
November 11 at 2pm |
Sikta Seasonal changes in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal communities. Instructor: Dr. A. Van Kley |
| November 4 | Canceled |
| November 11 |
Akash Effect of a “floor” treatment on the microorganisms diversity measured from Pyrosequencing in chicken house.- Instructor: Dr. A. Van Kley |
| November 18 |
Vidya Boyanapalli Characterization of Fatty Acid Binding Protein in Cryptosporidium parvum" Instructor: Dr. Fritzler |
| November 25 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| December 2 |
Prema Par protein interaction study in Mycobacteria Instructor: Dr. Madiraju |
| December 9 | OPEN |
| December 16 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Spring 2010
| Date | Topics |
| January 21 |
Ravi Yandamuri (cancelled) |
| January 28 |
SFA site mandatory: LAB SAFETY VIDEO (part I) |
| February 4 | SFA site mandatory: LAB SAFETY VIDEO (part II) |
| February 11 |
Sophia Karandashova ADENOVIRAL DELIVERY OF GENES TO THE MESOTHELIUM OF THE RABBIT PLEURA. Instructor: |
| February 18 |
Daymon Hail Using 454 pyrosequencing for cDNA library construction and metagenomic analysis of the microbiome of the potato psyllid Instructor: Dr. BlakeBextine |
| February 25 | open |
| March 4 | 113th Texas Academy of Science conference |
| March 11 |
Ravi Yandamuri Prolyl endopeptidase from *Eurygaster integriceps -* Cloning, Expression and Purification Instructor: |
| March 18 | Spring Break |
| March 25 | Ruslan (cancelled) |
| April 1 | Easter Break |
| April 8 | Bright Ideas Conference |
| April 15 |
Muthu Saravanan
Effect of coccidiostats on mycroflora in broilers detected by Pyrosequencing.
Instructor: Dr. Martynova-Van Kley
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| April 22 |
IAVS meeting |
| April 29 |
Sikta Patnaik Seasonal changes in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal communities. Instructor: Dr. Martynova-Van Kley |
| May 6 |
Hari Gogineni Taxonomical Assignment for High Throughput Massively Parallel Pyrosequencing Data Instructor: Dr. Martynova-Van Kley |
| May 13 |
Sam Acholem Phylogenetic study of genus Clostridium using pyrosequencing data Instructor: Dr. Martynova-Van Kley |
Fall 2009
| Date | Topics |
| September 3 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| October 29 |
Charles Adams CHANGES IN AQUATIC PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AT CADDO LAKE |
| November 5 | Cancelled (Swati Mall) |
| November 12 |
Hari |
| November 19 |
LaTisha West "The Inhibition of fIXa by Mutant KPI & BPTI." |
| November 26 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| December 3 | Canceled (Levi) |
| December 10 | Sunil Acharya |
| December 17 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Spring 2009
| Date | Topics |
| February 5 |
Ruslan (adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley) "Effect of fecal sample storage conditions on RT-PCR for quantitative analysis of Eimeria in poultry" |
| February 12 | canceled |
| February 19 |
Maha Al Zayer (UTHCT, adviser: ) |
| February 26 |
Jennifer Edwards (adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley) Soil Bacterial Community Structure in East Texas Habitat Ecotypes |
| March 5 | TAS conference: Dr. Van Kley and some students will be at the conference* |
| March 12 | Marina Maksimova “Monitoring of coccidiostats on Eimeria development in broilers using real-time PCR assay”(adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley) |
| March 19 | Spring break |
| March 26 | Elvira Kurmaeva “Profiling of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal communities by high-throughput sequencing.”(adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley) |
| April 2 |
Moshiur " An Enzyme-linked Immunosorbnet Assay to |
| April 9 | Easter |
| April 16 | Robert Brown "Introduction: Lymphostromal Interactions During Thymic aging" (advisor: Dong-Ming Su) |
| April 23 | Sikta Patnaik "Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and mycorrhizal ecology" (adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley), Tisha West (advisor:Pierre Neueschwander) |
| April 30 | Adrian Aguirre "Surveying for the Asymptomatic Presence of HPV in the Oral Cavity Using PCR" (adviser: Dr. Robert Stewart). |
| May 7 | Jeremy Davis and Misbah Hasan (adviser: Zissis Chroneos) |
| May 14 | canceled |
* Students who do not have Dr. Van Kley as a committee member for their thesis could schedule their presentation on this day.
Fall 2008
| Date | Topics |
| August 28 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| October 23 | Satish |
| November 13 | Chandrika - CANCELED |
| November 20 | Geetha - CANCELED |
| November 27 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| December 4 | Natee-CANCELED |
| December 11 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Spring 2008
| Date | Topics |
| January 17 |
Prabakaran Narayanasamy |
| February 21 |
Marina Maksimova "Quantitative
analysis of Eimeria sp in field samples" Elvira Kurmaeva "Phylogenetic analysis of Arbuscular Myccohizal Fungi found in different natural habitat types of East Texas using 18S rRNA gene". |
| February 28 | |
| March 6 |
*Dr. Van Kley and some students are going to be at the TAS conference |
| March 13 | Spring break |
| March 20 | canceled |
| March 27 |
Erin Maloney |
| April 3 | |
| April 10 |
Darya "Microbial population analysis of natural east Texas habitat types" |
| April 17 |
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| April 28, Monday, 14:30 |
Thesis Defense:
Darya
Fakhretdinova "Microbial population analysis of natural east Texas habitat types" |
| May 1 | canceled |
| May 8 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Fall 2007
| Date | Topics |
| August 30 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| September 6 |
Krishna Sarva |
| September 13 | open |
| September 20 | open |
| September 27 | open |
| October 4 |
Taka Nyaundi "The Role of Mannan-binding Lectin and Its Structural Variants in Phagocytosis" |
| October 11 |
Deepa Nadarajah |
| October 18 | |
| October 25 | Mohana |
| November 1 | Charles |
| November 8 | |
| November 15 | |
| November 22 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| November 29 |
Preethi Ravidranathan |
| December 6 |
Candice Dean The Role of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Human Plueral Malignant Mesothelioma |
| December 13 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Spring 2007
| Date | Topics | |
| January 18 |
Kranthi Kunkalla "Mannan-binding Lectin: Expression and Functional Studies." |
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| January 25 |
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| February 1 |
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| February 8 |
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| February 15 | Jennifer Edwards | |
| February 22 | Vijay Thakur | |
| March 1 |
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| March 8 | Bruce Machona | |
| March 15 | Spring break | |
| March 22 | Yulia Leontieva | |
| March 29 |
1.Joshua Rutland "The Interaction of the Activation Peptide of Blood Clotting Factor X with the Factor IXa Heparin Binding Site." 2.Angela Jones |
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| April 5 |
Krishna Sarva "In vitro Study of Apoptosis Using Passive CSE and TRAIL in Lung Cancer Cells." |
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| April 12 | Krishna Kishore Midde | |
| April 19 | Karla Villegas - Thesis defense at 3pm | |
| April 26 | Jorge Del Aguila | |
| May 3 | Jasmine Wong; Paul Whitehurst | |
| May 10 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Fall 2006
| Date | Topics |
| August 31 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| September 7 | open |
| September 14 | open |
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September
19 2pm |
Kevin Stroup |
| September 21 | open |
| September 28 | open |
| October 5 | Andrew Syvyk |
| October 12 | Manjot Kiran |
| October 19 | open |
| October 26 | open |
| November 2 | open |
| November 9 | Crystal Walker |
| November 16 |
Darya Fakhretdinova Microbial Population Analysis of Natural East Texas Habitat Types |
| November 23 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| November 30 | open |
| December 7 | Seshu Inkollu |
| December 14 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Spring 2006
| Date | Topics |
| January 19 |
Rao Gottipati Effects of Passive Cigarette Smoke Exposure on UVB and Chemically Induced Skin Cancer |
| January 26 | (open) |
| February 2 |
Armen Nalian Engineering of cellulases for industrial use |
| February 9 | Kranthi Kunkalla |
| February 16 |
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| February 23 |
Seshu Inkollu Identification of Anti- cancer compounds from Rumix crispus |
| March 2 |
 109th Annual Meeting, March 2-4, 2006, Lamar University Beaumont,TX |
| March 9 |
Kevin Stroup DIVERSITY OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN EAST TEXAS HABITATS. |
| March 16 | Spring Break |
| March 23 |
Jorge Del Aguila COMPARISON OF THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE WILD TYPE ENDOGLUCONASE FROM PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII AND ITS MUTANTS DEVELOPED BY COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH. |
| March 30 |
Kwame Bautsie Structural studies of Myosin Light Chain Kinases |
| April 6 |
Jasmine Wang MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF ENDOGLUCANASES FROM PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII. |
| April 13 |
Alexander Fedotov MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN OIL-CONTAMINATED SOILS OF EAST TEXAS. |
| April 20 |
Yulia Leontieva Phylogenetic Analysis and Identification of Southeastern USA Earthworms using 16S rDNA and COI Sequences. |
| April 27 | canceled |
| May 4 | canceled |
| May 11 | Exam week (no seminar) |
Fall 2005
| Date | Topics |
| September 1 | welcome |
| September 8 | Dr.Beatrice A. Clack |
| September 15 | Stacey Rutherford |
| September 22 | canceled |
| September 29 | canceled |
| October 6 | (open) |
| October 13 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| October 20 | (open) |
| October 27 | Karla Villegas |
| November 3 | Sunita Kothari, Seshu Inkollu |
| November 10 | (open) |
| November 17 | Kristi McKee |
| November 24 | Thanksgiving |
| December 1 | (open) |
| December 8 | class evaluation |
Spring 2005
| Date | Topics |
| January 20 | fist week of classes - no seminar |
| January 27 | Introduction |
| February 3 | (open) |
| February 10 |
Kevin Stroup Detection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in an East Texas forest |
| February 17 | (open) |
| February 24 |
Jorge Del Aguila/Seshu Inkollu Isolation of Genomic DNA, Amplification and Sequence analysis of mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) gene fragment isolated from the Corbicula clams found in East Texas |
| March 3 | TAS meeting |
| March 10 | (open) |
| March 17 | Spring break |
| March 24 | (open) |
| March 31 | Kronthi Kunkalla/Sunita Kothari |
| April 7 | Bre Dorsett |
| April 14 | Amrita Kandlur |
| April 21 | Sierra McGarity |
| April 28 | (open) |
| May 5 |
Ravi Ramireddy Verification of the Recombinant pBIN-19 vector containing 2* 35S Cauliflower Mosaic Virus promoter, Strictosidine Synthase gene and its stable transfection in Camptotheca acuminata |
Fall 2004
| Date | Topics |
| September 2 |
Welcome by
Dr.Michael
K. Pangburn (UTHC) Preparation for a career in Biotechnology |
| September 9 |
Dr.Beatrice A. Clack Things to pay attanshion when presenting |
| September 16 |
Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation |
| September 23 |
Alexander Fedotov The Use of Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Oil-Polluted Soils |
| September 30 | moved to October 1 at 11:00 - Thesis defense |
| October 1 |
Loretta Sparkman Nitric Oxide Regulation of Interleukin-8 Gene Expression in Lung Epithelial Cells |
| October 7 |
Dr.Michael Hume
(USDA,College Station,TX) Using Beneficial Bacteria and Molecular Ecology to Combat Enteropathogens in Poultry |
| October 14 |
Dr.Beatrice A. Clack Key Skills and Knowledge Necessary for a Job in the Biotech Industry |
| October 21 |
George Damoff Earthworm populations in upland mixed Pine hardwood and bottom land forest soils of East Texas. |
| October 28 | moved to October 29 at 10:30 - Thesis defense |
| October 29 |
Bobbie Tew Expression of BER Enzymes in HL-60 and HL-60 MDR Cells |
| November 4 |
Sierra McGarity In vitro analysis of Rumex crispus as a suppressive agent for colon adenocarcinoma. |
| November 10, 2pm (Wd!) |
Dr. Jim Briggs (Associate professor , University of Houston) Dynamics and Inhibition of Botulinum Neurotoxins |
| November 11 | moved to November 10 |
| November 18 | Jeremy Jordan |
| November 25 | Thanksgiving holiday |
| December 2 | Stacey Rutherford |
| December 9 | Ravi Ramireddy |