Morning Sessions (Tue)

• Introduction to NIGMS Sandbox Modules – Lakshmi Matukumalli, PhD
• Sandbox Module Demonstration – Kyle O'Connell, PhD
• Introduction to NIH CloudLab – Nick Weber, MS, MBA
• NIGMS Data Science AI Portfolio – Nathan Moore, PhD
• NIH Data Science/AI Funding Opportunities – Raphael Isokpehi, PhD, CRA
• Introduction to Common Fund, Common Fund Ecosystem, and Training-Related Resources – Sahana Kukke, PhD
• NIH Data Science Resources Q&A – Session Speakers

• IGEG-1/EGF Shedding Links Peripheral Tissue Damage to Organismal Sleep Drive — Cheryl Van Buskirk
• Transection of the Saphenous Nerve Results in Sensory Denervation of the Mouse Tibia with No Change in Bone Architecture — Kathleen Becker
• Naturally-Derived, Blm-Dependent Y Chromosome Genetic Variation affects Sex-Specific Survival in Drosophila Melanogaster — Eric Stoffregen
• Eyeing Regrowth: Mechanisms Regulating Retinal Repair During Development — Kelly Tseng
• Impact of Endometriosis on Colonic Inflammation and Reactive Gliosis in an Animal Model — Caroline Appleyard
• Therapeutic Effects of Primitive Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Neural Stem Cells in an Experimental Model of Multiple Sclerosis — Rasul Chaundry, Yusuf Jimoh

• Building a Research Development Strategy for Your Institution – Lou Hurst, MA
• Compliance 101 (Research and Financial Compliance Overview) – Kris Monahan, PhD

• Light-Activable Silver Nanoparticles to Eliminate Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria — Varsha Godakhindi and Anjumana Nur
• Defining a Role for Sleep in Chlamydia Pathogenesis — Awa Sore
• The Effects of Sexual Dimorphism and Estrous Cycle on CDI in Rodents — Erica Bacab
• Metal Stress Response in Pseudogymnoascus Destructans Revealed Through Transciptomics — Saika Anne
• Preparation of Innately Antibacterial Chitosan-Based Hydrogels for Wound Care Applications — Alexander Browning
• Surviving Progeny of Blm-Deficient Development in Drosophila Melanogaster Exhibit Neurodegenerative Phenotypes — Ava Hasenoehrl
• Effect of Nanoplastic Exposure on C. elegans Brood Size and Longevity — Paola Garcia

AFTERNOON SESSIONS (TUE)

• SuRE Program Updates — Pauline Cupit, PhD
• TBD — Jason Chan, PhD NIH Scientific Review Officer
• TBD — Arina Kramer, NIH Grants Management Specialist
• Responsible Research Evaluation: Implementing SCOPE Framework— Baron Wolf, PhD, SuRE Resource Center
• Bibliometric Network Analysis: Building Collaborations — Baron Wolf, PhD, SuRE Resource Center

• Panel Discussion on Career Pathways for Trainees — Brett Spear, PhD
• I Feel Like I'm Faking It, You? — Brittany Rice, PhD

• Analgesic Diterpenoid Alkaloids from Aconitum Species — Ed Kennelly
• Multitarget-Directed Ligands as Non-Opioid Analgesics for Treating Chronic Pain — Stevan Pecic
• Unconventional DNA-Based Engineered Technologies — Reza Zadegan
• Prediction of ∆-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol Exposure in Health Adults Using Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling — Zhu Zhou
• Predicting the Impact of Mutations on Protein Folding Stability Through MELD-Accelerated Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations — Emiliano Brini
• Quantification of Nucleobases and Nucleosides Present in Biological Fluids by On-line SPE-HPLC-MSMS — Yiming Liu
• Quantitative Three-Dimensional Label-Free Digital Holographic Imaging of Cardiomyocyte Size, Nucleation, and Cell Division — Alexander Payumo

• Recruiting Racial and Ethnic Minorities for Research: Lessons Learned from Two Multi-Ancestry Taste and Genetic Studies in the United States — Janel Clovis
• Impact of Mother's Prenatal Sleep on Infant's Postpartum Sleep — Sofia Bojkova
• Where's the Magic? Infants' VoE Appraisal Depends on Who, How, & Where — Ethan Kile, Willow Albee
• Effects of Vicarious Defeat Stress on Affect-Related Behavior in Adolescent C57BL/6 Mice — Minerva Rodriguez
• Reward Anticipation Reduces H-Current in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons — Cristhian Calo-Guadalupe
• Neonatal Trauma Induces Lasting Tactile Hypersensitivity Mediated by Neurons in the Amygdala — Emma Naess

• Developing Modern Degradable Polymeric Materials for Wound Healing Applications — Sharon Hamilton
• Effects of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Knockout on Mammary Gland Development in Mice — Xiaohe Yang
• Nanotechnology Platform for Targeted Delivery of Taxane and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Therapy — Emmanuel Akala, Bharathi Mandala
• Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase as a Potential Determinant of Cell Fate in Mitotically Arrest Cancer Cells — Charles Shuster, Naghamana Ashraf
• Natural Killer Cells Derived Exosomes to Overcome Resistance in Lung Cancer — Mandip Sachdeva Singh
• Environmental Circadian Disruption Re-Writes Liver Circadian Proteomes — Hao Duong

MORNING SESSIONS (WED)

• Prevalence of Rickettsia Species Phylotype G022 and Rickettsia Tillamookensis in Lxodes Pacificus Nymphs and Adults from Northern California — Jianmin Zhong
• Patterns of Mutation Accumulation in Varying Rates of Temperature Change — Sonia Singhal
• Comparative Structural and Functional Analysis of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Inhibitor of Vertebrate Lysozyme Paralogs — Thomas Leeper
• Elucidating Impacts of Substance Abuse on the Postmortem Human Microbiome — Gulnaz Javan, Christina Harris
• A Heat-Shock Response Protein is Required for Activation of the Envelop Stress Response in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa — Boo Shan Tseng, Riley Shute, Melissa Londono

• Sensitive Detection of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer-Related MicroRNAs using Pure DNA Hydrogel — Mahlboobeh Nasiri
• Classification of Immune Landscapes in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma — Nicole Thompson
• Targeting Rac and Cdc42 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma — Annamaris Torres Sanchez
• Targeting Metabolic Reprogramming for Glioblastoma Therapy: Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms of Stiripentol — Anjali Yadav
• Evaluating the Anti-Cancer and Therapeutic Potential of Ergosterol Peroxide on Aggressive Breast Cancer Models — Adriana Aponte  Ramos
• Microengineered 3D Collagen Matrices with Tumor-Mimetic Gradients in Fiber Alignment Guide Directional Cell Migration — Dinindu De Silva
• HMGA2 Promotes Resistance to Enzalutamide — Yusuf Liadi

AFTERNOON SESSIONS (WED)

• The Neurobiological Mechanism by which the Novel ADRD Gene Scully Contributes to Dementia — Kyung-An Han
• A Genetic Algorithm for Evolving Coarse-Grained Models of Amyloid Fibril Formation that Bridge Graph Representations with Particle Representations — Gianmarc Grazioli
• Aging and Prospective Memory Offloading — Hunter Ball
• Older Adult Social Participation, Gender, and Cognitive Decline — Eric Vogelsang
• Language Identity, Discrimination, and Mental Health Among 1.5 Generation Asian/Asian American Immigrant Young Adults — Chulwoo Park, Avizia Long
• Preliminary Insights: Designing Innovation and Technology to Facilitate Participation in Health Behavior Interventions and Reduce  Health Disparities Among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Latinos — Christina Holub, Diane Hoang, Amy Alexandre, Rosalva Romero-Gonzalez

• A Novel Splicing Graph Allows a Direct Comparison Between Exon-based and Splice Junction-Based Approaches to Alternative Splicing Detection — Jelard Aquino
• Design, Synthesis, and Enantioseparation of a Functionally Selective 5-HT7 Receptor Ligand — Alexus Morgan
• Targeting Amyloid-6 Plaques with Protein Modulation via Small Novel Organic Compounds — Claudia Ramirez
• Engineering a Novel Bio-Scaffold for 3D Hepatic Bioprinting and. Tissue Restoration — Mary Jean Savitsky
• Regulation of Intestinal Stem Cells and Longevity by the Nuclear Envelope Protein Klaroid (Koi) — Ithan Cano
• Impact of Exercise on Uncoupling Protein 1 and Macrophage Phenotype in Mesenteric Adipose Tissue in an Animal Model of Endometriosis — James Torres
• The Drosophila Melanogaster TENT5 Homolog is Required for Individualization of Spermatids During Spermatogenesis — Abdul Al-Nouman

• Research Compliance Committee Basics — Paul Murphy PhD and Kris Monahan, PhD
• Elements of a Strong and Successful Proposal — Lou Hurst, MA
• Submitting Your NIH Proposals: The Dos and Don'ts — Veronica Taylor, MPA, CRA
• Research Administration Panel Discussion — Baron Wolf, PhD, Moderator