TSM 2013 Meeting Program Texas Society for Microscopy “Embracing all forms of microscopy” DoubleTree By Hilton DFW Airport North 4441 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, Texas 75063 & Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. in Dallas 1375 N. 28th Ave., Dallas, TX 75261 Thursday, April 18– Saturday, April 20 Thursday, April 18 Time Event* Location 1:00 - 4:30 PM Registration Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. in Dallas WORKSHOP 1:30 - 4:30 PM Presentation for Hitachi UHR FE SEM (SU9000) and FIB System nanoDUE'T (NB5000) Demo for HITACHI SU9000 UHR FE-SEM Demo for Hitachi NB5000 FIB system 1375 N. 28th Ave. Dallas, TX 75261 5:00 - 7:00 PM TSM Executive Council Meeting The Wright in Double Tree By Hilton Hotel 7:00 - 9:00 PM TSM Social Hotel Bar in Double Tree By Hilton * Shuttle will be provided to take people from the hotel to Hitachi 1 TSM 2013 Meeting Program Friday, April 19 - Location: Double Tree By Hilton Hotel Time Event 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration (Outside The Earhart) 8:00 AM 10:30 AM Vendor Setup (Room: The Lindbergh I) 8:15 AM 8:30 AM Poster Setup (Room: The Earhart) 8:30 AM 8:40 AM Opening Remarks (Room: The Earhart) Podium Presentation (Room: The Earhart) 8:40 AM9:10 AM 9:10 AM9:30 AM 9:30 AM10:30 AM (Invited) High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Oxide Heterostructures Jiechao Jiang Characterization Center for Materials & Biology and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 “Greener” Synthesis of Ultrasmall Nanoparticles on the Basis of Iron by Microwavehydrothermal Technique Betsabee Olvera Pérez1, Edgar G. De Casas Ortiz1, Oxana V. Kharissova1, María del Rayo Camacho Corona1, Victor M. Jiménez Pérez1, Rasika Dias2, and Boris I. Kharisov1 1 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México; 2University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Transmission EBSD from 10 nm Domains in an SEM Dr. Robert Keller Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 10:30 AM 12:00 PM Vendor Exhibit Break and Poster Session (Room: The Lindbergh I & The Earhart) 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch/Business Meeting (Room: The Atrium) 1:30 PM 3:00 PM Vendor Exhibit Break and Poster Session (Room: The Lindbergh I & The Earhart) 2 TSM 2013 Meeting Program Friday, April 19 - Location: Double Tree By Hilton Hotel Podium Presentation (Room: The Earhart) Time 3:00 PM 4:00 PM (invited) 4:00 PM4:20 PM 4:20 PM4:40 PM 4:40 PM5:00 PM 5:00 PM5:20 PM 5:20 PM Event Imaging the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Glucose Stimulated Insulin Secretion Dr. Dave Piston Director, Biophotonics Institute, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Androgens May Indirectly Regulate Spermatogenesis by Directly Regulating Proteins of the Blood-Testis Barrier Tight Junctional-Complex Samuel Sang, Barkha Singhal, Arpita Talipatra, Dibyendu Dutta, In Park and Nathaniel Mills Department of Biology, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 76204-5799 Student Competition Phylogeographic Study of Pinus ponderosa and P. jeffreyi Keri Barfield1, Ernest Couch2, Glenn Kroh2, Dean Williams2 and Patty Marksteiner1 1Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas 76107; 2Department of Biology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 Microstructural Analysis of TiSiN Nanocomposite Thin Films by HRTEM Jessica Mooney1, Jiechao Jiang1, Jie He1, Yuhang Cheng2 and Efstathios I. Meletis1 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington; 2American Eagle Industries, Inc. A Tale of Three Inquiries: Promotion of Inquiry Investigations by Pre-Service Teachers Using Scanning Electron Microscopy Sandra L. Westmoreland and Kathy Foley Department of Biology, Texas Woman’s University. Denton, Texas 76204-5799 Closing Remarks; Announcements 3 TSM 2013 Meeting Program Saturday, April 20 - Location: Double Tree By Hilton Hotel Podium Presentation (Room: The Earhart) 8:45 AM 9:00 AM9:20 AM 9:20 AM 9:40 AM 9:40 AM10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:20 AM 10:20 10:40 AM 10:40 11:00 AM 11:00 11:20 AM 11:20 11:40 AM 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM 12 PM Opening Remarks; Announcements Synthesis and TEM Characterization of Hollow Gold Nanospheres M. Chivarat, Ruiqian Jiang and Y. W. Hao Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 Student Competition Enhancing Vocabulary and Language Acquisition of English Language Learners in the Rural and Middle School Science Classroom through the Use of Word Walls, Inquiry-based Methods, and the SEM C. L. Sieber and S. Westmoreland Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas 76204-5799 Microstructural Characterization of High-Temperature, Oxidation Resistant Si-B-C-N Coatings Minghui Zhang, Jie He, Jiechao Jiang, and Efstathios I. Meletis Characterization Center for Materials and Biology and Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Student Competition Coffee Break Au/Pd Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Varied Hollow Au Cores for Enhanced Formic Acid Oxidation Chiajen Hsu, Chienwen Huang, Yaowu Hao and Fuqiang Liu Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 Student Competition The Effect of Media Conditions on Cell Wall Thickness and Cell Division of Bacillus anthracis Lacking CLPX Chris Evans, E. Couch, and S. McGillivray Department of Biology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 Student Competition Synthesis and Characterization of Size Dependent Properties of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots Munuve Mwania, Peter Kroll and Csaba Janaky Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 Student Competition In-situ Raman Study of Surface Reactions in C-Lifepo4 Cathode Of A Li-Ion Battery Amir Salehi and Fuqiang Liu Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas Student Competition Coffee Break Student Competition Award Announcement; Closing Remarks 4 TSM 2013 Meeting Program 5 TSM 2013 Meeting Program Poster Presentation Friday, April 19; 10:30 AM-12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Location – Room: The Earhart in Double Tree By Hilton Hotel POSTERS (BIOLOGICAL) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Microscopic Evaluation of Genotoxicity Induced by Eliminator, a Weedicide to Allium cepa Test System Michele Veloz, Griselda Estrada and Nabarun Ghosh Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 79015 Presence of Sitophilus in the Presumed Bilge Sediments of an Ancient Shipwreck Meko Kofahl Nautical Archaeology Program, Department of Anthropology, MS4352,Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 Aerobiology and Microscopic Assessment of Safety Measures of AHPCO Nanotechnology in Eradication of Aeroallergens Michele Veloz1, Rachel Paladino1, Jonatan Sanchez Gama1, Jeff Bennert2 C. Saadeh3 and Nabarun Ghosh1, 1Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 79015; 2Air Oasis, 3401 Airway Blvd. Amarillo, Texas 79118; 3Allergy ARTS, Amarillo, Texas 79124 Improved Specimen Preparation and SEM Imaging Reveal the Morphology of a West African Sorghum Resistant to Storage Insects Michael W. Pendleton1, E. Ann Ellis1, Bonnie B. Pendleton2 and Niamoye Yaro Diarisso3 1Microscopy and Imaging Center, Texas A&M University, Mail Stop 2257, College Station, Texas 77843-2257; 2Agricultural Sciences, Box 60998, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 79016; 3Institut D'Economie Rurale, B.P. 258, Bamako, Mali. Microscopic Assessment of Genotoxicity of Herbicide Mixtures at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations for the Texas High Plains William H. Mimbs, Nabarun Ghosh and Gary C. Barbee Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 79016 Testicular Macrophage May Be Involved in Leydig Cell Apoptosis Following EDS Treatment Barkha Singhal, Samuel Sang, Arpita Talapatra, Dibyendu Dutta, In Park and Nathaniel Mills Department of Biology, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 76204-5799 Testosterone Modulates the Role of the Bcl2 Family of Apoptotic Genes in Testes Arpita Talapatra, Samuel Sang, Barkha Singhal, Dibyendu Dutta, In Park, Hiwot Guililat and Nathaniel Mills Department of Biology, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 76204-5799 Analysis of Permissivity of Rat B-35 Neuroblastoma Cells for Murine Cytomegalovirus Prapti Mody, Laura Hanson and Dianna Hynds Department of Biology, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 76209-5799 Nano Drug Delivery Systems Specifically Target Subsets of Neurons and Effectively Promote Axon Growth (Neurite Outgrowth) Sumod Sebastian1, Remya A Veettil1, Santaneel Ghosh2 and Dianna Hynds1 1Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 76204-5799; 2Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Mutation of Arp3 Serine 226 Alters Protein Conformation Alexandra Wright1, Amruta C. Mahadik1, S . Haldar1, D.L. Hynds1, Brian W. Beck1,2,3 1Departments of Biology, 2Math. & Comp. Science and 3Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas 76204 6 TSM 2013 Meeting Program POSTERS (BIOLOGICAL) 11 Increased Mineral Content and the Osteocyte Lacunar Network of Trabecular Bone Following Osteonecrosis of The Femoral Head Olumide O. Aruwajoye1,2, Harry K.W. Kim2 and Pranesh B. Aswath1 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019; 2Center of Excellence in Hip Disorders, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, Texas 75219 POSTERS (Materials) 1 2 3 Fabrication and Characterization of Au/Fe Multilayered Nanodisks Orathai Thumthan, Chen-wen Huang and Yaowu Hao Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 UTA CCMB: State-of-the-Art Research Facility For Advanced Materials and Biology Characterization D. J. Yan, J. C. Jiang and E. I. Meletis UTA Characterization Center for Materials and Biology and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 Study of Anti-Wear Behavior of New Ash-Less Anti-Wear Additives in Blends With Zddp in Lubricating Oils Vibhu Sharma1, Ali Erdemir2 and Pranesh B. Aswath1 1 Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76109; 2 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 7