Second Kamal A. Shair Central Research Science Laboratory Research Conference.
Research Vision
Saturday 14 May 2011
Hostler Auditorium.
Program
8:00 am
Welcoming and poster hanging.
8:50am
9:00am
9:10am
9:20am
9:30am
9:40am
9:50am
Director Youssef Mouneimne, KAS CRSL welcoming address
President Peter Dorman
Dean Patrick McGreevy, FAS address
Dean Nahla Hwalla, FAFS address
Acting Dean Fadl Moukalled, FEA address
Dean Iman Nuwayhid, FHS address
Associate Dean for Basic Medical Research Ali Bazarbachi, FM address
10:00am
Coffee break
10:20am
FM session. Chair Dr Georges Nemer.
Dr Rose-Mary Boustany
Neurogenetics Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry,
Vision for research
Dr Saria El Haddad
Neurogenetics Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry,
I was lost and now I'm found
10:50am
FH session. Chair Dr Sami Ramia.
Dr Nada M. Melhem
Medical Laboratory Sciences Program.
The future of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HBV
vaccines.
11:00am
FAFS session. Chair Dr Adib Saad.
Dr Elie K. Barbour
Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department.
Present and future programs of escherichia coli-induced mastitis in
dairy cattle.
Tamar Kassabian
Advisor: Dr Elie K. Barbour, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Department.
Escherichia coli -induced mastitis in cows of Lebanon: virulence genes
frequency and antimicrobial resistance modulation.
Dr Isam Bashour
Agricultural science department.
Conservation Agriculture in Lebanon
Rani Bassil
Advisor: Dr Isam Bashour, Agricultural science department.
Antibiotic uptake by plants from manure-amended soils.
11:40
FAS, Biology session. Chair Dr Mike Osta.
Dr Imad Patrick Saoud
The aquaculture research program at AUB: what is it all about?
Dr Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Herbal Compounds for Cancer Treatment: An Ongoing Saga.
Hazar Haidar
Advisor: Dr Hala Gali-Muhtasib
The Zn chelator TPEN induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells.
Dr Khouzama Knio
The flower-head infesting Tephritids in Lebanon
Stephanie G. Haddad
Advisor: Dr Khouzama Knio
Host Race Formation in Terellia serratulae.
Layla Kamareddine
Advisor: Dr Mike Osta
The role of melanisation in defense against fungal infections in the malaria
vector Anopheles gambiae.
Caroline S. Tawk
Advisor: Dr Colin A. Smith
Mutability of HK022 Nun protein reveals the requirements for specificity
and function.
1:00 pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm
FAS, Physics session. Chair Dr Samih Isber.
Dr Malek Tabbal
Harvesting energy through thermoelectrics: Optimizing materials for
power generation and cooling.
Abeer Al Mohtar
Advisor: Dr Malek Tabbal
Microstructural investigation of the oxidation of tungsten thin films using
remote plasmas
Mirvat Shamseddine
Advisor: Dr Michel Kazan
Infrared analysis and modeling of thin films
2:30pm
FAS, Chemistry session. Chair Dr Kamal Bouhadir.
Dr Antoine Ghauch
Toward the remediation of accidental pollutions using advanced oxidation
processes coupled with smart on line monitoring analytical techniques.
Habib Baydoun
Advisor: Dr Antoine Ghauch
Ultrasonic/Fe0/H2O2 systems for the removal of sulfamethoxazole
antibiotic from water.
Al Muthanna Tuqan
Advisor: Dr Antoine Ghauch
Oxidation of bisoprolol in heated persulfate/H2O systems:
kinetics and products.
Dr Digambara Patra
Exploitation of fluorescence based techniques in understanding
biophysical processes, comprehending photonics of nanomaterials and
developing optical sensors.
Elsy El Khoury
Advisor: Dr Digambara Patra
Curcumin as a sensitive fluorescent molecular probe for investigating
DPPC and DMPC bilayer membrane properties
Dr Najat Saliba
The Atmospheric and Analytic Laboratory (AAL)
Elizabeth Sepetdjian
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
Which one kills you faster? Cigarette or arghile?
Nadine Abdallah
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
Identifying the chemical marker differentiating water pipe smoke from
cigarette smoke.
Qassem Al-Asaad
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
The Highway is Our Airway
Marshall Woodworth
Advisor: Dr Najat Saliba
Absorbed Residue Analysis of the Beirut Amphora
4:10 pm
Break
4:45pm
Award distribution and closing address.
5:00pm
Closing
Posters
Autism susceptibility genes in the Lebanese population.
Jihane Soueid, Simona Ghanem, Rose-Mary Boustany.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
Exogenous Galactosylceramide Corrects Growth and Apoptotic Defects in Human
CLN3-Deficient Cells and Behavioral Deficits in CLN3Δex7/8 Knock-in Male Mice by
Lowering Ceramide.
Hasan El Chebib, Hayat Harati, Bakiza Noutsi, Alaa ElMaoued , Susan Cotman and
Rose-Mary Boustany.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
CLN3 Expression in Breast Cancer
Bakiza noutsi, Mohammad Raad, Batoul farran, Marwan El Khoury, Fouad Boulos,
Ghazi Zaatrari, Rose Mary Boustany.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
Use of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis in the Diagnosis of Neurogenetic Disorders in
Lebanon.
Simona Ghanem , Omar Dabbagh, Rose Mary Boustany, and Chantal Farra.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, FM.
Inhibitory effects of arsenic trioxide and interferon alpha on the proliferation of chronic
myeloid leukemia cell lines and fresh CML cells, supported by in vivo preliminary results
Jessica Saliba, Ahmad Iskandarani, Rabab El Eit , Hugues de Thé, Ali Bazarbachi, and
Rihab Nasr.
Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, FM.
Zinc chelators as anticancer agents.
Maamoun Fatfat, Hazar Haidar, Khaled Machaca and Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Department of Biology, FAS.
The role of the Retinoblastoma protein, pRb, during adult neurogenesis in the olfactory
bulb.
Rayan Naser, Renaud Vandenbosch, Sawsan Al Lafi, S. Ruth Slack and Noël Ghanem.
Department of Biology, FAS.
Synthesis of tungsten trioxide by PLD for electrochromic devices
Elsy Bacha, Abeer Al Mohtar, Malek Tabbal.
Department of Physics, FAS.