AIM 2025 Symposium and Workshop

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Event Details

Date:June 5th, 2025

Starts:08:00AM MDT
Ends:05:00PM MDT
Location:
UNM HSC Campus
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
AIM 2025 Symposium and Workshop
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome/Breakfast, Fitz Hall 389
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Introductions and Session I, Fitz Hall 303

Vojo Deretic, Ph.D. (AIM Director) and Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D. (AIM Associate Director and Workshop Organizer)

 

09:00 am to 09:15 am

Vojo Deretic, Ph.D. (AIM Director) and Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D. (AIM Associate Director and Workshop Organizer)

 

Nancy Kanagy, Ph.D. Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health

09:15 am to 09:25 am

Nancy Kanagy, Ph.D. Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health

10 minutes

Yiliang Zhu, Ph.D. Statistics model

09:25 am to 09:45 am

Yiliang Zhu, Ph.D. Statistics model

15 minutes (+5)

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM UNM CoBRE Science Session II Keynotes, Fitz Hall 303
09:45 am to 10:15 am

Matt Campen, Ph.D.

Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine

20 minutes (+10)

10:15 am to 10:45 am

Bill Shuttleworth, Ph.D.

Center for Brain Recovery and Repair

20 minutes (+10)

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break, Fitz Hall 389
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CoBRE, PI and Trainee Science Session III, Fitz Hall 303

Investigating the Modulation of Neutrophil Autophagy by Staphylococcus aureus

11:00 am to 11:12 am

Madison Collins, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Biological and Physical Sciences, Montana State University Billings

Title: Investigating the Modulation of Neutrophil Autophagy by Staphylococcus aureus

10 minutes (+2)

Space and time-dependant response to viral infection in the lung

11:12 am to 11:24 am

Esteban Hernandez-Vargas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Statistical Science, University of Idaho

Title: Space and time-dependant response to viral infection in the lung

10 minutes (+2)

Intracellular signaling events regulating chaperone-meditated autophagy

11:24 am to 11:36 am

Joseph Endicott, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Pathology, UNM SOM

Title: Intracellular signaling events regulating chaperone-meditated autophagy

10 minutes (+2)

Amino acid-stimulated mTOR activation is regulated by lysosome positioning

11:36 am to 11:48 am

Jing Pu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

MGM, UNM SOM

Title: Amino acid-stimulated mTOR activation is regulated by lysosome positioning

10 minutes (+2)

TRIM46 restrains lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy-related processes through maintenance of Golgi network architecture

11:48 am to 12:00 pm

Michael Mandell, Ph.D. Associate Professor

MGM, UNM SOM

Title: TRIM46 restrains lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy-related processes through maintenance of Golgi network architecture

10 minutes (+2)

Targeting GLUT3 suppresses metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer by modulating cell mechanics through PKA and AMPK signaling axes

12:00 pm to 12:12 pm

Tae-Hyung Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Pathology, UNM SOM

Title: Targeting GLUT3 suppresses metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer by modulating cell mechanics through PKA and AMPK signaling axes

10 minutes (+2)

12:12 pm

Ruheena Javed, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor

Deretic Lab, MGM, UNM SOM

3 minutes (+2)

12:17 pm

Aaron Romero, Graduate Student

Castillo Lab, UNM SOM

3 minutes (+2)

Effects of Enteric Bacterial Toxin EspP on Intestinal Secretory Cell Differentiation

12:22 pm

Myranda Thompson, Graduate Student

Julie In Lab, UNM SOM

Title: Effects of Enteric Bacterial Toxin EspP on Intestinal Secretory Cell Differentiation

3 minutes (+2)

CSF3/CSF3R Axis in Macrophage Dynamics and Interconversions

12:27 pm

Flora (Chunqing) Wang, Ph.D. Post Doc

Liu Lab, UNM SOM

Title: CSF3/CSF3R Axis in Macrophage Dynamics and Interconversions

3 minutes (+2)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (on the green)
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Poster Session, Domenici West Main Lobby
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM AIM Core Presentation, Fitz 303
02:15 pm to 02:45 pm

Sharina Desai, Ph.D.

AIM Science Core Technical Director

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Open House, Fitz Hall 384
02:45 pm to 04:00 pm

Laboratory and Instrumentation Tour with Q&A, Sharina Desai, Ph.D. AIM Science Core Technical Director