Poster sessions
2025
2025 LSUHSC GeneBIORETS
Poster Session
The Genetics, Genomics, and Biology Research Experiences for Teachers in the Sciences (GeneBIORETS) program at LSUHSC provides high school science teachers with the exciting opportunity to engage in research under the supervision of a faculty mentor, learn ways to enhance their science curriculum, and receive professional development training. Teachers work full time for six weeks during the summer and part time for two weeks during the academic year. The goals of the GeneBIORETS program are for teachers to develop collaborative relationships with colleagues and researchers to provide training experiences that will have long-term impacts on how they impart science education in their classrooms, ultimately inspiring their students to pursue and excel in STEM professions. The program directors and principal investigators are Dr. Fern Tsien and Dr. Kelly Sherman. Program co-directors are Ms. Martha Cuccia, Dr. Arnold Zea, and Dr. Michael Norman. The program is made possible by a highly competitive grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), with only two awarded nationally per year.
We extend our special appreciation to mentors as well as laboratory and administrative personnel who helped make this program success!
Teachers are listed alphabetically by last name. To view their Abstracts and Posters, please click on the corresponding links under their individual project title.
Damionne Bell
New Orleans Charter Science & Math High School
Mentor: Ben Kelly, PhD
LSU Health School of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
Generation of a Leishmania plasmid to express a mutated cytochrome c oxidase subunit in Leishmania
Laura Decker
Mandeville High School
Mentor: Adrienne Katner, DEnv, MS
LSU Health School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Climate & Sustainability
Developing and Curating Environmental Science Lesson Plans at All Grade Levels that Create, Encourage, and Nurture Student Confidence in Their Scientific Ability
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Temitope Fadipe
Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts
Mentor: Omeed Moaven, MD
LSU Health School of Medicine, Surgical Oncology
Transgenic Oncolytic Viruses and Ruxolitinib as Neoadjuvant Combination Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Madison Hannan
Mount Carmel Academy
Mentor: Stefany Primeaux, PhD
LSU Health School of Medicine, Physiology
The Liking of Bitter Foods was associated with an Increased Liking for Sweet and Salty Foods in Females with and without a diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Kimberly McCarter
Huntington High School
Mentor: Giulia Monticone, PhD
LSU Health School of Medicine, Genetics
Therapeutic potential of the TRIM21-Notch1 axis blockade in triple-negative breast cancer
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Mary Phillips
Rooted School
Mentor: Sydney Vita, PhD
LSU Health School of Medicine, Physiology
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury increases blood-brain barrier permeability in adolescent female Wistar rats at 24 hours post injury
Marla Taylor
Warren Easton Charter High School
Mentor: Deidre Devier, PhD
LSU Health, School of Medicine, Cell Biology, Anatomy & Neurology
Analytical assessment of the third ventriclewidth for neurological symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis patients
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Joseph Vaccaro
Metaire Park Country Day School
Mentor: Fern Tsien, PhD
LSU Health School of Medicine, Genetics
Comparison of Chromosomal Aneuploidy in HPV-Positive and HPV-Negative Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines