Meet postdocs at the 2009 SACNAS conference

(Information about the postdocs presenting at the 2010 conference will be published in the Fall.)

36th annual conference, Sheraton Hotel Dallas, Texas, October 15-18, 2009. The entire conference agenda can be found here.

We encourage diversity recruiters, equity advisors, faculty search committees, and others to meet SACNAS postdocs. These individuals will diversify the workforce as the next generation of science professionals. In particular, the postdocs listed below will have poster or oral presentations at the SACNAS annual conference. Join us in Dallas to network with these potential job candidates.

Postdoc Poster Session at the Networking Reception

Join us for a reception welcoming postdocs and interested graduate students to the SACNAS national meeting. This gathering is an excellent way to network and to learn about postdoctoral and professional opportunities. Professionals and exhibitors are encouraged to attend the reception to publicize open positions. The Postdoc Poster Session will highlight our postdoctoral member’s scholarship listed below by discipline. There will also be poster presentions from advanced Ph.D. graduate students.
Houston Ballrooms B & C on Thursday October 15, 8:30 p.m.
Current list of reception exhibitors found below.
Postdoc presentations and overview slideshow from 2008

Organizers
Alberto I. Roca, Ph.D.; Founder, minoritypostdoc.org
Greg Villareal, Ph.D.; SACNAS Board member

Biology

Roberto Aguilar of University of California, Irvine (public bio and profile)
A Bilateral Cervical Contusion Injury Model in Mice: Assessment of Gripping Strength as a Measure of Forelimb Motor Function

Jackelyn of University of California, Los Angeles
Defining the role of PTEN in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Growth and Stability

Audrey of University of California, Davis
Priming Immunization With a Vif-Deleted Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Proviral DNA Vaccine Boosted with a Whole Killed Virus Vaccine Improves Vaccine Immunogenicity but Does Not Improve Efficacy

Michelle Juarez of University of California, San Diego (public bio and profile)
Idenitifcation of a Novel Gene Required to Initiate an Epidermal Wound Response in Drosophila

Charla of University of Pennsylvania
Highly Punctuate Patterns of Population Structure on the Human X Chromosome

Nia of Meharry Medical College
Ethnicity-Based Differential Ability of Semen-Derived Enhancer of Viral Infection (Sevi) to Enhance HIV-1 Infection

Labib of Kyoto University
Analysis of Genes Involved in Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Planarians

Luis of University of Massachusetts
In vivo analysis of myosin XI function in polarized plant cell growth

Computer Science

Edgar Lobaton of University of California, Berkeley (public profile)
Using Tele-Immersion to Connect the World

Environmental Science

Guadalupe of The University of Texas at El Paso
Nanophytotoxicity Assessment for ZNO and CEO2 in Salsola Kali, a Desert Plant Species

Arnaldo of University of Pennsylvania
Detection and quantification of PAH metabolites by liquid chromatography electron capture atmospheric pressure chemical ionization/mass spectrometry

Laura of University of Texas at El Paso
Toxicity of ZNO and CEO2 Nanoparticles to Glycine Max Seedlings: Effects on Germination, Root Growth and Metal Uptake

Serena of US Geological Survey
Nitrogen Loading Affects the Climatic Role of Coastal Marine Wetlands

Alexandra of University of Texas at Austin
Effects of Tropical Land-Cover Change on Spatial Patterns of Atmospheric Deposition and Throughfall Ion Fluxes to Montane Ecosystems in Eastern Mexico

Geosciences

Everett Salas of Rice University (public profile)
Multiscale Imaging of Cells on Solid Surfaces Using Vertical Scanning Interferometry

Physics

Marcel of Columbia University
Candidate Isolated Neutron Stars From the RASS and SDSS: a Status Report

Ely of Chicago State University
Particle Identification Using the Threshold Cerenkov Detector with Radial Segmentation (TCDRS)

Current Exhibitors

To reserve an exhibitor round table (no “booths”), please email us () for information. Remaining space is limited.

Oral Presentations

Other postdocs are speakers for the following Scientific Symposia and Career Development panels.
See the printed conference program for specific date and times.

Panel: See Yourself on the Flipside: A Candid Discussion of the Graduate Experience
Guillermo of University of Colorado at Boulder

Conversations with Scientists: Biological Sciences: Microbiology, Molecular/Cellular and Developmental Biology
Jackelyn of University of California, Los Angeles

Panel: Inside the Double Bind: Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Carol of TERC, Inc.

Panel: Can’t Run, Can’t Hide - Whaddaya Gonna Do? Interaction of Plants with Their Environment
Terri of Duke University

Panel: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Cell Biology
Olivia of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Panel: Mathematics of the New Generation
Jessica of Stanford University

Panel: Water in the 21st Century: Demographic Inequities, Resource Scarcity, and Populations at Risk
Karletta of Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV

Panel: Darwin’s Legacy: How Evolution Informs Interdisciplinary Research to Improve the Human Condition
Lesley of National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
What causes biodiversity? The evolutionary process of plant species diversification and its conservation

Panel: Geobiology: Opportunities at the Horizon Between Life and the Earth
Everett of Rice University
Jake of California Institute of Technology

Panel: Math Gaps and Pipelines: Does Addressing Equity Mean Something More in Mathematics Education?
Jose of University of Arizona
Nonformal Mathematics Adult Education: Can a Community of Learners Provide a Space for Transformation

Changes or additions to this list should be directed to

Registration

Online pre-registration for the SACNAS conference is available here until September 17, 2009. On-site registration will open on the morning of Thursday October 15, 2009.

Editor’s note: In general, the Postdoc Committee does not publicly release the contact information or vitaes of SACNAS postdoc members. We are publishing the above information to facilitate networking opportunties between attendees at the SACNAS annual conference. See the printed conference abstract book for a particular postdoc’s contact info.

For the long term institutionalization of this networking activity, we encourage recruiters, faculty, etc to attend the SACNAS conference and participate in the mentoring of the entire pipeline of SACNAS undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc members.

last updated 8-Mar-10