Oral Session

Vitamins and Minerals

Selenium (Oral 11)

Chair(s)

• AD

  Alan Diamond, PhD

  University of Illinois at Chiacgo

Co-Chair(s)

• 

  Marla Berry, Ph.D.

  Professor and Chair
  University of Hawaii

Presenting Author(s)

• PC

  Paul Copeland, PhD

  Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• XL

  Xin Gen Lei, PhD

  Cornell University
• WC

  Wen-Hsing Cheng, PhD

  Assistant Research Professor
  Mississippi State University
• ME

  Mostafa Elhodaky, MD

  University of Illinois at Chicago
• LH

  Lenny Hong, MS

  Graduate Student
  University of Illinois at Chiacgo
• 

  Buyun Liu, PhD

  University of Iowa

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  A Zebrafish Model for Selenoprotein Synthesis and Function
  Paul Copeland, PhD – Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Michael Vetick, BS – Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

  Loss of Selenoprotein V Predisposes Mice to Body Fat Accumulation
  Xin Gen Lei, PhD – Cornell University; Lingli Chen, MS – China Agricultural University; Jiaqiang Huang, PhD – China Agricultural University; Yuanyuan Wu, PhD – China Agricultural University; Fazheng Ren, PhD – China Agricultural University
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

  Genome Maintenance by Selenoprotein H in the Nucleolus
  Wen-Hsing Cheng, PhD – Mississippi State University; Wen-Hsing Cheng, PhD – Mississippi State University
• 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

  Selenium-Binding Protein 1 Reduces Oxygen Consumption and Activates AMPK in Prostate Cancer Cells
  Mostafa Elhodaky, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago; Lenny K. Hong, MS – University of Illinois at Chiacgo; Alan M. Diamond, PhD – University of Illinois at Chiacgo
• 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

  Selenium Deficiency in a Mouse Model of Sickle Cell Disease Resulted in Increased Oxygen Consumption and Aberrant Mitochondrial Retention
  Lenny K. Hong, MS – University of Illinois at Chiacgo; Ramasamy Jagadeeswaran, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago; Robert E. Molokie, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago; Donald Lavelle, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago; Angela Rivers, MD, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago; Alan M. Diamond, PhD – University of Illinois at Chiacgo
• 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

  Association Between Dietary Selenium Intake and Leukocyte Telomere Length in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults
  Buyun Liu, PhD – University of Iowa; Yangbo Sun, PhD, MD – University of Iowa; Guifeng Xu, PhD candidate – University of Iowa; Shuang Rong, PhD – Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Wei Bao, PhD – University of Iowa
• 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

  Glutathione Peroxidase-1 Overexpression Inhibits Transcription of Regenerating Islet-Derived Protein-2 in Pancreatic Islets of Mice
  Xin Gen Lei, PhD – Cornell University; Jun-Won Yun, PhD – Cornell University; Zeping Zhao, PhD – Cornell University; Xi Yan, PhD – Cornell University; Marko Vatamaniuk, PhD – Cornell University