BLEND publications and research links will be provided here.

NSF UBM BLEND Research Activities Presented at Conferences by Undergraduates

• Diouf, Fallou, Kimberlee R. Bizzell, and Minnie Holmes-McNary. BCL3 Expression induced by MeIQx in Human-Derived Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepG2) Cells. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. November 7, 2008. Orlando, FL.
• Bulls, Domonique, and Jacquelyn Fetrow. Identifying Functional Sites Common to the GCN5-Related-N-Acetyltransferases (GNAT Superfamily) Through Computational Methods. N.C. Alliance Day. Opt-Ed September 26, 2008. Greensboro, NC.
• Bulls, Domonique, and Jacquelyn Fetrow. Identifying Functional Sites Common to the GCN5-Related-N-Acetyltransferases (GNAT Superfamily) Through Computational Methods. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. November 7, 2008. Orlando, FL.
• Bulls, Domonique, and Jacquelyn Fetrow. Identifying Functional Sites Common to the GCN5-Related-N-Acetyltransferases (GNAT Superfamily) Through Computational Methods. N.C. Wake Forest Research Symposium. September 26, 2008. Winston Salem, NC.
• Brittany K. Harris and Gregory D. Goins Ph.D. The Analysis of Aerobic Respiration Using the Computational Program MATLAB®. November 7, 2008. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Orlando, FL.
• Fox, Jesse M., Mamata Thapa, Lasse Lindahl, Janice Zengel. The PCR SOEing of a Strep-Tag onto the L17A. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Orlando, FL.
• Shearin, Shenna M. and Divi Venkateswarlu. Conformational Study of Activation Peptides in Blood Coagulation Co-factors V and VIII:A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. The Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS. November 12-15, 2008. Nashville, TN.
• Barner, Roshonda and Ann Loraine. Correlated Expression Analysis of Genes using Regression. N.C. A&T BSURE Symposium. September 19, 2008. Greensboro, NC.
• Parker, Robert and Gregory Goins. 2008. A Direct Assessment of Conversion of Diesel Engine for Operation on Vegetable Oils. N.C. Alliance Day. Opt-Ed September 26, 2008. Greensboro, NC.
• Streater, Corey B., Dominique G. Homberger, and Thomas C. Redd. 2008. A Unique Classification System for the Amazona Hispaniolensis. N.C. Alliance Day. September 26, 2008. Greensboro, NC.
• Messan, Komi, Dominic P. Clemence, and Liping Liu. 2008. Exploring the logistic differential equation. N.C. Opt-Ed Alliance Day. September 26, 2008. Greensboro, NC.
• Goins, G. D. 2008. Forming a Biomathematical Learning Alliance Across Traditional Academic Departments. TIMBER Mathematical Biology Conference. November 15, 2008. Appalachian State University. Boone, N.C.
• Barner, Roshonda, Mingxiang Chen. 2008. Entropy Distance Method and Applications TIMBER Mathematical Biology Conference. November 15, 2008. Appalachian State University. Boone, N.C.
• Collins, D. Verifying Korteweg-deVries and non-Linear Schrödinger Equations College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Barner, R. The Jukes-Cantor Correction in Comparative Genomics. College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Messan, K. Mathematical modeling of HIV College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Harris, B. A Piecewise Evaluation Function in Matlab. College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Parker, R. Biology in a GUI World: Viscosity GUI for Vegetable Oil Blends. College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Landvater, S. Teaching Mathematical Modeling: A Biologist’s Perspective. College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Parker, R., G. Goins, and K. Miller. 2007. "Photosynthetic responses of Brassica oleracea cultivar groups to the physicochemical properties associated with organic soils". ABRCMS November 7- 10. Austin, Texas.
• Parker, R., G. Goins, and K. Miller. 2007. "Photosynthetic responses of plants  to the physicochemical properties associated with organic soils". 3rd Annual State of N.C. Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium. SNCURCS UNC-G. November 17, 2007.
• Bryant, S., S. Richardson, C. White, and G. Goins. 2007. "The effect of gravitational change on virulence factors of non-typeable Haemophilus influenza". 3rd Annual State of N.C. Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium. SNCURCS UNC-G. November 17, 2007.
• Collins, D. Exact Solutions to Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations. 3rd Annual State of N.C. Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium. SNCURCS UNC-G. November 17, 2007.

NSF UBM BLEND-Related Research Activities Published in Journals and Books

• Goins, G.D., C.D. White, D.B. Foushee, M.A. Smith, J. J. Whittaker, and G.S. Byrd Accepted Thurgood Marshall College Fund Book. 2009. (In Press). on HBCUs model for Success. Successful Models for Effectively Retaining and Graduating Students at North Carolina A&T State University.
• Goins, G., C. White, M. Chen, V. Kelkar, D. Clemence, and M. Smith. 2008. "Forming A Biomathematical Learning Alliance Across Traditional Academic Departments". MAA Notes Volume on “Undergraduate Mathematics for the Life Sciences: Processes, Models, Assessment, and Directions, G. Ledder, J. Carpenter, and T. Comar, eds. Submitted in Review by the American Mathematical Society.
• Leduc, I., White C.D., Nepluev, I., Throm, R.E., Spinola, S. M., and Elkins, C. Outer Membrane Protein DsrA Is the Major Fibronectin-Binding Determinant of Haemophilus ducreyi. Infection and Immunity. 2008. 76:608-1616.
• Chen, M., Clemence, D. 2006. Analysis of and numerical schemes for a mouse population model in Hantavirus epidemics Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 12: 887-899.
• Li., Y. A Bio-inspired Adaptive Job Scheduling Mechanism on the Grid. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security 6:1-7, 2006.
• Mickens R. E., Clemence, D. P., Castillo-Chavez-C., and Gumel A. eds. 2006. Mathematical Studies on Human Disease Dynamics: Emerging Paradigms and Challenges (Contemporary Mathematics). ISBN:0821837753 American Mathematical Society  Boston, MA, USA

NSF UBM BLEND Research Activities Presented at Conferences by Faculty

• Goins, G., and Smith, M. 2008.  A biomathematical learning enhancement program at NC A&T. Computing and Informatics UNC-Charlotte. Bioinformatics Research Center. February 29, 2008.
• Goins, G. and Clemence, D.P. 2008. Forming a biomathematical learning alliance across disciplines. College of Arts & Sciences Math Awareness Day 2008. NC A&T State Univ. Greensboro, NC.
• Goins, G., C. White, M. Chen, V. Kelkar, D. Clemence, and M. Smith. 2008. A BLEND for Biomathematics. UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference for Creative Combinations for Learning in North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C. March 12-14, 2008.
• An Excel Model for Diabetes. A learning module for the Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) National Science Digital Library (NSDL).  Instructor: MAA PREP / National Computational Science Inst. (NCSI) Workshop June, 2007 at Sweet Briar College, VA.
• Chen. M. 2007 Dynamics of a Mathematical Model for Sickle Cell Depolymerization.  Fall Southeastern Meeting of the American Mathematical Society. Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.  November 3-4, 2007
• Goins, G. Afternoon Session Chair. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual UNC-G Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conference.  November 17, 2007.
• Tate, J.S., Kelkar, A.D., Kelkar, V.A. Minimizing Scatter Load-controlled fatigue test data of textile polymeric composites using statistical techniques". International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNC-Greensboro. October 12-14, 2007.
• Goins, G. and M. Smith 2007.  Molecular analysis of photosynthetic acclimation to altered spectral quality.  American Society of Plant Biologists & Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. July 7-11, 2007.
• Mingxiang, C., D. Clemence, V. Kelkar, M. Smith, and G. Goins. 2007. “A Biomathematical Learning Enhancement Network for Diversity” Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 90th Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and 113th Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) New Orleans, LA, January 5-8, 2007.
• Dent, G. and G. Goins. Simulation Studies for Protein Structure Prediction. 2007. Stochastic Dynamical Systems and Control Workshop. Mathematical Research Sciences Institute, Berkley CA, March 26-30, 2007. 
• Goins, G.D. “A Biomathematical Learning Enhancement Network for Diversity” 2006. Presented at Timber 2006: A Conference on Quantitative Biology at the Institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Resources. Appalachian State University Boone, N.C. November, 2006.
• Goins, G.D., M.A. Smith, and E. Johnson, Jr. "Molecular analysis of photosynthetic acclimation to altered spectral quality" 2006. Presented at the Plant Molecular Biology Consortium Retreat sponsored by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.  Sept 29-Oct 1, Wrightsville, Beach, NC.
• Goins. G.D.; Smith, Mary 2007.  Molecular analysis of photosynthetic acclimation to altered spectral quality. Plant Biology & Botany National Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.

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