2026 SC Upstate Research Symposium

Brief Schedule
9:00 – 9:30am	Check-In & Poster Set-up University Readiness Center Greatroom

9:30 – 11:30am	Poster Session with Career & Graduate School Fair University Readiness Center Greatroom

11:45 – 12:30pm	Lunch : CLC Cafeteria (free, just present your SC Research Symposium badge at the register!) CLC Cafeteria

12:30 – 12:35pm	Opening Remarks: Dr. Joshua Ruppel, Symposium Co-Chair Campus Life Center Ballroom

12:35 – 12:45pm	Welcome: Dr. Bennie Harris, USC Upstate Chancellor Campus Life Center Ballroom

12:45 – 1:45pm	Keynote Address: Dr. Tyler Farnsworth The Business of Science: Navigating the Path from Discovery to Commercialization Abstract: This talk will explore the unique intersection of business and science, where technologies grow from bench-scale demonstrations to scalable, commercial impact. Campus Life Center Ballroom

2:00 – 4:30pm	Breakout Sessions (CASB)

Poster Presentations:

The Effect of Omeprazole on Viability and Mitochondrial Activity on Human Esophageal Cancer Cells - (Link)
Investigating the role of SARS-CoV nonstructural protein 1 in the selective translation control of viral RNA - (Link)
An Efficient Deep Learning Approach for Deepfake Detection (Link)
Health Behaviors, Guideline Adherence, and Campus Recreation Utilization Among USC Upstate Staff and Faculty: A Baseline Assessment Supporting Exercise is Medicine on Campus (Link)
Traumatic Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress and Neuroimaging (link)

Oral Presentations:

Small RNA, Big Impact: miR-718 as a Metabolic Modulator (Link)
Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene: An Economic Model of Optimal Farm Reconstruction After Disaster (Link)
Building an Empire: United Fruit Company’s Habitual Influence Over Politics, Infrastructure, and Labor in Panama and Costa Rica, 1910s-1950s (Link)
FOOTAGE (Fracture Outcomes in Older Trauma - Ankle & Foot Geriatric Experience): A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study (Link)
Examining the Role of Humor Styles and Mating Context on Mat desirability (Link)

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