Graduate Student Research Forum
The 33rd Annual College of Medicine Graduate Student Research Forum took place on Friday, November 9, 2012. The purpose of this annual event is to promote scientific interactions among graduate students, faculty and other research trainees as well as to inform the wider scientific community about current student research activities at the College of Medicine. All graduate students are encouraged to participate as the research forum is an important and meaningful component of their training. This year the keynote speaker was Scott Johnson from the Myelin Repair Foundation.
The title of his presentation was
"Where are the Cures? - Accelerating New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis & All Diseases".
| Name | Program | Advisor | Poster Title | Place |
| Wissing, Erin | Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology | Jeff Molkentin | Inhibition of p38α reduces pathology in multiple models of muscular dystrophy
| 1st |
| Lee, Mary | Molecular & Developmental Biology | Katherine Yutzey | Gene regulation by twist1 homodimers and heterodimers during heart valve development
| 2nd |
| Reyer, Ashley | Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology | Rhett Kovall | Biophysical and biochemical characterization of SU(H) binding partners hairless and notch
| 2nd |
| Engevik, Melinda | Systems Biology and Physiology | Roger Worrell | Changes in ion transport status influence Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron growth
| 3rd |
| Singh, Shatrunjai | Molecular & Developmental Biology | Steve Danzer | Morphological changes among hippocampal dentate granule cells exposed to kindling-epileptogenesis
| 3rd |
| Donnelly, Jessica | Systems Biology and Physiology | Yana Zavros | Chronic gastric inflammation drives the malignant transformation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
| Honorable Mention |
| Waltmann, Meaghan | Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine | David Hui | LRP8 Deficiency promotes atherosclerotic plaque necrosis by enhancing stress-induced macrophage death
| Honorable Mention |
| MacMaster, Kayleigh | Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology
| Alison Weiss | Lectin-like activity of shiga toxin B-subunit | Honorable Mention |
| Tiwari, Swati | Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology | Punam Malik | Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A gene therapy approach using lentiviral vectors
| Honorable Mention |
| Adams, Allie | Cancer and Cell Biology | Susanne Wells | DEK stimulates head and neck cancer growth independent of hpv status
| Honorable Mention |
| Bednar, Kyle | Immunobiology | William Ridgway | TLR-4 Agonistic Antibody Protects Against Type 1 Diabetes
| Honorable Mention |
| Korfhagen, Joseph | Neuroscience | George Shaw | Detection of intracerebral hemorrahage in an in vivo porcine model using radiofrequency electromagentic radiation
| Honorable Mention |
| Tabaja, Nassif | Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology | Rhett Kovall | Biophysical Characterization of the RITA:CSL Interaction, a Novel Transcriptional Regulation Mechanism of the Notch Signaling Pathway | Honorable Mention |
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