Summer Poster Presentations

Friday, August 12, 2011
The Atrium
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Novel Targets for Anti-Depressants 1
Appasani, Raghu Kiran
Mentor: Eric Nestler, MD/PhD

The role of MyD88 gene mutations on toll-like receptors and IgM 2 recognition
Black, Samuel
Mentor: Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD/PhD

The Role of ELAVL4 on the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease 3
Duckro, Kristen
Mentor: Joseph D. Buxbaum, PhD

The role of Wdr5 in tumor suppressor p53-mediated 4 heterochromatin reorganization and cell fate decisions
Hayes, Tyler
Mentor: Stuart A. Aaronson, MD

Deconstruction of Engineered Cardiac Tissue for Phenotypic 5 Analysis of Cellular Constituents.
Lama, Siddhi
Mentor: Kevin Costa, PhD

Leaving a MARK on the Heart? 6 Regulation of STIM1 during cardiac hypertrophy through microtubule dynamics by MARK2
Matasic, Dan
Mentor: Roger J. Hajjar, MD

Inhibition of Endothelial Nitric Oxide as Therapeutic Alternative for 7 Multiple Sclerosis
Navrazhina, Kristina
Mentor: Gareth R. John, PhD

Searching for nonrandom X inactivation in autistic patients and 8 unaffected mothers
Ota, Mizuho
Mentor: Andrew Chess, MD

Exploration of the Structural Connections of the Default Mode 9 Network through Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Paradise, Deborah
Mentor: Mark Baxter, PhD

Regulation of Food intake by the Reward Circuitry 10
Prem, Smrithi
Mentor: Yasmin Hurd, PhD

A Novel Approach to generate cross-reactive neutralizing 11 antibodies against Influenza A Viruses
Wang, Wenjing
Mentor: Peter Palese, PhD

The role of the BCL-2 family in ethanol-induced liver injury 12
Wyant, Greg
Mentor: Jerry Chipuk, PhD

Identification and characterization of pathways that regulate 13 chromosome segregation
Yeoh, Aaron
Mentor: Matthew J. O'Connell, PhD

The p53 C-terminal regulatory domain regulates an alternatively 14 spliced form of p53
Zee, Isabelle
Mentor: James J. Manfredi, PhD