Summer Research Program Poster Session 2012

Abstracts for the projects listed below are available on the Center's website at http://sbcny.org/2012_program.htm.

Regulation of Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Levels by Calcium, Nitric Oxide, and Calmodulin via cGMP-Specific Phosphodiesterases

• Arastehmanesh, David (Queens College)
• Mentor: Susana Neves, PhD, Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

A Computational Model and Sensitivity Analysis of the VEGFR-2 Signaling Pathway

• Begum, Maisam T. (City College of New York)
• Mentor: Xiaoyan Zhang, MD/PhD (James Gallo Laboratory), Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

The Effects of Genomic Differences in Cancer on Signaling within the EGFR Pathway

• Gajulapalli, Arjun (Boston College)
• Mentor: Aislyn Boran Wist, PhD (Ravi Iyengar Laboratory), Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

SHP2: More than a double-edged sword?

• Klaz, Gabriela
• Mentor: Yana Zorina, PhD (Ravi Iyengar Laboratory), Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

Early Markers in Mechanosensitive Signaling

• Konkimalla, Arvind (Rutgers University)
• Mentor: Evren Azeloglu, PhD (Ravi Iyengar Laboratory), Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

Interactions between Phosphodiesterases 3 and 4 affect cAMP Production

• Lee, Isaac (Colgate University)
• Mentor: Susana Neves, PhD, Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

Understanding Parameters of Ventricular Myocyte Models Utilizing Markov Pathways

• Lopatkin, Allison (University of Rochester)
• Mentor: Eric Sobie, PhD, Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

Network Analysis of Retinal Degenerative Disease Genes

• Pluchenik, Tamara (Queens College)
• Mentor: Avi Ma’ayan, PhD, Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine

Soluble IL-6 Receptor: The Missing Link in STAT3 Signaling

• Rabinovich, Vera
• Mentor: Yana Zorina, PhD (Ravi Iyengar Laboratory), Systems Biology Center New York, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine