2012 Poster Session Winners
Carver College of Medicine Student Category
Nirjal Bhattarai
Mentor: Jack Stapleton, MD
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Title: GBV-C envelope glycoprotein E2 reduces T cell activation via interactions with Lck
Courtney Galle
Mentor: Jeffery Meier, MD
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Title: Synergism between two different classes of Cis-regulatory repeats in the human CMV major immediate-early enhancer determines viral fitness
Xu Liu
Mentor: Ernie Fuentes, PhD
Graduate Program: Biochemistry
Title: Specificity, Structure, Dynamics and Inhibition of Tiam1 PDZ Domain/Syndecan 1 Complex
Andrew Slupe
Mentor: Stefan Strack, PhD
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Title: Catastrophic convergence of multiple regulatory pathways following ischemic injury in neurons
Carver College of Medicine Staff and Postdoctoral Fellow Category
Leah Reznikov
Mentor: Michael Welsh, MD
Title: Novel nervous system phenotypes in newborn pigs with cystic fibrosis
Even Rosenbluth
Mentor: Brad Van Voorhis, MD
Title: MicroRNA in culture media from human blastocysts exhibits a distinct signature that correlates with embroynic chromosomes and IVF outcome
Andrew Shepherd
Mentor: D.P. Mohapatra, PhD
Title: Regulation of neuronal survival-death dynamics via chemokine CXCL12-induced distinct modulations in Kv2.1 channel
College of Pharmacy Student Category
Yu-Yu Tien
Mentor: John Brooks, PhD
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics
Title: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in the elderly: Use of chemotherapy and Rituximab and associated survival
College of Pharmacy Staff and Postdoctoral Fellow Category
Kristi Dimke
Mentor: Teri Swenson, PharmD
Title: Pharmacist management of depression: Comparison with usual care
College of Public Health Student Category
Xin Hu
Mentor: Peter Thorne, MS, PhD
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology
Title: Subchronic inhalation exposure study of an airborne polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture resembling the Chicago ambient air congener profile
William Klaren
Mentor: Larry Robertson, PhD, MPH
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology
Title: Search for the basis of PCB-triggered increased hepatic copper in rodents
College of Public Health Staff and Postdoctoral Fellow Category
Jong Sung Kim
Mentor: Peter Thorne, MS, PhD
Cellular responses after sequential air-liquid interface exposure of human lung cells to metal-based nanoparticles
Iowa City VA Medical System Student Category
Collin Kreple
Mentor: John Wemmie, MD, PhD
Graduate Program: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Title: Loss of ASIC1a increases endogenous opioids, causes a dependence-like state, and enhances drug-seeking behaviors in mice
Matthew Long
Mentor: Lee-Ann Allen, PhD
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Title: A novel phenotype for a Francisella tularensis SchuS4 FPI mutant
Iowa City VA Medical System Staff and Postdoctoral Fellow Category
Joel Graff
Principal Investigator: Mary Wilson, MD
Title: MicroRNA-mediated regulation of macrophage activation pathways: potential repression of microbicidal capacity in alveolar macrophages of cigarette smokers
Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Student Category
Levi Sowers
Mentor: Alex Bassuk, MD, PhD
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Title: PRICKLE2 null mice display abnormal synaptic morphology and autistic like behaviors
John Lee
Mentor: Beverly Davidson, PhD
Graduate Program: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Title: Investigating the therapeutic effect of Rhes suppression in a mouse model of Huntington's disease
Anamitra Ghosh
Mentor: Anumantha Kanthasamy, PhD
Graduate Program: Neuroscience (Iowa State University)
Title: Anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects of a novel compound mito-apocynin in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease
Thomas van't Erve
Mentor: Garry Buettner, PhD
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology
Title: Concordance of glutathione metabolites in the red blood cells of mono-zygotic twin pairs: implications for the RBC storage lesion
Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Staff and Postdoctoral Fellow Category
Bahri Karacay, PhD
Principal Investigator: Daniel Bonthius, MD, PhD
Title: Brain injury in congenital LCM virus infection is both virus mediated and immune mediated
Jaime L'Heureux, MS
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Murray, MD
Title: Development of a comprehensive DNA and tissue biobank at the University of Iowa : The UI Biobank