Poster abstracts

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Number	Presenter	Title	PI
1	Betina McNeil	Title not published online	Dr. Donald Dean
2	Katryna Cisek	Computational design of STAT3 inhibitors for targeted anti-cancer therapy	Chenglong Li
3	Antje Feller	The many faces of the bHLH transcription factor R	Erich Grotewold
4	Zoee Gokhale	Elucidating Mechanisms Of Primary Charge Separation In Photosystem II	Dr. Richard T. Sayre
5	Yi Guo	Roles of the TPLH Network in Maintaining the Global Structure of Gankyrin	Ming-Daw Tsai
6	Sarah Javaid	hMSH2-hMSH6 Interaction with Mismatched DNA	Dr. Richard Fishel
7	Ian Kleckner	Donut dynamics: NMR studies of the ring-shaped 11-mer trp RNA-binding Attenuation Protein (TRAP)	Mark Foster
8	In-Hee Park	Novel Ligand-Induced-Fit Simulation of Survivin Via Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics (REMD) and Receptor-Based Reverse Virtual Screening (VS)	Chenglong Li
9	Ryan Pavlovicz	Modeling nicotinic acetylchoine receptors for computational inhibitor design	Chenglong Li
10	John Shimko	Total synthesis of histone H3 acetylated at lysine 56	Jennifer J. Ottesen
11	Jeffrey Voorhees	The Effects of Zinc on the Interaction Between Lactogenic Hormones and the Human Prolactin Receptor	Charles L. Brooks
12	Miao Xiao	Crystallization of Cry δ-Endotoxins in Bicelles	Donald H Dean Michael K Chan
13	Yiren Xu	NMR Studies of protein interactions in Archaeal RNase P	Mark P. Foster
14	Jinjin Zhang	Structure of RecE Exonuclease	Chuck Bell
15	Nael Alami	Title not published online	Anthony Brown
16	Jeff Anderson	Genetic Analysis of Specialized Tumor Associated Macrophages	Michael Ostrowski
17	Gulsen Colakoglu	Intermediate Filaments Exchange Subunits along Their Length and Elongate by End-to-End Annealing	Anthony Brown
18	Heather Edgerton	Identification and initial phenotypic analysis of mitotic regulatory proteins in Aspergillus nidulans	Berl R. Oakley
19	Bin Liu	Abnormal Ca2+ binding properties of the thin filaments caused by cardiomyopathy TnI mutations can be corrected through TnC mutagenesis	Jonathan P. Davis
20	Cosmin Mihai	Collagen type I induces aggregation and internalization of preformed DDR1 dimers	Gunjan Agarwal
21	Michelle Monasky	Title not published online	Paul M. L. Janssen
22	Samir Salama	PCNA Damage by Amino Acid Chloramines	Robert M. Snapka
23	Rachel Stevens	Integrin engagement reduces APE1 co-immunoprecipitation with XRCC1 in hydrogen peroxide-treated murine lung endothelial cells	Dale G. Hoyt
24	Carlos Torres	Inotropic Mechanisms of Pyruvate	Paul Janssen
25	Huanyu Wang	Human sNASP is an H3/H4-Specific Histone Chaperone	Mark Parthun
26	Ying Xu	The Effect of Baseline Frequency on Post-rest Potentiation in Mouse Papillary Muscles	Paul M.L. Janssen
27	Yuh-Ying Yeh	Examining the role of Atg1 protein kinase activity in autophagy.	Paul K Herman
28	Erik Zmuda	Potential roles of ATF3 in pancreatic islet transplantation	Tsonwin Hai
30	Ting-fang He	Ultrafast short-range electron transfer dynamics in biology	Dongping Zhong
31	Aditi Kulkarni	Noninvasice functional assessment of ischemic heart after stem-cell therapy using MRI	Periannan Kuppusamy
32	Weihong Qiu	Ultrafast quenching of tryptophan fluorescence in proteins: Interresidue and intrahelical electron transfer	Dongping Zhong
33	Xiangyu Yang	Postprocessing correction for quadratic B0 Inhomogeneity in R2* Measurement at Ultrahigh Field	Michael V. Knopp
34	Francisco Agosto	Title not published online	Dr. Ramana V. Davuluri
35	Shareef Dabdoub	Exploiting biological coherency in classification and segmentation	William C. Ray
36	Tabatha Giesler	Optimizing and Validation Of a Massively Multiplexed Bead Array For Discovery (MMBAD) To Be Used In Identifying Functional Variants Wchich Affect Transcription In Artificial Systems.	Christopher W. Bartlett
38	Tanping Li	Solvation of Trp in several proteins and the investigation of water in hydration layer	Sherwin J.Singer
39	Hatice Gulcin Ozer	Residue Associations In Protein Family Alignments	William C. Ray
40	Irina Artsimovitch	Molecular mechanism of the antiterminator RfaH	Irina Artsimovitch
41	Wen Yi Chen	Use of archaeal RNase P as a model system to dissect the roles of protein cofactors in aiding RNA catalysis	Dr. Venkat Gopalan
42	Nicholas Green	The T box - Analysis of a Complex RNA Regulatory Element	Tina M. Henkin
43	Ruisheng Jiang	Characterization of Desulfitobacterium hafniense Pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase	Joseph Krzycki
44	Yu Kay Law	Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Formation in Oligonucleotides: Effects of Base Stacking and Base Pairing	Professor Bern Kohler
46	Jiqiang Ling	Pathogenic mechanism of a human mitochondrial tRNAPhe mutation associated with MERRF syndrome	Michael Ibba
47	Daomin Qin	Isolation and characterization of 16S rRNA mutations which will cause spurious initiation	Kurt Fredrick
48	Sharnise Wilson	Mutational analysis of the lysine responsive L box leader RNA	Dr. Tina Henkin
49	Wei Liu	Structural basis for ligand-independent dimerization of human prolactin receptor	Charles Brooks
50	Jona Hilario	Semaphorin 5A is a bifunctional axon guidance cue for axial motoneurons in vivo.	Christine E. Beattie
51	Yanjun Hou	Role of NF-κB/IκB Signaling System in Embryonic Angiogenesis	Michael C. Ostrowski
52	Myron Ignatius	colgate/hdac1 repression of foxd3 expression is required to permit mitfa-dependent melanogenesis.	Paul D. Henion
53	Xin Li	Ephrin signaling acts through Ras/MAPK to promote C. elegans germline cell death	Helen M. Chamberlin
54	Marsha Lucas	Characterization of neural crest and lateral plate mesoderm development in zebrafish hatchback	Paul Henion
55	Litty Paul	Title not published online	Amanda Simcox
56	Ruchika Srinivasan	Erk1 and Erk2 play a redundant role in mouse embryonic angiogenesis	Michael C.Ostrowski
57	Sachin Teotia	Two putative poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases, RCD1 and SRO1, play important, partially redundant roles in Arabidopsis development	Dr. Rebecca Lamb
58	Jessica Brown	Title not published online	Zucai Suo
59	Huai-Chun Chen	Role of the inner FMN-binding loop in modulating the redox properties of P450BM-3	Richard P Swenson
60	Mom Das	Characterization of Bacterial ProRS And Its Editing Domain Homologues In Vitro And In Vivo.	Karin Musier-Forsyth
61	Jason Fowler	Probing Protein Conformational Change Within a DNA Polymerase Using Mass Spectrometry	Dr. Zucai Suo
62	Wen-I Luo	Overexpression, purification and characterization of human HscA	James A. Cowan
63	Stephane Gabilly	CCS4, A Novel Assembly Factor Involved In The Redox Pathway For Cytochrome C Maturation	Patrice Hamel
64	Yoshio Ikeda	Title not published online	Donald H. Dean
65	Xin Li	Structure of the Nitrosomonas europaea Rh protein	Michael K. Chan
66	Haiyan Liu	ACTH and cAMP Inhibit bTREK-1 K+ Channels Through A PKA Independent Mechanism	John J. Enyeart
67	Manoj Nair	All Domains of Cry1A Toxins Insert into Insect Brush Border Membranes.	Dr. Donald H.Dean
68	Geeta Vittal Rao	Mapping functional epitopes in the human prolactin hormone	Charles L Brooks
69	Fei Wang	Relevance of PrP-lipid interaction to prion biology: effects of lipid oxidation, metal ions, and PrP with mutation	Jiyan Ma
70	Peng Wang	On the catalytic mechanism of the E.coli signal peptide peptidase A	Ross Dalbey
71	Amanda Claggett	Disruption of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) function by Respiratory Syncytial Virus	Dr. Jeanette Marketon
72	Thomas Cremer	microRNA influence on host response to Francisella infection	Susheela Tridandapani
73	Erik Hill	Cocaine analogs identify unique binding interactions with monoamine transporters	Howard Gu
74	Georgette N. Jones	Tissue-specific ablation of Prkar1a causes schwannomas by suppressing NF protein production	Lawrence S. Kirschner
75	Lyudmyla Khrapenko	Identification of cancer-related protein targets regulated by Microrna-21 in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma	Tushar Patel
76	Yu-Yu Liu	Akti-1/2 induced sodium iodide symporter degradation is mediated through both lysosomal and proteasomal pathways in thyroid cells	Sissy M. Jhiang
77	Courtney Nicholas	Apigenin induces apoptosis in leukemia, and inhibits inflammatory response in vitro and in vivo through an inhibition of NFkB-p65	Andrea I Doseff
78	Emilia Pavel Mahoney	Alterations in Wnt Signaling in Bone Neoplasia Driven by PKA Dysregulation	Lawrence S. Kirschner
79	Sudarshan Seshadri	MAIL (IKappaBzeta) is a key upstream regulator of monocyte IL-6 production	Mark D. Wewers
80	Nurettin Ilter Sever	MicroRNA-Based Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer	Carlo Maria Croce
81	Matthew Sobo	LLL-3, a novel chemotherepeutic agent, inhibits the ability of STAT-3 to transcribe its target DNA and leads to apoptosis	Jiayuh Lin
82	SungSuk Suh	A MicroRNAs control expression of critical proteins for multiple myeloma development	Carlo M. Croce
83	Hua Wei	Residues in transmembrane domain 2 and 3 of mouse norepinephrine transporter contribute to high affinity recognition of cocaine, norepinephrine and antidepressants	Howard H Gu
84	Xin Yin	The roles of ATF3, an adaptive-response gene, in breast cancer development and metastasis	Tsonwin Hai
85	Yanyan Zhang	Understanding the biology of SH2 domains via a combinatorial chemistry approach	Dehua Pei
86	Ran Zhao	PCNA, p53 and SV40 LT Antigen are Sensitive Targets of Singlet Oxygen	Robert M. Snapka
87	Kanika Ghai	The Notch Signaling Pathway influences Neuroprotective and Regenerative Properties of Muller Glia in a Chicken Retina.	Andy J. Fischer
88	Emilia Iscru	Title not published online	Michael Xi Zhu
89	Reyna Martinez-De Luna	Title not published online	Heithem M. El-Hodiri
90	Matthew Murtha	Efficient Differentiation of ES Cells to Motorneurons by Developmental Transcription Factors	Brian Kaspar
91	Thomas Sherwood	Endogenous neuropeptides potentiate Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a current and acid-induced neuronal death	Candice Askwith
92	Chhavy Tep	Par3 mediated interaction between ErbB2 and p75 is necessary for BDNF-dependent Rac1 and JNK activation and myelination in the sciatic nerves	Sung Ok Yoon
93	Cheryl Bolinger	Dissecting domains of RNA helicase A necessary for modulating translation of select lymphotropic retroviruses and cellular growth control genes	Kathleen Boris-Lawrie
94	Cody Buchmann	Suppression of transcriptional gene silencing by geminivirus AL2 and L2 proteins	David M. Bisaro
95	Marcela P. Cataldi	The Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Terminal Hairpin Structure is a Specific Target for DNA Recombination through the ATM Pathway	Douglas M. McCarty
96	Min Li	Kinetic Analysis of Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Gene Expression in Cell Culture and Infected Animals	Patrick Green
97	Christopher McKee	Cellular cofactor LEDGF profoundly affects HIV-1 integrase subunit-subunit interactions	Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
98	Shuiming Qian	Virus-host standoff: HIV-1 and host microRNA pathway	Kathleen Boris-Lawrie
99	Priya Raja	Viral genome methylation is an epigenetic defense against geminiviruses	D.M. Bisaro
100	Ryuta Takeda	Title not published online	Biao Ding
101	Zetang Wu	HSV-1 encodes one or more silencing supressors	Dr. Deborah S. Parris
102	Jianchao Zhang	In vivo Antibody Gene Transfer Provides Protective Immunity Against Virulent Challenge in a Rhesus Macaque Infection Model	K. Reed Clark
103	Nadine Bakkar	Title not published online	Denis Guttridge
104	Joshua Barry	The effects of overexpressing Methoprene-tolerant (Met) in Drosophila melaongaster.	Thomas G. Wilson
105	Christopher Henry	Minocycline suppression of microglial activation attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation, sickness behavior, and anhedonia	Jonathan P. Godbout
106	Xiaoying Liu	Pro-inflammatory TNFalpha limits TGFbeta1-dependent Smooth Muscle alpha-Actin Gene Expression in Human Pulmonary Myofibroblasts via MEK1 Modulation of the Egr-1 Transcriptional Repressor	Arthur Strauch
107	Payal Mehta	Differences in signaling properties of FcγRI and FcγRIIa in human monocytic cells	Susheela Tridandapani
108	Vidhya Ramachandran	Examining the relationship between the Ras/PKA and TOR signaling pathways controlling growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.	Dr. Paul K. Herman
109	Rui Xiao	Title not published online	Michael X. Zhu
110	Hassan Borteh	Gold and Ceramic Nanoparticles Patterning for Biosensing Applications	Derek Hansford
111	Ali Hassanali	A model for the water-amorphous silica interface: structure, dynamics and applications to biology.	Sherwin Singer
112	Nirut Pussadee	Title not published online	Prof. Derek Hansford
113	Jianxin Sun	Exploration and Manipulation of Intrinsic Magnetism of Bacillus atrophaeus	Professor Chalmers
114	Yali Zhang	Construction and Characterization of ptb-deleted Mutant of Clostridium tyrobutyricum and its effect on Hydrogen Fermentation	Shang-Tian Yang
115	Wen Yi	Oligosaccharide repeating unit substrates for probing bacterial polysaccharide biosynthesis	Peng G. Wang
116	Wenpeng Zhang	The structure activity relationship study of α-Galactosylceramide	Peng G. Wang
117	Michelle Corliss	Receptor/Sub-domain and Receptor/Receptor Interactions in the Extracellular Domain of the Human Prolactin Receptor	Charles Brooks
118	Ravi Singh	Identification and Characterization of Factors Involved in Damage-induced Alternative Splicing of MDM2	Dr. Dawn S. Chandler
119	Ross Wilson	Ligand-induced folding of the SMK box riboswitch observed using NMR	Mark P. Foster
120	Mohamed Kabbout	Title not published online	Dr Michael Ostrowski
121	Jason Lavinder	Combinatorial biophysics: Library approaches to hydrophobic core repacking of the four-helix bundle protein Rop	Thomas J. Magliery