Poster abstracts

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Number Presenter Title PI
1Alessandra Welker
A novel orthotopic model of Glioblastoma in zebrafish exhibits key hallmarks of brain tumors. Christine E. Beattie
2Janelle Gabriel
dicer-like3 is required for paramutation, small RNA biogenesis, and normal development in Zea mays Jay B. Hollick
3Adil Moghal
PheRS editing activity limits conditional cytotoxic mistranslation of the genetic code. Michael Ibba
4Grace Cooper
Tau Lys Methylation: A Comparison of 55 and 84 Year Old Normal Human Brain Samples Jeff Kuret
5Erik Olson
Structure and specificity of Gag-gRNA complexes provide insights into mechanism of selective genome packaging in HIV-1 Karin Musier-Forsyth
6Ruixuan Yu
Synthesis of Post-translationally Modified Centromeric Nucleosome using Solid Phase Ligation Jennifer Ottesen
7Vikram Shettigar
Engineering Troponin C: A potentail therapeutic for cardiac diseases Jonathan Davis
8Pei Zhang
Identification of replication-dependent and replication-independent linker histone complexes Mark Parthun
9Vivek Chowdhary
Title not published online Kalpana Ghoshal
10Aaron Bruns
Title not published online David Bisaro
11Xinyu Zhou
TRIC-A regulates Cardiac Ca homeostasis through RyR2 Jianjie Ma
12Maria Casas
Title not published online Erich Grotewold
13James Boslett
The CD38 Inhibitor Luteolinidin Ameliorates Ischemia/reperfusion Injury through Preservation of NADP(H) and NAD(H) Jay Zweier
14Shane Walton
Development of a therapeutic calmodulin for CPVT Jonathan P. Davis
15Brandon Crowe
Structural insights into human transcription factors utilized by retroviruses to target integration Mark P. Foster
16David Bowles
Modifying the Stability of Tumor Suppressor p53 Through S7-S8 Loop Mutagenesis as Suggested by Comparison of Human and Worm Structures. Thomas Magliery
17Avinash Jaiganesh
Structural characterization of a unique cadherin-23 fragment that is essential for hearing Marcos Sotomayor
18Stephen Pearson
Transport of glutathione complexed iron-sulfur clusters via the ABC transporter Atm1p James A Cowan
19Sidharth Mohan
Engineering Protein Stability Through Statistical Analyses Thomas J. Magliery
20Pepsi Holmquist
Investigating the disassembly pathway of the Anti-TRAP dodecameric complex by surface induced dissociation mass spectrometry (SID-MS) Dr. Mark Foster
21Christopher Smith
Functional and structural characterization of Redβ: a unique single-strand annealing protein. Charles E. Bell
22David Heisler
Potent inhibition of Diaphanous formins by actin oligomers produced by the Actin Crosslinking Domain toxin of V. cholerae Dmitri S. Kudryashov
23Yuntao Dai
Title not published online Carlo Croce
24Xin Liu
Genetic Ablation of Smoothened in Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Initiation Michael Ostrowski
25Anthony Stephenson
The non-catalytic, N-terminus of DNA Polymerase Lambda regulates DNA damage response Zucai Suo
26Jenna Karras
Title not published online Kay Huebner
27Cecil Howard
Title not published online Jennifer Ottesen
28Kimberly Hromowyk
Unraveling the control and regulation of vertebrate muscle cell fusion using the zebrafish model Sharon Amacher
29Anna H. N. Griffis
Dissecting the requirement of Arabidopsis RanGAP1 subcellular targeting and GAP activity for its cellular and developmental functions Iris Meier
30 Paula A Agudelo Garcia
Title not published online Mark Parthun
31Matthew Plumb
LEDGF/p75 interactions with diverse cellular proteins and nucleic acids underlay its multifunctional nature Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
32Jalal Siddiqui
Studying Calmodulin Evolution to Design Novel Variants Jonathan Davis
33Sarah Choudury
Title not published online R. Keith Slotkin
34Pearson Maugeri
Using resonance raman spectroscopy to elucidate metal incorporation of R2lox, a novel heterobimetallic oxidase Hannah S. Shafaat
35Meng Zhang
Dynamic determination of the functional state in photolyase Dongping Zhong
36Xiaoli Liu
Title not published online Michael V. Knopp
37Carol Huseby
Tau aggregation mechanism includes end-to-end annealing Jeff Kuret
38Owen Branson
Shotgun proteomics reveal pathways pivotal in pre-neoplastic prostate development Michael A. Freitas
39Mithila Agnihotri
Electrokinetic effects of biomolecules: Methods and Application to DNA oligomer Sherwin J. Singer
40Tang-Yu Liu
Title not published online Janet Best
41Katherine Mejia-Guerra
Alternative selection of TSSs between tissues and focused transcriptional initiation are a key features of maize core promoters Erich Grotewold
42Randal Soukup
Title not published online Richard A. Fishel
43Tien-Hao Chen
Mass spectrometry-aided identification of substrate contact sites in a proteinaceous RNase P Venkat Gopalan
44Ashanti Matlock
Investigating the molecular basis for substrate recognition by Thg1 Jane Jackman
45Catherine Dominguez
Heat shock response alters SMN alternative splicing Dawn Chandler
46Daniel Comiskey
Title not published online Dawn S. Chandler
47Kiel Kreuzer
Title not published online Tina M. Henkin
48Lindsey J. Miller
Exploring endothelial cell dynamics in the development, maintenance and regeneration of heart valves Joy Lincoln
49Allison Webb
EGL-38/PAX functions in communicating cells of the Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying system to coordinate signaling and differentiation Helen Chamberlin
50Jennifer Bosse
Genetic Analysis of Retinal Homeobox Enhancer UCE2 Hiethem El-Hodiri
51Kiel Tietz
Rapid clearance of oscillating transcripts during somitogenesis requires the decay adapter Pnrc2 Sharon L. Amacher
52Matt VandeKopple
A novel role for Scleraxis in promoting valve interstitial cell quiescence Joy Lincoln
53Jinmo Gu
NF-kappaB Function in Neonatal Muscle Development Denis Guttridge
54Austin Raper
Dynamic damage searching and substrate processing by hOGG1 and its coordination with APE1 during base excision repair Zucai Suo
55Jack Tokarsky
Kinetic investigation of human polymerases bypassing a pollution-induced DNA lesion Zucai Suo
56Walter Zahurancik
Pre-steady-state kinetic characterization of human DNA polymerase ε Zucai Suo
57Varun Gadkari
Binding Dynamics and Nucleotide Selectivity of Dpo4 in Response to Oxidative Damage as Revealed by Single-Molecule FRET Zucai Suo
58Samantha Dodbele
Kinetic Investigation into the Mechanism of Pyrococcus furiosus and Thermococcus kodakarensis Trm10 Jane E. Jackman
59Timothy Grunkemeyer
Deciphering the mechanism of the six-bladed β-propeller hydrolases Thomas J. Magliery
60Insiya Fidai
Title not published online James A Cowan
61Jonathan Picking
Investigation of non-pyrrolysine homologs of the pyrrolysine-containing trimethylamine-corrinoid methyltransferase Joseph A. Krzycki
62Balasubramani Hariharan
Title not published online Ross E. Dalbey
63Chaojie Wang
The role of RCAN1-4 as a tumor metastasis suppressor Matthew D. Ringel
64Kyle LaPak
Title not published online Christin E. Burd
65Anisha Mathur
Stromal PDGFRA activation stalls mammary ductal development and makes the epithelium more tumorigenic Michael Ostrowski
66Benjamin Sunkel
Targetable CREB1/FoxA1-driven prognostic gene expression relies on cyclic nucleotide-dependent kinase-mediated MED1 phosphorylation in prostate cancer Qianben Wang
67Katie Thies
Activation of CSF1 Signaling in Tumor Associated Macrophages during Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis Michael C. Ostrowski
68Subhasree Balakrishnan
Loss of Stromal PTEN induces genomic instability through paracrine EGFR activation Michael C. Ostrowski
69Kun-yu Teng
Inhibition of Liver Tumorigenesis by Blocking CCL2-CCR2 Axis, A Target of MIR-122 Kalpana Ghoshal
70Mohamad Elbaz
Title not published online Ramesh Ganju
71Pooja Joshi
Title not published online Carlo M. Croce
72Douglas Cheung
Targeting CDKs with PHA-848125 in estrogen receptor negative breast cancer Carlo Croce
73Yi Seok Chang
Title not published online Tsonwin Hai
74Swati Jalgaonkar
Title not published online Tsonwin Hai
75Dongju Park
The role of PALB2 in BRCA1-mediated DNA repair and tumor suppression. Thomas Ludwig
76Daniel Arango
Genome-wide effects on alternative splicing networks by dietary flavonoids restore normal RNA-signatures contributing to halt breast cancer progression. Andrea I. Doseff
77Tasha Wilkie
Title not published online Dr. Ramesh Ganju
78David Ciarlariello
Interferon gamma promotes natural killer cell-specific immunoevasive strategies in multiple myeloma Don M Benson Jr. MD PhD
79Kaitlin Snider
Title not published online Karl Obrietan
80Jamie Church
Altered immune signaling impairs oligodendrocyte lineage cell responses and functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice Dana McTigue
81Theresa Relation
The Role of hsa-miR-30c-5p in Glioblastoma Multiforme Balveen Kaur
82Monica Gaudier-Diaz
Social Influences on Neuroinflammation after Ischemia Courtney DeVries
83Achikam Haim
Microglial Alterations Within the Postpartum Brain Benedetta Leuner
84Jason Siu
Improved Gene Delivery to Adult Mouse Spinal Cord Through the Use of Hybrid Adeno-Associated Viral (AAV) Vectors Lei Cao PhD
85Yasmine-marie Cisse
Sex differences in the response to exposure to light at night and high fat diet during early life Randy J. Nelson
86Levi Todd
Hedgehog signaling in the formation of Muller glia-derived progenitor cells. Andy Fischer
87Jeremy Borniger
Cytotoxic chemotherapy increases sleep and sleep fragmentation in non-tumor-bearing mice Randy J Nelson
88Sharon Cooper
Protocadherins control the modular assembly of neuronal columns in the zebrafish optic tectum James D. Jontes
89Jessica Marbourg
Spinal cord injury triggers synthesis of autoantibodies against axonal protein collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) Phillip Popovich
90Randall Carpenter
Human immune cells infiltrate the lesion of humanized mice after contusive spinal cord injury Phillip G. Popovich
91Sarah Hulbert
Interactions between corticospinal and reticulospinal outputs determine muscle response in the upper limbs and trunk John A. Buford
92Christopher Wier
AAV9-HSPB1: a novel tool for accelerating motor unit repair following peripheral nerve injury Stephen J. Kolb
93Patrick Heilman
Consequences of Axonal Neuropathy Associated HSPB1 Mutations on NF-kB Stress Signaling Paithways Stephen J. Kolb
94Timothy Faw
Abnormal sensorimotor recovery in a transgenic mouse model of spinal cord injury D. Michele Basso PT Ed.D.
95Joshua Foster
Development of Small Molecule Translational Activators of Glutamate Transporter, EAAT2, for Treatment of ALS Chien-Liang Glenn Lin
96Chitra Iyer
N-terminal and C-terminal SMN missense mutations complement each other resulting in complete rescue of survival and electrophysiological deficits in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) mice indicating that snRNP assembly is the key function of SMN in SMA Arthur H.M. Burghes
97Corey Ruhno
Identification of Modifiers of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Arthur Burghes
98Priscilla Lee
Identifying critical signals from antigen-presenting cells for generating a pathogenic T cells in multiple sclerosis Amy Lovett-Racke
99Stephanie Hicks
The Apical Loop of the F2 Peptide in the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Protein Plays an Essential Role in Membrane Fusion Mark E. Peeples
100Alice Duchon
Examination of Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase/tRNALys Primer Recruitment and Packaging into HIV-1 Karin Musier-Forsyth
101Jacob Al-Saleem
The Role of Tax-1 and the Alternative NF-kB and Akt Signaling Pathways in HTLV Transformation Patrick L. Green
102Tami Coursey
Title not published online David Bisaro
103Jessica Storer
Title not published online David M. Bisaro
104Kruthika Sundaram
Title not published online Mark Wewers
105Yuntao Bai
Inflammatory links between air pollution and metabolic syndromes Qinghua Sun
106Jeffrey Slater
Catalytic hydrogen production in artificial metalloenzymes Hannah S. Shafaat
107Yi Luo
Design and Characterization of Force-Sensitive DNA Origami Components Carlos E. Castro
108Enkhtuul Tsogtbaatar
Metabolic characterization of pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) for the production of valuable fatty acids Ana P.Alonso