Basic Science Graduate Students
Masters and Doctoral students winners; Student/Faculty Bioengineering Collaboration winners
Masters Basic-Science Student Division
First Place
Jason Hellman, Medicine, "Resolvin D1 Modulates Adipose Tissue Macrophage Accumilation and Restores Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Diabetic Mice." Mentor: Aruni Bhatnagar, Ph.D., Division of Cardiology
Second Place
Amanda Lasnik, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Serum Albumin is a Sensitive marker for Epithelial Damage in Pre-clinical Microbicide Research." Mentor: Kenneth Palmer, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Third Place
Keegan Baldauf, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Sulforaphane Enhances Liver Regeneration after Partial Hepatectomy in Mice." Mentor: Gavin Arteel, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Doctoral Basic-Science Student Division
First Place
Jennifer Kraus, Microbiology and Immunology, "'Complimentary' Immune Evasion by Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas Gingivalis." Mentor: George Hajishengallis, D.D.S., Ph.D., Periodontics, Endodontics and Dental Hygiene
Second Place
Gilandra Russell, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Identification of Chemopreventative Agents Against Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-induced DNA Adducts and Potential Mechanisms." Mentor: Ramesh Gupta, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Third Place
Stephanie Mathews, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Histone Deacetylases Play a Critical Role in regulating IFNα -mediated Anti-HCV Gene Expression." Mentor: Shirish Barve, Ph.D., Medicine
Student/Faculty Bioengineering Collaboration
First Place
Andrew Luckett, Bioengineering, "A Novel Method for Quantifying Bovine Von Willebrand Factor and its Cleaving Protease, ADAMTS-13: Implications for Acquired Von Willebrand Disease in LVAD Patients." Mentor: Stanley D'Souza, Ph.D., Physiology and Biophysics
Second Place:
David Muench, Bioengineering, "The VEGF Quadruplex-Forming Sequence Inhibits Lung Cancer Cell Growth." Mentor: Kara Sedoris, Ph.D., James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Holly Elliot, Bioengineering, "Generation and Characterization of Recombinant Human Estrogen Receptor-α as a Reference Standard for Proteomics of Cancer." Mentor: James Wittliff, Ph.D., Biochemistry
