Graduate Students

Graduate Students (Health Sciences Campus)

First Place - Scott A. Smith, THE 3-D CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF VACCINIA VIRUS COMPLEMENT CONTROL-PROTEIN REVEALS A HAIRPIN-LIKE STRUCTURE WITH DISTINCT BINDING SITES FOR COMPLEMENT COMPONENTS AND HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS. Scott A. Smith1, Krishna Murthy2, Paul Barlow3, and Girish J. Kotwal1. 1Dept. of Microbiol. And Immunol., University of Louisville, 2Dept of Physiological Optics, University of Alabama, Birmingham. 3Edinburgh Center for Protein Technology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Second Place – Larry D. Bozulic, MODIFICATION OF Na+,K+-ATPase BY TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION IN PORCINE LENS.  L.D. Bozulic1, W.L. Dean1 & N.A. Delamere2,3. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology1, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences2, and Pharmacology & Toxicology3.

Honorable Mention – Xin Fu, PREVENTION OF p-AMINOPHENOL-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY BY 2(RS)-n-PROPYLTHIAZOLIDINE-4(R)-CARBOXYLIC ACID IN HAMSTERS.  X. Fu, T.S. Chen, M.B. Ray, and W. M. Williams. Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Pathology.

Graduate Students (Belknap Campus)

First Place – Hyun J. Kwon, THE IMMUNO-OPTICAL BIOSENSOR FOR REAL-TIME DIAGNOSIS OF PROTEIN C DEFICIENCIES.  Hyun J. Kwon & Kyung A. Kang, Department of Chemical Engineering

Second Place – Justin R. LaManna, LANDMARKS AND TERRITORY ESTABLISHMENT IN A CICHLID FISH.  Justin LaManna and Perri Eason, Department of Biology.