Postgraduates

Postdoctoral Research Associates

First Place - Yan Li, The Antiapoptotic Effect is Responsible for Inhibition of Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Infarction in Metallothionein-Overexpressing Transgenic Mouse Heart  (Mentor:  Y.James Kang, Department of Medicine)

Second Place - Hong Xu, Engraftment of Donor T Cells and Clonal Deletion of Donor-Specific Alloreactive T Cells is Critical for Maintenance of Stable Mixed Chimerism and Donor-Specific Tolerance  (Mentor:  Suzanne T. Ildstad, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics/Department of Surgery)

Honorable Mention - Mansim Okafor, Cytoplasmic Calcium Responses to Endothelin-1 in Cultured Porcine Lens Epithelium  (Mentor:  Nicholas A. Delamere, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences)

Clinical Fellows and Residents

First Place - Robin L. Madsen, Spine Model to Determine Vertebrae Tumor Fracture Threshold  (Mentor: Michael J. Voor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery)

Second Place - Ruth Simons, Alternate Immunoassay for Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase 5b Activity  (Mentor:  Anthony Janckila, Department of Microbiology & Immunology)

Honorable Mention - Ling Zhang, An Approach for the Laboratory Detection of Lupus Anticoagulants Using the Activated Partial Thromboplast in Time, Dilute Russell Viper Venom Time and the STACLOT LA  (Mentor:  Sandra Hollensead, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)