Postgraduates

Residents

Winner:  Asmita Mishra, M.D., "Deconstructing the Plasma Protein Thermogram in Patients with Inflammatory and Neoplastic Diseases".  Mentor:  John Eaton, Ph.D., Molecular Targets Program, James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Clinical Research Fellows

Winner:  Dong Xiang, M.D., "Plasma Thermogram Profiling: A Novel Approach In Earlier Detection of Lung Cancer".  Mentor:  Goetz Kloecker, M.D., James Graham Brown Cancer Center
 

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

First Place:  Smita Ghare, Ph.D., "Epigenetic Modifications of Histones Play a Critical Role in Ethanol Dependent Enhancement of FasL Gene Expression and Cell Death in CD4+ T Lymphocytes: Relevance to Alcohol-Induced Immune Suppression".  Mentor:  Shirish Barve, Ph.D., Medicine

Second Place-Tie: Kara Sedoris, Ph.D., "G-Quadruplex Formation in the c-Myc Promoter Region of Leukemic Cells Inhibits Cell Proliferation by Downregulating c-Myc Expression".  Mentor:  Donald Miller, M.D., Brown Cancer Center

Third Place:  Nalinie Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., "Estradiol Regulates miR-21 and its Targets via ER-alpha in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells".  Mentor:  Carolyn Klinge, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Moleculer Biology

Research Staff Award

Winner:  Chirag Soni, "High Levels of Dietary Homocysteine Accelerate Impulse Propagation Across the Murine Atrioventricular Node".  Mentor:  Claudio Maldonado, Ph.D., Physiology