SOM students capture top awards in WSU's first Graduate Exhibition
The field included 31 doctorate and M.D./Ph.D. students from the School of Medicine.
The winners, said Robert Pauley, Ph.D., associate dean of Graduate Scholars for the School of Medicine, are indicative of “many more School of Medicine student excellent posters, oral descriptions and discussions.”
School of Medicine winners in the Life and Health Sciences category include Nicole Major, first place; Jesse Veenstra, second place; and Lesley Lawrenson, third place. In the Physical Sciences category, Jessin John, a member of the M.D./Ph.D. program, captured first place.
“The first Wayne State University Graduate Exhibition was enhanced, as evidenced by awards, by the participation of 31 School of Medicine students who reported their own biomedical research accomplishments,” Dr. Pauley said. “Their reports of their dissertation research accomplishments will contribute to their career progress, progressing from the Graduate Exhibition to national and international scientific conferences. Their biomedical research accomplishments enhance the School of Medicine’s biomedical research and are a significant component of the university's research enterprise.
Students at the School of Medicine who entered the exhibition are listed below with their departments and presentation titles.
Shatha Alkatib, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Influence of Obesity on Left Atrial Size in Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing
Jonathan Allen, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Transcriptional Regulator CpsY is Required for Protection from Neutrophil Killing During Streptococcus Iniae Systemic Infection
Nagat Amer, Department of Pathology, Nanoparticle-based Delivery of Antioxidants: A Novel Strategy for the Treatment of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Dan Barkmeier, Molecular Biology and Genetics Program, Interictal Spikes as a Model for Epileptogenesis and Pscyhatric Disorders
Timothy Brandenstein (with Dhruman Goradia and Patrick Pruitt), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Functional Organizational Difference of the Motor Cortex for Dominant and Non-Dominant Hand
Erik Brown, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Brain Waves and Their Utility in Pre-Surgical Pediatric Brain Mapping
Paulo Caceres, Department of Physiology, Membrane Fusion Proteins VAMP2 and VAMP3 Mediate Trafficking of the Renal Co-Transporter NKCC2 in the Kidney
Song Chen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SiRNA Mediated Knockdown of MEG-3 Inhibits G1/S Progression in Cancer Cells Through the Regulation of p27kip1 and Components of the Cell-Cycle Machinery
Melissa Dobson, Cancer Biology Program, Regulation of FoxO3a Transcription Factor by Akt and 14-3-3
David Fischer, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, A Novel Approach to Improving Influenza Vaccines
Nicole Fletcher, Department of Physiology, Dichloroacetate Induces Apoptosis of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells through the Modulation of Oxidative Stress Enzymes, and Inhibition of NADPH Oxidoreductase Promotes Apoptosis in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells
Heather Gibson, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Proteasome Inhibition with Bortezomib Leads to a GATA3-Dependent Increase in CTLA-4, a Mechanism that May Provide Insight to CTLA-4 Regulation in CTCL
Brett Hanson, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Transcriptional Regulation of Capsule Synthesis in Systemic Streptococcal Pathogens
Philip Jessmon, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Post-Transcriptional Regulation of HBEGF in Trophoblasts
Jessin John, Department of Electrical Engineering (SOM M.D./Ph.D. program), High Density Microelectrode Arrays for the Study and Treatment of Epilepsy
Hitchintan Kaur, Department of Pharmacology, Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Progression of Normal Breast Epithelium Into Ductal Carcinoma in situ
Sita Kugel-Desmoulin, Cancer Biology Program, Discovery of a Glycinamide Ribonucleotide Formyltransferase Inhibitor with Solid Tumor Selectivity via its Transport by the Proton-Coupled Folate Transporter
Lesley Lawrenson, Molecular Biology and Genetics Program, Profiling Genomic Mosaicism in Spontaneous Transformation and Tumorigenesis
Kathleen Maheras, Molecular Biology and Genetics Program, Multi-Level Genomic Profiling Reveals Chemopreventive Actions of Vitamin D3
Dhiman Maitra, Department of Physiology, Potent Antioxidative Activity of Lycopene: A Potential Role in Scavenging Hypochlorous Acid
Peter McNeil, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Using the Chronic Mild Stress Animal Model of Depression to Study Behavioral Changes
Nicole Najor, Department of Pharmacology, Meiotic DNR Re-Replication and the Recombination Checkpoint
Margaret Prior, Department of Pharmacology, Search for the Functions that Mediate Protein Depalmitoylation
Swati Rawat, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, To Elucidate the Ancient Mitochondrial Fe-S Cluster Assembly Pathway
Komal Sane, Department of Pharmacology, A Novel Geranylgeranyl Transferase Inhibitor in Combination with Lovastatin Inhibits Proliferation and Induces Autophagy in STS-26T MPNST Cells
Levent Sipahi, Department of Pathology, AMPK Mediates Adaptive Low Dose Stress Responses and High Dose Differentiation Responses in Stem Cells
Angela Sosin, Cancer Biology Program, Inhibition of the MDM2 Oncoprotein in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Using Small-Molecule Inhibitors Mediates p53-Dependent and –Independent Effects
Carrie Tatar, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Increased Plp1 Gene Shows Microglial Cell Activation in the Gray and White Matter of the Cerebrum
Jesse Veenstra, Cancer Biology Program, Induction and Modulation of Tumor Immunity with Cryosurgery
Minhao Wu, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Analysis of Angiogenic Molecules in Cornea: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies
Shelly Yoshida, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Neuroplasticity in Stroke Patients
