Poster and Speaker Abstracts
SESSION 1: ODD-NUMBERED POSTERS 11:00 – 11:55 AM
1. Cassandra Hayne | Student, Neher Lab | The LPL Truncation Variant, LPLS447X, Increases Lipoprotein Uptake |
3. Dorsaf Ghalloussi, PhD | Postdoc, Bergmeier Lab | Rap1a/b isoforms differentially regulate megakaryocyte biology. |
5. Jacob Matson | Student, Cook Lab | Mutual regulation of origin licensing and early differentiation |
7. Aaron Cook | Student, Bergmeier Lab | The biochemical role for calcium and structural rearrangements required for CalDAG-GEFI activity regulating platelet function. |
9. Wentao Li, PhD | Postdoc, Sancar Lab | General method for genome-wide mapping of nucleotide excision repair at single nucleotide resolution |
11. Amy Byrnes | Student, Slep Lab | Polarized TOG-tubulin binding specificity regulates microtubule polymerization and mitotic spindle formation |
13.Hayretin Yumerefendi, PhD | Research Staff, Kuhlman Lab | Predicting affinity changes in protein-protein interfaces |
15. John Pryor, PhD | Postdoc, Ramsden Lab | A Critical Role for RNA in Chromosome Break Repair |
17. Ann Emery | Student, Swanstrom Lab | Splicing Suppression in HIV-1 by Inclusion of the Env Exitron |
19. Raymond Piatt | Research Staff, Bergmeier Lab | “Impaired platelet activation with intact hemostasis in mice expressing low levels of CalDAG-GEFI” |
21. David S. Paul, PhD | Postdoc, Bergmeier Lab | Arp2/3 is critical for platelet homeostasis but dispensable for hemostatic plug formation |
23. Steve Holly, PhD | Faculty, Parise Lab | AADACL1 Regulates Platelet Granule Secretion and Thrombosis |
25. Christopher Holmquist | Student, Marzluff Lab | Characterization of Crispr CAS9 Knock Out of Uridyl transferase |
27. Rui Lu, PhD | Postdoc, Wang Lab | Epigenetic Perturbations by Arg882-Mutated DNMT3A Potentiate Aberrant Stem Cell Gene-Expression Program and Acute Leukemia Developmentissecting the Sequence Diversity of HIV-1 Protease Processing Sites |
29. Hashem Meriesh | Student, Strahl Lab | An Old Tail with New Tricks: Novel Roles for the basic patch of histone H4 |
31. Aaztli Coria | Student, Laederach Lab | Structural Domains of the lncRNA, SAMMSON |
33. John Fay, PhD | Postdoc, Riordan Lab | Structural Elucidation of CFTR by Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy |
35. Hyunna Lee | Student, Campbell Lab | Role of metavinculin in actin reorganization and force transmission |
SESSION II: EVEN NUMBERED POSTERS 2:50-3:40 PM
2. Alex Chung | Student, Parise Lab | Potent CIB1-based combination therapies in triple-negative breast cancer |
4. Astor Ankney | Student, Chen Lab | Proteomic deciphering of EZH2 mediated pathways in TNBC for cancer marker development |
6. Megan Arrington | Student, Campbell & Loeser Lab | The role of Rac1 cysteine oxidation in cartilage |
8. Robert Lee, PhD | Postdoc, Bergmeier Lab | Effects of the Btk inhibitor ibrutinib on platelet function during inflammation and in primary hemostasis |
10. Yi-Ying Chiou, PhD | Postdoc, Sancar Lab | Mammalian Period represses and de-represses transcription by displacing CLOCK–BMAL1 from promoters in a Cryptochrome-dependent manner |
12. Silvia Ramos, MD, PhD | Faculty, Marzluff Lab | Impact of RNA structure on ZFP36L2 interaction with Luteinizing Hormone Receptor mRNA |
14. Sharon Guffy | Student, Kuhlman Lab | De novo design of novel zinc binding proteins: SEWING from partial zinc sites |
16. Hanna Trzeciakiewicz | Student, Cohen Lab | The Role of Tau Protein Phosphorylation/Acetylation Crosstalk in Alzheimer’s Disease |
18. Jessica Hobson | Student, Carter Lab | Investigating the origin of coded protein translation |
20. Andrey Krokhotin, PhD | Postdoc, Dokholyan Lab | Direct identification of base- paired RNA nucleotides by correlated chemical probing |
22. Shuntai Zhou, MD | Research Staff, Swanstrom Lab | A New System to Screen for Mutagenic Compounds as Potential Broad Spectrum Antivirals to RNA Viruses |
24. Yulong Li, PhD | Postdoc, Wang Lab | Investigating the role of SMARCB1 in pediatric rhabdoid tumor formation. |
26. Oya Bermek, MD,PhD | Research Staff, Griffith Lab | Novel function of the UL8 component of the trimeric helicase/primase complex of the Herpes Simplex Virus-1 replisome |
28. Andrew Lerner | Student, Kuhlman & Strahl Lab | Light-activated nuclear localization of a histone methyltransferase reveals rapid dynamics of epigenetic modifications |
30. Mahmud Hussain, PhD | Postdoc, Kuhlman Lab | Gαq-Inhibitors that terminate G protein signaling by competing at an effector (PLC beta-3) binding site |
32. Stephan Kudlaleck | Student, Kuhlman Lab | Computer-based Design of Zika and Dengue Virus Vaccine Antigens |
34. Laila Elsherif, PhD and Josh Walker | Faculty and Student, Parise Lab | Quantitation of Suicidal NETosis Using Convolutional Neural Networks In Human Neutrophils |