Carolina Summer Fellows Final Talk Presentations

Department of Pharmacology
2019 Carolina Summer Fellowship Program
Final Talk Presentations
Tuesday, July 23rd
4007 GMB

Morning Sessions (10:30 AM)

• Stuart Phipps (Biology), Morehouse College (2021),“Effects of N. Gonorrhoeae PorB Treatments on Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cell DOCK8 Levels”, Duncan Lab
  Jasmine Scott (Biochemistry),Spelman College(2021), “The Interaction of Neisseria Gonorrhoeaeand the Female Microbiome”, Duncan Lab
  Dante Reyna (Cellular & Molecular Biochemistry), University of Texas at El Paso (2020), “Regulation of Nod1 v. Nod2 expression by NIpC in Neisseria Gonorrhea”, Nicholas & Duncan Lab
  Joseph Kim (Psychology & Pre-Med), Stony Brook University (2022), “Novel Treatments for Antibiotic Tolerant Sub-Populations of Staphylococcus Aureus”, Conlon & Graves Lab
  Veronica Samojedny (Neuroscience & History), Tulane University (2021), “Role of Acute Stress and Ethanol in the Modulation of Threat Response Behaviors”, Kash Lab

Afternoon Sessions (1 PM)

• Jordan Dean (Pharmaceutical Sciences), University of Rhode Island (2020), “Explaining Unexpected Patterns of Synergy in Novel Drug Combinations for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment”, Der Lab
  Kodi Harris (Biology & Computer Science), Morehouse College (2022), “KDM6A Loss Sensitizes PDAC Human PDX Lines to BET Inhibition”, Yeh Lab
  Kathy Nowak (Biological Sciences), North Carolina State University (2020), “Investigating Resistance Mechanisms to KRAS Suppression in Pancreatic Cancer”, Der Lab
  Nadia McBean (Biology & Neuroscience), Spelman College (2021), “Factors that Contribute to Successful Establishment of PDAC Patient-Derived Organoids”, Yeh Lab
  Andrea Vargas (Biological Sciences), University of South Carolina (2021), “Assessing Synergistic Drug Combinations in Triple Negative Breast Cancer”, Graves Lab

Please come out and support our 2019 Carolina Summer’s as they give their talks!