Congratulations to David Lukofsky, Kristen Garner, and Teddy Mselle, winners of the 2008 Poster Session!
Here are all of the graduate student presenters for the 2008 Poster Session! Each presenter is listed by name, department (advisor), and title.
Bonnie Akerman, Physiology (Geza Fejes-Toth)
The Search for Substrates of Serum and Glucocorticoid Induced Kinase 1: The
Search for Proteins Involved in Sodium Handling
Jason Baird, Genetics (Mako Saito)
Developmental Regulation of Cell Cycle
Amorette Barber, Microbiology/Immunology (Charles
Sentman)
Chimeric NKG2D Receptor Expressing T cells Require Host Immune Cells for
Anti-tumor Efficacy
Alex Bijamov, Engineering (Fridon
Shubitidze)
Application of Microscopic Probes to DNA Sequencing: Thermal Fluctuations
and EM Response in the Near Field
Kyle Cady, Microbiology/Immunology (George
O’Toole)
Interaction Between Bacteriophage DMS3 and Host CRISPR Region Inhibits
Group Behaviors of P. aeruginosa
Sara “Scout” Campbell, Chemistry (Joseph. J.
BelBruno)
Nanoindentation Study of Thin Film Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
Cynthia Chen, Earth Sciences (Mukul Sharma)
Anthropogenic Os in Precipitation
Scott Daniel, Physics and Astronomy (Robert
Caldwell)
Using Large Scale Structure to Probe Alternate Theories of Gravity
Jeff Garnas, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Matthew Ayres)
Dispersion in Agents of Forest Disease: Spatial Pattern Among Beech Bark
Disease-associated Organisms in North America
Kristen Garner, Pharmacology and Toxicology (Alan
Eastman)
The Role of Chk1 and Mre1 1/Nbs1/Rad50 in S Phase Arrest Induced by DNA
Damage
Giulio Genovese, Mathematics (Daniel Rockmore)
Weighted Agglomerative Clustering to Solve Graph Cut Problems
Nathan Hamm, Earth Sciences (Brian Dade)
The Secret Lives of Silt: Mean & Turbulent
Jeeyon Jeong, Biology (Mary Lou Guerinot)
Chloroplast Fe(III) Chelate Reductase Activity is Essential for Seedling
Viability under Iron Limiting Conditions
Paula Knittle, Genetics (Mark A.
Israel)
ID4 Promotes the Growth of Glioblastoma Multiforme via Matrix GLA
Protein
Andrea Kunder, Physics and Astronomy (Brian
Chaboyer)
MACHO Project RR Lyrae Stars: Distance to the Sagittarius Dwarf
Galaxy
Ashley Laughney, Engineering (Brian Pogue)
Breast Stroma Pathology: Linking Ultra-structural Imaging with Genomic and
Proteomic Expression
Joohyun Lee, Biology (Mary Lou Guerinot)
Characterization of Arabidopsis ZIP3, a zinc transporter in roots
Rebecca Lindstrom, Physics and Astronomy (Jay
Lawrence)
Is Quantum Nonexponential Decay Observable?
David Lukofsky, Engineering (Ulf Osterberg)
Investigations on Coherent and Incoherent Propagation to Improve
Transmission of a Wireless Optical Link in the Atmosphere and Natural
Waters
Adel Malek, Microbiology (Deborah Hogan)
Role of Phosphatidylcholine, a typical eukaryotic phospholipid, in
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Jessica Martel, Physiology (Aniko Fejes-Toth)
Melanophilin and MyosinVc: Possible Players in ENaC Trafficking are
Regulated by Aldosterone
Raquel Martinez, Microbiology/Immunology (Ronald Taylor)
The Outer Membrane Proteins FlgO and FlgP are Involved in Motility via a
Novel Mechanism in Vibrio cholerae
Dan Milisavljevic, Physics and Astronomy (Robert A. Fesen)
SNR 4449-1: A Very Young Supernova Remnant from a Massive Progenitor
Star
Emiliano Miluzzo, Computer Science (Andrew T. Campbell)
CenceMe - Injecting Sensing Presence Into Social Network Applications Using
Mobile Phones
Teddy Mselle, Microbiology/Immunology (Charles L.
Sentman)
Soluble Factors Secreted by Human Uterine NK Cells Can Inhibit HIV-1
Infection
Amy Piispanen, Microbiology (Deborah Hogan)
Modification of the Ras1 - Adenylate Cyclase - Protein Kinase A Pathway in
Candida Albicans by Farnesol and Dodecanol
Colette Quinn, Chemistry (Dean Wilcox)
The Thermodynamics of Metal Ions Binding to Metallothionein
Jennifer Sargent, Genetics (Mike Whitfield)
A Transforming Growth Factor-ß (TGF-ß) Responsive Gene Signature Predicts
More Severe Skin Disease and Occurrence of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in
Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (dcSSC)
Jolene Schuster, Chemistry (Dean E. Wilcox)
Thermodynamics of Cu(I) Binding to Small Molecules, Peptides, and
Proteins
Sara Sinclair, Computer Science (Sean W. Smith)
Making Sure the SHOES Fit: Massively Parallel Simulation of Security in
Human-Oriented Enterprise Systems
Janani Sriram, Computer Science (David
Kotz)
Data Quality in Pervasive Health Monitoring
Erik Stange, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Matthew Ayres)
Climate-generated Interspecific Synchrony in Northern Hardwood Forest
Lepidoptera
Dylan David Wagner, Psychological and Brain Sciences (Todd
Heatherton)
Implicit Activation of Theory of Mind Among High Empathizers
Pei Zhou, Biology (Sharon Bickel)
Analysis of dRING function during Drosophila oogenesis
