Annual Research Day 2009 - April 15, 2009
Annual Research Day on Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 consisted of platform and poster presentations by students in the School of Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, and Program in Public Health, as well as medical residents.
The Keynote Address was given by Dr. Peter Agre, director of the Malaria Research Institute of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and James B. Duke Professor in the Departments of Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine and Chemistry at Duke University Medical Center. In 2003, Dr. Agre shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roderick MacKinnon for his discovery of aquaporins—channels that regulate and facilitate water molecule transport through cell membranes. Dr. Agre is also President-Elect of the AAAS. The keynote address was entitled, "Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine".
Annual Research Day provides an excellent occasion for the entire Downstate community to share the results of their research efforts. Faculty from the School of Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, and School of Public Health judged 78 posters and 8 platform presentations.
A limited number of travel fellowships were awarded for the best presentations among those that are judged. Full travel fellowships are $1500, and partial fellowships will also be awarded. ARD Scholarships Provided by generous support of The Mildred Schuker fund,
- World Leaders in Optical Tomography, the Chandler McCuskey Brooks-Gertrude Lange Fellowship, the May Kin Ho and Michael Dean Fellowship,
the Alumni Association School of Graduate Studies,
and the School of Graduate Studies.
These awards will be used to cover costs for the student or resident to present their work at a scientific meeting.
Full instructions for applying for Annual Research Day Presentation.
2009 Annual Research Day Presentation Application.
Schedule for the Day - Annual Research Day 2009 - April 15, 2009.
E-mail Ed Throckmorton with any questions.
Annual Research Day 2009 Results below:
| Last |
First |
Title |
Residency/Year |
Graduate Program or Category |
Sponsor |
Sponsor's Department |
| Mildred L. Schuker Award for Best Platform Presentation in the Morning Session: $1,500 |
| Guenther |
Lillian |
Targeting The MET Receptor To Inhibit Osteosarcoma Metastasis |
COM '11 |
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Kim, Su Young |
Pediatric Oncology, NCI, NIH |
 Prize for Best Poster Presentations in the Afternoon Sessions: $1,500 |
|
| Grigoryan |
Marine |
Increased proliferation of intestinal progenitor cells in glucagon receptor knockout mice |
|
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Teitelman, Gladys |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
| Chandler McCuskey Brooks-Gertrude Lange Travel Fellowship: $1,500 |
| Chakraborty |
Mahua |
The effect of macrophage Serine palmitoyl-CoA transferase (SPT) deficiency on Atherosclerosis |
|
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Jiang, Xiang-Cheng |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
| May Kin Ho and Michael Dean Prize for Poster Presentation in the Afternoon Sessions: $1,500 |
| Samba |
Jacob |
Insights into NMDA receptor gating and modulation from subunit mutations that lead to constitutive activity |
|
Neural and Behavioral Science |
Stewart, Mark |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Alumni Association of the School of Graduate Studies Prizes for Poster Presentations in the Afternoon Sessions: $750 |
| Winkler |
Jennifer |
Macrophage Sphingomyelin Synthase 2 (SMS2) Deficiency Decreases Atherosclerosis in Mice |
|
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Teitelman, Gladys |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
| Liu |
Jing |
Suppression of target genes activity for treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy |
|
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Jiang, Xiang-Cheng |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
| Rodenas |
Mario |
Peanut Allergy Symptomatology In Inner City African American Allergic Patients |
Medicine/4, Allergy/Immunology Fellow in Training |
Clinical Medicine |
Joks, Rauno |
Medicine |
| Fuortes |
Michelangelo |
Persistent vs. Non-persistent Group I mGluR-induced Network Activity: Implications for Epileptogenesis |
|
Neural and Behavioral Science |
Merlin, Lisa |
Physiology and Pharmacology, and Neurology |
| Ye |
Weizhen |
Activation of the G1 cell cycle is linked with Homocysteine-induced apoptosis in cortical neurons |
Fellow - Pediatrics |
Neural and Behavioral Science |
Blain, Stacy |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
| DiStasio |
Marcello |
Modeling the Effects on Hippocampal Oscillations of Pharmacologic Agents in Alzheimer's Disease |
|
Biomedical Engineering |
Bibbig, Andrea |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
