T H E N I H C A T A L Y S T | J U L Y A U G U S T 2002 |
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POSTBAC POSTER DAY |
On May 8th, students doing research at 15 institutes and the Clinical Center presented 161 posters to the NIH community. OEs Valerie McCaffrey was on hand to capture the occasion.
Nora
Vasquez,
University of Washington (Seattle), with her lab chief Harry
Malech. Poster: "Enzymatic characterization of mouse eosinophil-associated
ribonuclease 1" (preceptors: Helene
Rosenberg and Kim
Dyer, NIAID Laboratory
of Host Defenses)
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Ipsita
Mukherjee,
University of Maryland, College Park, with Karl
Pfeifer, NICHD. Poster: "Determining the inheritance pattern
of a knockout allele of the La antigen" (preceptor: Richard
Maraia, NICHD Laboratory
of Molecular Growth Regulation)
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Emerito
Amaro-Carambot,
University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, with preceptor B.
J. Fowlkes, NIAID Laboratory
of Cellular and Molecular Immunology. Poster: "The Role of notch
in T-cell development: An in vivo experimental evaluation"
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(left):
Brent Elliott,
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA), "Investigating the biochemical
role of nicastrin in presenillin function in Dictyostelium
discodeum (preceptor: Alan
Kimmel, NIDDK Laboratory
of Cellular and Developmental Biology); (right): Marc
Braunstein, CUNY Brooklyn College, "Diagnosis of acute renal
failure" (preceptor: Robert
Star, NIDDK Metabolic
Diseases Branch)
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(left):
Ekinadese Aburime,
Clark Atlanta University, with Alfred
Johnson, Office of Loan Repayment
and Scholarship. Poster: "Potentiation of TGF-b
effects on gene induction in fibroblasts by ionizing radiation" (preceptors:
Anita Roberts
and Kathleen
Flanders, NCI Laboratory
of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis)
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(left
to right): Joanne
Moreau, New York University, "Differential expression of
mouse ribonucleases in response to challenge with viral pathogens"
(preceptor: Helene
Rosenberg, NIAID Laboraory
of Host Defenses); InHye Cho, a NIAID postbac; and Kisani
Ogwaro, San Diego State University, "Defects in CD4+ T-cell-mediated
B-cell help in HIV-infected patients" (preceptors: Susan
Moir and Anthony
Fauci, NIAID Laboratory
of Immunoregulation)
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(left
to right): Debbie
Cohen, OE, Kristen
Stover, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, "Spectral
karyotyping (SKY) of a panel of human cancer cell lines used in a drug-discovery
screen by the National Cancer Institute" (preceptor: Ilan
Kirsch, NCI Genetics
Branch); and Jason
Drury, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), "Viral vector
applications using a thymic stromal cell-type-specific promoter"
(preceptor: Moon
Kim, NIAID Laboratory
of Cellular and Molecular Immunology)
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(left):
Tiffany
Adams, Virginia Union University, Richmond, "A cellular mechanism
for the processing and sorting of proinsulin: implication for familial
hyperinsulinemia (preceptors: Y.
Peng Loh and Savita
Dhanvantari, NICHD Laboratory
of Developmental Neurobiology); (right): Noelia
Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, "Identification
and characterization of an epidermal differentiation-specific gene"
(preceptor: Maria
Morasso, NIAMS Laboratory
of Skin Biology)
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(left
to right): Andrea
Hoberman, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY), "Performance on
an affect identification task in children and adults" (done with
Alison
Merikangas, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; preceptor:
Daniel
Pine, NIMH Mood and
Anxiety Disorder Research Program); Guy
Manetti, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, "Increased
cerebrospinal fluid levelsof IL-1, IL-6, and IL-10 in patients with dementia
of the Alzheimers type" (preceptors: Trey
Sunderland and Nadeem
Mirza, NIMH Geriatric
Psychiatry Branch); and Thalia
Margalit, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, "Behavioral response
to affective stimuli by bipolar children" (preceptor: Ellen
Leibenluft, NIMH Pediatric
and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch)
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