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)
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)
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"
(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)
(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)
(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)
(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)
(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)
(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 Alzheimer’s 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)