NIGMS-supported undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and early career scientists present their work at a wide variety of scientific meetings. As part of the Institute's 50th anniversary activities at a number of these meetings, staff members selected the following posters for special recognition.
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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Landry Kamdem, Pharm.D., Ph.D., assistant professor
Harding University
"The Impact of UGT2B17 Genetic Polymorphisms on the Disposition and Action of Exemestane in Healthy Volunteers" |
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Laura J. Wozniak, M.D., clinical scientist
University of California, Los Angeles
"Development of Immune Profiles as Tools for Individualization of Immunosuppression in Pediatric Live Transplant Recipients" |
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
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Brittany Barfield, undergraduate student
San Diego State University
"Fast Method for the Determination of Regioselectivities via 11B NMR" |
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Orrianne Morrison, undergraduate student
Spelman College
"Modulation of Uterine Artery Endothelial Cell Proliferation During Pregnancy via Endogenously Produced Catecholamines" |
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Theodor Uzamere, undergraduate student
Morehouse College
"Modeling KRAS Inhibition in Lung Cancer Using RNAi" |
Biophysical Society
RNA Society
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Catey Dominguez, graduate student
Ohio State University
"Modifiers of SMN Splicing in Spinal Muscular Atrophy" |
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Prashanthi Natarajan, graduate student
University of California, San Francisco
"An Argonaute-Interacting GW Protein Directs Transposon Silencing in the Pathogenic Fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans" |
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
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Caryn Peeples, undergraduate student
Old Dominion University
"Molecular Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Thiophene-Based Organic Π-Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers" |
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Amy Stiffarm
Salish Kootenai College
"PCR to Distinguish Diploid and Triploid Forms of Butomus umbellatus" |
Society for Developmental Biology
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Corinne Fairchild, graduate student
University of Minnesota
"Tetraspanin18 Restricts Neural Crest Migration by Stabilizing Epithelial Cadherin6B" |
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David Q. Matus, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow
Duke University
"Cell Cycle Exit is Required for Cell Invasive Behavior" |
The Institute also recognizes two NIGMS-supported posters selected by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from the award winners at its annual meeting.
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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Kelly M. Clapp, graduate student
University of Michigan Medical School
"Ubiquitination of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in the P450 Oxygenase and Calmodulin-binding Domain" |
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Joanne L. Peterson, graduate student
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
"The Molecular Mechanism of Betacellulin Induced Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing" |