The Council of Biomedical Graduate Students

Poster Presentations:

• 1st Place: Kesha Dalal, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology – "TRPV4-mediated mitochondrial dynamics: a novel mechanism regulating endothelial function and angiogenesis"
• 2nd Place: Emma Elizabeth Sabu Kattuman, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology – "Repurposing of cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists in melanoma therapy"
• 3rd Place: Upasana Shrestha, Department of Medicine and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology – "Synergistic effects of microcystin and microplastics on cytotoxic and pro-inflammatory effects on human airway epithelial cells"

Oral Presentations:

• First Place: Rejina Shrestha, Department of Cell and Cancer Biology – "HSF1 mitigates copper-induced DLAT protein aggregation"
• Second Place: Bivek Timalsina, Department of Medicine and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology – "Inflammatory impact of aerosolized microcystin on healthy and asthmatic human airway epithelial cells"
• Third Place: Sanjana Kumariya, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology – "A novel link between YAP1 and
  AMPK/mTORC1 signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells"

Data Blitz Top 3 winners:

• Ishan Manandhar
  
• Emma Elizabeth Sabu Kattuman
  
• Ahmad Hegazi

Oral Presentations:

• 1st Place:
  • Mrunmayee Kandalgaonker, MOME; Kumar Lab “Hypertensive mice are more susceptible to experimental malaria”
• 2nd Place:
  • Hemaa Sree Kumar, NND, Zubcevic Lab “Discovery of a new gut bacterial biomarker of developing hypertension with anti-hypertensive properties”
  • Deepti Gurung, CAB, Liu Lab “Probing protein dynamics and conformational transitions of 14-3-3 sigma for the treatment of pancreatic cancer”

Poster Presentations:

• 1st Place:
  • Brooke Ring, MMI; Mike Lab “Amino acid-mediated control of mucoid phenotype in Klebsiella peneumoniae” 
  • Nilanjana Saferin, NND, Burkett Lab “Effect of developmental pyrethroid exposure in prairie voles as a model of Neurodevelopmental disorders.”
• 2nd Place:
  • Emily Crossley, BIPG; Fedorova Lab “Profound non-randomness in dinucleotide arrangements within ultra-conserved non-coding elements and the human genome”

Oral Presentations:

• 1st Place (tie): Ryan Harris
  (Ph.D. Candidate, Medical Microbiology & Immunology,  PI: Dr. Taylor) “High antioxidant environment in Peromyscus leads to tick-borne flavivirus attenuation”
• 1st Place (tie): Sukanya Chakravarty
  (Ph.D. Candidate, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, PI: Dr. Chattopadhyay)
  “IRF3 inhibits viral inflammation to protect against respiratory virus infection A new anti-inflammatory function of IRF3 in antiviral host defense”
• 2nd Place: Iluja Gautam
  (Ph.D. Candidate, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, PI: Dr. Worth) “Activated platelets mediate monocyte killing of Klebsiella pneumoniae”

Poster Presentations:

• 1st Place: Kesha Dalal
  (Ph.D. Candidate, Molecular Medicine, PI: Dr. Thodeti)
  “Regulation of Mitochondrial Phenotype by Mechanosensitive Ion Channel TRPV4 in Endothelial Cells”
• 2nd Place: Hemaa Sree Kumar
  (Ph.D. Candidate, Neuroscience, PI: Dr. Zubcevic)
  “Effect of bacterial short chain fatty acid butyrate on cardiovascular parameters in the zebrafish larvae”
• 3rd Place: Matthew Hathaway
  (Ph.D. Candidate, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, PI: Dr. Taylor)
  “Exploring the role of TRAF6 ubiquitination of NS3 viral protease during tick-borne flavivirus infection”

Poster finalists:

• Upasana Shrestha (Ph.D. Candidate, MMI)
• Giselle Amanda Borges E. Soares (Ph.D. Candidate, Pharmacy)