11th Annual San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum

UT Health San Antonio

Iriscilla Ayala, PhD
Mentor: Luke Norton, PhD
Department: Medicine - Diabetes
1^st place: THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUNCTION OF TCF7L2 IS SPATIALLY  RESTRICTED  IN  LIVER  AND  REGULATES  ZONATED  METABOLIC  PATHWAYS  WHICH  CONTRIBUTE  TO  LIVER  DISEASE

Bojana Stefanovska, PhD
Mentor: Reuben Harris, PhD
Department: Biochemistry and Structural Biology
2^nd place: APOBEC3B  AND  DNA  LIGASE  1  AS  SYNTHETIC  LETHAL  PAIRS

Carlos Rivera, PhD
Mentor: Paolo Casali, PhD
Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
3^rd place: INTRINSIC  B  CELL  TLR-BCR  LINKED  COENGAGEMENT  INDUCES  CLASS-SWITCHED,  HYPERMUTATED,  NEUTRALIZING  ANTIBODY  RESPONSES  IN  ABSENCE  OF  T  CELL

Francisca Acosta, PhD
Mentor: Jean X. Jiang, PhD
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Best Oral Presentation: OSTEOCYTE  CONNEXIN  HEMICHANNELS  AND  ASSOCIATED  PGE2  RELEASE  REGULATE  ADIPOGENESIS  AND  BODY  METABOLISM

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Lakmini Premadasa, PhD
Mentor: Mohan Mahesh, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interactions Program
1^st place: CANNABINOIDS MODULATE THE PLASMA SECONDARY BILE ACIDS PROFILE AND MICROBIOTA-GUT-BRAIN AXIS IN SIV INFECTION VIA REDUCING GUT MICROBIOME DYSBIOSIS AND ELEVATING NEURO-PROTECTIVE METABOLITE LEVELS

Susanta Pahari, PhD
Mentor: Larry S. Schlesinger, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interactions Program
2^nd place: THE ALVEOLAR MICROENVIRONMENT IN OLD AGE SHAPES ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPE AND FUNCTION

Ajai D'silva, PhD
Mentor: Smita Kulkarni, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interactions Program
3^rd place: LONG NON-CODING RNA BRE-AS1 REGULATES IFN-I RESPONSE AND SARS-COV-2 REPLICATION

Ajai D'silva, PhD
Mentor: Smita Kulkarni, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interactions Program
Oral Presentation Recognition: LONG NON-CODING RNA BRE-AS1 REGULATES IFN-I RESPONSE AND SARS-COV-2 REPLICATION

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research 

Marc Thompson, PhD
Mentor: Kai P. Leung, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care (CRT4)
1^st place: EVALUATION OF SUBCUTANEOUS COMBINATION IBUPROFEN AND RESOLVIN D2 THERAPY TO MITIGATE BURN PROGRESSION

Joseph Wolf, PhD
Mentor: Kai P. Leung, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care (CRT4)
2^nd place: PCL/PLGA COAXIAL ELECTROSPUN MAT INFUSED WITH MAFENIDE ACETATE FOR TREATMENT OF INVASIVE WOUND INFECTION AFTER BURN INJURIES

Miryam Pando, PhD
Mentor: Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, PhD
Department: Pain and Sensory Trauma Combat Research Team (CRT5)
3^rd place: EFFECTS OF A NOVEL ACETAMINOPHEN (APA) ANALOG ON SURVIVAL TIME AFTER EXTREMITY TRAUMA AND MODERATE OR SEVERE CONSCIOUS HEMORRHAGE IN RATS

Marc Thompson, PhD
Mentor: Kai P. Leung, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care (CRT4)
Oral Presentation Recognition: EVALUATION OF SUBCUTANEOUS COMBINATION IBUPROFEN AND RESOLVIN D2 THERAPY TO MITIGATE BURN PROGRESSION

University of Texas at San Antonio

Nicolas Muzzio, PhD
Mentor: Gabriela Romero, PhD
Department: Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
1^st place: CONDUCTIVE POLYMER NANOPARTICLES AS BIOCOMPATIBLE COATINGS FOR NEURONAL INTERFACES

Murray Bennett, PhD
Mentor: Joe Houpt, PhD
Department: Psychology Department/College for Health, Community and Policy
2^nd place: IMPROVING HUMAN PERCEPTION AND COMPUTER VISION IDENTIFICATION OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA

Zoe Hoffpauir, PhD
Mentor: Audrey L. Lamb, PhD
Department: Chemistry
3^rd place: THE RIBOFLAVINATOR: RISE OF THE BIOSYNTHETIC MACHINES

Erick Olivares, PhD
Mentor: Charles Wilson, PhD
Department: Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Oral Presentation Recognition: COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF OSCILLATORY NEURONS IN THE BASAL GANGLIA