12th Annual San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum

UT Health San Antonio

Rosemary Soeun Lee, PhD
Mentor: Anna Malkova, PhD
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
1^st place: NEW SEPARATION-OF-FUNCTION OF MUTATIONS OF PIF1 IN YEAST

Michael Wedemeyer, PhD
Mentors: William P. Clarke, PhD and Kelly A. Berg, PhD 
Department: Pharmacology  
2nd place: LONG-TERM KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR INHIBITION BY NORBINALTORPHIMINE AND 14-3-3γ 

Sijia He, PhD
Mentor: Xianlin Han, PhD
Department: Medicine
3rd place: SINGLE-NUCLEUS TRANSCRIPTOMICS ANALYSIS REVEALS MYELIN LIPID DISRUPTION-ASSOCIATED CELL POPULATION AND CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION ALTERATIONS

Lindsey K. Galbo-Thomma, PhD
Mentor: Charles France, PhD
Department: Pharmacology
Best Oral Presentation: CHARACTERIZING A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY FOR THE REVERSAL AND PREVENTION OF FENTANYL-INDUCED HYPOVENTILATION IN RHESUS MONKEYS

Joy Zeynoun, MD
Mentor: Sudha Seshadri, MD, DM
Department: Neurology
Best Data Blitz Presentation: THE IMPACT OF BDNF ON THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SLEEP TIME AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Jake Lehle, PhD
Mentor: Diako Ebrahimi, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interaction Program
1^st place: CUTTING THROUGH THE CROWD: MAPPING APOBEC PROFILES HIDDEN WITHIN THE MICROENVIRONMENT OF BULK RNA-SEQ CANCER DATASETS WITH SINGLE-CELL RNA-SEQ

Dipanjan Chakraborty, PhD
Mentor: Ganusov Vitaly, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interactions Program
2nd place: USING MATHEMATICAL MODELING TO ESTIMATE THE EFFICACY OF BCG VACCINATION ON MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DYNAMICS AND DISSEMINATION IN ULTRA-LOW DOSE-INFECTED MICE  

Samira Mokhtari, PhD
Mentor: Diako Ebrahimi, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interaction Program
3rd place: APOBEC3: DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD? UNRAVELING ITS IMPACT ON EVOLVING DRUG RESISTANCE IN HIV-1 APOBEC3: DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD? UNRAVELING ITS IMPACT ON EVOLVING DRUG RESISTANCE IN HIV-1

Dipanjan Chakraborty, PhD
Mentor: Ganusov Vitaly, PhD
Department: Host-Pathogen Interactions Program
Oral Presentation Recognition: USING MATHEMATICAL MODELING TO ESTIMATE THE EFFICACY OF BCG VACCINATION ON MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DYNAMICS AND DISSEMINATION IN ULTRA-LOW DOSE-INFECTED MICE

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research 

Miryam Pando, PhD
Mentor: Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, PhD
Department: CRT5, Pain & Sensory Trauma Care
1^st place: KETAMINE SEDATION DECREASES SURVIVAL AFTER EXTREMITY TRAUMA AND HEMORRHAGE IN RATS

Frances Silva, PhD
Mentor: Nathan L. Davidson, MD, PhD
Department: CRT5, Pain & Sensory Trauma Care
2nd place: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC OCULAR INJURY AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS IN THEATER, 2001-2020

Tina M. Rodgers, PhD
Mentor: COL Kevin Gillespie, DMD, MBA
Department: CRT3, Organ Support & Automation Technologies
3rd place: ASSESSING DIFFERENT RESUSCITATION STRATEGIES WITH FRESH FROZEN PLASMA FOR SEVERE BURNS IN A SWINE  MODEL: A PILOT STUDY

George Plasko, PhD
Mentor: COL John Kragh, MD
Department: CRT2, Hemorrhage & Edema Control
Oral Presentation Recognition: LABORATORY EVALUATION OF HEMOSTATIC PRESSURE DRESSINGS UNDER SIMULATED EXTREME COLD CONDITIONS