Keynote Speaker Jennifer M. Heemstra, PhD Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry Washington University, St Louis Co-Founder, #MentorFirst "Leadership: How To Be Great At The Job That You (Likely) Weren’t Trained For" |
2024 Winners
UT Health San Antonio
Rosemary Soeun Lee, PhD
Mentor: Anna Malkova, PhD
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
1st 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: Biochemistry
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
1st 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
1st 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