2004 Pathology Young Investigators' Day Awards

Archive Winners


6th ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY YOUNG INVESTIGATORS' DAY
April 7, 2004

Congratulations to the Award Recipients
Basic: Isamu Z. Hartman, B.S.
Clinical: Xing Fan, M.D., Ph.D.
Translational: Chanjuan Shi, M.D., Ph.D.

Excellence in BASIC RESEARCH
Presenter Title Division Senior Author Poster Title (pdf)
Onikepe Adetoun Adegbola, M.D. Graduate Student Molecular Pathology Pasternack pp32 is a direct transcriptional target of E2F-1
Lodewijk Adriaan Anton Brosens Research Trainee/Medical Student GI Pathology Goggins Immunohistochemical comparison between duodenal and colonicpolyps in familial adenomatous polyposis
Sarat Kumar Dalai, Ph.D. Research Fellow Immunology Sadegh-Nasseri B Cells in induction of anergy in memory CD4+ T cells
Mohamed Hassan Farah, Ph.D. Research Fellow Neuropathology Wong Reduction of amyloid-B by lentiviral expression of short hairpin RNAi for BACE1 in cultured cells
Tamara Flys, B.S. Graduate Student Transfusion Medicine Eshleman, S. Analysis of PTAP duplications in the gag p6 region of subtype C HIV-1
Mehmet Levent Guler, M.D. Research Fellow Immunology Rose Two autoimmune disease loci influencing thymic and peripheral Tcell apoptosis control susceptibility to Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis
Kapil Gupta Graduate Student Immunology Schneck Role of co-receptor in modulating the membrane organization of Tcell receptors on DC8+ T cells
Isamu Z. Hartman, B.S. Graduate Studenty Immunology Sadegh-Nasseri An in vitro recapitulation of proteolytic antigen degradation and peptide capture by class II MHC
Sunil Suhas Karhadkar, M.B.B.S. Research Fellow Urologic Pathology Berman Hedgehog signaling links bladder regeneration and oncogenesis
Jung-Whan Kim, D.V.M. Graduate Student Pathobiology Dang, C.V. Transcriptional regulatory network of MYC, HIV-1 and their target genes
Fiona Mary Laird, Ph.D. Research Fellow Neuropathology Wong BACE1 dependent APP signaling is required for learning andmemory
Ken-Yu Lin, B.S. Graduate Student GYN Pathology Wu Ectopic expression of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1)by tumor cells allows them to escape from immune attack
Guojun Ma, M.D. Graduate Student Neuropathology Wong Aph-1a is required for presenilin-dependent y-secretase complex assembly andenzymatic activity in mammals
Alan Keith Meeker, Ph.D. Research Fellow GU Pathology DeMarzo Direct In Situ analysis of telomere lengths in primary prostate cancer and prostate cancer metastases
Craig Norman Morrell, D.V.M. Graduate Student Comparative Medicine Lowenstein Mechanism of nitric oxide regulation of platelet granule exocytosis
Rajni Sharma, Ph.D. Research Fellow Immunology Burek CTLA-4 regulation of autoimmune thyroiditis: A role of IFN-8induced indoleamine 2, 3 dioxygenase in disease
Eduardo Daniel Zamora, M.D. Research Fellow Neuropathology Troncoso Papillomavirus-like particle Ab vaccine induces specific antibody response, and prevents behavorial impairment in APP/PS1 transgenic mice

Excellence in CLINICAL RESEARCH
Presenter Title Division Senior Author Poster Title (pdf)
Scott James Cameron, Ph.D. Clinical/Research Fellow ClinicalChemistry Sokoll A comparative study of BNP and NT-proBNP in patients presenting to the emergency dept. with chest pain
Dengfeng Cao, M.D., Ph.D. Housestaff GYNPathology Ronnett Expression of mesothelin, fascin, prostate stem cell antigen in primary ovarian mucinoustumors and their utility in differentiating.
Esther Elishaev, M.D. Clinical Fellow GYNPathology Ronnett Metastatic endocervical adenocarcinomas sumulating primary ovarian surface epithelial neoplasms
Xing Fan, M.D., Ph.D. Research Fellow Neuropathology Eberhart Notch2 promotes, and Notch1 inhibits, the growth of embyronal brain tumors
Anil Vasdev Parwani, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Fellow GU Pathology Ali Cytomorphologic features of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors

Excellence in TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Presenter Title Division Senior Author Poster Title (pdf)
Donna Elizabeth Hansel, M.D., Ph.D. Housestaff GI Pathology Blankin Expression of CDX 1 and 2 distinguishes periampullary lesions by site of origin, tumor stage, metastatic potential, and patient outcome
Jens Koopmann, M.D. Research Fellow GI Pathology Goggins Mac-2 binding protein is a diagnostic marker for biliary tract cancer
Chanjuan Shi, M.D., Ph.D. Research Fellow GI Pathology J. Eshleman LigAmp:Sensitive Detection of Single Nucleotice Differences