Winners of the 2014 Research Symposium
The Genome Science Institute is pleased to present the winners of the 2014 Annual Research Symposium:
Oral Presenters:
Cody Desjardins, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, BU CRC
Dissecting the distinct regulatory roles of the MEF2 transcription factors in muscle
Dana Lau Corona, Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics, BUSM
Epigenetic regulation of growth hormone-responsive sex-biased genes in mouse liver
Charina Ortega, Undergraduate College of Engineering, BU CRC
Mining CK2 in Cancer
Akshaya Ramesh, Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics, BUSM
Macaque immunogenetics through de-novo genome assemblies
Liye Zhang, Ph.D., Computational Biomedicine, BUSM
ALK Regulates Metastasis in Lung Cancer through splicing factor ESRP1/2
Poster Presentation Winners:
Jeanette Connerney – Growth Hormone Pulse-Dependent Chromatin Accessibility in Male Mouse Liver
Andrew Hoss – miR-10b-5p expression in Huntington’s disease brain relates to age of onset and the extent of striatal involvement
Amira Hussein – A Bayesian Approach to Assess the Tanscriptome of Bone Aging and the Role of the Brd2 Gene in the Regulation of Sex Linked Bone Loss
Sarah Kleinsorge – The Role of Cell Polarity in the Organization of Follicle Cells During the Engulfment of Dying Germ Cells
Elizabeth Moses – Molecular impact of electronic cigarette exposure on airway epithelium
Hila Milo Rasouly – Loss of Zeb2 Causes Glomerulocystic Kidney Disease in Mice
Neema Yazdani – Transcriptome analysis and gene targeting of a QTL influencing methamphetamine sensitivity
Congratulations to all of our winners!