DOM'ers do well in research poster contest

Several members of the University of Louisville Department of Medicine had good showings in the recent Research!Louisville poster competition, held in conjunction with the event's 15th annual showcase of health/life sciences research conducted at U of L.

A panel of U of L faculty judges selected the winners of this year's contest from more than 300 entries in the categories of professional/clinical students, basic science grad students, postgraduates and faculty.

Here's a look at finished at or near the top in their respective categories:

Professional/Clinical Students

(Medical and Dental students; Graduate Nursing winner; Graduate Public Health students)

Medical Students

Second Place

• Doug Ansert, "Effects of PCB153 on High Fat Diet-Induced Vascular Dysfunction and Remodeling." Mentor: Daniel Conklin, Ph.D., Department of Medicine

Graduate Public Health Students

Third Place

• Natasha DeJarnett, "Contribution of Air Pollutant Combustion Product Acrolein to Circulation Endothelial Progenitor Cell Level and Cardiovascular Disease Risk." Mentor: Daniel Conklin, Ph.D., Department of Medicine

Basic Science Graduate Students

(Masters and Doctoral students winners; Student/Faculty Bioengineering Collaboration winners)

Masters Basic-Science Student Division

First Place

• Jason Hellman, Medicine, "Resolving D1 Modulates Adipose Tissue Macrophage Accumilation and Restores Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Diabetic Mice." Mentor: Aruni Bhatnagar, Ph.D., Division of Cardiology

Doctoral Basic-Science Student Division

Third Place

• Stephanie Mathews, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Histone Deacetylases Play a Critical Role in regulating IFNa -mediated Anti-HCV Gene Expression." Mentor: Shirish Barve, Ph.D., Medicine

Student/Faculty Bioengineering Collaboration

Second Place

• David Muench, Bioengineering, "The VEGF Quadruplex-Forming Sequence Inhibits Lung Cancer Cell Growth." Mentor: Kara Sedoris, Ph.D., James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Postgraduates

(Postdocotral Associates/Scholars and Research Associates) and Research Staff)

Research Staff Award

First Place

• Brian Sansbury, M.S., "Defining Cardiomyocyte Bioenergetics and the Biological Importanace of the Mitochondrial and Glycolytic Reserve Capacities." Mentor: Bradford Hill, Ph.D., Cardiovascular Medicine

Faculty

(Faculty Award Winners)

Scientific Importance

• Swati Joshi-Barve, Ph.D., Medicine. "Ethanol Inhibits Lipid-Raft-Mediated TCR Signaling and IL-2 Expression in CD4+ T lymphocytes: A Novel Mechanism of Alcohol-Induced Immune Dysfunction."

Most Promising Basic Science Research

• Bradford Hill, Ph.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. "Respiratory Control Over Mitochondrial Protein Damage."

Potential for Major Clinical Applications

• Brian Clem, Ph.D., Medicine. "Development of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Choline Kinase As a Novel Anti-Tumor Therapeutic Approach."