Research Colloquium

Research Colloquium

Poster Session

Summer Research

Undergraduate Students

July 31, 2008

Location: DurhamOutpatientCenter

West Atrium Lobby

Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

A reception follows in the Private Dining Rooms

at 1:30 P.M.

Luncheon Sponsored by:

Eppley Institute, Biomedical Research Training Program, and Office of Research and Development

Office of Academic Affairs

POSTER NUMBER / ANESTHESIA
1 / “Peri-Operative Myocardial Infarction In Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures At An AcademicMedicalCenter”
Kathryn Kersenbrock, CreightonUniversity
Sasha Shillcutt, M.D., Myrna Newland, M.D., John Tinker, M.D.
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2 / “Color In Octopus Hot Spring: Isolation And Proteomics Of Microbes”
Irene Amoah, VirginiaStateUniversity
Laurey Steinke, Ph.D., Benjamin Fairbanks, Michele Fontaine, B.S., Robert Ramaley, Ph.D.
3 / “Characterization of MICAL-L1: a Novel Interacting Partner
for EHD1”
Lia Hulsbos, University of New Mexico
Steve Caplan, Ph.D., Naava Naslavsky, Ph.D., Mahak Sharma
4 / “Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) Is A Novel Serum Based Biomarker For Severe Acute Pancreatitis”
Neil Sharma, Saint LouisUniversity
Subhankar Chakraborty, Surinder K. Batra, Ph.D.
5 / “EGFRvIII and Pancreatic Cancer”
Jacqueline K. Watson, HamptonUniversity
Maneesh Jain, Ph.D.
CELLULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
6 / “Exercise Training: Impact on Thioredoxin Regulation of Potassium Channels in Diabetic Rat Heart”
Bryant England, TrumanStateUniversity
George J. Rozanksi, Ph.D., Lirong Xu, Ph.D., Ming-Qi Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Laura Leite, Kaushik P. Patel, Ph.D.
7 / “Effects of ACE2 Over Expression in the Brainstem on
Cardiovascular Function and Sympathetic Activity in the CHF Mice”
Rachael Farrar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lie Gao M.D., Ph.D., Wei Wang M.D., Ph.D. Irving Zucker Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
8 / “Consent for Genetic Testing: Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions About Predicting Their Future”
Zack Carlson, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Becky Anderson, J.D., Jackie Covey
9 / “Daylighting In Hospitals: A Review Of The Therapeutic Benefits And Energy Use Reduction”
Melissa Gasper, WayneState College
Andrew Jameton, Ph.D.
10 / “Factors That Influence Young Adults' Decision to Become Health Professionals”
Ryan Santin, WayneState College
Roxanna Lynn Jokela, M.H.A.
11 / “Pandemic Influenza: Ethics of Altered Standards of Care”
Greg Stecker, BaylorUniversity
Gary Gorby, M.D.
EPPLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER
12 / “The Effect of ErbB2 Activity on GLUT1 Levels and Localization”
Juana Acosta, College of Saint Mary
Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., Cesar Ortega, M.D., Ph.D., Manju George, D.V.M., Ph.D.
13 / “Proteomics and Pesticides: Using Mass Spectrometry to Determine Organophosphate Labeling of Mammalian Proteins”
Erica K. Anderson, University of NebraskaOmaha
Hasmik Grigoryan, Ph.D., Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D.
14 / “Study Of The Interaction Between The Catalytic Subunit And Second Subunit Of Human And Yeast DNA Polymerase δ”
Rosanne Dunivan, Mount Marty College
Victoria G. Liston, Elena I. Stepchenkova, Ph.D., YouriI. Pavlov, Ph.D.
15 / "Comparison of Phosphospecific Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Activation of Aurora A Kinase: Analysis of their Role in Mitotic Spindle Formation in HeLa Cells"
Kelly Erickson, NebraskaWesleyanUniversity
Ming Ying Tsai, Ph.D., Bruce Berrigan
16 / “Defining Domain Function of Human Rad51 Recombinase”
Brittany Lee, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Gloria E.O. Borgstahl, Ph.D., Kerry Brader
17 / “Identification of Non-Telomeric In Vivo Binding Sites for POT1”
Kyle Meinke, TrumanStateUniversity
Michel Ouellette, Ph.D., Kyung Choi, Ph.D.
18 / "Aurora B and Survivin Interactions via Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation"
Nicole Nelson, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Ming-Ying Tsai, Ph.D., Jyoti Iyer
INTERNAL MEDICINE
19 / “Optimizing Fluro-Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide Generated from Wounded Bronchial Epithelial Cells Exposed to Cigarette Smoke”
Horacio N. Alvarez Ramirez, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Justin C. Jarrell, B.S., Diane S. Allen-Gipson, Ph.D.
20 / “The Significance of Scavenger Receptors in Vascular Inflammation: Their Role in the Immune Syustem Activation and Microbubble Adherence”
Rajeev Anchan, Creighton Univeristy
Bart Hamilton III, B.S., Kristin Lenczowski, B.S., Michael Duryee, M.S., Lynell Klassen, M.D.Geoffrey Thiele, Ph.D.
21 / “Heparanase-1 (HPR-1), A Potential Regulator Of Cell-Matrix Interactions, Promotes Invasion And Angiogenesis In Prostate Tissue”
Christopher Brawner, GustavusAdolphusCollege
George P. Casale,Ph.D., John Miller, Ph.D., Ralph P. Hauke, M.D., Johny E. Elkahwaji, M.D., Ph.D.
22 / “Disparity In Survival Outcome In Patients With Lymphoma According To Place Of Residence And Treatment Provider Source”
Anthony Cannon, University of Iowa
Fausto, Loberiza, Jr., M.D.
23 / “Is Vascular Risk In Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus And Well-ControlledRisk Factors Similar To Non-Diabetic Controls?”
Cara Clure, WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis
Olga Ostmann, M.D., Jillian Witte, B.S.N., Terica Hudson, B.S., Claudia Borgeson, B.S., Jennifer L. Larsen, M.D.
24 / “The Effects of Ethanol Metabolism on the Subcellular Location of Critical Cell Cycle Regulators”
Leslie Darling, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Katrina Mahan, Dahn L. Clemens, Ph.D.
25 / “Regulation Of Proteasome Activity By Differential Levels Of Oxidative Stress And Tubercidin”
Allyson, Eymann, Buena VistaUniversity
Kusum Kharbanda, Ph.D., Natalia Osna, M.D., Ph.D.
26 / “Impaired Uptake Of Alkaline Phosphatase In Asialoglycoprotein Receptor Deficient Mice: Implications For Alcoholic Liver Injury”
Elizabeth Fees, MidlandLutheranCollege
Serene Lee, Kumar Desai, Carol Casey, Ph.D.
27 / “Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, and Insulin Resistance in Sprague-Dawley Rats”
Dan Gorski, University of Notre Dame
Jennifer Larsen, M.D.,Frederick Hamel, Ph.D. Claudia Borgeson, B.S., Brittney Smith. Cara Clure, Vijay Shivaswamy,M.B.B.S.
28 / “Neutrophil Adhesion To Bronchial Epithelial Cells Is Modified By
Exposure Of Epithelial Cells To Hog Confinement Dust Extract”
Monica Hilger, NebraskaWesleyanUniversity
Debra Romberger, M.D., Art Heires, M.A., Todd Wyatt, Ph.D.
29 / “Association Of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA) Colonization And Sexual Behavior In HIV-Infected Patients”
Katie Hofer, MidlandLutheranCollege
Miguel Madariaga, M.D.
30 / “Evaluation of Geriatrics Residents’ Education in Transitional Care”
Anna Hulbert, ClemsonUniversity
William Lyons, M.D., Katherine Jones, P.T., Ph.D.
31 / “Functional Comparison of COPD and Non-COPD Fibroblasts in the Presence of TNF-alpha and IL-1B”
Whitney Ijem, WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis
Tadashi Sato M.D., Ph.D., Amy Nelson, Stephen Rennard, M.D.
32 / “TCA Cycle Mutants Are Isolated In The Phenotypic Variation Population Of Staphylococcus Epidermidis”
Lauren Kinkead, Minnesota State University-Makato
M.E. Olson, G. A. Somerville, P. D. Fey
33 / “Medical Director Perceptions Of Mental Health Care In Nursing Facilities”
Emily Olson, St.AmbroseUniversity
Brenda K. Keller, M.D., Thomas M. Magnuson, M.D.
34 / "Trauma Exposure Among Veterans in Substance Use Disorder Treatment"
Bryce Paradis,University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Kathleen Grant, M.D., David L Nash, B.S.
35 / “Precision-Cut Liver Slice Model to Assess Hepatoxicity: The Protective Effects of Betaine”
Patrick Parr, St. LouisUniversity
Kevin Ducey, Sandra Todero, M.A., Harriet Beckenhauer, B.S., Dean Tuma, Ph.D., Brian Ward, M.D., John Cannella, M.D., Kusum Kharbanda, Ph.D.
36 / “Quantitative Analysis of Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells”
Patrick Passarelli, BostonCollege
Marcel DeVetten, M.D., Barbara O'Kane, Ph.D., John G. Sharp, Ph.D., Tyler Ketteryl, B.S., Jordan Lacy, B.S., Sue Brusnahan, M.T.
37 / “Assessing lymph nodes in colorectal cancer: are we doing Better?”
Lauren Prest, University of Nebraska at Omaha
38 / “Induction of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Interferon-gamma”
Humaira Qasimyar, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Nobuhiro Kanaji, M.D., Ph.D., Xiangde Liu, M.D., Amy Nelson
39 / “Regulation of Toll-like Receptor 2 in COPD”
James Robinson, IowaStateUniversity
K.L. Bailey, M.D., A.J. Heires, M.A., D.J. Romberger, M.D.
40 / “Alcohol Exposure Attenuates Contraction of Airway Smooth Muscle Cells”
Chelsea Ruhge, NebraskaWesleyanUniversity
Peter Oldenburg, Ph.D., Todd Wyatt, Ph.D. Joseph Sisson, M.D.
41 / “Differential Susceptibility Of Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae COPD Strains To Human -Defensin 2”
Austin Rupp, TrumanStateUniversity
Lin Tang, Tricia D. LeVan
42 / "Does Metabolic Syndrome or Impaired Fasting Glucose Better Predict Vascular Risk After Kidney Transplant?"
Brittney Smith, University of NebraskaOmaha
Jennifer Larsen, M.D.
43 / “Water: Does it Do a Body Good? Parents' Perceptions of Water's Impact on Health”
Bryan Spells, HamptonUniversity
Erin A. Strong, B.A., Stacie R. Ortmeier, R.D., L.M.N.T., Phyllis A. Nsiah-Kumi, M.D., M.P.H.
44 / “The Power of Perception: Understanding Parents' Knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes and Perceived Risk for Their Children”
Erin Strong, WheatonCollege
Bryan J. Spells, B.S., Stacie R. Ortmeier, R.D., L.M.N.T., Phyllis A. Nsiah-Kumi, M.D., M.P.H.
45 / “Effects Of Ethanol On FAS-Mediated Apoptosis In Polarized Hepatoma Cells”
Kyan Unstad, University of Nebraska at Omaha
46 / “Ethanol-Elicited Steatosis And Nuclear Transcription Factor Regulation In Vivo And In Vitro”
Nash Whitaker, CreightonUniversity
T.M. Donohue Jr., Ph.D.
47 / Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Study in Cost
Kylee Wojtkiewicz, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D.
MD/PhD PROGRAM
48 / “Nanotoxicity And Effects Of Nanoparticle-Loaded Human Mononuclear Phagocytes On Blood-Brain Barrier Function In Vitro”
Dana Barnes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Georgette D. Kanmogne, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience
49 / “Circumventricular Organs as the Starting Point for Neurodegeneration: Human Diseases and Mouse Model”
Antonio Castaneada, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Larisa Poluektova, M.D.,Ph.D., Edward Makarov, B.S., Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., Jennifer Finke, B.S., Dawn Eggert, M.S.
Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience
50 / “shRNA-Mediated Knockdown of hKSR1 Decreases Colony Formation in Soft Agar and In Vivo Tumorigenicity”
Deirdre A. Gordon, CreightonUniversity
Kurt W. Fisher, Robert E. Lewis, Ph.D.
Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer
51 / “The Regulation of the Iron Regulatory Hormone Hepcidin in the
Liver by the NADPH Oxidase Enzyme Complex”
Chris Jensen, RiceUniversity
John Evans, Dee Harrison-Findik, Ph.D., John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D.
Internal Medicine
52 / “Studies on p120 Family Members”
Maria Mangano, IowaStateUniversity
Sarah Keim, Ph.D., Keith Johnson, Ph.D.,Margaret Wheelock, Ph.D.
Oral Biology
53 / “Structural Studies Of The Human Multidrug Half Transporter ABCG2”
Patrick Morris, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Oluwatoyin A. Asojo, Ph.D., Michelle Ngamelue, Kohei Homma, Ph.D., Meghan Sedlacek
Pathology & Medical Microbiology
54 / “A Model of Hindlimb Ischemia: Evidence for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Peripheral Arterial Disease”
Crystal Reyelts, VanderbiltUniversity
Iraklis Pipinos, M.D., Stanley Swanson, B.S.
Surgery
55 / “The Role of CTLA4 in the Proliferation and Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia”
Rae Rohlfsen, Saint LouisUniversity
Shantaram Joshi, Ph.D., Amit Mittal, Ganapati Hegde, Ph.D., Erin Rosenbaugh
Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy
56 / “EGFR and c-Src in Human Epithelial Cancers”
Dana Tabor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Justin Chung, Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., Manju George, Ph.D., Shawn Jessen
Eppley Institute for Cancer Research
PEDIATRICS
57 / “Sputum Flora and Nutritional Status in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Diagnosed Via Newborn Screening: An Internal Review”
Natalie C.Brooks, NebraskaWesleyanUniversity
Heather M.Thomas, M.D., Dee R.Acquazino, B.S., Timothy K.Hallberg, M.S., Barbara J.Witkowski,M.S., John L. Columbo, M.D.
58 / “Association Between Stressful Maternal Life Events and Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth in DouglasCountyNebraska”
Dylan Kathol, CreightonUniversity
Laurin Kasehagen, Ph.D., Carol Gilbert, M.S.
59 / “Tissue Localization Of Fatty Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity In Mice: Implications For Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome”
Joseph V. Lamar, University of Nebraska at Omaha
William B. Rizzo, M.D., M. Anita Jennings
PHARMACOLOGY & EXPERIMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
60 / “CXCR7: A Second Receptor for CXCL12 During Human Fetal Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation”
Faraz Ahmad, CreightonUniversity
Hui Peng, M.D.
61 / “Immunohistochemical Analysis of IL4 and IL10 treated APP/PS1 Bigenic Mice"
Neha Balmoori, CreightonUniversity
Tsuneya Ikezu, Ph.D., Tomomi Kiyota, Ph.D.
62 / “Immunohistochemical Analysis of Adeno-Associated Virus-Vectored Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 in APP / PS1 Bigenic Mice”
Jordan Corrigan, WinonaStateUniversity
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D. Ph.D., Tomomi Kiyota, Ph.D., Satoshi Okuyama, Ph.D.
63 / “Hot Dust Activates Skeletal Muscle ryanodine Receptors (RyR1)”
Danielle S. Fenster, NebraskaWesleyanUniversity
Keshore R. Bidasee, Ph.D., Deborah J. Romberger, M.D., Myron L. Toews, Ph.D.
64 / “Cardiovascular-protective Effects of Actyl-L-Carnitine Contribute to Putative Neurovascular Protection: A Preventative Mechanisms Against Alcohol-induced End-organ Injury”
Allyson Lamb, BellevueEastHigh School
James Haorah, Ph.D., Travis Rump, Catherine Haorei
65 / “Lung Fibroblast Wound Healing Responses to Mediators and Modulators of Airway Disease”
Bridget A. Leuschen, University of Dallas
Myron L. Toews, Ph.D., Nancy A. Schulte
66 / “Astrocyte Communication with Mononuclear Phagocytes”
Abby Schweitzer, SkuttCatholicHigh School
Stephanie Kraft-Terry, Xiuayn Huang, M.S.
67 / “HIV-1 gp120 Inhibits Neuronal Spontaneous Firing and LTP in the rat Hippocampal Slices”
Lance Villeneuve, University of Notre Dame
Lin Zhou, Ph.D., Yuxiang Dong, Ph.D., Huangui Xiong, M.D., Ph.D.
68 / "Regulatory T-cells Protect Microglia from Nitrated Alpha Synuclein"
Megan Willer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Ashley Reynolds, B.S., David Stone, B.S., Samantha Morris, R. Lee Mosley, Ph.D., Howard Gendelman, M.D.
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
69 / “Effect of an Aldose Reductase Inhibitor on Alveolar Bone Loss Associated with Periodontitis in Diabetic Rats”
Andrew Ensz, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Tomofumi Hamada, Richard A. Reinhardt, Ph.D., Camilla Justo, Karen Blessing, B.S., Peter F. Kador, Ph.D.
70 / “Synthesis of Bis-styrlbenzene TEMPO Derivatives via the Mitsunobu Reaction”
Laura Halder, CentralCollege
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom, Ph.D.
71 / “Temperature Unfolding of Intramolecular DNA Triplexes: Energetic Contribution of the Base Triplet Stacks”
Hae Young Kim, CarletonCollege
Hui-Ting Lee, Luis A. Marky, Ph.D.
72 / “Synthesis of a Sulfonyl Chloride Ketone: A Common Intermediate for the Synthesis of Metabolically Stable Ozonide Antimalarials"
Angela Siebers, IllinoisCollege
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom, Ph. D.
73 / “Probing the Temperature Unfolding of Unusual DNA Structures Using the Fluorescent Property of 2-Aminopurine”
Lela Waters, Northwestern University
Hui-Ting Lee, Chris M. Olsen, Irine Khutsishvili, Ph.D., Luis A. Marky, Ph.D.
74 / “Synthesis of Creatine Ethyl Ester Analogs to Study Rates of Cyclization”
Name: Rachel Weintraub, OhioWesleyanUniversity
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom, Ph.D.
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
75 / “Effect Of Sorafenib On Radiotherapy In The Experimental Model Of Colon Cancer”
Sahar Jahed, University of Maryland
Jessica Nearman, B.S.,Janina Baranowska-Kortylewicz, Ph.D.