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18th Annual Pathology Research Symposium

Join Us Nov. 15, 2019

9:00 am - 5:00 pm  |  A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building

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Deadlines:
Abstract Submissions Due October 25, 2019

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This Molecular and Celluar Pathology graduate student event showcases research within the department by faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD students.


Keynote Speaker

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Robert G. Roeder, PhD

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor
The Rockefeller University, New York City, New York
“Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in animal cells"


Program

9:00 am   Symposium introduction by Dr. Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Associate Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the Program in Biomedical Sciences, and Director of the Molecular & Cellular Pathology graduate program.
9:10  

Samantha Kemp, BS

Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Co-Mentors: Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD and Howard Crawford, PhD

“Sex-associated TSLP-induced immune alterations following early-life RSV infection induces exacerbated asthma

9:30   

Tomasz Cierpicki, PhD

Associate Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Genomics

“Targeting epigenetic regulators in cancer”

10:05   

Xiaofang Shi, BS

Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Mentor: Richard Miller, MD, PhD

“Effects of FTO inhibition on m6A-mediated cap-independent translation and stress response”

10:25  

Chang Kim, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Inflammation, and Immunology
Kenneth and Judy Betz Family Endowed Professor

“Gut microbial metabolites in regulation of immune cells and inflammation”

11:00   

Siva Natarajan, BS

Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Co-Mentors: Sriram Venneti, MD, PhD and Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD

“C11orf95-RELA fusion-mediated metabolic reprogramming in supratentorial ependymomas”

11:20

 

Break

11:30  

Keynote speaker:
Robert G. Roeder, PhD

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor
The Rockefeller University, New York City, New York

“Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in animal cells”

12:30 pm

 

Poster session and lunch (BSRB seminar rooms)

1:45  

Analisa DiFeo, PhD

Associate Professor, Cancer Biology

Small but mighty: Function of microRNA-181a in driving ovarian cancer pathogenesis”

2:20  

Sabra Djomehri, BS

Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Mentor: Celina Kleer, MD

“Quantitative proteomic landscape of metaplastic breast carcinoma pathological subtypes”

2:40

 

Break

2:50  

Michael Bachman, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Microbiology
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology

“Risk factors for Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in hospitalized patients”

3:25

 

Break

3:45   

Rebekah Martin, PhD, MLS (ASCP)CM

Medical Microbiology Fellow
University of Utah Department of Pathology

There and Back Again: A Clinical Microbiologist’s Journey

4:05

 

Break

4:15  

Career Panel

  • Robert G. Roeder, PhD
    Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor, The Rockefeller University

  • Rebekah Martin, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM
    Medical Microbiology Fellow, University of Utah

  • Kelly B. Sexton, PhD
    Associate Vice President for Research-Technology Transfer and Innovation, University of Michigan

  • Mark Schultz, PhD
    Research Investigator, Pathology

5:00  

Awards presentation and concluding remarks
Best Poster Awards, Best Oral Presentation and Outstanding Research Award

 

 


Past Symposiums

17th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2018

16th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2017

15th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2016

14th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2015

13th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2014

12th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2013

11th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Oct. 2012

For more information, contact Laura Labut.