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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

Deadlines:
Abstract Submissions Due October 25, 2019

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

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"

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