SURE: Web Posters from SURE 1999

1999 Posters

The poster titles for the SURE 1999 and GIFT Fellows appear below. SURE fellows are in bold and GIFT fellows are underlined.

Authors Title
Matthew Alef and Triscia Hendrickson Multicopy Suppressor Analysis of Alanine Scanning Human Gamma-Tubulin Mutants.
Julie S. Alonso, Margaret Anello, Suraj Reddy, Elena Monarch, and Stephan Hamann The Emotional Memory Effect in Parkinson’s Disease Patients.
Carmen Anderson, Periasamy Selvaraj, and Leah Horton Breast cancer membranes modified with GPI-B7 as a potential cancer vaccine.
Frank J. Gordon and Christopher A. Barker ACTH response in hypoglycemic rats.
Pamela Barnes, M. Brown, M. Owens, F. Harris, and Benjamin D. Gold Impact of Helicobacter pylori Infection on Gastric Mucin Gene Regulation in vitro.
Nicole Baumgarten, Joy F. Stallings, and Carol M. Worthman Stress in Inner-City Youths: A School-Based Comparison of Cortisol Levels in African-American Male Adolescents.
Jormell Bland and Keiji Morokuma Analysis of Spartan for Use in Secondary School Chemistry Courses.
Oscar Boglin, Gregg Orloff and Walter Escobar CancerQuest: Website Creation.
Brenda Brochstein, Christine Mandel, Michael Goodman, and Ronald Boothe Binocularly Ocluded Monkeys: Ocular Alignment Assessed by Videographic Methods.
Azzari C. Caillier and Vaidy Sunderam A Java Based Framework for Off-Line Collaboration.
Demeeka Campbell and Henry Tomasiewicz Use of Zebra Fish as a Model System to Study the Effects of Specific Mutations in Human Tau on Tau Function.
Kimberly Carter, Stephen Morse, and Kyungcheol Yi A Serological Comparison of Adsorption EIA and rpEIA in the detection of Haemophilus ducreyi.
Lisa Casanova, Jana M. Swenson, Fred C. Tenover, and John E. McGowan, Jr. Evaluation of a Screening Method for Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases.
Jonathan Chang, P. Bonaccorsi, C. Armstrong, J. Ansel, and H. Yang. Adjuvant melanoma therapy with Newcastle disease virus oncolysateand GM-CSS.
P. M. Iuvone, Tamara Ivanova,Steven Clark, Audra Brown, and Jane Patton. Cyclic AMP’s Role in Ca2+ Regulation in Photoreceptor Cells.
Mirit Cohen and Frans de Waal Chimanzee Facial Expressions as Communicators of Social Information.
Petrenia Davis, Ayana Hunter, and Giselle Corbie-Smith Working Group on Colon Cancer Screening in African Americans.
David Deru Toward Excellence in Science Teaching; An Alternative Approach.
Todd Eads, Igor Stojiljkovic, and Tony Richardson Effects of the dam gene on the frequency of phase variation of hemoglobin receptors in Neisseria meningitidis.
Robert Elder, Shi-Hua Li, and Xiao-Jiang Li Interaction Between Huntingtin and GAS-7.
Nathan Ferrell and Keith Easterling Maternal Separation Produces Changes in Opioid Mediated Behaviors in Adult Rats.
Meyer Friedman, Elizabeth Lytle, and Criss Hartzel Implication of IQ domain in Regulation of CLC-7.
Brianne J. Gorod, Paul W. Doetsch, Angela Avery Endonuclease III’s Role in the Suppression of Transcriptional Mutagenesis Caused by Dihydrouracil.
Deepak Gupta, M. Jurynec, C. R. Buck, and R. J. McKeon
(Honorable Mention)
ANT1 Increase in the CNS Glial Scar.
Robert Hairston, Stephen Mittelstaedt, and Edmund K. Waller Selective Depletion of Alloreactive T-Lymphocytes.
Nicole D. Hamlina nd Carol J. R. Hogue Urinary Tract Infection and Low Birth Weight in Sickle-Cell Trait Pregnancies.
LaKiesha Hampton, Candon Sadler, and Sherryl Goodman Effective Strategies for Coping with Sadness and Anger in Parent/Child Relationships.

Kelly Healy and Nael McCarty
(Honorable Mention)

Construction of Epitope-Targeted Library and Isolation of Donor Peptide for Screen of Phosphorylation Dependent Interactions in CFTR.
Bridgett Hoepner, D. A. Hunt, E. Pearson, and R. A. Hennigar
(Second Place)
Purification and Identification of a Tyrosylphosphopeptide in Fatty Acid Synthase.
Don Hsiao, Alec Hodel, and Jian Li Interaction of rac with p67.
William Humphries and Darryl Neill
(Honorable Mention)
Intracranial Self-Stimulation of the Amygdala in Rats: Role of the Medial Pre-Optic Area.
Corine Hyman, Neil Smith, and James Winslow. The Social Behavior of Inbred Strains of Mice.
Claude Jarrett, Richard Facklam, June Scott, and Lucia Teixeira
(First Place)
DNA-DNA Reassociation Study with Different Types of Streptococcus pyogenes and other Group A B-hemolytic Streptococcal strains.
Stacey Jeffries, Jenney Freeman, and Sue Jinks-Robertson A Genetic Screen to Identify Proteins That Regulate Homeologous Recombination in S. cerevisiae.
Jamie Kemp, Robert McKeon, Ellen Olson, and Anne Mongiu Oxidative Insults Cause Increased Lipid Peroxidation in ANT-1 Knockout Astrocytes.
Christopher A. Klebanoff, Eric Nickel, and Lanny S. Liebeskind
(Honorable Mention)
The Functionalization of 2,7,12,17-Tetra-t-butylporphyrin.
Rebecca C. Knickmeyer and Patricia Whitten
(Third Place Tie)
Commercially Available Phytoestrogen Supplement Alters Maternal Behavior in Rats.
Stephanie Mayrant and Sherryl Goodman Infant Crying and Observed Distress: Relationships with Elevated Cortisol.
Erica Louden, Molly Wilcox, Jeffrey Newport, Christine Heim, Andrew Miller, and Charles Nemeroff HPA Axis Studies in Women Abused as Children.
Latundra Maddox, and Keith D. Wilkinson Co-Translational Processing of Human Ubiquitin.
Elena L. Mann, Yoon K. Miller, Yih-Ling Tzeng, and David S. Stephens Characterization of an Operon Involved in the Genetic Regulation of Serogroup B Capsule Transcription in Neisseria meningitidis.
Emily A. Mathews, Changjun Shi, and Michael Davis Reversible Chemical Inactivation of the Rat Dorsal Hippocampus Blocks Expression of Contextual Fear as Measured by Potentiation of Startle.
Jessie Mathisen and Anthony Martin The Root and Rhizome Morphology of the Smooth Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora: Relation to Its Trace Fossil Identification.
Elizabeth Meade, M. Ben Hock, and Melissa A. Brown
(Honorable Mention)
Cloning and Characterization of the Genomic NF-ATc Locus.
Erica Morgan and E. Breyer. Expression and structure elucidation of apolipoprotein CIII.
James W. Murrough, Katherine A. Boss-Williams, and Jay M. Weiss Selective or Compound 6-OHDA Lesions of CNS Noradrenergic Pathways in Male Rats.
Dana Oren, Kelly H. Skelton, Keith W. Easterling, Stephen Holtzman, Charles B. Nemeroff, and Michael J. Owens The Effect of a Small Molecule CRF Antagonist on Opiate Withdrawal.
Angela Parsons,Barbara Froehlich, and June Scott Degradation of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Outer Membrane CS1 Pilin Protein cooC by Known Periplasmic Proteases.
Blake Pearson and Criss Hartzell Protein Regulation of Ca2+ Activated Cl- Channels.
Lauren J. Pitkow, Catherine A. Murphey, and Larry J. Young
(Third Place Tie)
Individual Variation in Oxytocin Receptor Density in Monogamous Voles: Mechanisms and Behavioral Implications.
Anil Puri and Ralph Tripp Identifying the Biological Significance of the G Glycoprotein of the Respiratory Syncitial Virus.
Dinesh V. Raju, J. Bennet-Desmelik, S. Lund, and J. T. Greenamyre Mitochondrial Effects in Wilson's Disease Cells.
Deanna Ross and Doug Falls LIM Kinase 1 is Associated with Synaptic Vesicles.
John Ryan, Y. Liu, and W. Siede NAnalysis of Rad17, a Checkpoint Protein in the Budding Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Rina S. Santiago, Lisa P. Kestler, Elaine Walker, and Stephan Hamann The Relationship Between Startle Conditioning and Declarative Memory.
Michael Saunders and Rajeshwar Tekmal The Role of Aromatase in Breast Cancer.
Michelle A. Schmitt, Christopher W. Bergen, and Judy Morgan The Destruction of Our Coastline: a Comparison of Dune Disturbance on Georgia Barrier Islands.
Larry Shannon, Jonathan Glass, and Deborah G.. Culver Dephosphorylation Makes WLDs Mice Neurofilament Less Resistant to Calpain-Mediated Degradation.
R.W. Compans, Cathy Yao, Philip Smelcer, and Ron Eller Production of Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Like Particles (SHIV VLPs).
S. Amy Snipes and J. F. Dahl Do Right-Handed and Left-Handed Female Chimpanzees Differ in Reproductive Cyclicity?
Katharine Stearns, Susanne Hollinger, and John R. Hepler
(Honorable Mention)
Expression, Partial Purification, and Characterization of RGS14.
Rebecca Steiner and Thomas R. Insel
(Honorable Mention)
Vasopressin Induction of Neuronal Gene Expression.
Ben Studebaker, Guy Beresford, and Jeremy Boss ICER Inhibits MHC Class-II Expression by Occupying cAMP Response Elements in the CREB Promoter.
Hyun-suk Suh, Brian Harfe, and Sue Jinks-Robertson
(Honorable Mention)
Removal of Framshift Intermediates by PCNA & DNA Polymerases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Shaya Taghechian, Jose Soria and Dennis Liotta Synthesis of Potential Candidates for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.
Parizad Torabi, Jose Soria and Dennis Liotta A Novel Approach to the Synthesis of Hydroxyethylene Isosteres: A class of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors.
Vincent Tolbert, Pat O'Hern, and Kim Gernert Implementation of Rasmol in High School Classrooms.
Vardhan Vasuki and Darryl Neill Effects of Microinjections of Drugs Affecting Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Transmission into Ventolateral Striatum on Sulcal Prefrontal ICSS.
Karen Vieira and Thomas Adamkiewicz The liver iron test appears to be a more accurate method of estimating iron overload than the ferritin test for sickle cell children on chronic transfusion.
Rakhee Vora and Krishna Bhat Regulation of Axonogenesis in the Drosophila Embryonic CNS.
Jerrod Wigal, Peter Jensen, and Dominique Weber Characterization of the Protein Tapasin.
Cassandra Wilson and Boots Quimby Synthetic Lethal Screen of MOG1.
Michael Ward, Stuart Showalter, Donald Stein, and Stuart Hoffman Effects of Estrogen on Behavioral Recovery in Rats with Bilateral Frontal Cortical Contusions.