2004 Posters

The poster titles for the SURE 2004 Fellows appear below. Click on the underlined titles to see a web version of the poster.

Authors Title

Lukas Austin-Page, Dominique L. Musselman, David H. Lawson, and Andrew H. Miller

High dose Interleukin-2: Incidence of neurobehavioral and neurotoxicity symptoms

Abin Bandyopadhyay, Wayne Patrick, and Stefan Lutz Intein transsplicing as a model for in vitro selection
Kornelius Bankstone, K. Lu, J. Dong, T. Hill, and David Lynn Nanotubes: Novel approaches to gene therapy
Jessica Bardill The influence of the new tongue: History identity and locality in the Pidgin literature of Hawaii
Charlotte Blank, Katerine Boss-Williams, Michelle Chou, Elizabeth Bryan, Jeffrey Moore, and Jay M. Weiss The effects of R121919 infused into the hippocampus on behavior of low-active rats in the swim test
Dean P. Blevins, Sue Jinks-Robertson, and Rachelle Spell Importance of the interaction of the SGS1 helicase and mismatch repair protein MLH1 in genome stability
Jamison W. Brewer, Christopher T. Goode, and Donna L. Maney
(Honorable Mention)
A social behavior network in songbirds
Xavier Bryant, FuShi Quan, Chunzi Huang, Sang-Moo Kang, and Richard Compans Constructing recombinant baculoviruses expressing Green Fluorescence Protein and Fc domain of immunoglobulin
Wen Cai, Ajay S. Vishwanathan, and Richard W. Compans Designing virus-like particles containing mutated envelope proteins of primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 strain SF162
Andrea Catalano, E.A. Quinn, Amanda Thompson, and Michelle Lampl Designing and implementing a web-based questionnaire of infant feeding practices
Bishwashree Chaudhury and Jeffrey H. Boatright Effect of tauroursodeoxycholic acid on apoptosis of human WERI-Rb-1 retinoblastoma cells
Sugong Chen, Michele Kleim, and Thomas Wichmann Effect of activiation or blockade of D1-like dopamine receptors on the release of GABA in the primate substantia nigra
Lindsay R. Chura, Fang Hu, K.V. Thrivikarman, Xiaohong Wang, and Paul M. Plotsky
(Honorable Mention)
Alterations of the hyptohalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and related signal molecules in Long Evans rats after acute stress: a biochemical and behavioral analysis
Caelin Cubenas, Arnold Pfahnl, Guarav Choudary, and Samuel C. Dudley, Jr. Characterization of zetekitoxin: a newly identified saxitoxin analog from the Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Judith L. Fridovich-Keil and Anjan Deka
(Honorable Mention)
A comparison between wild-type and mutated alleles ni their impact on the function of human Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase (GALT)
James K. Rilling and Kelsey Donohoe A comparitive quantitative analysis of the prefrontal sectors and connections in human and non-human anthropoid brains
Rander Draper Jr., Wen Huang, Ching-I Pao, and Linda R. Gooding
(Second Place)
Characterization of cell proliferation and viral gene expression in T-lymphocyes with high levels of Adenovirus and Coxackievirus Receptor (CAR) expression
Timothy Dunaway, Christopher Lue, Jin Jin, Jonathan C. Reinstra-Kiracofe, and Michael C. Heaven Vaporization of uranium tetrachloride for matrix isolation spectroscopy
Hanie Elfenbein, Stephanie Stephens, and Lary Walker Brain vascular amyloid is not linked to encephalitis in aged squirrel monkeys
MK Findley, Lauara Volpicelli-Daly, Brad Bowzard, and Richard A. Kahn A yeast-two hybrid screen to detect protein interaction with Arf and Arl proteins
Babar Fiza, Guang-dan Zhu, and Steven W. L'Hernault The C-Vps complex is essential for C. elegans development and fertility
Anna K. Garr, Kristin E. Bonnie, Victoria K. Horner, Jennifer L. Rybak, and Frans B.M. de Waal Measuring cultural transmission of a gesture in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Liza Green-Golan, Elaine F. Walker, Zachary N. Stowe, and Patricia A. Brennan Stressed infants - are they all the same? Delivery complications correlate with gender differences in infant cortisol levels
Evan Grolley, Daron Williams, Katherine Boss-Williams, Elizabeth Bryan, Jeffrey Moore, and Jay M. Weiss Stress induced c-fos expression varies according to stressor condition and rat line
Kristan A. Hagan, Laurie T. Krug, and Samuel H. Speck Inhibition of NF-kB in murine B-cells latently infected with gammaherpesvirus-68 results in apoptotic cell death
Elisabeth Hesse, Levan Lezhava, and John Roback persistence and efficacy of a Listeria-based vaccination vector in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice
Lisa A. Higginbotham, Rheinallt M. Jones, and Andrew S. Neish Salmonella activates the caspase cascade in intestinal epithelial cells
Tiffany Hodges, Leah Anderson, and Allan Levey Fas-associated factor 1 expression in idopathic Parkinson's Disease
Brandi J. Jacobs and Gordon Churchward Development of a strain of Streptococcus pyogenes that secretes CRE recombinase
Robert C. Jones, Mari L. Groves, and Arthur W. English Comparison of the effects of BDNF and NT-4/5 on axon regeneration of peripheral nerves
Sirishma Kalli, He-Ping Ma, and Douglas C. Eaton PIP3 mediates aldosterone-induced ENaC trafficking to the plasma membrane
Matthew Kappus and George H. Jones
(Honorable Mention)
The structure-function relationships of core domains of Streptomyces antibioticus Polynucleotide Phosphorylase
Tomasz M. Kott and Stefan Boettcher
(Honorable Mention)
2-D Simulation of extraction from a granular bed
Travis Langley, Sandra Romero-Steiner, Jacquelyn Sampson, George Carlone, and Eddie Ades
(Third Place)
Streptococcal pneumoniae surface adhesin protein and human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells: Evaluation of adhesin-receptor interaction
Monica Capra and Lei Li Adolescent Conformity in Experimental Economics Environment
Shubin Ling and james P. Snyder Probing the validity of a 21st century theory of smell
Jonathan McClain and Criss Hartzell The formation of a green fluroescent mouse Bestrophin 2
Martin McCullagh, Peng Zhang, and Keiji Morokuma Theoretical investigation of the quenching process of NCl(a^1delta) with O2 and HCl
Adamantios Mellis and Kathy K. Griendling The role of NADPH oxidases in endothelial relaxation and insulin resistance
Corey Monteith, Brad Bowzard, Punya Ranjan, and Richard A. Kahn Arf and Arl protein expression and purification through bacterial transformation and auto-induction
Anderson Morris, Ken Walsh, and David Lynn Approaches toward oxidative polymerization: Implications for the origins of life
Robby Rahim, Rajeev Prabakhar, Ilija Khavrutskii, Djamaladdin Musaev, and Keeiji Morokuma A computational study of the reaction mechanism of the R2 active site of wild-type E. coli ribonucleotide reductase
Vimal Ramjee, William K. Simmons, and Lawrence W. Barsalou A neural basis of color knowledge retrieval
Emily H. Rubinson, Maja O. Kodani, and Anita H. Corbett
(Honorable Mention)
Regulation of a yeast hnRNP Nab2p function by post-translational modifications
Jennifer R. Sallman, Jack Arbiser, and Debra Mohler
(Honorable Mention)
Determining the toxicity of CpM(CO)nR on B16 cell lines: a proposed reaction scheme for the addition of a malonamide derivative to increase cell invasiveness
Amanda Sheres and Katherine C. MacKinnon Subgrouping formation in mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta paliatta) during the wet season in the Volcano Forest of Isla de Ometepe Nicaragua
Ahslee Snyder, Charlotte Blank, Katherine B. Williams, Elizabeth Bryan, and Jay M. Weiss Differences in spatial mapping of swim high swim low and swim non-select rats in the Morris water maze
Larissa Spell and James Kindt Phase transitions of equilibrium polymers with isotropic attractions
Kellen A. Spivey, Diana S. Toebbe, and George J. Armelagos Cohort effects and short term stressors: enamel hypolasias in the Hasanlu population
Dovie Stanley, Stephan Irle, and Keiji Morokuma Analysis of the oidation of carbon nanotubes
Akilah Swinton and Sherryl H. Goodman Maternal interactive quality as a stressor in association with 12 month old infant outcome scores
Carla Taylor, Nikita Pozdeyeb, and P. Michael Iuvone The molecular mechanism of arylalkylamine-n-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) regulation by light in the chicken retina
Mona Taylor, Erin Tully, and Sherryl Goodman
(Honorable Mention)
Predictors of depression during pregnancy among women at risk for depression
Elaine A. Trieu, Vincent T. Ciavatta, and John M. Nickerson
(Honorable Mention)
Assessing gene repair by chimeraplasty in retinal nuclear extract
Hugo Valin, Elizabeth Friedle, and Sonia Altizer Influence of temperature on the susceptibility and response of monarch butterflies to infection by a protozoan pathogen
Christina M. Wallace Investigations on Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain: a director's approach
Kevin D. Welsher and Jonathan C. Reinstra-Kiracofe Electron affinities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dimers
Sara West, Rosa Villalba, and Yoland Smith Ultrastructural localization of GABA transporters in the monkey basal ganglia
Laura K. White, Laura M. McLane, Kavita A. Marfatia, and Anita H. Corbett (First Place) Characterization of a Poly(A) RNA export mutant in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Samantha Wright, Elizabeth A. Quinn, and Michelle Lampl Investigation of the influences on the introduction of solid foods among African-American infants
Feifei Zhao, Pinfen Yang, Chun Yang, and Winfield S. Sale Regulation of flagellar motility by physphorylation: chemical crosslinking reveals the A-kinase anchoring protein RSP3 dimerizes