Annual Research Symposium 2006
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Room 101 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building

Schedule of Events

12:30
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Dr. J. Charles Jennette
Brinkhous Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Chair

12:40-2:40
Research Presentations by Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
 Moderator:   Christopher Skull

 Focal Adhesion Kinase is Required for Embryonic and Cardiac Development in Xenopus laevis
 Jason T. Doherty, Frank L. Conlon, and Joan M. Taylor

 PPAR-g Regulation of the Plasminogen Activator System in Breast Tissue
 Jennifer C. Carter and Frank C. Church

 Recombinant Factor VIIa Combined with Rehydrated, Lyophilized Platelets Increases Thrombin Generation
and Clot Formation in a Cell-Based Model of Hemophilia
 Robert A. Campbell, Thomas H. Fischer, and Alisa S. Wolberg

 Quantitative Effects of Common Genetic Variations in the 3’UTR of the Human LDL-Receptor Gene
and their Associations with Plasma Lipid Levels
 Hind Muallem, Kari E North, Masao Kakoki, Mary K. Wojczynski, Megan Grove, Eric Boerwinkle,
Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, Gerardo Heiss, Xia Li, and Nobuyo Maeda

 Regulation of Diaphanous2-Mediated Smooth Muscle Differentiation by Protein Kinase G
 Dean P. Staus and Christopher P. Mack

 Evidence for the CpG Island Methylator Phenotype Among Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines
 J. Devon Risher, Ashley G. Rivenbark, and William B. Coleman

 Genetic Reprogramming During Cardiac Hypertrophy
 Kumar Pandya, Hyung Suk Kim, Joe Brackhan, John Cowhig, John Hagaman, Mauricio Rojas, Cedric Caron,
Lan Mao, Kristine Potter, Stephen Aylward, Howard Rockman, and Oliver Smithies

 Clinical Validation of Array CGH for the Detection of Submicroscopic Chromosome Abnormalities
 Sharon L. Betz, Brian Williford, Kathleen W. Rao, James H. Tepperberg, and Kathleen A. Kaiser-Rogers

2:45-3:45
Poster Session I
Molecular and Cellular Pathology Graduate Students
Refreshments

4:00-5:00
Research Presentations by Faculty
Moderator:  Lee Mangiante

 New Applications of Mutation Detection in Diagnostic Medicine
 Karen Weck, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 Why Are Cells Vulnerable to Malignant Transformation When They Are in the Early S Phase?
 David Kaufman, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

5:15-6:15
Poster Session II
Postdoctoral Fellows, Residents, Visiting Scholars, Students
Food and Refreshments

6:30
Awards Presentation