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