Annual Research Symposium 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
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:   Jessica Rodriguez

 Mediation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Chemotaxis by Focal Adhesion Kinase
Lee Mangiante, Liisa J. Sundberg-Smith, Hilary Beggs, Louis F. Reichardt, Christopher Mack, and Joan Taylor

Chemokines and Radiation-induced Pulmonary Injury
Xuebin Yang, William Walton, and Suzanne Kirby

The Role of the RGS RhoGEFs and RhoA in Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation
Matt D. Medlin and Christopher P. Mack

Characterization of Estrogen and Genistein in a Novel Model of Endometrial Cancer
Brante P. Sampey, Claire Barbier, Emily Wilson, and David G. Kaufman

Genetic Background Effect on Body Fat Distribution of PPAR?P465L/+ Mutation in Mice
Avani Pendse, Yau-Sheng Tsai, and Nobuyo Maeda

+ACA BRCA1 Promoter Polymorphism Occurs Frequently in the General Population
Kristen K. White, Dorothy R. Belloni, Jessica Booker, Larry M. Silverman, Gregory J. Tsongalis,
W. Edward Highsmith, and William B. Coleman

Performance Comparison of Capillary Zone Electrophoresis and Immunotyping with Agarose Gel
Electrophoresis and Immunofixation for Characterization of Monoclonal Immunoglobulins
Christopher R. McCudden, Stephanie P. Mathews, John F. Chapman, Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler,
Monte S. Willis, and David G. Grenache

Role of BRCA1 and BARD1 in the Human Decatenation G2 Checkpoint
Jacquelyn J. Bower and William K. Kaufmann

2:50-3:50
Poster Session I
Molecular and Cellular Pathology Graduate Students
Refreshments

4:00-5:00
Keynote Lecture
Moderator:  Rupan Sandhu

 50+ Years at the Bench
 Oliver Smithies, D. Phil.
Excellence 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