The Seventh Annual K-INBRE Student Research Symposium
The seventh annual K-INBRE Symposium was held at the Clarion Hotel in Manhattan, Kansas from January 17-18, 2009. Attendees included Drs. Chung, Rider and Wu along with ten undergraduate students Becca Bryon, Caleb Burrows, Rhonda Egidy, Dustin Graham, Emma Hayes, Elise Johannesen, Haley Lawrence, Carrie McDowell, Kylie Quick and Nathan Woodward.
Bryon and Quick presented a poster titled "Measurement of estrogen receptor-alpha and estrogen receptor-beta in human T cells." Egidy presented a poster titled "Signal transduction in response to auxin". Graham and Burrows presented a poster titled "Hormonal control of wingless (Wnt) signaling in the rat uterus." Hayes presented a poster titled "Vanillin compounds and their anti-fungal properties." Johannesen presented a poster titled "Estrogen suppresses foxp3 expression in SLE T cells." McDowell presented a poster titled "Identification of markers involved in tumorigenesis and macrophage resistance." Woodward and Lawrence presented a poster "Analysis of an antibiotic glucanase protein from soybean."
Regional scientists presented excellent plenary talks ranging from "Strategies for Bacterial Success Across Kingdoms" (Fletcher, OSU) to "Can a mother's diet influence the sex of her offspring?" (Roberts, MU). The meeting was attended by four reviewers from AAAS to assess K-INBRE progress in the State of Kansas. Their reviews were positive and instructive. We were delighted to hear the news that K-INBRE has been renewed for another five years.
Summer 2008
Dr. Virginia Rider is the first winner of the Sidney A. McNairy, Jr. Mentoring Award given through the National Institutes of Health. The award, which will be given to one professor in the nation every two years, honors faculty for their dedication and focus mentoring students. For more, read the PSU blog.
The Sixth Annual K-INBRE Student Research Symposium
This symposium was held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, January 19-20, 2008. Attendees included Drs. Brooker, Chung, Zurek, Rider and eight undergraduate students. Emily Walters gave an oral presentation titled "An Estrogen Receptor Antagonist, Faslodex, Improves Disease Activity and Increases Foxp3 Expression in Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Emily received an Award of Excellence for her presentation. She also gave an poster presentation titled "Microarray Profiling of Estrogen-Dependent Genes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Rhonda Egidy gave an oral presentation titled "Determination of Factors Involved in the MicroRNA Biogenesis Pathway". Eric Bluml received an Award for his poster presentation titled " Halogenated Coumarin Derivatives As Novel Fungicides." Nolan Williams presented a poster titled "Tumor Cell Resistance to Macrophages". Nathan Woodward presented a poster titled "An Estrogen Receptor Antagonist, Faslodex, Improves Disease Activity and Increases Foxp3 Expression in Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Chad Stewart and Nathan Woodward presented a poster titled "Analysis of an Antibiotic Glucanase Protein From Soybean." Carrie McDowell and Kylie Quick attended the conference. There were excellent research presentation by scientists working in Kansas. The next K-INBRE Symposium will be held at K-State in Manhattan, KS.