2008 Poster Presentation Winners
Biochemistry
(B1) - Resistance to RevM10 inhibition requires a stepwise conformational switch in the HIV-1 Rev response element
Michal Legiewicz
RT Biochemistry Section, National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 3
(B3) - Probing the Problem of Protein Vaccine Instability
Samantha Smart
USAMRIID
Position Level: Student
Scored Place: 2
Biodefense
(BD3) - Characterization of Ricin Intoxication in Human Lung Fibroblasts
Stephanie A. Rodas
Integrated Toxicology Division, USAMRIID
Position Level: Student
Scored Place: 3
Clinical Research
(CR2) - The NCI Biospecimen Research Network: The influence of warm ischemic time on gene expression profiles for colon cancer
Hien Dang
Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research –National Cancer Institute
Position Level: Student
Scored Place: 3
Developmental and Cell Biology
(DCB2) - Cre activty causes apoptosis and developmental defects
L. A. Naiche
Cancer and Developmental Biology, NCI-Frederick
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 3
(DCB3) - Wnt5a genetically interacts with Dvl2 and Vangl2/Lp to regulate the mammalian Wnt/PCP pathway
Rieko Ajima
Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NCI-Frederick, NIH
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 3
Diagnostics and Therapeutics
(DT3) - Mapping antibody epitopes using asymmetric field flow fractionation with multiangle light scattering spectroscopy (AFFF-MALS)
Katelyn Burgee
Powell Lab, USAMRIID
Position Level: Student
Scored Place: 1
Drug Development and Delivery
(DD4) - A selective small molecule NF-kB inhibitor from a high-throughput cell based assay for “AP-1 hits”
Moon Kang
Lab of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute-Frederick
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 3
Molecular Biology
(MB15) - Are the KIR genes actively silenced prior to their tissue-specific activation?A KIR intronic promoter produces spliced antisense transcripts in human ES cells
Neeraj Sharma
LEI, CIP, CCR, NCI, Frederick MD.
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 3
New Technology
(NT6) - An SPR array allows the Protein Chemistry Laboratory to perform faster and cheaper molecular interaction measurements
Karen Worthy and Lakshman Bindu
Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 3
Structural Biology & Chemistry
(SBC1) - Development and study of a new carbohydrate antibody to GalNAc alpha 1-3Gal
Qian Li, Miriam Anver, Zhitao Li, Donna Butcher, Jeffrey Gildersleeve
NCI, LMC
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 3
(SBC2) - Structural characterization of self-assembling peptide nanoparticles with innate biological activity
Marzena A. Dyba
Structural Biophysics Laboratory, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 3
(SBC3) - HIF-1(alpha) Active Components of the Unstudied Plant, Crossosoma bigelovii
Paul Klausmeyer
Natural Products Support Group
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 3
(SBC7) - Characterization of Building Blocks for RNA-based Nanostructure Design
Wojciech Kasprzak
Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 3
(SBC8) - Synthesis of Carbocyclic Nucleosides for Inhibition Studies on Cytidine Deaminase
Olaf R. Ludek
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 2
(SBC11) - Computer-Aided Design of an RNA Nanostructure Bridging two NF-kappaB(p50)
Mary O'Connor
Center for Cancer Research, Nanobiology Program, NCI-Frederick; BRP, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick
Position Level: Student
Scored Place: 2
(SBC12) - Synthesis and Anti-neoplastic Activity of Bis-diazeniumdiolate Analogues of the Nitric Oxide Generating Prodrug JS-K
Daniela Andrei
Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 2
(SBC14) - Structure-Activity Relationship Studies for the Peptide Segment of the Antiproliferative Factor (APF) from Interstitial Cystitis Patients
Piotr Kaczmarek
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry
Position Level: Postdoctoral Scientist
Scored Place: 1
Virology
(V5) - Large Scale Production and Anti-Ebola Activity of Scytovirin
Maura Rose, Carrie Saucedo,
MTDP , Kirsten Werner Intern
Position Level: Student
Scored Place: 1
(V11) - Evidence of ongoing virus replication in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of chronically infected HIV patients.
Gerald DeGray
Laboratory of Molecular Retrovirology, Clinical Services Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 2
(V15) - Independent quantification of unmodified SIVmac239 and a nef deleted variant in dual-infected macaques
Yuan Li, Joern Schmitz, Jeffrey Lifson, and Michael Piatak, Jr
AIDS and Cancer Virus Program
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 3
(V17) - HIV-1 inactivation by 4-vinylpyridine is enhanced by dissociating Zn2+ from nucleocapsid protein
David Morcock
AIDS Vaccine Program, SAIC–Frederick, Inc., NCI–Frederick
Position Level: Lab Technician / Technical Support
Scored Place: 1