Poster Finalists 2009
AMGEN Award, Postgraduate Basic Science Research
PG-BS5003: CARD9 is required for microbial-elicited ROS production through regulating the LyGDI-Rac1 complex
Weihui Wu
Advisor: Xin Lin
PG-BS5004: The Drosophila adult epidermis – a model to study tissue aging
Christoph Scherfer
Advisor: Michael J. Galko
PG-BS5009: Precise regulation of gene expression by negative feedback
Dmitry Nevozhay
Advisor: Gabor Balazsi
PG-BS5017: IGFBP2 is a candidate biomarker for Ink4a-Arf status and a therapeutic target for high-grade gliomas
Lynette Moore
Advisor: Wei Zhang
PG-BS5021: Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition generates cells that are functionally similar to mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
Venkata Lokesh Battula
Advisor: Michael Andreeff
PG-BS5038: Novel binding partners for the p53 regulator Trim24
Meghan Minard
Advisor: Michelle Barton
PG-BS5040: Targeted disruption of Stat3 reveals a major role for follicular stem cells in skin tumor initiation
Dae Joon Kim
Advisor: John DiGiovanni
PG-BS5042: Functional Evidence that the Self-Renewal Gene NANOG Regulates Human Tumor Development
Collene Jeter
Advisor: Dean G. Tang
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award, Postgraduate Clinical/ Translational Research
PG-CT4002: Pegylated Interferon-Alfa-2a (Peg-Ifn-A-2a; Pegasys) Therapy Renders High Clinical and Molecular Response Rates in Patients With Advanced Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) or Polycythemia Vera (PV)
Alfonso Quintas-Cardama
Advisor: Jorge Cortes-Franco
PG-CT4005: TRPS-1 Gene Expression in Breast Cancer
Jie Qing Chen
Advisor: Laszlo Radvanyi
PG-CT4010: Discovery and Validation of a 9-Gene Predictor of Therapy Response in Adult Philadelphia-Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL)
Zhuang Zuo
Advisor: Luthra Rajyalakshmi
PG-CT4015: Synergy Between RAS Mutation(s) and the MLL Gene May Contribute to Leukemic Progression in a Subset of Acute Myeloid Leukemias Harboring t(9;11)(p21-22;q23)
Pranil Chandra
Advisor: Daniel Jones
PG-CT4021: Reciprocal regulation of Src and STAT3 activation in non-small cell lung cancer
Lauren Averett Byers
Advisor: Faye Johnson
PG-CT4030: Genome-wide DNA methylation profile of CLL with 17p del allowed identification of multiple epigenetically inactivated molecular pathways with prognostic value in human leukemia
Weigang Tong
Advisor: Guillermo Garcia-Manero
PG-CT4043: Primary Tumor Size Is Associated with ALDH+ Breast Cancer Initiating Item Cells in Bone Marrow Aspirates of Primary Breast Cancer Patients
Hui Gao
Advisor: James Rueben
PG-CT4044: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in Fine Needle Aspirates Containing Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cells
Changping Li
Advisor: James Rueben
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Award, Postgraduate Population/Patient-Oriented Research
PG-PO3003: Discordance Rate of HER-2 Expression Between Breast Primary Tumors and Paired Metastases Using Archived Tumor Specimen
Ricardo Hugo Alvarez
Advisor: Stacy Moulder
PG-PO3004: Completing the Case for Improved Survival in Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer Patients with BRCA Mutations
Robin Ann Lacour
Advisor: Karen Lu
PG-PO3006: Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) on Cancer Risk, Response to Therapy and Overall Survival in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)
Farshid Dayyani
Advisor: Scott Lippman
PG-PO3007: Making sense of missense variants in DNA mismatch repair genes
Mala Pande
Advisor: Christopher Amos
PG-PO3010: Genetic variants in inflammation pathway genes are associated with the development of radiation-induced toxicity following treatment for non-small cell lung cancer
Michelle Hildebrandt
Advisor: Xifeng Wu
PG-PO3018: Clinical Significance of Dose Reductions (DR) of Second-Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) in Patients (Pts) with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
Fabio Santos
Advisor: Jorge Cortes-Franco
PG-PO3022: Ultrasound for Long-Term Assessment of the Lateral Neck Compartments in Thyroid Cancer
Mauricio Moreno
Advisor: Gary Clayman
PG-PO3028: Significant Effects of IGF Axis Gene Polymorphisms on Clinical Outcome of Pancreatic Cancer
Xiaoqun Dong
Advisor: Donghui Li
MD Anderson Alumni and Faculty Association Graduate Student Award in Basic Science Research
GS-BS2003: Investigating the roles of ∆Np63 in skin development
Min-Soon Cho
Advisor: Elsa Flores
GS-BS2004: Hyper-Expanded GAA Repeats Inhibit the Transcription of Frataxin in Cells from Friedreich Ataxia Patients
Eunah Kim
Advisor: Sharon Dent
GS-BS2006: Novel function of homeobox gene DLX4 in regulating tumor angiogenesis
Bon Quy Trinh
Advisor: Naora Honami
GS-BS2009: Wild Type p53 Restoration Suppresses Tumor Progression in Mice Carrying a Germline p53 R172H Hot-Spot Mutation
Yongxing Wang
Advisor: Guillermina Lozano
GS-BS2011: p53/p73 Regulate FoxO3a Gene During Liver Regeneration
Svitlana Kurinna
Advisor: Michelle Barton
GS-BS2013: The Low Molecular Weight Isoform of Cyclin E Induces the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Generates Cells with Cancer Stem Cell Phenotypes
My Linh Duong
Advisor: Khandan Keyomarsi
GS-BS2014: Analyzing Functional Links Between Band 4.1B and avß8 Integrin
Youngsin Jung
Advisor: Joseph McCarty
GS-BS2017: IGFBP3 causes polyploidy leading to mitotic catastrophe in gastrointestinal stromal tumor cells
Jheri Dupart
Advisor: Wei Zhang
MD Anderson Alumni and Faculty Association Graduate Student Award in Clinical/ Translational Research
GS-CT1001: Pharmacogenomic Approach to Anti-Angiogenic Therapy of Breast Cancer
Christine Shiang
Advisor: Lajos Pusztai
GS-CT1004: Genetic variations in PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway and bladder cancer clinical outcome
Meng Chen
Advisor: Xifeng Wu
GS-CT1006: Dynamic Chemical Shift Imaging for MR-Guided Interventions
Brian Taylor
Advisor: Jason Stafford
GS-CT1007: Anti-tumor activity of a tumor-targeting peptide that binds eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E
Song Yi Ko
Advisor: Honami Naora
GS-CT1011: Initial Evaluation of a Fast Chemical Shift Thermometry Technique in the Breast
Hua Ai
Advisor: Jason Stafford
GS-CT1015: CD28+ melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes exhibit improved persistence and expansion capability following antigenic re-stimulation
Yufeng Li
Advisor: Patrick Hwu
GS-CT1016: Impact of Stomach Size and Position on Organ Dose from Mantle Field Radiotherapy
Sarah Scarboro
Advisor: Rebecca M. Howell
GS-CT1021: Genetic Variation in Sonic Hedgehog Pathway Genes as Predictors of Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Jessica Clague
Advisor: Xifeng Wu
MD Anderson Alumni and Faculty Association Undergraduate Award for Research
SHP-9001: Role of SEL1L SNP in determining prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients after treatment
Billy Mai
Advisor: Marsh Frazier
SHP-9002: Validation of Real Time PCR assay for detection and quantitation of BK virus in renal transplant patients
Xiaofan Pang
Advisor: Peter Hu
SHP-9004: Assessment of SHH and GLI1 copy number changes by FISH in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Justin Villarreal
Advisor: Patrick Lennon
SHP-9005: aCGH identifies non-random RAP80 and WNT3 deletions and a loss of the Wolf-Hirschhorn critical region 2 in CLL patients with recurrent infections
Katie Kennedy
Advisor: Patrick Lennon
SHP-9007: FISH analysis of BCL-2 and BCL-6 rearrangements in germinal center and non-germinal center types of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in China
Martin Littlejohn
Advisor: Patrick Lennon
SHP-9009: Characterization of HIV-1 strains circulating in UTMB's patient population
Oswaldo Renteria
Advisor: Peter Hu
SHP-9017: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Benchmarks for Thoracic Malignancies
Angela Sobremonte
Advisor: Mahsa Dehghanpour
SHP-9020: Comparing and Contrasting A/P and IMRT Planning for Patients Receiving Mediastinal XRT with Regard to Lung and Heart Dose
Paige Brown
Advisor: Mahsa Dehghanpour