Poster & Oral Presentation Winners Will be announced on May 7th!

POSTER 1^st Casey-Tyler Berezin, Vigh Lab

Endogenous Opioid Signaling in the Retina Modulates Sleep

Casey-Tyler Berezin, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

POSTER 1^st Post-Doc Charlotte Avanzi, Jackson Lab

Evidence of leprosy zoonotic transmission in Mexico

Charlotte Avanzi, Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology

POSTER 2^nd Joseph Stewart, Lucas Argueso Lab

A System for Measuring Systemic Genomic Instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Joseph Stewart, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

POSTER 3^rd Carlos Juarez, Cris Argueso Lab

Mathematical Modeling of Plant Hormone Crosstalk to Understand Cell Decision Making

Carlos Juarez, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

TALK 1^st Charlotte Cialek, Stasevich & Montgomery Labs

Examining Translation Control From A New Perspective

Charlotte Cialek, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

TALK 1^st Post-Doc Jian Tay, Cameron Lab

Illuminating photosynthesis in single cyanobacterial cells

Jian Tay, BioFrontiers Institute, UC Boulder

TALK 2^nd Kailee Reed, Montgomery Lab

Identifying the role of Pasha’s WW domain in primary microRNA recognition and processing

Kailee Reed, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

TALK 3^rd Paige Ostwald, Garrity Lab

Heart Development: The peanut butter to our cardiac jelly

Paige Ostwald, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

POSTER 1^st Valerie Lindstrom, Prenni Lab (CMB/HLA)

Investigating the relationship between cover crop genetic diversity and the functional potential of the soil microbiome

Valerie Lindstrom, Department of Horticulture, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

POSTER 1^st Post-Doc Linda Forero-Quintana, Stasevich Lab (BMB)

Live-cell imaging reveals the spatiotemporal organization of endogenous RNA polymerase II phosphorylation at a single gene

Linda S. Forero-Quintero, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

POSTER 2^nd Luke Hampton, Tjalkens Lab (CMB/ERHS)

Sequential exposure to manganese and encephalitic viral infection causes a parkinsonian phenotype mediated by astrogliosis

Lucas E. Hampton, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Neurosciences Program

POSTER 3^rd Alex Mauro, Ghalambour Lab (Biology)

Population Genomics of a Tropical Euryhaline Fish Distributed Across a Salinity Gradient

Alexander Mauro, Department of Biology

TALK 1^st Paige Ostwald, Garrity Lab (CMB/Biology)

Heart Development: The Peanut Butter to Our Cardiac Jelly

Paige Ostwald, Department of Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

TALK 2^nd NaNeha Ahuja, Garrity Lab (CMB/Biology)

Valve and Ventricular Myocardial Cells Develop Using Distinct Transcriptional Mechanisms

Neha Ahuja, Department of Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

TALK 3^rd Daniel Jonas, Kirby Lab (Math)

In Silico Mouse Model of Infection and Immunity

Daniel Jonas, Department of Mathematics