Poster Presentations

1. Generation of GD2-CAR neutrophils from HPSCs for targeted cancer immunotherapy of solid tumors  - Aditi Majumder 

2. mTORC1 regulates the metabolic switch of postnatal cardiomyocytes from proliferation to maturation - Wyatt Paltzer 

3. Using stem cell to study coronary artery disease risk in diverse populations - Carolina de Madeiros Vieira

4. Human pluripotent stem cell and gene editing services - Cheryl Soref 

5. Down syndrome and diabetes: Characterizing a unique form of auto-immune diabetes using isogenic trisomy 21 IPSC-derived-cells - Cyrus Sethna

6. Exercise and the Drosophila germline stem cell lineage - Sofia Bachmann 

7. Chronic exposure to warm temperature causes low sperm abundance and quality in Drosophila melanogaster - Ana Caroline Gandara 

8. Cooperation of GATA2 and androgen signaling in the morphogenesis of the epididymis - Allyssa Fogarty 

9. Glycolysis, but not fatty acid oxidation, is required at specific steps in the Drosophila germline and follicle stem cell lineages - Emily Wessel 

10. Identifying novel cardiac regeneration enhancers via computational analyses and transgenic assays - Ian Begeman 

11. Elevated levels of FMRP-target MAP1B impair neuronal development and social behaviors via autophagy pathway - Yu Guo 

12. CGG repeats in the human FMR1 gene regulate mRNA and cellular stress in developing neurons - Carissa Sirois 

13. Elucidating the role of Hox genes in fracture repair - Katharine Hubert 

14. Investigating Hox11 transcriptional functions during osteochondral differentiation - Martha Echevarria-Andino 

15. Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase is required for germline stem cell differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis - Sabarish Nagarajan 

16. Role of Notch signaling activation in regulation of transcytosis at the blood brain barrier - Maxwell Herman 

17. Modulation of Blood-Brain Barrier properties in endothelial cells through transcription factor overexpression - Dhvani Trivedi 

18. Role of schwann cells during zebrafish fin regeneration - Sallie Schoen 

19. Investigating the role of Cdc42 and Rac1 in germline cyst breakdown and primordial follicle development - Cora Thompson 

20. IRX3 and SEPTIN7 interact in oocyte cytoplasm during germline cyst breakdown and primordial follicle formation - Alaina Houghton-Chamberlain 

21. Single cell mRNA sequencing of neonatal oviduct and uterus reveals organspecific transcriptional programs during the regionalization of the upper Müllerian duct - Shuai Jia 

22. Transcriptional consequences of trisomy 21 on neural induction revealed through human iPSC models - Jose Martinez 

23. Turning epicardial cells up a NOTCH- Differentiation of cardiac pericytes via the NOTCH3 signaling pathway - Shreeya Rajesh 

24. Investigating the regulatory dynamics of somatic cell reprogramming to induced pluripotent stem cells - Stefan Pietrzak 

25. Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell differentiation into B cell is regulated by neurotransmitter gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) in adults and during aging - Cesi Deng 

26. An in vitro bone marrow niche to model hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell mobilization - Ai Tang Song 

27. Molecular determinants of innate immune signal-dependent genome responsiveness in hematopoietic progenitor cells - Vu Tran 

28. Histone demethylase control of primordial germ cell specification - Harshi Cormaty 

29. Defining a rejuvenation signature in transcription factor mediated cellular reprogramming - Andrew Tak 

30. Defining gene regulatory networks driving cell fate - Khagani Eynullazada 

31. Novel role of lim-7 on the development of a sleep-controlling neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans - Fujia Han 

32. Ubiquitously expressed housekeeping genes can control cell fate - Xiaoya Zhang 

33. Eggs over easy: function of planarian yolk cell genes - Jessica Griffin 

34. Keratinocyte dynamics modulate the spatial organization of redox signaling during sensory neuron - Alex Fister

35. 9p21.3 coronary artery disease risk locus regulates cell fate in vascular smooth muscle cells - Elsa Salido 

36. A high sugar diet, but not obesity, reduces female fertility in Drosophila melanogaster - Rodrigo Dutra Nunes 

37. Engineering the multicellular niche for T cell differentiation - Madeline Smerchansky

38. Synthetic hydrogels for iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte differentiation and maturation - Margot Amitrano 

39. Immune effects of extracellular vesicles generated during normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion - Heather Jennings 

40. Roundabout receptors are required for maintaining islet architecture during acute pancreatitis - Matthew R. Wagner