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Past Symposium
Graduate Student Research Forum 2006
The 2006 winners were:
First place:
John Wilk
Judging an Oyster by its cover: Differentiating similar isognomon species (Bivalvia: Pterioidea) by geometric morphometric analysis of shell features.
Fadi Khasawneh
Differential mapping of the Amino Acids mediating agonist and antagonist coordination with the human thromboxane A2 Receptor Protein.
Dita Broz
Injection initiation and avoidance among young non-injecting heroin users: preliminary findings from an ongoing study in Chicago.
Mark Pilkinton
Bara/Lin-9 is required for B-Myb dependent transcriptional activation of Cyclin B.
Aymen Yassin
Mapping new sites for antibiotic action in the ribosome.
Second place:
Sam Senyo
Cardiomyocytes discriminate directions and rates of dynamic force.
John Allen
Agonist-induced internalization and lipid raft trafficking of Gsa regulates adenylyl cyclase.
Basmattee Boodram
Barriers to seeking medical treatment for chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection among young injecting drug users (IDU) in Chicago.
Vandana Keskar
Development of a locally insertable controlled release delivery system for the treatment Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia.
Adina Stanculescu
Reciprocal crosstalk between the notch oncogene and tumor suppressor P53 in breast cancer.
Third place:
Wei Qu
Real-time distributed Bayesian multiple target tracking in crowded environments using multiple collaborative cameras.
Sanober Amin
Malignant epithelial derived Il-1β In paracrine interaction with benign stromal fibroplasts.
Wael R. Abdel-Fattah
Genetic suppression of PhoP-dependent transcription of the resABCDE operon in Bacillus subtilis.
Dinesh Shukla
Longitudinal analysis of white matter integrity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
Joel Karl Wise
Quantitative analysis of human mesenchymal stem cell orientation and cystokeletal reorganization by electrospun polymer nanofibers.
Honorable Mention:
Sanja Tepavcevic
Surface polymerization by ion-assisted deposition (SPIAD) for conductive polymer thin film growth.
Shiwani Sambarey
A universal approach for error-characterization for Monte Carlo and quasi Monte Carlo sampling.
Scott Bryer
uPAR is not required for skeletal muscle regeneration.
Carrie Franzen
The extra cellular matrix protein Ccn1 (Cyr61) sensitizes prostate carcinoma cells to trail-induced apoptosis.
Reality Canty
Number size, structural invariance, and accuracy: towards understanding children’s thinking in multiplicative situations.
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