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Dr. Prem Reddy's group working on cancer therapy Drs. Keith Latham and Zhiming Han working on a nuclear transplantation experiment Drs. Barbara Hoffman, Dan Liebermann, along with graduate student Alisha Mohamed, working on hematopoiesis

fels institute for cancer research & molecular biology

Fels Research Day 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008

Student Faculty Center

Main Lobby and 4th Floor Auditorium

 

 

Fels Research Day is the “In-house” meeting of the Fels Institute For Cancer Research and Molecular Biology. The scientific organization rotates among faculty members, who organize the meting, and is presided by the Director of the Fels Institute, Dr. E. Premkumar Reddy. This meeting is an informal forum that brings together the Fels community with the aim of sharing data on the scientific progress made by all the groups at The Fels Institute. Students, postdoctoral fellows and other investigators in training present their data either as short talks or posters. A jury of well-recognized researchers from outside Temple University selects the best three presentations in both categories, and the selected participants are awarded prizes. This is an all-day event and all participants have an opportunity to interact over breakfast and lunch.

 

Judith Garriga, PhD and Danny Dhanasekaran, PhD

Scientific Organization:  Judith Garriga, PhD and Danny Dhanasekaran, PhD

 

 

Scientific Host: Ramana Tantravahi, PhD

Scientific Host:  Ramana Tantravahi, PhD

 

Administrative Meeting Support:  Rosemary C. Dillon, Dianne H. Williams, and Sandra F. Wells

 

Sponsors:  Onconova Therapeutics, Fisher Scientific, VWR

 

Invited Judges:

 

Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD; Natalia A. Riobo, PhD; Andrew M. Chan, PhD

Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19102

 

Natalia A. Riobo, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA 19107

 

Andrew M. Chan, PhD
Oncological Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY 10029

Agenda:

9:00 - 9:30   Breakfast/Setting up the Posters
9:30 - 9:40   Welcome. E.P. Reddy. Director Fels Institute
9:40 -10:00 Talk 1 Stephen Beauparlant
MTBP Is Induced By Pro-Proliferative Signals And Required For C-Myc-Induced Tumorigenesis
10:00 -10:20 Talk 2

Jennifer S. Tront

Gadd45a Promotes Or Suppresses Breast Cancer In Response To Distinct Oncogenic Stress
10:20 -10:40 Talk 3 Girish Jayadeva
Selective Crosstalk Between PP2A Holoenzymes And Pocket Proteins
10:40 -11:00 Talk 4 Cheng-Guang Liang
Effect Of Foreign Ooplasm On Paternal Genome Function
11:00 -11:30   Coffee Break
11:30 -11:50 Talk 5 Xiaojin Sha
Loss Of Growth Arrest DNA Damage 45b (GADD45b) Enhances Oncogenicity In BCR/ABL-Induced Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
11:50 -12:10 Talk 6 Shashidar S. Jatiani
Identification Of A Dual JAK2/BCR-ABL Kinase Inhibitor For Treatment Of Myeloproliferative Disorders
12:10 -12:30 Talk 7 Nahid Turan
Inter- And Intra-Individual Variation In Genomic DNA Methylation Patterns In Children Born Using Assisted Reproductive Technology (Art)
12:30 -2:15   Poster Session/Lunch
  Poster Participants:
  Pawan Bhatt
SNP70 Prevents U.V. Induced Death In NIH-3T3 Cells
  Alexandra Cretu
The Role Of Stress Response Gene Gadd45alpha On The Progression And Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer
  Rafiqa Eachkoti
Identification And Characterization Of A Novel Hsp90 Inhibitor (On04140)
  Matthew J. Finley
Transcriptional Regulation Of The Major HIV Co-Receptors CCR5 & CXCR4 By The Kappa Opioid Receptor (KOR)
  Lanping Hao
The Unfolded Protein Response Contributes To Embryonic Death In The “DDK Syndrome”
  B.S. Hoffman
The Genetics Of Cancer In Pharmacological Drug Development
  Sunita Katari
Inter- And Intra- Individual Variation In Allelic DNA Methylation And Effects On Gene Transcription In Children Conceived In Vivo And In Vitro
  Alison Kurimchak
High Throughput Cellular Reporter Assays To Identify Inhibitors Of HIV Transcription
  Alisha Mohamed-Hadley
Gadd45 Participates In Myeloid Cell Fate Determination
  Anjali K. Raval
Three-Dimensional Conformation At The H19/Igf2 Locus Supports A Model Of Enhancer Tracking
  Yali Xiong
Hypoxia Regulates Sflt-1 Secretion Via Gadd45a- P38 Stress Response Pathway
  Steve Zumbrun
Two Mechanisms Of Gadd45b Induction By Genotoxic Stress
2:15 -2:30   Closing Remarks, Award Ceremony

 

Awards:

 

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Award Winners (from left):  Shashidhar Jatiani; Nahid Turan; Girish Jayadeva; Rafiqa Eachkoti; Yali Xiong; Alison Kurimchak; Judges Andrew Chan, PhD; Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD; Natalia A. Riobo, PhD

ORAL PRESENTATION
Congratulations to:
Shashidhar Jatiani - First Place
Nahid Turan - Second Place
Girish Jayadeva - Third Place

 

POSTER PRESENTATION
Congratulations to:
Rafiqa Eachkoti - First Place
Alison Kurimchak - Second Place
Yali Xiong - Third Place