LSI Graduate Students Association Research Day took place on Friday, March 6, 2015.
Centre for Blood Research Keynote
Angiopoietins Tie’d Together in Vascular Disease: An ‘Eye-opening’ Story
Susan Quaggin, MD
Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute
Chief, Division of Medicine-Nephrology
Professor in Medicine-Nephrology
Northwestern University, Chicago
Diabetes Research Group Keynote
Controlling intestinal stem cell fate by DNA methylation and mesenchymal signalling
Klaus Kaestner
Thomas and Evelyn Suor Butterworth Professor in Genetics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Schedule
9:30-11:30am – Trainee talks – Schedule (PDF)
11:30-12:30pm in LSC3 – Keynote speaker – Klaus Kaestner
12:30-1:30pm in West Atrium – Lunch
1:30-2:30pm in LSC3 – Keynote speaker – Susan Quaggin
3:00-7:00pm in West Atrium – Poster session/beer garden
Award Winners
Talks
Junior Graduate Students:
1st: Andrew Cottle – Cullis lab
Runner-Up: Fabian Garces – Molday lab
Senior Graduate Students:
1st: Natalie Marshall – Finlay/Overall lab
Runner-Up: Marylou Vallejo – Dedhar lab
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Tied for 1st: Ganna Vashchenko – Hammon lab
Gareth Lim – Johnson lab
Posters
Undergraduate Students
1st: Caroline Chu – Gold lab
Runner-Up: Matthew Lund – Kieffer lab
Junior Graduate Students:
1st: Jeff Stafford – Gordon lab
Runner-Up: Abdalla Sheikh – Abraham lab
Senior Graduate Students:
Tied for 1st: Andrea Globa – Bamji lab
Christina Farr Zeund – Horwitz lab
Postdoctoral Fellows:
1st: Melissa Page – Johnson lab
Runner up: Marta Szabat – Johnson lab
People’s Choice for Best Poster: Cedric Brimacombe – Beatty lab