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Postdoc Category

• First place: Taraman Kadayat, PhD (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences), "Targeting the Neddylation Pathway: Bridged Piperidine Derivatives as Potent Inhibitors of DCN1-UBE2M Interaction for Cancer Therapy"
• Second place: Abhilash Prabhat, PhD (Department of Physiology), "Environmental Effects on the Heart Rate and Core Body Temperature in Diabetic Mice"
• Third place: Gabriela Aparicio, PhD (Clinical Neurosurgery), "Profiling Peripheral Glial Cells from Intact and Injured Human Nerves for Grafting in the Central Nervous System"

Graduate Student Category

• First place: Tanner Anderson (Department of Neuroscience) 鈥淪erotonin, Psychedelics, and Claustrum Signaling to the Anterior Cingulate Cortex鈥�
• Second place: Patricia Doyle (Department of Neuroscience), 鈥淓xploring Isoform Signatures Across Human Brain Regions and in Stimulated CD4+ T-Cells with Long-Read Single Cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq)鈥�
• Third place: Caroline Hawk (Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics), 鈥淎dvances Towards Saturating Transposon Mutagenesis for Chlamydia trachomatis"

Postdoc Category

• First place: Shayan Mohammadmoradi, PhD (Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry), 鈥淗igh Mobility Group Box 1 Inhibition by Antisense Oligonucleotide Attenuates Angiotensin II-induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm鈥�
• Second place: Brittany Rice, PhD (Department of Behavioral Science and Markey Cancer Center), 鈥淥utcomes of the Markey STRONG Scholars Program in Increasing Diversity in Cancer Research and Health Science Careers鈥�
• Third place: Abhilash Prabhat, PhD (Department of Physiology), 鈥淒im light at night blunts the daily rhythms in heart rate and core body temperature in mice鈥�

Graduate Student Category

• First place: Mariah Geisen (Department of Toxicology & Cancer Biology) 鈥淭argeting lipid metabolism to improve efficacy of BRAF-targeted therapy in colorectal cancer鈥�
• Second place: Nicholas Devanney (Department of Physiology), 鈥淎POE genotype modifies microglial immunometabolism鈥�
• Third place: Ryan Shahidehpour (Department of Neuroscience), 鈥淐haracterization of Perivascular TAR DNA-Binding Protein 43 Microvasculopathy in Hippocampal Sclerosis鈥�

Postdoc Category

• First Place: Dr. Brittany Rice, Markey Cancer Center. "Ability + Opportunity: Equitable Training Practices in Science and Medicine"

• Second Place: Dr. Stevie Britch, Department of Behavioral Science. "Cannabinoid toxicity-related emergency department visists and inpatient hospitalizations in Kentucky"

• Third Place: Dr. Catherine Chaton, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry. "Structural Analysis of Mycobacterial Homoserine Dehydrogenase & Homoserine Kinase"

Graduate Student Category

• First Place: Tanner Anderson, Department of Neuroscience. "Claustrum serotonin and spike-timing plasticity associated with cognitive deficits after cocaine"

• Second Place: Hannah Daniels, Department of Toxicology & Cancer Biology. "The Role of Protein Tyrosine Kinases in DNA Mismatch Repair"

• Third Place: Reagan Lamb, Department of Neuroscience. "Role of C. elegans RAPGEF in Synapse Development at the Neuromuscular Junction"

Postdoc Category

• First Place: Dr. Lindsey R. Conroy, Markey Cancer Center. 鈥淰isualization of lung tumor microenvironmental glycogen by next generation digital pathology鈥�

• Second Place: Dr. Jacqueline Rivas, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics. 鈥淓nhancing responses to immunotherapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia鈥�

• Third Place: Dr. Felicia Michael, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center. 鈥淥ptimization of mitochondrial transplantation via engineered erodible hydrogels鈥�

Graduate Student Category

• First Place: Lyndsay E. Young, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 鈥淚n situ analysis of microenvironmental glycogen in Ewing鈥檚 sarcoma patient samples by mass spectrometry imaging鈥�

• Second Place: Jenni Ho, Toxicology and Cancer Biology. 鈥淓xtracellular vesicles released after cranial radiation contain protein markers of neuronal injury and induce immune activation鈥�

• Third Place (Tie): Na Ding, Toxicology and Cancer Biology. 鈥淓lucidating peroxiredoxin IV secretion via unconventional protein secretory pathway鈥�

• Third Place (Tie): Caitlin Miller, Toxicology and Cancer Biology. 鈥淎daptation of redox state in cancer cells that survive radiation鈥�

Postdoc Category

• First Place: Dr. Meenakshi Banerjee, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 鈥淓ndocytosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) activates platelets鈥�

• Second Place: Dr. Ivan Vechetti, Department of Physiology. 鈥淓xercise-induced exosomal myomiR regulation of adipocyte metabolism鈥�

• Third Place: Dr. Brad Hubbard, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center. 鈥淎cute mitochondrial impairment underlies prolonged cellular dysfunction after repeated mild traumatic brain injuries鈥�

Postdoc Category

• First Place: Dr. Ramon Sun. "Ubiquitin-dependent nuclear glycogenolysis results in transcriptional activation"

• Second Place: Dr. Hisashi Sawada. "LRP1 deletion in smooth muscle cells of the outer aortic media promotes angiotensin II-induced thoracic aortic aneurysm"

• Third Place: Dr. Rakshamani Tripathi. "Abl and Arg mediate cysteine cathepsin secretion to facilitate melanoma invasion and metastasis"

Postdoc Category

• First Place: Dr. Patrick Hannon. 鈥淪ecretogranin II is a novel periovulatory gene that is induced by human chorionic gonadotropin in human and rodent granulosa cells鈥�, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Second Place: Dr. Nicol谩s Cifuentes-Mu帽oz. 鈥淚maging the replication and assembly of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) genome鈥�, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry

• Third Place: Dr. Wen Wen. 鈥淓thanol induces ER-stress and the expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor in neuroblastoma cells鈥�, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences