5TH ANNUAL PREP SYMPOSIUM
Date
June 14, 2010, 3:00 pm–6:00 pm
Location
BSLC 009
University of Chicago
Description
T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F C H I C A G O
P O S T - B A C C A L A U R E A T E R E S E A R C H E DUC A T I O N P R O G R A M
5TH ANNUAL PREP SYMPOSIUM
MONDAY, JUNE 1 4 , 2 0 1 0
3 : 0 0 - 6 : 0 0 PM
4:00 pm: Essence Maston
Maria Dowell Laboratory
“Breathing” Lung Slices: a novel
approach to study asthma
3:40 pm: Manuel Alvarez
Nancy B. Schwartz Laboratory
Retinoic Acid Modulation of Astrocyte
Differentiation
3:00 pm: Cyd Marie Castro-Rojas
Sean Crosson Laboratory
Specificity of Chromosomal Toxinantitoxin
Complexes in Caulobacter
crescentus
3:20 pm: Susana Bardina
Glenn Randall Laboratory
Approaches to Studying Hepatitis
Virus Trafficking
4:20 pm: Tiara Byrd
Anne Sperling Laboratory
IL-33 Production by Dendritic Cells
Stimulated via FcyR and TLR4
May Serve as Possible Mechanism
in the Development of T helper 2
Inflammation
4:40 pm: Lynda Ikejimba
Brian Roman Laboratory
Manganese Enhanced Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MEMRI) of Mouse
Hearts Indicates Physiological Differences
in Calcium Handling for 129/SvJ
Reception to Follow in BSLC 009
5:00 pm: Vanessa Montoya
Kevin White Laboratory
Molecular Analysis of Breast Cancer
Heterogeneity
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