CVM Annual Research Forum and Litwack Lecture
Friday, January 20, 2012
Litwack Lecture:
Our Litwack Lecturer for 2012 is Dr. Oliver Smithies.
Dr. Oliver Smithies, Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor, and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The Litwack Lectures are supported by the Martin Litwack Fund, an endowment created by family and friends as a living memorial to Dr. Litwack, who was an acknowledged leader in establishing the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. Dr. Litwack was a charter member of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation and was active in many professional organizations including the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association. He served as president of the Triangle, Eastern North Carolina and North Carolina Veterinary Medical Associations. Dr. Litwack was also very active in community affairs and received many awards in recognition of his service and leadership, including the North Carolina Association of the Professions Special Recognition Award. Dr. Litwack is perhaps best remembered for his love of his family and profession, his deep commitment to education and to North Carolina State University, and his strong sense of obligation to the North Carolina livestock industry and to the general public.
Research Forum
The Annual CVM Research Forum jointly sponsored by the Faculty Committee on Research and Phi Zeta organization is scheduled for Friday, January 20, 2012, at the CVM and will be followed immediately by an awards ceremony.
The Research Forum will include two levels of participation: a poster session and oral presentations, open to DVM students, graduate students and house officers.
The poster presentations will be on display all day at the Research Forum. Poster presentations must be set up by 5:00 pm on Thursday, January 19. Authors will be at their posters on Friday from 11:30am-1:00pm.
Oral presentations will be limited to 10 minutes (eight minutes for presentation and two minutes for questions). Presentations will be strictly timed to ensure that all are completed in a reasonable time frame.
All CVM faculty are asked to attend and encourage their DVM students, graduate students and house officers to present at the Research Forum. CVM faculty will judge each level.
Prizes for oral and poster categories will be awarded: The top 2 posters and oral presentations will receive an Award of Excellence - $150 each. The next 2 posters and oral presentations will receive the Certificate of Achievement
– $75 each
View Research Forum Winners - Click Here
Click HERE to read the Research Forum Abstracts
Schedule
Time |
Event |
Location |
| 9:00am-11:30am | Oral Presentations | South Theater |
| 11:30am-1:00pm | Posters Judged | Green Commons |
| 11:30am-1:00pm | Lunch (provided by Vendors & Sponsors) | Blue Commons |
| 1:00pm-3:00pm | Oral Presentations | South Theater |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | Informal session with Dr. Smithies for Grad Students | BY RSVP ONLY |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | Litwack Lecture - Dr. Oliver Smithies | South Theater |
| 5:00pm - 5:30pm | Awards Ceremony (awards presented by Dr. Smithies) | South Theater |
Vendors & sponsors will be available in the Blue Commons 11:00am-4:00pm
Oral Presentations |
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Time ofPresentation |
Author |
Title |
9:00-9:10 |
Joanne Fernandez-Lopez (VS-Hauck) |
Angiopoietin-2 Serum Levels in Canine Malignant Melanoma Patients |
9:10-9:20 |
Laura Lockhart (VS-Posner) |
INCIDENCE OF ONYCHECTOMY IN CATS PRESENTED FOR VETERINARY CARE NEAR RALEIGH, NC AND EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PROCEDURE |
9:20-9:30 |
Ryan Bray (VS-Ghashghaei) |
STARGAZERS AND STEM CELLS: A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO TREATING IDIOPATHIC SEIZURES |
9:30-9:40 |
Sehwon Koh (GS- Piedrahita) |
Generation of putative induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from adult canine fibroblast |
9:40-9:50 |
Huixuan Liang (GS-Ghashghaeis) |
The transcription factor Specificity Protein 2 (Sp2) is required for progression through the cell cycle of neural progenitors |
9:50-10:00 |
Laura Sommerville (GS-Ghashghaei) |
Mechanisms of Vesicular Trafficking in the Neural Stem Cell Niche |
10:00-10:10 |
Nagendran Muthasamy (GS-Ghashghaei) |
A pharmacogenetic tool to study physiological functions of postnatal neurogenesis in the olfactory bulbs. |
10:10-10:20 |
Megan Downey (GS-Birkenheuer) |
Mitochondrial genome sequences result in improved understanding of the phylogenetic relationships of piroplasma that infect companion animals |
10:20-10:30 |
Rachael Stebbing (GS-Sherry) |
Protecting the heart: Hsp25 as an innate response to viral infection |
10:30-10:40 |
Kristin Messenger (GS-Papich) |
The sedative effects of oral-transmucosal detomidine gel in comparison with intravenous dexmedetomidine in dogs. |
10:40-10:50 |
Kate Medl Bailey (HO-Posner) |
Effects of MS 222 on electroretinography (ERG) in Koi Fish |
10:50-11:00 |
A.J. Van Wettere (GS-Kullman, Law) |
Activation of the TGF-β signaling pathway in a DMN-induced fish model of hepatic fibrosis |
1:00-1:10 |
Amelia Gibson (GS-Moeser) |
Mast Cell Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors Play Opposing Roles in Mediating Stress-Induced Barrier Dysfunction |
1:10-1:20 |
Liara Gonzalez (GS-Blikslager) |
The Development of a Large Animal Model for Translational Studies of Intestinal Disease Focusing on Intestinal Stem Cells |
1:20-1:30 |
Brittney McLamb (VS-Moeser) |
Early Weaning Impairs Gut Mucosal Defenses and Exacerbates Clinical Disease in F18 E. Coli Infection |
1:30-1:40 |
Laura Riggs (VS-Moeser) |
CRF-MEDIATED MAST CELL ACTIVATION AND INTESTINAL BARRIER INJURY IS MEDIATED BY THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
1:40-1:50 |
Jason Heitzman (VS-Bailey) |
EVALUATION OF DOPPLER AS A TECHNIQUE TO DETECT CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ASCENDING BACTERIAL PLACENTITIS IN THE MARE |
1:50-2:00 |
Meghann Lustgarten (HO-Seiler) |
Elastographic evaluation of the equine distal forelimb |
2:00-2:10 |
Peter Ross (GS-Hess) |
The Canine MHC Class I Allele, DLA-88*50801, Presents Peptides of Varying Lengths with Four Key Anchor Residues |
2:10-2:20 |
Emily Wayne (VS-Stoskopf) |
Clinical Anatomy of the Bearded Dragon (Pogona Vitticeps) |
2:20-2:30 |
Javier Benito (GS-Lascelles) |
DEVELOPMENT OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO ASSESS CHRONIC PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH FELINE DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. |
2:30-2:40 |
Alexander Bennett (HO-Lascelles) |
CHANGES IN VON FREY QUANTITATIVE SENSORY THRESHOLDS AS A RESULT OF TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF COXOFEMORAL JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS |
2:40-2:50 |
Morika Williams & Amy Kirkpatrick (VS-Lascelles) |
COMPARISON OF THERMAL THRESHOLD LATENCIES BETWEEN NORMAL DOGS AND DOGS WITH HINDLIMB OSTEOARTHRITIC ASSOCIATED PAIN |
VS = Veterinary Student, HO = House Officer, GS = Graduate Student
Poster Assignments |
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Poster # |
Author |
Title |
1 |
Cassandra Bare (VS-Bailey) |
The Use of Carbetocin for Long-Term Estrus Suppression |
2 |
Adam Beard (VS-Breitschwerdt) |
LAMP: A Novel Detection Method for Rickettsial Diseases |
3 |
Leslie Beck (VS-Sannes) |
NOVEL COMPOUNDS THAT ALTER TGFβ-INDUCED EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION IN A549 CELLS |
4 |
Kathleen Bedard (VS-Mariani) |
AN INVESTIGATION OF CELLULAR PROLIFERATION IN DOGS WITH MENINGOENCEPHALITIS OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY (MUE) |
5 |
Javier Benito (GS-Lascelles) |
Evaluation of Meloxicam and Tepoxalin in Cats |
6 |
Javier Benito (GS-Lascelles) |
OWNER-ASSESSED INDICES OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN CATS AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PRESENCE OF DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. |
7 |
Heather Beveridge (VS-Correa) |
Practical morphometrics in various stranded marine mammal species in the North Atlantic: reference values for necropsy and drug dosage applications. |
8 |
Sydney Cartiff (VS) |
Microbubble delivery of DiI to the ocular posterior segment: comparison of intravitreal and suprachoroidal injection routes |
9 |
Caitlin Cavanaugh (VS-Cowen) |
Practices and Perspectives of North Carolina Veterinarians Toward Wildlife Care |
10 |
Jaewook Chung (GS-Piedrahita) |
Lack of genomic imprinting of DNA primase, polypeptide 2 (PRIM2) in human term placenta and white blood cells. |
11 |
Carolyn Collier (VS-Yoder) |
NEUTROPHIL RESPONSE AND MMP9 EXPRESSION IN ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO) EMBRYOS EXPOSED TO IMMUNE AGONISTS |
12 |
Katelyn Cordle (VS-Fogle) |
INHIBITION OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-1 AND -2 IN EQUINE BLOOD BY PHENYLBUTAZONE, FLUNIXIN, MELOXICAM AND FIROCOXIB: AN EX VIVO ANALYSIS |
13 |
Hayley Dirscherl (GS-Yoder) |
Is the Inhibitory Role of MHCI in Natural Cytotoxicity Evolutionarily Conserved? |
14 |
Megan Downey (GS-Birkenheuer) |
Cytauxzoon felis cytochrome b genotype is associated with survival in domestic cats with cytauxzoonosis |
15 |
Shannon Duke Becker (GS-Breen) |
Exploration of wild canid genomes using chromosome-specific probes show they share evolutionary breakpoints |
16 |
Brett Gulledge (VS-Marcellin-Little) |
COMPARISON OF SELECTED STRETCH POSITIONS OF THE PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND BIOMODELING |
17 |
Jennifer Hendricks (VS-Fogle, Tompkins) |
T Regulatory cells have a higher productive viral load than T helper cells during both a chronic and acute FIV infection in cats. |
18 |
Amanda Jeffries (VS- Dorman) |
OLFACTORY THRESHOLD OF C4/TOLUENE BY EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DOGS |
19 |
Sun Hye Kim (GS-Rodriguez-Puebla) |
Mouse keratinocyte side-population plays a unique role during malignant progression to skin squamous cell carcinomas |
20 |
David Kleisch (VS-DeFrancesco) |
EFFECT OF ASYMPTOMATIC FELINE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ON ACTIVITY LEVELS AND QUALITY OF LIFE |
21 |
Leanne Magestro (VS-Thakur) |
Phylogenetic Analysis of Campylobacter from Commercial and Antimicrobial-Free (ABF) Production Systems Reveals Common Ancestry and a Non-Clonal Population |
22 |
Megan Mathias (VS-Gilger) |
Release rate of crystalline rapamycin in vitro and intravitreally in ex vivo horse eyes. |
23 |
Kathleen McGinnis (VS-Sannes) |
TORIN1 IS A POTENT INHIBITOR OF MTOR-MEDIATED CELL SIGNALING AND LIPOGENESIS IN H292 CELLS |
24 |
Michelle Miller (GS- Tompkins) |
GARP-BOUND TGFB COMPLEXES ON FELINE TREGS ARE UPREGULATED DURING ACUTE FIV INFECTION AND CONTRIBUTE TO IMMUNE SUPPRESSION OF CD4 Th VIA LIGATION OF Th TGFbRII. |
25 |
Christina Park (VS-Anderson) |
Bacterial counts in bedding may predict bulk tank bacterial population |
26 |
Kelsey Poorman (GS-Breen) |
Canine Oral Melanoma - Cytogenetic Characterization of Fresh Tissue, Cell Lines and Archival Tissues |
27 |
Momo Tanaka (VS-Piedrahita) |
Optimization of Real Time Microscopy for Assessment of Rate of Histone Exchange After Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) Using GFP-labeled Histone 2B |
28 |
Jessica Tarter (VS-Sherman) |
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL COGNITIVE/MOTOR PARADIGM TO DOCUMENT FIV DISEASE IN LABORATORY CATS |
29 |
Bradley Waffa (VS-Stoskopf) |
Clinical Anatomy of the Ball Python (Python regius) |
30 |
Jessica Wofford (VS-Hauck) |
Sequencing Antidiuretic Hormone in Cats With Central Diabetes Insipidus |
31 |
Guanxi Xiao (GS-Ghashghaei) |
The role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis |
32 |
Dena E. Fauske (VS- Breitschwerdt) |
EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION OF BARTONELLA HENSELAE TO DOGS VIA CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS |
VS = Veterinary Student, GS = Graduate Student