CVM Annual Research Forum and Litwack Lecture
Friday, January 20, 2012
Litwack Lecture:
Thank you to our 2012 Litwack Lecturer, 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
Research Forum
The Faculty Committee on Research and Phi Zeta organization would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2012 CVM Annual Research Forum and congratulate the following winners:
2012 Research Forum Awards |
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Poster Presentation Winners |
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Award |
Name |
Title |
Excellence |
Jennifer Hendricks Advisors: 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. |
Excellence |
Brett Gulledge Advisor: Marcellin-Little |
COMPARISON OF SELECTED STRETCH POSITIONS OF THE PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND BIOMODELING |
Recognition |
Shannon Duke Becker Advisor: Breen |
Exploration of wild canid genomes using chromosome-specific probes show they share evolutionary breakpoints |
Recognition |
Javier Benito & Anna Nika Charlton Advisor: Lascelles |
Evaluation of Meloxicam and Tepoxalin in Cats |
Oral Presentation Winners |
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Excellence |
Laura Riggs Advisor: Moeser |
CRF-MEDIATED MAST CELL ACTIVATION AND INTESTINAL BARRIER INJURY IS MEDIATED BY THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
Excellence |
Megan Downey Advisor: Birkenheuer |
Mitochondrial genome sequences result in improved understanding of the phylogenetic relationships of piroplasma that infect companion animals |
Recognition |
Sehwon Koh Advisor: Piedrahita |
Generation of putative induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from adult canine fibroblast |
Recognition |
Rachael Stebbing Advisor: Sherry |
Protecting the heart: Hsp25 as an innate response to viral infection |