DNA Transactions

Mack Hall, III
Meharry Medical College
Induction of DNA damage repair defect by the exogenous expression of BRCA2 BRC repeat in Trypanosoma brucei

Yiyong Liu
HHMI, Duke Medical Center
Interactions of human mismatch repair proteins MutSalpha and MutLalpha with proteins of the ATR-Chk1 pathway

Chromatin and Transcription

Juraj Adamik, Duquesne University
Pausing vs. Poising of RNA Polymerase II on Rapidly Induced Genes

Brittany Albaugh, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kinetic mechanism of a novel HAT-histone chaperone complex, Rtt109-Vps75

Lauren Congdon, USC - Keck School of Medicine
Role of the H4K20me1/H3K9me1 trans-tail histone code in transcriptional regulation

Payel Sen, Southern Illinois School of Medicine
Identification of novel regulatory domains in the yeast Snf2 protein

Biological Chemistry of RNA

Nazmul Haque, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Global identification of the Gene-Specific Association of the Exon-Exon Junction Complex in Drosophila

Rebecca Toroney, Pennsylvania State University
Domain II of the HCV IRES is a potent activator of PKR

Protein Synthesis, Catalysis and Turnover

Janine Borgaro, Stony Brook University
The use of short-lived isotopes for exploring drug binding partners of isoniazid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Yvette Pittman, NIH
Analysis of flanking nucleotide contributions to translation start codon selection in yeast.

Lipid Interactions in Physiology and Disease

Catherine Dieck. North Carolina State University
Plant nuclear lipid signaling

Elaina Melton, Albany Medical College
Distinguishing biochemical activities of splice variants of human FATP2

Metabolism and Disease

Weiwei Dang, University of Pennsylvania
Histone H4 lysine-16 acetylation regulates cellular lifespan

Ghislaine Guillemain, INSERM
The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway is essential for pancreatic beta cell development

Hypertension: Treatment, Disparities and Molecular Mechanisms

Russell Snyder, TTUHSC GSBS
A Novel Mechanism for 13-cis Retinoic Acid mediated Angiotesin Type 1 Receptor Downregulation

Rama Soundararajan, UCSF
GILZ1: a key molecular determinant of intracellular signaling specificity governing epithelial sodium transport

Genomics and Quantitative Proteomics

CeciliaLopez, UCLA
Formation of &[omega]-NG–monomethylarginine as the sole product of human protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7): a true type III methyltransferase?

Ekaterina Posokhova, University of Minnesota
Quantitative interactome analysis of RGS9-2 degradation mechanisms in mammalian brain.

Ilchung Shin, Iowa State University
IMAGEtag for real-time imaging of gene promoter activity

Seshamalini Srinivasan, Walter Reed Army Institute
Differential gene expression of cutaneous cells upon exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin b superantigen

Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology and Signal Transduction

Katherine O'Shaughnessy, Capital University
Investigating the molecular basis of temperature-dependent sex determination in the painted turtle

Matthew Torres, UNC Chapel Hill
Yeast Kinome Screen Reveals a Novel G-protein Kinase

Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery

Tejal Naik, University of Delaware
Development of a Peptide Nucleic Acid Based siRNA Delivery System

Florentine Rutaganira, UC Davis
Synthesis of Totarol Analogs for Inhibition of FtsZ