BBB
Student Research
Symposium Schedule
The BBB Symposium will be held in Stiteler Hall on Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Schedule:
Honors Thesis Oral Presentations from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (B21 and B26 Stiteler)
Session I: 9:00-10:15 a.m.
Room B21
9:15
Fatima Akrouh
Mortimer Poncz
Role of PF4 in Activated Protein C Generation in Sepsis
9:30
Michael Frank
Eline Luning-Prak
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Potential effects of RNA interference on L1 mobility
9:45
Joshua Kamins
Chang-Gyu Hahn
Deparment of Psychiatry
Expression analysis of ErbB4, PSD-95, and NRG1 in Schizophrenia
10:00
Laura Lukasewycz
Dr. Richard Doty
Department of Otorhinology
Influence of temperature changes within the external auditory meatus
on taste function
Session II: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
10:30
Amelia Fong
Dr. Wenchao Song
Department of Pharmacology
Over-Expression of DAF on murine erythrocytes
10:45
Whitney Parker
Dr. Russell Epstein
Department of Psychology
Investigating the neural codes for human spatial navigation baclofen,
a GABA-B receptor agonist, reduces the effectiveness of slit-2
11:00
Sarah Walcott-Sapp
Dr. David Oslin
Department of Psychiatry
Defining an endophenotype for alcohol misuse: a focus on minority
populations
11:15
Sandra Wang
Dr. John Farrar
Center for Clinical Epidematology & Biostatistics
Brain imaging - acupuncture and osteoarthritis
Session III: 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
11:45
Rebecca Glassman
Dr. Graham Quinn
Department of Ophthalmology, CHOP
The relation of axial length and corneal thickness fluctuations
in human eyes
12:00
Hannah Park
Dr. David Meaney
Department of Bioengineering
The effects of selective blocking the NR2A and NR2B subunits of
the NMDAR (NVP-AAM077 and Ifenprodil) on cell death pathways and
cognitive dysfunction after experimental brain injury in the rat
12:15
Jared Pisapia
Dr. Jonathan Raper
Department of Neuroscience
Baclofen, a GABA-B receptor agonist, reduces the effectiveness of
slit-2
12:30
Jessica Keeley
Dr. Harvey Grill
Department of Psychology
Anorectic and febrile effects of PGE2 when administered to 3rd and
4th Ventricles
12:45
Viren Vasudeva
Dr. Peter Sterling
Department of Neuroscience
Studying the density and distribution of excitatory inputs to brisk
and sluggish ganglion cells reconstructed by confocal microscopy