Dan Mullen Award for Scientific Achievement Winners
Given for excellence in poster preparation and presentation at the Annual Basic Science Research Retreat.
2023
Cesar Bautista Sotelo
Single-Cell Analysis of Somatic Mutations in Human Brain and Skeletal Muscle During Aging
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lodato
Ailsa Jeffries
The bidirectional relationship between the aging genome and transcriptome in the human brain
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lodato
Calvin Johnson
Tumor-derived PTHrP molds an immunosuppressive microenvironment
Mentor: Dr. Jason Pitarresi
Jesse Lehman
Temporal Regulation of mRNA Biogenesis in Innate Immune Responses
Mentor: Dr. Athma Pai
2022
Milky Abajorga
Development of “innate” and “adaptive” piRNA responses protecting the germline from retroviruses
Mentors: William Theurkauf, PhD and Jeremy Luban, MD
Xavier Gonzalez
C. elegans Host Defense Pathways Protect Against Microbiota Cryptic Virulence
Mentor: Javier E. Irazoqui, PhD
Sunil Guharajan
Exploring the Connection Between Transcription Factor (TF) Regulation and Promoter Strength
Mentor: Robert C. Brewster, PhD
I-Hao Wang
Spatial transcriptomic reconstruction of the mouse olfactory glomerular map suggests principles of odor processing
Mentor: Paul Greer, PhD
2021
Sage Foley
Microbiome regulation of intestinal P-glycoprotein expression in maintenance of homeostasis
Mentor: Beth McCormick, PhD
Ethan Loew
The “Microbiome-gut-brain axis” in Alzheimer’s disease and its role in neurocognitive decline
Mentor: Beth McCormick, PhD
Naema Nayyar
CDK pathway inhibition with Abemaciclib improves intracranial and extracranial response to checkpoint blockade in pre-clinical models of brain metastasis
Mentor: Michael Brehm, PhD
Jacob Stillman
Microglial autofluorescent signal: An important consideration when studying synapse engulfment
Mentor: Dorothy Schafer, PhD
2020
Emily Agnello
Mentor: Brian Kelch, PhD
Christine Carbone
Mentor: Andrei Korostelev, PhD
Hao-Ching Jiang
Mentor: Paul Greer, PhD
Naema Nayyar
Mentor: Michael Brehm, PhD
2019
Kyvan Dang
Mentor: Junhao Mao, PhD
Tatenda Kadungure
Mentor: Hong Zhang, PhD
Joseph Magrino
Mentor: Brian Kelch, PhD
Brittany Rosener
Mentor: Amir Mitchell, PhD
2018
Anne Carlisle
Mentor: Dohoon Kim, PhD
Kyle Gellatly
Mentor: Manuel Garber, PhD
Krishna Ghanta
Mentor: Craig Mello, PhD
Jooyoung Lee
Mentor: Erik Sontheimer, PhD
2017
Georgia Gunner
Microglia mediate sensory experience-induced synaptic remodeling in the rodent somatosensory system
Mentor: Dorothy Schafer, PhD
Ashley Matthew
Elucidating the structural and dynamic mechanisms of resistance against HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors
Mentor: Celia Schiffer, PhD
Jason Yang
CD8+ T cells specific to an immunodominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigen have limited recognition on Mtb infected cells
Mentor: Samuel Behar, MD, PhD