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School of Systems Biology Fall 2019 Student Research Day

Graduate Student Research Presentations, Fall 2019

December 5, 2019
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Bull Run Hall, Prince William Campus

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Students at Research Day 2019 poster session

Poster Session

Jad Alchoubassi
“Specificity of Exosomes Derived from Rift Valley Fever Virus Infected Cells for Rift Viral Infection”

Raghad Almofeez
“Novel Trypanosoma cruzi Specific Urinary Peptides Identified in Chagas Disease Congenitally Infected Infants Using Nanoparticle-based Mass Spectrometry

Sarah Alobaid
“Investigation of The Role of pgsBCA (capBCA) in Francisella novicida”

Kelly Arias Cardenas
“A study of the Humanized Monoclonal  Antibody CT109 In combination with  Folfiri and  Bortezomib as a treatment for Colorectal Cancer”

Rachel Carter
“Hotspot interfaces between immune-oncology targets PD-1 & PD-L1 and between Hippo pathway targets YAP2 &  ZO-1”

George  Dimitrov 
“Metagenomic Marker of Pain Management In Mouse Model Of Partial Bone Resection Followed By Prolonged Musculoskeletal Unloading”

Marissa Howard
“Extracellular Vesicles with Autophagosome properties”

Jennifer Jones
“Mycobacteriophage Cluster Identification Using The Minor Tail Protein Gene”

Mia Keady
“Characterizing the Zoo-Managed Elephant Gut Microbiome”

Thomas Lattanze
“Detection and Assessment of Nuclear Material Associated with Extracellular Vesicles from HTLV-1 Infected Cells”

Faisal Madkhali
”Secreted proteins of Francisella novicida ”

Tabinda Muzaffa
“Antimicrobial peptide systemic review and data analysis against Gram-positive bacteria”

Lauren Panny
“Discovering Antivirals Targeting E1 Protein of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitic Virus Utilizing Interactome Analysis”

Hallie Rauch
“The Role of the Type Three Secretion System of Y. pestis on Exosome Mediated Modulation of the Innate Immune Response”

Ngoc Vuong
“Discovery biomarkers for predicting breast cancer in women with suspicious mammograms”

Melisa Wilson
“Replacing In Vivo MAP/HAP Assay with Rapid Testing”

Ruth Zhang
“Targeting Rab6-Km23-1 Mediated Compartmentalized Trafficking as a Novel Therapeutic Approach”

Oral Presentations

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Oral presentation during SSB Research Day 2019

Victoria Callahan
“Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus capsid interactome analysis identifies potential therapeutic targets”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall

Bryan Delfing
“Binding of G281-1485 inhibito to importin IMPa”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Klimov

Kianoush Jeiran
 “
Human ApoB-100 Structural Assembly: Homology Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Theoretical Domains”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ancha Baranova

Mitra Kashanchi
“Assessing the impacts of oil and gas wastewater spills on microbial communities of the Permian Basin”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ancha Baranova

Graham Matulis
“Role of p38 MAP kinase in exosome-mediated innate immune response during Yersinia pestis infection”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ramin Hakami

Eric Munger
“Analysis of Non-calcified Coronary Burden in Psoriasis Cohort using Machine Learning for Biomarker Identification and Discovery”
Faculty Advisor: DrSaleet Jafri