Cancer Research Day
The annual IU Simon Cancer Center’s Cancer Research Day was held May 6, 2009, drawing 101 scientific posters from students, fellows, and faculty conducting cancer research at IUPUI,
Indiana University-Bloomington, and Purdue University.
Cash awards were presented for best posters by graduate students and post-doctoral/medical fellows. The winners and finalists are:
Best Poster
Basic Science
Graduate Student
Sara C. Nabinger
Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, IU School of Medicine
“SHP2 Plays a Key Role in FLT3-ITD-Induced Leukemogenesis”
Best Poster Finalists
Basic Science
Graduate Student
Daniel DiRenzo
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
“The Role of MIST1 in Pancreatic Acinar Cell Differentiation and Suppression of Metaplasia”
Chad Walls
IU School of Medicine
“The Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-1B in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling”
Best Poster
Basic Science
Post-Doctoral/Medical Fellow
Jason A. Lehman
Department of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, IU School of Medicine
“A Novel Auto-Ubiquination of the Negative p53 Regulator, HDMX, is Regulated by c-ABL”
Best Poster Finalists
Basic Science
Post-Doctoral/Medical Fellow
Tracy M. Neher
IU School of Medicine
“Interaction of Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C, XPC and RAD23B with Cisplatin-Damaged DNA”
Jay B. Patel
IU School of Medicine
“Metastatic-Site Specific Differential Protein Expression and Growth Control in Breast Cancer through MicroRNAs”
Best Poster
Translational/Clinical Research
Graduate Student
Cynthia J. Bell, Ph.D., R.N.
IU School of Nursing
"Death Worries and Quality of Life in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors”
Best Poster Finalists
Translational/Clinical Research
Graduate Student
S. L. Noble
Purdue University School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
“Customizing Maintenance Chemotherapy Regimes Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control”
Eric W. Pepin
Purdue University School of Health Sciences
“Site-Specific Volumetric Analysis of Lung Tumor Motion”
Best Poster
Translational/Clinical Research Post-doctoral/Medical Fellow
Landry K. Kamdem
IU School of Medicine
“Comprehensive in Vitro Metabolism of Exemestane”
Best Poster Finalists
Translational/Clinical Research Post-doctoral/Medical Fellow
MiRan Choi
IU School of Medicine
“Photothermal Ablation of Tumors Using a Cellular Trojan Horse for Deliversity of Therapeutic Nanoshells”
Kasi McCune
IU School of Medicine
“A Trangenic Model for Dietary Intervention/Chemoprevention Strategies for Metastatic Breast Cancer”