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2012 Retreat
FIFTH ANNUALMETC/NIEHS TRAINING GRANT RETREAT
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (tentative)
UW-Arboretum Visitor Center
Registration9:30 a.m.
Registration, Poster Set-Up, Coffee/Bagels
10:00 - 10:05 a.m.
Welcome & Introductions
Adnan Elfarra, Training Grant PI
Speakers10:05 - 10:20 a.m.
Thomas Albert, PhD
UW-Madison, MET Alumnus (2000)
Vice President, Nimblegen Systems
TOPIC: Current Job Duties and What Made Me Competitive For VP Position
10:25 - 10:40 a.m.
Colin Jefcoate, PhD
UW-Madison, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
TOPIC: Starting and Sustaining a Research Group in Tough Times
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Vladimir Spiegelman, MD, PhD
UW-Madison, Dermatology
TOPIC: How Current Research In Lab is Relevant to Environmental Health
Poster Session & Lunch11:05 - 11:15 a.m. - Student Announcements (SLC & Regional SOT)
11:15 - Noon - Poster Session
Enjoy coffee while viewing and discussing the research of students funded on Training Grant. (See List Of Posters Below)
Noon - 12:45 p.m. - Lunch
Enjoy catered lunch with morning speakers, faculty, and peers
Lunch: Meat and Veggia Lasagna, Tossed Salad, Dessert, Beverage
Keynote Speaker
Nancy Kerkvliet, PhD
Oregon State University
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology
Title: TCDD: An Environmental Immunotoxicant Reveals a Novel Pathway of Immunoregulation
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Trainees Have Roundtable with Keynote Speaker
Poster Displays Will be approximately a dozen posters displayed- Ashley Brinkman
- Aminoflavone and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor : Potential Therapeutic Applications in Breast Cancer
- Amy Irving
- A rat model of colon cancer reveals zones of enhancement of tumor multiplicity by vitamin D
- Adam Mastrocola
- Defining the Role of FUS in the DNA Damage Response
- Justin Bushkofsky
- Diet Coordinately Affects Expression of Multiple Hepatocyte P450 Cytochromes by Processes that are Highly Sensitive to External Cyp1b1
- Brian Johnson
- Elucidating the Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Vascular Physiology
- Monica Yue
- Exploring sox9a as a potential target for developmental TCDD toxicity in zebrafish
- Fred Boehm
- Methods for identification of expression quantitative trait loci in breast cancer
- Ashley Poenitzsch
- miR-340; A Tumor Suppressor in Melanoma?
- Ashleigh Theberge, PhD
- Microculture enables efficient steroidogenesis assays
- Taryn James, PhD
- Molecular Targets of Phytoestrogens in Breast Cancer in Vivo
- Kristina Blanke
- Prevalence and Functional Characterization of Non-coding Polymorphisms in the Cytochrome b5 / NADH Cytochrome b5 Reductase Detoxification Pathway
- Amanda Branam
- R-spondins Promote Prostatic Bud Formation and Protect Against Budding Inhibition Resulting From TCDD Exposure
- Shaina Johnson
- Sox9b plays a role in mediating 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induced cardiotoxicity in the developing zebrafish embryo
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