Dan Mullen Award for Scientific Achievement Winners
Given for excellence in poster preparation and presentation at the Annual Basic Science Research Retreat.
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