Student Research Awards

Post Doc, Fellow & Graduate Student Awards & Publications

A dynamic reciprocity exists between students and teachers in the research setting.  Listed below are awards, recognitions and publications of our post docs, fellows and graduate students under the mentorship of The Research Institute faculty.

Post Doctoral

Zhigang Jin
Mentor: Jing Yang, PhD

  • Publication:  Jin Z, Mei W, Strack S, Jia J, Yang J. The Antagonistic Action of B56-containing Protein Phosphatase 2As and Casein Kinase 2 Controls the Phosphorylation and Gli Turnover Function of Daz Interacting Protein 1. J Biol Chem. 2011 Oct 21;286(42):36171-9. Epub 2011 Aug 30.

Kristin Desouza
Mentor: Kirk McHugh, PhD

  • Fellowship: F32 Individual Fellowship Grant for 2 years from the NIH-NIDDK.  This award began in September.

Kentaro Ohkuni
Mentor: Katsumi Kitagawa, PhD

  • Publication: Ohkuni, K. Kitagawa, K. Endogenous Transcription at the Centromere Facilitates Centromere Activity in Budding Yeast, Current Biology 21:1695-1703, 2011 (Article)

  • Presentation: Title: Endogenous Transcription at the Centromere Facilitates Centromere Activity in Budding Yeast, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, September 26, 2011.

  • Presentation: Endogenous Transcription at the Centromere Facilitates Centromere Activity in Budding Yeast, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, October 3, 2011.

Graduate Students

Adam Bevan
Mentor: Brian Kaspar, PhD

  • TLI Fellowship: OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) that covers from July 1 2011 to June 30 2012 for studying the underlying mechanisms of heart failure in spinal muscular atrophy.
     
  • Publication: Bevan AK, Duque S, Foust KD, Morales PR, Braun L, Schmelzer L, Chan CM, McCrate M, Chicoine LG, Coley BD, Porensky PN, Kolb SJ, Mendell JR, Burghes AH, Kaspar BK.Systemic gene delivery in large species for targeting spinal cord, brain, and peripheral tissues for pediatric disorders. Mol Ther. 2011 Nov;19(11):1971-80. doi: 10.1038/mt.2011.157. Epub 2011 Aug 2.

Lynn Wancket
Mentor: Yusen Liu, PhD

  • Publication: van Tongeren S, Fagerland JA, Conner MW, Diegel K, Donnelly K, Grubor B, Lopez-Martinez A, Bolliger AP, Sharma A, Tannehill-Gregg S, Turner PV, Wancket LM. The role of the toxicologic pathologist in the biopharmaceutical industry. Int J Toxicol. 2011 Oct;30(5):568-82. Epub 2011 Aug 30. PubMed PMID: 21878555.

  • Publication: Russell DS, Wancket LM, Stromberg PC. Pathology in practice. Reactive renal polyps and prostatic carcinoma. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2011 Aug 15;239(4):447-9. PubMed PMID: 21838582.

Ning Zhao
Mentor: Brenda Lilly, PhD

  • Publication: Zhao, N., Liu, H., Lilly, B. Reciprocal regulation of SYNDECAN-2 and notch signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry (Submitted)
     
  • Publication: Pajaniappan, M., Glober, N.K.,Kennard,S., Liu H., Zhao, N., and Lilly, B. Endothelial cells downregulate Apolipoprotein D expression in mural cells through  paracrine secretion and Notch signaling. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2011 Sep;301(3):H784-93.
     
  • Abstract: The 2011 Weinstein Cardiovascular Development Conference. Reciprocal Regulation of Syndecan-2 and Notch in mural cells
     
  • Abstract: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2011 Scientific Sessions, Reciprocal Regulation of Syndecan-2 and Notch in mural cells
     
  • Honor: 2011 Award of 26th Hayes Graduate Research Forum, the Ohio State University
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