2024 Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium Poster Session

Posters

Graphic with scientific imagery and the the number 20 on a blue background. Text: Celebrating 20 years of impact
Map of BSRB poster space

1. “Cargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport”
Authors: Lily Hahn, Natalja Pashkova, Michael Cianfrocco, Lois Weisman
Presenter: Lily Hahn
Research Groups: Michael Cianfrocco & Lois Weisman labs
Research Areas: Cell Biology, Structural Biology 

2. “Structural and functional analysis of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm Type IV secretion system”
Authors: Jacquelyn R. Roberts, Arwen E. Frick-Cheng, Henry Styron, Clarissa L. Durie, Louise Chang, and Melanie D. Ohi
Presenter: Jacquelyn R. Roberts
Research Group: Melanie Ohi lab
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

3. “Investigating the role of Kir7.1 potassium channel gating mechanisms in central melanocortin-dependent energy homeostasis”
Authors: Alys Peisley, Ciria C. Hernandez, Naima Dahir, Luis E. Gimenez, Min Su and Roger D. Cone.
Presenters: Alys Peisley, Ciria Hernandez, Naima Dahir and Luis Gimenez
Research Group: Roger Cone lab
Research Areas: Drug Discovery, Pharmacology

4. “Structural analysis of HIV-1 reverse transcription initiation”
Authors: Yihua Li, Gabrielle Law, Samuel Carlson, Victoria D’Souza, Janet L. Smith, Melanie D. Ohi
Presenter: Yihua Li
Research Group: Janet Smith & Melanie Ohi labs
Research Area: Structural Viology, Viral Pathogenesis

5. “Understanding the molecular basis of mutation-induced dysfunction of lysosomal membrane proteins”
Authors: Vikas Navratna, Arvind Kumar, Shyamal Mosalaganti
Presenter: Vikas Navratna
Research Group: Shyamal Mosalaganti lab
Research Areas: Structural Biology, Biochemistry

6. “Investigating macrolactone formation by thioesterase domains through incorporation of an unnatural amino acid”
Authors: Vishakha Choudhary, Tyler M. McCullough, Jennifer Schmidt, David H. Sherman, Janet L. Smith
Presenter: Vishakha Choudhary
Research Group: Janet Smith lab
Research Area: Structural Biology, Natural Product Biosynthesis

7. “KHNYN is a zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP) co-factor that degrades ZAP-bound RNA”
Authors: Zoe C. Yeoh, Jennifer L. Meagher, Chia-yu Kang, Jennifer A. Bohn, Paul D. Bieniasz, Melanie D. Ohi, Janet L. Smith
Presenter: Zoe C. Yeoh
Research Group: Melanie Ohi lab
Research Area: Viral Pathogenesis

8. “IGF2BP1 RNA-binding protein orchestrates the timing of radial glial cell development in the mouse neocortex”
Authors: Daniel Feliciano, Isabel Espinosa-Medina, Romie Azur, Andrew Zimmerman, Raghabendra Adhikari, Ching-Po Yang, Tzumin Lee
Presenter: Romie Azur
Research Group: Tzumin Lee lab
Research Areas: Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Aging

9. “Elucidating the transcriptomic bases of antennal lobe neurons class identity”
Authors: Angelica Previero, Ching-Po Yang, Ken Sugino, Rosa Miyares, Tzumin Lee
Presenter: Angelica Previero
Research Group: Tzumin Lee lab
Research Areas: Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Aging

10. “Regulation of the competency to amplify intermediate neural progenitors”
Authors: Cyrina Ostgaard, Arjun Rajan, Cheng-Yu Lee
Presenter: Cyrina Ostgaard
Research Group: Cheng-Yu Lee lab
Research Areas: Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Aging

11. “Regulation of parallel recycling pathways at postsynaptic sites”
Authors: Pilar Rivero-Rios, Tunahan Uygun, Garrett D. Chavis, Michael A. Sutton, Lois S. Weisman
Presenter: Pilar Rivero-Rios
Research Group: Lois Weisman lab
Research Area: Neurobiology

12. “Position-independent functional refinement within the vagus motor topographic map”
Authors: Takuya Kaneko, Jonathan Boulanger-Weill, Adam J. Isabella, Cecilia B. Moens
Presenter: Takuya Kaneko
Research Group: Cecilia Moens Lab (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
Research Area: Neurobiology

13. “The mechanism of REM sleep breathing”
Authors: Xingyu Li, Peng Li
Presenter: Xingyu Li
Research Group: Peng Li lab
Research Area: Neurobiology

14. “Mechanisms that underlie the assembly of a population-coding neural network that processes different intensities of sensory cues”
Authors: Ruonan Li, Yujia Hu, Elizabeth Cebul,  Bing Ye
Presenter: Ruonan Li
Research Group: Bing Ye lab
Research Area: Neurobiology

15. “Neural pathways involved in bruxism-like behavior in mice”
Authors: Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin, Peng Li
Presenter: Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
Research Group: Peng Li lab
Research Area: Neurobiology

16. “Computational design of stereoselective IMDAases”
Authors: Sebastian Rivera, Daniel Santos Perez, Matthew O'Meara, David H. Sherman
Presenter: Sebastian Rivera
Research Group: David Sherman lab
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

17. “Mapping the vitronectin allosteric signaling network in plasminogen activator inhibitor-1”
Authors: Laura M. Haynes, Matthew L. Holding, David Siemieniak, Daniel Lawrence, David Ginsburg
Presenter: Laura M. Haynes
Research Group: David Ginsburg lab
Research Area: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

18. “Discovery of an allosteric inhibitor of the CBP KIX PPI network”
Authors: Ayza Croskey, Geoff Hewett, Anna Mapp
Presenter: Ayza Croskey
Research Group: Anna Mapp lab
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

19. “Selective inhibition of transcriptional coactivator PPI networks with natural product analogs”
Authors: Ana Martinez, Tessa Epstein, Caroline Spancake, Katherine Torma, Ye Wang, Alison R.H. Narayan, Anna K Mapp
Presenter: Ana Martinez
Research Groups: Anna Map & Alison Narayan labs
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

20. “Genetically encoded sensors and tools for studying neuromodulation”
Authors: Jiahui Ding, Gwendolyn Singles, Jian Weng, Peng Li, Wenjing Wang
Presenters: Jiahui Ding and Gwendolyn Singles
Research Group: Wenjing Wang lab
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

21. “Mapping opioid receptor activation at cellular resolution”
Authors: Angeliz A. Soto Acevedo, Wenjing Wang
Presenter: Angeliz A. Soto Acevedo
Research Group: Wenjing Wang lab
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

22. “Biocatalytic approaches to diversifying mitragynine analogs for opioid substitution therapies”
Author: Natalia Harris 
Presenter: Natalia Harris 
Research Groups: David Sherman & Janet Smith labs
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

23. “Functional evolution of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 across species and time”
Authors: Matthew L. Holding, Laura M. Haynes, Hannah DiGiovanni, Meilyn Ward, Diego Pajares Herrera, David Siemieniak, David Ginsburg
Presenter: Matthew L. Holding
Research Group: David Ginsburg lab
Research Area: Evolutionary Biology

24. "Nucleotide-state dependence of alpha-tubulin C-terminal tail accessibility"
Authors: Nicholas Vangos, Yang Yue, Takashi Hotta, Patrick DeLear, Luke Rice, David Sept, Ryoma Ohi, Kristen Verhey, Michael Cianfrocco
Presenter: Nicholas Vangos
Research Group: Michael Cianfrocco lab
Research Areas: Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

25. “Engineering polymeric RNAs as programmable molecular scaffolds for combinatorial innate immune activation in cancer immunotherapy”
Authors: Yinying Yang, Elias Issa, Connie Wu
Presenter: Elias Issa
Research Group: Connie Wu lab
Research Areas: Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics

26. “Regulation of neutrophil recruitment to the tumor niche in breast cancer”
Authors: Shuvasree SenGupta, Lauren Hein, Yang Xu, Joseph Serrenho, Kaleb Ott, Carole A. Parent
Presenter: Shuvasree SenGupta
Research Group: Carole Parent lab
Research Area: Cancer Biology

27. "Visualizing the Ultrastructure of Secreted Exosome-Associated DNA (SEAD) from Activated Neutrophils"
Authors: Sam Collie, Martin Fernandez, Subhash Arya, Tyler Brant, Shyamal Mosalaganti, and Carole A. Parent
Presenter: Sam Collie
Research Group: Carole Parent lab
Research Areas: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology

28. “Neutrophils secrete exosome-associated DNA to resolve inflammation”
Authors: Subhash B. Arya, Samuel P. Collie, Yang Xu, Martin Fernandez, Jonathan Z. Sexton, Shyamal Mosalaganti, Pierre A. Coulombe, Carole A. Parent
Presenter: Subhash B. Arya
Research Groups: Carole Parent, Shyamal Mosalaganti, & Pierre Coulombe labs
Research Areas: Cell Biology, Genetics

29. “BASP1 senses phospholipids and enhances mTORC1 activity by inhibiting GATOR1”
Authors: Sungki Hong, Yao Yao, Ken Inoki
Presenter: Sungki HongResearch Group: Ken Inoki lab
Research Areas: Cell Biology, Genetics

30. “Visualizing the ultrastructure of secreted exosome-associated DNA (SEAD) from activated neutrophils”
Authors: Sam Collie, Martin Fernandez, Subhash Arya, Tyler Brant, Shyamal Mosalaganti, and Carole A. Parent
Presenter: Emil Becka
Research Groups: Carole Parent & Shyamal Mosalaganti labs
Research Areas: Cell Biology, Genetics

31. “Investigating the role of motor proteins in Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) nuclear arrival”
Authors: Isabel Amaya, Brooke Garland, Lina Moalin, Chelsey Spriggs
Presenter: Isabel Amaya 
Research Group: Chelsey Spriggs lab
Research Areas: Immunology, Microbiology

32. “Neuregulin 4 suppresses NASH-associated liver cancer through restraining tumor-prone liver microenvironment”
Authors: Peng Zhang, Zhimin Chen, Henry Kuang, Tongyu Liu, Jiaqiang Zhu, Linkang Zhou, Qiuyu Wang, Xuelian Xiong, Ziyi Meng, Xiaoxue Qiu, Ramiah Jacks, Lu Liu, Siming Li, Carey N. Lumeng, Qing Li, Xiang Zhou, Jiandie D. Lin
Presenter: Zhimin Chen
Research Group: Jiandie Lin lab
Research Area: Metabolism, Integrated Physiology

33. “Hepatic danger signaling triggers TREM2+ macrophage induction and drives steatohepatitis via MS4A7-dependent inflammasome activation”
Authors: Linkang Zhou, Jiandie Lin
Presenter: Linkang Zhou
Research Group: Jiandie Lin lab
Research Areas: Metabolism, Integrated Physiology

34. “Subthreshold activation of the melanocortin system causes generalized sensitization to anorectic agents in mice”
Authors: Naima S. Dahir, Yijun Gui, Yanan Wu, Patrick R. Sweeney, Roger D. Cone 
Presenter: Naima Dahir
Research Group: Roger Cone lab
Research Areas: Metabolism, Integrated Physiology

35. “Elucidating the nuclear entry strategies employed by Merkel cell polyomavirus”
Authors: Karen Wang, Adrienne Eady, Chelsey Spriggs
Presenter: Karen Wang
Research Group: Chelsey Spriggs lab
Research Area: Virology

36. Coexistence within one cell of microvillous and ciliar phototransductions across M1-through M6-IpRGCs
Authors: Guang Li, King-Wai Yu
Research Area: Neurobiology