Fertilization, perpetuation of species and life

President John C. Baldwin, M.D., made remarks at the 20th annual TTUHSC Student Research Week Closing and Awards Presentation March 14, 2008. Throughout the week, top researchers from across the country spoke about topics including genomics, proteomics, signal transduction, cell biology drug development and embryology.

Baldwin also commended the level of participation and acknowledged the level of work conducted by the Graduate Student Association and the event committee.

“You showed exemplary enthusiasm and ability in the pursuit of discovery,” he said.

The event culminated with announcement of winners in the poster presentations (listed below).

 “I was impressed not only with the quality of posters but with the ability of defense of those presenting their work,” Baldwin said. “This was certainly a legitimate and encouraging program.”

Poster winners:

Masters Students & Junior Level Ph.D. – 1st and 2nd year student

First place ($500) Adrienne Hammond; mentors: Abdul Hamood, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology; and John Griswold, M.D., Surgery

Second place ($350) Aruna Jahoor; mentor: Simon Williams, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Biochemistry and Surgery

Third place ($250) Tammy Carter; mentor: Jeffrey Thomas, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Fourth place ($100)  Doug Swartz; mentor:  Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Senior Ph.D. – 3rd yr and above student

First place ($500) Rick Bliss; mentor: Jean Strahlendorf, Ph.D., Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics

Medical and Nursing Students

1st place $500 Joe Mammarappalli; mentor:  Michael San Francisco, Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

Undergraduate Students Category

First place ($250) Katrina DeLeon; mentors: John Griswold, M.D., Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D., and Abdul Hamood, Ph.D., Surgery and Microbiology, TTUHSC, and Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, Calif.

Post doctoral fellows and residents

1st place Haripriya Vittal Rao; mentors: Lakshmi Thirumangalakudi, Ph.D., and Paula Grammas, Ph.D., Garrison Institute on Aging

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