Advanced Biotechnology Studies | 7th Annual Research Symposium
On May 9th, 2012, The Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Biotechnology Education hosted its 7th Annual Research Symposium to showcase the research projects of the fellows, graduate students, as well as high school students from Montgomery County Public Schools. The symposium took place at Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus in Rockville, Maryland. The event was well attended by over a hundred interested participants and the evening began with a networking reception as well as the poster presentation that included over twenty posters. Guests viewed these posters and were given time to interact with the researchers who created the posters. Many of the biotechnology faculty and professors were on hand to answer questions as well.
Participants in the poster session from the Center for Biotechnology Education included:
§ National Cancer Institute (NCI) fellows in the Molecular Targets and Drug Discovery Technologies concentration of the Master of Science in Biotechnology degree
§ United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) fellows in the Biodefense concentration of the Master of Science in Biotechnology degree
§ A Noblis, Inc. fellow in the Master of Science in Bioinformatics degree
§ Students who have completed research projects in bioscience and bioinformatics as part of their degree requirements for the Master of Science in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Bioscience Regulatory Affairs degrees
Following the poster presentations and reception, Dr. Jonathan Pevsner outlined “Bioinformatics approach to understanding childhood brain disorders” in a formal presentation in Gilchrist Auditorium. Dr. Pevsner is an Associate Professor at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and holds a primary faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. View his presentation.
Read below for highlights on last year's Research Symposium.
Advanced Biotechnology Studies | 6th Annual Research Symposium
On May 11th, 2011, The Johns Hopkins University's Center for Biotechnology Education hosted its 6th Annual Research Symposium to showcase the research projects of the fellows and graduate students as well as high school students from Montgomery County Public Schools. The event proved extremely successful and was attended by over a hundred interested participants. View the program.
The evening began with the student poster presentations and a networking reception. Guests viewed the more than 35 poster presentations on display and were given time to interact with the researchers who created the posters. Following the poster presentations Dr. Yves Pommier gave a presentation on "Molecular target identification for translational medicine: the anticancer topoisomerase I inhibitors." Watch the video of the speech.
Participants in the poster session from the Center for Biotechnology Education included:
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) fellows in the Molecular Targets and Drug Discovery Technologies concentration of the Master of Science in Biotechnology degree
- United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) fellows in the Biodefense concentration of the Master of Science in Biotechnology degree
- A Noblis, Inc. fellow in the Master of Science in Bioinformatics degree
- Students who have completed research projects in bioscience and bioinformatics as part of their degree requirements for the Master of Science in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Bioscience Regulatory Affairs degrees
National Cancer Institute fellow, Lara Mittereder discusses her project, Identification of Novel Targeted Therapies for Human Basal-type Breast Cancer with Dr. Jonathan Wiest, the Director for Training and Education at NCI. Lara conducted her research with Christine Tomlinson, Christina Bennett, and Jeffrey Green.
USAMRIID fellow, Nathan Grubaugh, presented his research project, Development of a Portable DNA Microarray for the Simultaneous Detection of Arbovirus, Blood-meal, and Arthropod Species in the Field. He conducted his research with Lawrence Petz, Sarah Pisarcik, Vanessa Melanson, Monica O’Guinn, Lewis Long, and John Lee.
Julie Ann Costantino presented her research project, The Role of Kinases During Alphavirus Infection. She conducted her research with Darran Wigelsworth, Loreen Lofts, Patrick Reid, Krishna Kota, Dutch Boltz, Brian Peyser, and Sina Bavari.
Olukemi Abolude presented her research project, An Evaluation of Non-coding RNA Prediction Tools. She conducted her research with Kevin Galens.
In addition to the graduate research posters twelve Montgomery County Public high school students participated in the research symposium. They completed research projects as a part of their internships. The internship program gives highly motivated students an opportunity to participate in authentic research.
Montgomery County high school student, Nick Shah discusses his research project, Into the Secrets of Strokes with Meredith Safford the Coordinator for the Center for Biotechnology Education.
Montgomery County high school student, Justin Muste presented his research project, Synonymous Mutation Val107Val Impacts Expression and Function of Coagulation Factor IX.
The keynote speaker was Yves Pommier, MD, PhD, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology at the Center for Cancer Research, NCI. He addressed "Molecular target identification for translational medicine: the anticancer topoisomerase I inhibitors." The Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology explores possible connections between molecular biology alterations that drive malignant cell proliferation and potential avenues for therapy.
Watch the video of the Dr. Pommier's speech.
Images were taken by David Chisham.
Read about last year's symposium.