ASH News Daily 2012 - Saturday, December 8, 2012 - (Page B-34)

Page B–34 ® ASH NewS DAily Research Project: Targeting MLLAF9 fusion protein with PARP inhibitors Laurette Femnou Johns Hopkins University Research Mentor: Cindy Roy, PhD, Johns Hopkins University CareerDevelopment Mentor: John J. Strouse, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Research Project: Evaluation of the effect of sodium salicylate on inflammation and iron homeostasis in aged mice William Courtland Lewis The Ohio State University College of Medicine Research Mentor: Michael Caligiuri, MD The Ohio State University Career-Development Mentor: John C. Byrd, MD, The Ohio State University Research Project: Analysis of MllPTD function in the absence of MllWT in adult murine bone marrow Ifeanyi Nzegwu University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Research Mentor: Solomon OforiAcquah, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine Career-Development Mentor: Punam Malik, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Research Project: The role of cytokines and toll-like receptor 4 in acute chest syndrome Shannalee Rene Martinez Loma Linda University Research Mentor: Dean Lee, MD University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Career-Development Mentor: Wendy Cozen, DO, MPH University of Southern California Research Project: Evaluation of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) cell sensitivity to natural killer (NK) cell-mediated lysis in the presence and absence of epigenetic sensitization Elisa Quiroz Ponce School of Medicine Research Mentor: Scott Gitlin, MD, University of Michigan Career-Development Mentor: Ivan Maillard, MD, PhD, University of Michigan Research Project: Characterization of the expression patterns of NP-9 and Rec in HERV-K (HML2)expressing cells Jeneba Abass-Shereef UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Mentor: Roger Strair, MD, PhD, UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Career-Development Mentor: Jorge Di Paola, MD, University of Colorado, Denver Research Project: Targeting selfrenewal pathways regulating man- Saturday, December 8, 2012 tle cell lymphoma-initiating cells Lynda Villagomez Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Research Mentor: Robert Baiocchi, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University Career-Development Mentor: Amit K. Verma, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Research Project: Evaluating a novel class of drug targeting PRMT5 enzyme dysregulation in mantle cell lymphoma Tatiana Melissa Villatoro San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Research Mentor: Janet Kwiatkowski, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Career-Development Mentor: Deidra Terrell, PhD, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center Research Project: Progression of vasculopathy in children with sickle cell disease and abnormal transcranial doppler ultrasonography: rates and predictors career-development awardS MMSAP «« From Page B-14 Research Project: Assessment of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation co-morbidities index in DNMT3A and Flt3-ITD AML patients receiving decitabine First-Time Participants Rhae Battles Meharry Medical School Research Mentor: Stephen Brandt, MD, Vanderbilt University Career-Development Mentor: Michael R. DeBaun, MD Vanderbilt University Research Project: Role of the Elf2 transcription factor in erythroid gene expression and terminal differentiation Hewan Belete University of Minnesota Research Mentor: Linda Burns, MD, University of Minnesota Career-Development Mentor: Mukta Arora, MD, University of Minnesota Research Project: The role of omega-3 fatty acids in hematopoietic cell transplant patients with sirolimusinduced hyperlipidemia Guensley Delva UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Mentor: Jonathan S. Harrison, MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Career-Development Mentor: Belinda R. Avalos, MD, The Ohio State University See Section C for exhibits information. The original crypt of Martin Luther King Jr., (pre 2007), viewed through the arcade at The King Center. (© 2012, Kevin C. Rose/AtlantaPhotos.com) 

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