2016 Program Research Projects
Molecular substrates of stereotypy: Mice with TrkB Deletion in Striatal D1-MSNs Display Stereotyped Behaviors. Julia Bazzini*, Michel Engeln, Ramesh Chandra, Chase Francis, and Mary Kay Lobo, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Characterization of a Novel Substrate of Obscurin Serine/Threonine Kinase 2. Julianna Boswell*, Li Wang, and Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
cPLA2 translocates to lysosomal membrane after TBI. Cameran Burt*, Chinmoy Sarkar, Julia Peter, Marta Lipinski, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Examining the effect of repeated cocaine exposure on epigenetic modifications within the nucleus accumbens. Amanda Chow*, Ramesh Chandra, and Mary Kay Lobo , Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Effects of knockdown of Egr3 and RhoA inhibition on complexity and length of dendritic arbor and dendritic spines in NAc D1- MSNs. Alison Gaynor*, Chase Francis, and Mary Kay Lobo, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Effect of Graded Hypothermia on Brain Injury following Cardiac Arrest. Glory Mgboji*, Rishabh Choudhary, Junyun He, Jian Du, and Xiaofeng Jia, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
A mini-gene construct recapitulates tissue-specific alternative splicing of Mypt1 E24 in smooth muscle in vivo. Kim Oslin*, Doreswamy Kenchegowda, and Steven Fisher, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
GBA1 mutations interfere with Wnt/β-catenin signaling in iPSC-derived neuronal progenitors from Gaucher patients. Tejasvi Peesay*, Ola Awad, and Ricardo Feldman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Characterization of Smoke Exposure Response on Endothelial Tight Junction Protein Expression in Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis. Elliott Rebello*, Ming Guo, and Walter Royal III , Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Effect of Selective CD28/B7 Co-stimulation Blockade on Protective Immunity in Transplant Recipients. Marquise Singleterry*, Subhashree Nayak1, Elizabeth Kang2, Agnes Azimzadeh2, and Richard Pierson III2, 2Department of Surgery, 1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
THE EFFECTS OF PEG MOLECULAR WEIGHT, TERMINAL GROUP, AND CONJUGATE STRUCTURE ON ANTI-PEG BINDING AND IN VIVO ANTI-PEG IMMUNITY. Jay Swayambunathan*, Aniket Wadajkar1, Jeffrey Winkles2, Graeme Woodworth1, and Anthony Kim1, 1Department of Neurosurgery and 2Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
DUAL REPORTER FLUORESCENCE ASSAY TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF USP24 On AUTOPHAGY FLUX. Henok Tesfay*, Julia Peter, Chinmoy Sarkar, and Marta Lipinski, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Collaboration and Satisfaction Within Ad Hoc Trauma Resuscitation Teams. Amy Zhou*, Boyan Xia*, and Maureen McCunn, Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.