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Biochemistry Department Holds Ninth Annual Research Day
Published July 21, 2011 This content is archived.
The ninth annual Biochemistry Research Day was held May 9, 2011, at the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott Hotel.
The Elizabeth Olmsted Ross keynote speaker was John A. Tainer, PhD.
A senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Tainer is also a professor of structural biology at The Scripps Research Institute.
His research focuses on the characterization of keystone complexes, conformational changes and interfaces for macromolecular assemblies and machines.
The winners of the 2011 awards were as follows:
Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation
David Wolff
Advisor: Mark Sutton, PhD
“Genetic Analysis of Site Specific DNA Polymerase IV Mutants”
Outstanding Graduate Poster Presentation
Wei Luo
Advisor: Lee Ann Garrett-Sinha, PhD
“Ets-1 is down-regulated in Lyn deficiency induced autoimmune model”
Outstanding Oral Presentation
Jason Rizzo
Advisor: Michael Buck, PhD
“Matched chromatin preparations reveal Tup1 nucleosome stabilization and an open chromatin architecture at transcriptionally plastic genes”