G.R.E.A.T. Awards Ceremony

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• G.R.E.A.T. Awards Ceremony
• April 3, 2008

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2008 GREAT Sponsors

• Provosts Office
• Office of Research Administration
• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
• OU Medical Center
• College of Allied Health
• College of Dentistry
• College of Medicine
• College of Nursing
• College of Public Health
• COM Alumni Association
• Alpha Eta Society
• HSC Student Affairs
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Sigma Xi

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2008 GREAT Corporate Sponsors

• Axygen Scientific
• BD BioSciences
• Beckman Coulter
• Becton Dickenson
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Corning Life Science
• Eppendorf
• Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.
• Promega Corporation
• Rainin Instrument LLC
• Sigma-Aldrich
• VWR International
• Varian
• Wheaton Science Products
• Stillwater National Bank

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2007 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nominees

• Name Chaitali Tophkhane
• Department Pathology
• Mentor Xiao He Yang, PhD
• Title Role of Bcl-2 and p73 in
  Genistein-Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer
  Cells
• Name Guiyuan Li
• Department Cell Biology
• Mentor Robert E. Anderson, PhD
• Title The AKT Isoforms in Retina
• Name Derek Blankenship
• Department Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Mentor Barbara Neas, PhD
• Title Assessing the Use of the Akaike
  Information Criterion for Generalized Linear
  Mixed Models
• Name Craig A. Eyster
• Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Mentor Ann Louise Olson, PhD
• Title Role of the Cytoskeleten in Insulin
  Signaling to GLUT4 Redistribution

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2007 Outstanding Master's Thesis Nominees

• Name Allison Sismey-Ragatz
• Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Mentor Paul DeAngelis, PhD
• Title Functional Analysis and Application of
  Pasteurella Multocida Heparosan Synthases
• Name G.T. Dolan
• Department Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Mentor Nathan Shankar, PhD
• Title Regulation of Capsular Polysaccharide
  Biosynthesis and Virulence in Enterococcus
  Faecalis by an Arac-Type Transcriptional
  Regulator
• Name Noha Farag
• Department Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Mentor June Eichner, PhD
• Title Findings From a Community-Based
  Participatory Research Model in Rural Oklahoma
• Name Lindsay Boeckman
• Department Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Mentor David Thompson, PhD
• Title General Linear Model Approaches in a
  Simulation Study to Explore the Effects of
  Inhibitory Factors on Tumor Cell Viability

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2008 GSA Research Grant Awards

• 1,500 Winners

Patience Massamha Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Aaron Chaloner Neuroscience
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2008 GSA Research Grant Awards

• 500 Winners

Oriana Hawkins Microbiology and Immunology
Shylet Chengedza Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
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2008 GSA Travel Grant Awards
1,000 Winners
Katie Bryant Microbiology and
Immunology
Candace Robledo Biostatistics and
Epidemiology
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2008 GSA Travel Grant Awards
500 Winners
Onur Kadioglu Orthodontics
Brent Myers Neuroscience
Sehyun Kim Cell Biology
Gary Robbins Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phillip Vanlandingham Cell Biology
Ioana Boeras Microbiology and
Immunology
Shuying Zhao Biochemistry
Julie Scott Pharmaceutical Sciences
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GREAT Awards
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Outstanding High School Research Award - Group 1
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
CAP37 PEPTIDES BIND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE
Lauren Mathias
Ann Peieira, PhD
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Outstanding High School Research Award - Group 2
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
SELF INITIATED PRONE-PROGRESSION IN INFANTS WITH
AND WITHOUT CEREBRAL PALSY
Rasheedat Jaji
Thubi Kolobe, PhD
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GREAT Awards
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VWR International Award for Scientific
Achievement
Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience
STRESS-INDUCED PROTECTION REQUIRES CELL
AUTONOMOUS ACTIVATION OF GP130 IN PHOTORECEPTORS
Yumi Ueki
John Ash, PhD
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Sigma Xi Award for Scientific Achievement
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
PRE-DEVELOPMENT INJURY RISK FACTOR EVALUATION ON
ARMY LIGHT INFANTRY SOLDIERS EN ROUTE TO
AFGHANISTAN
Roberto Marin
Valerie Skaggs, PhD
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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Award for
Scientific Achievement
Oklahoma Center fo Neuroscience
APOLIPOPROTEIN E RECEPTOR 2 AND X11 MEDIATE
APOLIPOPROTEIN E-INDUCED ENDOCYTOSIS OF AMYLOID-ß
PRECURSOR PROTEIN AND ß-SECRETASE, LEADING TO
AMYLOID-ß PRODUCTION
Charlotte Chung
Jordan Tang, PhD
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Promega Award for Scientifc Achievement
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
MISMATCH REPAIR STABILIZES EXPANDED (GAATTC)n
REPEATS AFTER REPLICATION STALLING
Rebecka Bourn
Sanjay Bidichandani, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Oral Presentation Tuesday
830-1000am
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
EFFICACY TO EFFECTIVENESS IS IT SUCCESSFUL IN
THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT?
Noha Farag
June Eichner, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Oral Presentation Tuesday
1030-1200pm
Microbiology and Immunology
HOST CELL MICROTUBULES ARE REQUIRED FOR
TOXOPLASMA GONDII INVASION
Kristin Sweeney
Ira Blader, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Oral Presentation Tuesday
100-230pm
Cell Biology
STARGARDT-3 MACULAR DYSTROPHY ROLE OF ELOVL4 IN
THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS
Martin-Paul Agbaga
Robert Anderson, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Oral Presentation Tuesday
300-500pm
Biochemistry Molecular Biology
THERMODYNAMIC MARKERS OF CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN
HEPATITIS B CAPSID PROTEIN
Sarah Katen
Adam Zlotnick, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Oral Presentation Wednesday
830-1000 am
Microbiology Immunology
CHARACTERIZATION OF A BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
SERINE/THREONINE PHOSPHATASE, STP-1
Salika Shakir
Jimmy Ballard, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Oral Presentation Wednesday
1030-1200pm
Biochemistry Molecular Biology
ELUCIDATION OF THE ROLES OF CYCLIN D1 AND UP- AND
DOWNSTREAM EFFECTORS IN THE MECHANISM OF SHetA2
G1 CELL CYCLE ARREST
Chioniso Patience Masamha
Doris Benbrook, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Poster Presentation Group A
Physiology
PASSAGE-DEPENDENT ANGIOGENIC CAPABILITIES OF
BLADDER SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IMPLICATIONS OF
CELL-SEEDED TECHNOLOGY IN BLADDER TISSUE
ENGINEERING
Joseph Azzarello
HK Lin, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Poster Presentation Group B
Microbiology Immunology
CSPA PROTECTS BORRELIA BURGDORFERI FROM
SERUM-MEDIATED DESTRUCTION IN THE TICK AND
ENHANCES TRANSMISSION TO THE HOST
Melisha Kenedy
Darrin Akins, PhD
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Graduate College Award for Scientific
Achievement - Poster Presentation Group C
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AMONG WOMEN WITH
PLANNED AND UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES
Candace Robledo
Jennifer Peck, PhD
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Office of Research Administration Award for
Outstanding Research
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING
TO LONG-TERM ABSTINENCE FROM CIGARETTES AMONG
OKLAHOMA TOBACCO HELPLINE PARTICIPANTS
Mary Williams
Laura Beebe, PhD
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Graduate Student Association Award for
Outstanding Research
Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Role of Sex steroids in Alcoholic Liver
Inflammation
Eric Lee
Randle Gallucci, PhD
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Alumni Award for Outstanding Research
Microbiology and Immunology
CHARACTERIZATION OF CLASS I HLA B0702 LIGANDS
DURING INFLUENZA INFECTION
Angela Wahl
William Hildebrand, PhD
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Dean's Award for Outstanding Research
Microbiology and Immunology
CHARACTERIZATION OF A SERINE/THREONINE KINASE IN
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Katie Bryant
Jimmy Ballard, PhD
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Provost's Award for Outstanding Research
Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience
STEROID RECEPTORS IN THE AMYGADALA INDUCE ANXIETY
AND VISCERAL PAIN
Brent Myers
Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, PhD
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A Special Thanks to Our Keynote Speaker

• John B. Robbins, MD
• Chief, Laboratory of Developmental and Molecular
  Immunity at the National Institute of Child
  Health and Human Development

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Thank You GREAT Faculty Sponsors

• Ann Louise Olson, PhD
• Associate Professor
• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Helene Carabin, PhD
• Associate Professor
• Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

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Thank You Pre-GREAT Workshop Presenters

• Ira Blader, PhD
• Abstract Preparation
• Melissa Medina, EdD
• Oral Presentation Techniques
• Shrikant Anant, PhD
• Poster Presentation Techniques

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Thank You Career Development Worskhop Presenters

• Russell Deboyce-Boyd, PhD
• Associate Professor
• Department of Biophysics and Molecular Genetics
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Rhonda Clark, PhD
• Harris County Medical Examiners Office
• Houston, Texas
• Sara Vesely, PhD
• Associate Professor
• Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• College of Public Health
• Jane Wilson, PhD
• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
• College of Pharmacy

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Thank You GREAT Committee Members

• Noha Farag
• Gina Griffith
• Kelley Dowd

• Curtis McMurtrey
• Oriana Hawkins
• Candace Robledo

Rebecka Bourn GSA President
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Special Thank You to Everyone in the Graduate
College Office!