The titles for the posters submitted in the Biological and Medical Sciences category for the 2017 MSI Research Exhibition are listed are shown below. See posters in the Physical Sciences and Engineering category.
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Biological and Medical Sciences
A Spatial Joint Factor Model for Extreme Valued Multivariate Binary Data With Non-Random Missingness
Authors: Xiaoyue Zhao, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Lin Zhang
MSI Principal Investigator: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay (Biostatistics)
Accurate, Scalable Microbiome Quantitation With Shallow Shotgun Sequencing
Authors: Benjamin Hillmann, Gabriel A. Al-Ghalith, Daryl Gohl, Kenny Beckman, Rob Knight, Dan Knights
MSI Principal Investigator: Dan Knights (Computer Science, Biotechnology Institute, BICB)
Adaptive Association Test of Multiple Traits Using GWAS Summary Data
Authors: Bin Guo, Baolin Wu
MSI Principal Investigator: Baolin Wu (Biostatistics)
Additive Rate Model for Recurrent Event Data With Intermittently Observed Time-Dependent Covariates
Authors: Tianmeng Lyu, Xianghua Luo, Chiung-Yu Huang
MSI Principal Investigator: Xianghua Luo (Biostatistics)
An Adaptive Gene-Level Association Test for Family Studies
Authors: Jun Young Park, Chong Wu, Saonli Basu, Matt McGue, Wei Pan
MSI Principal Investigator: Wei Pan (Biostatistics)
An Adaptive Test on High-Dimensional Parameters in GLMs
Authors: Chong Wu, Gongjun Xu, Wei Pan
MSI Principal Investigator: Wei Pan (Biostatistics)
Assessing the Impact of Dielectric Constant on the Structural Propensity of the Polyampholytic Intrinsically Disordered Region of Synaptotagmin 1
Authors: Michael E. Fealey, Benjamin P. Binder, Anne Hinderliter, David D. Thomas
MSI Principal Investigator: David D. Thomas (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics)
Atomic-Level Characterization of the Structural Dynamics of Azurin Variants With Tuned Reduction Potentials
Authors: Anthony Meger, Steve Berry, Alessandro Cembran
MSI Principal Investigator: Alessandro Cembran (Biochemistry)
Augmented Biospy Imaging: Machine Learning Analysis of Tumor Milieu for Predicting Tumor Induced Immunosuppression and Developing Personalized Oncolytic Immunotherapies
Author: Akshay Bhardwaj, Noah Seichter, Aaron D'Sa, David Yuen
MSI Principal Investigator: David Yuen (Earth Sciences)
Causal Treatment Effect Estimation With a Modified Bayesian Lasso
Authors: Brandon Koch, Julian Wolfson, David Vock
MSI Principal Investigator: Julian Wolfson (Biostatistics)
Cell Swimming Driven by Cortical Tension Gradients
Authors: Hao Wu, Marco Avila Ponce de Leon, Hans G. Othmer
MSI Principal Investigator: Hans G. Othmer (Mathematics)
Characterization of Protein Kinase A Free Energy Landscape by NMR-Restrained Metadynamics
Authors: Yingjie Wang, Carlo Camilloni, Jonggul Kim, Michele Vendruscolo, Jiali Gao, Gianluigi Veglia
MSI Principal Investigator: Gianluigi Veglia (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics); Jiali Gao (Chemistry)
Computational Modeling of Tubulin-Tubulin Interaction
Authors: Mahya Hemmat, David J. Odde
MSI Principal Investigator: David J. Odde (Biomedical Engineering)
Crystallography and Functional Studies of a Novel Inhibitor of SERCA Targeting Leukemia
Authors: Bengt Svensson, Joseph M. Autry, Chengguo Xing, Razvan L. Cornea, Hideki Aihara, John K. Lee, David D. Thomas.
MSI Principal Investigator: David D. Thomas (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics)
Development and Evaluation of a Galaxy-Based One-Click Multi-Stage Database Searching Pipeline for Proteogenomics Analysis
Authors: Praveen Kumar, Jim Johnson, Pratik Jagtap, Timothy Griffin
MSI Principal Investigator: Timothy Griffin (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics)
Development and Optimization of Anthrax Toxin Lethal Factor Inhibitors via Bioisosteric Replacement and Rational Design
Authors: Connor McDermott, Elizabeth A. Ambrose
MSI Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Ambrose (Medicinal Chemistry)
Differentiated HIV RNA Viral Load Monitoring in Uganda: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Authors: Zhenhuan Zhang, Diana Negoescu, Heiner C. Bucher, Eran Bendavid, Swiss HIV Cohort Study
MSI Principal Investigator: Diana Negoescu (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
EMBALMER Enables Mathematically Optimal Genome Database Search for Big Data
Authors: Gabriel Al-Ghalith
MSI Principal Investigator: Dan Knights (Computer Science, Biotechnology Institute, BICB)
Free Energy Calculations for Microcin J25 Variants Binding to the FhuA Receptor
Authors: Pin-Kuang Lai
MSI Principal Investigator: Yiannis Kaznessis (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)
Implications Of Management Interventions on a Model of Influenza A Virus Persistence Within Swine Breeding Herds
Authors: Lauren A. White, Montserrat Torremorell, Meggan E. Craft
MSI Principal Investigator: Meggan E. Craft (Veterinary Population Medicine)
Estimating Fungal Barcode Variation Using an in Silico Genomics Approach
Authors: Lotus Lofgren, Jessie Uhling, Peter Kennedy
MSI Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Kennedy (Plant and Microbial Biology; Ecology, Evolution and Behavior)
Individualized Tractography-Based Parcellation of the GPI at 7T in PD Patients Prior to DBS Surgery
Authors: Rémi Patriat, Yuval Duchin, Christophe Lenglet, Joshua Aman, Jacob Niederer, Scott Cooper, Jerrold Vitek, Noam Harel
MSI Principal Investigator: Noam Harel (Radiology, CMRR)
Integrative Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Tissue MicroRNA and Microbiome Reveals MicroRNAs as Potential Mediator of Host-Microbiome Interaction
Authors: Ce Yuan, Anne Sarver, Subbaya Subramanian, Ran Blekhman
MSI Principal Investigator: Ran Blekhman (Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development)
Mapping Structural Connectivity of the Infant Thalamus Using High Resolution Diffusion Weighted Imaging
Authors: Brittany R. Howell, Keith Jamison, Martin Styner, Essa Yacoub, Jed Elison
MSI Principal Investigator: Jed Elison (Institute of Child Development)
Meta-Analysis of Causal Effects in Randomized Trials With Noncompliance: Random Effects Models
Authors: Jincheng Zhou, Haitao Chu
MSI Principal Investigator: Haitao Chu (Biostatistics)
Microtubule-Targeting Agents Suppress Stiffness Sensitive Glioma Cell Migration
Authors: Louis S. Prahl, Patrick F. Bangasser, Mahya Hemmat, Steven S. Rosenfeld, David J. Odde
MSI Principal Investigator: David J. Odde (Biomedical Engineering)
Molecular Dynamics Characterization of the Effects of Oxidation on Sulfur-Aromatic Interactions in a Small Peptide
Authors: Bryan Reutzel, Alessandro Cembran
MSI Principal Investigator: Alessandro Cembran (UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Parameterization and Structural Refinement of Dopamine β-hydroxylase
Authors: Alida Besch, Anthony Meger, Alessandro Cembran
MSI Principal Investigator: Alessandro Cembran (UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Pathway-Based Discovery of Genetic Interactions in Breast Cancer
Authors: Wen Wang, Zhiyuan Xu, Michael Costanzo, Charles Boone, Carol A Lange, Chad L. Myers
MSI Principal Investigator: Chad L. Myers (Computer Science and Engineering)
Rational Design of Selective Adenine-Based Scaffolds for Inactivation of Bacterial Histidine Kinases
Authors: Manibarsha Goswami, Erin E. Carlson
MSI Principal Investigator: Erin. E. Carlson (Chemistry)
Reinforcement Learning for Phasic Disruption of Pathological Oscillations in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Logan Grado, Matthew Johnson, Theoden Netoff
MSI Principal Investigator: Theoden Netoff (Biomedical Engineering)
Resting State Synchrony of Reward and Habit Circuitry in Anorexia Nervosa
Authors: Ann F. Haynos, Jazmin Camchong, Leah M. Jappe Hall, Carol B. Peterson, Scott J. Crow, Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Kathryn R. Cullen, Kelvin O. Lim
MSI Principal Investigator: Kelvin Lim (Psychiatry)
Spatially-Resolved Gene Regulation in Wood-Degrading Fungi Highlights Carbohydrate-Selective Machinery in Brown Rot Fungi
Authors: Jiwei Zhang, Kevin Silverstein, Melania Figueroa, Jonathan Schilling
MSI Principal Investigator: Jonathan Schilling (Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering)
Structural Modeling and Bioinformatic Analysis of Dystrophin’s Spectrin Repeat Units
Authors: Sarah Moe, Alessandro Cembran
MSI Principal Investigator: Alessandro Cembran (UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry)
The Effect of Self-Compassion on Neural Activity in Depressed Adolescents During a Neutral Self-Face Recognition Task
Authors: Christine Egan, Na Zhang, Karina Quevedo
MSI Principal Investigator: Karina Quevedo (Psychiatry)
The Effects of Neomycin Treatment on the Cecal Microbiome of Commercial Turkey Poults
Authors: Morrine Omolo, David Baumler, Timothy Johnson
MSI Principal Investigator: Timothy Johnson (Animal Science)
Unbiased Discovery of Exosome-Associated Biomarkers Using Xenograft Models
Authors: Milcah C. Scott, John R. Garbe, Hirotaka Tomiyasu, Jaime F. Modiano
MSI Principal Investigator: Jaime Modiano (Veterinary Clinical Sciences)
Use of Cattle Movement Information to Improve Bovine Tuberculosis Surveillance in the U.S.
Authors: Szu-Yu Zoe Kao, Kimberly VanderWaal, Eva A. Enns, Catalina Picasso, Julio Alvarez, Meggan E. Craft, Scott Wells
MSI Principal Investigator: Scott Wells (Veterinary Population Medicine)
Use of Multiplexed Kinase Biosensor Technology and SWATH-MS for Monitoring Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Signaling
Authors: Tzu-Yi Yang, Laurie Parker
MSI Principal Investigator: Laurie Parker (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics)
Vertical Transmission of Cryptic Alleles in Aspergillus flavus
Authors: Rodrigo Olarte, Kathryn Bushley
MSI Principal Investigator: Kathryn Bushley (Plant and Microbial Biology)