2021 Winners: 9th Annual San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum
Keynote Speaker
Bruce H. Mandt, PhD
Assistant Dean, Graduate School
Director, Postdoctoral Office
Director, Career Development Office
University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado
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UT Health San Antonio
Anna Korchagina, PhD
Mentor: Alexei A Tumanov, MD, PhD
Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
1st place: Ltβr Signaling Promotes Innate Lymphoid Cell-Driven Intestinal Pathology in Campylobacter Jejuni Infection
Sakie Katsumura, DDS, PhD
Mentor: Masahiro Morita, PhD
Department: Molecular Medicine
2nd place: Inter-Organ Communication Regulated by MRNA Degradation
Benjamin T Enslow, PhD
Mentor: Elizabeth A Leadbetter, PhD
Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
3rd place: Inkt Cells Facilitate T-Bet+ B Cell Expansion In Adipose Tissue, But Not In Liver Or Omentum, During Obesity
Erin Wood, PhD
Mentor: Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, PhD
Department: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Oral Presentation Recognition: The Effect of Stress Exposure on Impulsivity and Sensation Seeking: Developmental Trajectories Across Adolescence
University of Texas at San Antonio
Althea Campuzano, PhD
Mentor: Chiung-Yu Hung, PhD
Department: Biology
1st place: Human T Cell Responses to A Subunit Vaccine Against Coccidioidomycosis
Lisa Shepard, PhD
Mentor: Angela Speck, PhD
Department: Physics & Astronomy
2nd place: Circumstellar Dust Around Oxygen-Rich Mira Variables with Maser Emission
Alexis Blessing, PhD
Mentor: Sandra Morissette, PhD
Department: Psychology
3rd place: The Influence of Cannabis Use Disorder and Co-Morbid Mental Health Problems on NSSI in College Students
Nicolas Muzzio, PhD
Mentor: Gabriela Romero, PhD
Department: Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
Best Oral Presentation: Wireless Localized Electrical Stimulation of Neurons Using Edot-Pyrrole Nanoparticles
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
Robert Moritz, PhD
Mentor: Robert J Christy, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care Research Team
1st place: Extending Safe Tourniquet Time
Michael E. Whitely, PhD
Mentor: Robert J Christy, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care Research Team
2nd place: Evaluation Of A Biofilm Disrupting Wound Lavage In Combination With Local Antibiotic Treatment In A Model Of Infected Open Fracture
Marc Thompson, PhD
Mentor: Robert J Christy, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care Research Team
3rd place: Secretome-Loaded Plasma-Alginate Composite Gels Modulate the Inflammatory Response In Vitro
Michael E. Whitely, PhD
Mentor: Robert J Christy, PhD
Department: Combat Wound Care Research Team
Oral Presentation Recognition: Evaluation Of A Biofilm Disrupting Wound Lavage In Combination With Local Antibiotic Treatment In A Model Of Infected Open Fracture
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Alexana Hickmott, PhD
Mentor: Corinna Ross, PhD
Department: Public Health
1st place: Two Measures of Fecal Glucocorticoids and Their Relationship To Social Group Size and Composition in Bonobos
Marco Ferrari, PhD
Mentor: Timothy JC Anderson, PhD
Department: Disease Intervention & Prevention
2nd place: Antimalarial Resistance Mutations Carrying No Fitness Costs
Bindu Singh, PhD
Mentor: Smriti Mehra, PhD
Department: Southwest National Primate Research Center
3rd place: Role Of Ido-Signaling Blockade in Reactivation of Tb in Latent Rhesus Macaques Co-Infected with Siv
Bindu Singh, PhD
Mentor: Smriti Mehra, PhD
Department: Southwest National Primate Research Center
Oral Presentation Recognition: Role Of Ido-Signaling Blockade in Reactivation of Tb in Latent Rhesus Macaques Co-Infected with Siv