Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

2024 Winners: 12th Annual San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum

Keynote Speaker

Jennifer M. Heemstra, PhD
Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
Washington University, St Louis
Co-Founder, #MentorFirst

"Leadership: How To Be Great At The Job That You (Likely) Weren’t Trained For"

 

UT Health San Antonio

Rosemary Soeun Lee, PhD
Mentor: Anna Malkova, PhD
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
1st place: NEW SEPARATION-OF-FUNCTION OF MUTATIONS OF PIF1 IN YEAST

Michael Wedemeyer, PhD
Mentors: William P. Clarke, PhD and Kelly A. Berg, PhD 
Department: Biochemistry 
2nd place: LONG-TERM KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR INHIBITION BY NORBINALTORPHIMINE AND 14-3-3γ 

Sijia He, PhD
Mentor: Xianlin Han, PhD
Department: Medicine
3rd place: SINGLE-NUCLEUS TRANSCRIPTOMICS ANALYSIS REVEALS MYELIN LIPID DISRUPTION-ASSOCIATED CELL POPULATION AND CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION ALTERATIONS

Lindsey K. Galbo-Thomma, PhD
Mentor: Charles France, PhD
Department: Pharmacology
Best Oral Presentation: CHARACTERIZING A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY FOR THE REVERSAL AND PREVENTION OF FENTANYL-INDUCED HYPOVENTILATION IN RHESUS MONKEYS

Joy Zeynoun, MD
Mentor: Sudha Seshadri, MD, DM
Department: Neurology
Best Data Blitz Presentation: THE IMPACT OF BDNF ON THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SLEEP TIME AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION

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