March 2, 2007

2007 Celebration of Science
posters of distinction

Genetics/Genomics
Gene-body specific methylation on the active X chromosome
Asaf Hellman, PhD, Medicine

Cloning and characterization of FANCI, a novel component of the Fanconi anemia pathway
Agata Smogorzewska, MD, PhD, Pathology

Contribution of antigen processing to the immunodominance of an HLA-A3-restricted HIV epitope
Vanessa Wheeler, PhD, Center for Human Genetic Research

Neurosciences
Compounds that modulate STHdhQ111 striatal cell ATP levels implicate oxidative stress early in Huntington's disease
Elissa Fossale, MSc, Molecular Neurogenetics

Other basic research
A microfluidic device for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting of HIV-infected subjects
Xuanhong Cheng, PhD, Surgery

Recovery of warm ischemic liver grafts by normothermic perfusion
Herman Tolboom, MD, Surgery

Technology
The cortical signature of Alzheimer's disease: Reliable detection of regionally specific thinning of association areas that relates to symptom severity
Akram Bakkour, Neurology

Microchip-based isolation of rare circulating epithelial cells in patients with metastatic cancer
Sunitha Nagrath, PhD, Surgery

Utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance to predict left ventricular recovery after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Michael Shapiro, DO, Radiology

Translational
Donor-specific unresponsiveness develops following loss of chimerism in recipients of haploidentical combined bone marrow/kidney transplantation but not in recipients of bone marrow transplant alone
Giovanna Andreola, MD, Transplantation Biology Research Center

Quantitative evaluation of normobaric oxygen therapy in acute stroke using MRI-based statistical modeling
Ona Wu, PhD, Martinos Center/Radiology