
2020 UMass Medical School Research Retreat
25th Annual UMMS Research Retreat
Monday, October 26, 2020 - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Virtual event
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science thank you for a great 25th Annual University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) Research Retreat! The research retreat highlights the medical school's vibrant scientific environment and ongoing research. This website features a collection of selected posters and presentations contributed by UMMS researchers.
Questions? Contact Heather Smith at Heather.Smith2@umassmed.edu.
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Monday, October 26th | ||
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9:00 AM |
Agenda: 2020 University of Massachusetts Medical School Research Retreat UMMS Research Retreat 9:00 AM Agenda for the 2020 virtual University of Massachusetts Medical School Research Retreat. |
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9:00 AM |
Terence R. Flotte, University of Massachusetts Medical School 9:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks by: Dr. Terence R. Flotte, Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education; Dean, Provost and Executive Deputy Chancellor and Chief Research Officer Dr. Michael F. Collins, Chancellor and Professor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and Medicine; Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, Professor, Molecular Medicine, Pediatrics, and Medicine; Director, UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science; Vice Provost, Clinical and Translational Research |
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9:20 AM |
Roger J. Davis, University of Massachusetts Medical School 9:20 AM Moderator: Dr. Roger Davis, Chair and Professor in Molecular Medicine Presenters: Dr. TengTing (Elaine) Lim, Assistant Professor, Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology and Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology: “Multiplexing and demultiplexing with cerebral organoids for neurological diseases” Dr. William Flavahan, Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology: “Insulator dysfunction and epigenetic alterations as tumor drivers" Dr. Marcus Ruscetti, Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology: "Harnessing cellular senescence for cancer immunotherapy” |
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10:40 AM |
Albertha J. M. Walhout, University of Massachusetts Medical School 10:40 AM Moderator: Dr. Marian Walhout, Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine and Co-Director, Program in Systems Biology Presenters: Dr. Travis Thomson, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology: “All hail our viral overloads - Traversing synaptic plasticity with transposons” Dr. Rigel Chan, Assistant Professor, Neurology: “Multiplex pooled in-vitro modeling for genetic studies” Dr. Milena Bogunovic, Associate Professor, Pathology: “Heterogeneity and function of intestinal macrophages" |
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1:00 PM |
Poster Sessions: 2020 University of Massachusetts Medical School Research Retreat UMMS Research Retreat 1:00 PM List of poster session presentations for the 2020 virtual University of Massachusetts Medical School Research Retreat. |
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1:00 PM |
UMMS Research Retreat 1:00 PM Virtual Poster Session #1 (see Poster Session agenda for presenter details) for the University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 25th Annual Research Retreat, held online on October 26-27, 2020. Full-text posters made available by presenters in this session: Poster 12: "Supporting Family Members of Youth in Mental Health Crisis," Joshua Feriante, Maite Cintron, Ariella Shayani, Brian Denietolis, Emily Lauer, David M. Cochran, Yael Dvir, and Emily Rubin Poster 22: "Transcriptome-wide investigation of stop codon readthrough in Saccharomyces cerevisiae," Kotchaphorn Mangkalaphiban, Feng He, Robin Ganesan, Chan Wu, Richard E. Baker, and Allan S. Jacobson |
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2:05 PM |
Kendall L. Knight, University of Massachusetts Medical School 2:05 PM Moderator: Dr. Kendall L. Knight, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Presenters: Maureen Hester, Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology (Stu Levitz lab): “Antigen specificity and cross reactivity in vaccine-mediated protection against cryptococcosis” Xue Li, Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology (Elinor Karlsson lab): “Investigating the genetics of social behavior in wolf-dog hybrids” Nicholas Rice, Program in Molecular Medicine (Bill Theurkauf lab): “Heat stress disrupts piRNA biogenesis machinery” |
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3:10 PM |
Mary Ellen Lane, University of Massachusetts Medical School 3:10 PM Moderator: Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professor, Neurobiology Presenters: Sneha Shah, Program in Molecular Medicine (Joel Richter lab): “FMRP loss alters the epigenetic landscape and alternative splicing of mRNAs in Fragile X Syndrome” Emmanouela Tsagkaraki, Program in Molecular Medicine (Mike Czech lab): “CRISPR RNP-enhanced adipocyte 'browning' as cell therapy for metabolic disease” Khursheed Wani, Laboratory of Comparative Immunology (Javier Irazoqui lab): “NHR-49/PAARα and HLH-30/TFEB cooperate for C. elegans host defense via a flavin-containing monooxygenase“ |
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4:30 PM |
UMMS Research Retreat 4:30 PM Virtual Poster Session #2 (see Poster Session agenda for presenter details) for the University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 25th Annual Research Retreat, held online on October 26-27, 2020. Full-text posters made available by presenters in this session: Poster 27: "Frailty Index Scores are Stronger Predictors of Complications in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction than BMI, Age, and ASA Class: A Retrospective Analysis on the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2010 - 2018," Alex Joo and Giorgio Giatsidis Poster 29: "A ThinPrep Cytopathology of Cutaneous Meningioma with Histologic Correlation," Ahmed M. Alhusseiny and Rukmini M. Kashikar Poster 35: "Targeted multielectrode tDCS increases functional connectivity within the arcuate fasciculus network: An exploratory study and analysis," Karl D. Lerud, Anant B. Shinde, Axel Thielscher, David A. Ross, and Gottfried Schlaug Poster 42: "Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Post-stroke Motor Recovery - a Phase II Study (TRANSPORT2)," Muhammed E. Gunduz, Anant B. Shinde, Karl D. Lerud, Wayne Feng, and Gottfried Schlaug Poster 49: "PAD2 Dysregulation and Abnormal Protein Citrullination in ALS Disease Models," Issa Yusuf, Tao Qiao, Ronak Tilvawala, Paul R. Thompson, and Zuoshang Xu |
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5:30 PM |
UMMS Research Retreat 5:30 PM Virtual Poster Session #3 (see Poster Session agenda for presenter details) for the University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 25th Annual Research Retreat, held online on October 26-27, 2020. Full-text posters made available by presenters in this session: Poster 75: "PFN1 phosphorylation marks protein aggregation and white matter pathology in ALS," Sepideh Parsi, Tao Qiao, Lyle Wilfred Ostrow, Marco B. Rust, and Zuoshang Xu |
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Tuesday, October 27th | ||
8:45 AM |
Presentation: The Dan Mullen Awards for Best Posters Kendall L. Knight, University of Massachusetts Medical School 8:45 AM The Dan Mullen Poster Awards to best graduate student posters at the research retreat, presented by: Dr. Kendall L. Knight, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 2020 Dan Mullen Poster Award winners: Emily Agnello (Brian Kelch lab) – “Investigating the Self Assembly and Structural Features of a Thermophilic Bacteriophage” Hao-Ching Jiang (Paul Greer lab) – “Analyzing the Role of MS4A1 in Olfaction” Christine Carbone (Andrei Korostelev lab) – “Time-resolved Cryo-EM Visualizes Ribosomal Translocation with EF-G and GTP” Naema Nayyar (Michael Brehm lab) – “Intracranial Responses to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Pre-clinical Models of Melanoma Brain Metastasis” |
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9:00 AM |
Beth A. McCormick, University of Massachusetts Medical School 9:00 AM Moderator: Dr. Beth McCormick, Vice Chair and Professor, Microbiology and Physiological Systems Presenters: Dr. Hyun Youk, Associate Professor, Program in Systems Biology: “Quantitative approach to understanding autonomous and collective deaths of microbial and mammalian cells” Dr. Vanni Bucci, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Physiological Systems: “Machine learning to decouple associations between microbiome, host immunology and clinical outcome” Dr. James Munro, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Physiological Systems: “Single-molecule analysis of HIV-1 genomic RNA conformation and dynamics” Dr. Elizabeth Shank, Associate Professor, Program in Systems Biology and Microbiology and Physiological Systems: "Metabolic interactions in microbial communities" |
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10:45 AM |
Michael R. Green, University of Massachusetts Medical School 10:45 AM Moderator: Dr. Michael Green, Chair and Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology Presenters: Dr. Johanna Seddon, Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences: “Macular Degeneration epidemiology: nature-nurture, lifestyle factors, genetic risk, and gene-environment interactions: clues to therapies” Dr. Sohye Kim, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry: “Neural markers of social engagement in the first year of life” Dr. Andres Colubri, Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Physiological Systems: "ORAN: A meta-modeling platform to drive real-life and online outbreak simulations" |
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11:50 AM |
Thoru Pederson, University of Massachusetts Medical School 11:50 AM Moderator: Dr. Thoru Pederson, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Associate Vice Provost for Research Presenters: Dr. Robert Finberg, Chair and Professor, Medicine: “SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza-What's the difference and why do I care?" Dr. Celia Schiffer, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology: "Structural insights to antivirals against SARS-CoV-2” Dr. Anastasia Khvorova, Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute: “Developing RNAi-based therapeutics for COVID-19 in five months” |
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12:55 PM |
Terence R. Flotte, University of Massachusetts Medical School 12:55 PM Closing Remarks by: Dr. Terence R. Flotte, Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education; Dean, Provost and Executive Deputy Chancellor and Chief Research Officer |