NEI Poster Day Participants. Kneeling: Dr. Cesar Perez-Gonzalez. First row (left to right): Michael Ayele, Alejandro Morales Martinez, Kaifa Boyce, Michelle Yuen, Sarah Chwiki, Sushanki Chaudhary, Yizhen Zhang, Amanda Ray, Modupe Adetunji, Sonali Srivastava, Christina Stevens, Libby Fairless, Ann-Gelle Carter, Brina Olunkwa, Jordan Abram. Back row: Yash Bisen, Siqi Chen, Jerry Mi, Joseph Aderemi, Phillip Cai, David Noursi, Jose Salazar, Tim Quinn, David Fernandez-Fidalgo, Stephan Baehr, Eric Kudiwu, Anu Goel, Darnell Robin.
The NIH Summer Poster Day provides an opportunity for summer interns to share their accomplishments with the NIH community as well as family and friends. The following thirty students from the NEI presented their research at the event:
Jordan Abram
DIVRO
Impact of Total Fluid Intake on Physiological Parameters in the Rhesus Monkey
(Macaca mulatta)
Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine (Alabama)
Dr. James Raber, Dr. Arthur MacLarty, Mr. David Mallon, Ms. Johnetta Gray, Preceptors
Joseph Aderemi
NIH Undergraduate Scholars Program
Effect of Topical Administration of Nitisinone and Latanoprost in a Mouse Model of Oculocutaneous Albinism
City University of New York - Lehman College (New York)
Dr. Felix Onojafe, Dr. Brian Brooks, Preceptors
Modupe Adetunji
DIVRO
Effect of Platelet-derived Growth Factors on Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival
Princeton University (New Jersey)
Dr. Shokichi Takahama, Dr. Stanislav Tomarev, Preceptors
Michael Ayele
Secretome Analysis of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Culture
Brown University (Rhode Island)
Dr. T. Michael Redmond, Mr. Todd Duncan, Dr. William Samuel, Dr. Krishnan Kutty, Preceptors
Stephan Baehr
Phenotyping Transgenic Mouse Models to Study Retinal Degeneration
University of Utah (Utah)
Mr. Keshav Kooragayala, Dr. Tiziana Cogliati, Dr. Anand Swaroop, Preceptors
Yash Bisen
The Effects of IFN-beta on CD4 T Cell Response During EAU
Mission San Jose High School (California)
Dr. Sophia Jeon, Dr. Yingyos Jittayasothorn, Dr. Rachel Caspi, Preceptors
Kaifa Boyce
DIVRO
Temporal Variation in Gene Expression in Cultured Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
University of Maryland (Maryland)
Dr. Krishnan Kutty, Dr. William Samuel, Dr. Michael Redmond, Preceptors
Phillip Cai
The Klotho Related KLPH/Lctl is Highly Expressed in Lens Epithelium and is Required for Expression of Clic5 and Normal Suture Formation
Emory University (Georgia)
Dr. Jianguo Fan, Dr. Graeme Wistow, Preceptors
Lydia Carroll
Control of Covert Visual Attention by the Superior Colliculus
Johns Hopkins University (Maryland)
Dr. James Herman, Dr. Richard Krauzlis, Preceptors
Ann-Gelle Carter
DIVRO
Exploring Retinal Degeneration
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (Illinois)
Dr. Chongfei Jin, Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik, Preceptors
Siqi Chen
M1/M2 Macrophages, but not Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells, Constitutively Release IL-18 Binding Protein
Johns Hopkins University (Maryland)
Dr. Igal Gery, Dr. Guangpu Shi, Preceptors
Sarah Chwiki
Relocalization of PGP after Treatment with Doxorubicin in Breast Carcinoma Cell Lines
University of Virginia (Virginia)
Dr. Mones Abu-Asab, Preceptor
Elizabeth Fairless
DIVRO
Study of Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C (Mef2c) in Photoreceptor Development through Conditional Knockout
Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)
Dr. Tiziana Cogliati, Dr. Anand Swaroop, Ms. Kristen Mollura, Preceptors
Anurag Goel
Multi-electrode Array Recordings of Ground Squirrel Retinal Ganglion Cells
Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri)
Dr. Wei Li, Preceptor
Eric Kudiwu
DIVRO
Characterization of Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis (EAU) in STAT6-deficient Mice
Georgetown Preparatory school (Maryland)
Dr. Charles Egwuagu, Mr. Rashid Mahdi, Dr. ChengRong Yu, Preceptors
Adrianna Lee
Peripheral CD14++CD16+ Monocytes are Depressed in Active Autoimmune Uveitis in Returning Patients Analyzed at Different Stages
Rice University (Texas)
Dr. Baoying Liu, Dr. Robert Nussenblatt, Preceptors
Jerry Mi
Genomic Variant Analyses in eyeGENE Patients with Inherited Retinal Disease
Thomas S. Wootton High School (Maryland)
Dr. Xinjing Wang, Mr. Keith Wetherby, Preceptors
Alejandro Morales Martinez
DIVRO
Identification of a Specific Set of Membrane Biomarkers for the Purification of Retinal Pigment Epithelium from Differentiated Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
University of Maryland College Park (Maryland)
Dr. Kapil Bharti, Preceptor
Brina Olunkwa
DIVRO
Testing FOXE3 Regulation of Crystallin Gene Expression in Human Lens Epithelial Cells
SRiverdale Baptist School (Maryland)
Dr. Zhiwei Ma, Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik, Preceptors
Nadia Parmhans
Morphological Analysis of cRet positive Retinal Ganglion Cells and Horizontal Cells Using Sparse Recombination
Montgomery College (Maryland)
Dr. Tudor Badea, Preceptor
Timothy Quinn
Effect of HDACi Givinostat on the Expression of Immune Markers Related to Ocular Inflammation
Wayne State University School of Medicine (Michigan)
Dr. Baoying Liu, Dr. Robert Nussenblatt, Preceptors
Amanda Ray
NIH Community College Summer Enrichment Program
The in vivo Effect of RPE65 Mutation P25L on Visual Function in Transgenic Mice
Hagerstown Community College (Maryland)
Dr. Yan Li, Mr. Todd Duncan, Dr. Michael Redmond, Preceptors
Darnell Robin
DIVRO
Detection of Interphotoreceptor Retinoid Binding Protein (IRBP) T Cell-specific Cells and Plasma Cells in Retina and Lymphoid Tissue of Mice with Spontaneous Uveitis
Oakwood University (Alabama)
Dr. Jennifer Kielczewski, Mr. Rafael Villasmil, Dr. Rachel Caspi, Preceptors
Jose Salazar
DIVRO
Biomarker Extraction from Cladogram Analysis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts)
Dr. Mones Abu-Asab, Preceptor
Hyun Jae Seo
Characterization of Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis (EAU) in Mice with Over-expression of S100B in the Retina
Amherst College (Massachusetts)
Mr. Rashid Mahdi, Dr. ChengRong Yu, Dr. Charles Egwuagu, Preceptors
Sonali Srivastava
Non-Redundant Roles of IL17A and IL17F in Ocular Mucosal Tissue
Brookfield East High School (Wisconsin)
Dr. Anthony St. Leger, Dr. Rachel Caspi, Preceptors
Christina Stevens
Building Up Stem Cell Models For a Mammalian Hibernator
Holton Arms School (Maryland)
Dr. Wei Li, Dr. Jingxing Ou, Preceptors
Kurtis Swartz
Light Evoked Responses from Ensembles of Ganglion Cells in Mouse Retina
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
Ms. Huayu Ding, Dr. Wei Li, Dr. Jeffery Diamond, Preceptors
Alexis Warren
Advances in the Treatment of Non-Infectious Uveitis, BOOTS Clinical Trial
University of Kansas Medical School (Kansas)
Dr. William Tucker, Dr. Baoying Liu, Dr. Robert Nussenblatt, Preceptors
Yizhen Zhang
Using Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy to Reconstruct the Outer Retina Circuits
Richard Montgomery High School (Maryland)
Dr. Wei Li, Dr. John Ball, Preceptors
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