Congratulations to the poster award winners: Emma Schatoff, Pragya Shah, Jennie Sims and Chuang Tan!
Email etm54@cornell.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
FACULTY SPEAKERS
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Carrie Adler | Tissue injury regulates stem cell death after radiation |
| Assistant Professor | ||
| Molecular Medicine | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Kristy A. Brown | Obesity and breast cancer: can the local microenvironment drive DNA damage and tumor development? |
| Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in Medicine | ||
| Medicine | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Josh Chappie | Structural characterization of OLD family nucleases: repurposing DNA repair domains for viral defense |
| Assistant Professor | ||
| Molecular Medicine | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Sandra Demaria | Insights into DNA damage response pathways that regulate the immunogenicity of radiotherapy |
| Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pathology | ||
| Radiation Oncology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Claudia Fischbach | Engineering approaches to study the effect of tumor-microenvironment interactions on tumor heterogeneity |
| Professor, Director | ||
| Nancy E. and Peter C. Meining School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell Center on the Physics of Cancer Metabolism | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Jeannine Gerhardt | Reprogramming of the DNA replication to pluripotency |
| Assistant Professor | ||
| Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Marcin Imielinski | Patterns of complex structural variation across thousands of cancer genome graphs |
| Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Assistant Professor of Computational Genomics | ||
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Ailong Ke | Mechanism and potential applications of Type I CRISPR-Cas |
| Professor | ||
| Molecular Biology and Genetics | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Amnon Koren | The genetic architecture of human DNA replication timing |
| Assistant Professor | ||
| Molecular Biology and Genetics | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Jan Lammerding | The effect of confined migration on nuclear structure, organization and genomic stability |
| Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies | ||
| Meining School of Biomedical Engineering, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Neal F. Lue | The roles of DNA repair proteins in telomere maintenance: from corn smut to neuroblastoma |
| Professor of Microbiology and Immunology | ||
| Microbiology and Immunology | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Joseph Peters | Variant CRISPR/Cas-enabled transposition systems in natural and programed genome modification |
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| Microbiology | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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John Schimenti | DNA damage-driven inflammation and sex bias during development |
| James Law Professor of Genetics, Director Center for Vertebrate Genomics | ||
| College of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Marcus Smolka | Exploring signaling networks for novel DNA repair regulatory mechanisms |
| Associate Professor | ||
| Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Jessica Tyler | The interplay between chromatin assembly / disassembly and DNA double-strand break repair |
| Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Michelle Wang | Molecular highways – navigating consequences of DNA motor proteins |
| Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator | ||
| Physics | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Robert Weiss | Genome maintenance by the 9-1-1 DNA damage response complex |
| Professor, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education | ||
| Biomedical Sciences | ||
| Cornell University |
TRAINEE SPEAKERS
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Myfanwy Adams | Uncovering the mechanistic components of phage exclusion |
| Graduate Student, Josh Chappie Lab | ||
| Microbiology | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Priya Bhardwaj | The effect of obesity on DNA damage and repair in BRCA mutant breast epithelial cells |
| Graduate Student, Kristy Brown Lab | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Bo-Ruei Chen | Identification of novel genetic pathways regulating DNA end resection at DNA double strand breaks |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Barry Sleckman Lab | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Aditya Deshpande | Sensitive detection of copy number alterations and replication waves in noisy cancer genome data |
| Graduate Student, Marcin Imielinski Lab | ||
| Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Computational Biology and Medicine | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Stephen Gray | The meiotic crossover complex is required for ubiquitin driven progression through prophase I |
| Research Associate, Paula Cohen Lab | ||
| Biomedical Sciences | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Michael Petassi | Tn7 inserts into horizontally transmitted DNA by selectively interacting with discontinuous replication structures |
| Graduate Student, Joe Peters Lab | ||
| Microbiology | ||
| Cornell University | ||
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Emma Schatoff | Distinct CRC-associated Apc mutations dictate response to Tankyrase inhibition |
| Graduate Student, Lukas Dow Lab | ||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | ||
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Pragya Shah | Squish and squeeze: confined cancer cell migration and its impact on DNA damage |
| Graduate Student, Jan Lammerding Lab | ||
| Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Cornell University | ||
POSTER PRESENTERS
| Myfanwy Adams | Uncovering the mechanistic components of phage exclusion | Wilfred Leung | Role of SETD2 in lymphomagenesis and B-cell development | |
| Graduate Student, Josh Chappie Lab | Graduate Student, Kristy Richards Lab / Ari Melnick Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Rhiannon Aguilar | Amanda Loehr | Understanding the unique chemosensitivity of testicular germ cell tumors | ||
| Graduate Student, Jess Tyler Lab | Graduate Student, Bob Weiss Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Priya Bhardwaj | The effect of obesity on DNA damage and repair in BRCA mutant breast epithelial cells | Beata Mackenroth | Chromatin modifiers alter recombination between divergent DNA sequences | |
| Graduate Student, Kristy Brown Lab | Graduate Student, Eric Alani Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Yike Bing | Use of novel DNA damage response inhibitors to overcome chemoresistance in feline solid tumors | Shannon Marshall | Dissecting ATM and DNA-PK action in response to double strand breaks | |
| Oncology Resident, Kelly Hume Lab | Graduate Student, Marcus Smolka Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Cornell University | |||
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| Jordana Bloom | Measuring mutation accumulation in germ cells deficient for genome maintenance pathways | Dashiell Massey | High-throughput profiling of DNA replication timing in single human cells | |
| Graduate Student, John Schimenti Lab | Graduate Student, Amnon Koren Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Cornell University | |||
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| Alexa Bracci | A comparative analysis of DNA replication timing in humans and chimpanzees | Bikash Mishra | ||
| Graduate Student, Amnon Koren Lab | Graduate Student, Barry Sleckman Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Ujani Chakraborty | Investigating the roles of nucleosome assembly on ssDNA during homologous recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Gianno Pannafino | Mutations in yeast and mouse Mlh1-Mlh3 that correspond to human infertility-associated SNPs confer meiotic defects | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Jess Tyler Lab | Graduate Student, Eric Alani Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Maud Charpentier | Regulation of cytosolic DNA by radiotherapy in breast cancer cells | Jeff Pea | Recruitment of structure specific endonucleases (SSEs) for mediating crossover formation in mammalian meiosis | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Sandra Demaria Lab | Graduate Student, Paula Cohen Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Bo-Ruei Chen | Identification of novel genetic pathways regulating DNA end resection at DNA double strand breaks | Catalina Pereira | 9-1-1 DNA damage response clamp subunit RAD9A promotes checkpoint signaling to maintain genome stability | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Barry Sleckman Lab | Graduate Student, Bob Weiss Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Chun-Chin Chen | Identification of SERCA2 calcium transporter as a novel regulator of V(D)J recombination in B cells | Mike Petassi | Tn7 inserts into horizontally transmitted DNA by selectively interacting with discontinuous replication structures | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Barry Sleckman Lab | Graduate Student, Joe Peters Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Zulong Chen | An epigenetic pathway regulates transcriptional shut-off and recovery during DSB repair | Samantha Regan | ||
| Postdoctoral Associate, Jess Tyler Lab | Graduate Student, Jess Tyler Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Alberto Correa III | Structure function analysis of TnsE: a protein responsible for directing Tn7 transposition into lagging strand DNA replication | Ethan Sanford | A role for Dpb11 in homologous recombination | |
| Graduate Student, Joe Peters Lab | Graduate Student, Marcus Smolka Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Cornell University | |||
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| Aditya Deshpande | Sensitive detection of copy number alterations and replication waves in noisy cancer genome data | Emma Schatoff | Distinct CRC-associated Apc mutations dictate response to Tankyrase inhibition | |
| Graduate Student, Marcin Imielinski Lab | Graduate Student, Lukas Dow Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Madhura Deshpande | Revealing replication defects in BRCA cells: an approach to cancer prevention | Pragya Shah | Squish and squeeze: confined cancer cell migration and its impact on DNA damage | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Jeannine Gerhardt Lab | Graduate Student, Jan Lammerding Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Cornell University | |||
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| Diego Dibitetto | Control of DNA end resection via ATR signaling | Zih-Jie Shen | Novel role for histone variant H3.3 in regulating DNA end processing | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Marcus Smolka Lab | Postdoctoral Associate, Jess Tyler Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Xinbao Ding | Identification of human infertility alleles in an ESC differentiation system | Jennie Sims | Pro- and Anti- recombination functions of TOPBP1 shape genome stability in S-phase | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, John Schimenti Lab | Graduate Student, Marcus Smolka Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Cornell University | |||
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| Faith Fowler | Assembly of nucleosomes onto single-stranded DNA occurs during homologous recombination and is required for DNA repair | Sheila Spada | Characterization of the immunostimulatory DNA cargo of exosomes produced by irradiated cancer cells | |
| Graduate Student, Jess Tyler Lab | Postdoctoral Associate, Sandra Demaria Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Christopher Furman | Intrinsically disordered regions promote facilitated diffusion of mismatch repair factors on chromatin | Chuang Tan | Transcription factor regulation of RNA polymerase’s torque generation capacity | |
| Graduate Student, Eric Alani Lab | Postdoctoral Associate, Michelle Wang Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Cornell University | |||
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| Stephen Gray | The meiotic crossover complex is required for ubiquitin driven progression through prophase I | Ann Tate | The transcription regulation and gene expression facility | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Paula Cohen Lab | Project Manager, TREX | |||
| Cornell University | Cornell University | |||
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| Matthew Guo | Multiple mammalian 9-1-1 DNA damage response complexes are important for meiotic chromosome maintenance | Yinan Wang | A genetic screen for novel regulators of the IRE1a/XBP1 pathway in the unfolded protein response | |
| Undergraduate, Bob Weiss Lab | Postdoctoral Associate, Barry Sleckman Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Kevin Hadi | Complex rearrangement patterns in cancer genomes | David Wilkes | A germline FANCA alteration that is associated with increased sensitivity to DNA damaging agents | |
| Graduate Student, Marcin Imielinski Lab | Research Scientist, Oliver Elemento Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Kathleen Hefferon | A novel way to genome edit plant-made vaccines against important vaccine variants | Xiaotong Yao | Interactive visualization of rearranged genomes | |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Esther Angert Lab | Graduate Student, Marcin Imielinski Lab | |||
| Cornell University | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Helen Hoxie | Giulia Zago | RAG1 is regulated by the H3K4me3 reader Spindlin1 in developing lymphocytes | ||
| Graduate Student, Jess Tyler Lab | Postdoctoral Associate, Barry Sleckman Lab | |||
| Weill Cornell Medicine | Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
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| Michelle Hulke | Germline structural variations are preferential sites of DNA replication timing plasticity during development | |||
| Graduate Student, Amnon Koren Lab | ||||
| Cornell University |
POSTER JUDGES: Carrie Adler, Kristy Brown, Josh Chappie, Jeanine Gerhardt, Amnon Koren, Neal Lue