Talk and Poster Awards

 2022 MWZFC Oral Presentation Awards

Best Undergraduate Talk

  • Ebru Ermis, University of Chicago, “A role for the BLT2 Receptor In Macrophage Migration”

Best Graduate Talks

  • Ricardo DeMoya, University of Pittsburgh, “The role of sap130 genes in zebrafish cardiogenesis and regeneration”
  • Julia Peloggio, Stowers Insitute, “A dual Notch code regulates ionocyte adaptive cell invasion of lateral line organs in zebrafish”

Best Postdoctoral Talk

  • Dana Shaw, Washington University in St Louis, “An intricate immune balance necessary for natural spinal cord regeneration”

2022 MWZFC Poster Presentation Awards

Best Undergraduate Posters

  • Allison Gatz, University of Notre Dame, “Estrogen Signaling Identified as a Novel Regulator of Nephrogenesis”
  • Deep Patel, University of Kentucky, “The Function of Tfap2 in the Development of the Anterior Segment”

Best Graduate Posters

  • Tyler Pikes, Purdue University, “MicroRNA-31 Regulates Neutrophil Migration and Activation”
  • Alexandra Schmidt, West Virginia University, “Transcriptional control of pretectal neural circuit development by GS homeobox 1”
  • Daniel Zuppo, University of Pittsburgh, “foxm1 is required for cardiomyocyte proliferation after adult zebrafish cardiac injury”

Best Postdoctoral Posters

  • Vishnu Muraleedharan Sarawathy, Washington University School of Medicine, “Single-cell atlas of the regenerating spinal cord in adult zebrafish”
  • Ankit Sabharwal, Mayo Clinic, “The FusX TALE Base Editor (FusXTBE) for rapid mitochondrial DNA programming of zebrafish disease models in vivo”