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”