1) Krystal & Pat
1) Trustee Krystal Lovejoy (L) and Secretary Pat Glazebrook enjoy the reception in the lobby of Case Western Reserve University’s Wolstein Building.
2) Jay judging poster
2) MSNO Past-President Jay Mansbach speaks with Steve Fiester while judging his poster.
3) Yu Cheng showing poster
3) Case student Yu Cheng (center) discusses her poster with guests.
4) Julie Wolfram shows poster to Jim
4) Julie Wolfram talks with President-elect Jim Jamison about implications of the c-myc gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
5) Alex Huang speaking II
5) Guest speaker Alex Huang of Case introduces his research on “New Insights into Regulating Cellular Cooperation and Immunity Generation as Revealed by Intravital Two-photon Microscopy”.
6) Vicky giving Alex mug
6) MSNO President Vicky Bryg thanks Dr. Huang for his excellent talk and presents him with an MSNO mug.
7) Vicky with students
7) MSNO President Vicky Bryg (far left) poses with the student poster winners. Left to right, Steve Fiester, Nataliya Pyatka, Deb Barkauskas, Yu Cheng and Julie Wolfram.
8) Jay getting mug as Past Pres
8) Past-President Jay Mansbach receives an MSNO mug from President Vicky Bryg as a thank-you for overseeing the society last year.
9) Deb Barkauskas with poster II
9) Deb Barkauskas, graduate student from Case, poses with her poster entitled “The Role of Antigen-Presenting Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis”. Ms. Barkauskas received 2nd place in the graduate biological poster division.
10) Nataliya Pyatka with poster + award
10) Nataliya Pyatka, undergraduate student from Case, stands next to her poster on the “Cell Cycle Effects of Simultaneous Treatment with U0126 MEK Inhibitor and Nocodazole”. Ms. Pyatka won 1st place for best undergraduate biological poster.
11) Julie Wolfram with poster + award
11) Julie Wolfram, graduate student from Case, shows off her poster “C-myc in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”. Ms. Wolfram won 1st place in the graduate biological poster division.
12) Steve Fiester and poster
12) Steve Fiester, graduate student from Kent State University, poses next to his poster on “Detection of Pathogens Using a Liquid Crystalline Phase of Chitin”. Mr. Fiester received 2nd place in the graduate physical poster division.
13) Yu Cheng with poster
13) Yu Cheng, graduate student from Case, stands with her poster discussing “Gold Nanoparticles for PDT Drug Delivery”. Ms. Cheng won 1st place in the graduate physical poster division.
14) Deb Barkauskas and Yu Cheng
14) Friends Yu Cheng (L) and Deb Barkauskas are all smiles after the MSNO poster competition.