MGHfC Digestive Disease Summer Research Symposium
The MIBRC Digestive Disease Summer Research Program culminates in the annual research symposium, at which the students present their work.
Agenda for the 2020 Summer Research Symposium
Friday, August 14, 2020
(Zoom link to be provided)
| Time |
Presenter |
Title |
| 8:30 – 8:35 am |
Bryan P. Hurley, PhD |
Introduction & Opening Remarks |
| 8:35 – 8:50 am | Aditi Sirsikar University of Connecticut Mentor: Lael Yonker, MD |
"Neutrophil Activation in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Multi-inflammatory Syndrome in Children” |
| 8:50 – 9:05 am | Jason Cunha College of the Holy Cross Mentor: Daniel Irimia, MD, PhD |
“Spontaneous Neutrophil Motility in Neonatal Subjects—Towards Automated Data Analytics" |
| 9:05 – 9:20 am |
Lulu Friedmann |
“Effects of Iron on the Intestinal Epithelium" |
| 9:20 – 9:35 am | Maisie Lake Dickinson College Mentor: Tian Lin, MD, PhD |
“Inflammasome activation in the Airway with Pseudomonas Infection" |
| 9:35 – 9:50 am | Andrew Fong Northeastern University Mentor: Christina Faherty, PhD |
“Shigella Transcriptome Analysis Under Gastrointestinal Conditions" |
| 9:50 – 10:05 am | Coffee Break | |
| 10:05 – 10:20 am | Emmanuel Messele Boston University Mentor: Enid Martinez, MD |
“Examining for an association between enteral nutrition and bowel regimen practices in a pediatric intensive care unit setting" |
| 10:20 – 10:35 am | Hannah Davis DePauw University Mentor: Marcy Kingsbury, PhD |
“The Effects of Combined Prenatal Maternal Stress and Diesel Exhaust Exposure during Pregnancy on Offspring Gastrointestinal Development in a Rodent Model of Autism" |
| 10:35 – 10:50 am | Mahmoud Abouelkheir DePauw University Mentor: Ali Zomorrodi, PhD |
“Exploring the metabolic phenotypes of macrophage by using a genome-scale metabolic network model” |
| 10:50 – 11:05 am | Isha Mehrotra, M.I.T. Mentor: Maureen Leonard, MD |
“Analyzing the Blood Microbiome in Pediatric Patients with Celiac Disease" |
| 11:05 – 12:10 pm | Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Bobby Cherayil, MD 2020 Keynote Lecture: “Engineering Antibodies In Vivo” Robert M. Anthony, PhD Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Mass General |
2020 Keynote Lecture |
| 12:10 – 12:15 pm | Bryan P. Hurley, PhD | Concluding Remarks & Acknowledgements |