2012 GSI Research Symposium

Students in the Graduate Program for Genetics and Genomics attended the 2012 Genome Science Research Symposium held on the Boston Medical School Campus in October.

Two GPGG graduate students, Hila Milo Rasouly (third year) and Kristen Ott (fifth year), presented oral presentations.

Hila Milo Rasouly – Loss of Robo2 Improves Survival of ILK Mutant Mice

Kristen Ott – Characterizing spindle-E, a protein involved in guarding the genome

Pictured – Hila Milo Rasouly presenting

Four graduate students, Carly Garrison (third year), Sarah Kleinsorge (fourth year), Elyse Kozlowski (third year) and Rebecca Kusko (fouth year), presented poster presentations.

Carly Garrison – MiR-4423 promotes cilated cell fate during airway epithelium differentiation

Pictured - Carly Garrison discussing her poster with Shomita Dasgupta

Sarah Kleinsorge – The mitochondrial protein cytochrome c heme lyase is necessary for cell polarity

Elyse Kozlowski – The ZCCHC11 terminal uridyltransferase drives mouse testicular development and spermatogenesis

Pictured - Sarah Kleinsorge and Elyse Kozlowski in front of their posters, waiting for judges

Rebecca Kusko - Comprehensive genomic profiling of the lung transcriptome in emphysema and IPF using RNA-Seq

Pictured - Rebecca Kusko discussing her poster with first year GPGG students Akshaya Ramesh and Chen Wong