2012 GSO Poster Session and Sigma Xi Abstract Competition
UT Southwestern Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Graduate Student Organization Poster Session and the 43rd Annual Sigma Xi Abstract Competition.
The purpose of the poster session was to give graduate students an informal venue to share their research with the UTSW community. The abstract competition’s purpose was to encourage graduate students to write a concise abstract of their research to where the objectives of the project were clear to a non-expert in the field. Each competition received 70 entries.
2012 Graduate School Organization Poster Session
Best of Show
Bethany Weigele – Molecular Microbiology, Neal Alto, Ph.D., mentor
Top Five
Bethany Weigele – also received Best of Show
Nikolay Burnaevskiy - Cell Regulation, Neal Alto, Ph.D., mentor
Shannon Rich – Neuroscience, Jonathan Terman, Ph.D., mentor
Leilani Marty Santos – Genetics and Development, Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D., mentor
Ryan Jones – Integrative Biology, Joyce Repa, Ph.D., mentor
Honorable Mention
Carlos Gil del Alcazar – Cancer Biology, Sandeep Burma, Ph.D., mentor
Victoria Ulrich – Integrative Biology, Philip Shaul, M.D., mentor
Su-Tang Lo – Radiological Sciences, Xiankai Sun, Ph.D., mentor
Ty Troutman – Immunology, Chandrashekhar Pasare, Ph.D., mentor
Anna Marie Taylor – Cell Regulation, Joyce Repa, Ph.D., mentor
44th Annual Sigma Xi Winners
Top Pick
Maithili Dalvi – Cancer Biology, John Minna, M.D., mentor
Honorable Mentions
Jeremy Semeiks – Molecular Biophysics, Nick Grishin, Ph.D., mentor
Ryan Carstens – Cancer Biology, John Minna, M.D., mentor
Kartik Rajagopalan – Cancer Biology, Ralph Deberardinis, M.D., Ph.D., mentor
Ty Troutman – Immunology, Chandrashekhar Pasare, Ph.D., mentor
To all who submitted entries, your efforts are acknowledged, and thank you for your participation. To all faculty, our appreciation goes out to you for supporting your respective students. Thank you for making this year's competition a great success!
You are strongly encouraged to present a poster at the 2013 Graduate Student Poster Session and to submit an abstract to the 45th Annual Sigma Xi Abstract Competition for consideration of an award. Details to be announced at a later date.
