2012 Local Poster Competition Winners Abstracts

• A Novel Drug Delivery System Based on a Wheat Protein
  Singapore Affiliate, Gayathry Morvil, Undergraduate Winner, NUS High School of Math and Science

• Applications of nanoclays in controlled release of API-polymer matrix prepared by hot-melt mixingation in Embryonic Stem Cells
  New Jersey Chapter, Nonjaros Chomcharn, Graduate Winner, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Cell Damage during Thawing of Cryopreserved MRC-5 Cell Suspensions
  Delaware Valley Chapter, Sean McManus, Undergraduate Winner, Villanova University

• Cross-Scale Predictive Modeling of CHO Cell Culture Growth & Metabolites Using Raman Spectroscopy & Multivariate Analysisrix prepared by hot-melt mixingation in Embryonic Stem Cells
  Carolina-South Atlantic Chapter, Brandon Berry, Undergraduate Winner, North Carolina State University

• Development of a Novel targeted nanoparticle drug delivery system for breast cancer medication
  Delaware Valley Chapter, Colleen Clark, Undergraduate Winner, Villanova University

• DNA methyltransferase 3a/3b-dependent non-random DNA segregation in Embryonic Stem Cells
  San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter, Robert Chen, Undergraduate Winner, University of California, Berkeley

• Fluorescent Derivative of Caspofungin and Posaconazole for Diagnostic Imaging of Invasive Fungal Pathogens
  New Jersey Chapter, Shyamala Pillai, Graduate Winner, New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

• Host Factors Affect Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Protein Expression during Experimental Infection
  San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter, Mary E. Moore, Graduate Winner, University of California, Davis

• Mammalian Host Cells for Recombinant Protein Vaccine Production
  San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter, Grace Kristy, Undergraduate Winner, University of California Davis

• Simulation and Validation of Hemodynamics in Coronary Aneurysms caused by Kawasaki Disease
  San Diego Chapter, Yukti Gangwani, Undergraduate Winner, University of California, San Diego

• The Antibacterial Properties of Acid Anhydride Copolymer Microneedles
  Carolina-South Atlantic Chapter, Ryan Boehm, Graduate Winner, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University

• Tri-axial Electro-goniometer for Spinal Motion
  New Jersey Chapter, Justyna Zielinska, Undergraduate Winner, Stevens Institute of Technology

• Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Tumor Perfusion Imaging and as Drug Carriers
  Delaware Valley Chapter, Boriphat Methachan, Graduate Winner, Drexel University