UM-Israel Scientific Symposium selects poster winners
The Michigan-Israel Partnership for Research and Education Scientific Symposium has announced the winners of its poster session that featured the work of researchers from the University of Michigan, Weizmann Institute of Science and Technion Israel Institute of Technology. The partnership enhances scientific creativity in medical research and technology.
Winners were selected from among 40 innovative scientific posters.
BEST POSTER AWARDS
Joel Sussman: Proteopedia: Bridging the Rift for 3D Structure & Function of Biomacromolecules
Katherine Campbell: A 3D Engineered Model of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes Reveals Functional Characteristics of b-Myosin Heavy Chain Mutation Mediated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Daniel Michele: Defining therapeutic targets for cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy using patient iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Lindsey Muir: Resident adipose tissue macrophagesproliferate in response to rapid diet induced fat expansion
Andre Monteiro da Rocha: Deficient cMyBP-C protein expression during cardiomyocyte differentiation underlies human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cellular phenotypes in disease specific human ES cell derived cardiomyocytes
Oscar Salvador Montanes: Novel Panoramic Optical Mapping Method Reveals Increasing Biatrial Frequency and Complexity during Atrial Fibrillation Initiation.
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