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IBB's 4th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Photos - 2008
Thanks to all who participated and congratulations to the following 4th Annual
IBB Symposium poster winners of a $250 prize awarded to the Best Postdoc,
Graduate Student, and Undergraduate Student Poster, and a $100 prize awarded
to the best poster in several research areas. This year’s winners are:
Best Poster by a Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Xianpeng Cai, for his poster entitled
“Co-production of Riboflavin and Biobutanol in Clostridium acetobutylicum.”
Dr. Cai is from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and works in
Dr. Bennett’s laboratory.
Best Poster by a Graduate Student – Benjamin Elder, for his poster entitled
“The Effects of Growth Factors and Hydrostatic Pressure in Cartilage Tissue
Engineering.” Elder is from the Department of Bioengineering and works in
Dr. Athanasiou’s laboratory.
Best Poster by an Undergraduate Student – Erol Bakkalbasi, for his poster
entitled “Measuring Stress-induced Mutational Rates in G.stearothermophilus
Using LacZ Reversion.” Bakkalbasi is from the Department of Biochemistry
and Cell Biology and works in Dr. Shamoo’s laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Biochemistry – Justin Judd, for his poster entitled
“Engineering Protein Switches that Control Adeno-associated Virus Disassembly
for Gene Therapy Applications.” Judd is a graduate student in the Department
of Bioengineering and works in Dr. Suh’s laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Genetics – Tracy Edwards, for her poster entitled
“Phylogeny of Dictyostelium discoideum Based on DNA Sequence: Verifying
a Model Organism.” Edwards is a graduate student in the Department of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology and works in Dr. Strassmann’s laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Biophysics – Athanasiou Dousis, for his posters entitled
“Normal-mode Refinement of Anisotropic Thermal Parameters for Potassium Channel
KcsA at 3.2 Crystallographic Resolution” and “OPUS-PSP: An Orientation-dependent
Statistical All-atom Potential Derived from Side-Chain Packing.” Dousis is a graduate
student in the Department of Bioengineering and works in Dr. Ma’s laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Evolutionary Biology – Gerda Saxer, for her poster
entitled “The Effect of Relatedness on the Evolution of Cooperation in the Social
Amoeba Dicytostelium discoideum.” Saxer is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and works in Dr. Strassmann’s laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Cell and Tissue Engineering – Elizabeth Stephens, for
her posters entitled “Utilization of Fibronectin for the Isolation of Specific Valve Cell
Subpopulations: Application for the Study of Mitral Valve Disease” and “Unique
Protein Expression Profiles in Normal and Pathological Pediatric Valves: Implications
for a Tissue Engineered Heart Valve.” Stephens is a graduate student in the Department
of Bioengineering and works in Dr. Grande-Allen’s laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Cell Biology – Rebecca Saunders, for her poster entitled
“The Zebrafish a-actinin Gene Family.” Saunders is an undergraduate student in the
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and works in Dr. Wagner’s laboratory.
IBB is grateful to Vinson & Elkins for sponsoring some of these awards and the
following 4th Annual IBB Symposium Poster Judges: Mr. Bill Gottfried, President
and Founder of Gottfried International, Inc.; Ms. Deborah Mansfield, Director of the
Life Science Program for The Houston Technology Center; Dr. Brian Phillips,
Biological Sciences Licensing Associate for Rice’s Office of Technology Transfer;
Dr. Carolyn Nichol, Associate Director of Education for CBEN; Dr. Stacey Kalovidouris,
Executive Director of IBB.
Dr. Kevin Kirby presented "The Collaborative Research Center," at the beginning of the 4th Annual IBB Symposium.
Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum spoke about "Impacting Global Health at Rice University,"
Dr. Jennifer West presents a Hamill Innovations Award to Dr. Junghae Suh.
Dr. Jennifer West presents an IBB Medical Innovations Award to Dr.Mike Wong.
Dr. James Moon receives the IBB Morse Fellow for 2008 from Dr. Jennifer West.
Graduate student, Michael Cuchiara, discusses his poster at the poster session.
Deborah Mansfield, one of the judges of the poster session, listens as Rebecca Saunders discusses her poster.
Benjamin Elder receives the "Best Poster by a Graduate Student Award," from Dr. Jennifer West.
Erol Bakkalbasi receives the "Best Undergraduate Poster Award," from Dr. Jennifer West.
A cake was presented to Dr. Jennifer West from the IBB Staff.
A delicious Mexican dinner was served to the more than 120 attendees.
Dr. Yousif Shamoo delivered remarks in honor of Dr. Jennifer West, the outdoing IBB Director, while the IBB staff presented her with a gift.
IBB's 3rd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Photos - 2007
Congratulations to the following 3rd Annual IBB Symposium poster winners of a $250
prize awarded to the Best Postdoc, Graduate Student, and Undergraduate Student
Poster, and a $100 prize awarded to the best poster in several research areas. This
year's winners are:
Best Poster by a Postdoc - Dr. Izabela Tworowska, for her poster entitled "tRNA(Phe)
Modifications Reveal Their Secrets. The Effects of Base Modifications on the E.coli
ACSL(Phe) Structure." Dr. Tworowska is from the Department of Biochemistry and
Cell Biology and works in Dr. Nikonowicz' laboratory.
A Tie for Best Poster by a Graduate Student - Gwen Hoben, for her poster entitled
"Scaffoldless Tissue Engineering of Fibrocartilage Using Diverse Cell Sources." Hoben
is from the Department of Bioengineering and works in Dr. Athanasiou's laboratory.
And, James Moon, for his poster entitled "Regulation of Endothelial Angiogenesis and
Vasculogenesis in Synthetic Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogels Modified with Biomolecules."
Moon is from the Department of Bioengineering and works in Dr. West's laboratory.
A Tie for Best Poster by an Undergraduate Student - Philip Pauerstein, for his
poster entitled "Zebrafish lmo4b and Regional Specification int he Forebrain." Pauerstein
is from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and works in Dr. Lane's
laboratory. And, Rebecca Saunders, for her poster entitled, "The a-actinin Gene Family
in Zebrafish." Saunders is from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and
works in Dr. Wagner's laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Cell and Developmental Biology - Shann Yu, for his
poster entitled "Laser-based Fabrication of Multifaceted Micropatterns for Cell Studies."
Yu is an undergraduate student in the Department of Bioengineering and works in
Dr. West's laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Biophysics and Structural Biology - Yandi Dharmadi,
for his poster entitled "Mesoscopic Simulation of the Hybridization Process in
Oligonucleotide Microarray Dynamics." Dharmadi is a graduate student in the
Deparment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and works in Dr. Gonzalez's
laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Biomedical Engineering - Timothy Muldoon, for his
poster entitled "High Resolution Fiber Microendoscopy." Muldoon is a graduate
student in the Department of Bioengineering and works in Dr. Richards-Kortum's
laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Biochemistry - Allie Obermeyer, for her poster
entitled "Use of Chimeric Oxidosqualene Cyclases to Illuminate the Mechanism
of Triterpene Biosynthesis." Obermeyer is an undergraduate student in the Department
of Chemistry and works in Dr. Matsuda's laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Cellular Engineering - Melissa McHale, for her poster
entitled "Tunable Hydrogel System for the Development of Tissue Engineered
Vascular Grafts." McHale is a graduate student in the Department of Bioengineering
and works in Dr. West's laboratory.
Best Poster in the Area of Bionanotechnology - Fang Wei, for her poster entitled
"Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Cysteine Containing Dipeptides on Au
Nanoshells." Wei is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and works in
Dr. Hartgerink's laboratory.
In 2007, NIH Biotech Retreat was integrated into IBB's 3rd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM.
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Below are photos from the 2006 NIH Retreat.
Graduate student Jordan Miller received the 1st Place Poster Prize.
Graduate student Timothy Muldoon received the 2nd Place Prize. IBB
Director Dr. Jennifer West presented the prizes.
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IBB celebrated the arrival of the 2007 summer undergraduate interns
as well as the completion of another successful academic year with a
dinner in the Grand Hall of the Ley Student Center. IBB Faculty, grad
students, postdocs, staff and the new summer interns attended.
The 2nd Annual IBB Undergraduate Summer
Internship Fair held on January 18, 2007 in the RMC:
2nd Annual IBB Symposium July 13, 2006
 
The NIH Biotechnology 2006 Annual Retreat and Poster Session
Graduate Student Jordan Miller received the First Place Poster Prize.
Graduate Student Timothy Muldoon received the Second Place Prize.
IBB Director Dr. Jennifer West presented the prizes.
The 2006 BIOE Undergraduate Medical Devices Exhibit.
The IBB NSF IGERT in Cellular Engineering 2006 Annual Retreat and Poster
Session, February 25, 2006.
Pictured above are IGERT graduate student trainees Kyle Allen (right) who won
first place for Best Poster and Eugene Koay (left) who won second place.
The Annual Retreat and Poster Session was held on Saturday, February 25.
The activities included presentations by senior IGERT trainees, a poster session,
and a luncheon attended by students, faculty and the IGERT External Advisory
Committee members.
Dr. Jennifer West, IGERT PI, welcomed everyone to the retreat.
Senior IGERT trainees gave presentations on their current research.
Pictured here is Eugene Koay who talked about his research on
cartilage tissue engineering using human embryonic stem cells.
A poster session was held and the IGERT External Advisory
Committee members served as judges.
The First Annual IBB Undergraduate Summer Internship Fair held on
January 19, 2006 in the RMC.
Over 200 students attended the fair on Thursday, Jan 19 to meet with 25
representatives from universities, medical schools, and local biotechnology
companies to explore opportunities for summer internships.
An information table was also set up for distribution of materials we received
from many other schools, companies, and government labs and agencies who
could not attend the fair. If you attended the fair, please send us feedback to
ibb@rice.edu.
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Presentation of the First Frederick B. Rudolph Memorial Scholarship
December 5, 2005
At a reception on December 5, Dean Kathy Matthews presents
the first Frederick B. Rudolph Memorial Scholarship to Mithun
Mansinghani.
The Frederick B. Rudolph Memorial Scholarship was established
to "provide merit-based scholarship assistance to students from
the Cameron, Hildago, and Willacy counties with a preference for
students who attended the Science Academy of South Texas in
Mercedes, Texas."
Dr. Jennifer West, Dean Kathy Matthews, Mrs. Glenda Rudolph, and
Mithun Mansinghani
Over the years, Fred contributed a great deal of his time and talent on
behalf of the K-12 community. For over 12 years, he oversaw a program
that brought high school students from the Science Academy of South
Texas in Mercedes, Texas to Rice each summer for two weeks. This
was one of Fred’s most cherished programs. I’d like to read for you
something by Julie Browning from our Admissions Office on Fred’s legacy –
“ Fred’s work with students from the Science Academy of South Texas was
especially dear to him, and that work had a significant influence on improving
educational opportunities for hundreds of students. He went to them and
offered assistance, and then he took it a step further and brought them to
Rice for summer programs. When they showed up in our applicant pool,
prepared to take on the challenge of a Rice education, it was a highly
gratifying moment for him and our staff."
And so, today, it is my honor to announce the first recipient of the
Frederick B. Rudolph Scholarship – a graduate of the Science Academy of
South Texas – Mithun Mansinghani.
Mithun graduated Salutatorian from the Science Academy of South Texas.
He attended the Rice Summer Intern Program during the Summer of 2004.
He was accepted to Rice and is also at Martel College. Mithun is majoring
in Political Science, Policy Studies, and possibly Mechanical or Electrical
Engineering. He also plans on attending law school after undergraduate studies.
The Associated Nanotechnology Congress, October 10-11, 2005.
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison addressed several hundred top U.S. and
British scientists at the first Associated Nanotechnology Congress Oct. 10,
a gathering of top nano experts and biomedical researchers at Rice University.
During her remarks, Hutchison expressed a desire for more Tier One
universities in Texas.
2005 ANC Poster Session
Dr. Neal  Lane
Dr. Jennifer West
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Dr. Jordan Gerton
Dr. Jeff Hartgerink
Dr. Ching-Hwa Kiang
Dr. James Heath
Dr. Prabhas Moghe
Dr. Michael Diehl
Dr.. Rena Bizios Dr. Paul Hatton
Winners of the Poster Competition
Participants have an opportunity to talk with Dr. Heath
The poster session was well attended.
A brave person ventures into the......travelling tent movie theater!
ANC participants were invited to enter the theater to watch the
film "Microcosm: Virtual Voyage Through the Human Body."
The first IBB Symposium held in July 2005
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