Two Ph.D. students and two postdoctoral fellows at Albert Einstein College of Medicine were honored for their research posters at the fifth annual #ScienceStrong celebration on November 5.

“The students’ and postdocs’ posters demonstrate the significant depth and breadth of scientific investigation at Einstein,” said Anne Bresnick, Ph.D. ’91, professor of molecular pharmacology and of biochemistry, associate dean for postdoctoral affairs, and director of the Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies. “We’re proud to showcase their considerable talents and contributions to our research community.”

The Graduate Program for Biomedical Sciences and the Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies hosted the event to highlight research by Ph.D. students and postdocs.

Their posters covered a range of topics, from autophagy and autism spectrum disorder to cancer and HIV. The winning entries were judged on layout, information flow, quality of figures, substantive content, and level of detail.

“The science that happens here is extraordinary,” said Victoria Freedman, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology & immunology and associate dean for graduate programs in biomedical sciences, addressing the crowd of young researchers at the event. “You should be very proud of yourselves.”

Ph.D. student Leah Kravets with her winning poster

The graduate student winners were:

• Leah Kravets, “KRAS G12D mutation blocks erythroid differentiation and promotes inflammatory pathways in myeloid malignancies.” (Mentored by Amit Verma, M.B.B.S. and Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.)
• Kevin O’Leary, “Unexpected XIST activation in male non-myelinating Schwann cells.” (Mentored by Deyou Zheng, Ph.D.)

The postdoc winners were:

• Anna Adam-Artigues, Ph.D., “Peripheral sympathetic nerve damage induces a loss of brain niche homeostasis stimulating metastatic outgrowth of disseminated cancer cells.” (Mentored by Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D.)
• Dina Mofed, Ph.D., “The hidden side of a b chemokine: CCL2 controls HIV-1 replication fitness by modulating ESCRT factors.” (Mentored by Vinayaka Prasad, Ph.D.)

The 52 #ScienceStrong posters will be displayed on campus, on Main Street in the Forchheimer Building, until November 26.