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CBU MHIRT Students Presented their research at the
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
in Atlanta, 2-5 Nov. 2005
Dr. Fitzgerald's photos from the trip:  Click on a picture to see a larger image.
Jason Higdon currently an M3 (on psych rotation) at Emory School of Medicine took Christina Brown and Jennifer Paxson on a tour of Emory on Thursday.  [Photos above]  Jason also joined us for lunch at the Hard Rock after the student poster presentations.
Jennifer, Christina, Bob and Reena from CBU and Annette [pictured below, left] from U of M presented posters from their summer research in Brazil with the MHIRT program.  This annual meeting, 2005 ABRCMS, is a great way for students to network and learn about graduate schools.
[Above, center & right]  In the airport on the way home.  Going to a meeting can be stressful and tiring.....but not for eveyone. 
Annette is always excited about flying.
  • 2005 CBU MHIRT Symposium
  • Christina Brown.  Mentor Dr. Bonald Figueiredo.  Center for Molecular Genetics and cancer research in children, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.  "Newborn genotyping for TP53 R337H in Southern Brazil where it is responsible for almost all cases of childhood adrenocortical carcinoma." 
  • Jennifer  Paxson.   Mentor: Dr. Maria Marques. Universidade Federal de Sata Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil  "Effects of Cadmium exposure on the GST activity and HSP-70 levels in the gills of the mangrove oyster, Crassostrea rhizophorae." Brazil travel photos from Jennifer Paxson.
  • Reena Patel and Bob Dalsania.   Mentors: Dr. Raquel Pires, Dr. Claudio Toledo and Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald.  City University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil and Christian Brothers University   "Intraspecies differences in the expression of the AMPA-type glutamate receptors in the nucleus of Edinger-Westphal of chick embryos and young chicks."
  • Annette Diggs.   (U. of Memphis) Mentor:  Dr. Antonio P. Carobrez.  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina  "Anxiolytic effects of Beta-adrenergic blockers are mediated by the brain but not periphery" 
  • The Minority Health International Research Training grant to CBU supports undergraduate and graduate students who are selected to join summer research projects in Brazil and Uganda.  The application deadline is 17 Jan. 2006.
    • Reena Patel and Bob Dalsania at the CBU 2005 MHIRT SymposiumReena Patel and Bob Dalsania at the CBU 2005 MHIRT SymposiumAnnettte Diggs at the CBU 2005 MHIRT Symposium
    		 Jennifer Brown and Dr. Fitzgerald at the CBU 2005 MHIRT Symposium
    Jennifer Paxson at the CBU 2005 MHIRT Symposium

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