CNRCS Symposium 2022
The 2022 Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling (CNRCS) Symposium was held on December 12 in the Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) at the University of Houston. The Symposium showcased ongoing research at CNRCS in areas including immunotherapy, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and women’s health.
The all-day event promoted scientific engagement among CNRCS faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate, and undergraduate students from diverse disciplines through distinguished speaker seminars and judged oral/poster presentations. The top three oral and poster presenters received certificates and gift cards.
Keynote Speaker - Cliona M Rooney, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Presentation Title: Lessons Learned on CAR-T cells for Mlignancies (Chaired by Weiyi Peng)
Presentation Awards & Winners
- Oral Presentation 1st Place: Ashfia Khan
- Oral Presentation 2nd Place: Samaneh Karami
- Oral Presentation 3rd Place: Kacie Waiters
- Poster Presentation 1st Place: Esra Ursal
- Poster Presentation 2nd Place: Aroshi Mitra, Jaila Lewis
- Poster Presentation 3rd Place: Ningbo Zheng, Ritu Bohat, Anthony Peidi
- Poster Presentation Undergraduate: Funmi Babajide
Sponsors
- Avantor
- Azure
- BioTek/Agilent
- Miltenyi Biotech
Questions
Please contact Carissa Codd, ccodd@cougarnet.uh.edu, for questions regarding the symposium.