2020 AWARDS
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
APPLIED/CLINICAL RESEARCH POSTER SESSION
1st place: Daniel Madden – Development of a Novel Lateral Flow Assay for Detection of African Swine Fever Virus Antigen in Whole Blood
2nd place: Joshuah Klutzke – Evaluation of hematocrit in juvenile dogs presenting for routine ovariohysterectomy or neuter
3rd place: Brandt Skinner - Isolation and characterization of two anaplasma marginale isolates from a Kansas beef Cattle Herd
BASIC SCIENCES POSTER CATEGORY AWARDEES
1st place: Yvonne Wikander - Prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis carriers in the domestic cat population of eastern Kansas, a preliminary report
2nd place: Sarah Krueger - Evaluation of Amblyomma americanum vector competence for Anaplasma marginale
3rd place (tie): Adrienne Wright - Optimization of a protocol for the isolation, culture, and cryopreservation of umbilical cord-derived canine mesenchymal stromal cells for future clinical use
3rd place (tie): Brandon Verkinderen - Effect of kinase inhibitor treatment on Rift Valley Fever virus replication
3rd place (tie): Deepa Upreti - Water extract from Euglena gracilis prevents lung carcinoma growth in mice via attenuation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and granulocyte populations
APPLIED/CLINICAL RESEARCH - ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1st place: Zackery Bieberly – Long-acting injectable methadone for post-operative analgesia
2nd Place: Tera Brandt – Insulin expression patterns in canine insulinoma
3rd Place: Alyson Fitzgerald – Detecting and quantifying marijuana metabolites in serum and urine of dogs affected by marijuana toxicity
BASIC RESEARCH - ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1st place: Chandramouli Kondethimmanahalli – Proteomics analysis reveals distinct protein expression in infectious and replicative forms of Ehrlichia chaffeensis
2nd Place: Naveen Jonalagadda – Antibacterial effects of equine adipose mesenchymal stromal cell derived exosomes against Ehrlichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
3rd Place: Swetha Madesh – The canine host appears to serve as a sentinel species for tick-borne diseases caused by Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Borrelia pathogens impacting human health in the USA
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
A.S.R. Ganta Graduate Student Award – Krishani Perera
Benjamin Kurz Research Scholarship – Marissa Komp
Miller Pathology Scholarship – Keith Lewy
Dr. Harish C. and Ved K. Minocha Scholarship – Changin Oh, Ana Stoian, Yin Wang
Zoetis Animal Health Award for Excellence in Research by a Faculty Member - Dr. Mike Sanderson, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology
Boehringer Ingeheim-sponsored Veterinary Research Scholars Program students
• Breanna Fox
– Dr. Jessica Meekins
– Effects of gabapentin on ocular parameters in healthy cats after oral administration
• Zixuan Wang
– Drs. Charan Ganta and Punit Prakash
– Development and translation of thermal ablation technologies cancer treatment: histopathology assessment of thermally ablated tissue
• MJ Wenger
– Dr. Brian Herrin
– National Equine Tick Survey: Pathogen testing
• Laura Favreau
– Dr. Nora Springer
– Morphometric parameters to differentiate metastatic versus tissue-resident canine mast cells in lymph node, liver, and spleen cytology preparations
• Payton Wise
– Dr. Abbie Viscardi
– The use of firocoxib, administered to the sow and delivered transmammary to her piglets, to relieve pain associated with surgical castration and tail docking
• Shanice Harris
– Dr. Berlin Londono-Renteria
– Human Natural Hybrid Bispecific Antibody role in Antibody Dependent enhancement of Zika Infection
Elanco Animal Health-sponsored Veterinary Research Scholars Program students:
• Jayden McCall
– Dr. Waithaka Mwangi
– Safety and tolerability of African Swine Fever Virus subunit vaccine candidates in commercial pigs
• Maddie Butterfield
– Dr. Juergen Richt
– Identification of host genes involved in swine influenza replication