Previous Ribacks Heading link
2018 Riback Fellows presenting at Research Day (not pictured, Miranda Kopfman).
2024 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Brigid Conroy | John Nitiss | Introduction of Top2 Hyper Cleavage Mutations into a Haploid Mammalian Cell Line |
| Ashley Dahlquist | Jeremy Johnson | α-Mangostin from Garcinia mangostana Enhances Enzalutamide Sensitivity to Overcome Drug Resistant Prostate Cancer |
| Larua Molesworth | Les Hanakahi | Dangerous Liaisons: Interactions between Cas9 and the Initiator of Error-Prone Non-Homologous End Joining |
2023 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Thitiwat Larndate | Jose Villegas | Design, Synthesis, and Screening of Peptides for the Treatment of Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL) |
| Ngan Le | Todd Lee | Examining the Risk of Acute Pancreatitis Associated with GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Database |
| Jacki Montes | Doug Thomas | Nitric Oxide Induces Rgg2/3 Quorum Sensing in Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Osayamen Obanor | Zack Bulman | Defining the Interplay Between Capsule and Antibiotic Activity to Optimize Treatment Strategies for Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia |
2022 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Natalie Bitar | John Nitiss | Analysis of a putative pathogenic allele of Topoisomerase II beta |
| Alejandro Cisneros-Orozco | Annette Hays | Diabetes Management Team |
| Sara Masoumi Mashhad | Scott Benken | Investigation of extended Stability & Sterility of Angiotensin II (Giapreza) |
| Gabriel Tankersley | Les Hanakahi | Unwanted guests: Does Cas9 influence gene editing by bringing DNA repair factors to its target site? |
2021 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Lori Ellezian | Stephanie Flowers | Antipsychotic Quetiapine Induces Multiple Antibiotics Resistance in Escherichia coli via Loss-of-Function Mutations in marR |
| Evan Fetten | John Nitiss | Identification of Genome Destabilizing Mutations in Topoisomerase Genes from Human Cancer Cells |
| Cat Hayes | Les Hanakahi | Examining the Mechanism of Off-Target DNA Mutations Caused by Cas9, and its Implications for Gene Therapy |
| Jane Miglo | Joanna Burdette | The Role of Pax8 in Immune Cell Infiltration of Ovarian Cancer Tumors |
| Marisol Wences | Zackery Bulman | Optimizing Antibiotic Combinations for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilms |
2020 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Yueyue (Hesper) Hu | Stephanie Flowers | Increased Risk for Antibiotic Resistance Development in Antipsychotic Exposed E. Coli |
| Jessica Ni | Shura Mankin & Nora Vazquez-Laslop | Investigating the Activity of Endogenous Api137, a Proline-rich Antimicrobial Peptide, in Staphylococcus aureus |
| Hai Pham (deferred to AY 20-21) | Rick Gemeinhart | Glutathione conjugated Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogels: Smart, Flexible Vehicles for Personalized Wound Infection Treatment |
2019 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Lee | Eric Wenzler | Activity of Aztreonam in Combination with Ceftazidime-Avibactam Against Metallo- and Serine-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Jessica Mo | Steve Lee | Development of Electrophoresis-Assisted Immunostaining of Macrosectioned Tumor Tissue |
| Nicholas Moffett | John Nitiss | Cofactor Requirements of Etoposide Hypersensitive Human Top2α Mutant Proteins |
| Jacob Seiver | Les Hanakahi | The Impact of Hyper-Stable G-Quadruplex DNA on Non-Homologous End Joining Mediated DNA Repair of Double-Strand Breaks |
| Samantha Watry | Joanna Burdette | Identification of Novel PAX8 Inhibitors using High-Throughput Screening Assay |
| Xinqi Yu | Stephanie Flowers | Regulation of CYP450 Expression by Butyrate Supplementation in a Prenatal Stress Mouse Model of Schizophrenia |
2018 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Sara Al Azmeh | Douglas Thomas | Nitric oxide is a regulator of gene expression by controlling DNA methylation pattern |
| So Jeong (Sydney) Kim | John Nitiss | A Role for the Human SUMO Ligase TOPORS in Regulating Repair of Top2 Damage |
| Miranda Kopfman | Edith Nutescu | Impact of Health Literacy and Health Numeracy on Optimal Anticoagulation Outcomes in Underserved Patients at an Urban Ambulatory Care Clinic |
| Maryam Naveed | Lisa Sharp | Impact of Transportation Barriers on Optimal Anticoagulation Outcomes in Underserved Patients at an Urban Ambulatory Clinic |
| Aleksandrina Ruseva | Simon Pickard | Pre-development of a Measure of Perceived Effectiveness of an Academic Detailing Visit to Improve Safe and Appropriate Opioid Prescribing: Identification of Themes |
| Sarette Tilton | Todd Lee | Identifying Themes Related to Assessing Prescriber’s Satisfaction with an Academic Detailing Intervention |
| Tiffany Wu | Eric Wenzler | Synergistic Activity of Aztreonam plus Ceftazidime-Avibactam vs. Aztreonam plus Meropenem-Vaborbactam against Metallo-ß-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae |
2017 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Nada Alsuhebany | Shura Mankin & Nora Vazquez-Laslop | Interactions between ketolide antibiotics and the bacterial ribosome |
| Jeremy Capulong | Edith Nutescu | The Impact of Health Literacy and Numeracy on Quality of Anticoagulation Control in Minority Patients |
| Ashley Cha | Simon Pickard | Have American Health Values Changed? |
| Zamia Siddiqui | Terry Moore | Novel Chemical Probes for Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer |
| Samantha Socco | Douglas Thomas | The Role of Linker Histone H1 in Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer |
| Zhaoju (Daisy) Wu | Gregory Calip | Comparative safety of TNF-alpha inhibitors among adolescent and young adult patients with rheumatologic conditions and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
2016 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Benish Alam | Hyunyoung Jeong | Role of gut microbiota in drug toxicity and efficacy |
| Ali Alobaidi | Edith Nutescu | Evaluation of self-testing competency in anticoagulation management in a minority patient population: Preliminary experience from a randomized controlled trial |
| Elnaz Azimzadeh | Shura Mankin & Nora Vazquez-Laslop | A bacterial reporter for testing the miscoding activity of ribosome targeting antibiotics |
| Anne Baldwin | John Nitiss | Identifying targets of small molecule natural products |
| Ewelina Choma | Terry Moore | NRF2 activators for accelerating wound healing in a mouse model |
| Annie Situ | Edith Nutescu | Patient related factors determining feasibility of anticoagulation self-management in a minority population: A qualitative assessment |
| Karol Sokolowski | Seungpyo Hong* | Investigating the role of nanoparticle rigidity on their tumor accumulation and penetration |
2015 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Elnaz Azimzadeh | Shura Mankin & Nora Vazquez-Laslop | Constructing bacterial reporter strains for testing miscoding activity of ribosome targeting antibiotics |
| Wendy Chen | Henri Manasse | Are hospitals monitoring adverse events caused by herbal and dietary supplements? An exploratory study examining the detection and monitoring systems in a hospital |
| Da-Hae Jun | Greg Calip | Polypharmacy and disparities in the initiation of and adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer |
| Pohung Lin | Edith Nutescu | The Impact of a Novel Genotype Guided Personalized Warfarin Service on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgery |
| Trevor Luman | Les Hanakahi | Investigation of role of sORF polypeptide MRI-2 in non-homologous end joining double-strand DNA repair |
| Sarah Trumbore | Hyunwoo Lee | Role of ribosomal protein(s) in β-lactam antibiotic resistance |
2014 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Deraedt | Brian Murphy | Assessment of small molecule production of actinomycete communities across Lake Huron |
| Daniel Gratie | Edith Nutescu | Impact of a Pharmacist Guided Pharmacogenetics Service on Prediction of Warfarin Stable Dose |
| Josephine Kochou | Edith Nutescu | Health care provider related factors that influence adoption of anticoagulation self-monitoring in a minority population |
| Surafel Mulugeta | Larry Danziger | Identifying and validating markers to predict severity of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago |
| Taha Taha | Pavel Petukhov | Identification of potential targets for novel HBV therapies |
2013 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Bugno | Seungpyo Hong* | Temporal and kinetic control of dendrimer release from hybrid nanoparticles for multiscale tumor targeting |
| Ruixuan Jiang | Simon Pickard | Estimation of rates of BCR-ABL1 mutations resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia |
| Priyam Patel | Edith Nutescu | Impact of Novel Oral Anticoagulants on Patient Quality of Life |
| Kristin Progar | Julio Duarte* | Pharmacogenetic predictors of hemodynamic response to beta-blockers in heart failure |
| Taha Taha | Pavel Petukhov | Toward understanding of epigenetic machinery: Novel three-dimensional model of HDAC3/NCoR2 complex with nucleosomes |
| Shan Wong | Larisa Cavallari* | Effect of novel gene variants on warfarin dose prediction in African Americans |
2012 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Hyungsik Ahn | John Nitiss | Covalent modification of Eukaryotic topoisomerase II induced by anti-cancer drugs |
| Alexandra Goncharenko | Larisa Cavalari* | Epithelial sodium channel genotype and risk for hyperkalemia with an aldosterone antagonist in heart failure |
| Heesue Kim | Hyunyoung Jeong | In vitro cytotoxicity study and characterization of preclinical pharmacokinetics of broad spectrum antibiotics against Category A agents |
| Jamie Rayahin | Rick Gemeinhart | Microparticle delivery of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist to osteoarthritic joints |
| Glenn Roma | Jim Wang | PAR2-mediated supersensitization underlying paclitaxel-induced neuropathic pain |
| Peter Shanine | Rohit Kolhatkar* | The use of spermine-based macromolecules to enhance T-oligo's therapeutic efficacy on breast cancer cells |
2011 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Tara Berkson | Larisa Cavallari* | Pharmacodynamics of Novel Variation in the Vitamin K Epoxide Reductase (VKORC1) Gene |
| Brenton Bialik | Les Hanakahi | Assessment of ligase IV-dependent regulation of DNA double-strand break repair as a target for chemotherapeutics to augment traditional radiation therapy |
| Melissa McInnis | Larisa Cavallari* | Genetic determinants of diuretic resistance in heart failure |
| Jamie Rayahin | Rick Gemeinhart | Surface modification of microparticles for targeted delivery |
2010 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Godfred Boateng | Hayat Onyuksel | Development of a novel nanomedicine for photodynamic therapy of cancer |
| Katarzyna Drozda | Larisa Cavallari* | Clinical significance of the CYP2C9*8 allele |
| Tara Gallagly | Joanna Burdette | Identifying novel pharmaceuticals for ovarian cancer treatment |
| Shilpa Paul | Edith Nutescu | The quality and outcomes of oral anticoagulation management in patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery |
2009 Riback Fellows Heading link
| Riback Fellow | Mentor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Yana Blekhman | Larisa Cavallari* | Genetic determinants of aldosterone escape |
| Rebeca Calderon | Andrew Mesecar*, Aimee Eggler* | Investigating the cellular modification of cysteines and its role behind the molecular mechanisms of the Keap1-Nrf2-ARE pathway in chronic disease prevention |
| Sharon Chae | Jeffrey Bishop* | Pharmacogenetics of SSRI-associated sexual side effects - analysis of common functional CYP2D6 and 2C19 gene variants |
| Jin Han | Douglas Thomas | The mechanisms of nitric oxide-driven resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs |
| Amy Marin | Jim Wang | CaMKII in cancer pain |
| Kathleen Sese | Shura Mankin & Nora Vazquez-Laslop | Inducibility of cfr gene in Staphylococcus aureus |
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* Mentor is no longer at UIC