Winning Posters in Stem Cell Competition
Poster entrant explaining her research.
Nearly 30 U-M scientists entered the poster session competition held in conjunction with the first A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Symposium on October 7. Like the Symposium, the poster session focused on stem-cell research, and it received a steady flow of viewers throughout the day.
The winners were:
- First Place: Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Stem Cell Biology
Departments of Medicine & Cell and Developmental Biology - Second Place: Ming-Sing Si
House Officer
Surgery, Thoracic - Third Place: Yu Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
The competition was judged by:
- Dr. James F. Battery, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chair of the NIH Stem Cell Task Force
- Sue O'Shea, Ph.D., Director of the Michigan Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Stephen L. Lentz, Ph.D., Laboratory Director, Morphology and Image Analysis Core, MDRTC
The winners received cash prizes, as well as a chance to discuss their research with Taubman Institute founder and chair A. Alfred Taubman.
