Three of our PSTP students, Breanna Sullivan, Sahana Krishna Kumaran, and Roshani Jha, had the pleasure of presenting at the Pittsburgh International Lung Conference on September 18 and 19. Their project titles and mentors are listed below. Great work, everyone!!
Breanna Sullivan (MS1)
Mentor: Christi Kolarcik, PhD
Project: HD-EMG Captures Muscle-Specific Fatigue Patterns During Sustained Contractions: A Comparison of Participants with ALS and Healthy Controls
Sahana Krishna Kumaran (MS3)
Mentor: Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD
Project: TFAM Mediates Mitochondrial-nuclear Gene Dissociation and Integrated Stress Response Signaling in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Roshani Jha (MS3)
Mentor: Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD
Project: Loss of Mitochondrial Adenine Nucleotide Translocase 1 (ANT1) Favors Lung Cancer Formation and Progression