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6^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Image Award

Yeonsun Hong
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Rochester

6^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Image Runner Up

Noor Bala
Graduate Student
Cornell University

6^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Poster Award

Jason Paek
Graduate Student
Cornell University

Cancer-associated mucins provide sustained physical protection against Natural Killer cell attack 

Justin H. Paek¹, Sangwoo Park², Marshall J. Colville³, Matthew J. Paszek^1,2,3 

1  Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2  Field of Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
3  Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

6^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Poster Award

Alex McGurk
Graduate Student
Cornell University

moDC and Th1 Cooperation in the Formation of Peripheral Activation Niches 

Alexander McGurk¹, Hen Prizant², Noor Bala¹, Noah Salama², and Deborah Fowell¹

1  Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2  David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

5^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Image Award

George McNamara
Image Core Manager
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

5^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Poster Award

Andrea Amitrano
Graduate Student
Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology
University of Rochester Medical Center

Regulation of CD8+ T Cell Metabolism in the Tumor Microenvironment

Andrea M. Amitrano1,2, Brandon J. Berry3, Andrew P. Wojtovich3,4, Ph.D., Minsoo Kim1,2, Ph.D.

1 Department of Pathology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
3 Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
4 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

5^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Poster Award

Mark Kenney
PhD Student
University of Rochester Medical Center

Lineage Tracing Studies of Lymphatic Muscle Cells in Mice Identify a Unique Population Distinct from Skeletal and Vascular Smooth Muscle Progenitors

H. Mark Kenney1,2, Richard D. Bell1,2, Elysia A. Masters2,3, Edward M. Schwarz1,2,3,4

1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2Center for Musculoskeletal Research, 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, 4Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester, Rochester NY

5^th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Poster Award

Jonathan Pinney
PhD Candidate
University of Rochester Medical Center

Distinct mechanisms of FcR- and complement-mediated hypophagia

Jonathan Pinney, Charles Chu, Fátima Rivera-Escalera, Hannah Whitehead, Karl VanDerMeid, Clive Zent, and Michael R. Elliott
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY