2005 VICB Retreat

The first annual VICB Retreat was held on August 9, 2005 in the Children's Theatre of the Monroe Carrel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Over 120 students and faculty attended a full day of activities that included presentations and a poster session.

Photography by Dave Hachey

	Jeff Balser, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research, spoke about "The Research Enterprise" -- the trends and challenges facing researchers today. Here, he fields a question from the audience.

Dan Liebler provided insights into the Proteomic Program.

Speakers Included: Larry Marnett, Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Michelle Sulikowski, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry Department Dan Liebler, Director of Proteomics Don Stec, Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department Dave Hachey, Core Director Mass Spectrometry Research Center Ray Mernaugh, Director, Molecular Recognition & Screening Dave Weaver, Director, High-Throughput Screening Darren Orton, Assistant Director, Chemical Synthesis Core Ned Porter, Department Chairman, Chemistry Dave Cliffel eagerly awaits the next speaker.
	Larry Marnett introduces the newest VICB member, Darren Orton.
The lunch line was long....
	....but worth the wait.
Sam Saleh and Darren Orton enjoy a snack between the catered breakast and lunch.

	The afternoon Poster Session was well attended. Here, Heidi Hamm gets a walk-through. Jeffrey Forrester (Brown Lab) gives Larry Marnett an animated overview.

	Grand prize winner, Yelin Chen (Conn Lab): Novel Allosteric Potentiators of MGLUR5 Act Through Binding to the Same Site as that of MPEP, a Related Allosteric Antagonist Rachel Snider (Cliffel Lab), adds pizzaz to her presentation!



	Runner up winner, Clare Carney (Wright Lab): "Stimulation and Inhibition of Oxidative Burst in Macrophages Using Multivariable DIGE and MS," with David Wright. Zheong Yu (Brash Lab).

	Rachel Snider and Dave Cliffel. James Stover (Rizzo lab). Just hangin'.”

	The poster session was followed by a reception. The remainder of the afternoon included an open discussion session, a discussion of the CBI Training Grant by Ned Porter, and the announcement of Poster Session winners.


Dave Piston	Darryl Bornhop

Brian Bachmann and Ray Mernaugh, two more happy customers, can't wait for next year's retreat. See you there!

A panel of five judges selected eight winners among the nearly forty entrants in this year's poster session.
Prizes ranged from $100 to $500.

$100 Prize Winners
Lee Henage (Alex Brown Lab): "Kinetic Analysis of Mammalian Phospholipase D1"
Rob Scism (Brian Bachmann Lab): “Directed Evolution of Azole Nucelotide Biosynthesis
Alexandra Druckova (Larry Marnett Lab): "Metabolism and activation of Teucrin A in vitro and in vivo"
Hansen Wong (Dan Liebler Lab): “Identifying Human Mitochondrial Protein Targets of Apoptosis-Inducing Reactive Electrophiles”
Mary Konkle (Larry Marnett Lab): “Functional Analysis of Selective Inhibition of COX-2 by Indomethacin Amide Derivatives”

Runner Up Winners, $250
Larry Thompson (Richard Armstrong Lab): “2-Hydroxychromeme-2-carboxyylate Isomerase: A Kappa GST”
Clare Carney (David Wright Lab): "Stimulation and Inhibition of Oxidative Burst in Macrophages Using Multivariable DIGE and MS"

Grand Prize Winner, $500
Yelin Chen (Jeff Conn Lab): "Novel Allosteric Potentiators of MGLUR5 Act Through Binding to the Same Site as that of MPEP, a Related Allosteric Antagonist"