Congratulations to the 2014 NF Conference Scientific Poster Exhibit winners!
Basic Science Category
1 – Christine MacKenzie, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard
Mechanical Organization of the Cell Cortex by the Tumor Suppressor Nf2/Merlin Regulates EGFR Trafficking and Signaling
2 – Alexander Pemov, National Institutes of Health
Evidence of Multiple Independent NF2 Somatic Inactivation and Tumor Initiation Events in NF Type 2-associated Vestibular Schwannomas
3 – Ting Su, University of Chicago
Mer Regulates Hippo Pathway by Recruiting Wts to Apical Region of Epithelial Cells in Drosophila
Clinical Science Category
1 – Angela diGiannatale, Weill Cornell Medical College
Use of Exososmes and Bone-Marrow Derived Cells (BMDCs) as Surrogate Markers of Plexiform Neurofibroma and MPNST Transformation
2 – Michael Fisher, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Risk of OPG Development in NF type-1 Patients with Optic Nerve Tortuosity or Thickness
3 – Christine Casnar, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Relations between fine motor skill and parental report of attention in young children with NF1
