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Students presenting at the Neuroscience Slam event hosted by the Institute for Translational Neuroscience at Saint Louis University

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Neuroscience Slam — Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Saint Louis University

The Institute for Translational Neuroscience hosted the Neuroscience Slam on Thursday, March 12th, 2026, where undergraduate and graduate students presented their scientific work in an accessible, creative, and engaging manner (3 minutes, 1 slide).

Three Clinical Health Sciences students from the Medical Science program — Rebecca Carter, Srusthi Godhani, and Ngan Trinh (Mentor: Uthayashanker Ezekiel, Ph.D.) — participated in the event and presented their neuroscience research.

Rebecca Carter — Matrix Metalloproteinase‑3 (MMP3) Expression is Suppressed in Neural Stem Cells Harboring a CTBP1 Mutation and Affects Cell Migration

Ngan Trinh — A Pathogenic CTBP1 Allele Dysregulates Cerebellar Granule Cell Differentiation

Srusthi Godhani — CTBP1 Mutation Dysregulates Early Neurite Formation

🏆 Srusthi Godhani received First Place for the undergraduate presentation.

Rebecca Carter and Ngan Trinh presenting their research posters at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.

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ASBMB Students Present Their Research at the 2026 Discover BMB Conference in Washington D.C.

Two undergraduate students from the Ezekiel Lab presented their research at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) — Discover BMB 2026 — held in Washington, D.C., in March 2026.

Ngan Trinh and Rebecca Carter, undergraduate students at Saint Louis University majoring in Medical Science within the Clinical Health Sciences Department of the Doisy College of Health Sciences, presented findings from their research conducted under the mentorship of Uthayashanker Ezekiel, Ph.D. Both students are DeNardo Scholars, and their research and conference participation were supported by a grant from the DeNardo Education and Research Foundation. In addition, Rebecca Carter received funding through the ASBMB SLU Chapter Travel Award.

Rebecca Carter — Matrix Metalloproteinase‑3 (MMP3) Expression is Suppressed in Neural Stem Cells Harboring a CTBP1 Mutation and Affects Cell Migration

Ngan Trinh — A Pathogenic CTBP1 Allele Dysregulates Cerebellar Granule Cell Differentiation

As active members of the ASBMB SLU Chapter, the students participated in chapter-sponsored events, including the national undergraduate research competition, where they presented their research posters.

Photo (left to right): Rebecca Carter and Ngan Trinh at the ASBMB Annual Meeting '26, National Harbor, D.C. Metro Area.

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Neuroscience Slam — Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Saint Louis University

ASBMB Students Present Their Research at the 2026 Discover BMB Conference in Washington D.C.