EB10 Award Winners
- The Eugene M. Landis Research Award
Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D., Ph.D., Dept. of Pathology, Harvard Medical
School
- The MCS Travel Award for Outstanding Young Investigators
Pedro Cabrales, Ph.D., Dept. of Bioengineering, University of California,
San Diego
- The August Krogh Young Investigator Award
Feilim Mac Gabhann, Ph.D., Institute of Computational Medicine and the
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- Zweifach Student Travel Awards
- Ms Shaquira Adderley (mentor: Dr. Randy Sprague, St. Louis University) EPACs Inhibit ATP Release from Human Erythrocytes (RBCs) in Response to Activation of GPCRs possibly via Activation of PKC.
- Mr. Matthew Durand (mentor: Dr. Julian Lombard, Medical College of Wisconsin) Introgression of the Brown Norway Renin Gene onto the Dahl Salt Sensitive Genetic
Background Restores Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation by Reducing Oxidative
Stress in the Cerebral Vasculature
- Ms. Katie Heberlein (mentor: Dr. Brant Isakson, University of Virginia School of Medicine) The potential for localized translation and induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 at the myoendothelial junction in response to TNF-alpha
- Ms. Paulina Kowalewska (mentor: Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud, McMaster University) Response of the Murine Urinary Bladder Microcirculation to Lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Ms. Erica Lange (mentor: Dr. William Jackson, Michigan State University) Differences in expression and function of ryanodine receptors between arteries and arterioles in the mouse
- Ms. Yingying Mao (mentor: Dr. Satya Kunapuli, Temple University) PAR4 Deficiency Inhibits Microvascular Inflammation after Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
- Ms. Nicole Novielli (mentor: Dr. Dwayne Jackson, University of Western Ontario) Sympathetic modulation of baseline hindlimb blood flow and vascular conductance in a model of prediabetes using young Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats
- Ms. Melissa Riddle (mentor: Dr. Benjimen Walker, University of New Mexico) Enhanced calcium sensitivity of endothelial calcium-activated large conductance
potassium channels
- Mr. Joshua Scallan (mentor: Dr. Virginia Huxley, University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School) Collecting lymphatic vessel permeability response to atrial natriuretic peptide
- Mr. Xueping Zhou (mentor: Dr. Pingnian He, West Virginia University) Cellular Mechanisms of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)-induced Permeability Increases in Intact Venules: Role of H2O2-induced Ca2+-independent Nitric Oxide (NO) Production in Endothelial Cells
- 2010 Pappenheimer Postdoctoral Travel Awards
- Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty, Texas A&M Health Science Center (mentor: Dr. Mariappan Muthuchamy); Substance P Activates both Inflammatory and Contractile Signaling Pathways in the Lymphatics through Neurokinin Receptors
- Dr. Joseph Rutkowski, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (mentor: Dr. Philipp Scherer); Transendothelial Transport May Determine Adiponectin Oligomer Functions
- Dr. Matthew Socha, University of Missouri-Columbia (mentor: Dr. Steven Segal); Distinguishing Receptor Versus Store-Operated Calcium Entry in Arteriolar Endothelium
- Dr. Adam Straub, University of Virginia School of Medicine (mentor: Dr. Brant Isakson); Compartmentalized Nitric Oxide Signaling at the Myoendothelial Junction can Regulate Gap Junction Communication
- Dr. Prithu Sundd, LaJolla Institute of Allergy and Inflammation (mentor: Dr. Klaus Ley); Stressed Microvilli and Long Tethers in Rolling, Tight Adhesion Zones and Aft Trunks in Arresting Neutrophils Revealed using Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (TIRFM)
- Dr. Ozlem Yalcin, University of California San Diego (mentor: Dr. Paul Johnson); A Hemocrit-Dependent Red Blood Cell Exclusion Zone (“No Fly Zone”) is Present at the Wall of Arterioles
- Dr. Genqian Zhang, West Virginia University School of Medicine (mentor: Dr Pingnian He); Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) Prevents Platelet Activating Factor (PAF)-Induced Permeability Increases by Activation of Rac-1 Signaling in Intact Venules
2009 EB award winners