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Congratulation to Dr. Maureen Ajuebor. She was recently awarded a grant for one year from the NIH/NIAID for her project entitled, 'Dynamics of iNKT Cells in the Presence and Absence of Acute Viral Replication". The total amount of the award is $366,250.
John Chidlow, Ph.D. was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies at the recent commencement ceremony. The Dean's Award consists of a plaque and a cash award. The award is presented annually. Dr. Chidlow is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University.
Three students graduated at the 2010 Spring Commencement Ceremony recently. John Chidlow, Doug Wright and Gokhan Yilmaz all completed their Ph.D. requirements.
Kudos to Dr. Steve Alexander for being awarded a $146,500 grant for one year from the CDMRP (Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs) Department of Defense for his project entitled, "Plasma Endothelial Microparticles in Multiple Sclerosis: A Novel Metric Assay of Disease Activity and Response to Treatment".
Dr. Matthew Grisham was recently awarded a grant from the NIH for his project entitled, "Chronic Gut Inflammation". The R21 grant is for two years, and the total award is $275,000. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jerry Brunson and Fridrik Karlsson, graduate students, and Elena Senchenkova, Ph.D. and Mike Khoretonenko, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellows, for their recent accomplishments at the 2010 Graduate Research Day. Jerry Brunson won second prize in the Student Talks division; Fridrik Karlsson tied for second place in the postproposal student poster division; Dr. Senchenkova placed first, and Dr. Khoretonenko placed second in the Post-Doc division of the poster session. Brunson and Khoretonenko currently work in the laboratory of Dr. Karen Stokes. Dr. Senchenkova works in Dr. Granger's laboratory, and Fridrik Karlsson works in Dr. Grisham's lab.
Dr. Neil Granger has been awarded a grant from the NIH for his project entitled, "Risk Factor Enhanced Microvascular Responses to Ischemia-Reperfusion. The grant is effective for four years beginning 4/7/2010. The total award is $1,465,000.
Congratulations to Elena Senchenkova, post-doctoral fellow in the Granger Lab, for receiving a 2010 Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award. Dr. Senchenkova is one of eight winners selected from a group of 88 applicants, and will present her research at the 2010 Experimental Biology Meeting in Anaheim, California this spring. The title of the abstract is, "T-lymphocytes contribute to angiotensin II-mediated thrombosis in cremaster muscle arterioles", by
Elena Y. Senchenkova, D. Neil Granger, Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, LSU Health Science Center.
Two SMART (Science and Medicine Academic Research Training Program) students working in the Physiology department were recently recognized as Siemens Science Competition Finalists. Dante' Johnson is mentored by Dr. Chantal Rivera, and Stephanie Axelson is mentored by Dr. Kevin Pruitt. For more information, please clic here to read the entire story. For more information about the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, please click here.
*Newsletter provided with permission from the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana.
Congratulations to Yijun Jin and Iurii Koboziev! Dr. Jin is the recipient of the 2009 Allied Health Course Faculty Teaching Award, and Iurii Koboziev was awarded the 2009 Allied Health Course Student Teacher Award. The awards are presented annually to the outstanding faculty and student teachers.
Yijun Jin, Ph.D.
Iurii Koboziev
Dr Maureen Ajuebor, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, was awarded a Junior Faculty Travel Grant by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI). The travel grant, awarded based on competition of submitted research abstracts.
Physiology graduate students, Serena Li-Su Yan and Fridrik Karlsson presented abstracts at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Gulf Coast Physiological Society Meeting held in New Orleans. Ms. Yan's abstract was entitled: "Role of EGF-generated ROS in regulating cell surface PDGFRa: Cross-Talk Between EGF and PDGF Signaling Pathway". Mr. Karlsson's abstract was entitled: "Reversal of established colitis by adoptive transfer of ex vivo-generated regulatory T-cells."
Dr. Lynn Harrison has accepted an invitation to serve on the Editorial Board of the journal Mutagenesis.
Dr D. Neil Granger, Boyd Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology was selected as the 2009 Robert M. Berne Lecturer and Award recipient by the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society (APS). The award recognizes a scientist who has made outstanding prior contributions to cardiovascular research, and whose current research is deemed particularly interesting. The award is named in honor of one of the most distinguished American cardiovascular researchers and a former member of the Cardiovascular Section of the APS, Robert M. Berne. Dr Granger presented a lecture dealing with the role of immune cells in cardiovascular disease and received the award at the 2009 Experimental Biology meeting held in New Orleans.
Karen Stokes, Ph.D. has been named to the Region II Vascular Wall Biology Peer Review Committee.
Tak Yee Aw, Ph.D. has been awarded an NIH grant for the project entitled, "Glutathione redox control of intestinal cell responses". Dr. Aw's grant will be awarded through 2012.
YJ Jin, Ph.D. will serve on the Basic Science and Molecular Biology Study Group of the American Heart Association, National Center.
Dr Neil Granger was selected for the Nishimaru-Tsuchiya International Award and Lecture at the 8th World Congress for Microcirculation in Milwaukee on August 17th. The award, designated for distinguished achievement and major contributions to the field of microvascular research, is presented every four years by the Japanese Society for Microcirculation. Dr Granger will present a lecture to the Congress entitled ³Mechanisms underlying the microvascular responses to acute and chronic inflammation².
An $8.2 million Program Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health was awarded to researchers in the Departments of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, and Pathology at LSUHSC-Shreveport. The 5-year grant, directed by Dr Matthew Grisham, is entitled "Role of the microcirculation in intestinal inflammation" and is focused on defining how blood vessels and blood cells contribute to the pathogenesis of the inflammatory bowel diseases which include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Funds are provided to support 4 projects directed by Drs. Matthew Grisham, Neil Granger and Norman Harris (all in Physiology) as well as Dr. Chris Kevil (Pathology). In addition, funds are provided to support 3 core facilities directed by Drs. Grisham, Granger, Price (Physiology) and Jianxiong Bao (Pathology). The team of LSUHSC-S researchers hope that the research supported by this major multimillion dollar grant will help identify new treatments for the treatment of the inflammatory bowel diseases that afflict over one million individuals in North American and several million world-wide.
Lynn Harrison, Ph.D. will serve as a member of the Radiation Therapeutics and Biology Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the term ending June 30, 2011. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.
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