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SFRBM 2009 Young Investigator Award Winners
November 21, 2009 -- SFRBM recognized 15 student and postdoc members with Young Investigator Awards (YIAs) for their outstanding research at the society's 16th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Each winner received $500 cash and a free registration to the association's 2010 or 2011 Annual Meeting.  SFRBM has provided nearly $300,000 in young investigator awards during the program’s 15 years in existence.

Sayanti Bhattacharya - Stanford University
HCV-mediated oxidant production, mitochondrial dysfunction and change in cell morphology in Hepatoma cells   
Topic area: Cancer

Katarzyna Broniowska - Medical College of Wisconsin
Efficient S-Nitrosation of Cellular Proteins by Cytochrome c
Topic area: Nitric Oxide and its Interactions

Chiara Cipollina – University of Pittsburgh
Cyclooxygenase-2 generates anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acid derivatives in activated macrophages
Topic area: Generation and Action of Reactive Species

Liuji Chen - Univ. of Texas HSC - San Antonio
Reduction in mitochondria H2O2 protects against insulin resistance through a mechanism of Akt and AMPK activation
Topic area: Diabetes-Metabolic Syndrome

Nikolai Chepelev  - Carleton University
The Nrf1 CNC/bZIP protein is regulated by the proteasome and activated by hypoxia
Topic area: Signal Transduction and Gene Expression

Gabor Csanyi - University of Pittsburgh Vascular Medicine Institute
Peptidic Inhibitor (Nox2ds) Targeting Nox2-Oxidase Does Not Inhibit
Nox4-Oxidase
Topic area: Antioxidants and Novel Therapeutics

David Cox - University of Washington
Diesel exhaust particulate mediates stress response and changes in
endothelial cell wound healing
Topic area: Cardiovascular Diseases

Andrew Das - University of Otago
Reactions of Superoxide With The Myoglobin Tyrosyl Radical
Topic area: Oxidation of Macromolecules

Heather Jackson - Emory University
The B-loop creates an interface between the transmembrane and
dehydrogenase domains of Nox4
Topic area: Generation and Action of Reactive Species

Sajni Josson - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Inhibition of beta2-microglobulin/hemochromatosis complex sensitizes prostate cancer to radiation by modulating the iron homeostasis
Topic area: Cancer

Amanda Melillo - Albany Medical College
A Novel Role for Bacterial Antioxidants in Modulating Human Macrophage
Signaling and Activation
Topic area: Inflammation and Immunity

Don-Ricardo Miller - Georgia Institute of Technology
ASK-1/thioredoxin-1 complexes: sequestration of thioredoxin-1 at the
endoplasmic reticulum

Topic area: Oxidation of Macromolecules

Jennifer Streeter - University of Iowa
Potential role of Protein Kinase C-beta I as a novel regulator of Nox1 activation
Topic area: Signal Transduction and Gene Expression

Katherine Wood - National Institutes of Health
Endothelial and Blood eNOS: Shared Roles in Nitrite Homeostasis and
Blood Pressure Regulation

Topic area: Nitric Oxide and its Interactions

Oksana Zagorodna - The University of Iowa
Investigating 2DG sensitivity and ER stress in murine T cell lymphoma cells
Topic area: Cancer

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