SFRBM's 15th Annual Meeting
November 19-23, 2008
Marriott Indianapolis • Indianapolis, IN USA

2008 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD WINNERS

(November 22, 2008) -- SFRBM recognized 15 outstanding student and postdoc members with Young Investigator Awards (YIAs) at the society's Closing Banquet in Indianapolis. Each winner received $500 cash and a free registration to the association's 2009 or 2010 Annual Meeting.

Udit Agarwal, Cleveland Clinic
NADPH oxidase derived oxidants participate in ventricular rupture post MI through oxidation of PAI-1

Valeria Arciuch, University of Buenos Aires
The redox modulation of Akt1 activation in mitochondria

Adam Case, University of Iowa
Aberrant thymic development in a T-lymphocyte specific SOD2 knock-out mouse

Liuji Chen, University of Texas – Health Science Center
Increased lipid peroxidation facilitates amyloidogenesis through upregulation of BACE1 expression, a mechanism that may be important in pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease at early stages

Anne Diers, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Redox modulation of breast cancer cell migration: implications for anti-metastatic therapy

Alison Groeger, University of Pittsburgh
Discovery, Structural Characterization and Quantification of Novel Inflammatory-Induced Electrophilic Fatty Acid Derivatives

Nadine Hempel, Albany Medical College
Altered Redox Status Accompanies Progression to Metastatic Human Bladder Cancer

Bradford Hill, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mitochondrial bioenergetics regulates protein modification by lipid electrophiles

Jean-Claude Honore, University of Montreal
Trans-Arachidonic Acids Generated After Nitrative Stress Induce Cerebral Microvascular Degeneration Through Activation of the GPR40 Receptor

Jessica Houghton, University of California – Davis
Myeloperoxidase-Dependent Nitration and Oxidation of p-Cresol:  A Novel Pathway for Xenobiotic and Endobiotic Metabolism

Amanda Melilo, Albany Medical College
A Role for Francisella tularensis Antioxidant Enzymes in Macrophage Kinase and Phosphatase Signaling

Joo-Yeun Oh, University of Alabama at Birmingham
A new model for redox cell signaling; the accumulation of the covalent modification of signaling proteins by lipid electrophiles

Adam Salmon, Univ. of Texas – Health Science Center
Lack of methionine sulfoxide reductase A in mice increases sensitivity to oxidative stress but does not diminish lifespan

Timothy Sweeney, Duke University
TLR2 deficiency impairs mitochondrial biogenesis by failure to induce PGC-1alpha in S. aureus sepsis

Dario Vitturi, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sodium nitrite prevents hypertension associated with the hemoglobin-based blood substitute HBOC-201

2008 TRAVEL AWARD WINNERS

(October 7, 2008) -- SFRBM's Awards and Outreach Committees wish to congratulate the winners of the Society's annual Travel Awards. These awards were made available to students and postdocs who wish to attend SFRBM 2008 to present their research. Ten (10) awards at $1,000 each were conferred to postdoc or student members of SFRBM outside of the United States. In addition, ten (10) Travel Awards at $500 each were presented to postdoc and student members in the US. Winners will receive recognition and their check at the SFRBM 2008 Awards Banquet on November 22 in Indianapolis. Please note that Travel Award winners are not eligible for Young Investigator Awards (YIA) given at the meeting.

10 Awards at $500 for students/postdocs within US

Kelly Andringa, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Charles Bosworth, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joshua Brooks, Vanderbilt University
Corrine Kliment, University of Pittsburgh
Ivan Kos, Duke University Medical Center
Joshua Madsen, University of Iowa
Netanya Spencer, University of Iowa
Sita Subbaram, Albany Medical College
Yulan Sun, University of Kentucky
Yani Zou, Stanford University

10 Awards at $1,000 for students/postdocs outside US

Angelica Amanso, University of São Paulo - Brazil
Silvina Bartesaghi, Universidad de la República - Uruguay
Chih-Wei Chen, Chang Gung University - Taiwan
Andreia Chignalia, University of São Paulo - Brazil
Ruchi Chaube, University of Windsor - Canada
Nira Izigov, Tel Aviv University - Israel
Ana Matias, Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
Ellen Robb, Brock University - Canada
Katrin Schröder, Goethe-Universität - Germany
Christoph Ufer, University Medicine Charite (CCM) - Germany