2011 TRAVEL AWARD WINNERS

(October 7, 2011) -- SFRBM's Junior Awards Committee wishes 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 2011 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 2011 Awards Banquet on November 19 in Atlanta, Georgia.

10 Awards at $500 for students/postdocs within US

Mariana Boiani, Vanderbilt University The stress protein BAG3 stabilizes Mcl-1 and promotes cancer survival and chemoresistance		Maria Franco, University of Central Florida Nitrated Hsp90 induces apoptosis in motor neurons by a Fas-dependent mechanism		Christelle Kamga, University of Pittsburgh Nitrite Mediates Cytoprotection after Ischemia/Reperfusion through the production of mitochondrial ROS and activation of AMP Kinase in Cultured Myocytes
Radoslaw Michalski, Medical College of Wisconsin Development of a novel cell-impermeable fluorogenic probe for superoxide radical anion		Kathryn Pate, National Jewish Health Forced running elicits arthritis and oxidative stress in antioxidant impaired mice		Delira Robbins, LSU Health Sciences Center Targeting metabolic enzymes in cancer prevention: Reciprocal regulation of isoforms of pyruvate kinase and isocitrate dehydrogenase in the early stage of cancer development
Shane Rowley, University of Colorado - Denver Reliable in vivo measurement of mitochondrial bioenergetics in animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy		Brian Sansbury, University of Louisville Nitric oxide prevents diet-induced obesity by regulating adipose tissue phenotype		Sih-han Wang, The University of Iowa Parkin-Dependent Mitophagy (Parkin-M) and Mitochondria Outer Membrane Permeabilization-Induced Mitophagy (MOMP-M) Both Alter Cellular REDOX and Energetics but are Mechanistically Distinct.
Yue-Ting Wang, University of Illinois - Chicago Quantitative proteomic analysis of protein cysteome modification in response to NO donors using d-SSwitch

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

Silvina Bartesaghi, University of the Republic - Uruguay Lipid peroxidation and protein tyrosine nitration are mechanistically connected: model studies with tyrosine-containing transmembrane peptides		Lucia Bonilla Cal, University of the Republic - Uruguay Enzymatic formation of nitroarachidonic acid and its signaling modulatory actions on human platelet activation		Miriam Cortese-Krott, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf – Germany Decreased expression and activity of red cell eNOS correlate with endothelial dysfunction in humans.
Rinesh Godfrey, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena - Germany FLT3-ITD mediated transformation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia involves oxidation of the FLT3 antagonist PTP, DEP-1: A novel redox circuit in cancer cells		Ivan Low, National University of Singapore Superoxide promotes chemoresistance via the selective inhibitory tyrosine nitration of protein phosphatase 2A-B56 subunit and the accumulation of activated S70-phosphoBcl-2		Ryan Mailloux, University of Ottawa - Canada The physiological implications for controlling uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 by glutathionylation
Karim Michail, University of Alberta - Canada HPLC determination of 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide free radical-derived adducts after derivatization of the electron paramagnetic resonance-silent species: Application to chemical and biochemical model systems		Hitesh Peshavariya, O'Brien Institute - Australia Regulation Of Angiogenesis By Transforming Growth Factor- B In Vitro And In Vivo Involves NADPH Oxidase 4		Zrinka Rajic, University of Zagreb - Croatia A breakthrough in the development of SOD mimics/cellular redox modulators: a superior Mn porphyrin, MnTnBuOE-2-PyP5+ with finely tuned properties
Ellen Robb, Brock University - Canada Estrogen receptors and the mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme manganese superoxide dismutase are two key players in the cellular activities of phytoestrogens