The winners of the Young Investigator Awards
Sponsored by Enzo Life Sciences International
Young Investigator Awards were instituted with the 6th Conference of the series held in Boston in 1999. Three awards, one each in Cancer, Inflammation, and Structure/Function, are presented for the best work presented at the conference. The guidelines and procedure are as follows:
1. Competition is limited to junior faculty (Assistant Professor or equivalent) of 38 years of age or less.
2. Nominations for the awards can be self or by a colleague and should be received by the Organizing Committee on or before the Abstract submission deadline date.
3. All nominations should be in the form of a letter (250 words maximum) highlighting the important aspects of the abstract. The letter should also indicate the category, viz. Cancer, Inflammation, or Structure/Function, for which the abstract is being nominated. The nomination letter should accompany the current CV of the nominee. At the minimum, the CV should include education, training, awards and honors, professional affiliations, research funding, and publications.
4. Organizing Committee screens and selects six nominees (two for each category) from all nominations using the abstracts, nominating letters, and the CVs. All selected nominees are required to give oral presentations in the special session.
5. A panel of judges (3 judges + 2 chairs of the session) will score the presentations to determine the finalists.
Address to submit all nominations:
Attn: Young Investigator Awards 2009
5101 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Or email to: awards@bioactivelipidsconference.org
11th International Bioactive Lipids Conference
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Venkatakrishna Rao Jala, PhD
Novel strategies in targeting G-protein coupled leukotriene B4 receptors, BLT1 and BLT2 for inflammatory diseases
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY USA
INFLAMMATION
Nicolas Flamand, PhD
The Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoyl-glycerol Activates Human Eosinophils Through Several Mechanisms: Importance of Eicosanoids
Université Laval, Québec City, QC Canada
CANCER
Anthony Ashton, PhD
TPb Controls Angiogenesis Through Direct Interaction With and Change in the Subcellular Localization of Connexin 43
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
10th International Bioactive Lipids Conference
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Bindi Dangi
Biogenic Synthesis, Purification and Chemical Characterization of Anti-inflammatory Oxylipins Derived from Docosapentaenoic Acid (DPAn-6)
Martek Biosciences Corporation
INFLAMMATION
Dr. Victoria A. Blaho
Cyclooxygenase-1 is critical for the development of pathogen-specific antibody production
Departments of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of Missouri
Dr. Michael P.W. Moos
Expression pattern and function of the CysLT2R
Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry, Queen’s University
CANCER
Dr. K. Sandeep Prabhu
Differential regulation of expression of thromboxane and prostaglandin synthases, TXS, mPGES-1 and H-PGDS by selenium in macrophages
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
9th International Eicosanoid Conference
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Makoto Arita
?-3 Derived lipid mediator Resolvin E1: Stereochemistry, Receptor and Anti-inflammatory and protective Action in Colitis
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
INFLAMMATION
Dr. Magnus Back
Leukotriene B4 induced Vascular Inflammation: Role of NF-?B dependant BLT1 Receptors in Ion Channel Activation and Neointimal Hyperplasis
Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital
CANCER
Dr. Hongying Wang
ß-Catenin Mediates PAR-2 Activation-Induced COX-2 Expression in Epithelial Cells
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary
Dr. Keqin Tang
Regulation of Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase by Physical Interaction with Integrin ß4
Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University
8th International Eicosanoid Conference
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Ming Luo
Nuclear Localization of 5-Lipoxygenase Primes for Enhanced LTB4 Synthesis: a Causal Relationship Revealed by a Molecular Approach
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
INFLAMMATION
Dr. Karsten Gronert
A Molecular Defect in Intracellular Lipid Signaling in Human Neutrophils in Localized Aggressive Tissue Damage
Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
CANCER
Dr. Mona L. Gauthier
COX-2 expression in multi-step breast carcinogenesis
Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
7th International Eicosanoid Conference
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. David M. Aronoff
The Cellular Selectivity of Acetaminophen: Lipid peroxides are determinants of the Inhibition of Prostaglandin H Synthases by Acetaminophen
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
CANCER
Dr. James Mulhally
Cyclopentenone Prostaglandins of the J-series inhibit the Ubiquitin Isopeptidase Activity of the Proteasome Pathway
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah
INFLAMMATION
Dr. Yoshihide Kanaoka
Targeted Disruption of the mouse Leukotriene C4 Synthase Gene
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
6th International Eicosanoid Conference
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Timothy Hla
EDG-1 Family of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (SPP) Receptors Center for Vascular Biology University of Connecticut Health Center
INFLAMMATION
Dr. Takehiko Yokomizo
Leukotriene B4 receptor: Structure, transcriptional regulation, and intracellular signaling. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
CANCER
Dr. Per-Johan Jakobsson
Prostaglandin E Synthase: A Microsomal, Glutathione Dependant, Inducible Member of the MAPEG Superfamily. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute