4th Annual Arizona Physiological Society Meeting - 2011
Postdoc Fellow Outstanding Abstract Awardees:
Andrea N. Flynn and Carlos G. Hidalgo
Graduate Student Outstanding Abstract Awardees:
Nathaniel Hart and Mujalin Prasannarong
Undergraduate Student Outstanding Abstract Awardees:
Renee D. Fuqua and Fernando R. Santos
3rd Annual Arizona Physiological Society Meeting - 2010
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Award Winners
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(L-R) Stoyan Angelov (UA), Cara Sherwood (UA), Krysta Powers (NAU), John Kanady (UA), Sarah Kuzmiak (ASU), Mateja Lekic (ASU), Lauren Biwer (UA-PHX), Devin O’Connor (UA-PHX).
Dr. Richard Coast, presented the awards for the Graduate Student Oral Presentations and Dr. Ralph Fregosi presented the awards for the Graduate Student Poster Presentation and the Undergraduate Poster Presentation Awards.
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Oral Presentations: Graduate Students
- First Prize: Jennifer Fang, UA - Connexin40-deficient mice reveal angiotensin II-dependent and –independent mechanisms of post-ischemic tissue survival and recovery.
- Second Prize: John Kanady, UA - Early lymphatic developmental consequences in mice lacking connexin 37 and connexin 43.
- Third Prize: Sarah Kuzmiak, ASU - Pyruvate sparing by fatty acid and glutamate in sparrow skeletal mus-cle mitochondria.
Poster Presentations: Graduate Students
- First Prize: Stoyan Angelov, UA - Role of Cx43 and its MAPK target sites in mesenchymal cell differen-tiation.
- Second Prize: Cara Sherwood, UA - Arsenic alters barrier properties in human airway epithelial cells.
- Third Prize: Krysta Powers, NAU - The relative contributions of titin and collagen to passive tension in the whole mouse soleus muscle.
Poster Presentations: Undergraduate Students
- First Prize: Devin O’Connor, UA - PHX Endotoxin– or hypoxic– induced TLR4 expression is blunted by dihy-drotestoosterone in primary human vascular smooth muscle cells.
- Second Prize: Lauren Biwer, UA - PHX Transient ace inhibitor treatment in SHR confers protection against L-name induced diastolic dysfunction.
- Third Prize: Mateja Lekic, ASU - Characteristics of Ach-mediated vasodilation in tibialis and mesenteric arteries isolated from mourning doves.
ASU = Arizona State University
MU = Midwestern University
NAU = Northern Arizona University
UA = University of Arizona
UA-PHX = University of Arizona at Phoenix
1st place winners received $100.00
2nd place winners received $50.00
3rd place winners received $25.00