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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APS Contact
Christine Guilfoy
(301) 634-7253
(978) 290-2400
cguilfoy@the-aps.org
American Physiological Society Gives
Research Awards To Four Undergrads
Awardees are from Colorado State, Michigan State, Oberlin and Williams
BETHESDA, MD (April 25, 2006) – Students from Colorado
State University, Oberlin College, Michigan State University and Williams
College took top honors in the third annual David S. Bruce Undergraduate
Research Awards competition this year.
Twenty nine student-researchers applied for The
American Physiological Society (APS) award, which recognizes excellence
in undergraduate research. Judges chose the four winners from among 12
finalists who presented their research at the Experimental Biology 2006 (EB)
conference earlier this month in San Francisco.
The winners receive $500 and a certificate. The 2006
Bruce award winners are as follows:
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Manasi Bhate - Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. “GCK-3
induced phosphorylation alters C1C anion channel outer pore structure,” by
Manasi Bhate, of Oberlin College, and Liping He and Kevin Strange of
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Bhate did the research at Vanderbilt
as part of an APS summer research fellowship. She plans to attend graduate
school to pursue a career in science.
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Jennifer M. Edwards - Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI. “Is there a relationship between the AT-1 receptor and
O2- in renal wrap hypertension?” by Jennifer M.
Edwards, Joseph R. Haywood and Carrie A. Northcott, Michigan State.
Edwards plans to begin a D.O./Ph.D. program at Michigan State this summer.
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Jon Christopher Gonzales - Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, CO. “Endoplasmic reticulum stress increases glucose
production in vivo via effects on live glycogenolysis and
glucose-6-phosphatase activity,” by Jon C. Gonzales, Yuren Wei, Dong Wang
and Michael Pagliassotti, Colorado State. Gonzales, who plans to graduate
in May 2007, hopes to enroll in a Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences and
become a university researcher and teacher.
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Gillian Louise Sowden - Williams College,
Williamstown, MA. “Peripheral oxyntomodulin increases heart rate in mice,
independent of insulin and catecholamines,” by Gillian Louise Sowden, and
Steven John Swoap, Williams College, and David Weinshenker of Emory
University, Atlanta, GA. Sowden expects to graduate this year and plans to
attend medical school and eventually combine research and a medical
career.
The award is named for David S. Bruce, a Wheaton (IL)
College physiology professor who was dedicated to encouraging undergraduates
to become involved in scientific research and pursue science careers. Bruce
attended the Experimental Biology conference each year, usually with a
student who presented his or her research during the poster session.
Bruce was active in APS, where he served as chairman of
the Teaching Section. He died in 2000 of complications following a kidney
transplant.
To be eligible for a Bruce award, the students had to
be the first author of the research study, had to carry out the bulk of the
experiment themselves, and had to submit an abstract of the study for
presentation at EB. The Bruce award candidates also submitted a letter
explaining the study and its significance. The students also had to have an
interest in pursuing a career in a physiology, or a related field, including
a biomedical career
The winners were chosen based on their abstracts,
letters, and the presentation of their research at the poster sessions and
to APS judges. The judges consider the
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clarity of the student’s research hypothesis
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soundness of the experimental design
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quality and organization of the poster, including graphics
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coherence and creativity of the presentation
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uniqueness of the research
Please go to
http://www.the-aps.org/press/aps/06/06bruce.htm for a list of the 12
Bruce finalists.
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The
American Physiological Society was founded in 1887 to foster basic and
applied bioscience. The Bethesda, Maryland-based society has more than
10,500 members and publishes 14 peer-reviewed journals containing almost
4,000 articles annually.
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APS
provides a wide range of research, educational and career support and
programming to further the contributions of physiology to understanding the
mechanisms of diseased and healthy states. In May 2004, APS received
the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
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