Winners of the 2013 Junior Investigator Award!

Dr. Matalon, the APS and everyone associated with AJP-Lung would like to congratulate the winners of this year's Junior Investigator Award!  They are provided $500 and will have their accomplishment announced at this year's Trainee Breakfast at EB.  Please join me in congratulating them! 

Julia E. Rager , Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Researcher, UNC Chapel Hill)

DNA methylation in nasal epithelial cells from smokers: identification of ULBP3-related effects.

Rager JE, Bauer RN, Müller LL, Smeester L, Carson JL, Brighton LE, Fry RC, Jaspers I.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Sep 15;305(6):L432-8. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00116.2013. Epub 2013 Jul 5.

PMID: 23831618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

James Londino (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Alabama at Birmingham) 

Influenza matrix protein 2 alters CFTR expression and function through its ion channel activity.

Londino JD, Lazrak A, Jurkuvenaite A, Collawn JF, Noah JW, Matalon S.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 May 1;304(9):L582-92. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00314.2012. Epub 2013 Mar 1.

PMID: 23457187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Esra Roan, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, University of Memphis) 

Hyperoxia alters the mechanical properties of alveolar epithelial cells.

Roan E, Wilhelm K, Bada A, Makena PS, Gorantla VK, Sinclair SE, Waters CM.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012 Jun 15;302(12):L1235-41. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00223.2011. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

PMID: 22467640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 

Franziska M. Konrad (Research Fellow,  University of Tuebingen) 

Adenosine receptor A2b on hematopoietic cells mediates LPS-induced migration of PMNs into the lung interstitium.

Konrad FM, Witte E, Vollmer I, Stark S, Reutershan J.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012 Sep;303(5):L425-38. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00387.2011. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

PMID: 22707616 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 

Tracy Schmidt (Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Chicago) 

Conditional deletion of FAK in mice endothelium disrupts lung vascular barrier function due to destabilization of RhoA and Rac1 activities.

Schmidt TT, Tauseef M, Yue L, Bonini MG, Gothert J, Shen TL, Guan JL, Predescu S, Sadikot R, Mehta D.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Aug 15;305(4):L291-300. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00094.2013. Epub 2013 Jun 14.

PMID: 23771883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]