Wednesday, February 19, 2014

MCIP Recruitment Activities, Friday, March 7th

Please join MCIP faculty and students in our annual recruitment activities:
  1. 12:15pm, Lunch at Tercero Dinning Commons
  2. 3:00-5:00pm, MCIP Colloqium at  AGR Room, Alumni & Visitors Center
  3. 5:30pm, Dinner at the AGR Room, Alumni & Visitors Center
  4. 7pm-sleep, Drinks and more fun at De'Vere's Irish Pub downtown
For Lunch and Dinner, please RSVP to this Doodle poll http://doodle.com/crfk77uqddnhv9ur 

Hope to see everyone there! :)


Congratulations Kate!

The MCIP Support Committee has selected Katherine Dee Watson (Major Professor:  Dr. Katherine W. Ferrara) as the recipient for the  2013-2014 Loren D. Carlson Prize in Physiology for her dissertation entitled: Ultrasound is Making Waves in Cancer Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment.

Congratulations Kristi!

Kristi Hamilton (Raybould Lab) is the recipient of the 2013-2014 Irving J. Hertzendorf Memorial Award in Physiology for her outstanding qualities as a scholar and as a humanitarian. 

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Recent MCIP Grads and Publications

PhD in MCIP!
Kristi Bezold
George Crocker
Keri Hayakawa
Liz Martin
Richard Myer
Kit Ng
John Rudell
Natalie Yuen

MS in MCIP!
Jenny Figueroa

Publications!
Kristi Benzold: A gain-of-function mutation in the M-domain of cardiac myosin-binding protein-C increases binding to actin.

Shannamar Dewey: Proteomic Analysis of Hearts from Akita Mice Suggests That Increases in Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase and Antioxidative Programming Are Key changes in early stages of diabetic cardiomyopathy.
Colin McCoin: Contributions of adipose tissue architectural and tensile properties toward defining healthy and unhealthy obesity http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24302007

Angela Papalamprou: Glycogen Content Regulates Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-∂ (PPAR-∂) Activity in Rat Skeletal Muscle
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24146969

Tyler Stradleigh: Dopamine and full-field illumination activate D1 and D2-D5-type receptors in adult rat retinal ganglion cells.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22678972

Michael Steinman: Tuberal hypothalamic expression of the glial intermediate filaments, glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin across the turkey hen (Meleagris gallopavo) reproductive cycle: Further evidence for a role of glial structural plasticity in seasonal reproduction.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23948371

Kate Watson: Complete regression of local cancer using temperature-sensitive liposomes combined with ultrasound-mediated hyperthermia.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23994755

Karen Word: Experimental chronic noise is related to elevated fecal corticosteroid metabolites in lekking male greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185627