Willow Frasier
Congratulations to our 2022 Student and New Investigator Presentation Award Winners
Each year, the Education, Student and New Investigator Affairs Committee (ESNIA) invites students and new investigators to submit abstracts for either poster or oral presentations. Submissions are automatically entered in the Best Presentation/Poster Competition, which takes place at the EMGS Annual Meeting, this year in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens. To be considered for the award, the abstract must be submitted and presented by the student or new investigator. Each winner receives a monetary prize.
ESNIA is proud to announce the winners for the 2022 Student and New Investigator Awards:
Best Overall DNA repair SNI poster - sponsored by the journal DNA Repair
Benjamin Ryan - University of Kansas Medical Center
Structural Basis For Engagement Of Nucleosomal DNA Damage By DNA Polymerase Beta
Best Overall Basic or Applied SNI poster - sponsored by Mutation Research Reviews
Natália Chermont dos Santos Moreira- Ribeirão Preto Medical School
Novel AChE and ROCK Dual Inhibitor Designed for Alzheimer's Disease Therapy Promotes Neurodifferentiation and Neuritogenesis in SH-SY5Y Cells
Best Student poster - sponsored by Mutation Research Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
1st place
Justin Dingman - University of Utah
Quantifying and Categorizing DNA Damage in Microorganisms Using BER Principles
2nd place
Elizabeth Huliganga - University of Ottawa and Health Canada
A Case Study on Integrating a New Key Event Into an Existing Adverse Outcome Pathway on Oxidative DNA Damage: Challenges and Approaches in a Data-Rich Area
Best New Investigator poster - sponsored by Mutation Research Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms
1st place
Ryan Barnes - University of Pittsburgh
Telomeric 8-Oxo-Guanine Drives Rapid Premature Senescence in the Absence of Telomere Shortening
2nd place
Matthew Schaich - University of Pittsburgh
Single-molecule analysis of damage detection by UV-DDB and OGG1 from nuclear extracts
Best Student platform
1st place
Jennifer Liu - Duke University
Examining the Role of LRRK2 in Genome Maintenance With Implications for Breast Cancer Disease Progression
2nd place
Jéssica Ellen Barbosa de Freitas Lima - Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo
Chronic Hyperglycemia Potentiates Oxidative and Neurotoxic Damage by Increasing Cell Death in Differentiated Neurons From SH-SY5Y Cells
Best New Investigator platform
1st place
Clarissa Rocha - Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
NRF2 Modulates Ferroptosis in Temozolomide-Resistant Glioblastoma Cells
2nd place
Lee Pribyl - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Impact of Mgmt-Mediated DNA Repair on Mutation Susceptibility and Cancer in Mice
Thank you to the judges who helped make this competition a success and thank you also to all the participants who submitted abstracts and presented work. We sincerely hope you got as much back from your discussions as you gave with your efforts throughout the past year. We look forward to seeing you all return next year for the 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Be sure to bring your peers and lab mates along to introduce them to the best society out there!
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