GEMS provides an
opportunity for students and young scientists to become engaged in current scientific topics. Our meetings give young investigators a forum to network with other scientists and to showcase new
research.
Awards presented at the 2007 GEMS Fall Meeting:
Best Poster Presentation Awards ($250 each category):
- Amy McCalla-Martin, doctoral candidate in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, for “p19Arf Expression in Transient Vasculature Systems of the Developing Mouse,” with co-authors Thornton DJ, Mary MN, Skapek SX.
- Albert R. Wieglus, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow in the NIEHS Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry Photobiology Workgroup, for “UVA and Visible Light-Induced Cytotoxicity of Fullerol in Human Lens Epithelial Cells,” with co-authors Roberts JE, Boyes WK, Andley U, Chignell CF.
- Carleitta Paige, doctoral candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Wake Forest University, for “The Type III Pantothenate Kinase in Bacillus anthracis Is a Likely Candidate for Therapeutic Intervention against Anthrax Infection,” with co-authors Reid SD, Hanna P, Claiborne A.
- Dana Dolinoy, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Duke University.
- Michele LaMerrill, curriculum in Toxicology in the Department of Genetics, Center for Environmental and Health Susceptibility at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.