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• NIH/NCI R03 award to Suniti Misra, CA167722, Silencing CD44v6 Expression Prevents Intestinal Tumor Growth. Project Period: 3/1/13 - 2/28/15.
• NSF/SC EPSCOR/IDeA award to Scott Argraves, 'REU in Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication', January 2013.
• NIH/NIGMS P30 award to Roger Markwald, 1P30GM103342-01, SC COBRE for Developmentally Based Cardiovascular Diseases. Project Period: 8/1/12 - 4/30/17.
• NIH/NHLBI R01 award to Roger Markwald, 2R01HL033756-28A1, Mucopolysaccharide Metabolism in Congenital Cardiac Anomalies. Project Period: 6/19/12 - 5/31/16.
• Phizer research award to Bryan Toole: Evaluation of Hyaluronic Acid Dys-Regulation as the Driving Mechanism Behind the Apparent Increase in Cancers Seen with an SGLT2 Inhibitor, Project started 5/1/12.
• SC EPSCOR research award to Christi Kern, Investigation into the Progression of Myxomatous Valve Disease Using a Microarray Approach, Project started 7/1/12.
• Clemson/AHA research award to Rick Visconti, Controlled Assembly of Janus Magnetic Spheroids for the Fabrication and Maturation of Linear Blood Vessels, Project started 7/1/12.
• NSF/SC EPSCOR/IDeA research award to W. Scott Argraves, Identification of Factors for Accelerated Elastin Assembly in Vascular Constructs, Project started 10/1/12.
• NSF/SC EPSCOR/IDeA research award to Chris Drake, Evaluation of the SMC and EC Potential of Human Adipose Stem Cells, Project started 10/1/12.
• NSF/SC EPSCOR/IDeA research award to Mike Yost, Execution of the Bioprinted Tube Project, Project started 10/1/12.
• AHA Beginning Grant-in-Aid to Dr. Kyu-Ho Lee Nkx2.5 as a Nexus for Outflow Tract Morphogenic Signals: Integration of BMP and FGF Transcriptional Response Elements (7/1/2012-6/30/2014)
  
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Marie Lockhart The Role of BMP Signalling in Epicardial Development (7/2012-6/2014)
• Dr. Thierry Bacro (Dental Gross Anatomy Course Director) was awarded the Outstanding Basic Science Professor of 2012 by the MUSC Dental students, and was also runner-up for the Medical School Spring 2012 Faculty Excellence award for Teaching.
• Haley Buff Lindner won the Junior Investigator Award at the Wound Healing Society meeting in Atlanta (2012) pGlcNAc Nanofibers Stimulate A Scarless Wound Healing Program
• Matthew Berger won an Award of Merit at the College of Charlestons School of Science and Mathematics 24th Annual Scientific Research Poster Session The Accumulation of Proteoglycans Contributes to Myxomatous Valve Disease in the ADAMTS5 Mouse Model
• R21 Grant awarded to Kelley M. Argraves and Sinai Zyblewski (Co-PIs) R21 HL109829 "S1P Deficiency Prolongs Endothelial Barrier Recovery After Fontan Operation" Project Period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2014
• Dept of Medicine Research Day Award (1/19/2012) Brett S. Harris won First Place in the Basic Junior Faculty category ($1000) for Poster: "Remodeling of the Peripheral Cardiac Conduction System in Response to Pressure-Overload"
• Dept of Medicine Research Day Award (1/19/2012) David P. Lebel, Meghan K. Anderson, and Titus Reaves won First Place in the Medical Student category ($1000) for Poster: "The Role of Tissue Transglutaminase 2 in the modulation of polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Function"
• Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center Reopens BSB642 9/1/2011
• Brent Wilkerson (K. Argraves Laboratory) Awarded the 2011-2012 Provost's Student Scholarship
• South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Program GEAR Award to W. Scott Argraves Accelerated Elastin Assembly in Vascular Constructs Through Suppression of Proteoglycans 7/2011-6/2012)
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Laura Briggs The Role of BMP4 in the Development of the Dorsal Mesenchymal Protrusion (7/2011-6/2013) *One of the top-five scores in the Pre-doctoral Fellowship award category*
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Carmine Gentile VEGF/Akt-mediated Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Phosphorylation as a Regulator of Endothelial Cell Division (7/2011-6/2013)
• NIH R03 award to Dr. Naohiro Yamaguchi Isoform-Specific Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Calcium Channel by Calmodulin (07/01/2011-06/30/2014)
• MUSC Foundation Distinguished Faculty Service Award to Roger R. Markwald (7/2011)
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Wenjun He Monte Carlo Modeling of Radiation Doses in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology (7/2011-6/2013)
• Erin Pardue was inducted into the MUSC Student Leadership Society and was awarded a scholarship. (4/13/2011)
• NIH R21 award to Drs. Ann Ramsdell and Demetri Spyropoulos Mammary gland laterality in normal and neoplastic development (2011-2013)
• AHA Grant-in-Aid to Dr. Yukiko Sugi The role of BMP in regulating valvulogenesis (1/1/2011-12/31/2012)
• AHA Scientist Development Grant to Dr. Chip Norris Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Myxomatous Mitral Valve Dystrophy (1/1/2011-12/31/2014)
• Biomedical Research Conference Award Jashalynn C German (Spelman College and S. Hammad Lab) won a Presentation Award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Nov. 10-13, 2010, Charlotte, NC
• A Top Cited article between 2008-2010 from the Journal of Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators Hammad SM, Crellin HG, Wu BX, Melton J, Anelli V, Obeid LM. Dual and distinct roles for sphingosine kinase 1 and sphingosine 1 phosphate in the response to inflammatory stimuli in RAW macrophages. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat, 2008, 85: 107-114.
• MUSC Student Research Day Award Haley Lindner (R. Huise-Helmericks Lab) won First Place for PhD III Poster: "Requirement for Akt1 in the Regulation of Anti-Bacterial Effects of Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine Nanofibers (sNAG) in Cutaneous Wound Healing"
• MUSC Student Research Day Award Jashalynn C German (Spelman College and S. Hammad Lab) won First Place for Undergraduate Oral Presentation: "Effects of Genetic Deletion of NOS2 or NOS3 on Atherosclerosis in a Lupus Nephritis Mouse Model"
• MUSC Student Research Day Award Aaron Blackshaw (CofC and K. Lee Lab) won First Place for Undergraduate Basic Science Poster: "Direct and microRNA-mediated Regulation of Jarid2 Expression by Nkx2.5 in the Second Heart Field"
• MUSC Student Research Day Award Brent A Wilkerson (K. Argraves Lab) won Second Place for PhD VI Oral Presentation: "HDL and Albumin Specific Effects on S1P-dependent Endothelial Barrier Enhancement"
• MUSC Student Research Day Award Daniel Grass (B. Toole Lab) won Second Place for PhD VII Oral Presentation: "Regulation of Invadopodia Dynamics By Emmprin (CD147)"
• MUSC Student Research Day Award Joseph A Palatinus (R, Gourdie Lab) won Second Place for PhD VIII Oral Presentation: "A Peptide Mimetic of the Connexin43 Carboxyl-Terminus Increases Activity of Protein Kinase C Epsilon in a Substrate-Specific Manner"
• MUSC Student Research Day Award K. Bryan Wingate (M. Kern Lab) won Third Place for Clinical / Professional / Masters III Poster: "Prrx Homeodomain Proteins, Key Regulators of Extracellular Matrix Expression During Secondary Palate Formation"
• NIH/NHLBI Grant Award to Dr. Robert Gourdie Patterning of Gap Junction in the Arhythmic Heart (2010-2015)
• NIH/NIAMS Grant Award to Dr. Robert Gourdie and Dr. Mike Yost (USC-SOM) An Enabling Technology for Improving Engraftment of Bioengineered Materials and Cells (2010-2015)
• SC EPSCoR / IDeA GEAR Award to Dr. Scott Argraves Building a Vascular Tree Using Uniluminal Vascular Spheroids Comprised of Vascular Cells Made From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (2010-2011)
• AHA Scientist Development Grant to Dr. Naohiro Yamaguchi Calmodulin Regulation of Cardiac Ca+2 Transporting Channels (7/1/2010-6/30/2014)
• AHA Scientist Development Grant to Dr. Daping Fan (USC - SC Cardiovascular COBRE) Role of microRNA-155 in Macrophage Function and Atherosclerosis (7/1/2010-6/30/2014)
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Obaidullah Aseem The Role of Cubilin in High Density Lipoprotein Homeostasis (7/1/2010-6/30/2012)
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Erin Pardue The influence of Fibulin-1C on Hematopoietically Derived Cell Populations in Heart Valves (7/1/2010-6/30/2012)
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Brent Wilkerson HDL associated S1P in Endothelial Barrier Function and Atherosclerosis (7/1/2010-6/30/2012)
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to Xiaowei Li Engineering Blood Vessel Network and Manipulating Endogenous Stem Cells for Brain Regeneration After Stroke (7/1/2010-6/30/2012)
• Center for Oral Health Research Award to Christine Kern Prx Regulation of Extracellular Matrix Genes during Craniofacial Development (9/30/2010-5/31/2011)
• Center for Oral Health Research Award to Marion Cooley Fibulin-1 is Required to Maintain the Fgf8-dependant Proximal Mandibular Genetic Program (9/30/2010-5/31/2011)
• 19th South East Lipid Research Conference Obie Aseem was awarded second place in the poster competition for his work entitled "Cubilin is Essential for Maintaining Plasma HDL levels"

 

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