2004 ASH Merit Awards

The American Society of Hematology is pleased to recognize the following abstract presenters who received the highest ranking in their categories of medical student, graduate student, resident physician, and post-doctoral fellow. Merit Award winners receive a $500 honorarium plus annual meeting travel reimbursement.

Medical Student
David S. Grenda
Monday, December 6, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m., Room 25
Molecular Regulation of Hematopoiesis
G-CSF Receptor Mutations Found in Patients with Severe Congenital Neutropenia Confer a Strong Competitive Advantage at the Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Level That Is Dependent on Increased Systemic Levels of G-CSF
Abstract 457

Graduate Student
Jose M. Polo
Sunday, December 5, 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Halls FG
Plenary Session
'Specific Peptide Disruption of the Bcl-6 Repression Complex Reveals Its Transcriptional Mechanism of Action in Normal and Malignant B-Cells and Is a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Abstract 5

Resident Physician
Andreas Zettl, M.D.
Monday, December 6, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m., Room 6A
Gene Expression and Promoter Arrays
Chromosomal Imbalances in Germinal Center B-Cell-Like and Activated B-Cell-Like Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Influence Gene Expression Signatures and Improve Gene Expression-Based Survival Prediction
Abstract 415

Post Doctoral Fellow
Elena G. Arias-Salgado
Monday, December 6, 1l:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 29
Molecular Mechanisms of Platelet Function I
PTP-1B Is the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase That Initiates Integrin IIb3 Outside-In Signaling in Platelets
Abstract 330