2006 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 undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, and post-doctoral fellow. Merit Award winners receive a $500 honorarium plus annual meeting travel reimbursement.

Undergraduate Student
Megan Ryan
Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m., Room W311-ABEF
Lymphoma: Pre-Clinical - Chemotherapy and Biologic Agents II
Sensitivity of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphomas to DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitors Is Associated with a Specific Epigenetic Signature
Abstract #831

Medical Student
Mark A. Murakami
Monday, December 11, 2006, 1:30 p.m., Room W224-ABEF
Mechanisms of Neutropenia
Mutations of the ELA2 Gene Found in Patients with Severe Congenital Neutropenia Induce the Unfolded Protein Response and Cellular Apoptosis
Abstract #499

Graduate Student
Zuzana Tothova
Monday, December 11, 2006, 1:30 p.m., Room W110
Development and Longevity of Stem Cells
FoxO Are Critical Mediators of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Resistance to Physiologic Oxidative Stress
Abstract #439

Resident Physician
Andres O. Soriano
Monday, December 11, 2006, 7:30 a.m., Hall F5
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapies
Significant Clinical Activity of the Combination of 5-Azacytidine, Valproic Acid and All-Trans Retinoic (ATRA) Acid in Leukemia: Results of a Phase I/II Study
Abstract #160

Post Doctoral Fellow
Frederic Barabe
Monday, December 11, 2006, 7:30 a.m., Room W311-EFGH
Malignant Stem and Progenitor Cells
Expression of MLL Fusion Genes in Human Hematopoietic Cells Is Sufficient To Induce Both Acute Lymphoid and Acute Myeloid Leukemia In Vivo
Abstract #239

Naohide Watanabe, PhD
Monday, December 11, 2006, 7:30 a.m., Room W414-AB
Integrins and Other Membrane Glycoproteins
On the Yellow Brick Road to Platelet GP IIb-IIIa (Integrin αIIbβ3) Activation
Abstract #211