2007 ASH Merit Awards

The American Society of Hematology is pleased to recognize the following abstract presenters who received the highest ranking in the 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

Aditya Mandawat
Monday, December 10, 2007, 2:00 p.m., Rooms B213- B214
Molecular Pharmacology: Novel Therapies I
Pan-Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitor LBH589 Depletes CXCR4 Levels and Signaling, Exerting Synergistic Anti-Leukemia Activity in Combination with CXCR4 Antagonists
Abstract #537

Shailaja Karanti
Monday, December 10, 2007, 2:30 p.m., Rooms B405-B407
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Lymphomagenesis
An Atlas of the MicroRNA Genome in Human DLBCL
Abstract #563

Medical Student

Andrew McDaniel
Monday, December 10, 2007, 7:45 a.m., Rooms B211-B212
Mononuclear Phagocyte Differentiation and Function
Loss of Pak1 Corrects Multiple Gain of Function Phenotypes in Nf1+/- Mast Cells
Abstract # 236

Joshua H. Wong, BS, MS
Monday, December 10, 2007, 7:45 a.m., Rooms B313b-B314
Regulation and Coagulation
Increased Thrombosis in Male Versus Female Mice Is Mediated by Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion Possibly Through Inhibition of TFPI Expression in the Vasculature
Abstract #266

Graduate Student

Gustavo F. Da Silva, MS
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 7:30 a.m., Room B206
Lymphoma: Pre-Clinical Chemotherapy and Biologic Agents-Novel Agents, Including Small Molecule Inhibitors
Design and Development of Small Molecules for Specific Targeted Therapy of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Abstract # 799

Resident Physician

Claudia Lengerke, MD
Monday, December 10, 2007, 7:30 a.m., Rooms B302-B303
Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Biology: Signaling in Hematopoietic Stem Cells
BMP and Wnt Induce Embryonic Blood Fate by Activation of the Cdx-Hox Pathway
Abstract #199

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Simon Mendez-Ferrer, PhD
Monday, December 10, 2007, 8:00 a.m., Rooms B304-B305
Molecular Effectors of Stem Cell Migration
Circadian Traffic of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Is Orchestrated by the Molecular Clock and Mediated by β3 Adrenergic Signals from the Sympathetic Nervous System
Abstract #219

Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS, MD
Monday, December 10, 2007, 3:30 p.m., Room A305
Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors I
ERG Deletions Define a Novel Subtype of B-Progenitor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Abstract #691