37th OPS Annual Meeting Award Winners

Congratulatons to the receipients of the following awards:

Seth Brunner (University of Cincinnati): Peter K Lauf Travel Award for Undergraduate Short-Talk Session.
Title: Glycoprotein VI Platelet Receptor Blockade Attenuates Progression of Established Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Murine Models
Kesha Dalal (The University of Toledo): Peter K Lauf Travel Award for Graduate Short-Talk Session.
Title: Mechanosensitive Ion Channel TRPV4 Regulates Endothelial Cell Mitochondrial Phenotype
Divya Sridharan (The Ohio State University): Ohan Cardiovascular Innovations Travel Award for Post-doc Short-Talk Session.
Title: Improved maturation, survival and engraftment of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes following co-culture with hiPSC-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Shridhar Sanghvi (The Ohio State University): Hans G. Folkesson Student Travel Award for Graduate Poster Session.
Title: Cysteine Mutagenesis Reveals Novel Structure–Function Features within the Predicted Transmembrane domain of Chloride intracellular ion channel 1 (CLIC1)

Jorja Hensley (University of Cincinnati) First place.
Title: Fate mapping analyses of MYBPC1 expression by tracking eGFP in various muscles
Hemaa Sree Kumar (The University of Toledo) Second place.
Title: Development of New Models for Investigation of Host-Microbiota Interactions in Larval Zebrafish
Dipan Kundu (Northeast Ohio Medical University) Third place.
Title: Exosome derived from NAMPT-overexpressed mesenchymal stem cell improves aortic stenosis

Alexandria Leeper (Dension University): First place.
Title: Optimizing conditions for analyzing expression of dopamine signaling genes in Drosophila melanogaster larvae raised on PUFA deficient diets.
Maria Rich (University of Cincinnati): Second place.
Title: Structure and regulation of ectodomain sheddases in development and disease
Nina Lazic (University of Cincinnati): Third place.
Title: Delineating Men1 Tumor Suppressive Mechanisms in the Exocrine Pancreas
Shameel Abid (University of Cincinnati): Third place.
Title: Assessing the effect of Poly(ethylene oxide-b-lactide) block copolymer on the characteristics of perfluoropentane phase-shift nanodroplets

Smita Sahay (The University of Toledo) Second place.
Title: Cell Subtype Changes in Adenosine Receptor Expression in Schizophrenia
Ishika Puri (Ohio University) Third place.
Title: Deciphering the role of Fat-Specific Protein 27 in muscle endurance
Sanjana Kumariya (The University of Toledo) Third place.
Title: YAP1 is a Novel Regulator of Vascular Contraction and Blood Pressure

Bijinu Balakrishnan (Ohio University) First Place.
Title: FSP27 restrains cardiac hypertrophy via regulating adipose-cardiac crosstalk
Narendra Kondapalli (The University of Toledo) Second Place.
Title: Angiotensin II induces endothelial dysfunction and vascular remodeling by downregulating TRPV4 channels
Marco Pessoa (Marshall University) Third Place.
Title: The Na/K-ATPase α1/Src Signaling Axis Regulates Mitochondrial Metabolism and Redox Signaling in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

Ohio Physiological Society 37th Annual Meeting