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Gastrointestinal/Liver Section Newsletter
Spring 2004
SECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
ELECTIONS
A warm welcome to our new councilors Deborah Rubin
(Washington University School of Medicine) and Jack Grider (Medical College
of Virginia). Linda Samuelson will remain on the committee as our
representative to the Committee on Committees.
From the APS Liaison With
Industry Committee (LWIC)
(Section representative: Pam Hornby)
The LWIC is sponsoring a Workshop entitled "High
Content Biology: Multiplexing in Cell Physiology" at EB2004 on Monday, April
19 from 3:15-5:15 pm. This workshop will describe novel methods for
simultaneous analysis of multiple endpoints in cells. The topics of cell
signaling, protein translocation, protein phosphorylation cascade, GPCR
signaling as well as genomic mutational analysis will be covered. Look for
the full program in the Spring Newsletter.
The Novel Disease Model Award will be granted to a
graduate student and a postdoctoral fellow who submit the best abstracts at
EB2004 that describe a novel disease model. The model can be in vitro or in
vivo but should clearly emphasize the potential utility of the system for
future research related to a disease. The award is $500 for the graduate
student and $800 for the postdoctoral fellow and is sponsored by the LWIC.
See the call for abstracts this Fall for application details and in the
Spring newsletter.
You're invited! Come meet and eat with your fellow
physiologists who are working in the corporate sector. The 4th Annual
Liaison With Industry Committee Mixer is on at EB2004. Look for details in
the Spring newsletter.
GI/Liver Section Program – EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2004
Chris Cheeseman and the Programming Committee has
done another outstanding job of organizing our Section Symposium and
Featured Topics. Here is a listing of the GI/Liver Section Program for EB
2004:
Symposium: Mediators of
Liver Inflammation organised by Alex Lentsch, speakers are: Paul Kubes,
Mark Clemens, Timothy Billiar and Hartmut Jaeschke.
Time: Monday,4/19/04, 8:00-10:00AM
Featured topic: Regulation of Intestinal Ion and
Vitamin Transporters During Development, organiser and first speaker
Mrinalini C. Rao, age-dependence of intestinal Ca regulated Cl transport,
and Hamid M. Said. Ontogeny of intestinal biotintransport.
Time: Sunday,4/18/04,10:30AM-12:30-PM
Featured Topic: Intestinal,
renal and new model systems for the study of oligopeptide transporters.
Organiser Fred Leibach. speakers: Hannelore Daniel from Munich,
Professor Ken-ichi Inui from Tokyo, David Thwaites from Newcastle and
Matias Brandsch from Martin Luther University, Germany.
Time:Tuesday,4/20/04, 3:15-5:15PM.
Featured Topic. Gastrointestinal
Pathophysiology. Chair Caroline Appleyard. Abstract driven with 8
presenters.
Time Wednesday, 04/21/04, 8-10AM.
Award Lectures
We are pleased to announce
that the Horace W. Davenport Award for 2004 will be awarded to Dr John Forte
of UC-Berkeley at EB 2004. His lecture will be given on Monday April 19 at
3:15pm (room to be announced). In addition, Dr Fred Leibach from the Medical
College of Georgia will be awarded the Abbott Distinguished Award in GI and
Liver Research at our annual Reception/Business meeting to be held Monday
April 19 at 5:30 pm in the Cabin John room of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Be
there for cocktails, conversation and a great lecture!
GI Section Student and
Postdoctoral Travel Awards
The following young investigators will receive there
awards at EB in April. Congratulations to all!
- Proctor and Gamble
Professional Opportunity Award: Robert Dorman (Univ Arkasas)
- Abbott Predoctoral Award:
Lymari Lopez-Diaz (Univ Michigan)
- Abbott Postdoctoral Award:
Olga Starodub (Indiana Univ)
- Research Recognition Award:
Yansen Xiao (Albert Einstein)
OTHER SECTION NEWS
Parietal Cell Club
We
are pleased to announce that this year's Parietal Cell Club will be held at
the Experimental Biology Meeting in Washington, D.C. We will convene on
Sunday, April 18, 5:00-7:30 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel in the
Constitution C Room. As usual, we plan to have two exciting presentations,
coupled with food and drink, to stimulate even more exciting discussion.
This year's speakers will be:
- Dr. Susan
Hagen
- Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard, Boston, MA
- Title:
"BAD apples die young: A new mechanism that links survival and physiology
in gastric parietal cells"
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- Dr.
Fabian Michelangeli
- Instituto
Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela
- Title:
"Ca2+/H+ relationship in gastric glands under secretagogue stimulation
measured in real time"
In
addition, two special events at this year's EB meeting will honor regular
Parietal Cell Club participants. Dr. John G. Forte (University of
California, Berkeley) will receive the Davenport Award, and Dr. Fred Leibach
(Medical College of Georgia) will receive the Abbott Award.
We
hope to see you at the meeting, and please pass this message along to others
who might be interested. Thank you.
- John
Cuppoletti
- Chris
Lytle
- Jim
Goldenring
- Curtis
Okamoto
APS Translational Conference on
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Conference Immunological and Pathophysiological
Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Host The American Physiological Society
- Dates September 8-11, 2004
- Location Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA
- Theme Translational Research/IBD
Program Description The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD; i.e.,
Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) are idiopathic recurrent inflammatory
diseases of the GI tract. IBD affects one million individuals in North
America and several million worldwide. The etiology and pathogenesis are
unknown; however, major advances in our understanding of the underlying
mechanisms responsible for chronic intestinal inflammation have recently
been made.
This translational conference will present the latest state-of-the-art
advances in both experimental and clinical IBD with the overall objective
being to emphasize how this new data may prove useful in treatment of IBD
patients in the near future. By bringing together established IBD
researchers with young investigators, this conference aims to interface what
has been learned from experimental IBD studies with clinical aspects of
chronic gut inflammation. The Organizing Committee will select oral
presentations and posters from submitted abstracts.
This conference will provide a relaxed setting where both basic
scientists and clinicians will be able to meet and exchange the latest
information relating to the initiation, perpetuation and treatment of
chronic gut inflammation. Basic scientists and research physicians working
in the areas of GI biology, physiology, inflammation and immunology as well
as investigators from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical communities will
want to attend.
Organnizers Dr. Matthew Grisham, Louisiana State University,
Health Sciences Center
Dr. Fabio Cominelli, University of Virginia Health System
Registration FeesSee
Website Advanced DeadlineAugust 2, 2004 Abstract DeadlineMay
5, 2004 Contact for More Information
GASTROINTESTINAL RESPONSE TO INJURY:
CANADA 2004
September 29 to October 3, 2004, Chateau
Montebello, Quebec, Canada. 5th in a series of triennial meetings
that began as part of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences. Topics for the
2004 meeting include: Part I - Factors Regulating Gastrointestinal Responses
to Injury (Sessions 1, “The mucosal barrier”, and 2, “The immune system”);
Part II – Agents and Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal Injury (Sessions 3,
“Acid-pepsin, NSAIDs, oxidative stress, and other agents of mucosal injury”,
and 4, “Microbial host interactions – friend or foe?”); and Part III –
Manifestations of Gut Injury and Potential Therapeutic Targets (Sessions 5,
“Healing and repair, or the path to cancer”, and 6, “Chronic inflammation
and its consequences”). For further information please contact the
conference co-organizers, Dr. Sheila Crowe (scrowe@virginia.edu,
434-924-2734) or Dr. Jonathon Kaunitz (jake@ucla.edu,
310-268-3879).
FACULTY POSITIONS
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
 The
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the University of
Cincinnati is recruiting multiple faculty
at the level of ASSISTANT or ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. We
seek colleagues that can contribute to a broadly interpreted theme of
membrane physiology, building upon departmental and institutional strengths
in membrane transport, epithelial biology, cell and tissue development,
contractility, and hormonal regulation. A strong modern infrastructure
(including bioinformatics, mutant mouse models, and imaging) will support
research approaches studying molecular events in biologic systems that span
the scale from single cells to whole organisms.
Faculty members are expected to sustain an
externally funded research program, have a strong commitment to graduate and
medical education, and contribute to our vigorous collaborative environment.
Candidates should have a doctoral degree, and will be considered for a
faculty rank and track commensurate with experience. Review of applications
will commence upon receipt, and will continue until all positions are
filled. Please send a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and
the names of four potential references to:
Marshall H. Montrose, Ph.D., Chair
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
4251 Medical Sciences Building
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0576
E-mail: marilyn.paolo@uc.edu
University
of Cincinnati is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
Women, minorities, disabled persons, and Vietnam Era and disabled veterans
are encouraged to apply.
GI Section
Steering Committee: 2003-2004
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