Graduate students win awards at the 2010 Experimental Biology meeting

Several UAMS graduate students won awards at the recent Experimental Biology meeting.

Tanecia Mitchell, a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences program, won first place in the Graduate Student Competition of the Division for Integrative Systems, Translational, & Clinical Pharmacology (iSTCP) of ASPET (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics). Her oral presentation was titled "MitoQ protects against cold ischemic injury in renal cells and rat kidneys". Tanecia works in the laboratory of Dr. Lee Ann Macmillan-Crow, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Sujay Kharade, a PhD candidate in the Pharmacology program, won Second Runner-Up in the Graduate Student Competition of the Cardiovascular Division of ASPET. His presentation was titled "Effect of beta3 subunit deletion on L-type calcium channels in mouse small mesenteric arteries". Sujay works in the laboratory of Dr. Nancy Rusch, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Misty Thompson, a PhD candidate in the Pharmacology program, won third place in the Graduate Student Competition of the Neuropharmacology Division of ASPET. Her presentation was titled "The role of D-serine and other D-amino acids in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". Misty works in the laboratory of Dr. John Crow, Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Congratulations Tanecia, Sujay, and Misty!