2004 Young Investigator Awardees
SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
The following have been awarded the 2004 Young
Investigator Awards for presentations at the Experimental Biology
Meeting held April 17 – 21, 2004 in Washington DC.

Chureeporn Chitchumroonchokchai, Arti Sharma,
Shveta Taparia, Wen Shen, Dmitry Vladimirovich Ostanin,
Maria Marcela Herrera, Xiaohui Zhang, Alfred John Casillan

Sarah Hoffman, Erica Wehrwein, Mee Young Hong
Alfred John Casillan, University of Kansas Medical
Center
“Upregulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
Mediates Microvascular Acclimatization to Systemic Hypoxia”
Chureeporn Chitchumroonchokchai, Ohio State University
“Lutein and zeaxanthin decrease UVB-induced stress signaling in human
lens epithelial cells”
Robert B. Dorman, University of Arkansas for Medical
Science
“Acute hepatotoxicity in a murine model of heme overload”
Maria Marcela Herrera, Henry Ford Hospital
“High-salt diet increases THAL eNOS expression via an increase in
tissue osmolality”
Sarah Hoffmann, Louisiana State University Health
Science Center
“Stretch regulates TrpC4 expression in smooth muscle cells”
Mee Young Hong, Texas A&M University
“Influence of dietary lipid and butyrate on the coordination of
proliferation, p27, differentiation and apoptosis in the same cell
during the initiation state of colon carcinogenesis”
Liming Jin, Medical College of Georgia
“Calcium sensitization was increased in angiotensin II (ANGII)-induced
hypertensive rats”
Dmitry Vladimirovich Ostanin, Louisiana State
University Health Science Center
“T-Cell Induction of Chronic Small and Large Intestinal Inflammation in
T-Cell Receptor (TCR) b x d Double Deficient Mice: Aa Novel Model of
Crohn’s Disease”
Arti B. Sharma, University of North Texas Health
Science Center
“Acute cardiac arrest inactivates myocardial metabolic enzymes”
Wen Shen, Emory University
“mTOR Mediating Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)-Induced Suppression of
Proteolysis Through Proteasomal Pathway”
Charles T. Smark, Michigan State University
“Role of caveolae in endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced contraction in
arteries and veins”
Shveta Taparia, USDA HNRC on Aging – Tufts University
“1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-Mediated Regulation of TRPV6 in Caco-2 Cells”
Meghna Trivedi, University of Houston
“Rosiglitazone treatment restores D1A receptor signaling by correcting
its hyperphosphorylation state in proximal tubules of obese Zucker rats”
Erica A. Wehrwein, Michigan State University
“Rho/Rho kinase and Phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) are parallel
pathways in development of spontaneous arterial tone in
deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension”
Xiaohui Zhang, University of Miami School of Medicine
“Structural basis for the dynamic strength of the integrin a4b1/VCAM-1
interaction”
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