2002 Travel Grant Awardees 
SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL 
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

The following have been awarded the 2002 Travel Fellowships to the Experimental Biology Meeting held April 20 – 24, 2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana. SEBM is pleased to acknowledge Genentech for sponsoring the Travel Grant Program and the awardee luncheon.


Bradley T. Andresen, University of Pittsburgh
“AT2 Angiotensin II Receptor Activation of the Nitric Oxide/cGMP/PKG Pathway Modulates Angiotensin II-Induced Activation of PhospholipaseD”

Amy K.L. Banes, Michigan State Univeristy
“5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)1B and 2B Receptor Expression During Development of Deoxycorticosterone Acetate (DOCA)-salt Hypertension”

Jonathan Mark Brown, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
“Trans-10, CIS-12 Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Decreases Triglyceride Content by Altering Lipid Metabolism, but not PPARg and C/EBPa Expression, in Primary Cultures of Human (PRE)Adipocytes”

Ceres C. Chua, Boston University School of Medicine
“Mechanisms of FGF2 induced extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) activation”

Shyamal H. Mehta, Medical College of Georgia
“Neuroprotective Effect of Deferoxamine in Acute Ischemic Stroke in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR)”

Lisa M. Sanders, Texas A&M University
“Dietary fish oil and pectin protect against oxidative DNA damage in rat intestinal epithelial cells due to heightened apoptosis induced by reactive oxygen species”

Sean D. Stocker, University of Pittsburgh
“Inverse Relationship between Fenfluramine-Evoked Prolactin Secretion and Hypertension in Rats”

Sonia Vega-Lopez, University of Connecticut
“Sex and Hormonal Status-Dependent Effects of Psyllium (PSY) on Triglyceride (TG) Metabolism Occur at Both Intravascular and Molecular Levels”

Yu Wang, University of Nebraska Medical Center
“nNOS gene transfer in RVLM improves baroreflex function in rats with chronic heart failure”

Zheng Wu, Georgetown University Medical Center
“Estrogen Regulates Adrenal Angiotensin AT1 Receptors (AT1Rs) by Modulating Adrenal Ang II Levels”

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