Montréal Canada, September 9-12, 2009

ET-11 Young Investigator Award Recipients










Impressions from the Award Ceremony








Rafaela Claudino, Brazil; Nicholas Kirkby, U.K.; J. Meens, The Netherlands;
Brian Weil, U.S.A.; Iain MacIntyre, U.K.; Bambang Widyantoro, Japan


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Aditya Goel, U.S.A.; Michelle Gumz, U.S.A.

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Fernanda Giachini,U.S.A., Victor Lima, U.S.A., Aisha Kelly-Cobbs, U.S.A., Cornelius Nwora, U.S.A..

Also pictured: ET-11 chairs Pedro d´Orleans-Juste and David M. Pollock

Rafaela Claudino
Universidade Federal Santa Catarina, Brazil
Endothelin Implicated in Referred Hyperalgesia Associated with TNBS-Induced Colitis in Mice

Fernanda Giachini
Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, U.S.A. and University of São Paulo, Brazil
Differential Regulation of ERK1/2, via Downregulation of MKP-1, Mediates Sex-differences in Vascular Reactivity in DOCA-salt Hypertension

Aditya Goel
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Exocytosis of Endothelin-1 from Endothelial Cells Induces Rapid Vasoconstriction in Aged Arteries

Michelle Gumz
University of Florida., Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Regulation of ET-1 mRNA Expression by the Circadian Clock Protein Period 1

Aisha Kelly-Cobbs
Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, U.S.A.
Chronic and acute dual blockade of endothelin receptors display different effects on cerebrovascular function in type 2 diabetes.

Nicholas Kirkby
University of Edinburgh, UK
ETB-dependent Inhibition of Neointimal Proliferation is not Mediated by Receptors Expressed on the Endothelium

Victor Lima
Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, U.S.A., and University of São Paulo, Brazil
O-GlcNAcylation contributes to augmented vascular reactivity induced by ET-1

Iain MacIntyre
University of Edinburgh, UK
Greater Functional ETB Receptor Antagonism with Bosentan than Sitaxsentan in Man

Merlijn J.P.M.T. Meens
Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
CGRP Promotes Dissociation of ET-1 from ETA-receptors and Terminates Vasoconstriction in Rat Resistance Arteries

Cornelius Nwora
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Signaling mechanisms relevant to understanding the pathogenesis of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases

Brian Weil
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Short Sleep Duration is Associated with Greater Endothelin-1 Vasoconstrictor Tone

Bambang Widyantoro
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Endothelial Cells Derived Endothelin-1 Promotes Cardiac Fibrosis in Diabetic Heart through Stimulation of Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition