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ENS Department Newsletter
April 25, 2008

 

ENS staff and faculty are invited to contribute

 

Congratulations

To Mary Platek on successfully defending her PhD dissertation yesterday!

 

Welcome

To postdoctoral fellow Min Han, MD PhD.  Min arrived this month from the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.  She is studying inflammatory mechanisms in endothelial cells.

 

Research Papers

Awad AB, Barta SL, Fink CS, Bradford PG. beta-Sitosterol enhances tamoxifen effectiveness on breast cancer cells by affecting ceramide metabolism. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2008 Mar 13;52(4):419-426.

 

Ip J, Wilson JX, Uetrecht JP. Testing the hypothesis that vitamin C deficiency is a risk factor for clozapine-induced agranulocytosis using guinea pigs and ODS rats. Chem Res Toxicol. 2008 Apr;21(4):869-73.

 

Research Presentation

A news article about a scientific presentation given by Atif’s student, Forum Desai, is posted at http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9324.  The presentation was to the 2008 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in Chicago.

 

Research Grant

Karl has received a grant from the NYSATA for a proposal entitled “Assessment of healthy subjects participating in a low intensity structured progressive exercise program.”  Drs. John Leddy and Barry Willer are co-investigators.

 

Ride for Roswell

Ride for Roswell will be held on Saturday, June 28.  Info about the SPHHP cycling team is posted at http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/cycling/.

 

AHA Heart Walk

The 2008 Buffalo Niagara Heart Walk will be held on September 20 at HSBC Arena.  Details are at www.buffaloniagaraheartwalk.org.