2022 ASBMB Annual Awards Lectures

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Greg G. Wang, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, won the 2022 ASBMB Young Investigator Award, which recognizes outstanding research contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology and contributions to the community of scientists. Wang’s lab studies how chromatin structure and epigenetic modifications contribute to gene regulation and cancer development.

He presented his award lecture, "Chromatin-based modulations underlying gene regulation and pathogenesis," on Tuesday, April 5, at the 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Learn more about his work: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/121621/wang-s-studies-are-fueled-by-interest-in-cells. 

On August 9, 2022 he will also be presenting this talk as a webinar. Register here to join and participate in a Q&A session: https://www.asbmb.org/meetings-events/chromatin-based-modulations.

Greg Wang | Chromatin-based modulations underlying gene regulation and pathogenesis

Robert V. Farese Jr. and Tobias C. Walther won the 2022 ASBMB–Merck Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to research in biochemistry and molecular biology. The pair’s joint lab studies lipid homeostasis and storage and neurodegeneration. Farese and Walther are professors at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and both are associate members of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. 

They presented their award lecture, "The phase of fat: Mechanisms and physiology of lipid storage" on Sunday, April 3, at the 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia. Learn more about their work: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/121521/farese-and-walther-find-depth-in-a-droplet.

Farese and Walther are also organizing the 2023 Deuel Conference on Lipids, which will be March 7–10, 2023 in Dana Point, Calif. The ASBMB Deuel conference is a must-attend event for leading lipids investigators — and for scientists who’ve just begun to explore the role of lipids in their research programs. Learn more and save the date: https://www.asbmb.org/meetings-events/deuel.

Robert Farese & Tobias Walther | The phase of fat: Mechanisms and physiology of lipid storage

Michael Airola, winner of the 2022 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research, presented his lecture, "Snapshots of lipid synthesis and fat storage" on Sunday, April 3, at the 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia. Learn more about his work: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/120321/airola-learns-from-failure.

Couldn't attend his talk at the annual meeting? Not to worry! Airola will be presenting "Snapshots of lipid synthesis and fat storage" as a webinar on August 9, 2022 at 12 p.m. Eastern. Learn more and register for this free virtual event, which will be moderated by Yusuf Hannun of Stony Brook University: https://www.asbmb.org/meetings-events/snapshots-of-lipid-synthesis-and-fat-storage.

Michael Airola | Snapshots of lipid synthesis and fat storage

Joseph Provost, winner of the 2022 ASBMB Exemplary Contributions to Education Award, presented his lecture, "It's all about the students," on Sunday, April 3, at the 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia. Learn more about his work: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/121421/provost-makes-chemistry-accessible-for-undergrads.

Joseph Provost | It's all about the students

Kathleen Collins, winner of the 2022 Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award, presented her lecture, "Telomerase holoenzymes" on Monday, April 4, at the 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia. Learn more about her work: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/122121/telomerase-studies-led-collins-to-discoveries.

Kathleen Collins | Telomerase holoenzymes

Tatyana Sharpee, a professor and chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, won the 2022 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences, which recognizes the most accessible and innovative development or application of computer technology to enhance research in the life sciences at the molecular level. Sharpee’s lab studies how the brain and other biological systems work while their components are developing and aging. Her team uses information theory to quantify the activity of neurons.

She presented her award lecture, "Hyperbolic geometry in biological systems," on Monday, April 4, at the 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia. Learn more about her work: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/120821/sharpee-sees-many-ways-of-looking-at-a-tree.

Tatyana Sharpee | Hyperbolic geometry in biological systems

The life sciences industry has become an innovative and economic engine in Pennsylvania.  The industry itself says "Modern biotechnology provides breakthrough products and technologies to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, use less and cleaner energy, and have safer, cleaner and more efficient industrial manufacturing processes."

In Pennsylvania, that means the production of medical devices and equipment, drugs and pharmaceuticals and research and testing.

The life sciences industries has a $40 billion impact on Pennsylvania.  More than 79,000 people are employed in the industries and they earn an average salary of more than $90,000 a year.

It's not just the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh universities and medical facilities that are on the forefront of the biotech industries -- Central Pennsylvania is home to several nationally ranked facilities.

We'll learn more about the biotech or life sciences industries on Thursday's Smart Talk. 

Our guests include Fritz Bittenbender, Executive President, Public Affairs with the Biotechnology Industry Organization https://www.bio.org/ and Sheri Collins, Deputy Secretary of the Office of Technology and Innovation with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development http://www.newpa.com/.

Smart Talk 5/14/15 B: PA is one of nation's leaders in biotech industry

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Show notes:

Matt’s recent Biocom Catalyst Award
http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/i_20171002/20171002tremblay_biocom.html?utm_source=newsviews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=internal20171002

Calibr Bio
http://www.calibr.org/about/institute-leadership/

TSRI-Calibr partnership
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/sri-tac102016.php

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Show notes:

Steve’s bio at STSI
https://www.stsiweb.org/about/faculty/steinhubl-steven/

STSI Precision Medicine Initiative
https://www.stsiweb.org/translational-research/precision-medicine-initiative/

DIGIMED 2017 conference program
https://www.stsiweb.org/event/digimed17/digimed17-program/

Nature Digital Medicine Journal
https://www.nature.com/npjdigitalmed/

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mycircadianclock.org
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