Soumyadeep received the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) travel award to present his research findings on the how circadian clock protein BMAL1 regulates melanin synthesis through MITF. At the PASPCR 2019 Annual Meeting in Barr Harbor, Maine, he took 2nd place for his presentation. Congratulations Soumyadeep!
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Dr. Koritala took 2nd place in the oral presentation category at the College of Pharmacy Research day. Congratulations!
You can read more about the CPPS Research Day here.
Dr. Koritala received an Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) new investigator travel award to present his research on how circadian dysregulation can enhance cancer risk in humans at the 2019 conference held in Washington D. C.
Panshak received a merit-based Alexander Hollaender travel award from EMGS, in addition to a travel award from the WSU Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. At the conference, Panshak presented a poster as well as a talk on how “circadian clock disruption impairs the skin’s DNA damage response to solar UVB and increases mutagenicity” to the DNA repair Special Interest Group.
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Dr. Koritala received a travel grant from the Sleep and Performance Research Center (SPRC) of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at WSU to give his talk on the mechanisms underlying cancer risk in humans under simulated shift conditions at the 24th International Symposium on Shiftwork held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. There, his abstract titled: “Night shift disrupts the DNA repair and enhances DNA damage in humans” received the Outstanding Early Career Researcher Abstract Award.
Congratulations Bala!
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Panshak was recognized by the College as the 2018-19 Graduate Program Student of the Year in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department.
This award recognizes students that show “a commitment to academic performance, leadership, scholarship, service and professionalism. You can read more about the events and awards here.
Congratulations Panshak!
Panshak received a prestigious Pre-doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. This award provides $53,688 of support over two years to allow Panshak to continue his work in harnessing the mechanisms of the circadian clock to attenuate radiation-induced cardiotoxicity in cancer patients.
Soumyadeep won 1st place in the Graduate Research Student Association (GRSA) sponsored Science bite completion. He was awarded $200 towards travel expenses to attend Science Talk ’19 conference in Portland.
We are exited to welcome Dr. Bala S. C. Koritala, our new postdoc, to the laboratory. With a strong research background in circadian rhythms, and relentless enthusiasm for the advance of knowledge, he will be a great asset to our group.
After a very successful 2 day meeting at Sleep and performance research center retreat (SPRC) 2017, Soumyadeep participated and won the people’s choice best poster award and a cash prize of $50.
Panshak has won First place in the poster presentation at the WSU College of Pharmacy Research day. Congratulations on the back-to-back wins Panshak!