{"id":356,"date":"2010-10-27T13:09:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2020-08-06T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T20:47:19","slug":"archive-mid-2010","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/definition\/spotlights\/news-archives\/archive-mid-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive mid 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonary Center junior faculty have had a wonderful string of recent successes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/xingbinai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xingbin Ai<\/a> received an R01 grant from the NIH to study whether heparan sulfate-modifying enzymes are promising therapeutic targets for reversing effects of aging on muscle.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/faculty\/matthewjones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Jones<\/a> received an R01 grant from the NIH to study roles of the miRNA-modifying protein Zcchc11 in pulmonary inflammation.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/faculty\/leequinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee Quinton<\/a> received an R00 grant from the NIH to study functional interactions between the lung and liver during pneumonia.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/andrewwilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Wilson<\/a> received a K08 grant from the NIH to elucidate roles of alveolar macrophages in COPD, as well as an award from the Alpha-1 Foundation to explore gene therapy approaches for patients with alpha-1 antiprotease deficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/faculty\/renda-soylemez-wiener\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Renda Wiener<\/a> received a K07 grant from the NIH to study clinical decision-making for pulmonary nodules.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/hasmeenakathuria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hasmeena Kathuria<\/a> received a Lung Cancer Research Program grant from the Department of Defense to study roles of Ets transcription factors in the progression of lung cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/faculty\/ting-hsu-chen-md-mph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ting Chen<\/a> received a Physician-Scientist Training Award from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation for genome-wide association studies of sleep phenotypes.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/rosssummer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ross Summer<\/a> received a Robert Dawson Evans Junior Faculty Merit Award from the Department of Medicine to study roles of adiponectin in pulmonary inflammation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Well-deserved recognition for up-and-coming stars of the Pulmonary Center!<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/feliciachen\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felicia Chen<\/a> and colleagues report in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jci.org\/articles\/view\/40253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Journal of Clinical Investigation<\/a><\/em> a signaling network essential to lung development and implicated in congenital lung disease resulting from genetic or nutritional deficiencies of Vitamin A.<\/p>\n<p>PhD student Constantina Christodoulou from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/kottonlab\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darrell Kotton\u2019s<\/a> lab receives first prize in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/achievement-day-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russek Student Achievement Day<\/a> hosted by the BU Division of Graduate Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The Pulmonary Center had a significant presence at\u00a0the 2010 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society held Friday, May 14th to Wednesday, May 19th in New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/people\/avrumspira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avrum Spira<\/a> and colleagues publish in <a href=\"http:\/\/stm.sciencemag.org\/content\/2\/26\/26ra25.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Science Translational Medicine<\/em><\/a> that the PI3 kinase pathway may be useful as a biomarker and pharmacological target for patients with or at risk for lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonary Center junior faculty have had a wonderful string of recent successes. 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