Nevada INBRE News

Announcing 2008-2009 INBRE Research Faculty

Nevada INBRE has selected the following five Nevada investigators to receive new research awards during the 2008-2009 grant year. Each will receive funds to support for research in the general area of Cell Growth and Differentiation.

Dr. Helen Wing, UNLV, School of Life Science

Identification of Shigella factors that mediate antimicrobial peptide resistance

Dr. Eduardo Robleto, UNLV, School of Life Science

Transcription associated mutagenesis in cells under conditions of arrested growth

Dr. James Tung, Nevada Cancer Institute

Characterization fetal and adult B cell development and B-CLLs

Dr. Chi-Yun Pai, UNR, Biology

Organization of CP190-related chromatin insulators in the cell nucleus

Dr. Jason Shearer, UNR, Chemistry

The role of arginine methylation in the alteration of biomolecular interactions

Dr. Yupo Ma awarded R01 Research Grant from NIH

The National Institutes of Health has awarded an RO1 grant to INBRE-supported investigator Dr. Yupo Ma, to fund the model of myelodysplastic syndrome progression and leukemic stem cells through various scientific techniques. This competitive grant, which totals nearly $2 million, will fund five years of research on these hematological conditions.

Dr. Ma and his colleagues created a novel model to study the development of a variety of cancers and have identified a potential target for the treatment of cancer. In his laboratory at Nevada Cancer Institute, Dr. Ma has been preparing biomarker antibodies to characterize stem cells. The value of these markers has already aroused interest from companies performing laboratory diagnostics and will have clinical implications in the diagnosis and prognosis of blood diseases in the near future. The role of cancer stem cells in the resistance to conventional therapies, including radiation therapy, has been established.

Dr. Ma has received INBRE support for his research over the past three years. Nevada INBRE is proud to count him among it's first cohort of research scientists. Congratulations to Dr. Ma and his team on being awarded this competitive grant .

INBRE Research Faculty Publication Highlights