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Michael Verneris, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Verneris and his co-authors show that in myelodysplastic syndrome there are inhibitory monocytes that impair NK cell function, which has implications for blood and marrow transplantation (Sarhan et al., JCI Insight, 2019).
Lori Walker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Kurt Stenmark, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
Drs. Walker and Stenmark and their colleagues report the novel finding of dedifferentiation of adult cardiac myocytes (Burns et al., PloS One, 2019). Historically, cardiac myocytes were thought to be terminally differentiated, however they describe factors that induce these cells to dedifferentiate and re-enter a more proliferative state. This breakthrough is a first step in harnessing the plasticity of cardiac myocytes.
HONORS
James DeGregori, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, is the new Editor in Chief of the Wiley journal Aging and Cancer (see photo). He explains, “As the newest member of the Wiley family of scientific journals, Aging and Cancer will provide an important forum for new results and ideas that improve our understanding for how old age influences many different facets of cancer, from incidence, to its development and pathology, to treatment outcomes.”
Kathleen Gavin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/ Division of Geriatric Medicine received one of four 2019 University of Colorado
Department of Medicine Rising Star Awards. Her citation reads in part, “During her relatively short tenure, Kathleen Gavin has received multiple awards for her research including being named a Boettcher Investigator in 2018, published extensively and developed an innovative independent line of investigation. She has certainly had a tremendous impact on our Department and our entire campus.”
Chelsea Magin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Medical Oncology, was named Colorado Bioscience Association Educator of the Year 2019. Magin is an active mentor in the Colorado BioScience Institute’s Research Experience for Teachers program and the principal investigator of the Bio-inspired Pulmonary Engineering Laboratory at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Additionally, Magin serves as the director of product development for Sharklet Technologies, Inc., where she led a research and development team that designed medical devices that use the Sharklet surface texture to control biological adhesion.
James DeGregori, Ph.D. is the new Editor in Chief of the Wiley journal Aging and Cancer.
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