The Society is grateful to the Colgate-Palmolive Company and Syngenta for their longtime support of awards that facilitate research by SOT members. The recipients of the 2021 Supported Awards will be recognized during the Virtual 2021 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo.
Aditya Bhalerao, MS
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Isabel Ferreira, MSc
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Dakota Robarts, BS
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Naeem Sheik Abdul, PhD
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Balaji Karthick Subramanian, PhD
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Colgate-Palmolive Awards
Aditya Bhalerao, MS, and Dakota Robarts, BS, have received the 2021 Colgate-Palmolive Awards for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods, the purpose of which is to enhance graduate student research training using in vitro methods or alternative techniques to replace the use of animals in toxicological research. Mr. Bhalerao will use this support for his project entitled, “Toxicological Impact of Smoking on a Microfluidic Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier—Risks and Outcomes for Neurological Disorders,” and Mr. Robarts will use the award for his project entitled, “Is Loss of HNF4α Function a Key Event in Chemical Carcinogenesis?”
In addition, the 2021 Colgate-Palmolive Grants for Alternative Research have been awarded to Isabel Ferreira, MSc, and Balaji Karthick Subramanian, PhD. Ms. Ferreira will use the grant for her project entitled, “Development of a Defined Approach for Respiratory Sensitization Hazard Assessment,” and Dr. Subramanian will use the support for his project entitled, “3D Microperfused Array Model of Kidney Tubules for Acute Toxicity Testing.”
Finally, Naeem Sheik Abdul, PhD, is the recipient of the Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology. Mr. Sheik Abdul will use the fellowship award for his project entitled, “Role of Non-coding RNAs in Fumonisin B1–Induced Metabolic Toxicity: An Alternate Mechanism of Action.”
Syngenta Fellowship Award
Osman Sharifi, MS, has received the 2021 Syngenta Fellowship Award in Human Health Applications of New Technologies. Mr. Sharifi will use this award for his project entitled, “Effects of PCB Mixtures on Gene Expression in Distinct Cell Types of the Rett Syndrome Mouse Model Brain.” This award, presented to a third-year (or later) graduate student or a postdoctoral trainee, supports mode-of-action research aimed at characterizing dose-dependent effects of xenobiotics on mammalian systems in such a way that the causal sequence of key events underlying toxicity is elucidated.
Congratulations to the recipients of these prestigious Supported Awards!
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