Gabriel Knudsen, PDA Vice Chair
The Postdoctoral Assembly Executive Board is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Best Postdoctoral Publication Award! The BPPA recognizes talented postdoctoral researchers who have recently published papers in the field of toxicology as a result of their work conducted during their postdoctoral research experience. The awards will be presented at the PDA Luncheon during the SOT 2016 Annual Meeting in March. Each award recipient will receive $250 and a plaque recognizing their achievement.
Alicia Bolt, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Tungsten Targets the Tumor Microenvironment to Enhance Breast Cancer Metastasis, Toxicological Sciences, 2015, 143(1):165–177.
Her advisor Koren Mann says of this paper “Very little is known regarding the toxicities of tungsten. I believe this is a truly important paper that begins to dissect mechanisms for an understudied metal exposure.”
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Pamela Noyes, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Advanced Morphological-Behavioral Test Platform Reveals Neurodevelopmental Defects in Embryonic Zebrafish Exposed to Comprehensive Suite of Halogenated and Organophosphate Flame Retardants, Toxicological Sciences, 2015, 145(1): 177–195.
Her advisor Robert Tanguay says “Although well established flame retardant chemical use has increased globally, there remain enormous gaps regarding the potential risk that these compounds pose to humans. These studies were novel, comprehensive, and provide a number of new findings that will influence toxicologists, chemical manufacturers, and regulators concerned about flame retardant chemicals.”
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Pei-Li Yao, Pennsylvania State University, Inhibition of Testicular Embryonal Carcinoma Cell Tumorigenicity by Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-β/δ- and Retinoic Acid Receptor-Dependent Mechanisms, Onctotarget, 2015 Jul, DOI: 0.18632/Oncotarget.5415.
Her advisor Jeffrey M. Peters says “Dr. Yao demonstrated outstanding independence on this manuscript. Collectively, results from this study will have a large impact in the field, and hence it is not surprising that it was accepted with solid reviews in a relatively high impact journal.”
Congratulations to each of the awardees. These papers and the others submitted demonstrate the important research that is conducted during postdoctoral studies.