2020 Scientific Retreat & The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Research Award Competition
Important dates and deadlines:
- March 1st: Electronic deadline for the 2020 Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Research Award Application.
- March 15th: Electronic deadline for Poster Submissions.
- March 15th: Electronic deadline for registration to the 2020 Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Research Scientific Retreat.
SUBMISSION: SCAN YOUR APPLICATION AND RETURN ELECTRONICALLY TO CCHERRY@BCM.EDU
Past Research Award Winners:
2019
- Dung-Fang Lee, PhD (UT Health Medical School)
- George Eisenhoffer, PhD (UT Health Medical School)
- Ronit Marom, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
2018
- “Role of RET Tyrosine Kinase Receptor in MTC-Induced Bone Metastasis and Skeletal Lesions”
Rozita Yarmand, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center - “Combinatorial Gene Therapy for Treatment of Post-traumatic and Genetic Forms of OA”
Matthew Grol, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
2017
- “Programs of Prostate Cancer Invasion Into Bone: Morphological, Molecular, and Therapeutic Consequences”
Eleonora Dondossola, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center - “Role of Cholesterol of Synthesis in Osteoclastogenesis”
Junichi Iwata, D.D.S., Ph.D.
UT Health Medical School - “Tissue Engineering of Total Joint Replacement”
Thomas Kean, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
2016
- “Combined anti-TGF-b and PTH treatment synergistically improves bone mass and quality and the osteocyte phenotype in Crtap mice, a model of recessive OI”
Ingo Grafe, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “In vivo identity and role of paratenon-resident stem/progenitor cells in tendon repair”
Yanis Hara, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “The mechanism of IRF6 and TWIST1 genetic interaction in craniofacial bone”
Walid Fakhouri, Ph.D.
UT Health Science Center
2015
- “Identification of the function of WNT1 in bone homeostasis”
Kyu Sang Joeng, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Novel model of adult-onset OA induced by targeted dysfunction of articular chondrocytes”
Karen Posey, Ph.D.
UTHealth Medical School - “Bone quality response to lifestyle intervention in older adults with diabetes”
Sanjay N. Mediwala, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
2014
- “The role of perivascular mesenchymal progenitor cells in heterotopic bone formation in vivo”
Dongsu Park, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Fracture risk assessment following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with underlying hematologic malignancies”
Huifang Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - “Hippo signaling in cranial neural crest is required for normal cranial bone and suture growth”
Jun Wang, Ph.D.,
Baylor College of Medicine
2013
- “Humanized In-vivo Bone Model to Investigate GD2+ Breast Cancer Stem Cell Metastases to Bone”
Venkata Lokesh Battula, Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - “Mature Chondrocytes are a Major Source of Osteoblasts in Endochondral Bone Formation”
Xin Zhou, Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2012
- “Epignetic regulation in osteogenesis”
Qin Chin, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - “Tumor suppressive function of miR-34C in osteosarcoma”
Yangjin Bae, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
2011
- “The Role of Notch Signaling in Osteogenic Sarcoma”
Janning Tao, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Molecular and genetic characterization of Ewing’s sarcoma cancer stem cell”
Jason Yustein, M.D., Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Human pluripotent stem cell as an alternative cell source for bone and cartilage regenerative therapy”
Naoki Nakayama, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2010
- “Identification of Trps 1 protein- protein interactions regulating mineralization”
Dobrawa Napierala, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Role of COUP-TFII in mesenchymal stem cell lineage commitment and differentation”
Xin Xie, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
2009
- “The Regulatory Role of E-Selectin Lignad-1 in Bone Remodeling”
Tao Yang, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “An Essential Role of TAK 1 in M-CSF-induced Survival of Monocyte/Osteoclast Progenitors”
Bette Lamothe, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2008
- “A Mouse Model to Examine the Biology and Genetics of Osteosarcoma Metastasis”
Lawrence A. Donehower, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “A Variant of Human Steroid Receptor Coactivator 1 (SRC1) Diminishes Co-Activation is Associated With Loss of Bone Mineral Density”
Steffi Oesterreich, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Role of C-Reactive Protein in Myeloma Bone Disease”
Qing Yi, MD, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2007
- “Development small molecule inhibitors of TRAF6 for bone-related diseases”
Bryant Darnay, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center - “The role of RECQL4 in skeletal development and osteosarcoma”
Lisa Wang, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
2006
- “Role of Collagen Prolyl 3-Hydroxylation in Bone Formation and Human Disease”
Roy Morello, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine - “Characterization of NO66, an Osx Interacting Protein During Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation”
Krishna M. Sinha, Ph.D.
The University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center