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Outstanding areas of medical research at the University of Alberta include diabetes, obesity, virology, heart disease, motor control and rehabilitation, protein structure and function, and transplantation.
The Med Star Award for Post-doctoral or Clinical Fellows recognizes research contributions of fellows at the University of Alberta. The award can be awarded every four months to eligible trainees.
July 2019 Dr. Qutuba Karwi Cardiovascular Diabetology Targeting the glucagon receptor improves cardiac function and enhances insulin sensitivity following a myocardial infarction March 2019 No competition
November 2018 Dr. Maryam Ebadi Journal of Hepatology Low subcutaneous adiposity associates with higher mortality in female patients with cirrhosis
July 2018 Dr. Mohammad Ali Cell Reports RYBP Is a K63-Ubiquitin-Chain-Binding Protein that Inhibits Homologous Recombination Repair
November 2017 Dr. Andrew Pepper Stem Cell Reports Transplantation of Human Pancreatic Endoderm Cells Reverses Diabetes Post Transplantation in a Prevascularized Subcutaneous Site
July 2017 Dr. Hanyong Peng Nature Communications A microRNA-initiated DNAzyme motor operating in living cells
March 2017 Drs. Rania Soudy & Aarti Patel Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Inventions Cyclic AC253, a novel amylin receptor antagonist, improves cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
November 2016 Dr. Ester Vazquez-Fernandez PLOS Pathogens The Structural Architecture of an Infectious Mammalian Prion Using Electron Cryomicroscopy Dr. Lucas Cairo Cell Reports The Nuclear Transport Factor Kap121 is Required for Stability of the Dam1 Complex and Mitotic Kinetochore Bi-orientation
July 1 2016 Dr. Alison Care Hypertension Perinatal Resveratrol Supplementation to Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Dams Mitigates the Development of Hypertention in Adult Offspring
March 1 2016 Dr. Ann Revill eLife Dbx1 precursor cells are a source of inspiratory XII premotoneurons
November 2015 Dr. Mourad Ferdaoussi Journal of Clinical Investigation Isocitrate-to-SENP1 signaling amplifies insulin secretion and rescues dysfunctional β cells
July 2015
Dr. Andrew Pepper Nature Biotechnology A prevascularized subcutaneous device-less site for islet and cellular transplantation
March 2015 Dr. Curtis French Journal of Clinical Investigation Mutagion of FOXC1 and PITX2 induces cerebral small-vessel disease
November 2014 Dr. Gopinath Sutendra Cell A Nuclear Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Is Important for the Generation of Acetyl-CoA and Histone Acetylation
α-L-iduronidase
November 2013 Dr. Georg Schmölzer BMJ (British Medical Journal) Non-invasive versus invasive respiratory support in preterm infants at birth: systemic review and meta-analysis
June 2013 Dr. Matthew Schellenberg and Dr. Tao Wu Nature Structural & Molecular Biology A conformational switch in PRP8 mediates metal ion coordination that promotes pre-mRNA exon ligation
March 2013 Dr. Jihong Lian Hepatology Liver Specific Inactivation of Carboxylesterase 3/Triacylglycerol Hydrolase Decreases Blood Lipids Without Causing Severe Steatosis in Mice
November 2012 Dr. Silva Pagliardini Journal of Neuroscience State-Dependent Modulation of Breathing in Urethane-Anesthetized Rats
July 2012 Dr. Yohannes Haile Journal of Immunology Granule-Derived Granzyme B Mediates the Vulnerability of Human Neurons to T Cell-Induced Neurotoxicity
March 2012 Dr. Arul Vadivel American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Critical Role of the Axonal Guidance Cute EphrinB2 in lung Growth, Angiogenesis, and Repair
December 2011 Dr. Matthew Schellenberg Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Recognition and maturation of effector RNAs in a CRSPR interference pathway
July 2011 Dr. Aminu Bello Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Associations among Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, Proteinuria, and adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes
March 2011 Dr. Samuel Szeto Journal of Proteome Mutations in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Succinate Dehydrogenase Result in Distinct Metabolic Phenotypes Revealed Through 1H NMR-Based Metabolic Footprinting
November 2010 Dr. Vittorio Maglione Journal of Neurosciences Impaired Ganglioside Metabolism in Huntington’s Disease and Neuroprotective Role of GM1
March 2010 Dr. Andrei Fagarasanu Journal of Cell Biology Myosin-driven peroxisome partitioning in S. cerevisiae
June 2009 Dr. Pascal Gelebart Blood Constitutive activation of the Wnt canonical pathway in mantle cell lymphoma
December 2008 Dr. Qiang Zhao Analytical Chemistry Aptamer-Modified Monolithic Capillary Chromatography for Protein Separation and Detection