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Tarek Mousa, right, with his adviser, Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D. |
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Lynn Roy, left, with her adviser, Keshore Bidasee, Ph.D. |
UNMC’s Tarek Mousa, cellular and integrative physiology, won best post-doctoral award for the poster titled, “Exercise Training Modifies the Nasopharyngeal Reflex in Conscious Rabbits with Chronic Heart Failure: Role of Angiotensin II.” Lynn Roy, UNMC pharmacology, received the award for best graduate student poster with her poster titled, “Effects of Aldehyde Adducts on RyR2 function.” Each winner received $250.
Presenting the keynote addresses at the meeting were John Nilson, Ph.D., Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor and director of the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University, and Barbara Goodman, Ph.D., professor and director of special programs and science education at the University of South Dakota. The speakers highlighted state-of-the-art research and education in physiology.
Overall, 98 members and guests from 15 research institutions and campuses across nine states participated in the event. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows presented 38 posters.
William Mayhan, Ph.D., vice chairman and professor of cellular and integrative physiology at UNMC, will serve as NPS president next year.