| The inaugural Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes
Research Day, held May 17, 2011, provided an opportunity |
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for students, young investigators and faculty from neighboring
universities to share the podium with internationally prominent
scientists. Along with the invited speakers, six podium presenters
were selected for their outstanding research from among 80 abstracts
submitted. During the poster session, judges chose nine presenters
to receive monetary
awards
for their work. Dr. Lisa Cassis, one the research day
organizers, presented the prizes at the awards reception held that
evening at the Hilary J. Boone Center. Cassis is professor and chair
in the UK Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, and director of
the NIH Center for Research on Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases. |
Dr. Lisa Cassis presents an award
to Frederique Yiannikouris,
GCNS Post-doc. |
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Above (left) Barbara Barnstable Edelman,
(right)
Patricia Barnstable-Brown. |
Members of the Barnstable and Brown
families attended the awards reception. The loss of Tricia
Brown’s husband, Dr. David Brown, in 2003 due to diabetes, was
the inspiration for the establishment of the Barnstable Brown
Foundation, which partially funded the research day event. Dr.
Everett McCorvey, director of Opera at UK, talked about his
struggle with diabetes and performed for the historic event with
his troupe of singers. |
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Special Wildcat cake created for
the
reception by Jason Goble of
Adrienne & Company Bakery
in Jeffersonville, IN
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Dr. Everett McCorvey, director of Opera at UK |
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Seated left to right, members of the Barnstable and Brown
families: Laura Barnstable Edelman, Barbara Barnstable Edelman, Wilma
Barnstable, Patricia Barnstable-Brown (standing). |
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| PODIUM PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM ABSTRACTS |
Nadeem Mohammed, MS
University of Kentucky Graduate Center for Nutritional
Sciences
"High-fat diets cause a shift from anti-inflammatory IgA
to
pro-inflammatory IgG responses against commensal gut bacteria:
a
novel mechanism for diet-I" |  |
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Frederique Yiannikouris, PhD,
Fellow
University of Kentucky Graduate Center for Nutritional
Sciences
"Adipocyte deficiency of angiotensinogen
prevents the development of obesity-hypertension in male
C57BL/6 mice" |  |
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Nadezhda Sabeva
University of Kentucky, Pharmaceutical Sciences
“Reduction of plasma cholesterol in db/db Mice with
hepatic specific ABCG5 and ABCG8 expression requires
inhibition of cholesterol absorption |  |
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Daniel Conklin, PhD
University of Louisville, Diabetes and Obesity Center
"Effects of diet-induced obesity and fine particulate
matter (PM2.5)
exposure on circulating and bone
marrow progenitor cells in mice" |
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Cetewayo Rashid
University of Kentucky, Graduate Center for Nutritional
Sciences
"Physical activity protects against
methamphetamine-induced
blood-brain barrier
dysfunction" |
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Vidya Narayanaswami, MS
University of Kentucky, Pharmaceutical Sciences
"Diet-induced obesity decreases striatal dopamine
transporter function, striatal D2 receptor density
and increases motivation for high-and low-fat food" |
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