Recognition

2010 WBMSDG Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2010 WBMSDG Young Investigator Award.  We received a number of excellent applications and the top three were chosen by a committee of past co-chairs of the MSDG. The recipients of this year’s awards are:

Wiley Hall, University of Delaware (Advisor:  Murray Johnston).
ASMS presentation: “Characterization of Oligomers in Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Multi-Photon Dissociation.
Award: $700.

Jessica Stolee, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes).
ASMS Presentation: “Nanophotonic Laser Desorption and Ionization from Silicon Nanopost Arrays”.  Award: $550.

Olesya Chornoguz, University of Maryland Baltimore County (Advisor: Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg).
ASMS Presentation:  “Pathway Analysis reveals apoptosis as a regulator of breast cancer induced Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells”.
Award: $400.

2010 WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Award

The Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group will be awarding grants to outstanding young investigators to support travel to the 2010 ASMS meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.

The award is open to undergraduate and graduate students at all levels in laboratories and institutions traditionally associated with the Washington-Baltimore MSDG (approximate boundaries: Richmond and Charlottesville on the south and Newark,Delaware on the north).

Applicants should submit

1. Electronic copy (PDF or Word format preferred) of their ASMS abstract
2. Evidence of acceptance indicating the presentation format (e.g., poster, oral,tutorial, plenary lecture, Biemann Medal acceptance speech etc.)
3. Additional two page summary of their research project (figures can be included)
4. CV or resume
5. Letter of recommendation from their advisor sent to the group co-chair at the address below

TO:

Alexei Gapeev, Ph.D.,
Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics,University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD  21250
Phone (410)455-6251, -1406
fax (410)455-2608
gapeev@umbc.edu

Applications should be submitted no later than May 10, 2010. A panel of senior MSDG members will act as reviewers and the awards will be announced in the third week of May, 2008. Successful applicants will be expected to present a 15-20 minute presentation at the post-ASMS poster session on June 2010 meeting.

Please pass this announcement along to anyone that you think might be interested

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2009 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients

The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.  4 recipients were judged to be deserving of an award.

Joshua Wilhide, University of Maryland- Baltimore County (Advisor:  Prof. Dan Fabris):  Investigating higher-order structure of nucleic acids by IRMPD in FTICR mass spectrometry.  Award: $600

Omoruyi Osula, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor:  Prof. Bob Cotter):  Analytical Methods for Improving Identification of SUMO-Modified Peptides.  Award: $300

Katherine Stamper, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor:  Prof. Bob Cotter):  Combining ChIP Antibodies and Mass Spectrometry to  Study Post-Translational Modifications on Histones.  Award: $200.

Colin Wynne, University of Maryland (Advisor: Catherine Fenselau):  High confidence identification of bioagent biomarkers using top-down analyses on an Orbitrap.  Award: $100.