2024 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Melissa Leyden, University of Virginia (Advisor: Don F. Hunt), 1st place: “Characterization of Insect Sperm Nuclear Basic Proteins by Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry”
Juliet Obi, University of Maryland Baltimore (Advisor: Daniel Deredge), 2nd place: “A Structural and Dynamic Basis for the Interactions of the Dengue Nonstructural (NS5) Protein with Stem Loop A (SLA)”
Bay Xu, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor: Hui Zhang), 3rd place: “SPOT: Spatial Proteomics through On-site Tissue-protein-labeling”
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2023 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Bowen Shen, University of Maryland (Advisor: Peter Nemes), 1st place: “Electrophoresis-Correlative Mass Spectrometry Enables Ultrasensitive Proteomics”
Ashley Frankenfield, George Washington University (Advisor: Ling Hao), 2nd place: “Deep Proteome Turnover in human iPSC-derived Neurons”
Delaney Rutherford, National Institute on Aging (Advisor: Nathan Basisty), 3rd place: “Mass Spectrometry Analysis with Cellular Thermal Shift Assay to Assess Senolytic Pathways in Senescent Monocytes”
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2022 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Haorong Li, George Washington University (Advisor: Ling Hao), 1st place: “Integrated Proteomics and Metabolomics of Mitochondrial Neurodegenerative Disease MELAS using Patient-derived Fibroblasts”
Hannah Lawther, Smithsonian MCI (Advisor: Asher Newsome), 2nd place: “Minimally-Invasive Liquid Microjunction Sampling to Identify Dye on a 17th Century Spanish Illuminated Manuscript”
Jie Li, University of Maryland (Advisor: Peter Nemes), 3rd place: “In “Proteo-Metabolomics of Spemann’s Organizer in the Vertebrate (Frog) Embryo” and “Cell-lineage Based Multi-omics in the Vertebrate (Frog) Embryo”
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2021 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Anh Tran, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (Advisor: Jace Jones), 1st place: “High Resolution Ion Mobility of Sphingolipids: a Multi-Adduct Perspective”
Aparna Baxi & Jie Li, University of Maryland (Advisor: Peter Nemes), 2nd place: “In “Proteo-Metabolomics of Spemann’s Organizer in the Vertebrate (Frog) Embryo” and “In Vivo Subcellular Mass Spectrometry Enables Systems Biology in Single Embryonic Cells”
Amanda Belunis, University of Maryland Baltimore County (Advisor: William R. LaCourse), 3rd place: “EPA 537.1 method validation for the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water sources”
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2020 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Gessica Vasconcelos, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes), 1st place: “Fiber-based laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for molecular profiling and metabolite gradients in anatomical regions selected by fluorescence microscopy”
Kunyu Zheng, Georgetown University (Advisor: Kaveh Jorabchi), 2nd place: “Non-targeted detection of fluorinated compounds using dielectric barrier discharge nano-electrospray ionization”
Yulemni Morel, Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy (Advisor: Jace Jones), 3rd place: “Integrating Qual/Quan Workflows for Combined Structure Characterization and Quantitation of Vinyl Ether Phosphatidylethanolamine”
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2019 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Laith Samarah, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes), 1st place: “A Single-Cell Look at Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Rapid Determination of Metabolite Formulas from Isotopic Fine Structures in Heterogeneous Cell Populations”
Stephanie Zalesak, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore (Advisor: Maureen Kane), 2nd place: “Absolute Quantitation of Cellular Retinol Binding Protein, Type 1 in Cancer-Relevant Cell Lines via In-Gel Digestion”
Shao-Yung Chen, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor: Hui Zhang), 3rd place: “High Throughput Intact Glycopeptide Enrichment for Site-specific N-linked Glycosylation Analysis Utilizing Automated Liquid Handling Systems”
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2018 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Erika Portero, University of Maryland, College Park (Advisor: Peter Nemes), 1st place: “Anionic and Cationic Profiling of Metabolites in Frog (Xenopus) Embryonic Cells using CE-ESI-MS”
Sam Choi, University of Maryland, College Park (Advisor: Peter Nemes), 2nd place: “Detection of Limited Protein Digests from Neuron Cultures by Reversed-Phase Fractionation with Capillary Electrophoresis nanoESI MS”
Conor Jenkins, Hood College (Advisor: Miranda Darby), 3rd place: “A Novel Bioinformatic Pipeline for Data Analysis Reduction in Reporter Ion Quantification Experiments”
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2017 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Linwen Zhang, The George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes), 1st place: “Metabolite, Lipid, and Peptide Analysis of Single Neurons of Known Function in Lymnaea stagnalis by Capillary Microsampling Mass Spectrometry”
Sitara Chauhan, University of Maryland College Park (Advisor: Catherine Fenselau), 2nd place: “The highly ubiquitinated protein cargo of exosomes shed by myeloid-derived suppressor cells”
Jessica Espino, University of Maryland Baltimore (Advisor: Lisa Jones), 3rd place: “Using MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Assess the Oxidative Damage to Lipids Induced by In Vivo Hydroxyl Radical Based Protein Footprinting”
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2016 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Lisa Leung, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lucia Geis Asteggiante, University of Maryland, College Park
Camille Lombard-Banek, The George Washington University
Sylwia Stopka, George Washington University
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2015 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Wenjing Li, University of Maryland, Baltimore (Advisor: Maureen Kane): Use of native mass spectrometry for quantification of protein complex
Rosemary Onjiko, George Washington University (Advisor: Peter Nemes): Single Cell Mass Spectrometry Reveals Cell Heterogeneity in the 16 cell Frog (Xenopus laevis) Embryo
Linwen Zhang, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes): Metabolic Analysis of Single Human Cells by Capillary Microsampling Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Stable Isotope Labeling
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2014 Washington-Baltimore MSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Meghan Burke, University of Maryland, College Park, PI: Catherine Fenselau
Stacy Malaker, University of Virginia, PI: Donald Hunt
Alison Scott, University of Maryland, Baltimore, PI: Robert Ernst
Sylwia Stopka, The George Washington University, PI: Akos Vertes
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2013 WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Lissa C. Anderson, University of Virginia: 1st place, $700.00.
Advisor: Professor Donald F. Hunt. Abstract title: Covalent Labeling Strategies for the Improvement of Whole Protein and Large Peptide Sequence Determination by Electron Transfer Dissociation.
Waeowalee Choksawangkarn, University of Maryland: 2nd place, $550.00
Advisor: Professor Catherine Fenselau. Abstract title: Use of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Pellicles for Enrichment of Plasma Membrane Proteins from Suspended Cells.
Hang Li, George Washington University. 3rd place, $400.00
Advisor: Professor Akos Vertes. Abstract title: Ambient Molecular Imaging and Quantitative Analysis by Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry with Ion Mobility Separation.
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2012 WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Bennett N. Walker, George Washington University. $700.
Advisor: Akos Vertes. Abstract title: Nanophotonic Ion Production for Ultrasensitive Analysis by Mass Spectrometry.
Avantika Dhabaria, University of Maryland. $550
Advisor: Catherine Fenselau. Abstract title: A conventional LC-LTQ-orbitrap provides routine characterization of intact proteins with masses up to 20,000 Da.
Jessica A. Stolee, George Washington University. $400.
Advisor: Akos Vertes. Abstract title: Toward Single Cell Analysis by Plume Collimation in Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.
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2011 WBMSDG Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of the WBMSDG Young Investigator Travel Awards
Christine Jelinek, Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Robert Cotter. “Biomarkers for Cardiac Ischemia.”
Joseph Strukl, University of Virginia. Advisor: Don Hunt. “Characterization of N1 – A histone chaperone involved in establishing the embryonic epigenetic state in Xenopus laevis”
Sree Rayavarapu, George Washington University. Advisor: Kanneboyina Nageraju. “Biomarker Discovery in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Using Parallel Nanotechnology Based Affinity Capture Enrichment”
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2010 WBMSDG Travel Award Recipients
Congratulations to the folowing recipients of the 2010 WBMSDG Young Investigator Award.
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.
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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.
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2008 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Peter Nemes, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes)
Namrata Udeshi, University of Virginia (Advisor: Don Hunt)
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2007 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Arie Hawkins, University of Maryland Baltimore County (Advisor: Dan Fabris)
Peter Nemes, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes)
Matthew Olson, NICHD/NIH
Steven Swatkoski, University of Maryland (Advisor: Catherine Fenselau)
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2006 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Yong Chen, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes)
Tara Muratore, University of Virginia (Advisor: Don Hunt)
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2005 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Rebekah Gundry, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor: Bob Cotter)
Nathan Hagan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Advisor: Dan Fabris)
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2004 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Melanie Schroeder, University of Virginia (Advisor: Don Hunt.)
Christopher Von Seggern, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor, Bob Cotter).
Eizadora Torres Yu, University of Maryland-Baltimore County (Advisor: Dan Fabris)
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2003 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipient of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Award.
Bill Huang, University of Memphis/NIH/NIAA (Advisor: Dr. Hee-Yong Kim, NIH)
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2002 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Ioan Marginean, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes)
Susanne Moyer, Johns Hopkins University (Advisor: Bob Cotter)
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2001 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Tom Bailey, University of Delaware (Advisor: Doug Ridge)
Scott Ficarro, University of Delaware (Advisor: Don Hunt)
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2000 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
John Bundy, University of Maryland (Advisor: Catherine Fenselau)
Marcia Galicia, George Washington University (Advisor: Akos Vertes)
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1999 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Victor Ryzhov, University of Maryland (Advisor: Catherine Fenselau)
Nganha Luu, University of Delaware (Advisor: Doug Ridge)
James Hannis, Virginia Commonwealth University (Advisor: David Muddiman)
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1998 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Mehrnoosh Sadeghi, George Washington University (advisor: Akos Vertes)
Timothy Worrall, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Advisor: Bob Cotter)
David Zoller, University of Delaware (Advisor: Murray Johnston)
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1997 Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients
The Washington-Baltimore MSDG is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Investigator Travel Awards.
Catherine Bentzley, University of Delaware (Advisor: Murray Johnston)
Tao He, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, (Advisor: Catherine Fenselau)