2021
Congratulations Dr. Nicole Welch, who was awarded K08 award under the supervision of Dr. Srinivasan Dasarathy at the Cleveland Clinic.
Congratulations Dr. Yan Wang is the proud recipient of the Scleroderma Foundation New Investigator award.
Title: The role of Hyaluronan and O-GlcNAcylation in fibroblast turnover and function in Scleroderma. As the Principal Investigator,
Congratulations Anabel Alvarenga whose research has been recognized with The A. McGehee Harvey Research Award by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Young Investigator's Day committee. The recognition of Dr. Alvarenga's work can be found at:
https://hopkinsyidp.org/
Congratulations Dr. Priya Umapathi whose paper "Excessive O-GlcNAcylation Causes Heart Failure and Sudden Death" is in press at Circulation.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051911
Welcome to our newest K-12 Scholar! Dr. Amy Attaway is a staff member in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic's main campus with a primary appointment in the Pulmonary Dept and a joint appointment in Critical Care Medicine. Her clinical interests include COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, and general (diagnostic) pulmonary medicine.
2020
vDr. Priya Umapathi whose was a co-author on "Oxidized CaMKII and O-GlcNAcylation cause increased Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetic mice" published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/95747
Congratulations Anabel Alvarenga whose paper "Isolation, Identification and characterization of the human airway ligand for the eosinophil and mast cell immuno-inhibitory receptor Siglec-8" was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology titled.
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2020.08.001
Congratulations Dr Amina Abbadi – promoted to Research Associate (Cleveland Clinic, September 1, 2020).
Congratulations Dr. Priya Umapathi – promoted to Assistant Professor (July 1, 2020);
Congratulations on your publication Amina!
Abbadi A, Loftis J, Wang A, Yu M, WANG Y, Shakya S, Li X, Maytin EV, Hascall VC. Heparin inhibits pro-inflammatory and promotes anti-inflammatory macrophage polarization under hyperglycemic stress. J Biol Chem. (2020) RA119.012419. doi: 10.1074. PMID: 32107314.
Congratulations on your publication Kyriakos!
Papanicolaou, Kyriakos N., et al. "Global knockout of ROMK potassium channel worsens cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury but cardiomyocyte-specific knockout does not: Implications for the identity of mitoKATP." Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 139 (2020): 176-189.
Congratulations on your publication Agelica!
M., Gray, Z., Gomes, A.M*., Behbod, F., Machado, H.L. Gas6 expression is reduced in advanced breast cancers. npj Precision Oncology *co-first author. Accepted on 03.05.2020.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine hosted its Hands-on O-GlcNAc Training. It was attended by trainees from Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine held in March, 2020
2019
Congratulations! Dr. Priya Umapathi was the Runner-up for the AHA Melvin Marcus Early Career Investigator Award (November, 2019)
Congratulations - Dr. Yan Wang – promoted to Research Associate at Cleveland Clinic (November, 2019)
Congratulations - Dr. Samuel Merrill – promoted to Assistant Professor position at the University of West Virginia; July 1, 2019).
Congratulations - Dr. Kyriakos Papanicolaou – promoted to Research Associate (July 1, 2019).
Congratulations Angelica: Gomes, A.M., Shaffer, S., Schugar, R.C., Brown, M., Hascall, V., Aronica, M. Glucose homeostasis is regulated by hyaluronan synthases 1 and 3. Society for Glycobiology annual meeting, 2019, Phoenix, AZ, United States. Oral and Poster presentation.
Congratulations Yan: Wang Y, Mack JA. Maytin EV. CD44 regulates α-SMA gene expression via a novel G-actin/MRTF-mediated pathway that is independent of Hyaluronan but requires TGFβR/p38MAPK activity in mouse skin fibroblasts. Travel Award and Oral presentation at 12th International Conference of International Society of Hyaluronan Sciences, June 9-13, 2019, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Congratulations Yan: Wang Y, Mack JA, Maytin EV. Enhanced myofibroblast differentiation in Hyaluronan Synthase1/3 double knockout mice is independent of Hyaluronan but mediated by TGFβR/p38MAPK/MRTF pathway. Oral presentation at annual meeting of the Society for Glycobiology, November 2-5, 2019, Phoenix, AZ.
Congratulations Sam: Samuel Merrill M.D. Maryland-DC Glycobiology Interest Group Podium presentation. May, 2019 (Baltimore, MD)
Congratulations Amina: Andrew Jun Wang, Juan Ren, Amina Abbadi, Aimin Wang, and Vincent Hascall, Heparin affects cytosolic glucose responses of hyperglycemic dividing mesangial cells. J. Biol. Chem. 2019 294 doi:10.1074/jbc.RA119.007395
Congratulations Vince: Vincent Hascall, The journey of hyaluronan research J. Biol. Chem. 2019 294: 1690-1696. doi:10.1074/jbc.TM118.005836
Congratulations Yan: Wang Y, Mack JA, Maytin EV. CD44 inhibits α-SMA gene expression via a novel G-actin/MRTF mediated pathway that intersects with TGFβR/p38MAPK signaling in murine skin fibroblasts. J Biol Chem. 2019 Aug 23, 294(34): 12779-12794. PMID: 31285260.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine hosted its 1st Hand-on Immersive Training in Glycoscience. It was attended by trainees from Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine held in July, 2019.
2018
Congratulations Sam! Pfizer ASPIRE Sickle Cell Disease research award (2018)
Congratulations Priya - Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators in the Basic Science category (October, 2018).
Congratulations Priya: Priya Umapathi MD, Olurotimi Mesubi MD, Partha Banerjee PhD, Neha Abro PhD, Elizabeth D. Luczak PhD, Jon Granger BA, Gerald Hart PhD and Mark E. Anderson MD, PhD. Excessive O-GlcNAcylation causes cardiomyopathy and premature death. Podium presentation, Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigator Forum. October, 2018 (Chicago, IL).
Congratulations Priya: Priya Umapathi MD, Olurotimi Mesubi MD, Partha Banerjee PhD, Neha Abro PhD, Elizabeth D. Luczak PhD, Jon Granger BA, Gerald Hart PhD and Mark E. Anderson MD, PhD. Excessive O-GlcNAcylation: Consequence or Cause Podium presentation, Maryland-DC Glycobiology Interest Group. April, 2019 (Baltimore, MD).
Congratulations Natasha: Zachara NE.Critical observations that shaped our understanding of the function(s) of intracellular glycosylation (O-GlcNAc). FEBS Lett. 2018 Dec; 592(23):3950-3975. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.13286. Epub 2018 Nov 24. PMID:30414174