2020 – 2021
Ryan O’Connell, PhD, University of Utah: The role of Rab27a/b during mitochondria release from maturing erythroblasts
Paul Sigala, PhD, University of Utah: Mechanism of Iron Acquisition by Malaria Parasites
Diane Ward, PhD, University of Utah: The role of the reductases Lcytb and Steap3 in lysosomal iron recycling in macrophages
Adam Hughes, PhD, University of Utah: Elucidating the role of the LON protease in the regulation of cellular iron metabolism.
Robert Christensen, MD, University of Utah: Neonatal iron deficiency; defining pathogenic mechanisms & improving detection.
Tomas Ganz, MD, UCLA: Metabolic Effects of Pathologically Increased Erythroferrone in Anemias with Ineffective Erythropoiesis.
Amy Medlock, PhD, University of Georgia: Creation of Transgenic Zebrafish with Hepatic and Erythroid Expressed Heme Sensors
Yvette Yien, PhD, University of Pittsburg: Regulation of erythroid heme synthesis and vertebrate development by the mitochondrial unfoldase, CLPX.
Francesca Vinchi, PhD, New York Blood Center: Characterization of macrophage immune-metabolic skewing induced by heme, iron and erythrophagocytosis.
Timothy M Barr, MS MD, University of Utah: Iron deficiency in preterm neonates: prevalence, surveillance, contributing factors.
Makiko Yasuda, MD PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai: Investigations of hepatic heme homeostatic mechanisms using ALAS-deficient mice.