2011

COS Publication Award 2010 to Dr.Baranova
Mehta R, Birerdinc A, Hossain N, Afendy A, Chandhoke V, Younossi Z, Baranova A. Validation of endogenous reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of human visceral adipose samples. BMC Mol Biol. 2010 May 21;11:39. PMCID: PMC2886049

Aybike Birerdinc and Ancha Baranova
Manuscript ”Non-Invasive Markers for Hepatic Fibrosis” received prestigeous “HIGHLY ACCESSED” status in BMC Gastroenterology

Massih Abawi
Internal Travel Grant ($500) to present the research at Systems Biology Summit in Richmond

Amanda Zirzow
Outstanding Biology Masters Student Scholar Award

Catherine Nguyenngo
Senior Award of the Biology program

2010

Elizabeth Nohelty
MMB Outstanding Graduate Student Scholar Award

Elizabeth Nohelty
SUNRISE (A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project) Research Fellowship

Amanda Zirzow
Sigma Xi Research Grant ($1000)

Amanda Zirzow
Honorable Mention by NSF GRFP

Amanda Zirzow
Best Oral presentation at the Student Research Day, GMU, 2010

Amanda Zirzow
pre-IRTA internship at NIH

Rohini Mehta
Selected for internship at J. Craig Venter Institute

Rohini Mehta, Aybike Birerdinc and Ancha Baranova
Manuscript ”Validation of endogenous reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of human visceral adipose samples” received prestigeous “HIGHLY ACCESSED” status in BMC Molecular Biology

2009

Aybike Birerdinc
Outstanding PhD Student Award (Molecular and Microbiology Department, GMU)

Rohini Mehta
Best Oral presentation at the Student Research Day, GMU, Dec 8th, 2009

Amanda Zirzow
Outstanding student writer award

Darshan Desai
Outstanding Presentation Award, at 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, in the VCU Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Richmond, VA, October 23, 2009

Darshan Desai
VCU travel award to attend annual ASBMB meeting

Manpreet Randhawa, Ancha Baranova
Manuscript: "Evidence for the ectopic synthesis of melanin in human adipose tissue". FASEB J. 2009 Mar;23(3):835-43.

*Was selected for press-release of the FASEB Journal.

*Was selected for the Editorial Review in Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. Ito S. Melanins seem to be everywhere in the body, but for what? Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2009 Feb;22(1):12-3.

*Was selected for GMU press-release.

*Was reviewed by multiple web sources (www.physorg.com, www.bio-medicine.com, www.esciencenews.com, www.sciencedaily.com, http://pcos.insulitelabs.com, www.thaindian.com, www.news-medical.net, www.gate2biotech.com and others).

2008

Manpreet Randhawa
Outstanding PhD Student Award (Molecular and Microbiology Department, GMU)

Manpreet Randhawa
Summer internship at NIH

Ganiraju Manyam
BIO IT Coalition Scholarship ($3000)

Ancha Baranova
International Research Promotion Council Award
EMINENT SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR 2008 (in North America): Molecular Science, Molecular Oncology and Cancer Research

2007

Mohammed Jarrar
Outstanding PhD Student Award (Molecular and Microbiology Department, GMU)

Manpreet Randhawa
Travel grant ($500) to present research at PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) meeting, September 13th-17th , Chicago, IL

Manpreet Randhawa
Summer internship at NIH (Dr.Hearing lab, NCI)

Ancha Baranova
Memorial A.V. Itkes Young Oncologist Award for the study of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Awarded at 16th International Conference “AIDS, Cancer and Public health”, StPeterbourgh, 2007

2006

Manpreet Randhawa
Travel grant ($500) to present research at PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) meeting, September 13th-17th , Cincinnatti, OH

Lesya Geraymovych, Ancha Baranova
Manuscript “The mammalian pannexin family is homologous to the invertebrate innexin gap junction proteins” was awarded as one of the Top 10 cited articles in Genomics in 2006

Ancha Baranova
Grant 1R15CA113331-01 “KCNRG gene as candidate tumor suppressor for CLL and MM”. Sponsor: NCI, NIH

Ancha Baranova
Grant “Melanin biosynthesis in adipocytes: cross-talk between energy balance and pigmentation control". Sponsor: The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust

2005

Stephen King
Outstanding Biology Graduate Student Scholar Award

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