The winners of the Biomol Young Investigator's Award are as follows:


9th International Eicosanoid Conference
San Francisco, CA - September 11-14, 2005

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Makoto Arita
?-3 Derived lipid mediator Resolvin E1: Stereochemistry, Receptor and Anti-inflammatory and protective Action in Colitis
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

INFLAMMATION
Dr. Magnus Back
Leukotriene B4 induced Vascular Inflammation: Role of NF-?B dependant BLT1 Receptors in Ion Channel Activation and Neointimal Hyperplasis
Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital

CANCER
Dr. Hongying Wang
ß-Catenin Mediates PAR-2 Activation-Induced COX-2 Expression in Epithelial Cells
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary

Dr. Keqin Tang
Regulation of Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase by Physical Interaction with Integrin ß4
Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University

8th International Eicosanoid Conference
Chicago, IL - September 7-10, 2003

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Ming Luo
Nuclear Localization of 5-Lipoxygenase Primes for Enhanced LTB4 Synthesis: a Causal Relationship Revealed by a Molecular Approach
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

INFLAMMATION
Dr. Karsten Gronert
A Molecular Defect in Intracellular Lipid Signaling in Human Neutrophils in Localized Aggressive Tissue Damage
Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

CANCER
Dr. Mona L. Gauthier
COX-2 expression in multi-step breast carcinogenesis
Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

7th International Eicosanoid Conference
Nashville, TN - October 14-17, 2001

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. David M. Aronoff
The Cellular Selectivity of Acetaminophen: Lipid peroxides are determinants of the Inhibition of Prostaglandin H Synthases by Acetaminophen
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

CANCER
Dr. James Mulhally
Cyclopentenone Prostaglandins of the J-series inhibit the Ubiquitin Isopeptidase Activity of the Proteasome Pathway
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah

INFLAMMATION
Dr. Yoshihide Kanaska
Targeted Disruption of the mouse Leukotriene C4 Synthase Gene
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

6th International Eicosanoid Conference
Boston, Mass - September 12-15, 1999

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION
Dr. Timothy Hla 
EDG-1 Family of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (SPP) Receptors Center for Vascular Biology University of Connecticut Health Center

INFLAMMATION
Dr. Takehiko Yokomizo 
Leukotriene B4 receptor: Structure, transcriptional regulation, and intracellular signaling.  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

CANCER
Dr. Per-Johan Jakobsson 
Prostaglandin E Synthase: A Microsomal, Glutathione Dependant, Inducible Member of the MAPEG Superfamily. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute

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BIOMOL International is sponsoring the "Young Investigator Awards". Awards will be presented to three young investigators (age 38 or younger) for outstanding oral or poster presentations at the 2007 Conference in the following disciplines:

Cancer
Inflammation
Structure/Function