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IBP Kudos Corner

Grant Awarded

Alessandro Bartolomucci received a Decade of Discovery: A University of Minnesota/Mayo Clinic Partnership to Conquer Diabetes Grant titled: "A new drug targe for obesity and type 2 diabetes: the TLQP-21 peptide" to begin January 1, 2012

October 21-26, 2011

Professor Bartolomucci & Zofia Zukowska lecturers at Obesity Workshop In Italy

International School of Ethology, 26th Workshop: The Obsese Species, Clinical and Preclinical Understanding of Eating and Energy Balance Disorders View Flyer

August, 2011 Alessandro Bartolomucci, PhD, has had a paper accepted for publication in the Biochemical Journal titled "Characterization of a novel peripheral pro-lipolytic mechanism in mice: role of VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21."

	July, 2011 Germaine Cornelissen-Guillaume, PhD,has been elected to the International Academy of Sciences.

April, 2011 This year, Mark Cook, PhD, has been selected the "Professor of the Year" from the first-year dental students and also received "Distinguished Faculty of the Year" by the first-year medical students for teaching human anatomy.

	August, 2011 Anthony Weinhaus, PhD, has been selected as the course director for the Medical Embryology course, in addition to serving as course director for Medical Gross Anatomy.

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Publications in Press

Bartolomucci A, Possenti R, Loh YP, Mahata S, Fisher-Corbie R, Slaton S. The Extended Grainin Family: Structure, Functions and Biomedical Implications. Endocrine Reviews, 2011, in press.

Posenti, R et al and Bartolomucci, A. Characterization of a novel peripheral pro-lipolytic mechanism in mice: role of VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21. Biochemical Journal, 2011, in press.

Distinct pahtophysiological mechanisms of cariomyopathy in hearts lacking dystrophin or the sarcoglycan complex. Townsend D, Yasuda S, McNally E, Metzger JM. FASEB J, 2011, Sep;25 (9): 3106-14.

Gene transfer, expression, and sarcomerica incorporation of a headless myosin molecule in cardiac myocytes: evidence for a reserve in myofilament motor function. Vandenboom R, Herron T, Favre E, Albayya FP, Metzger JM. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2011, Feb;300(2): H574-82.

Cardiac disease in mucopolysaccaridosis type I attributed to catecholaminergic and hemodynamic deficiencies. Palpant NH, Bedada FB, Peacock B, Blazar BR, Metzger JM, Tolar J. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2011, Jan; 300(10:H356-65.

Brusen RM, Rolfes C, Howard S, Bateman M, Iaizzo PA. A device and methodology for continuous hypothermic perfusion of explanted large mammalian hearts, followed by in-vitro Langendorff reanimation: pilot studies. Journal of Medical Devices, 2011, in press.

Bandschapp O, Iaizzo PA. Induction of therapeutic hypothermia requires modulation of thermoregulatory defenses. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, 2011, in press.

Quill JL, Hill AG, Menk AR, McHenry BT, Iaizzo PA. Multimodal imaging of a transcatheter aortic valve implantation within an isolated hear. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2011, in press.

Eggen M, Iaizzo PA et al. Ex vivo diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of human hearts: the relative effects of specimen decomposition. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2011, in press.

Palmer ML, Peitzman ER, Maniak PJ, Sieck GC, Prakash YS, O'Grady SM. KCa3.1 channels facilitate K+ secretion of ENaC-dependent Na+ absorption dependin gon apical or basolateral P2Y receptor stimulation. J. Physiol., Epub 2011 May 23.

Brammante CT, Westlund R, Weinhaus AJ. Suitability of the Peri ardiophrenic Veins for Phrenic Nerve Stimulation: An anatomical study, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Nerual Interface. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2011, in press.

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