Makowski Lab http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Nutrition Department Star Heel Award http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/06/nutrition-department-star-heel-award/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/06/nutrition-department-star-heel-award/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:53:01 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=584 Dr. Alex Freemerman, Research Associate in the Makowski Lab, was awarded the Nutrition Department Star Heel Award for his excellent service.

Dr. Alex Freemerman

Dr. Alex Freemerman

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/06/nutrition-department-star-heel-award/feed/ 0 American Heart Association Beginning Grant-in-Aid http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/american-heart-association-beginning-grant-in-aid/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/american-heart-association-beginning-grant-in-aid/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:28:39 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=581 Liza Makowski, assistant professor of Nutrition, received an American Heart Association Beginning Grant-in-Aid entitled “The Role of Macrophage Substrate Metabolism in Atherosclerosis.”  The grant will fund two years of research for a total of $77,000 per year.

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/american-heart-association-beginning-grant-in-aid/feed/ 0 McAllister Heart Institute Grant http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/mcallister-heart-institute-grant/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/mcallister-heart-institute-grant/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:25:57 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=577 Continue reading →]]> Dr. Liza Makowski, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, received a research grant from the McAllister Heart Institute – UNC Cardiology grant program for a $20,000 grant to pursue a project examining the role of Mφ substrate metabolism in the promotion of inflammation and atherogenesis.

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/mcallister-heart-institute-grant/feed/ 0 The Mary Kay Foundation Grant http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/the-mary-kay-foundation-grant/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/the-mary-kay-foundation-grant/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:23:15 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=575 Dr. Liza Makowski, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, received a research grant from The Mary Kay Foundation 2013 for $100,000 over two years to study obesity and basal-like breast cancer.

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]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/06/02/sabin-family-travel-grant/feed/ 0 Congrats to Megan Huang on receiving summer SURF! http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/04/11/congrats-to-megan-huang-on-receiving-summer-surf/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/04/11/congrats-to-megan-huang-on-receiving-summer-surf/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:15:24 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=570 Continue reading →]]> Megan Huang, a Bachelors in Science in Public Health (BSPH) undergrad in Liza Makowski’s lab, was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) to fund summer research on the role of metabolism in macrophage biology.

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/04/11/congrats-to-megan-huang-on-receiving-summer-surf/feed/ 0 Amy Johnson, Ph.D, wins postdoc talk competition! http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/03/21/amy-johnson-ph-d-wins-postdoc-talk-competition/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/03/21/amy-johnson-ph-d-wins-postdoc-talk-competition/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:30:48 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=564 Amy Johnson, Ph.D. won the postdoc talk competition at the 2013 McAllister Heart Institute/Intravascular Biology symposium at UNC March 12, 2013. Yuanyuan Qin, 3rd year graduate student in the Makowski lab, presented a poster. http://www.med.unc.edu/mhi

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/03/21/amy-johnson-ph-d-wins-postdoc-talk-competition/feed/ 0 McAllister Heart Institute/Intravascular Biology Symposium http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/03/01/mcallister-heart-instituteintravascular-biology-symposium/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/03/01/mcallister-heart-instituteintravascular-biology-symposium/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:57:32 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=549 Continue reading →]]> Dr. Amy Johnson, postdoctoral fellow in the Makowski lab, was invited to present her work in a short presentation entitled “The manipulation of macrophage glucose metabolism alters inflammatory response”at the McAllister Heart Institute/Intravascular Biology Symposium March 12, 2013. Link to event here.

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/03/01/mcallister-heart-instituteintravascular-biology-symposium/feed/ 0 DOD grant awarded! http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/02/24/dod-grant-awarded/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/02/24/dod-grant-awarded/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:17:44 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=546 Continue reading →]]> Dr. Liza Makowski is co-investigator on a grant for $249,995 awarded to principle investigator and collaborator Dr. Vickie Bae-Jump (OB-Gyn, UNC) for a project entitled “Obesity exposure across the lifespan on Ovarian Cancer.” This is the second DOD grant awarded to Dr. Bae-Jump where Dr. Makowski serves as co-PI. Announcement HERE.

]]> http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/02/24/dod-grant-awarded/feed/ 0 Yuanyuan Qin selected to present abstract http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/02/23/yuanyuan-qin-selected-to-present-abstract/ http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/2013/02/23/yuanyuan-qin-selected-to-present-abstract/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:25:18 +0000 lizamak http://makowskilab.web.unc.edu/?p=544 Continue reading →]]> Yuanyuan Qin, doctoral candidate in the Makowski Lab, was selected to present her abstract as an oral presentation entitled “Fatty acid transport protein 1 mediates macrophage eicosanoid metabolism” at the FASEB ASN meeting in Boston on April 23, 2013 at 4pm. EB 2013 Boston.

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