2018 Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists (PANWAT) Awards

Congratulations to everyone from OSU who won awards at the 2018 Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists (PANWAT) Annual Meeting!

Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award:

Prarthana Shankar, ‘Combining transcriptomic analyses and developmental toxicity endpoints in zebrafish to classify polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)’ (Tanguay Lab)

Best Postdoctoral Researcher Presentation Award:

Courtney Roper, ‘Health-relevant metrics beyond PM2.5 concentration’ (Tanguay and Simonich Labs)

Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Awards:

Michael-Andres Mans, ‘Functional consequences of miRNA regulation by PAHs in 3D human bronchial epithelial cells’ (Tilton Lab)

*Michael also recently received a full travel award to the SOT Annual Meeting in Baltimore next March from the SOT Regional Chapter Communications and Collaboration Committee (RC4).

Celine Thanh Thu Huynh, ‘Impact of PAHs on barrier function toxicity in 3D lung model from normal and asthmatic donors’ (Tilton Lab)

Dr. Craig Marcus gave his award presentation for receiving the Toxicology Achievement Award this year.