The Division for Drug Metabolism and Disposition would like to recognize our young scientists who attended the ASPET Annual Meeting at EB 2021 and participated in our poster competition.  The judges were very impressed with the science and presentations this year.

Poster Competition Awards

Each year, the ASPET Student-Postdoc Poster Competition showcases and recognizes the highest quality scientific work submitted by ASPET’s young scientist members. Congratulations to the 2021 winners:

Graduate and Post-baccalaureate Students:

1st place: Nayiar Shahid, University of Alberta
“Characterization of a Novel HEK293 Cell Line (HEK293-ENT1KO) to Assess the Role of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter Subtype-2.”

2nd place: Deepak Ahire, Washington State University
“Inter-individual variability and differential tissue abundance of mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component 1 (mARC1) enzyme in human.”

3rd place: Hannah Work, University of Colorado, Skaggs School of Pharmacy
“Development of a High-throughput Fluorescent-Based Assay to Assess Cytochrome P450 CYP3A7 Activity in Neonatal Human Liver Microsomes.”

Postdoctoral Scientists:

1st place: Sumit Bansal, University of Washington, Seattle
“Can Cannabinoids Precipitate UGT-mediated Drug Interactions?”

2nd place: Simone Brixius-Anderko, University of Michigan
“Structural and Functional Insights into Aldosterone Biosynthesis.”

3rd place: Md Masud Parvez, Washington State University
“Proteomics-Informed Scaling of Irinotecan Metabolism, Transport, and Gut Microbial Activation Explain its Intestinal Toxicity after Intravenous Dose.”