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TODAY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESEARCH CENTER FOR ALPD AND CIRRHOSIS 10TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM WINTER 2009 The Center is supported by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: P50 AA011999, T32 AA07578, and R24 AA12885. INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 10th Annual Symposium 1 Lee Summer Student Fellowship Program 2 Spotlight on Derick Han 2 2009 Pilot Project Award Recipients 2 New Grants by Center Members 3 Recent Publications by Center Members CONTACTS Hide Tsukamoto Director [email protected] 323-442-5107 Rosy Macias Admistrative Manager [email protected] 323-442-3109 Rebecca Handan Secretary [email protected] 323-442-3121 Fax: 323-442-3126 www.usc.edu/alpd T HE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESEARCH Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis has hosted its 10th annual symposium on December 5, 2008. This whole day symposium marked the center’s 10th year anniversary since its inception in 1999 and also celebrated the second successful competitive renewal of the NIH/NIAAA P50 center grant totaling $8.1M for 5 years from January 1st, 2009. The symposium showcased three state-of-the-art lectures by George Kunos, Scientific Director of NIAAA/NIH, Peter Tontonoz, Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Pathology at UCLA, and Michael Karin, Professor of Pharmacology at UCSD, as well as presentations by the Center investigators and Pilot Project investigators. Samir Zakhari, the Director of the Division of Metabolism and Health Effects of NIAAA, made special remarks on funding opportunities for your investigators. T he center’s scientific advisory board participated in the symposium and evaluated the center program including pilot project applications. The board members who attended the event included Thomas Badger of University of Arkansas, Mark Czaja of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacquelyn Maher of UCSF, and David Whitcomb of University of Pittsburg. GEORGE KUNOS PETER TONTONOZ SAMIR ZAKHARI MICHAEL KARIN T he symposium was followed by a reception at Plaza Market- place where more than 70 center members and friends enjoyed great wine and food including sushi freshly prepared by Mr. Ishito and his assistant from Kappo Ishito. Steve Pandol introduced Carol Dreher, Executive Director for AGA foundation. Elizabeth Fini, Vice Dean of Research Advancement, welcomed the guests and praised the center’s success and the visionary leadership of the center director, Hide Tsukamoto. Abstract awards were presented to four postdoctoral fellows by Vijay Kalra and Kinji Asahina. Hide Tsukamoto closed the event by paying tribute to each center member’s effort which collectively culminated to the center’s success. He also applauded administrative support rendered by Rosy Macias, Rebecca Handan, and Shirley Tsai. w I N SUMMER 2008 THE SOUTHERN California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis offered five Student Fellowship Awards under its Annual Lee Summer Student Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program provided opportunity for the Master and undergraduate students to participate for at least ten weeks in research in the Center investigator’s laboratory and to give a presentation on their research at the center’s progress report meeting in August. They received an $800 Award and a Certificate after completion of the program. CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE... LEE SUMMER STUDENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Noriko Matsushita accepting her abstract award from Kinji Asahina and Vijay Kalra
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  • TODAYThe SouThern California reSearCh

    CenTer for alPD anD CirrhoSiS

    10th AnnuAl SympoSium

    winTer 2009The Center is supported by grants

    from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: P50 AA011999, T32 AA07578,

    and R24 AA12885.

    inSiDe ThiS iSSue

    1 10th Annual Symposium1 Lee Summer Student Fellowship

    Program

    2 Spotlight on Derick Han2 2009 Pilot Project Award Recipients2 New Grants by Center Members3 Recent Publications by Center Members

    ConTaCTShide Tsukamoto Director [email protected] 323-442-5107

    rosy Macias Admistrative Manager [email protected] 323-442-3109

    rebecca handan Secretary [email protected] 323-442-3121

    fax: 323-442-3126 www.usc.edu/alpd

    The SouThern California reSearCh Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis has hosted its 10th annual symposium on December 5, 2008. This whole day symposium marked the center’s 10th year anniversary since its inception in 1999 and also celebrated the second successful competitive renewal of the NIH/NIAAA P50 center grant totaling $8.1M for 5 years from January 1st, 2009. The symposium showcased three state-of-the-art lectures by George Kunos, Scientific Director of NIAAA/NIH, Peter Tontonoz, Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Pathology at UCLA, and Michael Karin, Professor of Pharmacology at UCSD, as well as presentations by the Center investigators and Pilot Project investigators. Samir Zakhari, the Director of the Division of Metabolism and Health Effects of NIAAA, made special remarks on funding opportunities for your investigators.

    The center’s scientific advisory board participated in the symposium and evaluated the center program including pilot project applications. The board members who attended the event included Thomas Badger of University of Arkansas, Mark Czaja of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacquelyn Maher of UCSF, and David Whitcomb of University of Pittsburg.

    GeorGe KunoS PeTer TonTonoz SaMir zaKhariMiChael Karin

    The symposium was followed by a reception at Plaza Market-place where more than 70 center members and friends enjoyed great wine and food including sushi freshly prepared by Mr. Ishito and his assistant from Kappo Ishito. Steve Pandol introduced Carol Dreher, Executive Director for AGA foundation. Elizabeth Fini, Vice Dean of Research Advancement, welcomed the guests and praised the center’s success and the visionary leadership of the center director, Hide Tsukamoto. Abstract awards were presented to four postdoctoral fellows by Vijay Kalra and Kinji Asahina. Hide Tsukamoto closed the event by paying tribute to each center member’s effort which collectively culminated to the center’s success. He also applauded administrative support rendered by Rosy Macias, Rebecca Handan, and Shirley Tsai. w

    in SuMMer 2008 The SouThern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis offered five Student Fellowship Awards under its Annual Lee Summer Student Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program provided opportunity for the Master and undergraduate students to participate for at least ten weeks in research in the Center investigator’s laboratory and to give a presentation on their research at the center’s progress report meeting in August. They received an $800 Award and a Certificate after completion of the program. ContinueS on next pAge...

    lee Summer Student FellowShip progrAm

    Noriko Matsushita accepting her abstract award from Kinji Asahina and Vijay Kalra

  • Spotlight on deriCK hAnDeriCK han iS an aSSiSTanT Professor of Research in the Division of GI/Liver in the Department of Medicine at USC Keck School of Medicine. He obtained B.A. degree in Sociology and Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. During the undergraduate years at Berkeley, he worked in the laboratory of Lester Packer, a pioneer in the field of anti-oxidants. This field fascinated Derick and he has continued in this area. After finishing his undergraduate work, he moved to USC to pursue research under the direction of Enrique Cadenas, a pioneer in the field of free radical biology. In 2001, Derick obtained his Ph.D. and started his post doctoral research in the Center’s training program under the direction

    of Neil Kaplowitz, M.D., Professor of Medicine at USC, an authority in the field of glutathione biology and liver toxicity.

    Derick has published extensively on the role of glutathione redox status in liver injury and role of C-jun N-terminal kinase in acetoaminophen- induced liver hepatoxicity. To date, he has published 41 papers and 5-chapters in book. His current interest is in redox signaling in alcoholic liver disease. Derick is recipient of several young investigators awards. He received the Young Investigator award from the Oxygen Society and Presidential Fellowship from USC Leadership Research Institute. He is the recipient of Wright Foundation Research Grant from USC, Zumberge Research and Innovation Award and pilot grant from USC Research Center for Liver Research. Based on novel findings on the effect of ethanol on hepatocytes redox signaling, Derick has applied and successfully obtained a KO-1 grant. On the personal side, Derick has developed a passion for acting, as he happens to be living in Hollywood. There he met aspiring actor Tracy. Derick got married to Tracy in September 2007, and they are living happily thereafter. w

    This year, we presented the awards to these following students: Sarah ahmadi, (ProjeCT TiTle: Post-translational protein redox changes during alcoholic liver disease) whose mentor was Derick Han & Neil Kaplowitz; lewei Duan (ProjeCT TiTle: TLR4 and hepatocarcinogenesis: Synergistic interactions between alcohol and Hepatitis C virus) whose mentor was Keigo Machida; Yang li (ProjeCT TiTle: The effect of PTEN on mitochondrial biogenesis in the damage liver caused by alcohol and obesity) whose mentor was Bangyan Stiles; Polina Mareninova (ProjeCT TiTle: Effect of ethanol feeding on autophagy in pancreas), whose mentor was Anna Gukovskaya & Stephen Pandol; Yizhou zhu (ProjeCT TiTle: Adams and TIMPs by hepatic stellate cells), whose mentor was Yuan Ping-Han & Lan Qin. w ToP row: Yang Li, Polina Mareninova, Sarah Ahmadi, Yizhou Zhu, Keane Lai. BoTToM row: Lewei Duan and Samantha Yeligar

    CongrAtulAtionS to: 2009 pilot projeCt AwArd reCipientSKinji asahina, Ph.D., uSC, Hepatic Stellate Cell Precursors in Developing and Regenerating Livershyeongnam (joe) jeong, Ph.D., uSC, Identification of Novel Transforming Genes in Hepatocellular Carcinomaekihiro Seki, M.D., Ph.D., uCSD, TLR4 Regulates Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cells and Kupffer Cells in Alcoholic Liver FibrosisBernd Schnabl, M.D., uCSD, Early Bacterial Translocation as Mechanism for Alcohol-Induced Fibrosis Progressionjingzhen (jenny) Yuan, Ph.D., uCla, The Role of Protein Kinase D1 in Alcohol-Induced Pancreatitis

    new grAntS by Center memberSLaurie D. DeLeve, 2R01 DK606423-05A2, Determinants of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell Phenotype, 5/1/08 – 6/30/12Derick Han, 1K01 AA016911-01A2, Thiol Redox Modulation of NF-kB Pathway in Alcoholic Liver Injury, 12/1/08 – 11/30/12Neil Kaplowitz, 1R21 AA017746-01, Retrograde Signaling In Alcohol-Induced Mitochondrial Stress and Biogenesis, 9/15/08 – 8/31/10Keigo Machida, Wright Foundation/USC Institutional Fund, AP1 and DNA Damage-Repair in HCV-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 7/1/08 – 6/30/09Komal Ramani, K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award, Methionine Adenosyl Transferase Genes as Therapeutic Targets for Liver Fibrosis, 4/1/09 – 3/31/13Hamid M. Said, R01 AA018071, Mechanisms of Pancreatic Thiamin Uptake: Effect of Alcohol, 1/1/09 – 12/31/13

    ContinueS From previouS pAge...

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    5. Cheng JH, She H, Han YP, Wang J, Xiong S, Asahina K, Tsukamoto H. Wnt antagonism inhibits hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 294(1):G39–49, 2008.

    6. Chung C, Shugrue C, Nagar A, Doll JA, Cornwell M, Gattu A, Kolodecik T, Pandol SJ, Gorelick F. Ethanol Exposure Depletes Hepatic Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor, a Novel Lipid Regulator. Gastroenterology 2008.

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  • The Southern California research Center for alPD and CirrhosisKeck School of Medicine of theUniversity of Southern California1333 San Pablo Street, MMR 4th FloorLos Angeles, CA 90033www.usc.edu/alpd

    11th Annual lecture Series on Cellular homeostasisthurSdAyS: 12:00 – 1:30 pm: mCKibben leCture hAll, room 156, USC

    Feb. 5regulation of the Cation Coupled Chloride Cotransporters (Slc12 Family), Gerardo Gamba, University of Mexico

    Feb. 12induction of Coronary vascular progenitor Cells by liver bud-derived Signal, Takashi Mikawa, University of California San Francisco

    Feb. 19the role of inflammation on insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, Jerrold M. Olefsky, University of California San Diego

    Feb. 26ryk mediated wnt Signaling during neurogenesis, Wange Lu, University of Southern California

    mar. 5mining the Function of Stress-inducible Chaperone grp78/bip through the use of mouse models, Amy Lee, University of Southern California

    mar. 12A novel role for Caspase-8 in initiating a wound healing response, Colin Jamora, University of California San Diego

    mar. 26life in the Fast lane—rapid traffic of Sodium transporters maintains volume and blood pressure homeostasis, Alicia McDonough, University of Southern California

    Apr. 2hepatic innate immune regulation that Controls hepatitis C virus, Takeshi Saito, University of Washington School of Medicine

    Apr. 16ppArs, macrophage Activation and insulin resistance, Ajay Chawla, Stanford University School of Medicine

    4th internAtionAl SympoSium on Alpd & CirrhoSiS

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