Winners of the Joshua E. Neimark Memorial Travel Assistance Endowment

Congratulations to the 2008 Joshua E. Neimark Memorial Travel Assistance Endowment winners.

• Sailendra Nath Nichenametla, Penn State College of Medicine

  Poster Title: A Functional Trinucleotide-Repeat Polymorphism in the Glutathione Synthesizing Gene

• Manoj S. Nair, The Ohio State University

  Poster Title: Single Mutation in Domain II of Cry1Ab Toxin Blocks Insertion into Insect Membranes

• Anpalaki J. Ragavan, University of Nevada, Reno

  Poster Title: Effect of Adhesivity and Rheology on Cough Mucus Clearance in a Model Human Trachea

• Salem Ben Ramdane, Ecole Navale

  Poster Title: Model Reduction Using Empirical Mode Decomposition

• Narcisa G.Pricope, University of Florida

  Poster Title: A Measure of Ecological Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation in the Kavango-Zambe

• Nozomi Hotta, Ochanomizu University

  Poster Title: Misbehaviors of Scientists In Japan, 1987-2006

• Somesree Ghoshmitra, Texas Women's University

  Poster Title: Microbial Growth Response to Hydrogel Encapsulated Quantum Dot Nanospheres

• Antonio Perez-Casanova, Ponce School of Medicine

  Poster Title: Alcohol Abuse and Oxidative Stress in AIDS Model

• Meredith Kratzer, University of Illinois

  Poster Title: Growth and Characterization of Semiconducting TiO2 for Band Engineered Catalysis

• Vivian Gama, Case Western Reserve University

  Poster Title: Hdm2 is a Ubiquitin Ligase for the Anti-apoptotic Protein Ku70

About Joshua E. Neimark

Dr. Joshua E. Neimark was born in March 1931 in Sea Bright, New Jersey. He demonstrated extraordinary intelligence, but also was prone to serious respiratory disease. He completed public school with distinction, and received an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a master's degree from the California Institute of Technology, and a doctorate from MIT. He succumbed to illness in April 1961, at the age of 30 and his doctoral dissertation was published posthumously. The award, established in his memory by his sister, Dr. Edith D. Neimark, is intended to assist young scientists in attaining a career in their chosen field, a goal that Joshua Neimark did not live to achieve.