2023 Symposia Highlights

Cell Stress Society International Award Winners

Medallion of CSSI

Stuart Calderwood, Larry Hightower, Lea Sistonen

Stuart Calderwood, PhD, Harvard Medical School

Lifetime achievements award in recognition of scientific research contributions in the cellular stress response field.

Best Flash Talks

Flash talk winners pictured with Lea Sistonen and Larry Hightower

3rd prize: Gianna Mochi, Upstate Medical University, USA

Dynamic TRAP1 Succinylation Regulates TCS Cycle Activity

2nd prize: So-Yeon Kim, UNIST, Korea

Function of the mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 in ischemic retinopathy

1st prize: Leon Tang Jia Wei, National University of Singapore

How bats survive stress: A tale of reduced damage and an atypical heat shock response

• 2023 Newly Appointed Senior Fellows of Cell Stress Society International

  

  Mark Woodford, PhD

  SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Mark Woodford, Lea Sistonen

• Dimitra Bourboulia, PhD

  SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Dimitra Bourboulia, Lea Sistonen

  
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  Johannes Buchner, PhD

  TU Munich, Germany

  Pictured: Dimitra Bourboulia, Mehdi Mollapour, Larry Hightower, Helen Neumann, Johannes Buchner, Lea Sistonen, Mark Woodford

2023 Newly Appointed Senior Fellows of Cell Stress Society International

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  Adrienne Edkins, PhD

  Rhodes University, South Africa

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Adrienne Edkins Lea Sistonen

• Mehdi Mollapour, PhD

  SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Mehdi Mollapour, Lea Sistonen

  
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  Jill Johnson, PhD

  University of Idaho, USA

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Jill Johnson, Lea Sistonen

• Matthias Mayer, PhD

  ZMBH Heidelberg, Germany

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Matthias Mayer, Lea Sistonen

  
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  Heath Ecroyd, PhD

  University of Wollongong, Australia

  Pictured: Larry Hightower, Heath Ecroyd, Lea Sistonen