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2023 Symposia Highlights

Cell Stress Society International Award Winners

Medallion of CSSI

Stuart Calderwood with Larry Hightower and Lea Sistonen
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.



Ferruccio Ritossa
Early Career Award

Reut Shalgi, PhD, Technion, Israel

In recognition of:
Probing the Chaperone Network Complexity

Alfred Tissieres
YoungInvestigator Award

Sara Sannino, PhD, Pfizer

In recognition of:
The integrated stress response network in cancer cell
resistance to Hsp70-mediated proteotoxic stress

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 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

 
 

 


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

 



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

 
 

 


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

 
 

Heath Ecroyd, PhD

University of Wollongong, Australia

Pictured: Larry Hightower, Heath Ecroyd, Lea Sistonen

Cell Stress & Chaperones news

New Editor in Chief:
Dimitra Bourboulia, PhD



In addition to a new EiC, Cell Stress & Chaperones moved from Springer Nature to Elsevier on January 1, 2024, and is now a fully open access journal.

CSSI members receive a 20% discount on open access fees.

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