AHA BCVS 2019 - Boston - Lab wins awards

The Elrod Lab travelled to Boston and took BCVS 2019 by storm. Drs. Garbincius and Tomar opened the first day of the conference as featured trainee talks detailing their work on mitochondrial calcium handling in non-ischemic heart disease and novel functions of MICU1 in mitochondrial structure.

Dr. Gibb, Emma, and Jonathan also presented posters on their research on metabolism, cell death, and mitochondrial calcium uptake. The lab concluded the meeting by bringing home numerous awards at the banquet dinner. Congratulations on all your hard work! 

Andrew Gibb: New Investigator Travel Award

Joanne Garbincius: New Investigator Travel Award, and Abstract Selected for the Oral Presentation 

Jonathan Lambert: Outstanding Poster Presentation Award

Dhanendra Tomar: Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Young Investigator Award from South Asian Heart Association, and Abstract Selected for a talk.

Elrod Lab members after the award ceremony

Dhanendra Tomar presenting his work

Jonathan takes DT to his first MLB game.

Joanne Garbincius delivering her story on NCLX.

Dhanendra engaging the audience in his work on MICOS

Dhanendra presenting on MICU1 in MICOS