Maria Prange-Barczynska in Tammie Bishop’s/Peter Ratcliffe’s group has been awarded the Year 2 Prize. Maria is working to understand the role of HIF2α in the carotid body in the physiological responses to low oxygen. Virginia Schmid from David Mole’s/Peter Ratcliffe’s group was awarded the 4th Year Prize. Virginia has recently published a paper in Scientific Reports on the overlap of genetic polymorphisms in kidney cancer with HIF binding sites. Congratulations to both winners.
For more information about the other winners of this year’s and previous years’ prizes, see the NDM website.