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Utibe-Abasi S. Udoh, PhD, assistant investigator in residence at the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR) and Department of Surgery, received the 2023 Translational Science Research Award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for his exemplary poster presentation on “Biomarkers For Early Detection and Diagnosis of Nash-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma” at the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators annual workshop in Bethesda, Maryland

Sandrine Pierre, PhD
Jiang Tian, PhD
Marco Pessoa, PhD

Research team presents at APS Summit

At the 2023 American Physiological Society (APS) Summit, researchers from the School of Medicine and Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research showcased their latest scientific breakthroughs in a series of poster presentations by Drs. Marco Pessoa and Jiang Tian and oral presentation by Dr. Liquan Cai.
Dr. Sandrine Pierre, interim director of MIIR and associate professor of biomedical sciences, is serving a three-year term as chair of the APS Cell & Molecular Section. Most recently, she co-hosted an innovative Game Changer Session on “Engineering Cells: New Technologies for Basic and Translational Research” at the 2023 summit.

RICHARD J. STEVENS, MD MEMORIAL LECTURE
RESEARCH DAY | INVITED LECTURER
MARCH 30, 2018 at 11:30 AM • HARLESS AUDITORIUM
ZIJIAN XIE, Ph.D.
Director, Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR)
Marshall University
“The Discovery of Na/K-ATPase as a Potential Drug Target for Multiple Human Diseases”
Learning Objectives:
Discover 1) How is Na/K-ATPase engaged in cellular activity other than pumping ions across cell
membrane; 2) the importance of non-pumping functions of Na/K-ATPase in animal physiology and
disease progression; 3) what can we do to translate this new discovery into practice that will
improve human health.

No Conflicts Indicated

Dr. Zijian Xie was named director of the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in
November 2013.

His laboratory is internationally recognized for its groundbreaking work to understand the behavior
of cellular pathways and their relationship to cancer, renal disease and cardiac failure.

Xie holds international patents and patent applications on seven medical inventions resulting from
his research. He has served as principal investigator, project leader or co-investigator on
National Institutes of Health-funded projects totaling more than $10 million, and has established
active international collaborations with total funding of more than $1 million. He has been
involved with the creation of two spin-off companies from his research.

He is the author or co-author of more than 100 articles published in scientific journals, has
authored  a number of book chapters and has been invited to give numerous presentations as part of
national and international conferences, symposia, seminars and visiting professorships. He serves
as a regular member of NIH study sections and has chaired and co-organized several international
symposia.

Dr. Xie came to Marshall from the faculty of the University of Toledo’s College of Medicine, where
he was a professor of physiology, pharmacology and medicine, and served as the co-director of the
M.D./Ph.D. program.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Nanjing College of Pharmacy in Nanjing, China, in 1982, a
master’s degree in toxicology at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing in 1984 and
adoctorate in pharmacology at the Medical College of Ohio (now University of Toledo) in 1990.

Congratulations Dr. Xie!
December 1, 2017 · News

Congratulations to Dr. Zijian Xie for being awarded the “Dean’s Award for Excellence In Basic Science Research” from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine! This award was presented and given by the SOM’s Dean, Dr. Joseph Shapiro, on November 30, 2017. Dr. Xie was recognized for his commitment, dedication, and pursuit of excellence in basic science research. 

 

Minqi Huang, MIIR graduate student of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Program, won the graduate student poster competition at the Ohio Physiological Society meeting. His poster was entitled “Role of Na/K-ATPase α-isoforms in pluripotency and adipocyte differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)”. Way to go Minqi!

 

 

BMS graduate students Shreya Mukhrji and Minqi Huang, and post-doctoral fellow Pauline Marck, Ph.D. each received a travel award to present their work at the upcoming 32nd annual meeting of the Ohio Physiological Society. This year the conference will  be held in Rootstown, Ohio on October 27th, 2017 (http://ohio-physiological-society.org/annualmeeting.html)

 

Congratulations Dr. Wang!
October 12, 2017 · News

Xiaoliang Wang, M.D., Ph.D., secured a travel award to the upcoming 15th International Conference on “Na,K-ATPase and Related Transport ATPases” to be held in Otsu, Japan, September 24th – 30th, 2017. His presentation is entitled “Genetic Evidence of α1 Na/K-ATPase as an Important Signal Integrator”.

We would like to send a big shout out to our MIIR award winners who recently attended the Experimental Biology Chicago 2017 Conference!

Pauline Marck, Ph.D., was recognized by the Research Recognition Award of the American Physiological Society – Cell and Molecular Physiology- Section. Her presentation was entitled “Cardiac structure and function in mice with cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of Na+/K+-ATPase α1-isoform”. Well done, Dr. Marck!

Laura Kutz, Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. candidate, was awarded the Robert Gunn Award of the American Physiological Society – Cell and Molecular Physiology- Section for her work entitled “Isoform-specific role of Na/K-ATPase α1 in skeletal muscle growth and performance”. Way to go Laura!