The UAB Department of Pathology recently funded a travel award to Joshua Kramer, Ph.D., who presented his research at the 2026 Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging, October 8–11 in Bandera, Texas.
Kramer, who is a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Jianhua Zhang, Ph.D., was selected to give an oral presentation on October 10, titled, "Beyond Cardiomyocytes: Pressure Overload Reveals a Spatially Organized Multicellular Mitochondrial Quality-Control Response in the Heart." The project examines how different cell populations in the heart respond to pressure overload by changing mitochondrial quality control.
"This is relevant to aging because increased arterial stiffness and hypertension raise left ventricular workload, while the heart’s ability to maintain mitochondrial quality and adapt to stress becomes increasingly important with age," Kramer said. "Our model lets us study the early mitochondrial response to increased cardiac afterload before more advanced remodeling develops."
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The next deadline is December 1 for meetings between December 1 and March 31, 2027.
Required application materials:
- A copy of the submitted abstract, oral or poster presentation, and copy of email confirmation of submission and acceptance.
- A short paragraph outlining what scientific meeting will be attended and how attending this meeting contributes to training.
- Brief biosketch/CV of applicant, including years in program, research lab and qualifying exam status (student) or years in lab (postdoc).
- A letter of support from PI/mentor.
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