On March 18th & 19th, the Newkirk Alumni Center at the University of California, Irvine campus provided the space for current ANRF grant funded scholars, the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), members from the Board of Directors, industry partners and invited guests to return to something many hadn’t done in more than two years: meet in-person.
The annual SAB meeting convened on Friday, followed by a reception that evening and the Research Symposium on Saturday, where seven early-career researchers presented compelling ideas and research.
For most, it was the first time in more than two years they traveled to an academic event and presented research in-person to a room of seasoned researchers and peers. As with what became the new way of communication in the pandemic, most had been confined to giving presentations via sharing a screen and presenting to faces on zoom.
Listed below are the scholars, links to bios and the titles of the presentations given at the ANRF Research Symposium.
The annual SAB meeting convened on Friday, followed by a reception that evening and the Research Symposium on Saturday, where seven early-career researchers presented compelling ideas and research.
For most, it was the first time in more than two years they traveled to an academic event and presented research in-person to a room of seasoned researchers and peers. As with what became the new way of communication in the pandemic, most had been confined to giving presentations via sharing a screen and presenting to faces on zoom.
Listed below are the scholars, links to bios and the titles of the presentations given at the ANRF Research Symposium.
Jonathan Brunger, Ph.D.
2021-22 ANRF Grant Recipient
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Presentation: “Synthetically regulated cell-based therapeutics for targeted joint repair.”
Hiroki Furuya, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Rheumatology
Postdoctoral Graduate Fellow
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Medical Deaconess Center
Presentation: “Role of gd T cell in inducing neutrophilic inflammation in psoriatic arthritis.”
Shaun Jackson, M.B Ch.B., Ph.D.
2016-18 ANRF Grant Recipient
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Seattle Children’s Hospital
University of Washington
Presentation: “Immune drivers of autoimmunity in STAT1 GOF syndrome.”
Nisarg J. Shah, Ph.D.
2021-22 ANRF Sontag Fellow
Assistant Professor
Department of NanoEngineering
University of California, San Diego
Presentation: “Engineering the Joint Microenvironment in Inflammatory Arthritis.”
Shouan Zhu, Ph.D.
2021-22 ANRF Grant Recipient
Assistant Professor
Investigator of the Ohio Musculoskeletal &
Neurological Institute
Ohio University
Presentation: “Metabolic regulation of chondrocytes by Sirt5 for osteoarthritis development.”
Ray Zuo, M.D.
2021-22 ANRF Grant Recipient
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Rheumatology
University of Michigan
Presentation: “Anti-NET antibodies in APS and COVID-19.”
In addition to the early-career scholar presentations, Dr. Robert Colbert from the National Institutes of Health began the day with a keynote address and industry partners AbbVie and Janssen provided insight to current research and developments from their respective companies.
A streaming option was made available to for those to join virtually who could not attend in-person. The presentations will be made available via ANRF website and social channels by the beginning of May.
