William A. Devane Young Investigator Award: Robert LaPrairie, Ph.D. (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Mechoulam Award: José Javier Fernandez-Ruiz, Ph.D. (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
Pre-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:
Samantha Ayoub – "THE EFFECT OF OLEOYL ALANINE ON OPIOID WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOURS IN MALE SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS"
Nicholas Dopkins – "CANNABIDIOL TREATMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS INHIBITS PRODUCTION OF THE PRO INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE IL-1Β"
Radka Kočvarová – "PHYTOCANNABINOIDS FOR TREATING NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, DYSLIPIDEMIA, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES"
Charlotte Piette – "THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM GATES FAST LEARNING"
Veronika Kondev – Billy Martin ICRS pre-Doctoral Prize – "UTILIZING A NOVEL ENDOCANNABINOID BIOSENSOR TO ELUCIDATE CIRCUIT-SPECIFIC ENDOCANNABINOID REGULATION OF VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS-BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA"
Post-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:
Elizabeth Cairns – "THE EXPRESSION OF COMPONENTS OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM PREDICTS PATIENT SURVIVAL IN MELANOMA BUT CANNABINOIDS LACK SELECTIVITY AS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS"
Bogna Ignatowska-Jankowska – "DISTINCT KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MAGL AND FAAH INHIBITION IN HIGH PRECISION 3D MOTION CAPTURE ANALYSIS OF FREELY BEHAVING MICE"
Elena Martin-Garcia – "NEUROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE TO CANNABIS ADDICTION"
Kiesha Wilson – "TREATMENT OF SEB-INDUCED ARDS WITH CBD AMELIORATES FATAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE"
Catharine Mielnik – J. Michael Walker ICRS Post-Doctoral Prize – "MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE (MAGL), BUT NOT FATTY AMIDE ACID HYDROLASE, INHIBITION EXACERBATES HYPERDOPAMINERGIC PHENOTYPES IN DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER-KNOCKOUT (DATKO) MICE"
ICRS2021 Student Presentation Prizes - Steve Alexander, PhD. [5m22s, Vimeo] ↓
Congratulations to all our awardees and prizewinners. Best with your continued research!
