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Kathy Griendling, PhD Dr. Griendling’s pioneering research is on the role of NADPH oxidases (Nox) in vascular biology and disease. Her work has elucidated how Nox-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulate the signaling pathways leading to smooth muscle proliferation, migration and differentiation, and their functional relevance in hypertension and diabetes. Dr. Griendling had visited Johns…

Joann Murphy-Ullrich Joann Murphy-Ullrich contributed to several significant discoveries, including the identification of a cellular de-adhesive role for matricellular extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. This function controls cell adhesion, migration and cell survival, a process called intermediate cell adhesion. She and her team discovered the role of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) as an activator of latent TGF-β, elucidating…

Rosalind Kornfeld, Ph.D. Rosalind Kornfeld, Ph.D. (1935-2007) was a pioneer in the field of glycoprotein structure and function. She made seminal contributions to our understanding of the assembly of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides, lectin-glycan binding specificity, and mechanisms controlling sugar nucleotide biosynthesis. Rosalind was Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington…

Rita Levi-Montalcini Rita Levi-Montalcini was a Jewish Italian Scientist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for discovering growth factors. She discovered Nerve Growth Factor in the laboratory that she set up in her bedroom when she was hiding from Nazis during World War II in Italy. Rita Levi-Montalcini was active…