CRS Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award

Co-sponsored by 3M Drug Delivery Systems

CRITERIA

• Abstract must relate specifically to pharmceutical research
• Presented at the 34^th Annual Meeting in either a podium or poster session
• The presenting author must be a member of the Controlled Release Society

SELECTION PROCESS
The Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award Committee will make the selection of the award. Awardees will be notified by October 31, 2008.

AWARD
The recipient will recieve:

• $1,500 Award
• Complimentary Annual Meeting and Exposition Registration
• Plaque

CRS - 2008 Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award
Seema Betigeri is a research scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, where her responsibilities include preformulation and clinical formulation development. She has broad experience in the areas of physicochemical characterization and stability of drug candidates. Seema has a M.S. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutics at Rutgers University. Her current research work involves gene delivery (siRNA and antisense oligonucleotides) using liposomal technology.

The paper: JNK1 as a Molecular Target to Limit Cellular Damage Under Hypoxia