Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Research Awards
Investing in the future: Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Research Awards
The Lawrence Research Competition was established in 2006 to provide seed grants of $45,000 each to two promising investigators in metabolic or metastatic bone disease. Eligible projects include those that study bone metastases, bone health in cancer patients, bone formation and bone biology. Through mechanisms such as the Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Research Awards, the Bone Disease Program reaffirms its commitment to fostering groundbreaking research and supporting talented, young investigators in bone research careers.
Finalists are chosen from a large pool of outstanding investigators. Applicants represent a wide range of scientific expertise and approaches to bone research.
2009 Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Research Awards Submission Guidelines (pdf)
Past Research Award Winners
2009
The Regulatory Role of E-Selectin Lignad-1 in Bone Remodeling
Tao Yang, Ph.D.
Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
An Essential Role of TAK 1 in M-CSF-Induced Survival of Monocyte/ Osteoclast Progenitors
Bette Lamothe, Ph.D.
Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2008
A Mouse Model to Examine the Biology and Genetics of Osteosarcoma Metastasis
Lawrence A. Donehower, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine
A Variant of Human Steroid Receptor Coactivator 1 (SRC1) Diminishes Co-Activation Is Associated with Loss of Bone Mineral Density
Steffi Oesterreich, Ph.D.
Lester & Sue Smith Breast Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Role of C-Reactive Protein in Myeloma Bone Disease
Qing Yi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2007
Development small molecule inhibitors of TRAF6 for bone-related diseases
Bryant Darnay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
The role of RECQL4 in skeletal development and osteosarcoma
Lisa Wang, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
2006
Role of Collagen Prolyl 3-Hydroxylation in Bone Formation and Human Disease
Roy Morello, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Characterization of NO66, an Osx Interacting Protein During Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation
Krishna M. Sinha, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Genetics
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Past Poster Award Winners
Role of the Trps1 Transcriptional Repressor in Regulation of Signaling Cross-Talk During Endochondral Bone Formation
Dobrawa Napierala, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Heterotopic bone formation in atherosclerotic vessels
Elizabeth Salisbury, B.S.
Baylor College of Medicine
Regulation of the osteoblast-specific transcription factor Osterix by NO66, a Jumonji family histone demethylase
Krishna Sinha, Ph.D., M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center