Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator Award and the Irvine Page Award for Marit Westerterp
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Marit Westerterp PhD has been awarded the Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator Award for her publication 'Deficiency of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters A1 and G1 in Endothelial Cells Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Mice' in Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2016
Link to the ABCA1/G1 key paper: Pubmed
She is invited to give a plenary lecture on her paper at the ATVB conference, May 4-6 2017, Minneapolis, USA.
The Irvine Page Award was based on her CV and outstanding oral presentation on how cholesterol accumulation enhances inflammation in macrophages, contributing to atherosclerosis.
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