Honors and Awards
2006 BARC Poster Day
3rd Prize - Meghan A. Kelly, Diet Genomic and Immunology Laboratory, BHNRC
"MECHANISMS FOR INCREASED GLUCOSE TRANSPORT IN 3T3-L1 ADIPOCYTES TREATED WITH AN AQUEOUS CINNAMON EXTRACT"
Dr. Richard Anderson from the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory was honored with the National Nutritional Foods Association's Burton Kallman Scientific Award in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 15, 2005 for his pioneering work in the field of nutrition and diabetes.
Invitations
Dr. Joseph Urban, Research Leader of the Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Center, was invited to present work on functional genomic analysis of the infection of swine with Trichuris suis at an international workshop on "Helminths as Modulators of Immunity" in Tremsbüttel, Germany on June 23 to 25, 2005.
DGIL in Agricultural Research Magazine
Insulin Imitators: Polyphenols Found in Cinnamon Mimic Job of Hormone
ARS scientists and colleagues have isolated and characterized several polyphenolic polymer compounds from cinnamon bark that could one day become natural ingredients in products aimed at lowering blood sugar levels.
Brewing Up the Latest Tea Research
Tea is the most-consumed beverage worldwide next to water. For some 5,000 years, people have been getting a lift from brewing tea leaves. But it's only been in the last three decades that researchers have immersed themselves in the science behind tea's purported health benefits
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