Sarah Rogan, Ph.D. who successfully defended her thesis Feb. 14, 2011. Sarah Rogan, a member of the Roth Lab, successfully defended her PhD thesis Monday, February 14, 2011. The title of her thesis is “Remote control of neuronal signaling in vivo.” Sarah is a student in the MD/PhD program. Congratulations, Sarah! Sarah has received a … Read more
Pictured above: Tom Kash. Below left: John Allen. Both are recipients of NARSAD Young Investigator Awards. Two members of the Pharmacology Department have won NARSAD: The Brain and Behavior Research Fund Young Investigator Awards. They are John A. Allen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow with the Roth Lab, and Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. The … Read more
Bryan Richardson, Thomas Collum Butler Award Recipient 2010 Bryan Richardson, a member of the Johnson Lab, received the Thomas Collum Butler Award 2010today, February 2, 2011. The award comes with a check for $1000 and a one-year fellowship. The Thomas Collum Butler Award supports outstanding advanced graduate students who are undertaking their research training in … Read more
Lined up at the buffet table This year’s department’s Holiday Party was held Thursday, Dec. 9 at the Kenan Center. The party was attended by the most people ever! It was quite a gathering. Good food, festive decorations and good company was enjoyed by all! A visit from Santa and his helpers made the evening … Read more
Chris Turner receives award honoring his 20 years of service to the department.
John Bauman with Dr. Ryszard Kole, his advisor. John Bauman, a member of Dr. Ryszard Kole’s lab, successfully defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. Dec. 6, 2010. The title of John’s thesis was “Modification of Bcl-x and Mcl-1 pre-mRNA splicing using splice-switching oligonucleotide.” Congratulations, John! Way to go! John is looking at a variety … Read more
Pumpkins entered in the Pumpkin Carving Contest Graduate students relaxed with a Halloween party and pumpkin carving contest. There were lots of Halloween treats and some very cool decorations! From the looks of things, a good time was had by all! Here’s a few pictures of the costumes partiers and carved pumpkin entries. Click … Read more
The Harden and Sondek labs publish a paper in Science that describes the mechanism of activation and inactivation of the Gq/phospholipase-β signaling complex.
Yang Wang, recipient of Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year Yang Wang, a postdoctoral research associate in Zefeng Wang’s lab, in the Department of Pharmacology has won a Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year. The award was given in recognition of Yang’s impressive research accomplishments and his … Read more
Department of Defense grants award to study Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
