In a paper published in Cell, research led by Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, and Roth lab members, Tao Ch, PhD and Daniel Wacker, PhD, show how to activate only one kind of brain receptor vital for pain relief. This receptor is not involved in addiction or respiratory depression that leads to death – the most severe side effects of opioid use.
Led by Timothy Elston, PhD, and Chuck Perou, PhD, the university-wide program aims to advance personalized medicine for patients.
Wesley Legant, PhD, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, is highlighted in a Nature article on a do-it-yourself approach to microscopy that lead to the development of light sheet microscopy.
The center, established 20 years ago and led by Fulton Crews, PhD, Distinguished Professor in Pharmacology, will receive more than $8.7 million over five years to continue research on the effects of alcohol on the brain. Other pharmacology faculty who are PIs on the the grant are Clyde Hodge, PhD, Zoe McElligott, PhD, Tom Kash, PhD, Melissa Herman, PhD and Leslie Morrow, PhD.
Research led by UNC’s Jonathan Schisler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, showed much lower levels of the protein CXCL5 in older people with clogged arteries.
In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, UNC School of Medicine neuroscientist Juan Song and colleagues discovered a long-distance brain circuit that controls the production of new neurons in the hippocampus.
Brian Jensen, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pharmacology, delivered the 2017 Whitehead Lecture. The event, which serves as an unofficial convocation of the UNC School of Medicine, has been held annually since 1947.
Dr. Nigel Mackman Congratulations to Nigel Mackman, PhD, John Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, and Joint Professor of Pharmacology, who has been selected by the American Heart Association and the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) to receive the 2017 ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award! The ATVB Distinguished … Read more
Dr. Brent Asrican, NARSD Young Investigator Award recipient Congratulations to Brent Asrican, a Research Assistant Professor in the Song Lab, who has received a 2017 NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation! The award will support his research on the dual role of neuropeptide/neurotransmitter signaling in neuropsychiatric circuit imbalances for … Read more
UNC receives $1.5-million grant to study the role of a clotting protease and receptor in the innate immune response to viral infections. Nigel Mackman, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and joint Professor of Pharmacology, is the principal investigator of a 4-year $1.5-million award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. This grant will determine the role of thrombin activation of protease-activated receptor 1 in the innate immune response to viral infections.
