Dr. Mike Emanuele, recipient of V Foundation for Cancer Research Award Dr. Mike Emanuele has received a V Scholar Award from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The title of Mike’s research proposal is “Identification of ubiquitin signaling networks as novel avenues for therapeutic intervention.” Mike’s award is for $200,000 over 2 years. Our congratulations … Read more
Dr. Juan Song, Ph.D. and Dr. Mauro Calabrese, Ph.D. have joined the Pharmacology Department as Assistant Professors. Dr. Song will begin in September, 2013 and Dr. Calabrese will join us starting in March, 2014. Meet Dr. Song and Dr. Calabrese A few words from Dr.Juan Song to introduce herself: I’ll be starting as an Assistant … Read more
Dr Henrik Dohlman, newly elected Associate Editor for JBC Henrik Dohlman, Ph.D., a joint faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology has been elected as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC). Dr. Dohlman is currently an editorial board member of JBC with https://www.med.unc.edu/pharm/directory/henrik-dohlman-phd/an area of expertise in signal transduction. He will … Read more
In the first application of this approach, the UNC researchers showed how a protein called Src kinase influences the way cells extend and move, a previously unknown role that is consistent with the protein’s ties to tumor progression and metastasis.
The Roth Lab in collaboration with Ray Stevens’ Lab at Scripps Research Institute had 2 papers published on Science’s advanced online publishing website, Science Express, March 21, 2013. The papers describe the structure of serotonin receptors and how the structure of the receptors shapes drug effects.
Canavan disease is an autosomal recessive degenerative neurological disorder caused by defective ASPA gene. ASPA is responsible for the production of the enzyme aspartoacylase, an enzyme essential for breaking down concentrated brain molecule N-acetyl aspartate. The lack of this breakdown interferes with growth of myelin sheath of the nerve fiber, and as a result, symptoms … Read more
A Wang Lab paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology has been highlighted in E! Science News, Science Daily and Santelog (France) online. “Dark matter made visible before the final cut Research findings from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine are shining a light on an important regulatory role performed by the … Read more
33 Science writers for various scientific journals from around the country visited the Hahn Lab October 26, 2012 for a demonstration of live cell imaging.
Blakeway Productions filmed an interview with Dr. Bryan Roth for Bloomberg TV to be aired the week the Nobel Prizes are awarded in December. The interview will also be available on the Nobel Prize website. Filming of the interview took place in the Roth Labs at UNC on November 6, 2012. Watch the video on … Read more
The Jobin lab has published a paper in the October 2012 issue of Science titled” Intestinal inflammation targets cancer-inducing activity of the microbiota” in which they identify the intestinal microbiota as a target of inflammation that affects the progression of colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CRC). First author on the paper is Janelle Arthur, a postdoctoral fellow in the Jobin lab.
