Samulski Receives Inaugural Award for Pioneering Gene Therapy
Jude Samulski’s pioneering work in gene therapy is honored by the The European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy with its 2022 Founders Award. Congratulations, Jude!
Jude Samulski’s pioneering work in gene therapy is honored by the The European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy with its 2022 Founders Award. Congratulations, Jude!
The Roth Lab and collaborators from UC San Francisco, Yale, Duke, and Stanford developed a new compound that hits the same brain cell target as psychedelic drugs, triggering long-lasting anti-depressant action without psychedelic effects in mice. Kuglae Kim is co-first author of the Nature paper.
The Lustgarten Foundation has awarded its inaugural Lustgarten Equity, Accessibility, and Diversity (LEAD) Project grant to Jen Jen Yeh, MD, in support of her PROmoting CLinicAl TrIal EngageMent for Pancreatic Cancer App Study (PROCLAIM Study).
Congratulations to Dr. Mauro Calabrese, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, on being named a 2021-22 Yang Family Biomedical Scholar!
Congratulations to Jean Cook, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, and joint Professor of Pharmacology on being named Chair of Biochemistry & Biophysics!
Congratulations to Kirsten Bryant and the UNC Running Rascals team for their astonishing success in fundraising for pancreatic cancer research at the annual Raleigh-Durham PurpleStride!
The Song lab used optogenetic techniques to stimulate specific brain cells to increase production of neural stem cells and neurons relevant to memory and emotion processing in animal models, as published in Nature Neuroscience May 6.
Congratulations to Dr. Damania and Dr. Dittmer on receiving this award honoring their research in oncology and virology! Dr. Damania is a joint Professor in Pharmacology.
Congratulations to Blossom Damania, PhD, for being featured on Hometown Hero on Jan. 18!
Cosmos, a website dedicated to the science of everything, includes a video of cellular movement from the labs of Klaus Hahn and Tim Elston in their top ten best science videos of 2021!