Dr. Xu successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Defining the Kinome Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer.”
 
 

Our congratulations to Corina Damian, of the Song Lab, and Rachel VanKeulen-Miller, of the Fenton Lab, for receiving honorable mentions!

Congratulations to Bryan Roth, Yoojoong Kim and collaborators, who received some nice press for their work determining the structure of a common taste receptor—and finding an unlikely ligand! Yoojoong Kim is first author

The Office of Graduate Education at UNC SOM gave Shout-Outs to four more PHCO Mentors, honoring Tim Elston, PhD, Gavin Schmitz , PhD, Sandra Zarmer, and Cole Martin. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, PhD, on being named Most Praised Mentor at UNC Pharmacology and UNC McAllister Heart Institute!

Max Hockenberry, grad student in the Legant and Bear labs, who is developing new microscopy methods so researchers can measure the mechanisms cells use to maneuver through tight spaces in the body, is featured in a new Vital Signs series.

Klaus Hahn, PhD, the Ronald G. Thurman Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at the UNC School of Medicine, will co-lead this Chan Zuckerberg Initiative project with colleagues at Duke University and North Carolina State University.

Congrats to Pharmacology’s Wesley Legant, PhD, and Department of Biomedical Engineering’s, Yu Shi, PhD, whose latest paper, “Smart Lattice Light-Sheet Microscopy for Imaging Rare and Complete Cellular Events” made the cover of Nature Methods Feb 20, 2024 issue!

Dr. Schmitz successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Identifying the Neurological Mechanisms Underlying Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelic Compounds” under the guidance of co-PIs Melissa Herman and Bryan Roth on Feb. 2, 2024.

Our very own Jonathan Schisler, PhD, and Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, along with the associate director of the Neuroscience Center, Ben Philpot, PhD, were awarded a five-year $675,000 grant to lead a summer undergraduate experience program.