Congratulations to Peyton Bohnsack, who successfully defend his PhD March 23, 2017!

Researchers in the department of Pharmacology link orphan receptor MRGRPX2 to opioid-induced itching and create a tool to study the receptor more precisely.

For the first time, UNC School of Medicine researchers crystalized the structure of LSD attached to a human serotonin receptor of a brain cell, and they may have discovered why an “acid trip” lasts so long.

UNC Lineberger researchers find how triple negative breast cancer cells are able to bypass treatment with trametinib, an FDA-approved drug. The researchers also used lab models of breast cancer to test a potential treatment approach that could prevent resistance.

Dr. Kang-Ling Liao, a postdoctoral research associate in Alan Jones’ and Tim Elston’s labs, discovered a “Shadow detector” and published the work in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. This shadow detector, comprised of a number of G-protein signaling molecules, is used by plants to control photosynthetic efficiency. The problem of detecting changes in signals in … Read more

UNC scientists expand the use of light to control protein activity in cells. Klaus Hahn and Nikolay Dokholyan have published a paper in Science, detailing how they use light- or ligand-sensitive domains to modulate the structural disorder of diverse proteins, thereby generating robust allosteric switches. The title of the paper is “Engineering extrinsic disorder to control protein activity in living cells.”

  Marissa Cann receiving the Pharmacology Scholar Award from Dr. Henrik Dohlman. John McCorvy receiving the Postdoc Excellence Award from Dr. Henrik Dohman. Congratulations to Marissa Cann, a graduate student in the Lawrence Lab, and John McCorvy, a postdoc in the Roth Lab, for receiving Pharmacology awards at the Pharmacology annual award ceremony and holiday … Read more

J. Peyton Bohnsack receives the Thomas Collum Butler Award from Henrik Dohlman Congratulations to J.Peyton Bohnsack, a graduate student in the Morrow Lab, who received the Thomas Collum Butler Award at the Pharmacology annual award ceremony and holiday celebration at the Kenan Center on December 8, 2016! Peyton’s work in the Morrow Lab focuses on … Read more

Dr. Eric Zimmerman, an alumnus of the Pharmacology Graduate Program and former member of the Graves Lab, spoke at a Lab to LIfe Seminar about his current position and the path that led him to it on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. Dr. Zimmerman received his PhD from the Department of Pharmacology at UNC-Chapel Hill in … Read more

Matt Goulet, a Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology and Project Management at Nuventra Pharma Sciences, gave a From Lab to Life Seminar on November 16, 2016. He talked about where he works now and how he got to that position from graduate school. He also talked about how to successfully network and stand out positively when … Read more