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Manzoor Bhat interviewed in National Multiple Sclerosis Society winter research news
December 2011 - Manzoor Bhat, PhD, discusses his research and recent grant in an interview with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Philpot and Zylka receive R01 grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grants Philpot and Zylka an R01 to study drugs that regulate expression of the protein Ube3a.
Postdoctoral fellow Jordan Cocchiaro receives Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
The NRSA will provide 2 years of support for Jordan's project in the Rawls lab.
Tzima lab grad student Dan Sweet publishes first author paper in “Blood”
Nov. 28, 2011 - Tzima lab publication in the journal "Blood" identifies the protein Shc as central player in the formation of new blood vessels
Arjun Deb, MD, and colleagues find that scarring after heart attack necessary to prevent additional muscle damage
November 2011 - A study published in the EMBO Journal indicates that scarring after injury prevents further damage and weakening of the heart muscle.
Department graduate students Sarah Bortvedt and Maggie McCormick awarded 2012 Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Awards
October 2011 - Congratulations to physiology graduate students Sarah Bortvedt and Maggie McCormick, 2012 recipients of UNC's Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) Impact Award
Bhat Lab Receives Grant Support from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society for their research project entitled “Disorganization and Re-organization of Axonal Domains in Myelinated Axons.”
October 2011 - Bhat Lab Receives Grant Support from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society for their research project entitled “Disorganization and Re-organization of Axonal Domains in Myelinated Axons.”
Graduate student Maggie McCormick awarded NC TraCS funding
September 2011 - Maggie McCormick funded by a pilot grant from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute
Philpot lab members receive National Research Service Award funding
December 2011 - Postdoctoral fellow Matt Judson and graduate student Mike Wallace are funded.
Philpot lab members write commentary for Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) explaining connections between autism, Angelman syndrome and the UBE3A gene
July 2011 - Ben Philpot and postdoctoral fellows Angela Mabb and Matthew Judson write commentary for the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) on the role of UBE3A and its connections to autism and Angelman syndrome.
John Rawls and postdoctoral fellow James Minchin awarded funding to study development of white adipose depots
Rawls lab postdoctoral fellow James Minchin is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association Mid-Atlantic Affiliate entitled "In vivo cell lineage analysis and morphogenesis of white adipose tissue in zebrafish." John Rawls is awarded a 1-year R56 grant from NIH entitled "Mechanisms of adipose depot morphogenesis in zebrafish."
Joint Zylka and Philpot lab paper is cover article in latest Trends in Neurosciences
The labs of Drs. Ben Philpot and Mark Zylka have collaborated on the paper “Angelman syndrome: insights into genomic imprinting and neurodevelopmental phenotypes,” which was selected as the cover article for the June 2011 issue of Trends in Neurosciences.
Eva Anton awarded NIH Eureka grant for his research in the mapping of neuronal placement in the developing cerebral cortex
Eva Anton awarded NIH Eureka grant for his research in the mapping of neuronal placement in the developing cerebral cortex
Silvia Goicoechea funded by NIH to study pancreatic tumor-associated fibroblasts
July 2011 - NIH has funded Silvia Goicoechea, PhD, to study invadopodia assembly in pancreatic tumor-associated fibroblasts.
Ubil awarded American Heart Association fellowship
July 2011 - American Heart Association fellowship provides two years of support for graduate student Eric Ubil's research project in the lab of Arjun Deb, MD.
Department welcomes new BBSP student Jim Dunleavey
Jim Dunleavey joins the Physiology graduate program and the lab of Andrew Dudley.
Laurianne Van Landeghem receives National Cancer Center fellowship
NCC will fund Laurianne's postdoctoral research work in the Lund lab.
Rylan Larsen awarded 2011 Fellner Fellowship
The Susan Fellner Fellowship is a one-year, merit-based award available to Physiology curriculum students who have passed the thesis proposal at the time of application.
Zylka lab postdoc Ian King receives Angelman Syndrome Foundation fellowship
Dr. Ian King is the first recipient of the Dr. Joseph E. Wagstaff Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, a prestigious two-year fellowship award given for studies in preclinical, translational and clinical research areas that investigate all aspects of Angelman syndrome.