Current Research


UNC Department of Pharmacology ranked #1 for NIH extramural funding! more info


Atrium of the new Genetic Medicine BuildingNew Genetic Medicine Building to be dedicated May 6, 2009 by Dean Roper in the Atrium Lobby of the new building! The atrium can be viewed in the photo at left from the faculty invitation. Pharmacology is on the 4th floor. read more


Six Graduate Students receive Ph.D.'s in Spring 2009! Our congratulations to the six graduates! read more

 

Commencement ceremonies to be held May 9 and 10. read more

 

   Dr. Zefeng Wang wins 2-year Sidney Kimmel    Foundation Award! Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
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   Dr. Bryan Roth interviewed by Channel 14 News    about research on Salvia, the possible health benefits for    brain disorders, and proposed legislation to classify Salvia    as a Class I drug. read more

 

   Eric Zimmerman wins Thomas Collum Butler Award    2008! Congratulations, Eric! read more

 

   Dr. R. Jude Samulski awarded $5 million grant to    establish a national center for canine models of muscular    dystrophy. Our contratulations to Dr. Samulski! read more

   

   Dr. R. Jude Samulski receives the first ever    Outstanding Achievement Award from the American    Society for Gene Therapy! Congratulations, Dr. Samulski!    read more

 

   Dr. Joe DeSimone wins presitious $500,000    Lemelson-MIT Prize! Our congratulations go out to Dr.    Desimone! read more

 

   Dr. Zefeng Wang wins Beckman Young    Investigators Award! Congratualtions, Dr. Wang!
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April 14, 2009
4:00 - 5:00 pm
**G202 MBRB
Mary Hendrix, Ph.D.
President & Scientific Director, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago IL
“Reprogramming of the Metastatic Tumor Cell Phenotype”
Host: Pilar Blancafort

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April 21, 2009
4:00- 5:00 pm
1131 Bioinformatics
Len Neckers, Ph.D.
NIKH-NCI
"Insights into Heat Shock Protein 90:   A Molecular Chaperone & Anti-Cancer Drug Target"
Host: Lee Graves

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April 28, 2009
4:00- 5:00 pm
1131 Bioinformatics
Marsha Rosner, Ph.D.
Chair, Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University
of Chicago
“Regulation of Cell Growth and Metastasis by MicroRNAs and MAP Kinase”
Host: Gary Johnson

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May 5, 2009
4:00- 5:00 pm
1131 Bioinformatics
PERKINS LECTURER
Dr. Susan Taylor, Ph.D. Howard Hughes Med Institute, University of California - San Diego
“PKA: Dynamic Scaffold for Catalysis and Docking”
Host: Ken Harden

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May 12, 2009
4:00- 5:00 pm
**G202 MBRB
Vytas Bankaitis, Ph.D.
UNC-CH, Cell & Developmental Biology
“A High Definition View of Nanoreactors that Control Phosphoinositide Signaling in Eukaryotic”
Host: John Sondek

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