NewsSite News Potential treatment strategy for Angelman syndrome identified by Philpot, Zylka and RothDecember 2011 - Collaborators Ben Philpot, Mark Zylka and Bryan Roth identify compounds that cause the dormant Ube3a gene to be expressed. Philpot lab news is top news at Simons Foundation Autism Research InitiativeDecember 2011 - Recent work on Ube3a is most viewed on Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative website. Zylka lab graduate student Nathaniel Sowa receives national dissertation awardDecember 2011 - Nate Sowa, an MD/PhD student who conducted his dissertation research in the lab of Mark Zylka, receives the 2011 Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Philpot and Zylka receive R01 grant funding from the National Institute of Mental HealthNational 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 AwardThe NRSA will provide 2 years of support for Jordan's project in the Rawls lab. Tzima lab publication in the journal Blood identifies key molecule in formation of new blood vesselsThe protein Shc identified 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 damageNovember 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 AwardsOctober 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 fundingSeptember 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 fundingPostdoctoral 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 geneJuly 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 depotsRawls 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 NeurosciencesThe 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 cortexEva 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 fibroblastsJuly 2011 - NIH has funded Silvia Goicoechea, PhD, to study invadopodia assembly in pancreatic tumor-associated fibroblasts. Ubil awarded American Heart Association fellowshipJuly 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 DunleaveyJim Dunleavey joins the Physiology graduate program and the lab of Andrew Dudley. |
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