Current Research


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


New Mediacl Genetics Building

New Building
The new Genetic Medicine Building will be a state of the art interdisciplinary research facility and new home of the Department of Pharmacology once it is completed in 2008.
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photos of precast beams!

 

   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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October 7 , 2008
4:00 - 5:00 pm
David Lawrence, PhD
UNC-CH Chemistry
“Chemical Biology of Signal Transduction:  Inhibition, Visualization, and Manipulation”
Host: Gary Johnson

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Friday
October 10, 2008
Department Picnic
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Homestead Park in Chapel Hill-- if rainy in Munson Host: Grad Students

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October 14 , 2008
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Brian Wadzinski, PhD
Vanderbilt
“Regulation of cellular signaling pathways by protein kinase/protein phosphatase 2A complexes”
Host: Gary Johnson

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October 21 , 2008
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Richard Cheney, PhD
UNC-CH Cell & Mol Phy
“Myosin-X and a novel form of motility in filopodia”
Host: Rob Nicholas

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October 28 , 2008
4:00 - 5:00 pm
John Hepler, PhD
Emory University
“RGS14 as an integrator of unconventional G protein and MAPkinase signaling pathways important for hippocampal-
based learning"

Host: Ken Harden

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