August 3, 2017
Matt received his PhD in Immunology from M.D. Anderson, Houston and is an accomplished bench-scientist who has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. Most recently, he has been working in the Thurston Arthritis Research Center, with Dr. Terri Tarrant, exploring the role of GRK3 as a regulator of inflammation in cancer and within the bone marrow.
July 7, 2017
Congratulations to Scott Parnell who received his U01 entitled "Exploring the Genetics of FASD in Complementary Mouse and Fish Models".
June 5, 2017
The labs of Mark Zylka, Ben Major, both in the Dept. of Cell Biology and Physiology, and Mike Emanuele identified a link between the E3 ubiquitin ligase Ube3a, the proteasome, and Wnt signaling. This collaboration harnessed the Zylka labs expertise at studying an autism-linked Ube3a mutation, the Major labs expertise with proteomics and Wnt signaling, and the Emanuele's lab expertise at identifying ubiquitinated substrates.
May 30, 2017
Congratulations to Spencer Smith on his successful promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure!!
May 5, 2017
CONGRATULATIONS to Hailey Brighton for successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Intravital imaging of melanoma in combination with molecular analysis reveals key changes in stromal ECM and tumor behavior in persistence against MEKi".
May 4, 2017
Vicki Bartsch received an F31 individual predoctoral NRSA entitled "Diacylglycerol kinase mediates receptor signaling by regulating lipid levels in somatosensory neurons". The research project is an investigation of a class of enzymes called diacylglycerol kinases that are found at high levels in peripheral pain-sensing neurons. Through this research, she hopes to characterize how diacylglycerol kinases contribute to pain and itch signaling on the molecular and behavioral levels to serve the long-term goal of identifying new targets for chronic pain and itch treatments.
May 2, 2017
The Lalor Foundation’s Fellowship Program awards fellowships to institutions for basic postdoctoral research in mammalian reproductive biology as related to the regulation of fertility. Kelsey's primary objective in her grant is to elucidate whether and how ACKR3 regulates AM signaling and function during embryo implantation using cutting-edge in vitro and in vivo genetic models.
May 2, 2017
Dr. Otey created a course on Human Pathophysiology for the new PharmD curriculum, which rolled out in 2016. This is the second year that she has taught in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, which is the top ranked Pharmacy program in the country.
April 20, 2017
We are honored to announce the 19th Annual Carl W. Gottschalk Lecture will take place on Monday, May 1, 2017 at 4PM in MBRB G202. Susan E Quaggin, MD will be delivering the talk entitled "An Identity Crisis in the Vasculature with a High TEK Solution"
April 10, 2017
Congratulations to Jim Davison for successfully defending his dissertation entitled "Identification of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms mediating host responses to microbiota in the intestinal epithelium". Jim is in the lab of Dr. John Rawls.
