March 24, 2016
Spencer Smith awarded HFSP Grant
Spencer Smith was awarded a Human Frontier Science Program grant for the "real-time tracking and imaging of neuronal dynamics in freely moving vertebrates."
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March 7, 2016
Ben Major Promoted to Associate Professor
Huge Congratulations to Ben Major on his successful promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure!!
February 18, 2016
Philpot and Stuber labs discover a role for GABA co-release in the brain’s reward pathway
In a paper published in Nature Communications, Janet Berrios, a graduate student in the Philpot lab, discovered that the loss of UBE3A decreases the release of the GABA neurotransmitter and alters reward-seeking behavior in an important neural pathway once presumed to be principally regulated by the dopamine neurotransmitter.
January 26, 2016
Zylka and Philpot to lead UNC Neuroscience Center
Mark Zylka, PhD, will serve as director and Ben Philpot, PhD, will serve as associate director of the UNC Neuroscience Center at the UNC School of Medicine, effective July 1. William Snider, MD, who has served as the center’s director for nearly 17 years, will step down from his leadership role, but will remain on faculty as professor of neurology, while also continuing his research.
January 15, 2016
Deshmukh lab discovers a novel role of Dicer in the rapidly dividing cells of the developing brain and brain tumors
In a paper published in Cell Reports, Vijay Swahari, a postdoctoral fellow in Deshmukh lab, identifies how the critical role of Dicer in DNA damage response can be exploited for therapy in aggressive brain tumors like Medulloblastoma.
January 6, 2016
Gupton Lab paper highlighted in Developmental Cell; image chosen for cover
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Shalini Menon and graduate student Nicholas Boyer have co-first author paper, "The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase TRIM9 Is a Filopodia Off Switch Required for Netrin-Dependent Axon Guidance” published in Developmental Cell on Dec 21, 2015. The article was highlighted by a preview penned by Dr. Thomas Pollard. An image from this work, showing growth cones turning was selected for the cover.
August 28, 2015
Student’s Profile featured on UNC Healthcare & UNC SOM Newsroom
Temperance Rowell is a second-year graduate student in the lab of Dr. Robert Tarran.
August 28, 2015
Spencer Smith featured in Spotlight article!
When Spencer Smith, assistant professor of cell biology and physiology in the School of Medicine who studies the brain, grew frustrated with the lack of resolution provided by traditional microscopes, he and his co-inventor Jeffrey Stirman decided to build his own. The results could unlock some of the brain's greatest mysteries.
August 28, 2015
Mark Zylka’s research featured on various news outlets
The Zylka Lab's research on autism has recently been featured on WRAL, WUNC (NPR), and the UNC Healthcare Newsroom.
August 25, 2015
Brennwald Lab paper featured in upcoming issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell
The September 15, 2015 issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell has chosen a paper from the Brennwald lab entitled “Structural Basis for Recognition of the Sec4 Rab GTPase by its Effector, the Lgl/Tomosyn homologue, Sro7” as one of its Highlighted Articles. Kelly Watson, a graduate in the lab, was first author on the paper. An image from this work showing a model for the interaction of the Rab GTPase, Sec4 and its effector Sro7 was chosen for the cover.